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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
It was all Shakespeare and either English or Irish poets at my school. And the only Scottish history I ever did was the Wars of Independence in first year of high school.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, The Scottish Twins
hmmm now which country should I make Enemy of the State...
Penguania And Antarctica
Donald: Ah, auld Robbie Burns! A man efter mah ain heart wi' his poetry.
Douglas: An' a master of th' Scots language too, which is certainly naethin' tae sneeze at.
Donald: Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae fareweel, alas, for ever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee!
Douglas: Of all of Robbie Burns' poems, ye chose 'AT one!?! We engines cannae e'en kiss, e'en if we wanted too; our buffer woods gie in th' way.
Donald: Haud yer weesht! Ah jist like th' way it sounds. An engine can hae his personal preferences, cannae he?
Douglas: He cannae if his twin brother tells him they dornt make sense.
Donald: Ye arenae th' boss of me, Dougie! Now, weesht!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Percyton
I can understand why you'd like Robert Burns.
"Their accent has been identified by a number of readers as originating in Glasgow, although the writer Martin Clutterbuck notes a strong Robert Burns influence."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_and_Douglas#Scottish_engines
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=pirate_kingdoms/detail=factbook/id=935091
Decided to add some cultural flair to al-Qarn :p
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I assume President Kediye's black hat is based on the black hat worn by President of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit? If so, nice little detail/trivia you put there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salva_Kiir_Mayardit
Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton
Couldn't resist myself on that part ;p
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Can't blame you for that, though I wish you could have figured out a way to include the fact that Mayardit's hat was a gift from George W. Bush of all people.
Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton
Oh trust me, I'm aware that Bush gave Mayardit the hat and Mayardit bought several more because he liked them. Studying about foreign cultures and government leaders is a past time of mine. I might make it a gag and say that another possession came from a royal family or sitting president.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Interesting. I only know about the Mayardit hat stuff because I used to be really into researching South Sudan (usually on Wikipedia) when it became independent in 2011, and I even wrote a short story in my Creative Writing class involving the South Sudanese Civil War (particularly the start of the war when Vice President Riek Machar was fired by President Mayardit).
Also, if you need a possession for the al-Qarn royal archives, you could say Prince Regent Jason of Jaslandia or some other Jaslandian figure gave your president something (depending on what the item is).
Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton
I'll take you up on the offer: maybe a ceremonial scepter, probably granted to Kediye then taken by a rebel leader in the 1990s following the 1992 coup
Jaslandia, Percyton
The 1990s would have been during Jaslandia's Civil War/Warring States period, and before Prince Jason came to power, but I could still make it work. You could say it was a gift from King Albert IV of Deba (one of the states that is now part of Jaslandia), since Deba is right across the Red Sea from al-Qarn.
Nuremgard, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton
Well hot damn, the 90s was a really clusterf*ck time, but yeah, let's go with jolly King Albert
Jaslandia, Percyton
Sounds like and plan. And Jaslandia had been in this state of division and on-and-off war between the different states since 1859 (when Jaslandia broke apart after a succession dispute), so by the 1990s, it wasn't much of a clusterf*ck for us since we were used to it and had adjusted. In fact, it wasn't until 2013 that Prince Jason actually reunited all of Jaslandia into what it is now.
Nuremgard, Percyton
So basically, similar to us (after the Europeans left in the 17th century, European descendants of governors and the ruling class had to deal with pissed-off Africans, which led to the Assab League as a means of communication, which evolved into Kismaayo-Mogadishu. That fell apart because everyone liked smaller, decentralized governments not ruled by an ethnic class. Mogadishu War breaks out, then Mohammed Abdullah Hassan leads the Dervish to create the Dervish State, the first state to rule the entirety of al-Qarn. Hassan dies, then the Republic of al-Qarn is declared and enjoys a Golden Age, but USCS-funded rebels and those wanting power for themselves launch the Nassau Emergency, which leads to Siad Barre taking over, then he gets overthrown in '79 due to how dystopian he made al-Qarn.
Kediye takes over, but falls in '92 by similar self-serving rebel groups or those wanting to just make an actual democratic state, which leads to the wonderful madness of the Ardayga until we got out collective heads out our asses and made a government in 2012, which we all knew fell apart in 2019 because of a European president. Thus, the present day and the current madness which should become worse when Tse updates the map. On top of all of this, the current war is considered a stage in a singular, long-running civil war since 1940 :p)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
I see. Jaslandia's civil war was a bit more orderly. Jaslandia had existed as a nation for centuries, with the interruptions via civil wars and such being fairly brief. When Robert III died without any legitimate heir in 1859, each of the claimants to the throne (who ran the gauntlet from the King's uncle, to the King's sister-in-law, to even a provincial governor with no royal ties) carved out their own kingdom from one of the 7 historic provinces that make up Jaslandia (Farinima, Maroka, Dukia, Farchenstein, Falu, Deba, and Jasland). Everyone, especially the common people, wanted to see Jaslandia re-united eventually, and there was always a sense of common Jaslandian identity; the rulers of these new kingdoms however, focused on the short-term, fighting wars on-and-off with their neighboring states, but rarely achieving anything substantial. And so it went for over 150 years, to the point that these on-and-off wars became almost ritualistic and ceremonial: The states would go to war for a few years to achieve glory and prove their power, rest and be at peace for a few years to rebuild and research, then go to war again and repeat.
Then comes Prince Jason of Falu, who became Prince Regent of Falu after his brother King Michael voluntarily hands over his political power to Jason in 2005. Jason and his generals actually try to re-unify Jaslandia, which they do over the next 8 years through both peaceful annexations and incorporation (Dukia), and military conquest and incorporation (all the other states). Jaslandia was formally re-unified in 2013, with the Fall of Michaelopolis (capital of Jasland and historic capital of Jaslandia) to Faluian forces, although considering Jasland was the last hold-out by now, Prince Jason and Falu had already been ruler of most of Jaslandia for a few years now. After that, it didn't take long for things to stabilize, since like I said before, the people had always felt a common Jaslandian identity in one form or another throughout the civil war period.
Nuremgard, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton
Interesting stuff. This may seem a bit silly, but Percyton would be a willing to donate a piece to your archives. Perhaps a model train, if you're interested in that? Or perhaps a piece of merchandise related to our TV show?
Both of you have really interesting histories! Thanks for sharing!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Go ahead: we'll list it as a commemorative gift from Percyton to the Federal Republic. Also, my pleasure at sharing my national history
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I
Fvcking
Love
The snow
Jaslandia, Hyderbourg, Penguania And Antarctica, Fuhrmania, Percyton
Fun news!
The Ludanian King has grown tired of the democratic experiment and is tearing up the constitution as we speak.
God Save the King!
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Fuhrmania, Percyton
Does he have the support of the people?
Ludania, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Fuhrmania, Percyton
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/890870/New-York-explosion-Port-Authority-Manhattan-bus-terminal-fire-terror
Of course! Government figures report that the coup is supported by 99.9% of His Majesty's subjects.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Fuhrmania, Percyton
I'm sure that report is genuine lol
Ludania, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Fuhrmania
Nuremgard is the Russian flag part of your flag
According to Google, the flag I'm using is a Russian ultranationalist flag.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Ah LONG LIVE THE TSAR
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Thank you!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
while secretly funds a fascist coup in Nuremgard
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
Norsk fascists are monarchists. ;)
Penguania And Antarctica
Which nation should i base my army off of i am thinking south korea but since i am in Manchuria idk
Percyton
BREAK THE CHAINS
Ludania
Laws in my nation
Smoking pot = death by burning alive
Child abuse = death by the skull crusher
Out of all things, a Call of Duty flag :p
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
It's a CoD flag?
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica
I think he's making a joke about the fourth game. You go into a village full of Russian Ultra-nationalists and get into a fight.
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica
Ah, right. I don't game so I never got the reference.
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica
It's alright, I got you :D
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica
And free toking refugees fleeing to the Continental Commonweaths from repressive regimes such as this will now receive one (1) bag of premium Cardinal Kush upon arrival.
Penguania And Antarctica
All deserters will SENT NAKED TO THE BIRD CAGE IN A OVEN AT 400F
That, and the eagle is actually the Russian Ultranationalist emblem used in Modern Warfare. While custom-made, the flag is actually used by some fans in opposition to the game version.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard
Oh, okay. I used it because it looks cool.
It is nice-looking
Plus, the three headed eagle fits in with my country's history.
BURN ALL CALL OF DUTY GAMES AND MERCHANDISE
Good morning!
Jaslandia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Salutè
Penguania And Antarctica
These kinks are getting out of hand.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Fuhrmania, Percyton
Lol
http://iiwiki.com/wiki/K4AM#Sensors
W o o t
1 4 0 m m
D e a t h
G u n
Lex Caledonia, Percyton
[spoiler=Today is December 11 and today are:]
Today is December 11 and today are:
- Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster (Canada)
- Have a Bagel Day
- Establishment of Kurdish Womens Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- Human Rights and Peace Day (Kiribati)
- Indiana Day (Indiana, United States)
- International Mountain Day
- National App Day (United States)
- National Noodle Ring Day (United States)
- National Tango Day (Argentina)
- Pampanga Day (Pampanga province, Philippines)
- Republic Day (Burkina Faso)
- Republic Day (Madagascar)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0361 Julian enters Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire.
- 0861 Assassination of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil by the Turkish guard, who raise al-Muntasir to the throne. Start of the "Anarchy at Samarra".
- 0969 Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas is assassinated by his wife Theophano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes.
- 1282 Battle of Orewin Bridge: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, in mid-Wales.
- 1602 A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the Fête de l'Escalade.)
- 1688 Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.
- 1789 The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
- 1792 French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
- 1815 The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
- 1816 Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
- 1868 Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.
- 1899 Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
- 1905 A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
- 1907 The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
- 1917 World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
- 1920 Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.
- 1925 Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
- 1927 Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
- 1931 Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the CommonwealthAustralia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.
- 1934 Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the last time.
- 1936 Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
- 1937 Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
- 1941 World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.
- 1941 World War II: Poland declares war on the Empire of Japan.
- 1941 World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.
- 1946 The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
- 1948 ArabIsraeli War: The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, creating a Conciliation Commission to mediate the conflict.
- 1958 French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
- 1960 French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.
- 1962 Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
- 1964 Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
- 1968 The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono, is filmed in Wembley, London.
- 1972 Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
- 1978 The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.
- 1980 The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
- 1981 El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
- 1990 Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.
- 1994 First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
- 1994 A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain is able to safely land the plane.
- 1997 The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
- 1998 Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Airbus A310-300 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.
- 2001 The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- 2005 The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.
- 2005 Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
- 2006 The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
- 2006 Felipe Calderón, the President of Mexico, launches a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War.
- 2007 Insurgency in the Maghreb: Two car bombs explode in Algiers, Algeria, one near the Supreme Constitutional Court and the other near the offices of the United Nations.
- 2008 Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
- 2012 At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1725 - George Mason, American lawyer and politician
- 1781 - David Brewster, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer
- 1792 - Joseph Mohr, Austrian Roman Catholic priest and writer, wrote the words to the Christmas carol "Silent Night"
- 1803 - Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic
- 1843 - Robert Koch, German microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1863 - Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic
- 1882 - Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1890 - Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor
- 1908 - Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1911 - Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1912 - Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer
- 1913 - Jean Marais, French actor and director
- 1918 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 - Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1931 - Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican-American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1943 - John Kerry, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 68th United States Secretary of State
- 1967 - Mo'Nique, American comedian, actress, and producer
- 1969 - Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess player
- 1973 - Mos Def, American rapper
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Quote of the day
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
- Sydney J. Harris -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton
I am interested to see which famous people share my birthday and what historical events took place on it.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
Vista Major, Percyton
It's not my birthday.
Vista Major, Percyton
Your birthday is the last day of the year, right?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton
That's right.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
And am I also correct when I say that you turn 24?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton
You are indeed.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Sponsored by Cadillac.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Escalade
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Well, then my records are correct. :D
That made me chuckling for a moment. :D
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
So, the policies tab for nations has been added during my hiatus and I was initially pretty impressed at how accurate it was. Decentralized government, proportional representation, term limits, pro same sex marriage and the choice to end ones own life- all on the money.
But then I got to the parts about outlawing of smoking privately, the complete lack of a court system, and rampant anti-immigration sentiment and now Im more like ehhhhh.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Hi Will.
Good to have you back onboard :D
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
The policy tab is a mixed bag. Apparently banning public smoking stops people smoking in private.
According to it, Tangshan has no prisons.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton
n o r m i e
Do better.
Jaslandia, Percyton
HEY YOU
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Thanks Peng!
Also, I enjoy the contradiction that cannabis is legal in my country, but private smoking is not. I guess we just really like our edibles.
HEY YOU
Flipped it on you
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
One of my countries will soon have a bigger contradiction: it will be a politically liberal autocracy.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hey Arnold :p
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Great! We'll send you an LB&SCR E4 class model train, made by the great people at Bachmann Branchlines!
https://hattonsimages.blob.core.windows.net/products/35-075_1529758_Qty1_1.jpg
That's great! Personally, I have mixed feelings about the snow. While it is pretty and makes everything look peaceful, it can also be a bother for us engines and our railways: we have to put on heavy snow plows to clear the lines, and if the snow gets particularly heavy and troublesome, Sir Topham Hatt may have to cancel trains. Also, we lose some of our goods work during the snowy winter, since some industries like the Anopha Quarry (where Mavis works) and the China Clay Pits (where Bill and Ben work) will close down. But, the silver lining to that is that those engines are free to help elsewhere: Bill and Ben can help with shunting or freight work on the Main Line, while Mavis can help on Toby's Branch Line.
China, maybe? Edward tells me that Manchuria is a region of China, so it would make sense.
Neat! I heard about that holiday earlier today, actually. Sodor not only has a few mountains (Ward Fell, Shane Dooiney, Culdee Fell, etc.), but we also have a mountain railway (the Culdee Fell Railway) which takes visitors up and down the tallest mountain on Sodor Culdee Fell. The Culdee Fell Railway is having their regular round-trip tickets at half price today to mark the occasion, and the other mountains on Sodor also have special guided hikes offered for today.
It's good to have you back, ContComm. We missed you!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
And speaking of snow and winter, here are a couple of winter-themed songs for you all!
https://youtu.be/opndJ0aFQVM
https://youtu.be/o2BMst5yVjg
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Gaz: Good news first, the world's in great shape. We've got a civil war in Russia, government loyalists against ultranationalists rebels, and 15,000 nukes at stake.
Captain Price: Just another day at the office.
Gaz: Khaled Al-Asad. Currently the second most powerful man in the middle east. Word on the street is he's got minerals to be top dog down there. Intel's keeping an eye on him.
Captain Price: And the bad news?
Gaz: We've got a new guy joining us today fresh out of selection. His name's Soap.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
https://youtu.be/Y2gPxR5nbYE
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I loved that so much. I played a bunch of COD.
All 3 Black Ops, All the Modern Warfares, World at War, and now... COD WWII. I haven't hit prestige in either of the MW, but I got 3rd Prestige in Black Ops 1. I'm currently 1st Prestige Level 25 in WWII. I've had it for a month, but my play time is like 1 week
Yukona
I'm not a COD fanboy either. I played BF3 up to Colonel 81 out of Colonel 100, then off to BF4 where I left at Level 128 of like... 140? I hardly played Hardline due to the lack of servers. BF1 was cool since it was WW1, but I forgot what my level was and when I quit.
How about this? muses Wei, your uncle who changes religions weekly, as he flips though Multifaith Monthly: the Spiritual Source for the Armed Autocracy.
That is a catchy title.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
So, what experiences with sleep paralysis have y'all had?
I haven't any. Why? Is everything alright? If you're struggling with sleep paralysis, you should talk to your family and/or doctor about that.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Had it multiple times, its not a very nice experience and words cant really describe how tangible and real it is at the time
Hehe, you don't need to worry about it, though I still have periodic attacks of it, I fought off the worst years ago. Getting help then would have been prudent, admittedly, but facing it myself helped make me the person I am so cest la vie.
Besides, trial and error with it helped me develop a very similar method to the therapy they'd give anyway ;p
Funny enough, I had one last night even.
Agreed. For me it was exacerbated by partial return of breathing. Forcing myself to be concerned with deep slow breaths while panicking over the clear threat whispering behind me wss definitely the least "alright" thing ever.
Percyton
Hey.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton
I would just like to note, its been nearly three years for me here. I haven't moved from this region.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Hyderbourg, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton
Do yall like my flag?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton
[spoiler=Peng's Favourite Christmas Song: "Sind die Lichter angezündet"]
"Sind die Lichter angezündet" is a German Christmas song composed in 1950s in East Germany. It was written as a poem by children book author Erika Engel. Later the music consultant and head of the Rundfunk-Kinderchor Leipzig (Radio Children's Choir of Leipzig) Hans Sandig composed a melody for it. The song became one of the most popular Christmas songs in East Germany.
Typical for Christmas music and literature during the Socialist/Communist era is that it attempted to secularize the feast and avoid mentioning religious elements. The song turns the feast of Christmas into the feast of peace. The star/light of bethlehem becomes the light of peace and the Christmas tree is turned into the tree of light(s).
Despite it's secular content it's still a very nice piece of music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv7ox2Y8toY
German lyrics:
1. Sind die Lichter angezündet,
Freude zieht in jeden Raum;
Weihnachtsfreude wird verkündet
unter jedem Lichterbaum.
Leuchte, Licht, mit hellem Schein,
überall, überall soll Freude sein.
2. Süsse Dinge, schöne Gaben
gehen nun von Hand zu Hand.
Jedes Kind soll Freude haben,
jedes Kind in jedem Land.
Leuchte, Licht, mit hellem Schein,
überall, überall soll Freude sein.
3. Sind die Lichter angezündet,
rings ist jeder Raum erhellt;
Weinachtsfriede wird verkündet,
zieht hinaus in alle Welt.
Leuchte, Licht, mit hellem Schein,
überall, überall soll Friede sein.
English translation
1. The lights are lit,
Joy moves into every room;
Christmas joy is announced,
under every tree of light(s).
shine, light, with a bright glow,
everywhere, everywhere there shall be joy.
2. Sweet things, nice gifts
now go from hand to hand.
Every child shall have joy,
every child in every land.
Shine, light, with a bright glow,
everywhere, everywhere there shall be joy.
3. The lights are lit,
every room is filled with light.
Christmas peace is announced,
sets forth in all of the world.
Shine, light, with a bright glow,
everywhere, everywhere there shall be peace.
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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Kalaron, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Looks neato. :D
Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Impressive!
Percyton
I would like to announce the newest addition to the MoFA Deputy Aquatur!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
*cheers erupt across the Empire*
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Congrats Aquatur !! :D
Aquatur, Hyderbourg, Mercunova, Percyton
That's very impressive! Congratulations.
Aquatur, Mercunova, Percyton
[spoiler=Today is December 12 and today are:]
Today is December 12 and today are:
- Chanukah Begins (Judaism)
- Constitution Day (Russia)
- Croatian Air Force Day (Croatia)
- Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe (Mexico)
- Feast of Masá'il (Bahá'í Faith)
- Gingerbread House Day
- Ground Forces Day (Ukraine)
- Jamhuri Day (Kenya)
- Kanji Day (Japan)
- National Ambrosia Day (United States)
- National Ding-a-Ling Day (United States)
- Neutrality Day (Turkmenistan)
- Poinsettia Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0627 Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh.
- 0884 King Carloman II dies after a hunting accident. He is succeeded by his cousin, emperor Charles the Fat, who for the last time reunites the Frankish Empire.
- 1098 First Crusade: Siege of Ma'arrat al-Numan: Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they reportedly resort to cannibalism.
- 1388 Mary of Enghien sells the lordship of Argos and Nauplia to the Republic of Venice.
- 1408 The Order of the Dragon, a monarchical chivalric order, is created by Sigismund of Luxembourg, then king of Hungary.
- 1781 American Revolutionary War: Second Battle of Ushant: A British fleet led by HMS Victory defeats a French fleet.
- 1787 Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, five days after Delaware became the first.
- 1862 American Civil War: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by a controlled mine.
- 1866 Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.
- 1870 Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman, the first being Hiram Revels.
- 1897 Belo Horizonte, the first planned city in Brazil, is founded.
- 1901 Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [- - - ] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
- 1911 Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.
- 1911 King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck are enthroned as Emperor and Empress of India.
- 1915 President of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai, announces his intention to reinstate the monarchy and proclaim himself Emperor of China.
- 1917 In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
- 1918 The Flag of Estonia is raised atop the Pikk Hermann for the first time.
- 1925 The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Iran, starting the Pahlavi dynasty.
- 1935 Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
- 1936 Xi'an Incident: The Generalissimo of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek, is kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang.
- 1937 Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USS Panay on the Yangtze river in China.
- 1939 Winter War: Battle of Tolvajärvi: Finnish forces defeat those of the Soviet Union in their first major victory of the conflict.
- 1939 HMS Duchess sinks after a collision with HMS Barham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.
- 1940 World War II: Approximately 70 people are killed in the Marples Hotel, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, as a result of a German air raid.
- 1941 World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed.
- 1941 World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Bulgaria. Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan.
- 1941 Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery
- 1942 World War II: German troops begin Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.
- 1946 A fire at an ice plant in Hudson Heights, Manhattan spreads to an adjacent tenement, killing 37 people.
- 1946 United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam to United Nations is adopted.
- 1948 Malayan Emergency: Batang Kali massacre: Fourteen members of the Scots Guards stationed in Malaya allegedly massacre 24 unarmed civilians and set fire to the village.
- 1950 Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services.
- 1956 Beginning of the Irish Republican Army's "Border Campaign".
- 1956 United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptace of Japan to United Nations is adopted.
- 1963 Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1964 Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first President of the Republic of Kenya.
- 1969 Years of Lead: Piazza Fontana bombing: The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed.
- 1979 Coup d'état of December Twelfth: South Korean Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General Jeong Seung-hwa without authorization from President Choi Kyu-ha, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President Park Chung-hee.
- 1979 President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq confers Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam.
- 1979 The unrecognised state of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia returns to British control and resumes using the name Southern Rhodesia.
- 1979 The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300600, and generating a large tsunami.
- 1983 The Australian Labor government led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Treasurer Paul Keating floats the Australian dollar.
- 1984 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya becomes the third president of Mauritania after a coup d'état against Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla while the latter is attending a summit.
- 1985 Arrow Air Flight 1285, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.
- 1988 The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trainsone of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
- 1991 The Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR.
- 2000 The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.
- 2001 Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading the Phong NhaKẻ Bàng nature reserve to a national park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps.
- 2012 North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2, using an Unha-3 carrier rocket.
- 2015 Paris Agreement relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1805 - Henry Wells, American businessman, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express
- 1821 - Gustave Flaubert, French novelist
- 1863 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator
- 1866 - Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1875 - Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal
- 1881 - Harry Warner, Polish-American businessman, co-founded Warner Bros
- 1893 - Edward G. Robinson, American actor
- 1915 - Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and producer
- 1923 - Bob Barker, American game show host and producer
- 1927 - Robert Noyce, American inventor and businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation
- 1938 - Connie Francis, American singer and actress
- 1940 - Dionne Warwick, American singer
- 1946 - Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
- 1950 - Rajinikanth, Indian actor
- 1962 - Max Raabe, German singer
- 1975 - Mayim Bialik, American actress
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Quote of the day
You cant wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.
- Jack London -
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Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
I changed my flag again.
Ludania, Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Looks neat and Christmassy :D
Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Does anyone have a factbook they've made for a event in their history that I could use as an example? I'm going to make one for the coup in Ludania but I'm not sure how to format it.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Mercunova, Percyton
https://youtu.be/F6zSmtxzwjM
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota
I should, though
Jaslandia, Percyton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVxkKpkoN38
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://i.imgur.com/bAv27e9.gif
Well, alright then, it's your life. Just don't be afraid to get help if things get worse.
I'm not sure about three years in this particular region, since this particular region hasn't existed for three years. But, you have been here a long time through our various regions, so I take your point. Congrats, Est!
Looks really nice.
https://youtu.be/V1FFVWEQnSM
I have some history factbooks, but they're about whole periods in time, not a particular event.
Russkov Soviet, Percyton
writing up my come back RP news today
Percyton
Didn't even realize that! Funny coincidence!
That sounds pretty nice. Maybe I should see about getting that guy to perform in Percyton.
Congrats, Aquatur!
A very sad day indeed. We commemorated the victims today, with the bell at St. Thomas' Anglican Church in Knapford being struck 35 times (once for each of the 35 people killed) at 8:10 AM (the time of the crash).
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica
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Written by Refuge Isle.