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Yeah, I like seeing CGH RF and CK folks hanging around through embassies

Yes, It is always nice to see cousins speaking through embassies

Evening!

*Throws LE special Apple Pies*

Oh? Are protogens an animal or something that lives in the zoo?

Dedrick Johnson - Chapter 2 Pt.3- Betrayal!

The truck slowly pushed through the painfully slow traffic. There were only a few checkpoints to come in and out of Junkie Town, but in recent days the security presence had only increased. It was almost like they were anticipating something. Coming up to the checkpoint, one of the Gendarmes standing there asked

"Why are you coming into Junkie Town?"

"Official SIS business." Dedrick replied "I've got papers."

"They all seem to check out. We need to check your boot though." The gendarme said after scanning the papers and bringing over his sniffer dog. After opening the boot however, a massive whiff of incense washed over them and the dog.

"Yep... seems good. You can go through." The gendarme said while holding his breath.

Dedrick was glad they were through. Inside, he could see the true poverty on display. Shacks lined the streets, and potholes were unfilled. Children played in toxic sewage, all the while menacing thugs stood in the background, wielding assault weapons. People made sure to stand out of it's path, almost as if the residents knew the cargo it was carrying, and who's protection it was under.

At last they finished the snail crawl to the destination, though it seemed more like a gang headquarters than a charitable mission. Barbed wire hung from the walls, it was half built from corrugated iron, and the whole thing was sprayed with graffiti. A couple thugs stood on a chair, listening to the radio and smoking. As Dedrick pulled up and climbed out, one of them called out.

"Ah, looks like the courier's finally come through! Get unloading this stuff!"

Dedrick told himself that they only had these weapons for protection from other gangs in the town, but he had a much darker thought. This was confirmed, when they pulled out the packages, and one of them opened it up. Inside were drugs. Hundreds of thousands of florins worth. Wine, tobacco and all other kinds. Dedrick flew into a blind rage.

"Hey! Why is that there! I was told I was transporting food and medicine to the poor, not helping them stay poor!"

The men only laughed.

"Ha! That's what he tell you? Go home kid. Leave the truck with us."

Dedrick knew better than to attempt to fight back. He was alone, they were armed, and he didn't know how many other ones there'd be. The people here seemed strangely distant. They seemed to have respect for some form of authority- just not that of the law. As he drudged through the gate, Dedrick was fuming, but at least he was safe now.

Hey i submitted proposal hopefully it gets accepted by WA delegates. btw can Tesdai vote yes for it

Stuff like this takes time. It needs to be built up over months. This is a realistic, 1:1 role play and as such you need to put more effort into these events.

Thanks,

Hooseria Magna

Chief Legal Officer, Roleplay Moderator

A mix of both, really. Mainly just them being rich because of capitalism and not much inflation

your average income is 31k his is 109k

My people make more on average than their

Anybody wanna convert to Hissiality?

Bro, same, although, what is Hissality

Mine is 142k, which is quite a bit more than in Greater German Republik. I used to be a Corporate Bordello a few days ago, but the richest nations in NS seem to be socialist more often than not.

NS hugely rewards slavery in terms of GDP growth for some reason. You could add that, but how did you get your Economy so high? Mine is only 98.27 at the moment, I do like to protect the environment and public health.

Talking about slavery; maybe what you mean is feudalism, not capitalism. Feudalism tends to keep people mostly poor.

Yes, but what kind of decisions? In my experience, you have to screw the environment and public health for good 'efficiency', but it has dropped a few times lately when I didn't really expect it.

You don’t need to screw the environment to have a strong economy. My strategy based on National aims has been the same for several years. I always take the “pro” answer that sits highest on the following list, no matter what:

1) Pro Military and/or hardline defense stance, including pro arms manufacturing.

2) Pro science/exploration (space program, lab funding, information tech, etc)

3) Pro Education

4) Pro environmental protection.

5) Pro business/economic growth

6) Pro civilian rights/political freedom

7) anything else

So for example, if a military issue conflicts with the environment I’ll always take the military stance. But I’ve found that there are so many issues where all these issues don’t cross paths that I end up doing well in all (I take the max number of issue per day).

The con for my country is extremely high taxes, and political freedom bounces up and down around average. But people are all equally rich to a point that it doesn’t matter, and patriotism is through the roof. It makes for a tight knit country.

No. Bigtopia is not a real nation, but is mentioned in many issues. There are many of these countries like Brancaland, Maxtopia, Skandilund and Marche Noire which only appear in issues.

Don't worry, it's only a storyline for Issues

Nice, it's lovely seeing new nations doing things like that, you're a good example

I didn't know your country's currency was so weak

You're the same as me, I suffer from hyperinflation

I have a question: is Tourism considered part of the economy? I like to make charts of the composition of my economy every other month or so, and Tourism had my currency written left of the graph on NS, but not anymore. And is Arms Manufacturing a part of Manufacturing? The latter increases every time when the first does, and they are both huge in my country for some reason.

I don't think arms manufacturing is a part of manufacturing, but they do affect each other very much. Both of them mostly increase and decrease at the same time, but in some cases, my manufacturing went down while my arms manufacturing industry went up and vice versa.

Edit - I checked this - https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=390067

It seems that manufacturing is made up of basket-weaving, automobile manufacturing and arms manufacturing combined with an error of .01. This may be the reason for what I observed as arms manufacturing could have gone down while the other two could have gone up.

[spoiler=Episode 2: The Party Part 1]

*“Ah, Alek…”* Sighed Thonathia as she gently draped his sash over his suited chest. *“I do not blame you for not telling her..but you must. It will on-...”* Alek growled and stomped his foot. *“I know! I know!...”*

He said angered by her constant nagging. Thonathia sighed and gently rubbed his cheek as he seemingly grew angered by her words, but the touch on his cheek began to reassure him. *”I..I know...but she won't listen. She never listens to me…”

He said concerned as his sash was fitted to his chest. *“Don’t worry my Prince, the words will come naturally and you will be fine. I promise. Just take a moment during the evening tonight and be-...*

As she spoke the door opened with Charles standing before the door. *”Ah…my boy…”* He smiled as Thonathia began to bow. *”Father…:* Alek said with an uneasy smile as his father began to walk into the room.

*”Alek, would you join me for a walk? I wanna talk to you.”* He said as he nodded to Thonathia *”Ma’am”* He said. He was always a charming King, one who seemed to be of the people.

Alek rubbed the back of his neck as his hand gripped the sash around his chest. *”Yes sir..”* He said unease as he began to walk behind Charles. *”You don't have to call me sir, Alek. I have said this all my life, I am no sir. I am just..me”* He smiled, but it slowly dimmed away as Alek stared at the tile floor of the palace with each foot step.

*”You know, I understand where you are right now. In that head of yours.*” Charles said, the words seemingly picking up Alek’s spirits a bit. *”Really..?” He said, unsure if he could believe it.

Charles chuckled. *”A boy your age..you are, well. You are going through a tough time right now. Did I expect when I was your age to be sent away to a distant land I only read about? No. But if it didn't happen, I would have never met your mother..”* Charles smiled as he placed his hand on Alek’s shoulder.

*”I know the news of the marriage is shocking. It is your duty son. I can remember when I was your age and I wa-...”* As he spoke his eyes slowly noted thin streaks of tears dripping down Alek’s cheek.

*”Ah..alright. I mean..”* Charles cleared his throat, slowly removing his hand. *”Shall we...join the party?”* He said with a cheesy smile as Alek turned to Charles, his face starting to red with anger.

*”I-I…”* Alek stuttered before storming off.

Charles sighed, his eye noting Thonathia standing before the door frame. *”Was it something I said…?”*

**-to be continued-** [/spoiler]

NCC News Broadcast

Jeremy Markle appears on screen

"Breaking News, the situation in Madison has finally become an all out war, as soldiers battle the terrorist organization, the HWA. We have footage from the scene"

A video plays, it is taken from the top floor of an apartment building. Soldiers begin to skirmish with the HWA militants, and the battle begins to play out

"General Anicho Stumpf has said he will attempt to minimize casualties as best as possible. In other news, Charles Regenochtfolger IV, heir to the Hansan throne, has officially announced he will be moving to Hansa, and will pass on ownership of Greater Northead news to a new undeclared person. We'll see you again after these messages"

A commercial about Antarctican Kielbasa plays

Look man, sorry to tell you this, but our RP does have some rules... And I think perhaps you should familiarize yourself with them.

Specifically we have a very hard and fast rule about fantasy elements, namely that they are not permitted.

The Zvezdites Regulation Act Passed

Today, the National Assembly have passed the Zvezdites Regulation Act. The Act passed unanimously, with only 2 member abstaining from voting.The Ministry of Religious Affair spokesperson said in press conference today that this will be the first step to " normalize our relationships with the long time neglected Zvezdites ". From now on, the Government will set up state sponsored church that would be run by the Mitte Harchilanian Zvezdites Association. Any Zvezdite Church beside the state sponsored one would be closed down. All religious practices of Zvezdites Orthodoxy will be also standardize in Mitte Harchilania Language,  to avoid confusion. We have asked opinion from several of Zvezdites adherents, to ask their opinion about the Act. 27 years old Valery Semyonovich said that although he have concerns with the Act, he is glad that now the Zvezdites Orthodoxy is regulated by the Goverment. 45 years old Anna Zhukova said that she happy that now the Zvezdites Orthodoxy have been recognized by the goverment

0%

90%

Percent? Idk, but so far dismissed 2. One that had literally no choices, just a "Dismiss" button, and one that had no good options

Around 4%.

M-m-my fairies will explode into meaty bits and pieces!? Do you know how many pre-orders have to be cancelled? Do you know how much stock for Black Friday has to be wasted? My lawyers will sue you!

I am willing to settle for the measly sum of 2.67 trillion:)

They were developed in Chocolatistan in collaboration with Eisbutchian scientists, and then went into mass-production for Christmas.

United Villages Of Eisbutch, I suggest we cover up the whole incident and make an official statement it never happened. Can't go wrong, right?

It's not allowed in the rules

Then your culture is gone. Also, did any human cross animal breeding exist? Any proof?

It is impossible, period. Unless you bring official scientific paper that said it could happen

Because I didn't realize it until now. I been too busy with the rp in discord

Still a rule

It is

It’s not just fantasy. Lands End Roleplay is meant to be highly realistic. If something does not exist on earth it cannot exist in Lands End. This rule applies to all technology and lifeforms.

It's post future plus I'm only bending them rules a little

It’s not just bending the rules, it’s actively breaking one:

“Roleplay is limited to those animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, etc. (lifeforms) that exist on Earth and their abilities on Earth. The creation of new lifeforms and alteration of current lifeforms is strictly prohibited.”

"This is established by the Lands End Roleplay & Map Clarification bylaw:

Lands End roleplay will be strictly modern tech:

If an item is existent in real life, it can exist in Lands End roleplay.

Items currently in the Prototyping Development Process are permitted on a prototype basis in Lands End roleplay." Read the rules.

No, you can just slightly tweak your lore to fit the rules better.

why are you making a big deal of this, you have argued for hours and got nothing out of it and are mad because you can't follow simple rules.

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Well, I don't want to comment on the RP rules of Land Ends, as I'm not that involved. However, what might interested you all, that there are actually hybridization trials of homo sapiens and other species cells.

Article 1: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/human-pig-hybrid-embryo-chimera-organs-health-science

Scientific Paper: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31752-4

It's actually done to try to artificial grow organs for patents in need of a transplant.

With that being said, I think humanity is still far away from accomplishing what Eisbutch is proposing, and it's not a scientific priority for us to fully or significantly assimilate our genetic codes with other species as it posed ethical concerns and little utility. However, thought you guys should know that there are experiments done on this subject, but not to the level of Frankenstein.

Right, now we are limited to transplanting specific organs on a interspecies level. So, no Minotaur. But, what is interesting is that there are research in modifying part of the animal's brain by injecting human stem cells into animal's blastocysts so they could gain the ability of consciousness that mimic human thought, though at an inferior level. For me this line of research is more interesting than if we simply create animals that physically have part of us, as it mean we would cross the boundary of mechanical and willful action.

Any way, enough with my ramble, if you're interested into this, search for chimeras.