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You are the dictator of an island nation 900,000 km² in size, 30,000,000 in population, and a random country in the list of top 10 militaries will attack your country in 10 years; what is your plan? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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You don't know which country, its random.

You cannot leave this island, you cannot end your life, you cannot abdicate your position.

Your country is immune from military attacks for 10 years, its literally impossible. There's a magic force field protecting the entire island and the entire airspace up to 41,000 ft (max civillian flight level) and 12 nautical miles sorrounding the island. Enemy military are unable to enter.

You cannot get kidnapped or killed or like fall into a coma, or anything of the sort, you have plot armor for these 10 years. Any assassination attempts will magically fail.

Your population does not have plot armor they can die.

The enemy can send spies.

You get to choose the location of your island at the start. Things spawn in, and has a random amount of development of an average developing country, history, culture is randomly filled in and backdated. Everyone speaks your most fluent language and is literate.

You have zero nukes.

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[–] decipher_jeanne@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Sell my ass to China. Like, absolutely spread my cheek so the CCP can plow all the natural and human resources of my country in exchange for military hardware and training.

The thing is, the equipment and military is secondary. What I actually want is to tie myself diplomatically to the CCP. And hopefully the economic impact and good diplomatic relationship will push the Chinese government to intervene or at least indirectly support my country in case of war.

Worst case scenario I can be a PITA to invade. Best case scenario, Chinese trade sanctions, and military support force the invader to back off.

I'm choosing China over anyone else because of the potential impact of trade sanctions make them the best candidate. France or USA are also good options

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

China is in the top ten militaries, so you'd have a 10% chance of submitting to the invasion in advance. It would probably be smarter to do this with the #11 military.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago

Looks like France!

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

So you become North Korea: Island Edition Boogaloo