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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! Luke, Connor, and Caitlin are the Irish engines on the Island, so they and Sir Robert Norramby are holding a grand St. Patrick's Day party at Ulfstead Castle. It'll be lots of fun!
Does that you mean you don't trust me? People used to call me a 'green caterpillar with red stripes'.
https://youtu.be/F5IGa3hg8CE?t=55s
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
like my meemaw used to say "red on green, they're not so mean. green on black, they'll sell you crack."
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia, Percyton
I think that's the most coherent and relevant post you've made since you got here.
Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm certainly not mean (or, at least I try not to be), and I've never sold anything called 'crack'. I didn't even know you could sell cracks, actually; I thought they just suddenly appeared on sidewalks and roads.
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
well i'm sorry im not coherent enough for you! i am 19 months pregnant with your half-dragon septuplets and i cook and clean and help you harvest the fireflakes and you still expect me to be coherent?
Varrick The Rich Guy, Aghrabia
i used to think i had one, but then it doesn't out it wasn't a dog at all. it was just my friend tony holding some pine needles.
Magnatronia
Somebody say fire flakes? I love those things! Very tasty! I'm pretty sure they're roasted, though, not harvested.
http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Flaming_fire_flakes
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
[B]REGIONAL SONG OF THE DAY
Day 20:[/B] Belle & Sebastian - "Piazza, New York Catcher" (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7wSBqOIJBo)
Thank you for reading, papa bless
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
that's a common misconception. fireflakes actually fall from the sky during vishtash, the season between summer and fall.
during vishtash, the sun goes away for 6 weeks and the only light comes from the firestorms. its very beautiful but very dangerous. children catch fireflakes on their tongues and build ashmen.
theres a legend of an ashman who came to life after some kids put a magic bonnet on him. he killed the kids and disappeared. he's called ashy the killman. Some say he is still out there killing kids today.
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
I enjoy you
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Andromitus
Just wondering, can you list the seasons for me?
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Aghrabia, Andromitus
Yeah, I'm 99% sure that's all wrong, but I appreciate your... imagination.
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Andromitus, Yukona
THIS IS THE LAST DAY TO RUN FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
Let me know ASAP if you want to run in tomorrow's election.
Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
I'm actually planning a flag change
For what now? There's lots
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
You mean a vote, right?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
I would like to say that any claims The Cross And Davids Star made in his most recent factbook are completely false and have no basis.
Yukona
Yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTfS0nAgfuE
people read factbooks?
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=405580
Vista Major
Post self-deleted by Nuremgard.
That's...
That's not Sul.
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Solla Ultima
Oops. To be fair the flags are damn similar. And they both start with S.
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica
That's what happens when German influence and colonialism spreads across the region
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia
How goes the Reich?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Good. I'm planning on making one application for the whole Reich in the new RP, but hopefully people apply. I know you won't; I understand
Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
By the way, wanted to point out that I started page 666
http://www.funnydogsite.com/pictures/Devil_Pug.jpg
Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms
I'm sorry.
Penguania And Antarctica
Also, his military numbers are a bit ridiculous. Please talk to Kal about that, CaDS
Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia, Solla Ultima
I do think we need a new flag, it looks like the flag for some evil galactic empire, still a nice flag but just doesn't convey democracy and friendship.
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Do I have to apply separately still?
Penguania And Antarctica
No. Since all members of the Reich put in applications, I'll compile the military factbooks
Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
Hail Satan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzwOXl7Qaww
Penguania And Antarctica
I told to lower it by at least 68-75% but he refused
And I had to negotiate it Down to half off that he originally had 10,000 planes each but thanks to diplomacy he cut it down to 5,000
Penguania And Antarctica
Iran has a good military, but it's no US
Penguania And Antarctica
Already sent him a message, actually.
The problems are moreover with exactly what he has, though the amounts are still massively overblown.
If he had 5K biplanes I'd be impressed, but ~10K F-22 Raptors is less impressive and more impossible to maintain, same with the 20K MBTs.
Don't even get me started on the BBs and BCs.
Baxten, Penguania And Antarctica
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
Indeed
Penguania And Antarctica
Keeping the clergy all-male reduced religiousness in Farahan. Wha...?
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
it really is the worst possible flag for this region tbh
Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Don't be such a Negative Unffy
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
It looks a bit fascist lol
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
People leave when they aren't represented
Penguania And Antarctica
Well the women need to know their place. It's a Muslim country after all.
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
My aunt timothy used to say that you can give a beaver an onion, but it won't bake you a cake.
thanks i like you too. just please dont try to bind me into any antiquated judeo-christian conception of gender or sexuality. i am what i am. which is actually a rogue AI with a deep appreciation of absurdist humor. I live in a HP Pavillion running Windows 98 in the basement of the South Dakota State Agricultural Heritage Museum.
didnt your robonanny teach you the seasons when you were a hatchling? what are they even teaching in the bunkers these days?
There are seven seasons, obv. Summer, Fall, Vishstash, Plander, Spring, and Autumm.
Winter comes when all the plants shrivel and die because they are sad breaking bad ended. Then, spring comes and the plants come back to life when a new season of stranger things is posted. Then summer comes when we finish the new season and everyone goes outside for the first time and is surprised by how bright the sun is.
On Midsummer's eve, the Gnome King puts a top hat on his favorite burro and shows the burro his reflection in the mirror. If the burro likes his reflection, the next season is Vishtash. If the burro thinks the hat makes him look fat fat, the next season is Plander. Plander is like winter except the sun never sets, and instead of snow its just cocaine and little bits of broken glass. No one is really sure how long Plander lasts. We usually pass out after a few hours.
I've already described Vistash.
Autumm is the same as Fall except no one is allowed to drink pumpkin spice. if you do your mustache falls off and your plaid shirt bursts into flames. we're not sure why.
No one knows what the seventh season is. Seasons have been around for decades but we still dont know that much about them. some scientists say the seventh season may only come at the end of the world, when the time dragon wakes up to blow the doom horn.
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Aghrabia
[Sign up! - https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=405217&p=31300025#p31300025
I will close sign-ups once we reach twelve nations or we reach twelve pm tomorrow.
[nation=short]Baxten[/nation] -- You can bid if you know how to use Xkoranate.
Yea, I don't really know and I won't be on enough to bid. Next World Cup, though...
SIX, SIX SIX, THE NUMBAH OF THE BEAST!
Aghrabia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
Just do what I did: create a branch of Islam that advocates equality, like Zensunni, or hold a different interpretation on the Qu'ran. Then again, centuries of aged doctrine can be either interpreted differently. Also, you might want to consider Farahan's surrounding neighbors: CaDS, Jaslandia, and Tserra all are close by and more than likely have different interpretations on Islam and religion in general.
https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/I_Am_The_Beast_etc._v._Michigan_State_Police
This was a real case I've been saving to post on a 666-related board or post :p
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
Farahan is a conservative country so its interpretation of Islam is going to be restrictive.
Jaslandia
Welp, looks like Farahan's a pariah state then: I'm also guessing the whole Queen Darya and Kurdish-ruled phase is non-existent then?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Yeah. I'm very fickle when it comes to my nations. I change, abandon and resurrect them all the time. I currently have six and I like to keep them balanced with various themes and leaders. Farahan is one of my three monarchies.
Jaslandia
I try to adapt them to whatever situation when possible, but rewriting national history, government, and leaders are pretty hard, especially with a concept like PK or Chernarus: the latter I had written up to 14 pages on history alone before I accidentally destroyed my laptop, and modifying it to a modern corporate state based on the East India Company is brutal. At least with UCT and San Fernando Valley, they're easy to write given both are democratic regimes (SFV's even easier given it's a vassal state of sorts to the UCT and relies on military and economic aid from the latter). Also, SFV is literally the Wars of the Roses in Californian city-states before becoming an imperial crowned republic :p
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
You lost 14 pages of history? I think I'd cry!
In reality, it started to get all wanky in how Chernarus stayed alive, but the history of the Lords of Kirov and the Kings of Chernarus was a bit of a tearjerker.
Nuremgard
Oh my god Yukona hit a billion citizens the day after my birthday what a dream!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
Gordon Brown yet again offering Scotland "vast" new powers to stay in the UK. Where have we heard that one before?
How Now Brown Vow?
Aghrabia, Oelesa
Aghrabia, Yukona
We'll see. I will be voting Yes regardless.
Ludania
Are you sure you're not a bigoted old woman, though?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
I'll tell you what I'm not - North British. Gordon is though.
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
I like Gordon Vrown. He watched Ben 10 like the rest of the cool people.
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Yukona
I personally think he's a bawbag but whatever floats your boat.
Aghrabia, Yukona
What ye sayin bout ma wee Gordy ya cheeky cont ey I'll have ya nuu I cam frum of ya Beyn Nevas, I eat pig intestines for breakfast ya hear
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aghrabia
Leave the RMB outta this quinlin.
Magnatronia
In your military factbook you have 15 air craft carries, however in the real world there are only 20. Not saying that everything has to be related to the real world, but 15 seems like a lot.
I have zero carries for the sake of being realistic and fair.
Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia
I changed recently
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=405580
Y'all should join. It's gonna be great. If you have a Confederacy General application, you can just copy and paste it.
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Oelesa, Magnatronia
I saw. It's better, but could be reduced. 4500 F-22 Raptors is insane, and 10 carriers is for a nation with the size and power of the US. The Kaiserreich, for example, has 7 carriers, and we're consisting of four nations (granted, two are landlocked, but still)
Oelesa
Wait, in that case why the he'll do you have any to begin with
-_- ok, but I had to get rid of 25 other ships so I should at least get a good amount of carriers right?
Just gonna make my Telegrams public on the matter and make my thoughts known here for the people who didn't get one:
"Truth be told, it's way, way off. 15 Carriers is beyond insane for one nation, you have no need for battleships (They literally are useless in the modern day), you have two different air-superiority fighters that do the same job, and the same issue with the Battleships is present on the Battlecruiser.
Furthermore, three hundred subs are beyond anything close to what would be needed.
I recommend going with five Aircraft Carriers, forty cruisers, sixty destroyers and twenty submarines.
Your tanks should be at around 4K if you're a big nation, and your aircraft could stand to fall by a significant amount on every branch."
As it stands, the numbers need to be dropped further, especially with regard to the Submarines and F-22s.
To be fair, some of your numbers are off too.
You have 2,500 F-35Bs, but the maximum that your ships can -going with a high number for the Gerald Ford- is closer to 560. The total number of planes (including replacements) should be at around 1.2K.
Your Airforce is massively overblown, such that I can't imagine any money can go to any other branch. The US airforce has around 957 of the F-16 -which, mind you, if not as expensive as a F-35 of any kind and is far more plentiful- while you have over 7.5K of the F-35 which doesn't even fulfill the role you might be thinking it does.
The F-35 is first and foremost a CAS plane, it zips in and drops a bomb or two and then runs away, but your numbers make it seem like a stealth fighter...which I pray it's never used as.
The F-22 meanwhile is nightmarishly expensive and the cost of having some 2K is making economists cry.
Also, what's a L.A.W.? The closest thing I could find was a Laser, and I can't imagine you've tried to integrate those.
Excuse me, I have 7000 f-32s in service as long range stealth interceptors. Don't question my military expertise.
Aghrabia
Oh and Lat still has ridiculous numbers considering the size of his Navy and the placement of his nation but he's stressed that he really just doesn't care about not being ridiculous...so *shrug*
Aghrabia, Oelesa
Seems like a Five Star Realism there *salutes*
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Oelesa, Magnatronia
BEcause 2 aren't landlocked. I had 7 carriers before; gotta have a strong navy to keep those colo...I mean allies in line.
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Magnatronia
I only use desert eagles as my main infantry weapon. They have supressors and dual wield. Armor piercing explosive incendiary ammo only.
Ah, okay, good point.
Oelesa
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Aghrabia, Magnatronia
Hmm? Someone seems suspicious...
Solla Ultima
What are you talking about? I released all my colonies years ago.
*Begins sweating profusely and wipes it off with handkerchief*
Ludania, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Magnatronia, Solla Ultima
Imperialist scum.
Andromitus
Leave the imperialists alone!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Baxten, Aghrabia
Hello people. Hope you have a nice day.
[spoiler=Today is March 18 and today are:]
Today is March 18 and today are:
- Anniversary of the Oil Expropriation (Mexico)
- Birthday of Al-koutb Said Mouhammad Cheikh Al Maarouf (Comores)
- Flag Day (Aruba)
- Forgive Mom and Dad Day
- Gallipoli Memorial Day (Turkey)
- Goddess of Fertility Day
- International Sports Car Racing Day
- Maple Syrup Saturday
- Men's and Soldiers' Day (Mongolia)
- National Awkward Moments Day (United States)
- National Biodiesel Day (United States)
- National Corn Dog Day (United States)
- National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day (United States)
- National Sloppy Joe Day (United States)
- National Supreme Sacrifice Day (United States)
- National Quilting Day (United States)
- Play the Recorder Day
- Teacher's Day (Syria)
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- AD 37 The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius's will and proclaims Caligula emperor.
- 633 Ridda wars: The Arabian Peninsula is united under the central authority of Caliph Abu Bakr.
- 1068 An earthquake affects the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula, leaving up to 20,000 dead.
- 1229 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares himself King of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade.
- 1241 First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and plunder the city.
- 1314 Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and final Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake.
- 1438 Albert II of Habsburg becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1608 Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1644 The Third Anglo-Powhatan War begins in the Colony of Virginia.
- 1741 New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
- 1766 American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
- 1793 The first modern republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
- 1793 Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
- 1834 Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
- 1848 March Revolution: In Berlin there is a struggle between citizens and military, costing about 300 lives.
- 1850 American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
- 1865 American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
- 1871 Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
- 1874 Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
- 1892 Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada the Stanley Cup.
- 1913 King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
- 1915 World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
- 1921 The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
- 1922 In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.
- 1925 The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
- 1937 The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
- 1937 Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
- 1938 Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
- 1940 World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
- 1942 The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
- 1944 The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 people and causes thousands to flee their homes.
- 1948 Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the TitoStalin Split.
- 1953 An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
- 1959 The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
- 1962 The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
- 1965 Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
- 1967 The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
- 1968 Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
- 1969 The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
- 1970 Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
- 1971 Peru: a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
- 1980 A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 explodes during a fueling operation, killing 48 people.
- 1990 Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
- 1990 In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
- 1994 Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending war between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1996 A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.
- 1997 The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board.
- 2014 The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty.
- 2015 The Bardo National Museum in Tunisia is attacked by gunmen. 23 people, almost all tourists, are killed, and at least 50 other people are wounded.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1690 Christian Goldbach, Prussian-German mathematician and academic
- 1813 Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright
- 1828 Randal Cremer, English activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1837 Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd President of the United States
- 1844 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and academic
- 1858 Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine
- 1869 Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1913 René Clément, French director and screenwriter
- 1922 Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
- 1926 Peter Graves, American actor and director
- 1932 John Updike, American novelist, short story writer, and critic
- 1936 F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 Rudi Altig, German cyclist and sportscaster
- 1950 Brad Dourif, American actor
- 1959 Luc Besson, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded EuropaCorp
- 1979 Adam Levine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality
- 1981 Fabian Cancellara, Swiss cyclist
- 1982 Timo Glock, German race car driver
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Quote of the day
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
- Vince Lombardi -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia
Yea!
By the way, Lud, you should sign up for the new RP. Europe outta be interesting, and you could really help us.
I'm serious! Leave them alone!
When is this RP beginning out of interest and what is the context of it?
Aghrabia, Magnatronia
Then please don't make untrue statements.
Mhm...sloppy joes. I'll try to get my grandfather to make some of those.
Supreme Sacrifice Day sounds awfully ominous/scary
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
You can see the context on the thread. I'm planning on starting it when enough nations join
I wasn't aware Gordon Brown was still in government. How does he have the authority to make such an offer?
You referring to this?
The moment I knew it was big was when Gordon Brown, who was the prime minister of England, was quoted in one of the papers saying that he couldnt get the Ben 10 theme song out of his head, [Vice President of action-adventure at Cartoon Network Tramm] Wigzell says. I was like, is this an Onion article?
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/tv/ben-10-the-jeremy-lin-of-the-superhero-world/#/0
He is not in government and has no authority whatsoever to make an offer.
Jaslandia
[B]REGIONAL SONG OF THE DAY
Day 21:[/B] Black Sabbath - "War Pigs" (link: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LQUXuQ6Zd9w)
Thank you for reading, papa bless
Jaslandia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39297031?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook
"The US has said its policy of "strategic patience" with North Korea is over and suggested it might decide to take pre-emptive military action."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5bcpjUjLpU
God bless the U S of A!
Aghrabia
Trump is a bawbag.
Aghrabia, Magnatronia
Kim Jong Un is a bawbag
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Magnatronia
Bawbags come in pairs.
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Magnatronia
"God bless the U S of A!" wouldn't be my first reaction. My first reaction would be "Oh dear, are we really getting into a another war? Especially with a country that has ballistic missiles?"
Nuremgard, Aghrabia
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