Re: Other Forces

Oerjan spake thusly upon matters weighty: 
> > >	NSL: Germany, Austria
> > 
> > Assume:Lichtenstein.
> 
> Unless it kept its independence along with Switzerland, of course.
> Hungary probably belongs to the NSL - all the Eastern European
> states except those of the RH seems to have been in the NSL from
> 2101 to 2124, and only Poland and "Czechoslovakia" (FT2 was
> published prior to the split...) left it to join the ESU. I'm a bit
> surprised that those states left the NSL, though - I'd rather have
> expected Bulgaria and Romania to do that.

And if Lichtenstein stays independent, it will still be the corporate 
Meca it is today (like Grand Cayman and Switzerland). I'm betting an 
independent Lichtenstein would be very powerful as Earth based HQ of 
many a megacorp, AND it would have a lot of high tech corporate 
security to keep it 'buttoned down'. 

Tom. 
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