http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic. ... 4#p3849074
Just for the record, gentlemen: Champa is a real country with an army. They may not be first or even second-rate in terms of heavy metal or shiny toys, and it might cost them casualties, but they're more than up to drowning these bozos in rifle fire.
Not saying you don't know that, but I want to make sure everyone is aware and reminded. Some of us have gotten a bit cavalier about respecting the viability and competence of his country.
Maddoctor's unfortunate lack of posts may make us forget, but Champa
is what we might informally call a "real country" with a government that exists for purposes other than collecting bribes, meaningful transport and communication infrastructure, an analogue to FEMA and the Corps of Engineers in the form of the "Land Corps..." and according to maddoctor, roughly the same per capita GDP as nearby Umeria. Or, to give real life analogues, Iran or Brazil. Not Somalia or the Congo.
If this happened in Umeria, you can be damn sure the local prefect would be whistling up enough army units to expel Lagap and friends at the bayonet in short order. Even if they somehow managed to bounce the local garrison battalion, larger cans of whoop-ass would be waiting in the wings.
[Honestly, he's made Champa rich enough that the Bangladesh comparison starts breaking down, if you ask me, as noted the per capita GDP he's working from is more in line with Iran and Brazil than with India or Bangladesh. But that's his choice to make.]