History of the Random Insanity Alliance

This article gives a general history of the Random Insanity Alliance. The alliance was founded on July 24, 2006 with it's origional intent to grow stronger then and defeat the LUEnited Nations who was formed from the Life, the Universe, and Everything board on GameFAQs. This goal, however, was soon abandoned and the RIA continued to grow in peace for some time. Since then the RIA has ratified three ConstRItutions and has grown to nearly 3,000,000 nation strength and nearly 250 members and will be soon approaching the second anniversary of it's founding. See Also: The Legend of the RIA, How the RIA came to be, and Growth of the Random Insanity Alliance.

Nine Hundred and Seventy Two Nights: Tales of Random Insanity

 * Volume 1: Beginnings
 * Chapter I: RI, let us conquer LUE
 * Chapter II: Random Insanity Alliance
 * Volume 2: Life, the Universe, and Everything
 * Chapter I: 42
 * Chapter II: War Making Tyrants
 * Chapter III: Allied Guardians
 * Volume 3: Emergence
 * Chapter I: Maroon
 * Chapter II: Neutrality
 * Volume 4: MDC War
 * Chapter I: War
 * Chapter II: The Cheese Senator
 * Volume 5: Peaceful Times
 * Chapter I: Growth
 * Chapter II: Farkistan
 * Chapter III: Treaties
 * Volume 6: The Grand Union
 * Chapter I: Entry
 * Chapter II: Collapse
 * Volume 7: SuperFriends
 * Chapter I: Super Friends
 * Chapter II: Highway of the Unjust
 * Chapter III: Poll of the Day
 * Chapter IV: Acceptance of GOD
 * Volume 8: Ragnarök
 * Chapter I: Asplosion
 * Chapter II: The Great Purge
 * Chapter III: Ragnarok
 * Chapter IV: Maroonity
 * Chapter V: RIvival
 * Volume 9: End of the New World Order
 * Chapter I: Leap Day Offensive
 * Chapter II: Fall of the New World Order
 * Volume 10: Making the Impossible - Possible
 * Chapter I: Maroonity, Part II
 * Chapter II: Walnut Bark
 * Chapter III: Battle for King Srqt's Soul
 * Volume 11: Elements of Insanity
 * Chapter I: Maroon Blood
 * Chapter II: Upgraded Elements
 * Volume 12: Florida in the Pacific
 * Chapter I: Relocation of Florida
 * Chapter II: Two Years of Random Insanity
 * Volume 13: Siberian Tiger War
 * Chapter I: Shadow of Azural
 * Chapter II: Rest and Relaxation
 * Chapter III: Football League of Siberian Tigers
 * Volume 14: Teen Titans
 * Chapter I: Drunken Moth
 * Chapter II: Tuna and Biscuit Night
 * Chapter III: The Brave and the Bold
 * Volume 15: Madness? This is Celestial Being!
 * Chapter I: Virtuous Sunshine
 * Chapter II: Celestial Being
 * Chapter III: Madness!? This is Insanity!
 * Volume 16: Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire
 * Chapter I: Up, Up, Up!
 * Chapter II: Maroonity, Part III
 * Volume 17: Resolutions
 * Chapter I: CRAP
 * Chapter II: Apocalypse
 * Chapter III: Resolutions!
 * Volume 18: The Bastion
 * Chapter I: International Insanity
 * Chapter II: Bastion
 * Chapter III: The Loud Bughouse
 * Chapter IV: Nemesis

Volume 1: Beginnings

 * Chapter I: RI, let us conquer LUE, Chapter II: Birth
 * July &mdash; August 2006



The Random Insanity Alliance was founded on July 23/24, 2006. A day or so before this Shadow Legolas created a topic on the Random Insanity message board on GameFAQs.com. It was topic number 29483920 and it's title was "RI, let us conquer LUE". This topic introduced CyberNations to RI and how LUE had an alliance in the game. After this introduction Shyox came up with the idea to create a RI Alliance. Soon after this a meeting place was made on an uninhabited GameFAQs board where discussions were held and eventually later that night an InvisionFree forum for the alliance was created. Somewhat of a rivalry has existed in the past between various GameFAQs social boards and this caused various RIers to bind together to form the alliance. While the alliance's original intent was to defeat the LUEnited Nations, this goal quickly dissipated due to the large strength difference between the two alliances and so due to this, among other reasons, the RIAers moved on survive and grow on Planet Bob. Throughout the alliance's first month or so, it's existence was kept a secret.

Volume 2: Life, the Universe, and Everything

 * Chapter I: 42, Chapter II: War Making Tyrants, Chapter III: Allied Guardians
 * September 2006

Due to their history from GameFAQs, it was feared that LUE may want to destroy the RIA. At the beginning of September 2006 four LUE nations attacked the current leader and founder of the RIA at the time, Shyox, threating the RIA for money and about disbandment. It was later found that these nations were rouges acting without the backing of the LUEnited Nations. After this was found out these nations were attacked by members of the RIA and various other nations from the International Communist Party, LUEnited Nations, and R.O.C.K. alliance throughout the incident. These rouges were also reported to The Legion's Peacekeeping Corps and some aid was sent to some of the members of the RIA. During the following day a couple of more nations attacked, all carrying the LUEnited Nations affiliation. Government officials from LUE attempted to reason with these rouges and explain that this was CyberNations and not GameFAQs but they would not listen and thus LUE placed them on their free attack list. It was later discovered that the rogues were coordinating their attacks from LUElinks, a spinoff site of GameFAQs. This rogue incident was the first announcement of the RIA's existence on Planet Bob and diplomatic relations with other alliances were opened. After this incident the RIA began to become friends with a fellow maroon alliances known as the Team Allied Guardians Alliance. Due to this the RIA entered it's first war, with TAGA, against the War Making Tyrants. The friendship between the two alliances cumulated at the end of the month with the announcement of The Insanity Doctrine, a Mutual Defense and Aggression Pact and the RIA's first treaty. The treaty was, however, short lived due to the subsequent merger and collapse of TAGA and the Maroon Allied Guardians.

Volume 3: Emergence

 * October 2006 &mdash; February 2007

After this incident and their announcement of existence to Planet Bob the RIA slowly grew and mostly stayed out of the political spotlight. Several members of the RIA were active on the maroon team board on the forums causing the alliance to be known among other maroon alliances and members. The RIA slowly gained new members and strength but stayed a smaller scale alliance for some time. Neutrality was declared throughout the several wars that happened in this time period such as the Maroon War and the Second Great War. The RIA also decided to stay rather independent for some time, only signing NAPs and protecting several smaller alliances until around February 2007.

Volume 4: MDC War

 * Chapter I War, Chapter II: The Cheese Senator
 * March &mdash; April 2006

For more information see: RIA-MDC War Starting sometime in March the RIA received information that the Maroon Defense Coalition was planning to attack them. Due to this and the outbreak of the Third Great War the RIA declared war on the Maroon Defense Coalition, starting the RIA-MDC War. The MDC's side of the story was that information the RIA received was false and was released to root out a spy within the Coalition. The RIA and MDC fought from the night of March 23, 2007 until April 3, 2007 when peace was announced. The terms of peace were that the RIA would never have cheeseaholic as their maroon team senate bid due to sanctions imposed on MDC nations during the war. A sum of $60,000,000 was also agreed to be given to the MDC in payment to the nations harmed by the sanctions. Due to this cheeseaholic decided he would pay this debt himself.

Volume 5: Peaceful Times

 * Chapter I: Growth, Chapter II: Farkistan, Chapter III: Treaties
 * April &mdash; July 2006

After the conclusion of the MDC War the RIA continued to slowly grow and become more powerful. The ravaged nations were rebuilt throughout the peace. Near the end of the month of April, Farkistan received peace terms from Gen[m]ay but were still at war with the Goon Order of Neutral Shoving. The terms of this peace were that Farkistan had to send Gen[m]ay $6,000,000 every month for three months. The RIA began discussing the possibly of paying off these reparations to Gen[m]ay for Farkistan. A vote was held and the idea was unanimously accepted but before it could be done both GOONS and Genmay had to be talked to. The idea was discussed with GOONS and was agreed upon as long as aid flowed directly from RIA to Genmay and not through Farkistan. It however, did not happen as Genmay refused the offer, saying that Farkistan must pay for it's own reparations and they would not accept the aid from any nation not in Farkistan. Some time later a PIAT was signed with the Maroon Defense Coalition due to the respect each alliance gained towards one another during the war. About two months later Farkistan recieved peace from the GOONS and the RIA sent aid to their nations for they could rebuild. In the month following this the RIA signed three more PIATs; the Rolling-Your-Head-On-The-Keyboard PIAT with Norden Verein, the Wingman Accords with Farkistan, and one with the Spootland Alliance of Allied Allies. Also the You-Can-Tell-When-The-RIA-Didn't-Make-It Pact (a non-aggression pact) was signed with The Phoenix Collective. In the following month of July even more treaties were signed; a treaty of amity was signed with the Global Alliance and Treaty Organization although it was canceled a couple of weeks later due to a couple of issues. Also during the month four more PIATs were signed: the Kids in the Sandbox Pact with the Auxiliary Army, the Nobody Expects the Plainville Treat Inquisition! with the Goon Order of Neutral Shoving, the  Buttsecks in the Dark...Ages Pact with the Order of Feudalistic Security, and the Fayt x Maria Treaty with the Mushroom Kingdom. A ToA was also signed with the Imperial Assault Alliance. Towards the end of the month the RIA was also admitted into the Grand Union of Alliances for Rapport and Defense.

Volume 6: The Grand Union

 * Chapter I: Entry, Chapter II: Collapse
 * August 2006

For more information see: Grand Union of Alliances for Rapport and Defense and Breakup of GUARD

On July 31, 2007 it was officially announced that the RIA became a signatory of the Grand Union of Alliances for Rapport and Defense. The Grand Union, at the time of the RIA's entry, was an independent bloc composed of the Atlantic Shadow Confederation, the Commonwealth of Sovereign Nations, the North Atlantic Defense Coalition, Sparta, The Templar Knights, and the United Sovereign Nations. They had applied around two months before then and learned about the decision a few days before the said date. They were voted in by 5 out of the 6 signitory alliances while the 6th CSN abstained as their leader was out of town at the time. On the August 29, 2007 the RIA announced it was leaving GUARD being one the last of two alliances left within it. GUARD became effectively disbanded with the RIA's leave. During this time period of August the RIA also signed three other treaties; a PIAT with Cool Rats and People (now known as the Coalition of Royal Allied Powers; the Undersea Randomness Pact (a PIAT) with Atlantis, and a protectoRIte pact (The Spootland-Just-Got-A-Whole-Lot-Secksier Act) with the Spootland Alliance of Allied Allies of which the RIA also had a PIAT with.

Volume 7: SuperFriends

 * Chapter I: Super Friends, Chapter II: Highway of the Unjust, Chapter III: Poll of the Day, Chapter IV: Acceptance of GOD
 * September &mdash; November 2007

For more information see: The SuperFriends and The Unjust War

Following the Breakup of GUARD, the RIA along with Farkistan and the Atlantic Shadow Confederation began discussions to form a new bloc, one of mutual friendship and trust. The result of these discussions, The SuperFriends, was announced on September 7, 2007. Several days later, on September 12, 2007, during The Unjust War the SuperFriends were launched into their first war together. The Random Insanity Alliance along with The SuperFriends at the time, Farkistan and the Atlantic Shadow Confederation, went to war with the Grand Global Alliance due to the Atlantic Shadow Confederation's treaty obligations with the Goon Order of Neutral Shoving. During the war the RIA, and the SuperFriends as a whole, did rather well in that it gained instead of losing any Nation Strength. On September 17, 2007 peace was declared between the two waring sides. About a month later on October 15, 2007 is was announced that the remainder of the PoTD Alliance, created by users from the Poll Of The Day message board on GameFAQs, was merging into the RIA. This merger propelled the RIA to it's next milestone of over 300 members and over 2.5 million Nation Strength. Shortly after this milestone, however, admin changed the tech formula in a game update which caused the RIA to drop back down to a little below 2.1 million Nation Strength. Since then a new signatory has been voted in and joined The SuperFriends, this new member being The Global Order Of Darkness.

Volume 8: Ragnarök

 * Chapter I: Asplosion, Chapter II: The Great Purge, Chapter III: Ragnarok, Chapter IV: Maroonity, Chapter V: RIvival
 * November 2007 &mdash; February 2008

In the months following the Unjust War, the RIA began a RIcruitment drive. This drive ended up being a large success due to the outstanding work of several members and due to it the RIA maxed out it's membership at around 370 nations. However, on November 28 something happened which came to be known as the Asplosion or RIAsplosion in which several high-strength high-profile members of the RIA left the alliance due to various reasons. Among those that left were three government members which left voids in several positions until the regularly scheduled elections several days later. This event also coincided with a large number of inactive nations purging over time until the RIA leveled out back near 280 members in mid-January of 2008. Since the asplosion several of the members who left have since returned to the alliance and even though the RIA experienced a large drop in total nations, it's nation strength and average nation strength have continued to increase while it's score has been leveling out at around 11. In regards to treaties a new member alliance, Ragnarok, was admitted to the SuperFriends towards the end of January and the "lol, Maroonity" treaty was announced near the end of the month. The treaty was in the work for awhile as an attempt to start to realize the idea of maroonity in maroon once again. The treaty ended up a large success with twelve total signatories, including basically all of the larger maroon alliances along with several smaller ones. Throughout the month of February the RIA began a RIvival and finally started to break free from it's score stagnation and loss of members; RIA membership leveled out near 250 members and the RIA's score first increased to near 11.50 and then moved closer to 12.

Volume 9: End of the New World Order

 * Chapter I: Leap Day Offensive, Chapter II: Fall of the New World Order
 * February &mdash; March 2008

For more information see: Illuminati War

Towards the end of February 2008, it was discovered the Illuminati (TWNO/The New World Order) was plotting against several of it's allies including the New Pacific Order and the Continuum. Due to this and an earlier incident with Invicta along with this the Common Defense Treaty decided it was time for war. Ragnarok, one of the SuperFriends and a member of the Common Defense Treaty, requested the SuperFriends help in the matter. The vote for war among the alliances of the SuperFriends passed and the SuperFriends prepared for war. On the final day of February, the RIA along with the SuperFriends and various alliances of the Common Defense Treaty declared war and launched a coordinated attack against the Illuminati. The war went smoothly due to the combined force against the Illuminati. Their strength and membership quickly fell with many nations surrendering. On March 19 is was announced that all POWs who have complied with terms were released and allowed to move on to other alliances. On March 28 it was announced that the Illuminati, now but a small shell of their former size, had agreed to surrender terms. With this surrender the war was concluded. A couple of months later due to various incidents and the breaking of several terms Ragnarok re-declared upon the remaining Illuminati, starting the Second Illuminati War. However, due to their size Ragnarok did not need assistance in the war.

Volume 10: Making the Impossible - Possible

 * Chapter I: Maroonity, Part II, Chapter II: Walnut Bark, Chapter III: Battle for King Srqt's Soul
 * April &mdash; May 2008

At the beginning of April the RIA announced it had finally reached 3,000,000 Nation Strength. However due to changes with the nation strength system, shortly after this achievement the RIA's strength dropped back to around 2,700,000. The RIA continued to grow throughout the month gaining several new recruits. At the end of the month a new treaty was announced, the Solidarity Pact for an Allied Maroon, a great step for Maroonity, the pact was an Optional Defense and Aggression Pact signed by nine of the larger maroon alliances. In the following month of may the RIA continued to regain it's former strength and began to level out at around 240 nations. It was in this month that along with the announcement of how to properly cook Walnut Bark, a PIAT with Element, the Trojan Pact was announced. Several days after this PIAT a battle for a soul was announced; Emperor Whimical vs. Dilber for King_Sqrt's soul. Although the battle became someone hyped up it ended up not happening and thus King_Sqrt's soul was lost to the Viridian Entente.

Volume 11: Elements of Insanity

 * Chapter I: Maroon Blood, Chapter II: Upgraded Elements
 * June 2008

Throughout following month the RIA continued to grow and rapidly approach 3 million nation strength for the second time in it's history. The membership of the alliance also began to increase again and stay above 240 nations due to new strategies for RIcruitment. Near the begining of the month, the United Sovereign Nations received white peace from their combatants in the GATO-1V War. Due to this the RIA decided to organize money to send to USN for they could rebuild. Starting on June 7, the RIA began to send aid to USN nations that needed it. Shortly after this, in an unrelated move, the RIA and Element upgraded their PIAT to a Mutual Defense Pact, the third such non-bloc military pact since the RIA's founding and it's only active one at the time it was signed. For the remainder the of the month the RIA continued to grow and fluctuate around 3 million nation strength.

Volume 12: Florida in the Pacific

 * Chapter I: Relocation of Florida, Chapter II: Two Years of Random Insanity
 * July 2008

As the month of July began, the Pacifica-Polaris Dispute expanded greatly into public view leading to many announcements of support for the New Pacific Order and the New Polar Order throughout the planet. It was during this time that the RIA and NPO finally announced their treaty which had been signed and completed several days earlier. The RIA issued support for Pacifica (the New Pacific Order) in these unstable times and announced their new treaty, a Mutual Defense and Optional Aggression Pact entitled I Knew I Was Forgetting Something. In the following week another declaration of support was issued (jointly with the Global Order of Darkness, Ragnarok, and The Templar Knights) for Monos Archein due to internal issues and the formation of the splinter alliance Aurora Borealis. Around three weeks later the RIA announced two new ProtectoRItes, Troy and the Grand Central Agency, both of which did not survive the following month. As the month of July came to a close it was announced that the Random Insanity Alliance had turned two years old.

Volume 13: Siberian Tiger War

 * Chapter I: Shadow of Azural, Chapter II: Rest and Relaxation, Chapter III: Football League of Siberian Tigers
 * August &mdash; September 2008

For more information see: War of the Coalition (RIA-STA War, LEN-RIA War, OTF-RIA War) As the month of August began the RIA announced, for the first time in several months, the election results for the RIA's Twenty-forth Cabinet along with the Third RIA Awards Ceremony. Several days after this on August 6, Azural a long-time member, Triumvir, and maroon team senator of the RIA announced his resignation from his position, the alliance, and Planet Bob. Due to this emergency Triumvir elections were called and Shadow was elected as his replacement. Around the same time as this was going on it was announced on the 10th of August that R&R had been accepted into the SuperFriends, bringing the SuperFriends back up to five alliances. The next day an Optional Defense Pact was announced with the International States of Solidarity and Freedom. Shortly after this Planet Bob began to break out in a large state of war. Due to treaty obligations the RIA declared war upon the Siberian Tiger Alliance on August 15. In retaliation to the attack the following night the League of Extraordinary Nations and the OTF Alliance declared war upon the RIA. Shortly after the SuperFriends recognized a state of war with both LEN and OTF due to their attacks. Around two days later Element also began to engage OTF nations that had attacked RIA nations. The first alliance of these three to surrender was OTF who surrendered on the 21st. Three days following this the League also surrendered. The STA, however, did not end up receiving peace until September 11 when the RIA's role in the conflict came to end with STA's surrender. With the announcement of the STA's surrender terms the RIA made clear to them that they were waiving their portion of the reparations mentioned in the terms.

Volume 14: Teen Titans

 * Chapter I: Drunken Moth, Chapter II: Tune and Biscuit Night, Chapter III: The Brave and the Bold
 * October 2008

In the weeks following the conclusion of the War of the Coalition, the RIA fluctuated in strength and membership staying around 3,000,000 nation strength and between 150-200 nations. With the start of the new month, DrunkWino became a member of the Triumvirate after winning in the end of the month elections. He replaced Moth, a long time member of government, who had announced his intention to retire and not run for re-election. A couple of days later The Randomly Armed Treaty, a Peace, Aid, Intelligence and Optional Defense Pact with the Armed Coalition of Valor was announced. As the month moved froward the RIA re-reached three million nation strength for around the third time after fluctuating below it for the prior two months. On October 11, DrunkWino decreed that the night of October 11 was now to be known as Tuna and Biscuit night. After several weeks of thought and work the Teen Titans, a Mutual Defense and Aggression Pact between the Armed Coalition of Valor, the International Protection Agency, and The Order of Halsa was announced. These three alliances had been friends and allies of multiple SuperFriend alliances for sometime so a bond was created between them and the SuperFriends. While the treaty was a MADP between the three alliances, it also contained a Mutual Defense and Optional Aggression Pact between the member alliance of the Teen Titans and the member alliances of the SuperFriends. As the month came to a close a Peace, Aid, and Intelligence Treaty was announced with Apocalypse.

Volume 15: Madness!? This is Celestial Being!

 * Chapter I: Virtuous Sunshine, Chapter II: Celestial Being, Chapter III: Madness? This is Insanity!!
 * November 2008

The next several week were a rather quiet time for the RIA. For the first half of November the RIA just continued to grow, have fun, and work internally. It wasn't until November 18 that the RIA made it's first announcement of the new month. During the collapse of BLEU the RIA announced it was declaring war (Operation Virtuous Sunshine) upon the Virtuoso micro-alliance. Virtuoso became known to the world several days previous due to their raiding of the Prism Protection Front. In the war the RIA was joined in the war by a member nation of The Global Order of Darkness, Doitzel of the Vox Populi, and a member nation of the micro-alliance WWC. The war lasted around a week until the first wave of attacks faded away and Virtuoso was forgotten once again. Several days after the war started it was announced that the RIA had reached 20,000 average nation strength for the first time in it's history. A day later the RIA announced it had found the true meaning of Thanksgiving as Celestial Being merged into it's ranks, greatly increasing the RIA's strength and nuclear stockpile. Later that night The "Madness?? THIS...IS...INSANITY!!!" Treaty, a Mutual Defense and Optional Aggression Pact with Sparta was announced, binding the two alliances together with a 48 year cancellation clause.

Volume 16: Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire

 * Chapter I: Up, Up, Up!, Chapter II: Maroonity, Part III
 * December 2008

With the Celestial Being merger finally complete the RIA's nation strength, average nation strength, score, and nuclear weapon count had each greatly increased in number and continued to increase throughout the following months bringing an end to the stagnation which had plagued the alliance in the month previous to it. On December 11, The Insanely LOUD Treaty, an Optional Defense Pact between the RIA and the League of United Defense, was announced. For the remainder of December the RIA remained mostly quiet and continued to grow and gain new membership with the help of a new recruiter who had entered the alliance through the merger with Celestial Being. As 2008 came to a close the maroon team came together and announced the Chestnut Accords, a Mutual Defense Bloc between each of the major maroon alliances (the Commonwealth of Sovereign Nations, the Global Order of Darkness, Monos Archein, the Random Insanity Alliance, The Order of Halsa, The Templar Knights, and the United Sovereign Nations). The Accords were a large step forward for maroonity and also announced with them was the Maroon Economic Pact, an Optional Defense and Economic Pact created for smaller alliances and protectorates could also take part in maroonity. The first signatories of this pact, other then those of the Chestnut Accords, were the Arrow of Chiron and Through Yggdrasil's Roots. Several days after this the RIA announced it's most recent election results and government for the first month of new year and also an Optional Defense Pact, titled Socialistic Insanity, with the Socialistic Empire.

Volume 17: Resolutions

 * Chapter I: CRAP, Chapter II: Apocalypse, Chapter III: Resolutions!
 * January 2009

As the new year opened up the RIA saw the growth and gain a number of friendships and treaties as well as a steady increase of new members and strength. The first of such new treaties was the Random Viridian News, a Protocols for Espionage and Armed Conflict Eradication treaty, with the Viridian Entente which was announced several days into the new year. The following day the "I don't want to read a book, Mom" Accords, a Peace, Aid, and Intelligence Treaty with Through Yggdrasil's Roots, an alliance which was in part founded by a long time friend and former member of the RIA Lanna, was announced. Maintaining the treaty streak the "CRAPwow! You'll be saying wow every time" treaty, an upgrade of the CRAP ProtectoRIte Agreement with the Coalition of Royal Allied Powers (CRAP), was announced the next day. After these were all announced there was a slight break in the treaty announcements for several days before the announcement of the Barrel of Awesome Marks, an Optional Defense Pact with the Republic of Allied Defenses. A week later the "wtf is this?" Pact, a Mutual Defense and Optional Aggression Pact with Apocalypse and an upgrade of the The "Huggle free is the way to be" Pact, was announced. As the month came to a close there was was one final announcement. On January 29, 2009 it was announced that Monos Archein has been accepted into The SuperFriends.

Volume 18: The Bastion

 * Chapter I: International Insanity, Chapter II: Bastion, Chapter III: The Loud Bughouse, Chapter IV: Nemesis
 * ''February 2009

Several days after the inclusion of Monos Archein into the SuperFriends, the RIA issued a warning out to Planet Bob, stating that "Sometimes Random Insanity is fun. Sometimes, however, it plunges deep into the depths of the human psyche, digging up the most ruthless and vile of humanity. You know who you are. You know what your doing. and you should know, You're going to have hell itself unleashed upon you. Have a wonderful day." While it was not made completely clear in the announcement, this warning was issued due to repeated spy attacks upon RIA nations. Around a week after this it was announced that the Socialistic Insanity treaty, an Optional Defense Pact which was originally signed with the Socialistic Empire, had been upgraded. This new pact was called Socialistic Insanity 2.0: International Insanity and was a Mutual Defense and Optional Aggression Pact with The International, an alliance formed through a merger of the Socialistic Empire, the Communist Party of CyberNations, and remnants of The Righteous Fist. A couple of days later a Peace, Aid, and Intelligence Treaty, written entirely in wingdings, called Sun Hand Peace Mailbox Thumbs up Box Frame Square Daimond Mini-daimond (RIA-Cronus) was announced with Cronus. This treaty however would not last a month due to their decision to later disband due to inactivity. The Bastion MDP bloc, the name of which was taken from a Tattler entry, was announced next and was between the RIA, Ragnarok, and the Viridian Entente. As the month moved forward, two more treaties were announced, The Bughouse Pact, a Mutual Defense Pact with the 57th Overlanders, and Funktuar likes it LOUD, a Mutual Defense Pact with the League of United Defense. The first treaty was an upgrade of the The Voices Told Me To... treaty, a PIAT originally signed with the 57th under their first name, the Hegemony of Periphery States, back in June of 2008. The second treaty was an upgrade of The Insanely LOUD Treaty, a Optional Defense Pact, signed in December 2008. The final treaty announcement of February and the end of the RIA's recent treaty backlog came with a new alliance, Nemesis. Nemesis, an alliance which was founded with the help of Van Hoo III, a former SuperFriend and Emperor of Ragnarok, officially announced it's existence on February 20, 2009. With it's declaration of existence The Absolut Shenanigans Treaty, a Mutual Defense and Optional Aggression Pact, was also announced. Two days later the official forums and IRC channel of Bastion were revealed to Planet Bob.