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Dutchformosa wrote:That's apparently a myth. Red Santa was a thing before Coca-Cola started using him. Though, it would make sense if they were the one who popularised it.

I'll make sure to edit my fun fact! Thank you <3

Typica, Tiralta, Jazur, Dutchformosa, Tageszentia, Valtena, Deg0Od

I'm pretty sure Santa Claus is based on the Dutch Sinterklaas: they're both based on Saint Nicholas, they have a similar name, both have helpers that make/distribute gifts, and both are celebrated in December. (December 5th for Sinterklaas). I'm sure there are more similarities between the two that I forgot about.

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Deg0Od

Actually... https://xkcd.com/2872/

Happy holidays to all!

Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Siheom, Deg0Od

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! And if you celebrate something else that these don't cover then I hope you enjoy that too!

Finally finished updating and correcting my factbook entries. They still need more images, but I will work on that some other time.

Dutchformosa wrote:That's apparently a myth. Red Santa was a thing before Coca-Cola started using him. Though, it would make sense if they were the one who popularised it.

That's true. The red Santa comes from Thomas Nast, a prominent 19th century American cartoonist.

Izzalia wrote:-snip-

Nothing to do with what you've said, but I love your flag! Very cool take on the nonbinary flag.

Typica, Narwhal, Istastioner, Jazur, Tuluni, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Siheom, Valtena, Deg0Od, Izzalia

hungry

Szalyland, Jazur, Tuluni, Dutchformosa, Deg0Od

Happy holidays and merry Christmas everyone!

Typica, Istastioner, Tuluni, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Siheom, Tageszentia, Valtena, Deg0Od

Lanassia wrote: Nothing to do with what you've said, but I love your flag! Very cool take on the nonbinary flag.

Thank you so much! I wanted to make something nonbinary and distinctive, and I think the Seychelles' flag is a lovely starting point. I'm glad you like it!

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Tiralta, Jazur, The Blue Fire, Lanassia, Pantumaca, Valtena, Deg0Od

Hello everyone, I hope you're having a lovely holiday, or at least some time away from things. The WAA department never sleeps, though, and it's my duty to inform you of the upcoming GA vote!

Sustainable Aquaculture Protocols goes to vote in a couple hours. You can read the entire lack of forum discussion here.

As I said in the thread, I've historically been against proposals that create or reference a thousand WA departments to which they'll delegate work. I just find it uninteresting and, if I'm being entirely honest, lazy. But I'm coming at this from an angle of critical support, because it's a proposal that should improve environmental stats for WA nations, a change that aligns with Refugi values. Therefore, I'm leaning in favour, and at this time recommend a vote in support.

That being said, I'm all for discussion and am interested in what any other people who might be online today think about it.

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Sempera, The Blue Fire, Ethierys, Pantumaca, Valtena, Deg0Od, Izzalia, Monkely

I'm alright with proposals that reference lots of executive bodies - a lot of real-world laws are written this way, because a law that doesn't specify who should implement it often doesn't accomplish anything. So it has a feel of verisimilitude to me.

As you might imagine, I'm in support.

Delta Vega Iv, Araine, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Valtena, Deg0Od, Monkely

Damn, I'll vote in favour of course, but the resolution is gonna hit my already struggling economy where it hurts most... Trout fishing :(

Any advice on developing a county's economy? Or do I just need to wait for my population to grow?

On a side note, what's up with the security council resolution? I noticed refugia has overwhelmingly voted against it...

Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Valtena, Deg0Od, Blod And Meolc

Conyianaland wrote:Damn, I'll vote in favour of course, but the resolution is gonna hit my already struggling economy where it hurts most... Trout fishing :(

Any advice on developing a county's economy? Or do I just need to wait for my population to grow?

On a side note, what's up with the security council resolution? I noticed refugia has overwhelmingly voted against it...

The security council one is the one about bars?? I voted against 'cuz i dont really like the things they said where good and it feels very unprofessional for diplomats to get drunk and brawl, and gaining a pat on the back for doing this.

Also, i dont really have any advice for growing your economy since i havent really got to grow mine either lmao but i passed a bill that taxed foreing dairy products and that rose my economy so maybe do that lol

Typica, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Tageszentia, Valtena, Izzalia, Blod And Meolc

If I’m being honest, I’m pretty close to just voting against anything Simone Republic submits unless there’s a good reason to vote for (like this environmental resolution is fine enough).

I don’t think I’ve been a big fan of any resolution they’ve ever written, it seems like they’re generally either actively harmful in some way (like that custody resolution that I took particular issue with) or contain stuff that doesn’t quite make sense.

I also just don’t like how they carry themselves on the forums sometimes, it just rubs me the wrong way. Maybe that isn’t fair, but evidently they want to legislate based on their own rigid moral code with no regard for anyone else’s opinions, and I don’t particularly care for that approach in some contexts.

[spoiler]I’m referring the cannibalism resolutions, I think cannibalism is gross too but it’s not inherently immoral if that’s just what a culture does when someone dies and it’s not malicious. Disease is a bigger concern but you could mandate testing and the dissemination of information regarding the risk. Simone outright said they would only settle for a total ban because it’s gross and always wrong and didn’t listen to anything anyone said.[/spoiler]

There’s also https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=41192433&sid=4c02c28c7ca62592e1a6ac4494cc38aa#p41192433 this exchange from just a few days ago, although I am not in the GA or TNP Discords so I did not witness that, and Magecastle didn’t post proof so I’m not going to say it happened for certain, although Simone didn’t deny it. If it did indeed happen I wouldn’t consider that acceptable behavior.

Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Ban Oldern, Sinzalia, Valtena, The Starr Of Betelgeuse, Izzalia, Blod And Meolc, Garredonne

Hello everyone,

I’ve decided to become inactive/leave NS. I have a small card collection, nothing too special but little stuff i’ve found over the months that I liked. I will be gifting everything away for free (except for my S1 Mindalia card, which i’ll give back to the person who gave to me). If anyone would like to take a look and find a card they particularly liked, please telegram me with a description and/or link to the card and i’ll send it as soon as I can.

Refugia was an absolute joy to be in, if i ever come back i’ll be sure to return here :)

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Narwhal, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Szalyland, Tiralta, Istastioner, The Pacific Northwest, Tuluni, Estebere, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Daymo, Pantumaca, Tay-Mania, Ban Oldern, Valtena, The Starr Of Betelgeuse, Deg0Od, Izzalia, Conyianaland, Garredonne

Best wishes, Sempera. We'll be here if you ever want to visit.

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Narwhal, Araine, Szalyland, Tiralta, Istastioner, The Pacific Northwest, Sempera, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Valtena, Deg0Od, Izzalia

I'm starting to think about not answering issues at all due to how random the effects are. Even if I use a guide, it's still annoying when I get an effect that wasn't what I intended it to be. Though, I guess that's what I get for playing this game. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Valtena, Deg0Od, Izzalia

Honestly, i barely pay attention to the effects but still answer them to see how horribly my ideals would work out in this meager simulation

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Valtena, Izzalia

i just pick whatever i think is best, and let the game figure out if it was a good idea or not

Chacapoya, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Valtena, Deg0Od, Izzalia

Thanks, for everything but it's my time to leave Refugia

Chacapoya, Typica, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Tuluni, Estebere, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Ban Oldern, Elamiria, Valtena, Deg0Od, Izzalia

Sempera wrote:Hello everyone,

I’ve decided to become inactive/leave NS. I have a small card collection, nothing too special but little stuff i’ve found over the months that I liked. I will be gifting everything away for free (except for my S1 Mindalia card, which i’ll give back to the person who gave to me). If anyone would like to take a look and find a card they particularly liked, please telegram me with a description and/or link to the card and i’ll send it as soon as I can.

Refugia was an absolute joy to be in, if i ever come back i’ll be sure to return here :)

best of luck! we'll be here when you return

Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Sempera, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Valtena

Sempera wrote:snip

Hope you'll have as good a time wherever you choose to go next as you did here, and also that you belong there(Unless that's a given in the first statement, but nonetheless...)

Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Sempera, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Valtena

Istastioner wrote:Thanks, for everything but it's my time to leave Refugia

Thank you for all the time you spent here!

Typica, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Ban Oldern, Valtena, Izzalia

Sempera wrote:Hello everyone,

I’ve decided to become inactive/leave NS. I have a small card collection, nothing too special but little stuff i’ve found over the months that I liked. I will be gifting everything away for free (except for my S1 Mindalia card, which i’ll give back to the person who gave to me). If anyone would like to take a look and find a card they particularly liked, please telegram me with a description and/or link to the card and i’ll send it as soon as I can.

Refugia was an absolute joy to be in, if i ever come back i’ll be sure to return here :)

I wish you the best in your endeavors to come!

Typica, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Ban Oldern, Valtena, Izzalia

Procedural Rights Of Defendants, the GA proposal at vote, looks to me as if it prohibits the use of a lie detector even if the person being interrogated consents to its use or even asks for it to prove their innocense. This seems to me a major flaw in the proposal.

Ban Oldern

Delta Vega Iv wrote:Procedural Rights Of Defendants, the GA proposal at vote, looks to me as if it prohibits the use of a lie detector even if the person being interrogated consents to its use or even asks for it to prove their innocense. This seems to me a major flaw in the proposal.

I think a main issue with that is that a lie detector is in a category of pseudoscience.

A polygraph measures heart rate and presumes to correlate it to whether someone is telling the truth, assuming if they are not the rate will increase. But nervous people can trigger readings of falsehood, and confident liars can go undetected. As long as these two possibilities exist, the device cannot definitively prove anything. Consequently, lie detectors have been inadmissible as evidence in Canadian courts since 1987.

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, The Pacific Northwest, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Ban Oldern, Osheaga, Sinzalia, Elamiria, Valtena, Izzalia, Conyianaland, Skynavian Communes

Refuge Isle wrote:I think a main issue with that is that a lie detector is in a category of pseudoscience.

A polygraph measures heart rate and presumes to correlate it to whether someone is telling the truth, assuming if they are not the rate will increase. But nervous people can trigger readings of falsehood, and confident liars can go undetected. As long as these two possibilities exist, the device cannot definitively prove anything. Consequently, lie detectors have been inadmissible as evidence in Canadian courts since 1987.

Completely agreed as things are. There are some promising developments in the field of brainwave detection that might make some forms of "lie detectors" plausible in the future (e.g. people having a reaction to an object they've previously seen as opposed to other random images), but it's at best far-fetched for now. The proposal as it stands seems just fine to me.

The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Valtena, Conyianaland

happy new year's eve everybody! i'll see you at 12 AM

Typica, Tiralta, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Valtena, Izzalia, Austria-Hungary Columbia Of Venezuela

Anyone here staying up till midnight? (Comment down below if you are) :)

I am! :)

Typica, Narwhal, Tiralta, The Blue Fire

it's still only the 30th for me :(

Typica, Tiralta, Dutchformosa

It’s only 7pm on the 30th so staying up until midnight would just be staying up until new year’s eve for me lol.

That being said I’m more than a bit of a night owl so staying up until midnight or later is pretty normal for me even when it isn’t new year’s.

As for the at vote GA proposal, I don’t mind if lie detectors are totally banned because as others have said, they don’t actually prove anything. Even if someone wants to take one because they genuinely believe it will prove their innocence that shouldn’t be taken as fact because polygraphs only detect stress levels and not lies.

Typica, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Osheaga, Sinzalia, Ehrabadia

I'll stay up till midnight here but will probably go to bed not long after that cause I'm old lmao

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Narwhal, Chong Qing, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Sinzalia, Ehrabadia

There's a 50/50 chance that i go to sleep some minutes after midnight or i go to sleep at 3am.

Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Ehrabadia

The Pacific Northwest wrote:It’s only 7pm on the 30th so staying up until midnight would just be staying up until new year’s eve for me lol.

That being said I’m more than a bit of a night owl so staying up until midnight or later is pretty normal for me even when it isn’t new year’s.

As for the at vote GA proposal, I don’t mind if lie detectors are totally banned because as others have said, they don’t actually prove anything. Even if someone wants to take one because they genuinely believe it will prove their innocence that shouldn’t be taken as fact because polygraphs only detect stress levels and not lies.

I'm a night owl myself too! I usually stay up until like 1/2 in the morning, sometimes 3! Never was a morning person and didn't wake up until like 9/10 later in the day. But nowadays I get up at around 8 regardless unless I'm feeling very tired; and sometimes end up taking a nap later in the day.

Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Sinzalia, Valtena, Deg0Od

time to bring out the big guns. happy new year to everybody! it's 3am here and it is NOT doing good work to my body, especially after drinking a bottle of wine. wishing you all an amazing 2024!

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Sinzalia, Valtena, Deg0Od

Austria-Hungary Columbia Of Venezuela wrote:Anyone here staying up till midnight? (Comment down below if you are) :)

I am! :)

I'll try to, though I doubt I'll make it due to how crappy my sleep schedule is.

Typica, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Valtena, Deg0Od, Austria-Hungary Columbia Of Venezuela

Still 35 min to go until 2024 around here and feeling like dancing around, happy new year to all !

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Tiralta, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Valtena, Deg0Od

Happy new year everyone!

Typica, Tiralta, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Deg0Od

Happy new year!

Typica, Tiralta, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Valtena

Hasunosora wrote:I'm a night owl myself too! I usually stay up until like 1/2 in the morning, sometimes 3! Never was a morning person and didn't wake up until like 9/10 later in the day. But nowadays I get up at around 8 regardless unless I'm feeling very tired; and sometimes end up taking a nap later in the day.

I’ve found I do better from both a physical and mental health standpoint if I’m basically just nocturnal. My circadian rhythm is backwards or something, daylight seems to actually make me more sleepy and my ideal sleeping hours are from sunrise to mid-late afternoon or early evening. The only times I’m not tired all the time are when I’m sleeping during the day, and the second I manage to get my sleep schedule back to normal times it starts drifting back no matter what I do.

It actually seems to run in the family, although whether it’s genetic or not is up in the air. My grandfather, mom, uncles, and cousins all have the same sleep issues I do, but not my grandmother.

With me being on medical leave I can actually just do that unless I have doctor’s appointments or need to go to the pharmacy but if I could see my nephrologist at 3am I totally would. If more essential things were open at night I would probably be incredibly happy working graveyard shifts at whatever job I end up at, but something tells me that won’t be happening. I doubt there will ever be a lab that will let me get blood drawn in the middle of the night lol.

And since it’s new year’s eve for me now, happy new year everyone!

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Valtena

Happy new year everybody!!!

Typica, Narwhal, Tiralta, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Valtena, Austria-Hungary Columbia Of Venezuela

Happy New Year!

It just became 12:00 AM.

Narwhal, Tiralta, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Valtena

Happy new year everyone (3 past midnight for me)

Delta Vega Iv, Narwhal, Tiralta, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Valtena

Happy new 2024! This year has an extra day (Feb 29th), so it must be better! Cheers!

Narwhal, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Valtena

Happy New Years to all, and may the year ahead be blessed with good fortune, for you and your family!

So, any of you watching fireworks?

Narwhal, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Valtena

Happy new year!

Narwhal, Tiralta, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Valtena

Estebere wrote:Happy New Years to all, and may the year ahead be blessed with good fortune, for you and your family!

So, any of you watching fireworks?

We watched the big London fireworks show on tv, nice and warm. :D

Estebere, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Valtena

Happy New Year everyone! Hope that it is a better year ahead for all of us! And for Refugia, we'll hit our 5th anniversary this February :D

Tiralta, Jazur, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Valtena, Monkely

Hey friends, i would like your opinion on the "commend quebecshire" WA resolution, because it seems most of refugia voted against it, and from reading it seems quebecshire was a good nation?? Idk if they did some wild things that it did not say on the text though.

Chacapoya

Sinzalia wrote:Hey friends, i would like your opinion on the "commend quebecshire" WA resolution, because it seems most of refugia voted against it, and from reading it seems quebecshire was a good nation?? Idk if they did some wild things that it did not say on the text though.

They are honestly really great!! They are and have been a pillar of defenderdom and have saved countless regions :D Without their help many of the nations in those regions would have lost their home and the regions themselves would've been destroyed. They also have built their own community and are a great leader in the defendersphere in general so imo they are very deserving of their commendation, I know few people as dedicated as them!!!

Sinzalia

Sinzalia wrote:Hey friends, i would like your opinion on the "commend quebecshire" WA resolution, because it seems most of refugia voted against it, and from reading it seems quebecshire was a good nation?? Idk if they did some wild things that it did not say on the text though.

I have never followed R/D much, but what i know is that he is a "controversial" figure. As in, they contribute a lot to defender cause, but some might not like his method or style. Do correct me if i'm wrong.

Chacapoya, Typica, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Geoffistan, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Sinzalia, Deg0Od

Sinzalia wrote:Hey friends, i would like your opinion on the "commend quebecshire" WA resolution, because it seems most of refugia voted against it, and from reading it seems quebecshire was a good nation?? Idk if they did some wild things that it did not say on the text though.

Quebec has a history in this region. He used to be here, until he attempted to use us politically. Then he lied to try and force us out of an event. There's a lot more, but I'll leave it up to the people who care more about it to describe. Suffice to say, I dislike him, I dislike his approach to friendships and the politics of NS gameplay, and I despise what r/d has become due to his influence.

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Duneraven, Jazur, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Sinzalia, Valtena, Deg0Od

Thanks for the insight everyone!! <3

Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Jazur, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Valtena

D’AAAGH! I MISSED NEW YEARS WITH REFUGIA! HAPPYNEWYEARSANDLOVEYOUALL!!

Chacapoya, Typica, Narwhal, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Valtena

I completely forgot it!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Valtena

The Nymph wrote:

Alt accounts are required to be reported. You're clearly someone in milgp but not posting in a way that allows your identity to be known. Rectify this.

Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Izordinia, Jazur, The Blue Fire, Imperial Scribe Marrie, Valtena

Sinzalia wrote:Hey friends, i would like your opinion on the "commend quebecshire" WA resolution, because it seems most of refugia voted against it, and from reading it seems quebecshire was a good nation?? Idk if they did some wild things that it did not say on the text though.

Quebec is the person we have to thank for our success in Starlight, but only by virtue of ejecting us from The Potato Alliance the N-Day prior. We were not informed of this until just prior to N-Day, which we were told stemmed from disagreements he had with some of our members over his decision to pursue Repeal: Condemn Ever-Wandering Souls. At the same time, Potato was informed by him we had chosen to not rejoin, so no one there bothered to inform us of our ejection.

We managed to force our way in last minute for the February N-Day, but it’s unlikely we will ever rejoin TPA due to his actions.

I have more personal gripes with him, including the fact he’d rather look like a horrendous person than admit a raider was correct in a criticism of his behavior towards certain groups, as well as his tendency to mine people and regions for political clout, before burning all ties the minute it’s no longer convenient for him. Such as using Dot, created by Refuge Isle, to grow his region, while icing out Refugia from events.

Oh and I forgot to mention. Quebec was also one of the folks behind the extortion of The North Pacific in order to flip them to more Defender friendly stances. He cares so much about natives.

Catiania, Typica, Narwhal, Zerphen, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Duneraven, Izordinia, The Pacific Northwest, Jazur, Morrigan, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Sinzalia, Valtena, The Starr Of Betelgeuse

The Nymph wrote:They are honestly really great!! They are and have been a pillar of defenderdom and have saved countless regions :D Without their help many of the nations in those regions would have lost their home and the regions themselves would've been destroyed. They also have built their own community and are a great leader in the defendersphere in general so imo they are very deserving of their commendation, I know few people as dedicated as them!!!

Hi there! Please let us know who you are within the next day, as we don't allow undeclared puppets ^^

Also - happy new year everyone :D

Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Duneraven, Izordinia, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Valtena

Ban Oldern

Can you pls tell me about the lost in the wilderness thing again, thx

Cheesy Tots, Uwuguaya, Pantumaca

Happy new years!

Starting it off right by completely abolishing my military

Chacapoya, Typica, Narwhal, Araine, Tiralta, Bejeweled Potatoes, Jazur, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Lanassia, Silliy, Pantumaca, Sinzalia, Valtena

Tuluni wrote:Happy new years!

Starting it off right by completely abolishing my military

please make sure to replace your military budget with environmentally-friendly mass transportation programs

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Tiralta, Bejeweled Potatoes, Jazur, Tuluni, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Daymo, Pantumaca, Valtena, Deg0Od, Monkely

Me I wound up in a North Korean thingy and I hate it, but that apart life is good 😅.

Delta Vega Iv, Jazur, Silliy, Pantumaca, Deg0Od

Delta Vega IV has just reached a population of 20 billion. Who would have thunk! What a way to celebrate the beginning of 2024. Cheers!

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Narwhal, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, Jazur, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Adorus, Pantumaca, Valtena, The Starr Of Betelgeuse, Blod And Meolc

i've gotten up to a 36% tax evasion rate!

Delta Vega Iv, Valtena

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Cheesy Tots, Estebere, Dutchformosa

Okay, so my industry for Retail is now in the negative... what does that mean?

The Blue Fire

((Arms manufacture too but who cares about that))

Pantumaca

Deg0Od wrote:Okay, so my industry for Retail is now in the negative... what does that mean?

My best interpretation might be that you import your retail products from online distributors in other countries

Chacapoya, Typica, St Leone, Jazur, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Deg0Od

Several of my industries are in the negatives, including cheese and furniture restoration. I have no choice but to assume that my nation turns cheese back into milk and smashes up furniture for fun.

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Lanassia, Sinzalia, The Starr Of Betelgeuse, Deg0Od

Turns out over half of my industries are in the negatives, but at least we have good book publishing and fine basket weaving?

Gosh, I really have done Estebere's industries a disservice

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Lanassia, Deg0Od

I never realized that all but four of my industries are in the negatives. The only significant sources of economic output in Araine would appear to be book publishing and IT. But my economy is “frighteningly efficient” so I don’t mind.

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Jazur, Estebere, The Blue Fire, Lanassia, The Starr Of Betelgeuse, Deg0Od

My country has negative agriculture?? I guess we are still in the process of leaving the paleolithic lmao

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Lanassia, Pantumaca, Deg0Od

I HAVE TEN NEGATIVE INDUSTRIES WHAT

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Deg0Od

The office of World Assembly Affairs recommends voting in favour of the current resolution-at-vote in the GA.

Chacapoya, Typica, Narwhal, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Valtena, Deg0Od

Estebere wrote:Turns out over half of my industries are in the negatives, but at least we have good book publishing and fine basket weaving?

Similar situation here, all of my industries are negative except for book publishing and basket weaving. I guess that means my nation plants trees, buries gold and silver, disassembles fighter jets, has banned pizza restaurants and makes trees out of furnitures.

Sinzalia wrote:My country has negative agriculture?? I guess we are still in the process of leaving the paleolithic lmao

Same here and so is my trout fishing. So I guess my country imports 100% of its food?

It's funny, my economy is at 100.05 despite all this.

The Blue Fire, Sinzalia, Deg0Od

For me, Furniture restoration is in the negatives. Though most of my other industries are close to getting to that point.

Edit: I'm dumb, most of my industries are in the negatives. Wasn't looking.

The Blue Fire, Sinzalia, Valtena, Deg0Od

The Blue Fire wrote:I HAVE TEN NEGATIVE INDUSTRIES WHAT

That's one of the drawbacks to having a 35.4% tax evasion rate.

(I wish there was like a way to see the history of a section on pie graphs)

The Blue Fire, Sinzalia

How can I increase my Tourism Industry?

Austria-Hungary Columbia Of Venezuela wrote:How can I increase my Tourism Industry?

Outside of issue options that are unambiguously in support of tourism directly, my best advice is to increase your environmental beauty to make your nation more appealing as a destination.

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Liphia, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Valtena, Austria-Hungary Columbia Of Venezuela

my dumb idiot self forgot to log into NS in a long time, whoops

POV: You CTE'd

Chacapoya, Typica, Narwhal, Araine, St Leone, Czinsurz, Estebere, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Silliy, Pantumaca

Waywards Edge wrote:my dumb idiot self forgot to log into NS in a long time, whoops

POV: You CTE'd

CTEing is also like

Poland 1940s

Dutchformosa

hello

Typica, The Blue Fire, Silliy, Sinzalia

Rystar wrote:hello

hi

*holds up coconut*

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚞𝚝?

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca

sure

Typica, Silliy

Refuge Isle wrote:Outside of issue options that are unambiguously in support of tourism directly, my best advice is to increase your environmental beauty to make your nation more appealing as a destination.

Thank you for the advice!!! I really appreciate it!! :)

Typica, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od

Waywards Edge wrote:my dumb idiot self forgot to log into NS in a long time, whoops

POV: You CTE'd

Welcome back friend, nice to see you again/back!

Imagine CTEing

Typica, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Deg0Od

Austria-Hungary Columbia Of Venezuela wrote:How can I increase my Tourism Industry?

remove guns and military funds to support the environment

Typica, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Valtena, The Starr Of Betelgeuse, Deg0Od, Austria-Hungary Columbia Of Venezuela, Monkely

heya!

Typica, Dutchformosa, Deg0Od

Tay-Mania wrote:please make sure to replace your military budget with environmentally-friendly mass transportation programs

Absolutely!

Typica, The Blue Fire, Tay-Mania, Valtena, Deg0Od

Tuluni wrote:Starting it off right by completely abolishing my military

I wonder when a nation's military is abolished in NS since there is no actual policy for abolishing your armed forces. My defense forces are at -20, so my country has no military in my headcanon.

Typica, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od

Lanassia wrote:

I wonder when a nation's military is abolished in NS since there is no actual policy for abolishing your armed forces. My defense forces are at -20, so my country has no military in my headcanon.

If negative means import, doesnt that mean they have 20 units of foreign militia? Meaning at 0 you'd have none?

The Blue Fire, Lanassia

Deg0Od wrote:If negative means import, doesnt that mean they have 20 units of foreign militia? Meaning at 0 you'd have none?

That's a cool headcanon too! However, the description of the stat is about spending. So if we stick to the facts (as much as we can) then I guess -20 means that the (nonexistent) military is giving money to my government.

Typica, Araine, Czinsurz, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od, Blod And Meolc

Waywards Edge wrote:my dumb idiot self forgot to log into NS in a long time, whoops

POV: You CTE'd

Been there, done that, it happens.

The hit to my residency stat and endorsements hurt lol

Chacapoya, Narwhal, Araine, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Deg0Od

Say it with me!

I

LOVE

MASS

PUBLIC

TRANSPORT

!!!

Narwhal, Portmanteau, Bejeweled Potatoes, Duneraven, Czinsurz, The Blue Fire, Ethierys, Dutchformosa, Lanassia, Pantumaca, Ban Oldern, Valtena, Maharajas, Deg0Od, Monkely

The Pacific Northwest wrote: Been there, done that, it happens.

The hit to my residency stat and endorsements hurt lol

Very relatable lol trying to recover my endorsements from like a year ago haha

Freighia, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od

Tay-Mania wrote:Say it with me!

I

LOVE

MASS

PUBLIC

TRANSPORT

!!!

YEAH!!

Freighia, The Blue Fire, Lanassia, Tay-Mania, Valtena, Deg0Od

Tay-Mania wrote:Say it with me!

I

LOVE

MASS

PUBLIC

TRANSPORT

!!!

WE! LOVE! MASS! PUBLIC! TRANSPORTATION!

Delta Vega Iv, Czinsurz, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Lanassia, Tay-Mania, Valtena, Deg0Od

finally updated the flag i use.. can't imagine the absolute PAIN it would be to replicate my original flag. any thoughts? i definitely see room for improvement but i can't quite put my finger on it

Delta Vega Iv, Deg0Od

Tay-Mania wrote:finally updated the flag i use.. can't imagine the absolute PAIN it would be to replicate my original flag. any thoughts? i definitely see room for improvement but i can't quite put my finger on it
Honestly, i kind like it but also too many colors & too light overall

The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Lanassia

Czinsurz wrote:Very relatable lol trying to recover my endorsements from like a year ago haha

The best way to get endorsements is endorsing others, because they're more likely to notice and reciprocate when they get the notification. You can use our endotarting tool to get through the list: https://tart.calref.ca/

Narwhal, Czinsurz, The Blue Fire

Tay-Mania wrote:finally updated the flag i use.. can't imagine the absolute PAIN it would be to replicate my original flag. any thoughts? i definitely see room for improvement but i can't quite put my finger on it

I would suggest the same as Deg0od. Maybe use fewer colors and perhaps less stripes. That way you can enlarge the symbol in the corner.

The Blue Fire, Deg0Od

I am radically improving my military capacity. Where we were one at a paltry -31 in defence capabilities, I am pleased to report that we are now at -21.

By this time in ten years, we will be ready to produce a cessna and thereby match the military readiness of Ireland.

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Narwhal, Araine, Liphia, Portmanteau, St Leone, Czinsurz, Estebere, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Ban Oldern, Sinzalia

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Written by Refuge Isle.