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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] You're assuming that the Romulans were completely defeated in the war, and the Earth alliance (Federation, whatever) unilaterally imposed the NZ on the Romulans. The only thing you've got to base that on is the apparent proximity of Romulus to the border -- but those kinds of maps are woefully unreliable (not to mention two-dimensional!). Consider: the treaty was negotiated without any face-to-face contact. It did not end in any kind of occupation. The most it might have included was a concession of territory from one side to the other. None of this is remotely similar to the total surrender of Germany in WWI or WWII, where it was a complete capitulation by one side. Most likely, I think that the Romulans were losing fleet strength and could no longer maintain any offensive, and the Earth alliance didn't have the logistics, manpower, or will (or any combination thereof) to launch a full-scale invasion of the Romulan home territories. Therefore, a cease-fire was declared, a Neutral Zone to keep the two sides apart, and both sides went to lick their wounds. The Romulans, being either alone or with only a few other less advanced races in their territory, took nearly a century to recover, while the Earth alliance had mutual interdependence to help everyone recover faster and then found the Federation. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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