User blog comment:The Leader/World War One/@comment-1024726-20100413224406


 * 1) North America is not Europe -- And Europe is not North America. It doesn't make any difference -- there's equal reasons for the USA to be America.
 * 2) So did Germany -- So did America. Again, doesn't make any difference.
 * 3) Germany is newer than America -- In terms of official unification. But on terms of international power and influence, Germany's been around for several centuries.
 * 4) So did Germany -- Ditto with #2.
 * 5) So was Germany. And that wasn't what got America into WWI. -- Ditto with #2, doesn't mean we can't do it either. I'm simply pointing out similarities.

USA is already spotlighted, so it having a large role in the story won't be increasing its popularity that much.
 * Yeah right. After a year or two of increased traffic due to WWI, balkanization, and re-unification? The USA will be bursting with attention.

''But they can be close. If it were exact then UTR would be bordering USA and Freeszeland would be MANY times bigger.''
 * If we have size issues, why bother trying to fit to the storyline perfectly? We won't be able to. The story will just have to be loose on the storyline.

Blasted to Oblivion is not nice, isn't very parody-ish.
 * Not relevant, especially since your side of the argument has far more flaws than "not being nice".

And we re-wrote countries already, so making new countries next to the USA with a similar government (they're not going to necessarily have similar governments) or giving some land to UTR wouldn't be too hard, esp since the land already exists, and the new countries, like Poleland, have already existed.
 * Just because the land exists doesn't make it that easier. You'd have to squeeze room in, and you'd be writing SEVERAL new countries (if you want to stick close to the parodee, quite a few) that would have to interact with each other and the surrounding countries for a period of time before the unification. That means writing several more stories to keep everything in check. Which means more work for everyone. Not to mention that at least one story won't get finished.

How can it be a minor player if it is in the center of the action?
 * How is it in the center of the action when it barely gets involved in the war? Did you ever get drawn to Switzerland's actions during either World War? No, it was neutral AND in the "center of the action".

Explorer and Fred don't need to appear because they are not soldiers, and if they are, what's two soldiers compared to millions?
 * What's two featured articles that appear in several stories and are used often compared to millions of characters that don't even have individual articles? Did I mention that they usually end up doing something big in wars? And even if they don't appear, the USA will still be getting heavily involved.

About the only major Antarctican character that needs to be spotlighted is the big judge guy, and maybe generals, although they'll just plan and stay away from the trenches.
 * It's not all about the characters...