Overlord Region: 8 Monroe Doctrine vs. 9 Conquistadors

Overlord Region action continues as the closest matchup gets underway. It's a battle for the New World when the Monroe Doctrine squares off against the bloodthirsty Conquistadors.

8 Monroe Doctrine

On December 2, 1823 James Monroe announced that the western hemisphere would no longer be open to European influence and colonization. In return, the U.S.A. promised not to rough up any European powers. This is some baller ass shit, because it had been only 4o years since we declared independence from Britain. In fact, we were only ten years out of beating up the Limeys again to cement our independence! Clearly, Monroe was a ganster.

But the gangster implications of Monroe's badass doctrine were unknown even to himself. In 1904, Teddy Roosevelt (a true player in his own right) would add a Corollary to make it even more sweet. Not only would the U.S. lay the smack down on Europe, but it could rough up countries in the Americas due to "flagrant and chronic wrongdoing by a Latin American Nation.” Basically, we set ourselves up as the big boy on the block.

Furthermore, JFK, one of the all-time players, invoked the Monroe Doctrine to bust on those whack ass commies in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Clearly, the Monroe Doctrine made America the pimping-est nation in the Western Hemisphere, and eventually the world.

9 Conquistadors

After Columbus opened up the New World to European exploration, Spain took that shit over and sent Conquistadors to rip it up. The Conquistadors were some pretty tough hombres, and they were clearly macks. They had advanced weapons, advanced ships, and advanced diseases to rock the indigenous people. And they had the brutal desire to destroy which backed it all up.

And let's not forget that they had the baller ass encomienda system, by which conquistadors became feudal lords and extracted tribute from the natives. The Spanish Crown actively encouraged this, and honored the warriors who were the most vicious.

The system worked and by the late 1500s, American silver accounted for approx. 1/5 of Spain's income.

But how do these two forces match up?

The case is simple, MOB squad, if the Monroe Doctrine had been in effect, the Conquistadors would have been destroyed. The Monroe Doctrine took out the British, French, and Spanish, then was used to smack around the countries it initially protected, and finally helped destroy the USSR.

Baller!