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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
[nation=short]Margoe[/nation]
Listen to the one with the Creamsicle flag; I didn't like him for the anti-socialist alliance at first, but now that it's gone, he and I are creating a cartel for the global drug trade IC.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania
So who do I talk to about getting a map spot?
Me. Once you gain citizenship, you can claim a spot.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Yukona
And for god sakes, what is up with you guys always trying to argue with people who aren't socialists/communists/pinkos. It's weird and frustrating sometimes.
Jaslandia, Yukona
http://i.imgur.com/19w4eiG.png
Margoe Frigate
Okay, step one, how do I gain citizenship?
Yukona
Ah, I have it.
Yukona
Because arguing about politics is fun. Being in an echo chamber is boring. We are sorry for asking people to defend their beliefs but that's what you do in debates.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Friedensreich, Andromitus, Yukona
NS is, at nature, a political game and political debate between people of different persuasions will inevitably occur.
Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Friedensreich
Well, thats my application sent.
If you don't test your beliefs by debating them with other people, how in the Hell are you going to evolve as a person?
I change my beliefs really often because I test them equally as often. If I don't test them, I'll just become a broken record. And that's not fun at all.
Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania
RIP Harambe - 1 year without my brother
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus
I wont ever change my left wing views or nationalism but there's a few Brits here who are unionists so it's always fun clashing with them.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania
You had a brother?
Just shoot me a TG for your spot then
Not literally a brother.
You don't know of the memes. You're a dirty normie
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Friedensreich, United Continental States
Ah, okay.
Harambe was everyone's brother, father, son.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, United Continental States
I'll take your word for it.
Jaslandia
Who are you even
Vista Major
The region grows ever so subtlety
The Vidnoye
Well he made it clear he wont answer to any political debates. No one is bothering him with any debates now. So what's the problem?
I'm always going to be libertarian/borderline anarchist. Traditionalist and Conservative arguments have never managed to force me to change my opinion since I started reading past just US political ideologies (for years I only cared about the Democrats and Republi-can'ts).
Especially after reading The Dictator's Handbook, which explains that corruption is a tool of power no matter where you are, it made me become even more anti-statist. Now I can't even understand an Authoritarian's arguments anymore.
Nuremgard
I wonder how he's going to be able to conduct IR with the nations of the world without arguing his side.
Nuremgard
My point exactly. He wasn't up for debate, and I doubt he took anything away from a couple of people giving him unsolicited criticism. And I wasn't saying *stop the debate right now*. I know it ended. I was just saying in the future, let's be sure they even wanna debate.
I find the term statist a bit meh but that's what I am. I'm a natural left winger. Working class family, have been for generations. I believe it is the role of the state to do good, to look after people and to provide public services. No conservative or right wing argument will ever sway me because, in my opinion, all right wing ideology is based on selfishness.
He was the one he started it by throwing around baseless assertions like "socialism has failed."
Friedensreich
I ain't going to step on eggshells. If you don't want to debate, then don't reply.
Nuremgard
Hey, that's him saying his ideology. Spouting is different from debating.
And it has tbh
United Continental States
That's your opinion, babe. You're entitled to it.
I don't think a government is necessary as a permanent, involuntary structure in society. It should be voluntary and temporary. The people are rational and intelligent beings that can look after themselves and solve problems on their own.
Had
I can't sleep, life just ain't the same without him. When I woke up on the 28th May I looked at the TV, with a tear running down my cheek.
Jaslandia, United Continental States, El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa
[I][B]BUDDY, THAT'S COPYRIGHTED. I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD LAWYER[/B][/I]
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia
Ha! Not a chance. Humans are barbaric and stupid by nature. They need a government to keep them in line. I'm an Apollonian that way. Humans need an order and structure to stop them acting like animals.
...Kay.
Jaslandia
Something wrong, I hold my head, I cry with sadness, our gorilla dead. RIP Harambe 1999-2016.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, United Continental States
If it's justified
Nuremgard
Nah, humans are intelligent, rational, and communal by nature. They will act in a way they think will give them the best material benefit. And, coincidentally, more benefit can be derived from cooperation than theft and conflict.
In other words, it's easier for me to work with someone on their corn fields for a portion of the crops than it is to steal the corn field, kill/maim the other guy, and keep it and work it all to myself. It's easier for me to barter for an item someone has that I want than to beat them over the head with a cudgel and steal it.
Plus, y'know, science has proven that feel good chemicals are released when we act altruistically and cooperate with people.
Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Magnatronia
Good guy Fried
Friedensreich
Anarchism and libertarianism are anathema to my political values. I believe in the state.
Vista Major, The Vidnoye, Friedensreich
Plus, you and I agree that money is the root of all evil, right?
So, what happens when we take away money? Human nature kicks in again, like it should.
Nuremgard
A year of Fascism, a year of American Republicanism, and a year of Conservatism brought to that conclusion..
Yukona
?
I was just thinking that a farming collective would be better than knocking someone over the head with a pipe
I disagree. If you remove the pillars of civilisation and society, humans will descend back to their primitive state. Abandoning unwanted children and elderly to the elements or hungry animals, killing each other for resources etc.
Individualism. Three years of being a filthy lib made me extremely individualist and idealistic. Plus it's just proof for my earlier statements where I said debates are to help people evolve and change their beliefs.
http://i.imgur.com/O0Y7Xn6.png
Implying Spartans are not the pinnacle of civilisation.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Killing unwanted infants via exposure is a bit uncivilised aye.
Jaslandia
That's a very cynical way of looking at human nature. What gives you reason to believe that human nature is inherently savage and barbarous?
Nuremgard
I'm an extremely cynical person. And I know humans are savage and barbarous because I watch/read the news.
We're only establishing embassies with Libertatem now?! Our inaugural president was one of their homeboys!
152 messages since I last checked. I didn't miss anything crazy, right?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Yukona
Hey Runiea! Been a while. How are you?
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
[nation=short]Pirate Kingdoms[/nation] here, made a mega-empire nation, new guy showed up, and debate on human savagery occurred: nothing out of the ordinary :p
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths
That's always because of some financial or political motive. Some travesty happens- like a war or murder- because there is some financial or political gain to be made from it.
Wars are historically fought for the acquisition of political power or financial growth.
For example, Austria-Hungary placed huge and unreasonable demands on Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand at the hands of Gavrilo Princip because it wanted a reason to invade and annex the young country. In addition, it wanted to annex Serbia for money and geopolitical gain.
For further example, the US started the war in Iraq because it wanted that sweet black stuff we call oil. Not because of WMDs or because of Osama Bin Laden, it was because we wanted that money!
But, this savagery found today can be solved by taking away what corrupts people into these monsters. Take away the state and abolish currency, and there will be no reason to commit such atrocities anymore.
Just another day/night on NS.
Jaslandia, El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa
And what about people who kill, torture and rape just for the hell of it? Pretty sure taking away currency and the state wont solve that.
ill wait until im places in California before I start making fact books.
Andromitus
The entire state and society of Sparta is a metaphorical hoplite wall. Should the man on the left not hold his weight the phalanx is doomed to fail. When asked why Spartan women can rule their men - Gorgo is reported to have replied 'because we are the only to give birth to men'.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Look at serial killers.
Each have a history of abuse or rejection. Each feel a sort of powerlessness that can only be fulfilled through murder. And, it is proven that those that have been abused are scores more likely to abuse someone else.
But that is a topic for sociologists and psychologists to conclude, not politicians.
Not all serial killers were abused. Some had stable, loving upbringings. Some people are just evil. Some people cant be explained. They just do evil for the sake of doing evil.
Well, Gorgo does give culture bonus equal to 50% of the combat strength of the defeated unit, so I'll take her word for it.
http://civilization.wikia.com/wiki/Gorgo_(Civ6)
Also, it is bad that I only know that "Only Spartan women give birth to real men" quote from Gorgo's Civilopedia entry in Civ 6?
Nuremgard, Yukona
Thou art observant
It has been awhile. I'm okay, how're things with you?
Jaslandia, Tserra, Yukona
Nice flag.
Jaslandia
Al, long time no see. How's things been going?
Jaslandia
Thanks, it was made by a old member of my old region TTR and was the regional flag there.
Okay, I suppose. You?
Jaslandia, Yukona
Interesting pre-title too. An Imperial Republic like Rome. Also read about your political parties.
Jaslandia
The political parties page is, like most of my factbooks, a little outdated and I'm actually revising them.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton
Looking at them currently, if I was a citizen, I'd either vote New Green or Socialist.
I've been good, thank you. School ended a little while ago for me, so now I'm relaxing and enjoying the summer for a little bit.
Percyton, United Continental States
Hm Ok. BTW Vista LOVE the Flag.
Vista Major
I live.
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Awesome, I'm approved. Time to wait for creamsicle to get on
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton, United Continental States
So i should get a spot on the map first before rping?
Yep, look on the map, check the number's vacant then message Baxten!
I will be claiming map space 94
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The United Kingdom has officially started relations with [nation=short]Solla Ultima[/nation] and [nation=short]Penguania and Antarctica[/nation]! Embassies have been opened and trade deals have been signed! :)
Welcome my dudes! :)
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Solla Ultima
[spoiler=Today is May 29 and today are:]
Today is May 29 and today are:
- Army Day (Argentina)
- Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í Faith)
- Castleton Garland Day (Castleton, Derbyshire, England)
- Composting Day
- Democracy Day (Nigeria)
- Ganatantra Diwas or Republic Day (Nepal)
- International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
- Memorial Day (United States)
- National Coq Au Vin Day (United States)
- National Heroes Day (Turks and Caicos Islands)
- National Paperclip Day (United States)
- Oak Apple Day (England)
- Pink Flamingo Day
- Put A Pillow On Your Fridge Day
- Statehood Day (Rhode Island, Wisconsin)
- Veterans Day (Sweden)
- World Digestive Health Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 363 The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.
- 1108 Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.
- 1167 Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.
- 1176 Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
- 1328 Philip VI is crowned King of France.
- 1453 Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
- 1660 English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- 1727 Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
- 1733 The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
- 1780 American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
- 1790 Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
- 1798 United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
- 1807 Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
- 1848 Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
- 1852 Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
- 1861 The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
- 1864 Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
- 1867 The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- 1868 Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
- 1886 The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
- 1900 N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
- 1903 In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
- 1913 Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
- 1914 The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
- 1918 Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
- 1919 Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.
- 1931 Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
- 1932 World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
- 1935 First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
- 1945 First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
- 1950 The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 1953 Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
- 1964 The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 1973 Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
- 1982 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
- 1982 Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.
- 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
- 1985 Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
- 1988 The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
- 1989 Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt.
- 1990 The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
- 1993 The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
- 1999 Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
- 1999 Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
- 2001 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
- 2004 The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
- 2008 A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
- 2012 A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1594 Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal
- 1630 Charles II of England
- 1880 Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher
- 1897 Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1903 Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer
- 1914 Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese-Indian mountaineer
- 1917 John F. Kennedy, American lieutenant and politician, 35th President of the United States
- 1922 Iannis Xenakis, Greek-French composer, engineer, and theorist
- 1929 Peter Higgs, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1949 Francis Rossi, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1953 Danny Elfman, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1961 Melissa Etheridge, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist
- 1967 Noel Gallagher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1982 Elyas M'Barek, Austrian-Tunesian actor
- 1984 Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
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Quote of the day
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Friedensreich, The Union Of Yuktobanian Republics, Yukona, Percyton, United Continental States
That honestly made me laugh XD
Question, how do you plan on RP'ing? As in, what style of government and all that?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The Union Of Yuktobanian Republics, Percyton
Well thanks lol. Even tho ive had this flag for this nation for some time, ill never turn down a Compliment tho :) lol
Vista Major, Percyton
No Prob Either . Remember the RF's Flag , i Like Dark Colored Flags.
We uses to have a strong capitalist nation. Called the Kaiserreich, it would have been one of the first line of defense against communism. It fall after a few months, so now we have the Phoenix Concord. You don't have to join an alliance, but it helps.
Jaslandia, The Vidnoye
CONCORD!
Vista Major
CONT COMM!
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
NABOO
MUSTAFAR
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Yukona
MAGNATRONIA
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Percyton
ASSEMBLY OF SOVEREIGN NATIONS
Yes, I would like to announce my enterence into the ASN. [nation=short]Flynnvakia[/nation] and I have mended our previously sour relationships and have started anew.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton
Ha, nerd.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths
It also means I have ties to all alliances except the USCS, so that's exciting.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton
That's not particularly good. If any of them get into some sort of conflict, you're going to be forced to pick a side.
Once upon a time, I got screwed over by being in 3 at the same time and one got into a Cold/Proxy War with the other. I ended up having to pick the one that demanded my loyalty over the others, and that soured my relations with the rest of the world really badly. They still haven't really recovered.
Jaslandia, Vista Major
Ouch. Well, two of them are neutral, and the other three try to cooperate with each other. Concord is just to replace the ITF but had much more cooperation with the ASN, the North Sea Alliance is really just a promise to defend each other if attacked (which members of the NNP are in, one of those neutral alliances), and I'm an observer of O-HOPE, which is strictly neutral
Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Percyton
Sounds complicated. I'm guessing this North Sea group is neutral too? Aside from that, you must be paying some pretty pennies for membership related fees. I imagine the more neutral ones that have a humanitarian purpose all have a significant cost to them via foreign aid.
Vista Major
O-Hope doesn't make observers do that, and the NNP only wants you to give foreign aid if a member is hurt in a way, which is fine with my government and includes military aid. The North Sea Alliance is solely based on the "Attack on one is attack in all" clause.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Percyton
Gott sein dank
The United Providences Of Perland
PENGU :D
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Vista Major, The Vidnoye, Andromitus, The United Providences Of Perland, Magnatronia, Percyton, United Continental States, El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa
http://img08.deviantart.net/e9a6/i/2011/032/4/0/penguin_army_by_perbear42-d38kciw.jpg
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, United Continental States
Sieg Penguania!
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
PERCY!
What? I don't get it. Why would you do that, and what makes today the perfect day to do it?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, The Vidnoye, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa
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