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Region: Refugia
What is your favorite fast food place?
Tiralta, Jazur
The 2nd one is also fine.
Can´t await your newest addition.
McDonalds
To be fair i also just have english as a 2nd language so i am not absolute sure, but it seemed fine.
Ive actually been thinking of something new to add already what do you think of a national anthem?
Tiralta
Sounds interesting. maybe also some culltural stuff like food the religion you were talking about or some entirely different stuff
Tiralta
I'd say McDonalds.
Edit: I just remembered that Pizza My Heart exists.
Anyways, I have a question for you all too: What is your favorite book series? If it is just a single book but will become a series that counts. I'd say my favorite is the series The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann.
Chacapoya, Tiralta
A french tacos from my town
What if I have NO military (litteraly, 0% in defense spending)
Waywards Edge
Jojo part 7 steel ball run
I have a few! I think the best one I've read is the Terra Ignota series, which is a four-book SciFi series written by Ada Palmer. It's legitimately fantastic, highly recommend.
If you prefer fantasy, I have two recommendations. Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe is a four-part series, and The Black Company by Glen Cook has a lot more books, but the "Books of the North" collection is by far the best part.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta
I'd have to say Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.
Typica, Araine
Hi, I'm Kirsti Alanor, Secretary of External Affairs.
In order to join, you must spend atleast 2% of your budget on the military. This is to ensure you aren't dragging WESLR down, as well as to perform operations with WESLR. WESLR knows that some nations are pacifists, and cannot contribute troops. We would like to direct you to the Medical Navy, a fleet whose sole operational history is conducting Relief, S&R, and other non military activities. Contact Waywardian Embassies to join the Medical Navy, and by extension, WESLR.
Kirsti, out.
(OOC: Kirsti Alanor is not real. Kirsti Alanor is a RP character who deals with the external affairs of Waywards Edge, and by proxy, WESLR. Although that task may be delegated to Ella Trinity, another RP character who is WESLR's Special Envoy to Refugia)
Chacapoya, Rupika, Innamorta
Also, is your nation a Stick War: Legacy reference?
Chacapoya, Fel Vudos, Innamorta
Those Swordwrath swords were no match for our basic clubs
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Fel Vudos, Tiralta, Waywards Edge, Innamorta
your basic clubs are no match for Archidon arrows!
Chacapoya, Innamorta
based.
They're far from the best books I've ever read, but the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfield is fantastic.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta
Bro how many times your going change flags this week
Post self-deleted by Rupika.
...Twice? Making new flags is fun.
Also you double posted
Typica, Rupika, Tiralta
Meh cant blame ya i like making flags too
I mean, I could probably ask St Leone for a new flag, he made WESLR's flag.
St Leone, Tiralta
It is so surreal seeing this region with the Gargantuan tag.
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta
Greggs, a bakery chain here in the UK. I like their savoury pies/pastries, but also they have a lot of moral policies that I think are good (like sharing profits with employees, ex-offender hiring programs, funding school breakfast clubs).
Nostalgia wise it's the Chronicles of Narnia series by CS Lewis, I absolutely adored it as a kid. As an adult, I love Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars series for being the only series that's ever made me put down a book while I lay on the kitchen floor and had an existential crisis for two days (in a good way). And for things I've re-read so many times this year, it's Heartstopper by Alice Oseman, it's so wholesome and everything I wish had existed when I was a teenager.
Typica, Araine
I dont eat fast food often but theres a local chain called Burgerville thats pretty good for fast food. Its expensive though. As far as the more well known chains Wendys, Carls Jr, and Jack in the Box are alright I guess.
I used to work at a McDonalds and I honestly dont think Ill ever be able to eat that food again, not necessarily because of the quality but because it brings back memories of working in the service industry.
I honestly havent read much since graduating high school but I remember liking LOTR and I used to like overanalyzing the numerous problems the Harry Potter universe has, but then the author decided to reveal some problematic views and completely ruined it for me.
I also remember having a phase where I was obsessed with the Warrior Cats and A Series of Unfortunate Events books in elementary school which Im not sure if I should be embarrassed about. Theyre definitely not my favorite now but they were for quite awhile back in the day.
Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta
Honestly, Sonic. Way underrated
Typica
Burgerville has the best shakes around, but their meals are so expensive for the portion size. I almost never go there.
Tough call, but I would be remiss if I didn't namecheck Murakami's Trilogy of the Rat.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur
yea I made that flag, its not exactly my favourite that ive made, as its not the prettiest or whatever but it has alot of symbolism cx
Delta Vega Iv, Jazur, Waywards Edge
Hey, it looks nice, it's got the symbolism, and that's what matters, right?
St Leone, Jazur
I have a few series.
1. Space Ranger by Angus McVicar. It's a series of 10 books. But you'd need to go back in time to the 1960's or 1970's to properly enjoy its naivté.
2. The Tripods' trilogy by John Christopher.
3. The Amber Chronicles by Roger Zelazny.
4. The Dancers at the End of Time trilogy, by Michael Moorcock (and also all his Elric books, but they aren't organised in an actual series).
Typica, Tiralta, Jazur, Commutia
If only they'd let me set it to "Thicc" in honour of Thicc Week.
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Tiralta, Jazur, Prodigal
Absolutely
Jazur
Absolutely
I was going full speartons/archidons lmao
Jazur
Does anyone have any Caer Sidi trading cards that they are willing to sell?
Chacapoya, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur
...Right
Hm... I might actually contemplate those fantasy ones.
Interesting, I'll look into it
I have the first book in that series in my room right now.
I think I'll have to look into the latter two(I have the entire Chronicles of Narnia series downstairs)
Huh. I'm going to be reading LotR eventually, and I recently(Like, two months ago) read Harry Potter, and I don't think you should be the only one embarrassed about Warrior Cats obsession during elementary school.
Huh. That actually sounds like it could be good.
Those all sound interesting. I might look into them.
And, in order just to add one more book to this list of book recommendations for Refugia, I'm going to recommend Keeper of the Lost Cities. In fact, book nine is coming out next month, so it's the perfect time to start reading(Or maybe not, depends on how many pages you read per day) it for when book nine comes out!
I should've made this yesterday.
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur
Rupika asked for a bread poll so it's time to choose your contender.
https://www.nationstates.net/region=refugia#poll
Other breads are of course available so if you have a favourite bread that's not on the list let me know!
Also since we've had another tiktok wave I have a question for tiktok gang: are any of the rest of y'all are addicted to watching Roll for Sandwich? (For non tiktok gang, it's a guy who rolls dice to create some pretty weird sandwich combinations every day!)
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, St Leone, Rupika, Jazur, Tidelia
Honestly, I don't think I could pin a book series down. I really just read a lot of individual books, not very many series. Anyway, here's a shameless Goodreads plug: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/154316966-befu
Typica, Tiralta
Tiralta
Post self-deleted by Rupika.
Has anybody any tips on how to boost your economy?
Duerrenberg
tip: economy comes at the expense of eco beauty and other eco things. Given our status as a lovely Eco-Friendly, I would be careful.
(To answer your question, it's through issues.)
Typica, Commutia
Thanks for the help i will try my best
Typica
(this is a roleplay answer) I minister of the economy Alexander tozier would be willing to negotiate a trade agreement between our two nations to see mutual benefit to our economys.
Typica, Commutia
We the People of Commutia would be interrested in trading with your Nation.
Typica
Quite good of course any trade treaty will have to go through the chief diplomat and be approved by his divine royal majesty of Anatopen. when perhaps may negotiations began?
The Negotiations could beginn whenever your Kingdom finds the time. But we would apreciate any time as soon as possible.
Perfect our kingdom is quite the same simply send a diplomat as soon as can be managed and a trade agreement can be arranged. Quick question though would you have this be a agreement of free trade between our nations or to simply set up ports to see trade between our nations?
Sea Trade would be doing the best since we are still confined to an island.
Of that we understand but our question was of wether or not tariffs would be put in place or not.
We don´t think they are very necessary but if your king wants to have them we would agree to that aswell.
Well our king considers your nation a friend so he not likely request tariffs to be put in place.
We like to hear this. we are not going to do any aswell then.
Wonderful i and the chief diplomat will begin writing up a proposal and we will work out the finer details when your diplomat arrives at the royal court
Splendid! We can´t await till this happens. we will send a Diplomat right away.
It appears that the diplomat has not reached the royal court. (when I said send a diplomat I was referring to a telegram)
We look into that. He mustve gotten sleepy on the way.
That is quite alright the proposal is written we await the arrival of the diplomat at the royal court we have members of the royal guard at the docks waiting to escort them to the palace.
He should have reached your Country by now.
At this time King Ian the 12th has been shot 3 times by a unknown gunman while escorting the Commutian ambassador back to the ports Grand Marshal Zachery has declared marshal law and mobilized the entire Anatopen military
Commutia it seems very convenient that just as your ambassador leaves the king is assassinated.
Commutia has nothing to do with any Assasinations like these,
for we were handling in our interrest with these trades.
We are quite shocked to hear from this.
The king is dead and with no children or siblings it appears a civil war is soon to come to Anatopen.
the new president of Rupika Pickman, the first AI president gives his deepest sorrows for the death of the king and will help try to prevent civil war
The United Socialist States of Commutia also sends theire deepest sorrows.
The Assassin has been caught he has admitted to working for the Anatopen Socialist Party which was emboldened by the arrival of the Commutian ambassador they appear to be hoping for support from Commutia in there attempt to overthrow the government
We are not supporting these Criminals.
They could have ruined our trade deals which is not in our interest.
WESLR presents
WESLR Colonization and Exploration Corps!
WESLR astronauts have successfully launched aboard X-23, an experimental, fusion powered Spacecraft. The Refugi Space Elevator was able to raise to an altitude high enough to the point that having to deal with the atmosphere of our planet, and was able to limit the carbon dioxide generated by the flight. Waywardian Carbonization plants are currently picking up the C02 and are converting it into Oxygen and solid Carbon.
The goal of X-23 is to be the first mission to our distant planetary friend, Mars! The journey will take approximately 8~ months and will start the process of terraforming mars into a paradise for us all.
As the plaque from Apollo 11 read
"Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon, July 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind."
We also brought a plaque
"Here the WESLR Coalition from the Planet of Refugia first set upon the Planet Mars, June 2023. We came in peace for all people."
The crew of X-23
Commander - Alice Corni
Pilot - Erich Alix
Head Scientist - 2nd Lt Archer
Lead Engineer - 1st Lt Alex
Rover Controller - AI HAL9000
Lead Reactor Technician - Daisy Cindy
Gunners Mate - Major Idiot (OOC: Spaceballs reference, anyone)
Therapist - Ella Aaros
Civilians - 10
Total crew - 18
Well either way a socialist militia is marching on the royal palace and the military isnt fully mobilized yet so the Kingdom may soon be called the Union of Anatopen
WESLR will be calling an emergency session to deal with this crisis.
The Socialist party has seized control of the capital the grand marshal and economic minister have both been executed by the socialists
Waywardians that live in Anatopen are advised to head to the embassy, and wait. All sins caused by this will be nulled as an act of god.
The socialist party led by Tito Alexradovich has declared the Union of Anatopen parts of the military have defected to them but the navy and air force remain loyal as well as parts of the army
Our Nation is a bit overwhelmed with the situation happening in Anatopen and decided to stay Neutral for now.
The Queen Sophia widow of the late king has requested for any nearby nation to grant her asylum as she fears she may be captured and shot by the socialists
We will grand her Assylum in our nation
Kirsti Alanor here. The Federation of Waywards Edge does not recognize the union of Anatopen as a legitimate state. Further acts of violence will be considered an act of war. We are acting to protect our citizens within the Kingdom of Anatopen.
Waywardian Peacekeepers will arrive shortly. They are not authorized to use lethal force. However, if faced with lethal force, we will blow your illegitimate regime and dig our citizens out of the rubble ourselves.
Rebel forces have seized the port to the capital preventing troops from entering as rather than let it be captured the dockworkers planted explosives and destroyed the docks
Queen Sophia had barely managed to board a plane to fly to Commutia she is expected to arrive there in 3 hours
Alrighty then, the hard way it is. I am authorizing it. WESLR Specialist Ground Corps will be arriving shortly, via parachute. Lethal Force is authorized. Stand down, and nobody will get hurt.
We will provide her with everything she will need a treat her as a special guest.
The rebels have seized the embassy taking all soldiers, diplomats, and civilians hostage they are threatening to kill them if the federation attempts to land troops
There are many anti air defenses in the capital to do so would be unwise Anatopen troops are marching on the capital as we speak
The Alanori express concern that one of their own would support violence in any instance.
Tiralta
I take it then you are neutral in the conflict as the socialists are requesting support from all socialist and communist nations in the region
I don't really go in for the RPs, but yeah the Alanori are extremely pacifistic by nature, to the point that they were occupied by an imperial force for a century and had zero instances of fighting back against it lol
Araine, Tiralta
The rebels have seized the Nazeal railway the only other safe way into the capital besides the now destroyed port
The Naltesaz (the parliament) is requesting Commutia to allow some of the nobility entry into there country as some of there lands are close to the capital and they are afraid they may be killed
We will grant everyone refuge that is in urgent need of help.
Around 13 of the 38 nobles that requested refuge have escaped to Commutia the rest were captured and shot along with there familys and servants
"Crimes like these will not be forgiven" -Our Prime Minister
The attempt to recapture the capital by the army has failed horrendously 62% have been killed the rest captured
The Naltesaz has declared Queen Sophia as regent of the kingdom she has officially requested that Commutia join the war on the side of the kingdom against the rebels
Commutia accepts the inventation. and tries to land troops on the beaches next to the ports.
With support from the Royal Navy Commutian troops successfully land on taplara beach 50 kilometers from the capital all other assaults have unfortunately failed
We slowly advance towards the nearest citys watching out for any ambushes.
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.