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Well well well. An imitator o' sorts, I presume? Typical. We've come across many a privateer env'yous that we be the only group to g'on the account in space. Scurvy little sea lion!

Imitator? He be three times's old's ye be, ye scurvy dog.

Anyone want to make a puppet nation and be Agalia's colony? (Agalia is my puppet)

I have appointed [nation=short]islands[/nation] as board member. I congratulate him on that occasion.

Congrats, Islands. I look forward to working with you.

Welcome Scandanavia! :D

Tanks for the congrats! Let us work together well, I'm looking forward to it!

Love your flag! ;)

Welcome to all new nations!

We have a lot of new nations recently.

I've published a new factbook to feast your eyes on.

We have hit a total population of 80 nations. It is nice to see our numbers swell once again.

Indeed. Looks like we're on the rebound :)

Yay! I'm 10th!

If anyone is interested I'm looking for (mostly puppet nation) colonies for my puppet. :P http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=254599 Signup thread.

Whoops, I forgot to end the vote yesterday.

Results:

DERP - 6, 1

RIMPERIAL - 6, 0

The ayes have it! The DERP Act has passed and the Right Party decommissioned, and the IMPERIAL Act has been repealed. We will do our best to provide relief efforts to regions that currently cannot handle being split apart, but otherwise the individual regions are now their own sovereign territories once more...and Libertatem is free to pursue its own interests.

Idealism, gotta talk to you on chat.

Also, guess who just seized the Impact Federation again?

...Can we NOT defend them this time? Let karma take its course.

Time to speak to Kyzikos.

With the RIMPERIAL Act repealed, what will happen to the [region=The Libertatem Empire] now?

It will be disbanded. But this is not to say that our inter-regional influence will diminish. I have some big plans in mind...

And what happens to the members of the Libertatem Empire? Or have they to join Libertatem now?

Woo! My 300th day in office!

Islands, I think full integration would be the best option.

And congrats, Snabagag :)

Congrats Snabagag!

Pevv, I also think that is the best option.

Congrats, Snabagag, but wait until you reach reach 365/6 days in office!

Many regions are their own, like the Atlantic Docks and the International Republican Union, as well as others. However, the nations of regions that can't stand on their own two feet without Libertatem should really move here.

And, of course, territory Pevvania, Liberosia, and I have conquered is the property of Libertatem now.

Hello and welcome!

Good morning Libertatem! :) Anyone wanna go on chat?

Made two new factbooks.

Hey guys!!! :D Weve decided to come here because we want to make some new friends, becaus the magic of friendship is the GREATEST magic in the world!

and we also really f*cking hate commies!

That's a pretty effective message. Welcome.

Welcome, Equestria.

Idealism, I gotta go to work soon but meet me on chat quickly.

Welcome Equestria!

I'm back on chat, y'all.

I miss Liberosia :( When he coming back?

Welcome, Kentuck!

Guys, what are your opinions on Dwight D. Eisenhower?

I like Ike a lot. Like Reagan, he supported the policy of containment but also used covert tactics and other means to 'roll back' communism. He actually cared about civil rights, establishing many federal agencies supporting equal rights and enforcing desegregation laws in the Little Rock Crisis. He established NASA and created the Interstate Highway System, the largest public works program in history. Despite this, he was generally a fiscal conservative, cutting the federal deficit by a half and reducing business regulation. My only disappointment with him is that he didn't cut taxes. Nevertheless, capitalism brought higher equality levels to the US as more and more people moved out of urban areas and into suburbia. More Americans than ever owned houses.

I don't know why so many forum leftists like him, though. Sort of tarnishes his reputation amongst the uninformed.

Should be another week now.

On account of the repeal of the Imperial Act, the representative of Zarathustra has now relocated to Libertatem.

Welcome, fellow anti-communist.

Well, it's 4:20 AM and I'm still up and I can't seem to get tired and I'm getting kind of hungry and what am I doing with my life?

You are doing a great job!

Thanks, I guess. Might as well just stay up the entire time, because in a few weeks I won't have such a luxury.

Because in a few weaks you are going to..?

Ah, I see. Me too, in few weeks school starts again. What are you studying for?

I'm studying for getting out. Senior year of high school, see. After that, I'll probably go to a community college and get a Master's degree in Undecided, becoming the first person in history to do so.

Haha! Great! I didn't suspect you were still in High School. Mainly because of your knowledge about politics and so.

Thanks. I just happen to be very opinionated.

And a great opinion too! But you don't have any idea what you want to study?

The education system would have to be seriously reformed before any subject I'm interested in were to become a plausible major.

Ah I see, that's not gonna happen I think

That's too bad; I'd like to see an end to compulsory education and an economic attitude that treats schools like businesses and demands they are fiscally responsible.

You're right, in the current economy you can't get a job if you're uneducated, but neither you can if you're educated. It's a stupid circle.

Hey guys. And funny you say that, Idealism, I was up til 4 am watching TV o_0 Had a terrible time waking up this morning.

I am still awake and I think the sun has just about risen.

Send help. I just pulled an all-nighter without even trying. 0_o

Well, I guess I have a new motto for the Department of Libertatem's Internal Affairs:

We never sleep.

Lol :P

Here is the recruiting template I use, with formatting tags in round brackets:

Greetings ([%NATION%]) from ()Libertatem()!

Do you hate commies?

Do you see them for what they are: a danger to the peaceful and freedom-loving regions of NationStates?

Have you always wanted to fight against them, but never known how to?

Then come to Libertatem! We are the premier organization fighting the War on Communism; the eternal battle against the Red Menace. The War on Communism was begun by a group of libertarians sick of the evil empire perpetuated by the imperialistic communist regions across NationStates.

And guess what – the tide is turning. More and more regions are realising that communism spreads tyranny, not freedom. Communism tears people apart, it doesn’t unify them. It oppresses the workers instead of liberating them. The Resistance will never die. We will never give up. We will never surrender until every communist region has been smashed.

Reasons to join Libertatem:

-We are a strong region dedicated to spreading freedom and liberty through guerrilla activities and diplomacy.

-We have scored many victories recently in the War on Communism, such as the destruction of The Great North Korea and The DPRK.

-We have a friendly, active community who are always willing to help out new nations!

-Any nation may participate in our burgeoning democracy! Vote on legislation, become a Board Member or lead military strikes!

We are on the hunt for brave fighters to join the Resistance against communism. Are you the next John Connor? Find out today and join Libertatem!

Best Regards,

[nation=short][/nation]

I urge everyone to use this message and get recruiting. The region is on the rebound, and if we all pull together and work hard, we can get our population up to 100 nations by the end of the summer!

The first 100 recruitment telegrams from me are send to new nations! I hope it will bring us more nations!

Great job, Islands! :)

I'd like to know why you guys dislike communism? Give an actual response please I'm not here to start a heated argument just a discussion.

No problem, Gente.

I hate communism because it encourages a form of blind, subservient collectivism that in practice regresses society and crushed the rights of individuals in favor of 'the majority.' Sure, in practice it's a completely voluntaryist system, where everyone is working towards 'the common good.' But it's completely unrealistic to even assume that millions, or even thousands, of people would be willing to give up their personal possessions and their lifestyles to make society 'equal' for everyone. Communism can work in very small groups for limited amounts of time... but eventually, they must move on to a more civilised economic state.

Capitalism encourages individualism, personal liberty and is the most effective ideology at spreading wealth around.

Please, we implore you as allies of Gallifrey II, to aid us in these dire times. Emperor Moore IV of The Empire of South Otselic and President of Gallifrey II has been deposed and this proclamation by the new ruler Emperor Constantinius has been issued...

From the desk of the Emperor of South Otselic and President of Gallifrey II,

As of today Emperor Moore IV has been deposed, parliament is disbanded, and the military has taken control of the empire. I Emperor Constantinius I have taken the throne and have put martial law into effect. Also, if there is ANY hint of aggression towards myself from within South Otselic or from without, it will be met with the most severe and catastrophic of devastation. The region of Gallifrey II as a whole has been time-locked to prevent any citizens of the empire from taking refuge outside and as insurance in case any would oppose these acts. The rights of any foreigners within South Otselic's borders are forsaken upon entry to my new empire. And finally, any members of the newly deposed Imperial family shall be hunted down and executed.

What are you're views on socialism?

Oh we hate it, that's probably why we're allies lol.. that and the founder of South Otselic got bored and wanted to start an interregional or at least international incident..

But what are your reasons for hating it?

Populos Gente,

The great problem with communism is that the process to communism too slow is. And the people who really want communism doesn't have the patience for it. As we have seen in Russia, you can't force communism. Before communism can work, the complete capitalist system should break and fall apart, only then the Revolution can start as Marx has foreseen it. Capitalism is a system and process what hundreds of years ago has been started. So capitalism has survived way more problems then communism. People doesn't want to wait more then a hundred years for a new system, they want it now.

Personally I can't accept the fact there is no private propety possible in a good communist system. People cannot own stuff by there own because everything is from everyone. Also the lack of freedom rights is for me a problem. People can't do what they want. Everyone is working for the common good. Hard work doesn't pay, so nobody have to work hard. And then there is the equality, nobody can't be equal.

But I understand why people want communism. Capitalism has also failed through the years. But then again, as long as there isn't a Revolution, capitalism is the only and the main course in the world.

I hope that I have answered your question with this.

OOC: Space Pirates and I will be RPing over the next few days.

CargoPorter 707, Gray Nebula, en route to Alpha Centauri

Captain Joanne Brixley peered out the viewport and into the streaking stars, flashing by her eyes at millions and millions and millions of miles per second. Or per hour. It didn't matter. The mesmerizing view of space travel seemed fresh to her today, despite her having over twenty years of flight experience.

Turning her back on the sight of hyperspace, she ambled towards the kitchen counter and stirred herself a margarita. An antique beverage, agave fruit had been gone from the galactic markets for years. Most of the plants necessary for the drink had become extinct after a krillian-engineered disease began to circulate through the Human Systems. It didn't take six years to wipe most out. But who cared anyway? This was the Stellar Age now. Youngsters didn't want bevs anymore; they could get as fixed as they wanted from a potent Hype or an Ezy-Drag.

Jo had always liked to drink a nice margarita with Tom, before the stocks began to dry out. Every night after a successful raid, they'd pour two margaritas and toast, ''Til we have all the gold in the galaxy, or 'til a blue bastard takes one of us out.'

But in the end, it was neither a cop nor a soldier who killed her husband; but another pirate. All it took was a single botched raid for her to find Tom's cold, mangled, bullet-riddled body in a cold chamber.

"I had everything, Tom. Riches, memories, ships," Jo thought aloud, "everything but you. Now look at me, I'm working on a frickin' CargoPorter for GalacticCorp. Out of any corporation, GalactiCorp. Happy fortieth anniversary."

She downed the bev and pulled a Magnum from her belt, flicked the safety off and shoved the barrel into her mouth. "I'll be there soon, Tom."

A huge burst of force rocked the ship, bringing its cruise through hyperspace to a halt. The aged woman was thrown off her feet, falling to the floor and dropping the Recharger. Regaining her balance, she looked out the viewport to see not stars streaking past the screen at millions of miles per hour, but a static field of stars in the background of a hulking cruiser.

Wide-eyed and gaping, she stood there as the voice of First Mate Jefferson came through the intercom, "Captain Brixley, we've got caught in a tractor beam by a nearby cruiser."

"Who are they?" the captain asked, but she knew exactly who they were.

"Pirates, captain."

Well thank you for sharing your opinions with me. I very much appreciate it.

Cortland - Then why did the nation who led Gallifrey II at the time of the Anticomintern pull out and reveal socialist ties? While I did spend some time observing your region and encouraged Libertatem to make an embassy, I still can't be sure you have the interests of your allies at heart. What say you?

No problem, Populos. I'm always up for a debate.

And I'm on chat.

Welcome, Big Al!

Mostly because I was getting bored and decided to start something

Your bluff led to the destruction of an anti-communist organization too weak to take on communism.

...Damn good move, in retrospect.

So, I made a variety of flags for the puppets I'm not using that are based roughly on the flag designs of various other nations. Which ones do y'all think looks best? (A list of my puppets can be found here.

) (Forgot to close my last parenthesis. As someone who has once learned to code in Java, this annoys me greatly.)

Nice list of puppets, I like it! You inspired me to do a similar thing.

Besides, your region Atlantic Docks is the Today's Featured Region.

CI, I like the flag of Anti-Communist Idealism.

Me too, Wolfdon, me too.

I'm on chat.

W've gotten some more people.

Hooray, I founded a featured region! That's so cool!

An-com Idealism wasn't one of the choices, but it's not a bad-looking flag by any means.

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Written by Refuge Isle.