Chapter 341 ·War Crime

“The ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍Unified Market is the true foundation of a Great Power，each Unified Market represents a complete Industrial Chain from production to sales，from clothing、food、housing、and transportation to rifles and cannons，from raw materials to finished products，and that Great Power is the core of this chain，occupying the dominant position in this market。”

“Essentially ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍speaking，the history of world wars in the Post-imperial Era is a history of conflict between various Closed Markets，every nation controlling the dominant position in a market wants to occupy a larger Commodity Dumping Market，this is the fuse that ignites war。”

“These ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍are the foundations of peace，only by fundamentally resolving this problem will war basically disappear。”

Inside ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍a private conference room in the Royal Palace，Bratt and Yadov looked at the summary report submitted by Alliance experts in their hands as unusual expressions flashed through their eyes。

This ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍thing was written rather magnificently，but it did not provide clear answers to many specific problems。

No，that ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍was not right either。In fact the answers to the problems were hidden within these seemingly peaceful and harmless basic demands。

Although they might not have systematically studied it，they still understood the most basic principle that a market would not disappear simply because you abolished it。

The relationship between supply and demand itself was the underlying operating logic of society，what this report was actually talking about was abolishing each nation’s ability to control and intervene in its own domestic market。

Open Door，Free Economy，combined with a Global Integration Strategy，the Alliance’s intentions were plain to see，what they wanted to do was integrate and unify the Global Market into one。

And once the markets were unified，the Alliance would not even need to say another word before it could directly become the uncrowned king within this new system。

Because with the war having reached this point，the overwhelming majority of nations on the Main Continent had participated，and all had suffered tremendous damage，with the Alliance alone almost completely unaffected，and it was also the only nation with a complete Full Industrial Chain System。

Then within this so-called globalized ‘Free Market’ economy，as the absolute exporting nation，would it not indirectly control the dominant leading position within this market。

But could anyone refuse this ‘Peace’ Treaty？

No

Bratt pondered for a moment：“It will be difficult for them to accept conditions like these，but in the end they will accept them。”

Yadov nodded：“Our war on the Britian Front is progressing extremely smoothly，as long as things there conclude successfully，once the greatest obstacle to peace disappears the rest will be simple~”

If Britian was breached and occupied，the Allied Nations as the defeated side would have no qualification to speak，while Ernesto and Suria as Alliance allies had no need to speak either。

From an emotional perspective they were close enough to the Alliance to wear the same pair of trousers。

From a rational perspective within this Alliance-led ‘New Closed Market’ system，as one of the de facto Victorious Nations，they would naturally be assigned a favorable position in the distribution。

Ernesto and Suria were currently both taking on a portion of the middle and downstream industries with the Alliance’s support，after all during wartime it was impossible to rely entirely on Alliance aid，they themselves also had to possess a certain capability to sustain the war。

And with these industrial foundations accumulated during the war，they possessed a powerful first-mover advantage in the postwar Free Economy market environment。

Moreover they did not have much confidence to say no to the Alliance’s proposal，the overwhelming majority of wartime aid had been provided by the Alliance，the Alliance had not asked for this money back，it was Free Aid，but ‘Free Aid’ did not mean there were no accounting records。

According to the Gold Standard conversion，1 Alliance Currency=1.5332 grams of pure gold。According to information officially provided by the Alliance，the total value of Alliance aid received by the two nations in all aspects combined was approximately 26 billion。

What kind of concept was that？Before the war Suria was regarded as one of the wealthiest nations on the continent，with a prewar annual GDP of 2.042 billion Alliance Currency，while Avisu’s GDP was 1.544 billion Alliance Currency。

Only because the Alliance did not require them to repay it，otherwise how could they possibly afford to。

Why did they not need to repay it？

Because in the era of the Gold Standard money could not and would not be generated out of thin air，if the Alliance had provided these as repayable loans，then this 26 billion would have to come from reparations paid by the Allied Nations as these ‘Defeated Nations’。

Together with the two nations’ postwar recovery funding requirements，at least around 40 billion Alliance Currency worth of resources would have to be squeezed out of the Allied Nations before the losses of these years could be made up，with a certain surplus remaining。

But truthfully，the Allied Nations absolutely could not afford this sum，if the money absolutely had to be demanded，then they would only have the Beer Hall path left to take。

So this was why the Alliance directly waived the bills of its Brother Nations，and provided Free Aid。

However those who ate another’s food had a soft mouth，and those who took another’s gifts had a short hand，after taking advantage of something free，their status and position naturally completed a transition toward following the Alliance’s lead。

The de facto defeated Allied Nations had even less to say，because with the Alliance not demanding debts the Humanitarian Compensation they needed to pay the Three-Nation Alliance was not very much，basically consisting of disability and death compensation for soldiers of the Three-Nation Alliance。

This compensation of 3.2 billion Alliance Currency was to be jointly paid by the Seven-Nation Alliance，it did not belong to war reparations and was classified as Humanitarian Aid。

The reason ‘de facto’ victory and defeat were repeatedly emphasized was because in the Unconditional Surrender Documents that the two sides were about to sign，the written text contained no explicit orientation toward victors and defeated nations，instead replacing it with other rhetoric。

For example：“This is a Peace Without Victors。”

“The Three-Nation Alliance made an unprecedented great contribution to the peaceful liberation of the sapient races of the Seven Allied Nations”and so on

Further weakening the presence of the war，discarding the rhetoric summarizing victory and defeat，the Alliance’s then Prime Minister Coy explicitly proposed a new offense during the later Multinational Peace Conference

Namely 【War Crime】。

The current Emperors，Kings，of the various Allied Nations，were all declared guilty of War Crimes by Coy。

Declaring war itself a crime，this was a historic moment。

Because ever since nations had existed，the Right to Declare War had always been an inseparable part of a Sovereign Nation，only defeat would result in judgment。

But now things were different，regardless of victory or defeat they would all face judgment for War Crimes，war would no longer be legally permitted，this provision would be written into the newest Peace Convention。

Among them Coy did not declare Aldahir guilty，because he did not live to see this moment。

After the Sadrichis Defensive Line was breached by Ernesto，Aldahir who had transferred from the nuclear-blasted and ruined Capital of Glax to the Secondary Capital ran head-on into Ernesto’s main force，what kind of ending he met could easily be imagined。

Anyway regardless of whether they were willing or unwilling，all participating nations successively solemnly announced through the international radio station、television、and broadcasts opened by the Alliance，that from now on they would completely renounce the use of war as a means of resolving international disputes，if any nation violated this，all under heaven would strike it together。

This also allowed everyone in the world to see the possibility of Permanent Peace，at least this time it was closer than every previous time in history。

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