Post Archive
Region: Lands End
That is actually an amazing story. I stand corrected.
Yeah I have no memory of my first few days in Nation States but I'm pretty sure I was recruited via recruitment telegram. Though you are probably right Nilas, the vast majority probably do not get instantly recruited and stay using simply a recruitment telegram. My first nation was not actually Xadrya, I believe it was in fact one of my current puppets that I first started out with.
I have to disagree with you here, recruiting is probably one of the sole things I've always enjoyed about NS. If I failed to get recruits I would just play little games like "Oh let's see if I can get X number of telegrams sent out by X time" to make the time passer quicker so I wasn't so focused on the fact I wasn't getting recruits, and usually when I did that little stuff is when I would end up with recruits.
Nilas, Saint Augustin
Yeah, this works pretty well. I mean after sending out almost 1.6k recruitment telegrams across several nations with that mindset, I've found out that it really does work. Sure, the low success rates are are a thing and it sucks, sometimes some recruitment templates work better than others, and sometimes the person just might not be interested in the sort of region you're recruiting for.
Nilas, Capitalist Piggys
I think Lands End is the center of a shadow organization trying to rule NS and I love it.
Bluximburg
I have achieved a powerhouse economy coupled with an excellent environment. :) #goals
North-West America
I used to have an all-consuming economy with good environment, but it dropped back down to powerhouse and I havent gotten it back up ever since :(
Having a tree or two would be nice...
lol... that's sad.
I was actually recruited to lands end via a day- one telegram. I remember that I was just getting a flood of messages, so I just decided to start reading them. The 4th one that I read was from lands end, and I just really liked the vibe of the region. It was either from Torranta or Confederation Of Tesdai. (I kind of confused them with each other for a few days because they are both "T" names with black, red, and green flags xD.)
Nilas, Xadrya
It was probably Tes. I wasnt recruiting much at the time that you came.
I did. I think it was the third recruitment telegram I got, I just thought it was neat that the region seemed to be Capitalist in a corporate like setting, so I joined.
A fascinating story, I know.
Nilas, Modern Israel
I did. The very first recruitment TG I got actually (with that nation anyway, I kinda joined then left NS years ago before coming back). I signed up, made my nation, [nation=momocarlile], received my first recruitment TG and said "Why not?". That recruitment came from Conch Kingdom, and I haven't left it.
Nilas, Modern Israel
Two, Tes runs the API for LE so it would make sense.
Modern Israel
Question of the Day: What is the greatest honor/achievement you ever received/achieved?
My answer: One event that almost happened, was I was supposed to present to a room full of businessmen or something about manufacturing and Mike Pence was supposed to be there. However, he had decided to go for Vice President a few days before, so he had to take care of business for that. After the election was over, I realized. Huh, I almost met the Vice President! The greatest honor/achievement that actually happened to me, though, was when I won 3rd place in the State for a competition.
Unike, Sharlin, Xadrya, Daesh Valens, Modern Israel
Wow, that's awesome! The greatest honor for me was attending the 2016 Presidential Inauguration. I was a given a really good seat, and was later picked up by the staff members of an embassy (can't say which country) and was taken out for lunch after the inauguration. I was then taken to the ambassador's private residence and had a conversation with him about foreign policy for more than an hour. Till today, I can't believe Jan 20 was actually real.
Sharlin, Xadrya, Modern Israel
Probably the time I organized a full prison break among my fellow captives to escape from a former church turned prison in a new dystopian society and one of my fellow prisoners leaped straight into the air and over a ten foot wall like Super Mario, escaping the prison and the two guards who failed to catch him while chasing him on their golf cart. However, the true honor came when we overthrew the authoritarian government, my rag tag group of rebels and I established a new democratic government.
This was in no way actually a dream I had, and is a completely true and accurate account of events that I truly experienced.
The American Imperialists, Xadrya, Daesh Valens, Bluximburg, Modern Israel
My greatest achievement is finding Lands End.
Unike, Torranta, Daesh Valens, Modern Israel
Greetings gentlemen!
Unike, The American Imperialists, Clarkentrent, Modern Israel
Post self-deleted by Koriter.
Welcome to Lands End
Daesh Valens, Koriter
Welcome to the shadow organization.
The American Imperialists, Daesh Valens
Thank you :-)
Is it a Secret Society ? :o
The American Imperialists
I'm not sure.
Daesh Valens
Congratulations to Hollip on becoming Land's End new economic superpower! Sincerely, a kindred spirit.
Hollip, Daesh Valens
I'd.like a explanation I'm interested.
Nilas
So am I.
Hey, I was reading the SC resolution at vote, where it reference weapon design, and weapon export. How would that even work in NationStates? It would pretty much have to be RP, wouldn't it? It seems a bit ridiculous to me if a nation's being commended for role-play. Of course there are other reasons in the resolution that they should be commended for, but not for role-play. I don't get it.
I don't get the being commended thing at all.
I was looking through our residency, and I saw a nation named Spunkyspermland. I wish my nation was named spunkyspermland!
Hollip, Nilas, Daesh Valens
Post self-deleted by Xadrya.
Why thank you, I do try my best
Xadrya
Woah, guys. We have a nation that was founded in 2006!
Nilas, Unike, Xadrya, Daesh Valens
Late Answer: I have had some minor achievements but nothing interesting. I've been invited to many STEM programs but even if you have a slight aptitude for Science, Math or History you can get invited to things like that. To be totally honest my memory is not good enough, I have faint memories of a lot of achievements that I made but I can't quite put my finger on what they are.
Also, for anyone that doesn't know all of them I hope this is of help:
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=920115
Daesh Valens, Bluximburg
Thank you for that policy list. May I ask, has anyone made first contact?
Please dont double post. Makes the rmb look sloppy. There is an appropriately placed edit feature you can use to prevent this.
sorry.
I mean, it's pretty much what it sounds like. It was the most interesting dream I've ever had, there's more details, but it doesn't make sense if you aren't within the same social circle as I am.
Although, the last part about overthrowing the government didn't actually happen in the dream, but I had gotten invested in the story after I woke up, so that's what I imagine happened next.
Daesh Valens
I recently had a mind-boggling dream of my own recently. To the point where it extends past the limitations of this world. Even if I tried to explain it, I doubt I could succeed.
Daesh Valens
Post self-deleted by Xadrya.
Question of the Day: What was your strangest/most unsettling dream.
My answer: Ill answer later. It will take some time to figure out how to explain it.
Xadrya
I once had a very strange dream. A dream a shan't ever forget, I remember it in great detail:
In my dream the cold war had never ended.. it was 2021, I was 19 years of age. We had faced many hardships as a result of the cold war between the United States and Russia. The nation had taken a very different turn, one for the worse. The US had established martial law and as a result of food shortages began to ration food. My Grandpa and I had face hunger issues for more then 2 years at this point. Many people in our village had made a mass exodus up north as a result of promises of better conditions. At this very point nuclear war had finally broken out.
It started in 2022, just a week before we planned to make our exodus. The nukes had been fired and in the distance we saw mushroom clouds erupt above major cities. We feared for our lives, our families and the loved ones that lived in that direction. We feared that we would be next. Alas for another two years we survived despite the worsening conditions. The blasts had caused major atmospheric changes, resulting in global warming on a much faster scale. Crops failed world-wide and starvation was the worst it had ever been. We never made this mass exodus, we decided to stay put as factions began to form in our region. We joined into a particular military faction that had a massive arsenal of war drones and food supplies. They brought us food back from raids and I provided my grandfather with means to survive while I fought out in the wars. 2027 rolls around and the world starts to take a turn.
It is the year 2027, our faction begins to make gains. We've expanded our territory all throughout the region of Maryland and Delaware and control all around the Chesapeake, providing a major source of fishing and crabbing. I went out on a foraging and gathering expedition, during fall, to come back to a mass launch of over 400 drones. A sight much alike a flock of birds blocking out the sun. I looked out into the distance to see the drones flying out into the territory of a Pennsylvanian faction. I saw the drones drop bombs en masse, thousands at one time. I feared as it felt as if the world was falling apart, a world much alike the one I had grown up in. I saw the bombs fall from the silver birds, I imagined a nuclear weapon falling from the center of those dreaded Soviet bombers. My eyes began to sweat, I ran back to our base to ask of this event.
I ran back to our factions central base to see the door broken down. Inside I found everyone in a brutal verbal battle, attacking one another and seemingly debating till the ends of the earth about a variety of recent events. I stood by the door, peering in at the battle of wills. I saw my grandfather, the head commander, and a few high up soldiers standing around a strategic table sending verbal monsoons at each other. They yelled about the moral infraction we had committed sending the bombers towards our enemy. I stood idly by, watching them battle it out, I heard them yell about how the enemy might have nuclear weapons and how we couldn't afford to defend from such an attack. I watched until I could no longer. I walked into the room and asked what it is they were discussing, causing them to pause and look at me, wondering whether I had stood and heard the whole conversation. I slowly backed out as their looks turned to anger.
The day passed rather uneventfully with me going about my normal routines. I went fishing, foraging and attended to my cattle. It went very much so until an emergency came about. The sirens rung and everyone ran with all their strength sprinted towards the bunker. I myself ran faster then I'd ever ran towards the bunker. My last memory before I blacked out was tripping and falling unto a rock.
I woke up in the back of a wooden and canvas bi-plane, my grandfather piloting it. I looked back in the distance, only to see a destroyed land, wasteland, a land of former friends and family.. ravaged by the nature of humans. A nature of war, destruction and conflict. I was hurt, filled with hatred. I looked back and only saw the destruction of humanity rather then the love and care they could provide for one another. I looked back forward, my innards ripped out from inside of me, a hollowed boy destroyed by the destruction of man. I no longer felt emotion, I was emptied, hollowed by the destruction and pain I had suffered.
FUNNY HOW I TURN MY DREAMS INTO PHILOSOPHICAL EXPERIENCES
edit: obviously I implemented some fillers for parts I didn't remember, don't think this was a word for word transcript of the events
Clarkentrent, Daesh Valens, Modern Israel
In our last poll 19 nations voted. The following categories only received 1-2 votes each.
[list] Resource Extraction (2 votes)
Medical/Pharmaceutical (1 vote)
Services (1 vote)
Other (2 votes)[/list]
The options holding 1 vote had 5.2% of the vote each, and the options holding 2 votes held 10.4% of the vote each. Retail had zero votes. Manufacturing was up towards the top with approximately 15.8% of voters choosing it (3 votes). The 2 most popular options, however, were Entertainment and Military. Entertainment came in 2nd with 21% of the voters siding with it (4 votes), and Military was 1st place with nearly 36% of voters choosing it (6 votes). If Lands End were to choose a form of corporation to be, they would probably choose Military, with Entertainment or Manufacturing in their sights as well. I, personally, am a fan of manufacturing.
Nilas, Unike, Daesh Valens, Butcherhooks
So how do people think World War 3 will happen? My theory is it will be is it won't be nukes and fallout saga it will consist of countries using EMP to bring down our electric network. Then they will attack the economic system along with the internet and society will there for crash.
I dont know. One launched nuke from a maniacal dictator, or even from a third party could send the world spiraling into war. If we last long enough without launching nukes, I think your theory is plausible.
It would probably be started by The US of A,Russia,China,and or North Korea provided they exist long enough.
The Middle East could factor in. I think the nations supporting the radical groups could fall under criticism (including the US, seriously why did we provide arms to the Saudi Arabians? Theyre just using it to devastate Yemen. And we continue to support Israel, who have violated at least 28 Security Council Resolutions and many other General Assembly resolutions, totalling up to 65. Thats the most resolutions violated by any one country in the world. They have attacked Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and the Palestinians, all with support from the US. Why?). Anyways, I digress. Mini-wars could erupt as tensions rise because of nations like Russia and the US who support these countries falling on the Blacklist of nations who dont. Also, Radical groups from the Middle East dont care much about consequence. Many of the radicals think of dying for their cause as an honor. If they get their hands on nuclear weaponry, imagine what could happen.
Daesh Valens
We support Israel because literally everyone in the middle East wants them dead and most are millions of times worse with violations of human rights especially since Israel doesn't commit human rights violations.
Saint Gloria, Xadrya, Clarkentrent, Bluximburg, Koriter, Modern Israel
I can see the reason in that. My viewpoint has shifted. I think they need support, but I dont think that excuses what Israel has done, though.
Xadrya, Daesh Valens
What Israel does is out of self-defense. The IDF practices increbile amounts of restraint to preserve human rights. In additon, the UN is incredibly biased against Israel.
Saint Gloria, Koriter, Modern Israel, Lost Lion
Daesh Valens
Keep scrolling up, you'll find it.
Israel cedes land for peace. The Gaza strip anf the Sinai desert are examples of it.
Modern Israel
My answer to the question of the day is a dream in which my brother was chasing me with a rocket launcher.
Daesh Valens
This happens all the time when i try to explain a super awesome dream the other day :/
Merry Thanksgiving everyone... and for you WOT players Tanksgiving!!!
Clarkentrent, Modern Israel
Giving of happythanks everyone!
Tulov, Clarkentrent, Modern Israel
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
Nilas, Unike, Saint Gloria, Clarkentrent, Modern Israel
Merry Christmas to you too ;)
Clarkentrent
Violations of human rights do not have to be done physically, humans are not structures, they also have functioning minds and hearts. No one can deny that Israel is practicing Ethnic Cleansing in the land. Go and live a day in the West Bank, and then tell me how good Israel is. Israel was established on a land that is already civilized, it was established on a claimed land, and if we're going to say who lived there first, by following this ideology, half of the nations on earth wont exist, including the US and Canada. Israel has been making the people of Palestine suffer from checkpoints, settlements and division, and all of that to force these Palestinians to flee. And to have more proof, if you do not have a passport, you cannot immigrate to the US. but somehow, Palestinians (There's no Palestinian Passport) can flee to US. that's because they are emptying the land.
Daesh Valens
Israel gave Palestine the Gaza strip and do you know what they do with it? Fire rockets at Israel. There have been multiple attempts at peace and the Palestinians rejected. There are suicide bombers going into Israel and many other terror actions carried out against Israel. The Checkpoints considering everything are justified. Israel is the most free state in the Middle East and is actively trying to stop civilian casualties in the conflict. If they are performing a ethnic cleansing why call civilians and tell them there will be fighting in the area? Israel is actively ready to give land for peace,they want peace. By the way the reason Palestine doesn't need a passport is because it isn't a country.
Bluximburg, Modern Israel
I have a theory that Israel is not real and whenever you are there everyone is just throwing up cardboard cutouts of the world...
I have a theory that the earth is not a circle but a triangle.
Nilas, Saint Gloria, Xadrya, Daesh Valens
So, what did everyone get for Black Friday? I got a 43" TV.
I haven't gotten anything yet...
But that's only because I haven't been anywhere and picked up a Steam card.
That's how I do my Black Fridays... at home.
Nilas
I dont think Black Friday should extend into Thanksgiving. I also dont like the hypocrisy in Black Friday. We spend a day giving thanks for what we have, then immediately go out and splurge on what we dont have. Thats why I dont participate in Black Friday.
Wenchdom
This! ^^^ While I do have to say if theres something major I want and its 1. A good percentage off and 2. Online I guess that would be considered participating in Black Friday but that would be the only thing I do for it.
Confederation Of Tesdai
Does $200 worth of games from Steam Fall Sale count?
I unequivocally deny that Israel is practicing ethnic cleasing. Israel is in a state of constant war with Palestine, and shows remarkable mercy to the Palestinian public considering that the Palestinian government has refused Israeli peace offers 5 separate times! The most recent Israeli peace offers in the early 2000s offered up the entire Gaza strip and 97% of the west bank. If the Palestinian government really cared about their people, (or anything besides killing all the Jews) they'd have accepted one of the many generous peace offers. Also, Israel has legal equality for their Arab Israelis, palestinians do not equal Arab Israelis. All Israelis have equal rights regardless of race or religion.
Also, it's a ridiculous (and easily disprovable via Google search) to say that they "have attacked" their neighbors. From the day of Israel's rebirth, their Arab neighbors have relentlessly invaded them out of simple, age old, antisemitism. Ever heard of the Israeli war of Independence? The day-old country had to defend itself against invading Arab countries who simply couldn't acknowledge Israel's right to exist. Ever heard of the six day war? Or the Yom Kippur war? Each time the Arab countries invade Israel to destroy the world's only Jewish state, and every single time, they fail. Also, the UN has an insane quadruple standard for Israel. They sit around endlessly condemning the only democracy in the middle East, (the only country in the middle East that protects equality for their women, safety for their gays, and legal protections for ethnic minorities). All the while, they have countries that endlessly abuse human rights (China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, Egypt, ect) taking turns on the "human rights council". Where is the the international outrage over ACTUAL ethnic cleasing (not just a war where the losing side refuses the accept generous peace offers) like what's going on in Tibet? Or the gender apartheid state of Saudi Arabia? Or the genocidal threats against the world's Jews made by Iran? Or even just the dozens of countries with no rights to vote? Or the other dozens of countries with no equal protection under the law? I'll tell you why there's no international outrage against these countries; because none of these countries are the Jewish state.
P.S: I only wrote this for educational purposes. I'm not angry or "triggered" or anything. I just wanted to tell the facts as they are. I still love all of my fellow lands end countries :)
EDIT: won't be able to answer replies 'till the morning, going to get some sleep now.
North-West America, Saint Gloria, Bluximburg
Propably a pyramid...
Maybe a square
Daesh Valens
There are no Jews in Gaza. Arabs violently insist it be Apartheid, Arabs only. Islamist terror group, Hamas, outlawed in the west, run the place. Pure evil.
Saint Gloria, Bluximburg, Modern Israel
We all know the Earth is a cone.
Daesh Valens
The Earth is a Disc. It runs at 33 1/3 rpm...
Unike
One time I heard the earth is a trapezoid.
Unike, New Kaloykia
This is getting silly now, the earth is spherical. The interesting part however is that the planet is actually hurtling through a wormhole like the opening credits of Doctor Who, music and everything. You can only see and hear it once you leave the earth's atmosphere. NASA wants you to believe otherwise though.
Daesh Valens, Modern Israel, New Kaloykia, Lost Lion
Technically the Earth is classified as an oblate spheroid because it has a larger circumference than what a perfect would have.
New Kaloykia
Post by Saint Gloria suppressed by Torranta.
Just cut down a Christmas tree with my family. Does anyone else cut down a tree or just take a fake one out of the attic?
Please do not double post. It makes the rmb look sloppy. There is an appropriately placed edit feature to prevent this. Thank you.
Also, my family does use a fake tree just for money preservation. We dont have to spend money on a new tree every year, and if you buy a nice one, you may not know the difference unless you look closely. I have been reading some articles recently, though. I dont think our oil supply should be wasted on a plastic tree. It is a shameful waste of valuable resources. And, there is no equal substitute for the real deal. One of these days, I will have a real Christmas tree, though. Once I am out of college, with a solid job and a salary that allows for a little splurging, I will spend a little extra each year for a real tree.
Daesh Valens
Earth is pentagram and every corner is one continent.
It's dangerous near the edge of the disc, what with all the spinning.
Earth is a combination of the 2 of these. The Creator is a cosmic ninja and we are the spinning pentagram ninja star that He threw at the Destroyer at the dawn of time. Once we reach the Destroyer, all will be at peace.
Modern Israel
Hello everyone, I would like to announce our new CTO, Bluximburg! He will be finishing the rest of this term.
Tulov, Xadrya, Clarkentrent, Bluximburg, Modern Israel
Congrats, Bluximburg!
Saint Gloria, Xadrya, Clarkentrent, Bluximburg, Modern Israel
Congratulations Bluximburg!
Saint Gloria, Xadrya, Bluximburg, Modern Israel
Saint Gloria, Clarkentrent, Bluximburg, Modern Israel
Thank you everyone. I hope to serve all of y'all well. Please do not hesitate to telegram me for suggestions on how I can do my job better. Hope all of y'all would have a wonderful weekend.
Tulov, Saint Gloria, Xadrya, Clarkentrent, Modern Israel
Congratulation!
Jokes on you, we steal out tree every year.
Saint Gloria
We use the same artificial tree every year. we cut down on costs and have something useable,capitalism at it's finest
Saint Gloria, Clarkentrent, Daesh Valens
I have a solution for the Egypt massacre:
Now this idea might be a little over the top, a little crazy, but I think it might work. I say.... drumroll please... We nuke every country on Earth killing everybody. So I know you might be saying, how do we get all the nukes? How do we all get people agree to do this? I say we just fire all of our arsenal, enough to destroy the atmosphere and kill all human life. So if everyone is dead who will there be to kill? You don't have to thank me, I know my ideas are awesome!
Unike, The American Imperialists, Modern Israel
Can we eject this nut, who doesn't know who the enemy is, in real life... or just call the feds?
Xadrya
Silence knave! Cease your infernal noises and await your judgement!
Xadrya, Lost Lion
It will never be possible to curb the terrorist behavior of radicals. Until the moderates of any ideal put down their own extremists, we will have these events.
Unike
A crack down on radical extremists would be a possible solution. I think extremist teachings are part of the problem and need to be banned. In an ideal world, countries in the ME could work together in the fight against terrorism by sharing intel, but that is clearly never going to happen.
Unike, Lost Lion
Yeah. Most the middle east countries that do "fight terror" always do it in a biased self-serving way. Saudi arabia is fighting the Houthi "terrorists" but not their own wahhabi radicals. Iran will gladly fight ISIS all day, while bankrolling Shiite terrorists like Hamas, Hezbollah, and others around the globe.
Unike, Bluximburg, Lost Lion
Am I going to be the only one to mention the WA vote for Hydraulic Fracturing restrictions... Seriously, if the law doesnt even spell it correctly, we cant pass it.
Bluximburg, Modern Israel
FML, I passed a resolution to improve toxic waste disposal and my economy fell from powerhouse to thriving and intelligence fell too. Intelligence dropped because I want to improve the environment? HOW?
Xadrya, Modern Israel
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.