Mods, I know this isn't strictly a war thread, but the ideas discussed will be in that vein. A little latitude for the greater good?
*hopes his Mods are feeling generous today*
This thread maybe interesting or a complete dud, but it's worth a shot.
What would we need for a UN that could actually manage the World? We'll base this on our real world, but all members of IW are familiar with the concepts of fantasy and imagination so lets put together a UN with "teeth". Not necessarily talking about changing the real UN, but instead how in "our" alternate world such an organization would work.
Lets not
immediately apply it to the current situation.
What would the powers be? Who would provide the enforcement? How would they be recruited? How would nations be punished? Could nations be forced to submit, if they don't want to join?
There are many different aspects we can look at this from, but as a starter, I will propose that a UN military force be a separate force from participating nation's standing armies. Not British or Swiss troops acting under the UN, but a separate force composed of citizens from member nations. Each country should have to offer a number of recruits based on population.
Also, each nation should have to contribute monitarily based on GNP with a sliding scale towards population.
I think this could prove enlightening or boring....which way will it go? (If we have enough fun with this, it may be turned into the idea for a new game and sell a zillion copies!
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