[Dragon]

This is going to be one of those discussions where the Spanish end up in charge of Israel isn't it?

It's probably one of the ones in which Italians end up in charge of Spain...

Yeah, let's do that. Provided we get Prussia back.

Fine, as long as we get to keep the Gdansk. The rest of the Prussia is bloody cold (coldest place in Poland, in fact) and on right besides Russia's border to boot. Mazury lakes used to be nice, but now they're full of obnoxious tourists and other sunday sailors. I can't say I'd miss this part much. I hate cold.

[Phantom Hoover]

scotland backs these bids so long as we get berwick and panama back

[Kopachris]

The Spanish can stay the **** away from Western Sahara, though.  For that matter, so can Morocco.  If the Sahrawi want independence from Morocco, Morocco can shove a fish up their ass. 

[Grizzly]

It's probably one of the ones in which Italians end up in charge of Spain...

And the restoration of the HRE .

[whitearrow]

Actually we're trying to restore it without the H...

[S-99]

It's not gonna happen. America would have to get their money back first, and Russia is too broke to afford that.

America would be charging a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot more money for it today than it bought alaska for in the past. As my figuring goes like this: Alaska was purchased in the past for the low low price of worthless arid frozen dry waste land; and today it would go for the high price of valuable natural resources and slew of other valuable ****.

Russia didn't know what they were selling, and america didn't know what they were buying. It was a nice gamble once many discoveries were made on that land.

[MP-Ryan]

It's still pretty surreal that Alaska ended up with the United States, anyway.  That, and that the British gave the US the panhandle too.  Canada got shafted twice as a result of that Russia-USA deal

[Herra Tohtori]

Why the Spanish in particular and not, say, France?

Because nobody expects the Spanish...

[An4ximandros]

...Conquistadores?

[yuezhi]

Alright I've had it with you. Bring out the Soft Chair!

It's still pretty surreal that Alaska ended up with the United States, anyway.  That, and that the British gave the US the panhandle too.  Canada got shafted twice as a result of that Russia-USA deal

Textbooks I read say Colombia was more important despite the Klondike. That definitely turned out well

[Nuke]

It's still pretty surreal that Alaska ended up with the United States, anyway.  That, and that the British gave the US the panhandle too.  Canada got shafted twice as a result of that Russia-USA deal

i always wondered why the panhandle didnt belong to canada. why would they give up a large stretch of coastline like that. as someone who lives here i cant say you haven't missed much. impassible terrain, marshy ground, horrible weather ****ty people. im surprised you haven't built a wall yet.

[karajorma]

Why the Spanish in particular and not, say, France?

The Carthaginians settled in Spain, they were the descendents of the  Phonecians who were themselves the descendents of the Canaanites.


What? You thought I picked Spain at random?