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[MrWiggles]

So things like the Geneva Conventions wouldn't apply to you, and various other UN resolutions also wouldn't apply to your Corp. So exploding shells, chemical warfare ect... can be used legally against you.

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Which means we can use them too, and just to make it a moral question in order to give the the more developed nations pause we would follow the Geneva convention just to make them feel like ***'s for not following them.

This is true, you can use NBC and various other nasties. Though your idea of following the conventions would be interesting. Part of the Geneva Convention when dealing with none signatories if I recall is that if they are following them, then your bounded to follow them as well. I'm not sure how it would apply to a none sovereign power though.

[Virex]

You'd probably get sued for crimes against humanity instead of war crimes, since one can actualy persecute a singular person for that.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Instead of attempting to take over the world starting with highly developed countries, I will start my world conquest in Southern Asia and Africa (or whatever Universe I happen to be stuck in's equivalent to an area that is poor, badly defended, and has little importance on the global market.) The plan goes as follows:
   Buy lots of weapons. Key elements include RPGs, tanks, and a healthy amount of bulletproof vests and cheap, but effective rifles. The AK-47 should be good enough. All of these will allow my soldiers to have complete dominance over anything but a strike from the air, and that is unlikely in developing countries.
   Hire most of the inhabitants of a few villages. I will start with one with a high population, a good amount of local villages, and one that happens to have a large problem with unemployment and food (well, a larger problem than most.) With promises of excitement, women (who are "relocated" from the areas I conquer), and most importantly, food, it shouldn't be hard to get a good army.
   Attack. First village, everybody dies except the women and children, soldiers get second pick of the women. The children are raised fairly, so that I will have a new generation of loyal troops once I create my empire. Alternatively, kill the children if you believe your universe is the type where an orphaned child will wind up becoming an absurdly kickass teenager who has the skills to kill your entire army.
   Third village, you should have most people just begging to join. Let them.
   Now, here comes the diplomatic part. You establish yourself as a fairly strict, but not totally intolerant, state of a certain religion. It doesn't matter what, it just can't be something the world's superpowers don't like. Make sure that you are AGAINST the religion the world's superpowers don't like. Essentially, if you were to carve up SW Asia, establish yourself as Jewish, or some tribal religion, or Christian. It doesn't really matter (just don't kill Israel.) Ask for government funding from the US. Now, you should be getting millions of (ill-spent) taxpayer money with which to fund your army.
   Continue to preform attacks on more villages, and expand your empire. Attempt to take all areas that are good for farming, so that you don't have to worry as much about food for your army. If you feel like starting a war and conquering a nation, now is probably the time to do so. Just make sure that you are not attempting to conquer somebody strongly allied with whoever is giving you funding, or strongly allied with somebody who could hurt you.
   Alternatively, kick back and relax. You now control a sizable portion of land that is useless, have first pick of all the women you conquered (you are evil, after all. Just have them reeducated in the dungeons for a week, and they will be begging to service you), and have enough money to afford all modern conveniences (hell, be nice and give those conveniences to your troops.) If you want to go with this route and still conquer, you can do so. Just try not to make too many enemies, and try to only attack targets you can defeat with the sheer presence of your army, instead of actually having to lose men (if somebody resists, morale could drop, and in an empire like this you do NOT want your soldiers thinking "maybe this guy isn't so good of a leader after all.")
   Sounds more like generic African warlord then evil overlord to me. Yes, your chances of survival are higher, but it's not the real deal is it?
      A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step!

[Virex]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Instead of attempting to take over the world starting with highly developed countries, I will start my world conquest in Southern Asia and Africa (or whatever Universe I happen to be stuck in's equivalent to an area that is poor, badly defended, and has little importance on the global market.) The plan goes as follows:
   Buy lots of weapons. Key elements include RPGs, tanks, and a healthy amount of bulletproof vests and cheap, but effective rifles. The AK-47 should be good enough. All of these will allow my soldiers to have complete dominance over anything but a strike from the air, and that is unlikely in developing countries.
   Hire most of the inhabitants of a few villages. I will start with one with a high population, a good amount of local villages, and one that happens to have a large problem with unemployment and food (well, a larger problem than most.) With promises of excitement, women (who are "relocated" from the areas I conquer), and most importantly, food, it shouldn't be hard to get a good army.
   Attack. First village, everybody dies except the women and children, soldiers get second pick of the women. The children are raised fairly, so that I will have a new generation of loyal troops once I create my empire. Alternatively, kill the children if you believe your universe is the type where an orphaned child will wind up becoming an absurdly kickass teenager who has the skills to kill your entire army.
   Third village, you should have most people just begging to join. Let them.
   Now, here comes the diplomatic part. You establish yourself as a fairly strict, but not totally intolerant, state of a certain religion. It doesn't matter what, it just can't be something the world's superpowers don't like. Make sure that you are AGAINST the religion the world's superpowers don't like. Essentially, if you were to carve up SW Asia, establish yourself as Jewish, or some tribal religion, or Christian. It doesn't really matter (just don't kill Israel.) Ask for government funding from the US. Now, you should be getting millions of (ill-spent) taxpayer money with which to fund your army.
   Continue to preform attacks on more villages, and expand your empire. Attempt to take all areas that are good for farming, so that you don't have to worry as much about food for your army. If you feel like starting a war and conquering a nation, now is probably the time to do so. Just make sure that you are not attempting to conquer somebody strongly allied with whoever is giving you funding, or strongly allied with somebody who could hurt you.
   Alternatively, kick back and relax. You now control a sizable portion of land that is useless, have first pick of all the women you conquered (you are evil, after all. Just have them reeducated in the dungeons for a week, and they will be begging to service you), and have enough money to afford all modern conveniences (hell, be nice and give those conveniences to your troops.) If you want to go with this route and still conquer, you can do so. Just try not to make too many enemies, and try to only attack targets you can defeat with the sheer presence of your army, instead of actually having to lose men (if somebody resists, morale could drop, and in an empire like this you do NOT want your soldiers thinking "maybe this guy isn't so good of a leader after all.")
   Sounds more like generic African warlord then evil overlord to me. Yes, your chances of survival are higher, but it's not the real deal is it?
      A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step!

Someone tried that on a smaller scale. He failed. Of course, one could argue that they weren't carefull enough about all of that, but on the other hand, where are you going to get investors for a coup d'etat if you can't tell anyone?

[Lemunde]

While it would be extremely difficult I don't think it's completely impossible to take over the world using non-aggressive tactics.  Here's how I picture someone doing it.  Somehow they manage to amass a very large fortune very quickly.  Maybe the found a bunch of gold and platinum on the moon or something.  Then they systematically start buying out small, impoverished countries.  In the process they improve the infrastructure of all of these governments, drastically lowering crime and improving their economies.  In doing so they build support of the people. 

Over time these small countries surpass the economic and political stability of the major superpowers.  Eventually the people's support of their own countries will waver in favor of the new regime that by this time will control the majority of the world's resources.  Their governments would have no choice but to sign a treaty pledging service to the new regime in exchange for economic support.

And there you have it.  A world with a single ruler and no laws broken.  Granted this is a fairly optimistic scenario but it is plausible.

[ToonyMan]

Over time these small countries surpass the economic and political stability of the major superpowers.

Hurg.

[MrWiggles]

How do you buy out a country?

[Bauglir]

-snip-

[MrWiggles]

I also don't see how taking on the less dev. countries would be helpful. The time and effort needed to get one of them up to the point take on the 1st world nation would probably be longer then a life time. I do agree that it would need to be a few of them.

I would choose Africa myself. They are mineraly rich and under educated enough to make it easier to take over. Northern Africa would be a wash though, a bit to developed to go after. Then if everything goes well, my great grandson might be able to maybe invade the middle east or south east asia.

[Urist Imiknorris]

How do you buy out a country?

You simply give them lots and lots of money until they give in to your demands. And by "money", I mean "bullets".

Golden bullets.

[dragnar]

How do you buy out a country?

You simply give them lots and lots of money until they give in to your demands. And by "money", I mean "bullets".

Golden bullets.

200$ custom-made cartridges fired at 10,000 rounds per minute to be precise. Also known as "Boolits"