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Kalaron wrote:True, I'm just saddened to hear that Britain's ability to defend itself -or really even produce vehicles to defend itself- is tanking and sliding over to Germany.

The current Challenger II is -IMO- useless as a weapon against other MBT's without a numbers advantage, and even that is being cut down from an already meager number. Y'all got out-teched and now out-numbered too.

Britain hasn't been able to defend itself for years. The Tory government has been slashing conventional forces and sacking soldiers in order to pay for the obscenity that is Trident.

Nuremgard wrote:Britain hasn't been able to defend itself for years. The Tory government has been slashing conventional forces and sacking soldiers in order to pay for the obscenity that is Trident.

Well, we've already had our conversation on Trident, so I'm willing to let it rest :P

As for slashing conventional forces, this new age of "Austerity" is IMO hitting Britain harder than before. Not only are y'all stuck with an outdated gun with outdated ammunition, but y'all are stuck with less of it than would be preferable. This isn't helped by the fact that the aviation budget -which could, in theory, salvage this situation- is also in the trash.

Nuremgard wrote:He has written to Scottish ministers lobbying on behalf of some kind of teaching charity he is patron of. He is such a twat. He thinks he still lives in the time of the divine right of kings.

What an utter fanny :L

Nuremgard

Kalaron wrote:Well, we've already had our conversation on Trident, so I'm willing to let it rest :P

As for slashing conventional forces, this new age of "Austerity" is IMO hitting Britain harder than before. Not only are y'all stuck with an outdated gun with outdated ammunition, but y'all are stuck with less of it than would be preferable. This isn't helped by the fact that the aviation budget -which could, in theory, salvage this situation- is also in the trash.

Austerity is a political choice. It is loved by the Tories and loved even more by voters in England who constantly vote for more of the same.

Lex Caledonia wrote:What an utter fanny :L

Longest heir-in-waiting in British history. I'm surprised he hasn't pushed his maw down the palace stairs yet.

Nuremgard wrote:Austerity is a political choice. It is loved by the Tories and loved even more by voters in England who constantly vote for more of the same.

Longest heir-in-waiting in British history. I'm surprised he hasn't pushed his maw down the palace stairs yet.

Eh, monarchs are getting older due to advances in medicine and the fact they don't exactly go riding off into battle anymore - it's no surprise that as long as the heir and the monarch are relatively healthy that as the decades past they'll only supersede that title.

And in terms of austerity, to be honest it is one way of doing things, albeit one with a lot of problems. By all means, it theoretically should cut the budget deficit but it can always lead to a shrinking of the economy, which is never good either and could just worsen everything again. Like with everything, it has a double impact, and certainly in our state at the moment buying into an expensive defence program we don't need isn't exactly the best of ideas. Britain isn't the military super power of the Tudors to the end of the Second World War, it has a new place in the world that I would argue more closely relates to that of France, Germany and Sweden - a massive standing army with fleets upon fleets simply isn't sustainable for a country of our size and relative power.

Also, as Hammond said at the time of the announcing of the cuts, and to paraphrase, you can only build a sustainable army on a sustainable economy - and that's true, the financial crisis and subsequent credit crunch hit our long term growth rate hard and Brexit certainly isn't going to have any better implications for that. I don't admire the guy, but admitting people are right, regardless of what you think should be done in the situation is important.

Nuremgard

Yukona wrote:Eh, monarchs are getting older due to advances in medicine and the fact they don't exactly go riding off into battle anymore - it's no surprise that as long as the heir and the monarch are relatively healthy that as the decades past they'll only supersede that title.

And in terms of austerity, to be honest it is one way of doing things, albeit one with a lot of problems. By all means, it theoretically should cut the budget deficit but it can always lead to a shrinking of the economy, which is never good either and could just worsen everything again. Like with everything, it has a double impact, and certainly in our state at the moment buying into an expensive defence program we don't need isn't exactly the best of ideas. Britain isn't the military super power of the Tudors to the end of the Second World War, it has a new place in the world that I would argue more closely relates to that of France, Germany and Sweden - a massive standing army with fleets upon fleets simply isn't sustainable for a country of our size and relative power.

Also, as Hammond said at the time of the announcing of the cuts, and to paraphrase, you can only build a sustainable army on a sustainable economy - and that's true, the financial crisis and subsequent credit crunch hit our long term growth rate hard and Brexit certainly isn't going to have any better implications for that. I don't admire the guy, but admitting people are right, regardless of what you think should be done in the situation is important.

When the Empress Catherine I of Russia finally died, her eager nephew who was very excited to become Tsar, was seen giggling beside his aunt's coffin, unable to contain his glee that he could now rule. Maybe Charlie boy will be the same. :P

Didn't Hammond give Jacob Reese Mogg public money so his wife could do up their country pile? I'm sure that'll help get the economy going. Tories, man, don't you just love them?

Nuremgard wrote:When the Empress Catherine I of Russia finally died, her eager nephew who was very excited to become Tsar, was seen giggling beside his aunt's coffin, unable to contain his glee that he could now rule. Maybe Charlie boy will be the same. :P

Didn't Hammond give Jacob Reese Mogg public money so his wife could do up their country pile? I'm sure that'll help get the economy going. Tories, man, don't you just love them?

Don't know about that, don't care for the Tory ministers' private affairs unless it involves something illegal or wrong of that ilk. Although people seem to dislike Charles, he seems to do a lot of good work for the environment - and although his "hands on" approach annoys a lot of people, I think it's good that people in those positions support things that are considered important to the country, such as Diana with her anti-landmine campaign (disregarding his relations with her and whatever did happen that night).

Yukona wrote:Don't know about that, don't care for the Tory ministers' private affairs unless it involves something illegal or wrong of that ilk. Although people seem to dislike Charles, he seems to do a lot of good work for the environment - and although his "hands on" approach annoys a lot of people, I think it's good that people in those positions support things that are considered important to the country, such as Diana with her anti-landmine campaign (disregarding his relations with her and whatever did happen that night).

You don't care that some Tory's wife is getting taxpayer money to renovate her country mansion?

Charles is a pain in the arse. If I was a minister I'd just bin his letters. Or better yet, write back to him and tell him to stick to what he's good at: shaking hands and cutting ribbons.

Nuremgard wrote:You don't care that some Tory's wife is getting taxpayer money to renovate her country mansion?

Charles is a pain in the arse. If I was a minister I'd just bin his letters. Or better yet, write back to him and tell him to stick to what he's good at: shaking hands and cutting ribbons.

I didn't understand what you said, actually, I don't know what a "country pile" is :/.

Yukona wrote:I didn't understand what you said, actually, I don't know what a "country pile" is :/.

Ah. Country pile is just a phrase for a big country mansion, like the old houses of the aristocracy. I just checked. Hammond gave 7.6 million quid from the public purse to save Wentworth Woodhouse, England's largest private home which also happens to be the ancestral home of Jacob Rees Mogg's mother in law.

Nuremgard wrote:Ah. Country pile is just a phrase for a big country mansion, like the old houses of the aristocracy. I just checked. Hammond gave 7.6 million quid from the public purse to save Wentworth Woodhouse, England's largest private home which also happens to be the ancestral home of Jacob Rees Mogg's mother in law.

By "save", what do you mean? I'm all for saving historical landmarks and buildings, in-fact, I couldn't think of a better building to spend that much money on.

Y'know, it's in times like these I love living in a state with 40 years of socialist rule at its back.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, South Hyder

Yukona wrote:By "save", what do you mean? I'm all for saving historical landmarks and buildings, in-fact, I couldn't think of a better building to spend that much money on.

Probably save it from ruin. I assume it's falling apart. I'm all for saving buildings of cultural importance and I do love those big houses. But surely in a time of "austerity" there are better things to spend public money on. It's owned by some Trust. They should pay for it, not the taxpayer.

Axeldonia, South Hyder

Nuremgard wrote:Probably save it from ruin. I assume it's falling apart. I'm all for saving buildings of cultural importance and I do love those big houses. But surely in a time of "austerity" there are better things to spend public money on. It's owned by some Trust. They should pay for it, not the taxpayer.

Oh right, well I just looked it up and it was sold to the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust for £8mn although it needs £42mn worth of work for restoration. It seems to be a house of great historical and English literary importance, and also one that is at a great risk of being lost. If the private sector can't come up with the money, I see no problem why a grant of £7.6mn (as many deals fell through with that side of things), which - let's face it - isn't that much in the grand scheme of things, shouldn't be used to save it if it really is that desperate. Also, I see no mention of the Rees-Moggs anywhere, and if his relation is involved I can only assume that she owns the trust which was set up to keep up the work on it. It is also to be noted that Rees-Mogg the actual MP wasn't the guy who lobbied for it with the Chancellor, it was the own local MP for the seat Wentworth is located in, John Healey, who is Labour.

Jaslandia

Yukona wrote:Oh right, well I just looked it up and it was sold to the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust for £8mn although it needs £42mn worth of work for restoration. It seems to be a house of great historical and English literary importance, and also one that is at a great risk of being lost. If the private sector can't come up with the money, I see no problem why a grant of £7.6mn (as many deals fell through with that side of things), which - let's face it - isn't that much in the grand scheme of things, shouldn't be used to save it if it really is that desperate. Also, I see no mention of the Rees-Moggs anywhere, and if his relation is involved I can only assume that she owns the trust which was set up to keep up the work on it. It is also to be noted that Rees-Mogg the actual MP wasn't the guy who lobbied for it with the Chancellor, it was the own local MP for the seat Wentworth is located in, John Healey, who is Labour.

I just think it's disgusting that people support saving some old house while saying cuts to welfare are "necessary" to "balance the books."

The woman who runs the trust said the government has a "moral obligation" to save the house because back in the 40s, Labour targeted it for mining and that drove the aristocracy out.

Moral obligation? F*ck off, bitch.

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:I just think it's disgusting that people support saving some old house while saying cuts to welfare are "necessary" to "balance the books."

The woman who runs the trust said the government has a "moral obligation" to save the house because back in the 40s, Labour targeted it for mining and that drove the aristocracy out.

Moral obligation? F*ck off, bitch.

Regardless of all that, I still think as well as welfare we should be saving the house - as we do have a moral obligation to save the house for future generations and historical/cultural preservation. Plus I think when you have a specific thing to argue for, you kind of just argue for that. Like if you're arguing to increase funding for green energy - it doesn't necessarily mean f*ck welfare for it, it's just not your focus, if you understand what I mean? I don't know about labour targeting it, but the Labour government did ruin it by opening a coal mine just a few miles away from it and scarring the building's facade greatly, and ironically it is a Labour MP lobbying for its restoration. I think a house of great cultural and historical importance is just as critical as welfare spending, and let us not forget that the latter is a much more complicated area of funding than the black-and-white idea of allocating it for restoration.

Jaslandia

Yukona wrote:Regardless of all that, I still think as well as welfare we should be saving the house - as we do have a moral obligation to save the house for future generations and historical/cultural preservation. Plus I think when you have a specific thing to argue for, you kind of just argue for that. Like if you're arguing to increase funding for green energy - it doesn't necessarily mean f*ck welfare for it, it's just not your focus, if you understand what I mean? I don't know about labour targeting it, but the Labour government did ruin it by opening a coal mine just a few miles away from it and scarring the building's facade greatly, and ironically it is a Labour MP lobbying for its restoration. I think a house of great cultural and historical importance is just as critical as welfare spending, and let us not forget that the latter is a much more complicated area of funding than the black-and-white idea of allocating it for restoration.

I get what you mean and I agree that these buildings should be maintained. I'd want the palaces and castles to be maintained even after the monarchy was abolished (for argument's sake) for the sake of tourism and cultural and historical heritage.

It just angers me because this government has its priorities all wrong. I'm not surprised, however. The Tories always were the party of the old landed gentry.

Nuremgard wrote:I get what you mean and I agree that these buildings should be maintained. I'd want the palaces and castles to be maintained even after the monarchy was abolished (for argument's sake) for the sake of tourism and cultural and historical heritage.

It just angers me because this government has its priorities all wrong. I'm not surprised, however. The Tories always were the party of the old landed gentry.

Well social protection is the biggest part of our budget by a long shot at £240 billion. That's a lot of money, and doesn't even closely compare to the next peg of healthcare at £145 billion. I doubt a grant of that size, which would go to towns elsewhere anyway, would go much amiss on a place of such beauty (and it is a bloody nice place) and importance as that?

Yukona wrote:Well social protection is the biggest part of our budget by a long shot at £240 billion. That's a lot of money, and doesn't even closely compare to the next peg of healthcare at £145 billion. I doubt a grant of that size, which would go to towns elsewhere anyway, would go much amiss on a place of such beauty (and it is a bloody nice place) and importance as that?

I guess. A drop in the ocean in terms of the national budget. But do you see where I'm coming from?

Nuremgard wrote:I guess. A drop in the ocean in terms of the national budget. But do you see where I'm coming from?

Absolutely

Yukona wrote:Absolutely

Ditto.

Although fun fact: I was reading up on the house ages ago and I'm pretty sure I read that it has 365 rooms to match the 365 days in the year. A room for each day.

Nuremgard wrote:Ditto.

Although fun fact: I was reading up on the house ages ago and I'm pretty sure I read that it has 365 rooms to match the 365 days in the year. A room for each day.

Lovely, I'd like to visit it. Hey if you have the money you may as well do it.

Yukona wrote:Lovely, I'd like to visit it. Hey if you have the money you may as well do it.

When it comes to historical houses, my personal favourite is Blenheim Palace.

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:When it comes to historical houses, my personal favourite is Blenheim Palace.

Must visit there, my university is near Windsor and I really want to get a job there it'd be right up my street. My favourite historical house is Stourhead, definitely check it out.

Jaslandia

Yukona wrote:Must visit there, my university is near Windsor and I really want to get a job there it'd be right up my street. My favourite historical house is Stourhead, definitely check it out.

Near Windsor as in Windsor Castle?

Stourhead looks nice. The grounds are pretty. I also like Chatsworth. And there is this castle (I forget the name) that featured in Downton Abbey. The exterior wasn't very nice but the interior was absolutely stunning.

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:Near Windsor as in Windsor Castle?

Stourhead looks nice. The grounds are pretty. I also like Chatsworth. And there is this castle (I forget the name) that featured in Downton Abbey. The exterior wasn't very nice but the interior was absolutely stunning.

Yeah the castle

Yukona wrote:Yeah the castle

What kind of job would you get there?

Just moved into my college dorm, emailed 3 student organizations, got everything in order for the year, have my final books ordered.

Today has been a very good day

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, United Continental States, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth

Sulania wrote:Just moved into my college dorm, emailed 3 student organizations, got everything in order for the year, have my final books ordered.

Today has been a very good day

I WONT FIND OUT IF I'M GOING TO UNI AND WHEN FOR 2 DAYS I HAVE NO FINGERNAILS

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Yukona, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth

Unfallious wrote:I WONT FIND OUT IF I'M GOING TO UNI AND WHEN FOR 2 DAYS I HAVE NO FINGERNAILS

Good luck, darling. x

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:What kind of job would you get there?

Tour guide I hope

Unfallious wrote:I WONT FIND OUT IF I'M GOING TO UNI AND WHEN FOR 2 DAYS I HAVE NO FINGERNAILS

I'm going through an existential crisis right now, I went through half a pack of cigs just these few days worrying about my life.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Yukona wrote:Tour guide I hope

I'm going through an existential crisis right now, I went through half a pack of cigs just these few days worrying about my life.

Maybe see you there one day as a visitor. I'm sure you can get a discount for your favourite Scots nationalist.

Jaslandia, Yukona, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth

Sulania wrote:Just moved into my college dorm, emailed 3 student organizations, got everything in order for the year, have my final books ordered.

Today has been a very good day

And how many souls of the damned did you have to trade in exchange for your books?

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:And how many souls of the damned did you have to trade in exchange for your books?

None. My total textbook costs was about 270 for all my classes.

Sulania wrote:None. My total textbook costs was about 270 for all my classes.

I've had single textbooks that cost that much. And this was at a time when the Canadian and US dollars were almost at parity. You're a lucky guy

Jaslandia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I've had single textbooks that cost that much. And this was at a time when the Canadian and US dollars were almost at parity. You're a lucky guy

I'm just that awesome.

Maybe the Catholics like helping us out :P

Jaslandia, Kalaron

Sulania wrote:I'm just that awesome.

Maybe the Catholics like helping us out :P

True. You are a white man with hair, after all.

Jaslandia

> Wakes up,"Oo its raining, now I can sit back and relax and todays going to be pretty chill"

> Gets Wisdom Teeth surgically removed and stitched

> 4 hours later

WHY AM I STILL FACKING BLEEDING, HEAL YOU FÛCKING GUMS, HEAL! *Screams Internally*

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Yukona, United Continental States

Andromitus wrote:> Wakes up,"Oo its raining, now I can sit back and relax and todays going to be pretty chill"

> Gets Wisdom Teeth surgically removed and stitched

> 4 hours later

WHY AM I STILL FACKING BLEEDING, HEAL YOU FÛCKING GUMS, HEAL! *Screams Internally*

Why would you think the day where you get four embedded molars at the back of your mouth yanked out with scalpel and pliers would also be relaxing?

Hope they gave you some good pain medication. And have fun looking like a chipmunk from the swelling followed by yellow bruised cheeks.

Jaslandia, United Continental States

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Why would you think the day where you get four embedded molars at the back of your mouth yanked out with scalpel and pliers would also be relaxing?

Hope they gave you some good pain medication. And have fun looking like a chipmunk from the swelling followed by yellow bruised cheeks.

I wrote me waking up to the soothing sound of a rainstorm and then skipping directly toward getting the teeth removed so as to show that I forgot that was happening, and it caught me off guard. Hell, getting the teeth out was damn right relaxing because they put me under, afterwards everything is hell :P

Jaslandia

Andromitus wrote:I wrote me waking up to the soothing sound of a rainstorm and then skipping directly toward getting the teeth removed so as to show that I forgot that was happening, and it caught me off guard. Hell, getting the teeth out was damn right relaxing because they put me under, afterwards everything is hell :P

Mate, if it makes you feel better, I never got put under for some minor operations I had. In the middle of the ninth one the Novocaine began to wear-off due to me building a resistance and I got to feel the last ten minutes of operation and the three hour car ride home with all of it's jostling horribleness. I legit walked in and passed out on the couch in the fetal position I was in so much pain.

Jaslandia

Andromitus wrote:> Wakes up,"Oo its raining, now I can sit back and relax and todays going to be pretty chill"

> Gets Wisdom Teeth surgically removed and stitched

> 4 hours later

WHY AM I STILL FACKING BLEEDING, HEAL YOU FÛCKING GUMS, HEAL! *Screams Internally*

Considering I'm due to get my wisdom teeth removed soon, stuff like that doesn't make me excited about the prospect.

Percyton, United Continental States

Is it just me, or has the MT RP slowed lately?

Jaslandia wrote:Considering I'm due to get my wisdom teeth removed soon, stuff like that doesn't make me excited about the prospect.

I had wonderful hallucinations with the medication they gave me, if that helps. But, like Kal, I also woke up during the procedure.

So, it's kind of a middle ground somewhere between PTSD and the scene of Colours of the Wind irl.

Jaslandia, Kalaron, United Continental States

Jaslandia wrote:Considering I'm due to get my wisdom teeth removed soon, stuff like that doesn't make me excited about the prospect.

As long as you go under for the procedure, everything really is fine. In all seriousness I enjoyed the procedure because I was loopy off my rocker. Now, afterwards I highly recommend you take pain med's, go into a cycle of half and hour with ice, half an hour without, and to not make any —or limit it— suction in your mouth for the first day because from personal experience it just messes up the scabbing :D

Axeldonia wrote:Is it just me, or has the MT RP slowed lately?

Yea it has, School is almost started in the states so I think that has something to do with it

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:As long as you go under for the procedure, everything really is fine. In all seriousness I enjoyed the procedure because I was loopy off my rocker. Now, afterwards I highly recommend you take pain med's, go into a cycle of half and hour with ice, half an hour without, and to not make any —or limit it— suction in your mouth for the first day because from personal experience it just messes up the scabbing :D

Yea it has, School is almost started in the states so I think that has something to do with it

Ah.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I had wonderful hallucinations with the medication they gave me, if that helps. But, like Kal, I also woke up during the procedure.

So, it's kind of a middle ground somewhere between PTSD and the scene of Colours of the Wind irl.

Hi nine operations of PTSD from the sound of CRUNCH here.

Jaslandia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I had wonderful hallucinations with the medication they gave me, if that helps. But, like Kal, I also woke up during the procedure.

So, it's kind of a middle ground somewhere between PTSD and the scene of Colours of the Wind irl.

Andromitus wrote:As long as you go under for the procedure, everything really is fine. In all seriousness I enjoyed the procedure because I was loopy off my rocker. Now, afterwards I highly recommend you take pain med's, go into a cycle of half and hour with ice, half an hour without, and to not make any —or limit it— suction in your mouth for the first day because from personal experience it just messes up the scabbing :D

Yea it has, School is almost started in the states so I think that has something to do with it

Having hallucinations and being off my rocker is what I'm worried about. I don't want to say something embarrassing that I'll regret while I'm out of it, and I'd rather not be the next subject of those "look at the crazy and funny things this kid said while under the influence of laughing gas" kind of videos.

Percyton, United Continental States

Sulania wrote:None. My total textbook costs was about 270 for all my classes.

Textbook companies are a bunch of f*cking crooks

"State-owned companies are relatively common" - yet they make up 2.8% of my industry and that's probably just the national health service? Nationstates plz.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I had wonderful hallucinations with the medication they gave me, if that helps. But, like Kal, I also woke up during the procedure.

So, it's kind of a middle ground somewhere between PTSD and the scene of Colours of the Wind irl.

Your country is really original, I've read the factbooks. I see at the bottom of your nation page that you have two Easter Eggs? What does that mean?

Jaslandia, Percyton

Moldegaard wrote:Your country is really original, I've read the factbooks. I see at the bottom of your nation page that you have two Easter Eggs? What does that mean?

I wish people said that to me :^(

Percyton

Yukona wrote:I wish people said that to me :^(

You have a pretty nice country too!

Uh, remember the flags?

Percyton

Moldegaard wrote:You have a pretty nice country too!

Uh, remember the flags?

I'm working on it, don't worry. I have my results day tomorrow so I'm slightly busy, to understate it. You have a nice banner, by the way, is that custom?

Percyton

Yukona wrote:I'm working on it, don't worry. I have my results day tomorrow so I'm slightly busy, to understate it. You have a nice banner, by the way, is that custom?

Ah, well, okay.

Yup just an image I found online!

Percyton

Moldegaard wrote:Ah, well, okay.

Yup just an image I found online!

Looks nice, reminds me of the Lake District or Yorkshire. Not to say it for the sake of it, but your country is actually really interesting too, your flag is also seriously unique - don't see those colours very often and it has quite a Baroque theme to it.

Percyton, Moldegaard

Yukona wrote:Looks nice, reminds me of the Lake District or Yorkshire. Not to say it for the sake of it, but your country is actually really interesting too, your flag is also seriously unique - don't see those colours very often and it has quite a Baroque theme to it.

Thanks a bunch! I haven't written a history yet, but it's really a country that kinda froze in time in many places. Lots of lasting medieval atmospheres. It's heavily based on Southern Germany, French villages and Bosnia.

Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton

Moldegaard wrote:Your country is really original, I've read the factbooks. I see at the bottom of your nation page that you have two Easter Eggs? What does that mean?

He got two easter-egg issues which took him doing some stuff with his stats.

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=417221&hilit=Easter

There was a forum for them, but finding it on NS's weird clunky layout for that stuff is kinda really hard.

Percyton

Moldegaard wrote:Your country is really original, I've read the factbooks. I see at the bottom of your nation page that you have two Easter Eggs? What does that mean?

Awh, you read my factbooks? That's awesome! Hope you enjoyed them.

As for the Easter Eggs, I didn't complete these intentionally. I think they popped up as issues once my stats did something in particular, but it wasn't a case of me changing my stats to get the Easter Eggs.

Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton, Moldegaard

"Constitution of the Confederacy of Continental Commonwealths"

That certainly is a mouthful.

Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton, Moldegaard

Axeldonia wrote:"Constitution of the Confederacy of Continental Commonwealths"

That certainly is a mouthful.

If your founding legal document isn't a tongue twister, the authors aren't doing it right.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Yukona, Percyton, Cesorion, United Continental States, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth, Moldegaard

And just like that, one of my roommates has left. It is now much more roomie. Also, Irish Breakfast Tea ftw!

Kalaron

I wish some nice world news would pop up in Virginia instead of anytime we get recognition being when something horrible happens.

Percyton, United Continental States

Sulania wrote:And just like that, one of my roommates has left. It is now much more roomie. Also, Irish Breakfast Tea ftw!

He...dropped out of college?

Vista Major

Sulania wrote:And just like that, one of my roommates has left. It is now much more roomie. Also, Irish Breakfast Tea ftw!

It's weird that Americans have to literally live with someone else. In Britain, that's if you want to go really cheap and I know no one out of the 200 people in my year that have selected to do that, it's always a room to yourself :/

I was reading the Honored Citizens Act, and I noticed that there is a problem

Section 6

Distinguished Foreign Service Medal

ss.1. The Distinguished Foreign Service Medal is an award granted by the authority of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to individuals who show remarkable service in the realm of foreign affairs.

ss.2. The Distinguished Foreign Service Medal is granted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

[B]ss.3. The Distinguished Foreign Service Medal may be revoked by the Internal Affairs Ministry, or by a simple majority Cabinet Vote.

As you can see, the problem in aith ss.3. While all other medals are awarded and revoked by the same Ministry, this is not the case with the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Distinguished Foreign Service Medal is awarder by the Foreign Affairs Mnister and revoked By the Minister of the Interior.

Therefore, I request that [nation=short]Sulania[/nation], author of the bill, explains.

In the case of typo because of copy paste, which is not uncommon, We should move towards an ammendment.

In case that [nation=short]Sulania[/nation] did want it to be that way (which I don't think is true), I call him to explain why can he revoke the medal I award?

Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Awh, you read my factbooks? That's awesome! Hope you enjoyed them.

As for the Easter Eggs, I didn't complete these intentionally. I think they popped up as issues once my stats did something in particular, but it wasn't a case of me changing my stats to get the Easter Eggs.

Yeah some of em, and I upvoted them! Quality writing right there

Axeldonia wrote:"Constitution of the Confederacy of Continental Commonwealths"

That certainly is a mouthful.

yes but satisfying as well with all the Cs

Axeldonia

United Continental States wrote:the earth is flat

Yes sweet American, do whatever makes you happy.

Also, I like how you use the old American flag!

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton, United Continental States

South Hyder wrote:He...dropped out of college?

You seem disgusted

Provided that this is even the case

Yukona

[spoiler=Today is August 16 and today are:]

Today is August 16 and today are:

- Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)

- Children's Day (Paraguay)

- Elvis Presley Day

- Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)

- Independence Day (Gabon)

- National Airborne Day (United States)

- National Roller Coaster Day (United States)

- National Rum Day (United States)

- National Tell a Joke Day (United States)

- Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)

- Royal National Agricultural Show Day (Queensland, Australia)

- Wave At The Surveillance Cameras Day

- World Bratwurst Day

- Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who had died the previous day, had no heirs.

- 963 – Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

- 1328 – The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708.

- 1513 – Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat.

- 1652 – Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and George Ayscue in the First Anglo-Dutch War.

- 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.

- 1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.

- 1792 – Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.

- 1793 – French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.

- 1812 – War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.

- 1819 – Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.

- 1841 – U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.

- 1858 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.

- 1859 – The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

- 1863 – The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.

- 1869 – Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.

- 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.

- 1891 – The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.

- 1896 – Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

- 1900 – The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

- 1906 – An estimated 8.2 MW earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people.

- 1913 – Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.

- 1913 – Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.

- 1916 – The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States signed.

- 1918 – The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.

- 1920 – Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.

- 1920 – The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.

- 1920 – Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.

- 1923 – The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.

- 1927 – The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.

- 1929 – The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.

- 1930 – The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.

- 1930 – The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.

- 1942 – World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California.

- 1944 – First flight of the Junkers Ju 287.

- 1945 – An assassination attempt is made on Japan's prime minister, Kantarō Suzuki.

- 1945 – The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current National Assembly of Vietnam, convenes in Sơn Dương.

- 1946 – Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.

- 1946 – The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.

- 1954 – The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.

- 1960 – Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

- 1960 – Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300 m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.

- 1962 – Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.

- 1962 – Pete Best is discharged from the Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.

- 1964 – Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.

- 1966 – Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.

- 1972 – In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.

- 1987 – Northwest Airlines Flight 255 a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crashes after take off in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.

- 1989 – A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto's stock market.

- 2008 – The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.

- 2012 – South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.

- 2013 – The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59 others missing.

- 2015 – More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1815 – John Bosco, Italian priest and educator

- 1845 – Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1884 – Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-American author and publisher

- 1888 – T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist

- 1913 – Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1920 – Charles Bukowski, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer

- 1928 – Eydie Gormé, American singer

- 1929 – Helmut Rahn, German footballer

- 1929 – Bill Evans, American pianist and composer

- 1930 – Wolfgang Völz, German actor

- 1954 – James Cameron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1958 – Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director

- 1964 – Melinda Gates, American philanthropist, former Microsoft employee, wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates

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Quote of the day

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

- Frank Loyd Wright -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Yukona, Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth

Vista Major wrote:You seem disgusted

Provided that this is even the case

Well, not disgusted, just confused.

I am not sure if said student dropped out on the first few days or got expelled or tearing down Confederate statues.

Qinjan has sided with the break away regions of Zengshyn, as such, the new map of the Federation looks like this.

http://i.imgur.com/XCEgaIi.jpg

Jaslandia, Percyton

Cesorion wrote:I was reading the Honored Citizens Act, and I noticed that there is a problem

Section 6

Distinguished Foreign Service Medal

ss.1. The Distinguished Foreign Service Medal is an award granted by the authority of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to individuals who show remarkable service in the realm of foreign affairs.

ss.2. The Distinguished Foreign Service Medal is granted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

[B]ss.3. The Distinguished Foreign Service Medal may be revoked by the Internal Affairs Ministry, or by a simple majority Cabinet Vote.

As you can see, the problem in aith ss.3. While all other medals are awarded and revoked by the same Ministry, this is not the case with the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Distinguished Foreign Service Medal is awarder by the Foreign Affairs Mnister and revoked By the Minister of the Interior.

Therefore, I request that [nation=short]Sulania[/nation], author of the bill, explains.

In the case of typo because of copy paste, which is not uncommon, We should move towards an ammendment.

In case that [nation=short]Sulania[/nation] did want it to be that way (which I don't think is true), I call him to explain why can he revoke the medal I award?

That was a typo, to which I apologize profusely.

I will gladly have the bill amended to rectify that mistake, until then I will let you know that I will make no attempt to remove any award that you would like to grant without your expressed consent (given the current wording).

South Hyder wrote:He...dropped out of college?

No, transferred schools last minute. Moved out here, and decided he didn't like it. Was probably on the fence when he got here, and perhaps he saw something he didn't like and that put him over. Stuff happens.

Yukona wrote:It's weird that Americans have to literally live with someone else. In Britain, that's if you want to go really cheap and I know no one out of the 200 people in my year that have selected to do that, it's always a room to yourself :/

There is no have to. At Duquesne, there are single, double, triple, and quad dorms. I chose to be put in a triple or quad dorm because it was cheaper, as a single would have been several thousand dollars more.

Jaslandia, Kalaron

Sulania wrote:That was a typo, to which I apologize profusely.

I will gladly have the bill amended to rectify that mistake, until then I will let you know that I will make no attempt to remove any award that you would like to grant without your expressed consent (given the current wording).

No, transferred schools last minute. Moved out here, and decided he didn't like it. Was probably on the fence when he got here, and perhaps he saw something he didn't like and that put him over. Stuff happens.

There is no have to. At Duquesne, there are single, double, triple, and quad dorms. I chose to be put in a triple or quad dorm because it was cheaper, as a single would have been several thousand dollars more.

Ah I see, just on television and all American media it's always "my room-mate"

Yukona wrote:Ah I see, just on television and all American media it's always "my room-mate"

For all intents and purposes it's true. Some colleges require you to have a roommate, others don't, and it is much cheaper to have one than those that do, at least at my college.

Jaslandia, Kalaron, Yukona

Moldegaard wrote:Yes sweet American, do whatever makes you happy.

Also, I like how you use the old American flag!

It's not the exact same Betsy Ross flag, mine has 12 stripes and stars to represent my states instead of 13.

Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Percyton, Moldegaard

Random question. Why exactly are all official documents etc. written with such difficult language? Isn't it easier in every way to just use everyday language?

Cesorion

Moldegaard wrote:Random question. Why exactly are all official documents etc. written with such difficult language? Isn't it easier in every way to just use everyday language?

It is. The whole thing is in the word "Official"

Moldegaard wrote:Random question. Why exactly are all official documents etc. written with such difficult language? Isn't it easier in every way to just use everyday language?

So as to ensure clarity; Legal Linguistics are always well defined and written in said documents so nothing is left up to interpretation

Jaslandia, Moldegaard

Glad to see that I've retained my position as the most armed nation in the region.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Glad to see that I've retained my position as the most armed nation in the region.

Yeah but I can't escape the feeling the arms are the standard Mark 1 Mod 0 rock. :p

Penguania And Antarctica

Solla Ultima wrote:*Solla Ultima Government statement*

after a vote of 300-47 in the parliament chambers our government has announced it support for the Toymakers in the Magnatronian Civil War and has dispatched a aircraft carrier fleet as well as supply ships full of armaments and food as well as ammunition and a Volunteer force of 8,000 has been dispatched along side this fleet.

Signed Emperor Flavius Ultima

Signed: Speaker of the Parliament Edward Dylan

Signed:Chair of the Armed Forces General Alen Ruxlin

Vive la révolution

*Solla Ultima Government statement*

Following the announcement of our support of the ToyMakers in the Magnatrovian Civil War the government of The Cross and Davids Star issued a threat full quote "back of magnatrovia or face a chemical missile launch" in response a draft has been submitted to parliament to athourize the full use of armed forces to protect our citizens,freedom and sovereignty along side this bill is a proposal to increase he military from 1.4 million to 1.9 million by the end of Mid October an official request has been offered by our government to aid us in defending against this religious menace.

Signed: Flavius Ultima

Singed: Speaker of the Parliament Edward Dylan

Signed: Chair of the Armed forces General Alen Ruxlin

Long live the emperor long live Solla Ultima!

I'm going to have to ask for forgiveness right now...My best Friend has Lung Cancer and I'll be spending a lot of time focusing on that..and along with being Class President as well as a student, I'll have to put NS on the back burner for a while...

I'll be around to check on Parliament, but not much more. Thanks, guys.

Jaslandia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Solla Ultima

Oelesa wrote:I'm going to have to ask for forgiveness right now...My best Friend has Lung Cancer and I'll be spending a lot of time focusing on that..and along with being Class President as well as a student, I'll have to put NS on the back burner for a while...

I'll be around to check on Parliament, but not much more. Thanks, guys.

That sucks I hope you are well as well as you're friend I hope he gets well send him/her my best wishes :(

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Hiya CoFN :P

Percyton

Solla Ultima wrote:*Solla Ultima Government statement*

Following the announcement of our support of the ToyMakers in the Magnatrovian Civil War the government of The Cross and Davids Star issued a threat full quote "back of magnatrovia or face a chemical missile launch" in response a draft has been submitted to parliament to authorize the full use of armed forces to protect our citizens, freedom and sovereignty along side this bill is a proposal to increase he military from 1.4 million to 1.9 million by the end of Mid October an official request has been offered by our government to aid us in defending against this religious menace.

[spoiler=Guess we're doin' this here]The Ædenist Union, alongside the Eurasian Ædenist Branch, hereby pledge to aid Solla Ultima in the event of a Theocratic strike against their free and sovereign peoples. We understand that the the Socialist Empire and the Ædenist Union have shared little in the recent years in terms of international affairs, yet regardless, Solla Ultima and the A.U. have numerous shared goals and ties, and the threats presented by yet another backwater on an Ideological ally of the Union shall not fall on deaf ears.

Theocrats of the Middle East, heed our warning; And to those of Solla Ultima, you have our trust and aid,

Æden Herscht![/spoiler]

Solla Ultima

Oelesa wrote:I'm going to have to ask for forgiveness right now...My best Friend has Lung Cancer and I'll be spending a lot of time focusing on that..and along with being Class President as well as a student, I'll have to put NS on the back burner for a while...

I'll be around to check on Parliament, but not much more. Thanks, guys.

I'm sorry to hear about your friend. :( I hope he beats his cancer.

Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Solla Ultima

Been reading up on a Scottish political reformer called Thomas Muir. How have I never heard of this man? It's criminal!

They need to start teaching actual Scottish history in Scottish schools. All I learned about was coal mines, the railways, housing and women's suffrage. Done a bit of William Wallace in first year.

Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:[spoiler=Guess we're doin' this here]The Ædenist Union, alongside the Eurasian Ædenist Branch, hereby pledge to aid Solla Ultima in the event of a Theocratic strike against their free and sovereign peoples. We understand that the the Socialist Empire and the Ædenist Union have shared little in the recent years in terms of international affairs, yet regardless, Solla Ultima and the A.U. have numerous shared goals and ties, and the threats presented by yet another backwater on an Ideological ally of the Union shall not fall on deaf ears.

Theocrats of the Middle East, heed our warning; And to those of Solla Ultima, you have our trust and aid,

Æden Herscht![/spoiler]

The people and the government of Solla Ultima thanks you for your most kind gesture and politely request that your nations first family attend a grand ball at the imperial palace

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=868070

Finally composed a list of those considered high value by the Federal Government and USF

Percyton

Will be posting tonight about PLR in Somalia

Percyton

My new tropical nation has quite a high murder rate. Talk about a death in paradise!

Jaslandia, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:My new tropical nation has quite a high murder rate. Talk about a death in paradise!

Seems to be a theme for Equatorial Countries

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Solla Ultima wrote:That sucks I hope you are well as well as you're friend I hope he gets well send him/her my best wishes :(

Nuremgard wrote:I'm sorry to hear about your friend. :( I hope she beats his cancer.

Me too. Thanks dudes.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Oelesa wrote:Me too. Thanks dudes.

I am sorry and I know how you feel. My grandfather has cancer for the second time and we are really close. I really do hope that your friend gets better

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

What's been going on the past couple days, ya dirty libruls?

Finally got set up to move on Friday, and was with my Big Gay Family yesterday at the state fair all day yesterday.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton, United Continental States

Oelesa wrote:I'm going to have to ask for forgiveness right now...My best Friend has Lung Cancer and I'll be spending a lot of time focusing on that..and along with being Class President as well as a student, I'll have to put NS on the back burner for a while...

I'll be around to check on Parliament, but not much more. Thanks, guys.

Of course. That's completely understandable. I wish you the best, and I wish your friend the best and hopes he recovers quickly.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth wrote:I am sorry and I know how you feel. My grandfather has cancer for the second time and we are really close. I really do hope that your friend gets better

I hope your grandfather also beats his cancer.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth

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