Thread:Zillafire101/@comment-5496489-20151108071955/@comment-25309944-20160312225604

What I'm trying to get at––albeit indirectly––is that you have a good starting point. You want to ensure peace by promoting the UAE as the legitimate government of Mirus. This is a solution that would be acceptable to Mirusian powers, but you're going to need France and the rest of Xonexi to get on board. The UAE, as it is right now, doesn't represent their interests at all, nor would it make sense for them to bow to the UAE given their position of strength. It's not something that is just going to happen.

However, it is negotiable. It is something France is -open- to doing, but it has concerns that need to be addressed, guarantees that need to be made, and demands a certain level of influence in the final arrangement to reflect its economic, social, and political power. It is willing to accept the restraints implied by acknowledging a Mirusian-led galactic government, but it also needs reasons to participate in the agreement. Alexandre needs to be able to return to Paris and Richelieu and be able to say, "This is what we got out of this deal." If the costs of the peace envisioned by the Waptoria are higher than the costs of going it alone in Mirus, then France and the rest of Xonexi will walk. There will be no deal, and the UAE will remain, de facto, the government of Northern Mirus.