08-31-2017, 06:24 PM
The Register: Belarus declares war on imaginary country within borders of Belarus that is better than Belarus
First off: It's a war game.
The thing is, the territory that's been designated as the home of the opposing force is the part of Belarus that dislikes Belarus's current president the most. This is... shall we say "worrying"?
The best part, though, is that people have given the OPFOR's country a flag, a foreign ministry complete with a method of applying for citizenship, and a Wikipedia article (in Russian). If the war games were intended to be a show of intimidation, they pretty much backfired even before taking place.
So... if anyone online says they're from Veyshnoria, now you know the background.--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
First off: It's a war game.
The thing is, the territory that's been designated as the home of the opposing force is the part of Belarus that dislikes Belarus's current president the most. This is... shall we say "worrying"?
The best part, though, is that people have given the OPFOR's country a flag, a foreign ministry complete with a method of applying for citizenship, and a Wikipedia article (in Russian). If the war games were intended to be a show of intimidation, they pretty much backfired even before taking place.
So... if anyone online says they're from Veyshnoria, now you know the background.--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012