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Region: Refugia
Patriotism by "Flags Saluted Per Person Per Day", let me tell you why:
It takes at least 20 seconds to salute a flag for respect, that means that if we take the most patriotic nation is Refugia, Typica, it has 80 flags saluted per person per day.
No one is that dedicated to their nation to the point of spending 26 minutes of their day saluting their nation's flag
That means the most patriotic nation (which keeps changing) in the world has an hour and a half of saluting flags.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Everetunga-Hari, Istastioner, Winlandy
I took flags to mean individual flags and not the same flag several times a day, now Im imagining each citizen spending hours a day driving around looking for flags to salute, stopping at each flag to say a nice long pledge of allegiance like they used to make us do in school in the US, then looking for the next flag.
Speaking of ridiculous quantities, how on earth are they measuring pounds of wildlife per square mile for environmental beauty? Are they just making a list of every single plant and animal in the country and estimating their weights? Or are they somehow uprooting entire square mile sections of land, separating out the dirt and rocks, and weighing them on massive scales before puttinf everything back the way it was?
Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Everetunga-Hari, Aephony, Istastioner, Hanig, Winlandy
Typicans very efficiently amplify their patriotic displays by saluting multiple flags at once. Legend speaks of residents who collect cultural flags as well as the many regional flags to be included in their awestruck moments of national affection.
Measuring apathy with units of "whatever" is ..
Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Everetunga-Hari, Aephony
i also have multiple 69th places
average disposable income and religiousness
i think
Typica, Floofybit, Portmanteau
Nice
Floofybit, Portmanteau
Hello
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau
Other than the WA delegate who should I endorse?
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Portmanteau
It's your choice on who you want to endorse
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Everetunga-Hari
Recreation drug use measured in pineapple fondness is just so on point for stoners.
Manufacturing industry in Gooback-Jerbs is some excellent homophonic pun work.
Floofybit, Portmanteau
Everyone :D
Chacapoya, Dyllonia, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Aephony, Tiralta, Istastioner, Winlandy
Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, Winlandy
My nation was originally anarchist because I wanted to be edgy or something
Typica, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Winlandy
Issue #350 has shot me back up to 89th in pizza.
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Everetunga-Hari, Dacay, Erie-Arcadia Of Wombats, Tiralta, Winlandy
Post self-deleted by Everetunga-Hari.
It absolutely does in my case.
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, Winlandy
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1729327
I wasn't going to post this yet because obviously it needs more work
but then it was super satisfying to run through the links and it came out so neatly, so i thought i might as well post the WIP version so yall can see it :>
so IG just consider this an update on how my campaign stuff is going rn!
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Chatula, Portmanteau, Dacay, Tiralta, Winlandy
This is so impressive. Great job.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Dyllonia, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Winlandy
;0
Floofybit
In regards to user-country relationship, yep it pretty much sums up most of my irl pol views, same to the country-factbook relationship since I am in the process of worldbuilding this nation from ground up so it has to be consistent with what I know most of.
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Floofybit, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta
Question for y'all that collect cards, do you have any random collections that are just for fun?
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau
I currently play 4 countries in NS. Each of them reflects my political views to some extent. This one (DV-IV) is probably the one closest to my own views, with extensive human rights, radical environmentalism, and many social practices.
Most of my cards fit that description. I keep them for their aesthetic or sentimental value.
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Everetunga-Hari
That's dedicated! :O
That's a nice idea. Now I've a few that are pretty safely holding my badge for me, I'm thinking more about cards I actually want to have for myself along these lines.
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Winlandy
yay I'm a left-wing utopia
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner
Mostly: No.
In regards to airplanes, cars, and night creatures roaming the streets: Yes.
Delta Vega Iv, Dyllonia, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, Rosadeu
Good Job, I'm still trying to get there
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta
How does one manage their absolute love of nature with the truthful necessity of protection, be it armed forces or weaponry? Has the region established a self protection league, maybe if certain nations contributed towards weapons while others (most) were STRICTLY environmental hotspots under the umbrella of protection. Think NATO.
Delta Vega Iv, Araine, Portmanteau
We don't stan NATO.
Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Azelandia
Understandable, but protection is a must. I was just looking for other Nations input as to military and weapons. We can have a large well funded and capable military and diplomatic policies to hope and pray to never use them. But as the leader of a smaller nation myself, Im becoming more interested in the regions policies, and politics.
Istastioner, Hanig
Yeah, I also hope that I will never have to use my military as well
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Floofybit
Hello. I think I am going to let this account die in favor of making a new completely tyrannical country. Thoughts?
Hacter-Junobal
Ah, now you have hit upon the true purpose of the trading cards... their frivolity! :P
I'd say, most of the collecting I now do is "just for fun." I highly recommend it over the pursuit of deck value. The goofy collections I've built, at this point, really gives me a chuckle.
Our nation boasts a mighty navy consisting of semi-retired boat dads and yacht rocking rum-runners. It keeps them busy. They've not much by way of funding, or training, or experience, or just general utility... But if by their life or death they can protect you, you have their oar.
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Istastioner
Why though?
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Everetunga-Hari, Burning Sand, Gildendal
I answered an issue once accidentally and my nation has been notable for its rum swilling pirates ever since. I guess thats my navy now, I dont think I have much else in the way of a military.
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Istastioner, Crabani, Gildendal
Oh, I forgot that while I'm not really actively pursuing this collection, anytime I get my hands on an animated card I hold onto it and add it to my Animated Card collection. I don't actively pursue it because I don't have the capital to do so (they're often really expensive).
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta
I've wrote factbook about first ministry.
BCSA is basically FBI/KGB kind of thing.
Delta Vega Iv, Floofybit
Nice
Floofybit, Crabani
Why not have both?
Delta Vega Iv, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Istastioner
Yeah Izopistan you can have two accounts it's just that only one of them may be in the world assembly
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Dacay, Aephony, Tiralta, Hacter-Junobal
Hi! :D
I found Refugia and thought it looked like an awesome place. I'm happy to be here! :)
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tovenia, Portmanteau, Yondoria, Everetunga-Hari, Dacay, Haibaria, Tiralta, Azelandia, Whitanchir, Hacter-Junobal
Hi Parvesha and welcome to Refugia
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Yondoria, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, Parvesha
Welcome ^-^
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Istastioner, Parvesha
welcome?
Qq peeps - still a newb here. I've been playing for a bit but can't seem to figure out how to get any cards? Am I missing something?
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Yondoria, Tiralta, Parvesha
You can get packs of them from completing issues so keep and eye out. Once you get a pack just open it and boom, let there be cards
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Istastioner
You can check if you've got any cards here https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck
Chacapoya, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Parvesha
Yes I currently have two accounts, but this one is my less favorable one.
Delta Vega Iv, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Istastioner
Something that burned my card game for a while was using the stately mobile app for nationstates. As I'm aware, all apps rely on the api which will not reward cards like the web browser game does.
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Parvesha
Ok
Since this game truly allows us free reign, each of us can decide for themselves how to relate to outside threats and protection from them. In this game, it is truly possible to live in a universe free of any such threats, since any outside threats must have your consent to take place (This is how Role Play works in Nation States). So, I am free with each of the 4 nations I play to decide how that nation protects itself from such threats. Delta Vega IV, for instance, is a planet equipped with the infamous Improbability Drive, which is a sentient and very powerful AI capable of moving our whole planet through the space-time continuum. It is a totally defensive device and I use it very rarely (last time I used it was in the region it resided in before Refugia, when circumstances jutified its use). It allows me to focus this nation on environment, human rights and social justice and totally ignore defence, military, security etc. My nation, my decision.
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Winlandy, Parvesha
You're sitting in your favourite chair after yet another busy day of answering questions as Leader, when suddenly an envelope falls out of the sky and lands on you. Curious, you open the envelope and a small disc falls out. As you turn it over in your palm, suddenly an audio message starts to play.
Hello there! Your nation has been invited to the Fantastic Refugi Sewing Bee!
If you would like to take part in this event, please respond on the RMB with the following:
1. The tailor(s) you will be sending to this event
2. The story of how they got into sewing
3. The colour, pattern or fabric that you feel best represents your nation's traditional dress
4. Your favourite accessory to add to an outfit
New nations and old alike are welcome to join us for this event. Please respond within 48 hours, and we will see you soon at the Fantastic Refugi Sewing Bee!
You put down the disk, puzzled as to how someone managed to pronounce the brackets in the word "tailor(s)" when spoken out loud, but nevertheless, you send word for your nation's finest!
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Tovenia, Portmanteau, Dacay, Winlandy, Parvesha
Ah yeah that's it. I predominantly use the app. Curses!
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Istastioner, Winlandy, Parvesha
Hallo Leute
Hello Guys
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Parvesha
Hi and welcome to Refugia
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Winlandy
Ich spreche Deutsch
I Speak German
Delta Vega Iv, Floofybit, Winlandy
Ok
Ich bin ein deutscher Alt von Timothy Ryder And Kai
Winlandy
Oh, so this is your alt
Oh, das ist also dein Alt
Einer der vielen Alts
One Of The Many Alts
Floofybit, Winlandy
Prime Minister Meena sits in her office, quietly contemplating after viewing the hologram. She makes a quick phone call before opening up her computer.
[spoiler=:)]Tailor: Giuliano Rosiello
The Story: Giuliano Rosiello first became interested in sewing around the age of 5, after migrating to Parvesha. His mother opened a sewing shop, which piqued his interest in sewing. He eventually started working at the shop, which also helped spur his interest in fashion and design. Despite a very modest upbringing, he was able to attend Chandra, the most renowned university of design in Parvesha. He is regarded as one of, if not the best, designers in Parvesha. He is currently the owner of Hera, a well-known fashion brand in the nation.
Giuliano is famous for his skilled hand with a needle, with some even going so far as to call him the "God of Sewing".
The Style: Parveshan fashion is regarded as very luxurious and regal, with silk being the primary fabric used. Vivid colors are very common, with vibrant purple, dark blue, and gold being some of the most prominent colors in Parveshan fashion. Flowers and intricate patterns are also quite prevalent in Parveshan fashion!
Accessories: Necklaces and purses are usually the most common accessories in Parveshan fashion, being worn by both men and women. Typically, these accessories are small and usually a similar color to the main outfit. [/spoiler]Meena reads over the submission one more time, before sending it. She lets out a little sigh and turns her spinny chair to face the window, where the sun is seen slowly setting over the ocean.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Winlandy
Hi, welcome! We're primarily an English speaking community, I'm sorry to say if you speak German most people won't understand 😅
Floofybit, Portmanteau, Winlandy, Parvesha
Ich spreche Deutsch Weil ich dort wohne
I Speak German Because I Live There
Typica, Winlandy
Yeah, sorry I forget to tell you Timothy Ryder Und Kai
I understand, I'm saying often the only shared language between the rest of us is English so we try to communicate in it.
Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Istastioner, Winlandy, Parvesha
Außerdem übersetze ich
Also I'm Translating
(Nicht versuchen, unhöflich zu sein)
(Not Trying To Be Mean)
Typica
A letter rises from the ground and onto your desk. It reads as the following:
"Talmon would be pleased to take part in the Fantastic Refugi Sewing Bee! We will send one of our finest tailors, Marel Bello-Kulas. Born and raised in Veselý, Boheme, he's been sewing since he was only 7, wanting to help his mother make clothing for the family shop.
Talmonian traditional dress varies widely, but it is usually characterized by thick, long, and wool-lined coats, pants, and the colors brown and blue. The outfits do not vary much between women and men, as fashion in Talmon is a big part androgynous.
Bello-Kullas always adds a belt or ribbon around the waist of every outfit. 'It makes any outfit just look that much better, at least to me.'
We appreciate the invite!
Sincerely, The Talmonian Department of The Arts"
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Istastioner, Parvesha
Hallo Jedermann
Hello Anyone
Talmon
United Here Once Again
Floofybit, New Filippe, Talmon
I'd be a pretty good singer if I could sing
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, New Filippe, Portmanteau, Yondoria, Erie-Arcadia Of Wombats, Tiralta, Istastioner, Talmon, Parvesha
I bought a new bike! :D
Now all that's missing is proper bike lanes
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, New Filippe, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Talmon
Bikes are neat!
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, New Filippe, Portmanteau, Yondoria, Tiralta, Istastioner, Caretakers And Clockwatchers, Parvesha
If my grandma had wheels shed be a bike! -some random guy on British television
Floofybit, New Filippe, Portmanteau, Yondoria, Tiralta
You guys dont mind that im a dictatorship right?
Floofybit, New Filippe, Portmanteau, Hacter-Junobal
Is your nation fascist?
New Filippe
And a lot of fun! :)
New England (where I reside) has plenty of pretty trails to bike on, and in Fall, it's definitely very nice to bike among the colored leaves :D
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner
Anarchic
New Filippe
It says that your nation is a Compulsory Consumerist State
Yea but I like to think of myself as anarchic
Chacapoya, New Filippe, Portmanteau
At least thats what Im aiming for
New Filippe
Yeah, but you're still a Compulsory Consumerist State
New Filippe
Don't be mean lol, it's more or less impossible to get your nation to start with the classification you're imagining for your nation. it takes time to mould it into what you want it to be.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, New Filippe, Portmanteau, Aephony, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
Sorry
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, New Filippe, Portmanteau, Aephony, Jazur
Anything you want, man. As long as you aren't being a menace to anyone else here.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, New Filippe, Portmanteau, Aephony, Tiralta, Istastioner, Parvesha
For some reason the stats niceness and rudeness aren't contradictory to each other so you can have high rudeness with high niceness and vice versa, I can't imagine how that works.
Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Hacter-Junobal
The room calms down following some amount of panic displayed by various government officials in the vicinity of the arrival of the apparent magic letter. Queen Passeʻencore rearranges her quite elaborate hat, and sits down to compose a response, which is then sent off by pneumatic tube to the main airmail depot on the island.
1. Fanny Kahale and Domino Domingo
2. This duo has long-operated one of the finest garment establishments within the archipelago, offering both retail and mending services. Originally a married couple, they had combined their tailoring and mending services, which they'd inherited from their respective families, into the single establishment still in operation today. Upon the amicable dissolution of their marriage, they remained business partners and close companions, with many a whispered rumor that their sewing and mending activities represent more of a symbolic, than practical, enterprise for the two.
3. Traditional dress is loose and light linen shirts and wraps, usually white or flaxen, and often embellished with embroidery or pleats.
4. Local flowers commonly adorn someone's dress, whether singular or as part of a strand of garland, should the wearer be looking to add a flourish of color.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Aephony, Tiralta, Parvesha
"Hey you!" shouts a stranger who has leapt into your face without warning. They take you up by your collar and bring their face uncomfortably close. "You dropped this money from your wallet earlier!" They kiss you rapidly on both cheeks before running off into the night.
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Aephony, Tiralta, Istastioner, Parvesha
GUYS REFUGIA HAS 420 MEMBERS
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Yondoria, Haibaria, Tiralta, Istastioner, Desenteres, Parvesha
Post self-deleted by Istastioner.
Ich bin wieder da!
I'm Back!
Hey, welcome Milo Jacobs to Refugia! Glad to have you here!
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Milo Jacobs, Tiralta, Parvesha
Thank u so much for the welcome. I have never played NS before and am very new to the region.
Chacapoya, Typica, Floofybit, Tiralta, Parvesha
Thanks for visiting, bye now
Floofybit, Tiralta
Post self-deleted by Aephony.
Oh, Aephony has the finest clothes in Aephony! We will definitely win all across Aephony, to Aephony! We're in.
(How did- the- How can a person say brackets?) Señor Aethametamine, he might sound like a drug but he is stellar at his job, not only can he sew, but he also can knit! "Just call me Aeth..." He says after he wears his gray coat he made himself.
A fellow guy who was really curious to his surroundings, especially fashion, he always nitpicked the small little mistakes on people's clothes, which made people around him annoyed saying "Why don't you make something like it yourself?", In which he did, and really enjoyed.
Colorless, gray, black and gray. Just like everything Ae. "Colors are overrated." He says right after he wears his own-made fedora hat.
"A fedora, obviously, if there is anything missing in suits, or even casual outfits, it's a fedora, it can symbolize anything, poor or rich (as he keeps ranting about today's fashion).
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, New Filippe, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Parvesha
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, New Filippe, Portmanteau, Aephony, Istastioner
I think, (I am not sure though), at first, tobacco was not banned so it was easily sold, so it's technically just on the normal market, but when it got banned, people sold it on the black market, as the black market is basically illegal trade takes place in secret. So it increased.
Cheers on banning cigarettes on that other nation though!
Floofybit, New Filippe, Portmanteau, Istastioner
Id like to ban them or at least tax them heavily and regulate tobacco companies to hell with this nation because theyre terrible for you and everyone around you. My mom has smoked a pack a day since she was 15 so yeah Im not fond of cigarettes. My other nation is my evil nation where I try to make the worst decisions for my people.
Floofybit, New Filippe, Portmanteau, Aephony, Istastioner
Iop Spopeakop Dopoublop Doputchop
I Speak Double Dutch!
(Do you speak Double Dutch to a real Double Duchess?)
Anyway, welcome to our fine region
Floofybit, New Filippe, Portmanteau
wait how did I give endorsements I littery was afk for the entire contest
New Filippe
I imagine you already were endorsing people?
Floofybit, New Filippe, Tiralta
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