Look, Zontas, there are fails, and there are botches. There's a difference between not knowing what you're doing and... You know.
Alright guys, we have a dedicated diplomacy chatroom at #anthodiplo on irc.sorcery.net; I will roll for the countries tomorrow after I have gotten jDip to work (why is it delivered with an installer package from 2002?). That and also I need to go to sleep now because I have a big test tomorrow.