My name is DaiQuana and I am in Mr. Sal’s 9th period class. In the game, I started off as the United States then soon became apart of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire.

On the first day, before we aligned with Austria-Hungary, we made a treaty with them and Germany. The treaty was for an agreement to protect each other and back each other up. Together, we spent our economic points by buying navy and colonies. We bought this because it gave us more money.

Austria-Hungary also declared war on France and won on the first day. Austria-Hungary once again declared war on France but this time France was aligned with two other countries. With this said, Germany didn’t back them up because they thought they would lose. Therefore, the treaty between Germany and Austria-Hungary was broken. We, the U.S. backed them up. However, once France took all of our stuff, we decided to surrender along with Austria-Hungary.

Even though we did not break the treaty we made with the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, we are not satisfied with the unsuccessful outcome. We are not content because we didn’t want to lose. Realizing there were things we could’ve done to change this conclusion, we understood there was almost no chance of us winning, making us look like a failure as a country.

Something we could’ve done differently is not surrendered and stayed in the game. That would’ve made us look more confident as a whole. Even though we may not have won, not surrendering could have possibly made us gain more respect by not giving up for the sake of our country. In the end, another country might have possibly wanted to be in alliance with us.

I somewhat better understand the diplomacy in the world. I’m still unsure about some things though. I understand why war is brought upon countries and what the point of it is. However, I don’t get the fact that hundreds of people can die, but yet the countries involved in the war can still go on how they started, not improving anything and just remaining how they began before taking a lot of lives. Overall, the game did help me better understand how things work in the world.