User blog comment:Tyler Crossbones/World Powers/@comment-3112181-20121017024533

What the actual hell? First, you never said if this is in according to history, or in-game roleplay, so I'll assume you mean the latter. Three out of the five "countries" you listed here aren't even countries at this time, and I'm sure you can guess which three. Rest aside, I noticed you only said countries you are directly affiliated with, or have been affiliated with. As Al said, Russia has a strong guild. Although I do not come online much to oversee the guild myself, it has grown tremendously, and, according to latest reports, is nearing the 250 milestone, which is certainly not bad for a country outside of the Big Three (England, France, Spain). A majority of our guild are high-leveled, experienced pirates, as well as some veteran, though lesser-known, roleplayers. We even have a good time of jumpers who make occasional appearances at SvSes. And as Jarod said, France also has high-standings in game, let alone being the 2nd or 1st most powerful country in the world at this time. How many maxed guilds do they have? 2? 3? Either way, they are not to be omitted. Yes, they have gone through some rough turmoil recently as far as the monarchy goes (I can relate), but they are still nonetheless more powerful than Hawaii, Switzerland, and Romania.

I am not meaning to bash on those associated in any way to Romania, Switzerland, and Hawaii, nor do I mean to bash you, Crossbones. ''But we need to keep this at least partially realistic. ''Those three aforementioned countries never were, are currently not, and never will be "world powers". Switzerland was being carved up by France and the German states at this time, Romania was still three or four kingdoms under the influence of the Ottomans and Hungarians, and who the hell knows what's going on in Hawaii at this time. I understand this is your opinion, but I'm sick and tired of people thinking these countries are so high and mighty, when in reality they don't exist yet.