Hey France 😁. I would like to suggest an alliance between the two of us, against Germany. In my opinion a England-France alliance is super powerful, especially if we can trust each other. Germany has reached out to me about an alliance to attack you, but franly I think France as a country is a much more powerful ally.To start I suggest we have the English Channel as a DMZ and coordinate and attack on Germany. Anyways good luck and have fun! Dear England,
I completely agree that the French-English alliance can be quite powerful. Naturally, the main sticking point early on is whether we can trust each other to demilitarize the Channel.
On my end, I have little reason to go there unless I distrust you. I plan to go to Mid-Atlantic, which would allow me to move to Spain (south coast) and establish an early presence in the Mediterranean. Will also aim to get into Burgundy, where I can potentially support you into Belgium.
My suggestion is that you open with:
F Edinburgh - Norwegian Sea
F London - North Sea 
A Liverpool - Yorkshire
This guarrenteed you a build in Norway even if Russia moves A Moscow north, while potentially letting you convoy into Belgium. And you can be safe in the knowledge that either A Yorkshire or F North Sea can cover London in the event that I don't keep my word.
Let me know your thoughts. Good luck to you as well! Sounds good! How are your relations with Germany? Getting into burgundy would be great. I’ll work some magic with Germany and try to get them to not move there. Relations with Germany are not outright hostile, but it's a little tense.  Bounce in Burgundy is about what could be expected. 
Since they moved to Holland in Spring, you'll need to talk to them regarding the Belgium question. But they can probably be brought around. I'll move to Burgundy again, but probably expecting another bounce So... the thing is, their going to have to choose between Belgium and Denmark. If I let germany have Belgium, I could get Denmark, and have full control of scandinavia by 1902, from where I could launch a full-fledged russia attack I'm surprised Germany is on board with this It means allowing you to border Kiel. But if they're sincere, and not just offering it because it would be easier for them to capture Denmark next year than Belgium Then it could set you up well. I assume you are convoying into Denmark then? Well... germany isn't on board with this... yet. I messaged them but they havn't responded yet Well, it certainly strengthens our alliance a lot if you are able to occupy Denmark. We would be far better placed to partition Germany, and it would be easier to check Russian expansion So if you're comfortable with it, I suggest we just go ahead. Even if Germany causes problems, the two of us should be able to handle them. Well... if Germany moves into Denmark, it sucks for me. The last I spoke to Germany, they seemed interested in Belgium, but I'm not sure they had fully thought through the fact that taking Belgium would mean giving up on either Denmark or Holland It's obviously not ideal, but a bounce in Denmark would still be manageable - you still get one build in Norway, and Germany would also be limited to one build in that scenario I’ll wait and see what Germany messages me back Deadline is coming up. Suggest you submit draft orders and revise them if/when Germany gets back Germany just said their not willing to give up on denmakr Oh... Have they offered you Belgium in exchange? I don't think it's going to happen. I'm not going to move to denmark. Also germany said you reached out to them about turning on me? I'm not sure if Germany is flat out lying, or if they're misunderstanding what I told them I told them that I'd be willing to let them have Belgium, which they then (unprompted) took to mean I was offering them Belgian in exchange for an alliance against you. However, what I meant was that it was just acknowledging facts. I couldn't stop them from taking Belgium even if I wanted to. I think it's already pretty clear that I trust you more than I trust Germany, just from the fact that I agreed to demilitarize the English Channel while we had an arranged bounce in Burgundy Ok... I believe you. Also, I don't think germany is the most seasoned diplomacy player... he told me he wanted to have an alliance with me, but that I HAD to give him belgium, holland, and denmark in return Yeah, Germany seems like a rather greedy player Didn’t get into Denmark, but Holland is very nice as well Indeed, congrats! What's your plans for build? I was thinking of building A Marseilles to support myself into Burgundy and advance against Germany And then couple that with F Brest, which could go to Picardy to contest Belgium Also you can probably guess just based on your current situation, but Germany as approached me about an alliance against you Right. Hopefully you stick with the more competent player 😉 Honestly, I figured I should do my due diligence and consider it, but I can't figure out how a France-German alliance would even work in this situation. It's not as if he could support me into Belgium U could tell him yes and then use that to stab I might do that, but he's in a tight defensive enough position as is Which is why you would do that... Im thinking a build in london and a fleet in edinburg As in, army in London and fleet in Edinburgh? yea Makes sense! Frankly, I don't like your fleet in Bre. An army could have contested Belgium as well. If you move it to the english channel... I'm going to take that as on obvious sign of aggression, and cover London. If you move it to picardy, were all good. Lol both russia and Italy reached out to me asking if you had accidentally switched those builds... I agree with them, they do seem pretty strange Strange or not, I'm fairly sure I told you earlier that I was thinking of building a fleet and Brest and didn't get any objections But at any rate, I can promise you that it will be going to Picardy rather than to the Channel. If it does go to the Channel, you should see that as an act of aggression on my part So, I've heard that you told Italy I'm planning to attack them with the fleet in Spain? Never said that... Interesting. Well, anyways that's not important. I'd like to apologise again for building the fleet in Brest without proper consultation - I assumed that you saw the message and were okay with it I will move to Picardy and continue our demilitarization of the English Channel. Hopefully we can put this behind us and focus on Germany Nice I should also be able to get into Burgundy, which would strengthen our position facing Belgiim Good. Where do you stand regarding Russia by the way? I’m good with them, just trying to talk to other countries to try to keep a balance of power over there in the south. Turkey is basically free centers, and Russia is looking a little worrying. Turkey's move to Armenia should be a bit reassuring to you, since it puts pressure on Russia not to focus too much in the north But it's a little... Half-hearted? Yes. Like the first turn... One other thing to check - would you be comfortable with me sending F Spain to Mid Atlantic in order to get A Portugal out? Plan is to return to Spain afterwards Go ahead, but i personally think you should attack italy. Attacking Germany is the priority in my mind, especially since A Marseilles is needed on that front Can consider how best to attack Italy if/when Germany is dealt with On that note - we now have a very messy map. Let me put some thoughts on how to proceed Okay, retaking Norway is probably a lost cause, given that Russia tends to be a conservative player, and such a player will probably be very tempted to just do: 
F Sweden & A StP S F Nwy H I will do A Burgundy S F PIcardy - Belgium, which will cut support F Nth S A Ruhr - Holland should then be able to hold Holland Germany will then have a disband, , probably in Kiel, letting you rotate around into Ska and take Denmark Ok, I'm here now It's late at night for me, so I might not stay up too long, but what do you think of the suggestion? I seriously doubt I can get Norway back. My moves last turn were... well... risky. I asked if there was anything I could do for them to get Norway back, but I seriously doubt it. Belgium is guaranteed for you. The thing is, I'm not sure I can get Holland. Germany probably anticipates you taking Belgium, and will move into Holland with Belgium, and with support, their going to get it. Which means I'm at 3 centers, and won't have a chance of getting denmark. Thinking out loud here - if we assume Germany will anticipate that I attack Belgium and order A Kiel & F HEL S F Bel - Hol Munich would be vulnerable Would you be comfortable with F NTH S F Pic - Bel, A Ruh S A Bur - Mun? 

From there, I can support you into Kiel and/or Holland I'm hearing you ask me to support you twice this turn. If I do this I will almost undoubtedly lose two centers. I will be at 3. You will be at 7. it's simply not fair. I support you into Belgium, you support me into Munich It's always worth asking. The complication is that I think Munich is a really critical supply center for France, but that being the case I can support you in for now and trade it for another supply center down the line. So yeah, A Burgundy can support you from Ruhr into munich, while F NTH supports Picardy - Belgium Are we agreed? Just so you know, it's like 2am in my time zone, so if I don't hear back before I go to bed I'm just going to support myself into Belgium. Don't want to risk losing a build to miscommunication, so would just take the guaranteed option in that case Ok, I'd like to work things out Let's do that. How much longer are you here? I'll probably go to bed after we finish this conversation Ok. I was thinking... do you want to have Munich and I get Belgium? May require a bit of trust, but I am full in for this alliance. Also Munich is better for you to have then me I actually thought about that, but it's considerably riskier. A Ruhr is decently likely to have its support cut, while it's impossible for that to happen to A Munich Ok, but I seriously doubt Ruhr will have it's support cut. Odds are low, but it's possible if Germany things you want to backfill to NTH But yeah, I'm comfortable with betting that Germany won't do that And also with trusting that your support will materialize So that would suggest F Picardy S F NTH - Bel, A Bur - Mun? So... which option? I think we can bet that germany won't do that. I think it is definitely the better move. It's just up to how much you trust me. Again, I'm ready to go all the way with this alliance. I think I might diplomatically have Russia in the bag, and be able to Norway back, from which I could get Stp. With me going for russia, and maybe eventually italy, I think we can get a two way win. With Munich under my control, attacking Italy or even Austria becomes much more feasible - we would definitely be on track for a two way win, especially with the eastern triangle going nowhere Provided you agree, I'm prepared to commit to:
 A Ruhr S A Bur - Mun
 F Pic S F NTH - Bel Just to check though - what are you possibly offering Russia that makes them voluntarily return Norway? That sounds good. I'm offering them support into Denmark For this fall? Or next year? They don't want to do it yet. i do. Were still working it out You should also explore the option of them supporting you into Denmark, as "compensation" for taking Norway lol. They are a tough diplomat, their never agreeing to that Haha it's only marginally worse than giving up Norway Ok, sounds good. SLeep well I put in the order! Same🥳 So, this is what I get for trying to put in orders at 2am... Complete misorder What do you mean? I put in A Burgundy - Ruhr instead of to Munich That's why I failed to capture Munich It didn’t matter, they supported Munich Oh, I actually missed that somehow. I checked the orders early in the morning as well... Happens to all of us. Hey more sleep 😴 Okay, we're actually still in okay shape Germany will need to disband, but they need all their current units to make a defensive line So there will be a gap somewhere - let's see where in the morning Yeah Germany doesn’t have to disband Wow, I am really not on top of my game right now. 
Okay, aassume that we have Belgium and North attacking Holland, and Burgundy attacking Munich. Kiel can support one of them to hold, which would succeed. This then turns into a guessing game. Germany can beat the odds by having Russia do F Nwy - NTH to cut support, coupled with A Kiel S A Mun H, but Russia takes on considerable risk in doing so The real wild card is that if Italy or Austria lets me through into Tyrolia, we can hit Munich from the south I'll try to lobby for that, while we play the odds in the north Sounds good. Russia... I seriously doubt they are going to help germany Yeah, let's see. I don't think they're big fans of you either.

In terms of actual moves, could your A Ruhr provide support for me to hit Ruhr again?