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[Urist_McDrowner]

The delegate from the Swiss Confederacy at that moment walked into the conference wearing a floral shirt, aviator sunglasses, khakhi shorts and sandals. He was carrying a cardboard container that made clanking noises with every step, each clank sort of on a musical offbeat to the flop of his foam shoes. Frost covered the outside of the box, and as he sat down, he placed it on the table and opened a flap on one end, revealing several cans.

"Evening, gentlemen. I'd have brought some Feldschlösschen, but herren, you clearly don't need anything else impairing your judgement. Apfelschorle?"

[Weirdsound]

The Republican delegate shakes his head. "Yeah. Lets not introduce booze to this powderkeg just yet."

[Taricus]

"Indeed, the topics themselves are volatile enough as it is. Still, it's unusual that the swiss was late, concidering their reputation pre-cataclysm for their ability to manufacture timepieces, though I could understand why such a reputation has not yet been regained."

[TopHat]

"ALOHA! REFRESHMENTS HAVE ARRIVED! Chuck me a - what was it called? - Feldschlossën!"
called President Ozolynsh, from his seat at the table, cheerfully mangling the accent.
"Maybe if I drink enough of it, it might actually seem like we aren't in critical danger of nuclear war!"

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

The Mongolian General turned towards the Swiss delegate, saying, "I'll take a drink.  It will help me keep my mind off of the arrogance of the Dominion."

[GreatWyrmGold]

"Nothing for us."

The delegate looks offscreen.

"Yes, but it's also a symbolic gesture. It's to show that we don't want our judgements befuddled and a subtle hint to not drink."

[Remuthra]

I'm afraid I am not present to accept such a courtesy either.

[Urist_McDrowner]

The delegate slid the cans across the table to those who asked for them, kicked back in his chair and lightly shook a can for himself before opening it.

"Come now, toddlers and pregnant women drink this in Switzerland; it's only a dry apple spritzer. I would have brought beer but as I said before, I don't think anyone needs it while discussing such a topic. Tell you what, when we have a summit on saving the whales, I'll bring some distilled fun. In the meanwhile, I could only in good conscience bring this." He grinned and looked towards the Australian,  "As for our watches, I was perfectly accurate in knowing how late I was going to be. Jet lag is a cruel mistress."

He quickly returned to a business like posture after a single sip.

"Alright, so, how have the negotiations fared thus far? What is the central issue? Based on the attitude of the Mongolian gentlemen and President Ozolynsh, sounds like abysmally." 

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

"Considering the fact that he," the Mongolian General spoke angrily, "was just insulting our motives for our strike on China in vengence for the unprovoked strike by them that occured befor the event, what do you think?"

[Taricus]

"Two things." The dominion representative stated, before continuing. "The first is a mutual non-aggression pact between nations. The second is an NBC non-proliferation treaty, with plans for immediate disarmament of chemical and biological weapons and a layout for nuclear disarmament."

The dominion then turned back towards the mongolian. "We were never insulting the motive, the method and the lacking competence of the mongol's military command were however what I was remarking on."

[Urist_McDrowner]

"Look, we're pretty laid back people in international diplomacy. So did China attack you? I dunno. Were you right? I dunno. Doesn't make a difference to me. What I AM interested in and what DOES concern Switzerland is nuclear proliferation. With no enforcement against it, it becomes very easy for a rogue state or some wacko to institute his cultural revolution and bomb us back to the day after the Calamity. So, can we at least make some policy statements that we all don't want that to happen?"

"Now, I disagree with the idea of BC disarmament. I think we set a policy of minimum credible deterrence for states with those weapons and prevent states without them from getting them. So the gentleman from Mongolia relies heavily on his Khan's Revenge for a deterrence and that's fine. But he doesn't need nukes. Likewise, my native confederation has ample nuclear weapons to prevent a WMD strike on us without needing chemical weapons. And if it be decided that someone has broken the threshold, we can either punish them or because of their advanced technology or quantity, raise the threshold for minimum credible deterrence." 

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

"Now, I disagree with the idea of BC disarmament. I think we set a policy of minimum credible deterrence for states with those weapons and prevent states without them from getting them. So the gentleman from Mongolia relies heavily on his Khan's Revenge for a deterrence and that's fine. But he doesn't need nukes. Likewise, my native confederation has ample nuclear weapons to prevent a WMD strike on us without needing chemical weapons. And if it be decided that someone has broken the threshold, we can either punish them or because of their advanced technology or quantity, raise the threshold for minimum credible deterrence."

"I like this.  As I recall, these are the kind of treaties that were created before 'the event'."

[Remuthra]

Indeed, I feel this is an acceptable policy as well. As long as we have some nuclear devices, no loss is occurring.

[GreatWyrmGold]

"We're still a bit...anxious about that New Order keeping nukes for some undefined 'purpose' for their Great Plan. By the way, Swissman--what's you're nation's official name?--I'm sending you a brief description of what we know about the 'Plan' that they've got. Notice how vague and ominous it is. That is all we'll say on that matter at this time."

[Urist_McDrowner]

"What difference does it make if they keep the nukes for self-defense, a 'Great Plan', or because they like the color yellow, so long as they don't use them? Oh, and it's still Confederatio Helvetica. Of course, I'm no great military mind, so the boys back home will have to look over what you send before my country can made a solid decision. But, let's see if we can't hear it from the horse's mouth in its entirety." He turned towards the New Order's representative. "What is the great plan?"