Re: Royal Dutch Commonwealth

On Thu, 25 May 2000, Frits Kuijlman wrote:

> Corey Burger wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone vouch for these people?
> 
> I have had some nice email conversations with Tom Anderson who wrote
some
> extra background for the RDC(accessible via the GZGPedia).

ah, Frits, you're in the lab even earlier than i am, you poor fellow!

> A totally different question is whether you can trust the RDC in game
terms.
> The Dutch have no major enemies and are mostly interested in trade.
So,
> if you don't interfere with their trade interests they'll probably
leave you
> alone.

pretty accurate. the Dutch aren't villains in quite the same way as some
powers, and don't have any major feuds with anyone. they're rather like
modern Japan, but maybe slightly more willing to send the gunboats in.

> On the other hand, politics being what it is...:-)

heh heh heh. 

tom