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Unfallious wrote:jaja

Religion and magic are intimately linked and there is a whole load of freedom you can derive from the central religion I've created I think it's looking pretty good

Central religion? What if I wanna pagan lol

Unfallious wrote:jaja

Religion and magic are intimately linked and there is a whole load of freedom you can derive from the central religion I've created I think it's looking pretty good

Amen akbar

Grand North America wrote:Central religion? What if I wanna pagan lol

Yea. I'm bringing back the Norse Gods

Vista Major

Baxten wrote:Yea. I'm bringing back the Norse Gods

Sounds like my area of expertise

Grand North America wrote:Central religion? What if I wanna pagan lol

There's multiple different Gods with different characteristics like the Daedric princes in TES. I'm sure that if you clear it with the mods you could have your own pantheon but I would assume just like the Forsworn worshiping their own gods, it would alienate you from the rest of the known world and anger the more powerful Gods.

Vista Major

Baxten wrote:Yea. I'm bringing back the Norse Gods

I prefer the Greek pantheon.

Vista Major

Grand North America wrote:Central religion? What if I wanna pagan lol

you can but the central religion is the only one that grants its worshippers magic.

Vista Major, Yukona

Just a heads up, my first post in the roleplay region may be something Aldwood and Au Minbo want to check out.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:There's multiple different Gods with different characteristics like the Daedric princes in TES.

Hail Mora! The All Seeing Eye shall guide us through the winding halls of fate, leading us through his Labarynthic library; his shadowed claws and Tentacles, threading our minds together in harmony and granting us with his unseen power!

Vista Major

Andromitus wrote:Hail Mora! The All Seeing Eye shall guide us through the winding halls of fate, leading us through his Labarynthic library; his shadowed claws and Tentacles, threading our minds together in harmony and granting us with his unseen power!

He's my favourite too - lowkey though, they're similar but just have different names - they are not exactly copied however, you may not find the exact God you're looking for (such as the God of disease) but maybe one similar (the God of death).

Unfallious wrote:you can but the central religion is the only one that grants its worshippers magic.

Sounds like this world needs some science, yesh

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Andromitus

Vista Major wrote:Sounds like this world needs some science, yesh

This is a fantasy RP, traveler. Go cast your fancy science somewhere else.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia

Yukona wrote:This is a fantasy RP, traveler. Go cast your fancy science somewhere else.

swish swish bish pls

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fantasy

Jaslandia

Yukona wrote:He's my favourite too - lowkey though, they're similar but just have different names - they are not exactly copied however, you may not find the exact God you're looking for (such as the God of disease) but maybe one similar (the God of death).

Vista Major wrote:Sounds like this world needs some science, yesh

I mean, if you guys allow subterranean dwellings imma be the dwemer, gonna follow the God of knowledge and just reject you primitive surface dwellers...

Andromitus wrote:I mean, if you guys allow subterranean dwellings imma be the dwemer, gonna follow the God of knowledge and just reject you primitive surface dwellers...

It's not TES RP, it's fantasy RP. You can dwell underground and be a dwarf!

Vista Major wrote:swish swish bish pls

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fantasy

You ought to be careful discussing those things in this part of the city, traveler.

Aghrabia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:It's not TES RP, it's fantasy RP. You can dwell underground and be a dwarf!

Hey, as long as I'm able to dwell in the grand and cavernous bowels of the soil, with great architectural feats of stone, metal, and science! You can call me whatever you want Surface Dweller :D

Andromitus wrote:Hey, as long as I'm able to dwell in the grand and cavernous bowels of the soil, with great architectural feats of stone, metal, and science! You can call me whatever you want Surface Dweller :D

The ground shakes with his step, the soil jumping as if possessed,

His boots tread the burnt grass, his eyes surveying the distress,

The women run with their children held close, the dwarves retreat,

The dwarf city's gates me shut - but that will not stop him;

Orflek the butcherer has come to eat.

Debut of the leader of my RP nation.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Andromitus

Yukona wrote:

Any man who follows the folly of stepping through our arches of stone heed our warning, for golems of blackened obsidian, adorned with plates of gold, brass, and steel will await you with a voracious bloodlust!

Death to the surface dwellers! Death to the worshippers of the sky!

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Yukona wrote:It's not TES RP, it's fantasy RP. You can dwell underground and be a dwarf!

That's good to hear, because I imagine basing an RP around The Early Show would be quite difficult. I'm Bryant Gumbel and Tom Bergeron are interesting people in their own lives, but I'm not sure if anyone would be interested in RPing as them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TES

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Vista Major wrote:Sounds like this world needs some science, yesh

believe it or not, the scientific nations (called the material kingdoms/republics/whateveryou'rerunning) have their own god that imbues them with protection from the sorcery of the other Gods

I have planned for all eventualities

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:believe it or not, the scientific nations (called the material kingdoms/republics/whateveryou'rerunning) have their own god that imbues them with protection from the sorcery of the other Gods

I have planned for all eventualities

The god of knowledge whoever he may be will protect us from the heathens of the sky!

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

A Medieval RP eh? Hmmm.... I wouldn't have to worry about a race of peoples.... Considering mines already one. (Anthropomorphic Equines){<-- And before any of you accuse me of being a "Brony" from that insipid My Little Pony.. Иует Сука ыуат! .... An old bud from school introduced me to these "furries" and I took a liking to the idea.... Minus the over-perverted side ffs.}

Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:A Medieval RP eh? Hmmm.... I wouldn't have to worry about a race of peoples.... Considering mines already one. (Anthropomorphic Equines){<-- And before any of you accuse me of being a "Brony" from that insipid My Little Pony.. Иует Сука ыуат! .... An old bud from school introduced me to these "furries" and I took a liking to the idea.... Minus the over-perverted side ffs.}

I'm pretty sure that spells oiyat not blyat

Russkov Soviet, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Andromitus wrote:The god of knowledge whoever he may be will protect us from the heathens of the sky!

His name is Zypnac, and he is the equivalent of Zeus in our pantheon, his worshippers are granted increased resistance to all forms of magical influence (Even the corruption of Yrutas) but they pay for this by being unable to use magic themselves and having to continually purge magical elements from within their lands (witch + stake) in order to keep Zypnac content.

The other Gods are Rigma (fire,war), Myratnis (Water, life), Decidius (Death), and Yrutas (Arcana, Stone)

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Two words about the latest events occurring in our region.

After the spirits calmed down and I allowed from my side basic logic to flow through the capillars of my brain. I have to say that I apologize and feel ashamed for all this pointless drama on both the RMB and Discord channel.

I was accused of treason and corruption, a thing which I didn't take quite well as I was simply trying to raise my chances of making a crucial impact towards the necessity of having reforms in our region. Since I first joined, the people of this region and the need to see the region thrive in every aspect was my main objective.

As a Minister I raised and boosted the power of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Interior. As a President I worked closely with the Ministers of every other Ministry to set a basic system on how each Ministry should function and operate. Sadly when too many brains think at the same time and when the egocentric souls of one thousand demons, scream at the same time - breakdowns are not so easy to be avoided.

Lately we've been fighting a lot whether the RP and Discord reforms should happen. As I said plenty of times in the past, I am more than happy to talk with anyone who is in favor and against these reforms.

I am running for the seat of the Chancellor and as a Chancellor I will be doing the will of the people regardless of my own point of views. Change comes and should always come - actually it must come - one step at a time. And my intentions are not to start running right by the beginning of this electoral race.

I will be making my campaign available for all to see and I will be responding to your feedback and your opinions whenever I am most available. As I am in the middle of my semester and school and a NS can't be both a top priority.

Meanwhile, if you'd like to see my campaign and understand what is all this fuss about, feel free to TG me or PM me in Discord.

Cheers! :)

Aghrabia, Vista Major, The Union Of Yuktobanian Republics, Penguania And Antarctica, Mauricil

Yukona wrote:I'm pretty sure that spells oiyat not blyat

Huh.... Thats how my phone put it...

Hmm...

Yukona

Unfallious wrote:believe it or not, the scientific nations (called the material kingdoms/republics/whateveryou'rerunning) have their own god that imbues them with protection from the sorcery of the other Gods

I have planned for all eventualities

Unfallious wrote:His name is Zypnac, and he is the equivalent of Zeus in our pantheon, his worshippers are granted increased resistance to all forms of magical influence (Even the corruption of Yrutas) but they pay for this by being unable to use magic themselves and having to continually purge magical elements from within their lands (witch + stake) in order to keep Zypnac content.

The other Gods are Rigma (fire,war), Myratnis (Water, life), Decidius (Death), and Yrutas (Arcana, Stone)

All this talk of gods is giving me flashbacks to Lavan's medieval fantasy RP a long time ago.

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=327204

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Jaslandia wrote:All this talk of gods is giving me flashbacks to Lavan's medieval fantasy RP a long time ago.

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=327204

I wish that had been more successful

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Latrovia wrote:Two words about the latest events occurring in our region.

After the spirits calmed down and I allowed from my side basic logic to flow through the capillars of my brain. I have to say that I apologize and feel ashamed for all this pointless drama on both the RMB and Discord channel.

I was accused of treason and corruption, a thing which I didn't take quite well as I was simply trying to raise my chances of making a crucial impact towards the necessity of having reforms in our region. Since I first joined, the people of this region and the need to see the region thrive in every aspect was my main objective.

As a Minister I raised and boosted the power of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Interior. As a President I worked closely with the Ministers of every other Ministry to set a basic system on how each Ministry should function and operate. Sadly when too many brains think at the same time and when the egocentric souls of one thousand demons, scream at the same time - breakdowns are not so easy to be avoided.

Lately we've been fighting a lot whether the RP and Discord reforms should happen. As I said plenty of times in the past, I am more than happy to talk with anyone who is in favor and against these reforms.

I am running for the seat of the Chancellor and as a Chancellor I will be doing the will of the people regardless of my own point of views. Change comes and should always come - actually it must come - one step at a time. And my intentions are not to start running right by the beginning of this electoral race.

I will be making my campaign available for all to see and I will be responding to your feedback and your opinions whenever I am most available. As I am in the middle of my semester and school and a NS can't be both a top priority.

Meanwhile, if you'd like to see my campaign and understand what is all this fuss about, feel free to TG me or PM me in Discord.

Cheers! :)

What a joke.

Latrovia, Aghrabia, Axeldonia

Magnatronia wrote:What a joke.

oh all the words of mouth and pen

"some people deserve to be fvcked" was the sweetest of them all

lat your campaign is dead

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Kalaron, Magnatronia, United Continental States

Unfallious wrote:believe it or not, the scientific nations (called the material kingdoms/republics/whateveryou'rerunning) have their own god that imbues them with protection from the sorcery of the other Gods

I have planned for all eventualities

[I]PRAISE BE![/I]

Jaslandia, Kalaron

*Raises Magic Calming Wand Menacingly*

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Aghrabia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:oh all the words of mouth and pen

"some people deserve to be fvcked" was the sweetest of them all

lat your campaign is dead

My campaign is just getting started. My dearest of all friends.

Merlinton

Unfallious wrote:I wish that had been more successful

As do I. The first time worked out reasonably well, but the reboot didn't get very far.

Latrovia wrote:My campaign is just getting started. My dearest of all friends.

But Lat, being Chancellor is not gonna allow you to change that stuff. It'd probably be better to run for Minister of the Interior, as the MoI probably has a better chance of changing that. I know it's too late, but you'd have a muc better chance of fulfilling your promises in that position. Like, much much better

Baxten wrote:But Lat, being Chancellor is not gonna allow you to change that stuff. It'd probably be better to run for Minister of the Interior, as the MoI probably has a better chance of changing that. I know it's too late, but you'd have a muc better chance of fulfilling your promises in that position. Like, much much better

I understand what you mean, but my job will essentially be of the guy's behind the wheel. I want to be working closely with every Minister and accomplish things together. Btw are Ministers still named Ministers with the establishment of the new Constitution?

Latrovia wrote:I understand what you mean, but my job will essentially be of the guy's behind the wheel. I want to be working closely with every Minister and accomplish things together. Btw are Ministers still named Ministers with the establishment of the new Constitution?

Yes they are. And what if you get an anti-reform guy in MoI? I doubt they'll wanna change that stuff, y'know. Might as well be the main person dealing with it.

Baxten wrote:Yes they are. And what if you get an anti-reform guy in MoI? I doubt they'll wanna change that stuff, y'know. Might as well be the main person dealing with it.

Even as MoI I have low chances of passing any reform if the majority votes against it. This is what I campaign for. I will find the way till that day comes.

Latrovia wrote:Even as MoI I have low chances of passing any reform if the majority votes against it. This is what I campaign for. I will find the way till that day comes.

Well if it's gotta go through the people, I don't know how well it'll go, but I wish you luck, as I wish all candidates.

Nuremgard wrote:But you've all went Tory up there. Yuck!

I'm moving back down to Edinburgh soon anyway, will be glad leaving all the Tory snakes up here.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Latrovia wrote:Two words about the latest events occurring in our region.

After the spirits calmed down and I allowed from my side basic logic to flow through the capillars of my brain. I have to say that I apologize and feel ashamed for all this pointless drama on both the RMB and Discord channel.

I was accused of treason and corruption, a thing which I didn't take quite well as I was simply trying to raise my chances of making a crucial impact towards the necessity of having reforms in our region. Since I first joined, the people of this region and the need to see the region thrive in every aspect was my main objective.

As a Minister I raised and boosted the power of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Interior. As a President I worked closely with the Ministers of every other Ministry to set a basic system on how each Ministry should function and operate. Sadly when too many brains think at the same time and when the egocentric souls of one thousand demons, scream at the same time - breakdowns are not so easy to be avoided.

Lately we've been fighting a lot whether the RP and Discord reforms should happen. As I said plenty of times in the past, I am more than happy to talk with anyone who is in favor and against these reforms.

I am running for the seat of the Chancellor and as a Chancellor I will be doing the will of the people regardless of my own point of views. Change comes and should always come - actually it must come - one step at a time. And my intentions are not to start running right by the beginning of this electoral race.

I will be making my campaign available for all to see and I will be responding to your feedback and your opinions whenever I am most available. As I am in the middle of my semester and school and a NS can't be both a top priority.

Meanwhile, if you'd like to see my campaign and understand what is all this fuss about, feel free to TG me or PM me in Discord.

Cheers! :)

As an active voter I can that someone who can bring about such drama and even be considered from treason isn't someone I would want to represent us.

Now I do not believe these accusations to be true, but from all that I have been able to gather for other some from my own experience, I can honestly say that you don't bring about stability.

Vista may have his sort comings, but he has always, always been there for this region, even when we pushed him away. He never thought about leaving us to build his own region. He stuck by us, kept his word and never has he given up on us. He represents what we have now, a stable and peaceful process in government. One that has never be ruled by self greed, he is what we can truly call a man of the people. Every major decision he gives to the people, he goes to the court, he talks to the HoD.

That is a real leader. A leader we can all put our faith in.

One that we don't have to be worried about or fight with. Vista may not always be what we want, but he is the best we got on this election, and Vista gives only his best.

#Vis4Chancellor

That is real man and a real leader.

Merlinton, Jaslandia, Baxten, Aghrabia, Axeldonia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia

Oelesa wrote:As an active voter I can that someone who can bring about such drama and even be considered from treason isn't someone I would want to represent us.

Now I do not believe these accusations to be true, but from all that I have been able to gather for other some from my own experience, I can honestly say that you don't bring about stability.

Vista may have his sort comings, but he has always, always been there for this region, even when we pushed him away. He never thought about leaving us to build his own region. He stuck by us, kept his word and never has he given up on us. He represents what we have now, a stable and peaceful process in government. One that has never be ruled by self greed, he is what we can truly call a man of the people. Every major decision he gives to the people, he goes to the court, he talks to the HoD.

That is a real leader. A leader we can all put our faith in.

One that we don't have to be worried about or fight with. Vista may not always be what we want, but he is the best we got on this election, and Vista gives only his best.

#Vis4Chancellor

That is real man and a real leader.

Thank you for your feedback and your generous endorsement :)

The official Moving Forward Campaign page has been set up. Where cute and fancy words wont be discussed. But the reforms the outcome and the people's voices will be raised.

Mauricil

Unfallious wrote:oh all the words of mouth and pen

"some people deserve to be fvcked" was the sweetest of them all

lat your campaign is dead

Unf is pretty much the best snark in the reason.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Magnatronia

OFFICIAL MOVING FORWARD PAGE: https://twitter.com/Moving_For

OFFICIAL UK TWITTER PAGE: https://twitter.com/ukl_gov

Mauricil

I am going to be producing a Regional Advert Video for YouTube. Feel free to send me any of your ideas as to what you would like to see. Or what we could include. :)

Mauricil

Unfallious wrote:His name is Zypnac, and he is the equivalent of Zeus in our pantheon, his worshippers are granted increased resistance to all forms of magical influence (Even the corruption of Yrutas) but they pay for this by being unable to use magic themselves and having to continually purge magical elements from within their lands (witch + stake) in order to keep Zypnac content.

The other Gods are Rigma (fire,war), Myratnis (Water, life), Decidius (Death), and Yrutas (Arcana, Stone)

I can work with this, does he require continuous worship? For example, say a population (mine) were to, in exchange for the inability to use magic and the purging of magic from their enstoned halls, accept his gifts of ingenuity and resistance to magical influence, would he also require population-wide times of worship, or would he be content in being treated more as a powerful Muse while certain members of the population (members of the church) worshipped him in return for better resistances and the maintenence of his blessing.

huh.....idk what to really say with all that after i read it....huh

Penguania And Antarctica

Andromitus wrote:I can work with this, does he require continuous worship? For example, say a population (mine) were to, in exchange for the inability to use magic and the purging of magic from their enstoned halls, accept his gifts of ingenuity and resistance to magical influence, would he also require population-wide times of worship, or would he be content in being treated more as a powerful Muse while certain members of the population (members of the church) worshipped him in return for better resistances and the maintenence of his blessing.

The central thing required is a main temple in your capital which is set up for the worship of the god. Some other gods require different things but that'll be explained later. Zypnac is fairly simple, he needs the main temple and you gotta prevent magical influence from building up but other than that you're good. If you don't agree with the mainstream forms of worship you also have the option of making a sect or an offshoot of the mainstream (like sunni/Shia Islam). So long as you thoroughly explain your offshoot and how it differs from the mainstream I can tell you how that affects the way the God looks upon you and how your changes affects the abilities the god bestows upon you. You really have a lot of freedom here I only ask that everyone follows the main religion of the Gods available. The way you worship them can differ from the mainstream and so long as you're detailed enough I'll just tailor the God's reactions specifically for your nation.

Aghrabia, Andromitus, Yukona

Andromitus wrote:Why hello there my friend, how are you?

Im making a lot of money but im sooo tired

Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:His name is Zypnac, and he is the equivalent of Zeus in our pantheon, his worshippers are granted increased resistance to all forms of magical influence (Even the corruption of Yrutas) but they pay for this by being unable to use magic themselves and having to continually purge magical elements from within their lands (witch + stake) in order to keep Zypnac content.

The other Gods are Rigma (fire,war), Myratnis (Water, life), Decidius (Death), and Yrutas (Arcana, Stone)

Un

I'm in love with these ideas. You, my good sir, are a blessing.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Lex Caledonia wrote:I'm moving back down to Edinburgh soon anyway, will be glad leaving all the Tory snakes up here.

They will soon regret their vote. I hear a lot of fishermen live in the North East. I hope the Tories and Brexit f*ck them over. Will give me some sweet schadenfreude to enjoy.

Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

[B]Want to build a transparent and free future for the Confederacy? Want to do your part to preserve the democratic tradition of our community? [/B]

[B]Then join the Democratic Liberty Party![/B]

A Freer Future For a Freer People

Vista Major, Andromitus, Oelesa, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Sulania wrote:[B]Want to build a transparent and free future for the Confederacy? Want to do your part to preserve the democratic tradition of our community? [/B]

[B]Then join the Democratic Liberty Party![/B]

A Freer Future For a Freer People

IC or OOC?

Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Magnatronia wrote:IC or OOC?

The Party is a regional political party. So it doesn't exist in the RP universe.

The party is about regional focus and policy, separate from RP

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Sulania wrote:The Party is a regional political party. So it doesn't exist in the RP universe.

The party is about regional focus and policy, separate from RP

Like the Union Party.

Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:Like the Union Party.

Sulania wrote:[B]Want to build a transparent and free future for the Confederacy? Want to do your part to preserve the democratic tradition of our community? [/B]

[B]Then join the Democratic Liberty Party![/B]

A Freer Future For a Freer People

Merger?

Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Huh. I should make a Communist Party.

The Union Of Yuktobanian Republics, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Friedensreich wrote:Huh. I should make a Communist Party.

Excuse me

Who's got the hammer and sickle here fam

Aghrabia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Did the colours of the WFE change or am I hallucinating ?

Andromitus, Yukona

Axeldonia wrote:Excuse me

Who's got the hammer and sickle here fam

Hammer, compass, wheat wreath :)

Andromitus, Yukona

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Did the colours of the WFE change or am I hallucinating ?

Just noticed and scrolled down to ask the same, I'm glad - suits the colour scheme of the CoFN more than the random assortment of colours we did have

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:They will soon regret their vote. I hear a lot of fishermen live in the North East. I hope the Tories and Brexit f*ck them over. Will give me some sweet schadenfreude to enjoy.

Ach I can't bring myself to resent people up here too much, they've seen Aberdeen get its heart ripped out with the oil decline up here. It's project fear all over again and the tories are the masters of it, I'm just hoping some of the older people in Scotland can let go and realise we can do better.

[spoiler=Today is June 21 and today are:]

Today is June 21 and today are:

- Aymara New Year Day (Bolivia)

- Buddha's Parinirvana (Bhutan)

- Day of Private Reflection

- Day of the Martyrs (Togo)

- Father's Day (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria, Uganda, United Arab Emirates)

- Fête de la Musique

- Go Skateboarding Day

- International Surfing Day

- International Yoga Day

- Laylat al-Qadr or Night of Destiny (Islam)

- National Aboriginal Day (Canada)

- National Day (Greenland) (United States)

- National Daylight Appreciation Day (United States)

- National Day of the Gong (United States)

- National Peaches ‘N’ Cream Day (United States)

- National Seashell Day (United States)

- National Selfie Day (United States)

- Summer Solstice

- We Tripantu (Mapuche, southern Chile)

- World Humanist Day (Humanism)

- World Hydrography Day

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily.

- 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.

- 1529 – French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.

- 1582 – Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, was forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.

- 1621 – Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.

- 1734 – In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.

- 1749 – Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.

- 1768 – James Otis, Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.

- 1788 – New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the ninth state in the United States.

- 1791 – King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.

- 1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill.

- 1813 – Peninsular War: Wellington defeats Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vitoria.

- 1824 – Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.

- 1826 – Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.

- 1848 – In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Christian Tell issue the Proclamation of Islaz and create a new republican government.

- 1854 – The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands.

- 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.

- 1898 – The United States captures Guam from Spain.

- 1900 – Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.

- 1915 – The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.

- 1919 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.

- 1919 – Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.

- 1929 – An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.

- 1930 – One-year conscription comes into force in France.

- 1940 – The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

- 1942 – World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.

- 1942 – World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at nearby Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.

- 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.

- 1952 – The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

- 1957 – Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.

- 1963 – Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.

- 1964 – Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

- 1970 – Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy, largest ever US corporate bankruptcy up to this date.

- 1973 – In handing down the decision in Miller v. California 413 US 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller test for obscenity in U.S. law.

- 1982 – John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

- 1989 – 1989 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. Johnson that American flag-burning was a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.

- 2000 – Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.

- 2001 – A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.

- 2004 – SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.

- 2005 – Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been acquitted for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004).

- 2006 – Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.

- 2009 – Greenland assumes self-rule.

- 2012 – A boat carrying more than 200 refugees capsized in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and Christmas Island, killing 17 people and leaving 70 others missing.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1826 – Georg von Neumayer, German polar explorer and geophysicist

- 1905 – Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author

- 1912 – Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic

- 1926 – Conrad Hall, French-American cinematographer

- 1947 – Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, judge, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1953 – Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani financier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan

- 1955 – Michel Platini, French footballer and manager

- 1964 – David Morrissey, English actor and director

- 1965 – Yang Liwei, Chinese general, pilot, and astronaut

- 1967 – Pierre Omidyar, French-American businessman, founded eBay

- 1981 – Brandon Flowers, American singer-songwriter

- 1982 – Prince William Mountbatten-Windsor, Duke of Cambridge

- 1983 – Edward Snowden, American activist and academic

- 1985 – Lana Del Rey, American singer-songwriter

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Quote of the day

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

- Henry Ward Beecher -

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Jaslandia, Vista Major, The Union Of Yuktobanian Republics, Andromitus, Oelesa, Yukona, Magnatronia

Lex Caledonia wrote:Ach I can't bring myself to resent people up here too much, they've seen Aberdeen get its heart ripped out with the oil decline up here. It's project fear all over again and the tories are the masters of it, I'm just hoping some of the older people in Scotland can let go and realise we can do better.

They are disheartened by the oil decline so vote Tory? I don't buy that. Deserve all they get for voting for them if you ask me. But I'm a bitter bastard.

Some older folk can see through it. Others will be stuck in their ways. It's the older generation that will feel more British than anyone else.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Quote of the day

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

- Henry Ward Beecher -

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Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/4/43/Flowey_the_Flower.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160129183256

Look [nation=short]Kalaron[/nation], look :)

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus

Axeldonia wrote:Excuse me

Who's got the hammer and sickle here fam

.....Who is the China of the region here fam?

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, United Continental States

Friedensreich wrote:.....Who is the China of the region here fam?

*Snaps fingers*

Penguania And Antarctica

Friedensreich wrote:.....Who is the China of the region here fam?

Me lol

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:Me lol

My Tangshan is the capitalist version of China lol

Peoples Liberation Republic, Penguania And Antarctica

It feels weird being back in the motherland

Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:My Tangshan is the capitalist version of China lol

I would say that I am the dictatorial version of the USA for this region. Which IRL country would you say I am for this region?

Penguania And Antarctica

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:I would say that I am the dictatorial version of the USA for this region. Which IRL country would you say I am for this region?

I'd say the US but if you're a republic, why is the eagle on your flag crowned?

Peoples Liberation Republic, Penguania And Antarctica

I may have a facist revolution. When I have more time

Nuremgard, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1982 – Prince William Mountbatten-Windsor, Duke of Cambridge

Technically it's just Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Royals don't really have last names, and the English royals only use 'Mountbatten-Windsor' under certain circumstances (usually legal situations where they're required to provide a last name).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountbatten-Windsor

Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Midland Odiaba wrote:I may have a facist revolution. When I have more time

How'bout an Ædenist one *wink*

Hi...!

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Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Technically it's just Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Royals don't really have last names, and the English royals only use 'Mountbatten-Windsor' under certain circumstances (usually legal situations where they're required to provide a last name).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountbatten-Windsor

I would advise Charles to use another regnal name upon his succession. Both Charles in British history did not fair too well (although the second did alright, he just had a bad time with Cromwell.)

Merlinton, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Technically it's just Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Royals don't really have last names, and the English royals only use 'Mountbatten-Windsor' under certain circumstances (usually legal situations where they're required to provide a last name).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountbatten-Windsor

Tho he is part of the House of Mountbatten-Windsor.

So Prince William 'of' Mountbatten-Windsor?

Jaslandia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Tho he is part of the House of Mountbatten-Windsor.

So Prince William 'of' Mountbatten-Windsor?

The royals don't go by Mountbatten. It's just Windsor.

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:The royals don't go by Mountbatten. It's just Windsor.

Whatever.

I'm not used to that royal sh!t. Please don't lynch me for that mistake. :(

Merlinton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Whatever.

I'm not used to that royal sh!t. Please don't lynch me for that mistake. :(

No one is going to lynch you, dude.

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:No one is going to lynch you, dude.

Yup, we're lynching the filthy royals!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:No one is going to lynch you, dude.

Oh, that's good. :)

How are you btw ?

Jaslandia

Andromitus wrote:Yup, we're lynching the filthy royals!

If only!

Andromitus

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Oh, that's good. :)

How are you btw ?

I've been annoyed by my laptop but otherwise okay. You?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I would advise Charles to use another regnal name upon his succession. Both Charles in British history did not fair too well (although the second did alright, he just had a bad time with Cromwell.)

Charles' full name is Charles Philip Arthur George, so perhaps he should just 'Juan Carlos' it and go by 'Charles Philip I'. Either that, or call himself by just one of his other names. If nothing else, it would be cool to finally have a real-life King Arthur of Britain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I_of_Spain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Tho he is part of the House of Mountbatten-Windsor.

So Prince William 'of' Mountbatten-Windsor?

Nuremgard wrote:The royals don't go by Mountbatten. It's just Windsor.

Correct. The official name of the royal house is the House of Windsor.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I'd say the US but if you're a republic, why is the eagle on your flag crowned?

I am not a Republic.

Nuremgard wrote:I've been annoyed by my laptop but otherwise okay. You?

Sorry to heart that about your laptop.

I'm doing okay. Not much to report on my end since I have a boring, uneventful life. :)

Jaslandia wrote:Charles' full name is Charles Philip Arthur George, so perhaps he should just 'Juan Carlos' it and go by 'Charles Philip I'. Either that, or call himself by just one of his other names. If nothing else, it would be cool to finally have a real-life King Arthur of Britain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I_of_Spain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur

Correct. The official name of the royal house is the House of Windsor.

There you go :)

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Jaslandia wrote:Charles' full name is Charles Philip Arthur George, so perhaps he should just 'Juan Carlos' it and go by 'Charles Philip I'. Either that, or call himself by just one of his other names. If nothing else, it would be cool to finally have a real-life King Arthur of Britain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I_of_Spain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur

Correct. The official name of the royal house is the House of Windsor.

This is because Mountbatten himself was heard to have said at a dinner party not long after the Queen's accession, "the House of Mountbatten now reigns." The government and royal family quickly put him in his place when they decreed that the family name would be Windsor, and that Phillip and his children would take that name.

Phillip was furious. He was supposed to have said, "what do they think I am? A bloody amoeba?"

Jaslandia

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:I am not a Republic.

But it says in your name...

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Sorry to heart that about your laptop.

I'm doing okay. Not much to report on my end since I have a boring, uneventful life. :)

Better to have a boring, uneventful life.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

https://twitter.com/ukl_gov/status/877555818849349632

https://twitter.com/ukl_gov/status/877493345836302336

https://twitter.com/ukl_gov/status/877556853550587904

https://twitter.com/ukl_gov/status/877557681296474114

A new Message from the Ministries! This time, I tackle my views on Moderator Accountability!

[ https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=843116 ]

— Flourish! —

Nuremgard wrote:But it says in your name...

Names can be deceiving

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, United Continental States

Nuremgard wrote:This is because Mountbatten himself was heard to have said at a dinner party not long after the Queen's accession, "the House of Mountbatten now reigns." The government and royal family quickly put him in his place when they decreed that the family name would be Windsor, and that Phillip and his children would take that name.

Phillip was furious. He was supposed to have said, "what do they think I am? A bloody amoeba?"

'A bloody amoeba'? Can't say I've heard that one before.

And is 'Mountbatten himself' referring to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; or Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (the first and most famous of the Mountbatten name)?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:'A bloody amoeba'? Can't say I've heard that one before.

And is 'Mountbatten himself' referring to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; or Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (the first and most famous of the Mountbatten name)?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma

The Earl. He was a known matchmaker and had ambitions for his family to marry into the British royal family since forever.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

I'd like to announce that I'm running to be our next Speaker. Time to get things back on track eh?

With a new beginning within our legislature, a law code that's easy to get to, regular updates and a fair process for us to easily use. So we can reach a higher ground.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:The Earl. He was a known matchmaker and had ambitions for his family to marry into the British royal family since forever.

Ah. Interesting. I was already familiar with Lord Mountbatten as the naval commander of British operations in South and Southeast Asia, and as the last Governor-General of India, but I wasn't aware he was so interested in linking his family with the royals. Quite an eventful life old Mountbatten had.

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