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The Empire Of Handland wrote:lol clam down there champ. I could wipe the floor with you if I wanted to.

Now, now. Leave the child to his toys.

The Empire Of Handland, Spanelsko

Kalaron wrote:...

[In most not mean way possible] Is this like that missile you talked about that was basically a SRBM with a Fuel Air warhead?

No sir its not it the new weapon is going to be used by my navel forces and to say the least it will change navel warfare quite a bit

Solla Ultima wrote:No sir its not it the new weapon is going to be used by my navel forces and to say the least it will change navel warfare quite a bit

You'll have to forgive me if I hold some hesitation to believe. So long as it's not impossible though it'll probably be allowed :P

The Empire Of Handland, Solla Ultima

Person: "Hey, can you make me a flag?"

Me: https://youtu.be/eVBPGZEVRH0

Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Solla Ultima wrote:No sir its not it the new weapon is going to be used by my navel forces and to say the least it will change navel warfare quite a bit

So then, when will we hear about it?

Solla Ultima

Solla Ultima wrote:No sir its not it the new weapon is going to be used by my navel forces and to say the least it will change navel warfare quite a bit

"Navel"

So basically belly buttons or oranges?

Jaslandia, Tserra, Yukona, Percyton, Confederal States

Andromitus wrote:Why hello, I'm Andromitus but you can call me Andy! I'm a Mentor, MoJ, and Moderator here in the CoFN, and I'd love to know your plan for your nation :D (I'm the regions Lore Nut too :P)

Why hello to you too, I see your an old NGAlliance Member :D I'm Andy, a refugee from the Eurasian Socialist Union and now a veteran Confederate, can't wait to get to know you!

The history of my nation was essentially a group of rebel freedom fighters pulling away from a tyrannical nation after a long and bloody war, we endured through corporate backing, so money and funding for our arms was never an issue, and we succeeded after many years and eventually formed the nation of New Contact. We value freedom over anything else, as well as a focus on military spending in order to combat other such tyrannical nations that threaten our way of life so that we don't fall back under another's rule. Our Capitalist ideal is still strong because of this, however, but Freedom is better than oppression in our view.

Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Percyton

New Contact wrote:The history of my nation was essentially a group of rebel freedom fighters pulling away from a tyrannical nation after a long and bloody war, we endured through corporate backing, so money and funding for our arms was never an issue, and we succeeded after many years and eventually formed the nation of New Contact. We value freedom over anything else, as well as a focus on military spending in order to combat other such tyrannical nations that threaten our way of life so that we don't fall back under another's rule. Our Capitalist ideal is still strong because of this, however, but Freedom is better than oppression in our view.

Very interesting! Just one question: Why did you get corporate backing? What did the investors see in New Contact that convinced them to generously fund you?

Jaslandia

New Contact wrote:—Evil Capitalist History—

Here's the shortest copy of my history I could come up with on my phone :3 -

Andromitus is actually the name of the Region my nation resides in (It's roughly the northern portion of South America —We call it Alexandria because Alexander von Humboldt ftw, a full century of Nazi-like racism, and the German Empire doesn't like the Spanish one— and ends roughly on the Amazon where Rio Negro tributary branches off). We were colonized by the German Empire (formed 300 years early and called the Größe Kaiserriech) and we would later gain our independence after the rise of a Neo-Protestant religion called Ulrichism which is basically an edgier version of Calvinism and would both directly and indirectly lead to that Nazi-ist racism I mentioned earlier.

We flip around for a small period, first existing as the V.A.K. (Vereinigtes Andreanisches Königreich) before a military Coup D'etat and a 2 month long civil war led to the formation of the G.A.R. or (Großandreallisches Reich). The G.A.R. were...an interesting bunch; We went to war with our neighbor the Croyland Confederation on multiple occasions, they stole the Guatacama desert from us and we're eternally salty. We may have invaded the Sollanese to the north, the Croy to the South and whoever inhabits the Amazon down to Argentina. Now, I don't really know how successful this was considering nobody is down there yet and Croyland and I have yet to fully discuss it —alongside the fact that the G.A.R. was a political nightmare— but thats all without even getting to the fun part! The fun part I mean of course is when we mercilessly slaughtered 85 Million civilians due to Religious and Racial reasons before the ideas of a Far-Left ideology called Ædenism took to prevalence and long story short the G.A.R. is now at war with literally all her neighbors a revolution lead by Second Hand citizens (Socialist Second-hand Citizens!) So longer story short we've become the Ædenist Union which is incredibly far left, but is growing steadily more wary of Socialist nations (Seeing itself as the best path to Communism)

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton

Solla Ultima wrote:You my friend should be careful my nation will unveil a new weapon very soon that will change the face of navel warfare for the next 50 years

Sure.

Confederal States, Spanelsko

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:Sure.

Cool.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Andromitus wrote:Cool.

cool

Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:So then, when will we hear about it?

next week on friday I'm still getting the final design down:)

Solla Ultima wrote:next week on friday I'm still getting the final design down:)

Alrighty, though you might want to run the idea behind it by the Mod team to ensure it won't be rejected considering the work you'd seem to be putting into it.

Percyton wrote:Very interesting! Just one question: Why did you get corporate backing? What did the investors see in New Contact that convinced them to generously fund you?

Because the Corporations didn't like that their corporate rights were being restricted and their workers were being shot for simple protesting.

Jaslandia, Percyton

New Contact wrote: their workers were being shot for simple protesting.

Wot kind of corporation doesn't like that! Thats literally America in the 1940's!

Wot 'n tarnation?!

Jaslandia, Axeldonia

Andromitus wrote:Wot kind of corporation doesn't like that! Thats literally America in the 1940's!

Wot 'n tarnation?!

I'm sorry, I should have clarified lol. They were protesting against the Government for having their civil rights removed over time haha.

Jaslandia

Jaslandia

COLDR seems good. He's at ASU doing CS. Many exciting stories I hear from him.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

New Contact wrote:I'm sorry, I should have clarified lol. They were protesting against the Government for having their civil rights removed over time haha.

Slavery! The East India Company! What Corporation doesn't like any of that :3

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Vladovaskia wrote:Jaslandia

COLDR seems good. He's at ASU doing CS. Many exciting stories I hear from him.

Which ASU?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASU#Education

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:[spoiler]Here's the shortest copy of my history I could come up with on my phone :3 -

Andromitus is actually the name of the Region my nation resides in (It's roughly the northern portion of South America —We call it Alexandria because Alexander von Humboldt ftw, a full century of Nazi-like racism, and the German Empire doesn't like the Spanish one— and ends roughly on the Amazon where Rio Negro tributary branches off). We were colonized by the German Empire (formed 300 years early and called the Größe Kaiserriech) and we would later gain our independence after the rise of a Neo-Protestant religion called Ulrichism which is basically an edgier version of Calvinism and would both directly and indirectly lead to that Nazi-ist racism I mentioned earlier.

We flip around for a small period, first existing as the V.A.K. (Vereinigtes Andreanisches Königreich) before a military Coup D'etat and a 2 month long civil war led to the formation of the G.A.R. or (Großandreallisches Reich). The G.A.R. were...an interesting bunch; We went to war with our neighbor the Croyland Confederation on multiple occasions, they stole the Guatacama desert from us and we're eternally salty. We may have invaded the Sollanese to the north, the Croy to the South and whoever inhabits the Amazon down to Argentina. Now, I don't really know how successful this was considering nobody is down there yet and Croyland and I have yet to fully discuss it —alongside the fact that the G.A.R. was a political nightmare— but thats all without even getting to the fun part! The fun part I mean of course is when we mercilessly slaughtered 85 Million civilians due to Religious and Racial reasons before the ideas of a Far-Left ideology called Ædenism took to prevalence and long story short the G.A.R. is now at war with literally all her neighbors a revolution lead by Second Hand citizens (Socialist Second-hand Citizens!) So longer story short we've become the Ædenist Union which is incredibly far left, but is growing steadily more wary of Socialist nations (Seeing itself as the best path to Communism)[/spoiler]

Nice! My nation has a pretty interesting history too! You can read all about it in my Factbooks.

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=percyton/detail=factbook/subcategory=101

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Andromitus wrote:Slavery! The East India Company! What Corporation doesn't like any of that :3

The type of corporations that have their own workers shot in the head, and having their own corporate rights stripped as well lol. So what better thought of "Build a military and fight these dictatorship of a government, and then create our own, free nation!"

Jaslandia

New Contact wrote:The type of corporations that have their own workers shot in the head, and having their own corporate rights stripped as well lol. So what better thought of "Build a military and fight these dictatorship of a government, and then create our own, free nation!"

Well thats just a bad Government type then :P Just go Ædenist Republic my dood, all the liberties of a Capitalist Democracy most of the liberties of a Capitalist Democracy with the nice Socialist benefits, Meritocratic and Technocratic leadership, and an inability for politicians to take bribes!

And Local Direct Democracy! Woo!

Jaslandia, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:Well thats just a bad Government type then :P Just go Ædenist Republic my dood, all the liberties of a Capitalist Democracy most of the liberties of a Capitalist Democracy with the nice Socialist benefits, Meritocratic and Technocratic leadership, and an inability for politicians to take bribes!

And Local Direct Democracy! Woo!

Well that was why they seceded from the government and rebelled, and after a bloody war, they came out of it successfully, and thus, New Contact was formed!

Jaslandia

New Contact wrote:The type of corporations that have their own workers shot in the head, and having their own corporate rights stripped as well lol. So what better thought of "Build a military and fight these dictatorship of a government, and then create our own, free nation!"

A combo of the New Conglomerate symbol with the NLR flag. I'm intrigued.

Sulania wrote:A combo of the New Conglomerate symbol with the NLR flag. I'm intrigued.

Aha yeah, I based it like 98% off of the NC, the other 2% is me telling the story of what happened if the NC came out victorious :P

gonna be creating my foreign relations factbook later tonight

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Andromitus

Now I know that a lot of people would be completely against this but this is just a thought I had so hear me out and you can destroy my idea as usual at the end.

I was thinking of having an RP that dates back to like the times of the Ancient Civilization so that true empires can be made. Like each person would be able to start off by claiming any 2-3 plots within Europe, Africa, Middle East, and mainland Asia. After you make your plot, you would be able to expand every two or so weeks of meaningful activity. You establish your own civilization however way you want and progress that way. This RP would be a progressive one so every two weeks in real time will equate to one month within the RP, which means 24 weeks in real time will be one year within RP. Or I can do one week equals a month and 12 weeks equals an RP year. I just find that this would be an interesting RP. Obviously this would be monitored by me and a few others; however, this would be an interesting way to establish lore as well as challenge people's creativity to lead up to the MT but also actually have the empire that people may want; however, the larger your empire becomes, the more complications and conflicts internally could potentially rise, since there is no such thing as a peaceful, 100% empire. What do you all think of this idea?

Here is the map i am going to use:

https://orig00.deviantart.net/8978/f/2015/073/c/2/victoria_2_blank_world_map_by_mapsnstuff-d8logyw.png

Jaslandia, Confederal States

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:Now I know that a lot of people would be completely against this but this is just a thought I had so hear me out and you can destroy my idea as usual at the end.

I was thinking of having an RP that dates back to like the times of the Ancient Civilization so that true empires can be made. Like each person would be able to start off by claiming any 2-3 plots within Europe, Africa, Middle East, and mainland Asia. After you make your plot, you would be able to expand every two or so weeks of meaningful activity. You establish your own civilization however way you want and progress that way. This RP would be a progressive one so every two weeks in real time will equate to one month within the RP, which means 24 weeks in real time will be one year within RP. Or I can do one week equals a month and 12 weeks equals an RP year. I just find that this would be an interesting RP. Obviously this would be monitored by me and a few others; however, this would be an interesting way to establish lore as well as challenge people's creativity to lead up to the MT but also actually have the empire that people may want; however, the larger your empire becomes, the more complications and conflicts internally could potentially rise, since there is no such thing as a peaceful, 100% empire. What do you all think of this idea?

Here is the map i am going to use:

https://orig00.deviantart.net/8978/f/2015/073/c/2/victoria_2_blank_world_map_by_mapsnstuff-d8logyw.png

Could work. The only thing I would add is that we make time go by faster in the early days, and then slow time down as we get closer to the present. Otherwise, we'd never get out of the Stone Age, and it would take forever to do anything if we want to be realistic.

Peoples Liberation Republic

Vladovaskia wrote:I believe it is indeed I.

How have you been, Jas? Are you at uni yet? A lot has happened since I last checked in on NS.

Ya habibi o how Ive missed you. No worries though, I'm not here to usurp your power this time. Was just wondering if anyone has talked to Archangelsk / Zalu

If I remember correctly, it was I who was the troublesome rebel and you the Chief Justice presiding over my exile. No hard feelings though, it was like 2 years ago.

Arch kinda fell off the face of the Earth after the secession, I lost contact with him around the middle of last year.

Jaslandia

Jaslandia wrote:Could work. The only thing I would add is that we make time go by faster in the early days, and then slow time down as we get closer to the present. Otherwise, we'd never get out of the Stone Age, and it would take forever to do anything if we want to be realistic.

Thats true you have a point so like a half a week (4 days) equals a year or something like that?

Jaslandia

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:Thats true you have a point so like a half a week (4 days) equals a year or something like that?

Even faster like that. I'm thinking more along the lines of: A week equals 75 years at the start, eventually slowing it down to a week equals a month by the end.

Jaslandia wrote:Even faster like that. I'm thinking more along the lines of: A week equals 75 years at the start, eventually slowing it down to a week equals a month by the end.

Would we be even able to slightly enjoy the Stone, Iron, Bronze, Gold Ages with that sort of fast pace speed?

Jaslandia

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:Would we be even able to slightly enjoy the Stone, Iron, Bronze, Gold Ages with that sort of fast pace speed?

What's there to enjoy, at least in an RP? For the Stone Age at least, we barely have any written records of what happened, communication over long distances is practically impossible, and doing stuff is either impossible or will take forever. Once we get out of the Stone Age and into the era of proper civilization (Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, etc.), we can slow things down.

Jaslandia wrote:What's there to enjoy, at least in an RP? For the Stone Age at least, we barely have any written records of what happened, communication over long distances is practically impossible, and doing stuff is either impossible or will take forever. Once we get out of the Stone Age and into the era of proper civilization (Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, etc.), we can slow things down.

Sounds good to me

Jaslandia

start thinking about where your first two plots will be located and let me know if you are interested in partaking in such endeavors. I am looking for some mods to help me keep everything in tact and fun. Expansion as time goes on is strongly encouraged and think strongly about where you would be located

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:start thinking about where your first two plots will be located and let me know if you are interested in partaking in such endeavors. I am looking for some mods to help me keep everything in tact and fun. Expansion as time goes on is strongly encouraged and think strongly about where you would be located

So I take it that this RP is going to be separate from the MT RP, would you like the MT moderators to have oversight within this new Storyline and is there going to be an OOC for this?

Andromitus wrote:So I take it that this RP is going to be separate from the MT RP, would you like the MT moderators to have oversight within this new Storyline and is there going to be an OOC for this?

It is separate from the MT RP, and I would rather pick moderators to have oversight over this. I am wanting to pick people that are willing to work with me and collaborate ideas with me and cooperate with me in this new Storyline to make it work and yes there is going to be an OOC for this.

Andromitus

"Seconds ago: Following new legislation in Percyton, television executives are interested in turning Percy the Small Engine's zany home life into a sitcom."

I think a few people already beat you to it (even though it's technically not about me, and it's a children's franchise rather than a sitcom).

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:"Seconds ago: Following new legislation in Percyton, television executives are interested in turning Percy the Small Engine's zany home life into a sitcom."

I think a few people already beat you to it (even though it's technically not about me, and it's a children's franchise rather than a sitcom).

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends

Well, I think a sitcom could work too. I could picture a few different scenarios:

'Percyfeld' (What is the deal with Troublesome Trucks?)

'Everybody Loves/Hates Thomas'

'Full Shed'

'The Thomas the Tank Engine Show'

'I Love Emily'

'All in the Engine Family' or 'Gordon and Cousin' (both based on Gordon and his Gresley relatives)

'The Fresh Prince of Arlesburgh'

'The Controller' (based on 'The Nanny')

'How I Met Your Driver'

'The Shunting Yard' (based on 'The Office')

'Tracks and Maintenance' ('Parks and Recreation'-based show about the maintenance department of Sodor Railways)

Okay, I'll stop now.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:

'Percyfeld' (What is the deal with Troublesome Trucks?)

Okay, I'll stop now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bea9aFBGuwQ

Penguania And Antarctica

Also, because I'm bored, here are some theme songs for the aforementioned Thomas and Friends-themed sitcoms. Make of them what you wish.

[spoiler=The Controller]He was working in a locomotive works in Swindon, England,

Til his manager kicked him out in one of those crushing scenes.

What was he to do, where was he to go

He was out on his fanny.

So over the bridge from Swindon to the Island of Sodor,

He was there to design engines, but the chairman saw more,

He had style, he had flair, he was there,

That's how he became the Controller.

Who would have guessed that the guy we described

was just exactly what the chief mechanical engineer prescribed?

Now, the chairman finds him beguiling, watch out LNER,

And the engines are actually smiling, such joie de vivre

He's the man in top hat, when everybody else is painted blue.

The snazzy guy from Swindon, the Controller named Topham.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Fresh Prince of Arlesburgh (sung by Duck)]Now this is the story all about how

My life got flipped, turned upside down

And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there

I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Arlesburgh

On the Great Western Railway born and raised

At Paddington Station where I spent most of my days

Moving about, shunting, teasing big engines

And shunting some coaches all ‘round the yard

When a couple of big engines who were up to no good

Started making trouble in my station

I got in one little argument and my Controller got scared

And said you're moving with Sir Topham Hatt on Sodor[/spoiler]

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bea9aFBGuwQ

https://youtu.be/tCPBMASKE8o

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Well, I think a sitcom could work too. I could picture a few different scenarios:

'Percyfeld' (What is the deal with Troublesome Trucks?)

'Everybody Loves/Hates Thomas'

'Full Shed'

'The Thomas the Tank Engine Show'

'I Love Emily'

'All in the Engine Family' or 'Gordon and Cousin' (both based on Gordon and his Gresley relatives)

'The Fresh Prince of Arlesburgh'

'The Controller' (based on 'The Nanny')

'How I Met Your Driver'

'The Shunting Yard' (based on 'The Office')

'Tracks and Maintenance' ('Parks and Recreation'-based show about the maintenance department of Sodor Railways)

Okay, I'll stop now.

I liked them. And I think you gave some TV executives in Percyton a lot of new ideas.

Stanley: I call dibs on starring in 'The Shunting Yard'!

Stafford: Why you? I work in the Knapford Shunting Yard just as much as you do.

Charlie: Or me? I work in the Shunting Yard a lot too!

Stanley: But I'm the better main character. My underdeveloped personality in the current Thomas and Friends TV series allows me to be the perfect 'everyman' character. Or, 'every-engine', in this case.

Rusty: While we're on the subject, maybe I can star in 'Tracks and Maintenance'? I am the Skarloey Railway's maintenance engine, after all.

Frank: And I'm the maintenance engine for the Arlesdale Railway, so why can't I be the star? As it is I never get enough attention!

Stanley: Can we at least agree that Duck having his own TV show would a terrible thing for everyone?

Stafford, Charlie, Rusty, and Frank: AGREED!

Duck: Hey! I take offense to that!

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bea9aFBGuwQ

That's loud!

Gordon: Too loud!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

*yawn*

*mlem*

What'd I miss?

Percyton

So far, I have two moderators other than myself to help with a new RP that is being developed. I am looking for two more to make the Moderator Council and once that is done then the rules shall be made. I already have a map so if you are interested then please let me know where you would want your first three individual plots to be. Starting off, we are only going to be using Europe, Middle East, Africa, and mainland China and as the timeline progresses the rest of the world will open up

Jaslandia wrote:Which ASU?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASU#Education

The desert colony of Arizona.

Unfallious wrote:If I remember correctly, it was I who was the troublesome rebel and you the Chief Justice presiding over my exile. No hard feelings though, it was like 2 years ago.

Arch kinda fell off the face of the Earth after the secession, I lost contact with him around the middle of last year.

Glad to hear that. How has your life been since then?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Announcing a major update to the Andreallic Ædenist Union, first being the OOC formation of 3 major Republics making up the Union, Glaußerescht, Andrea, and Nuelarran; hereby transitioning the A.U. into a Federalist Nation-type as opposed to a Unitary one. Equally, IC we will soon be announcing the positive Referendum recently held within the Sovereign Republic of Ovandera for its annexation into the Union. This will be playing into the major changes during our current Election cycle, such as the dissolving of the Scientific Sectarian and subsequent formation of the Systems College, alongside a series of reforms planned by the Second Wave Movement towards the Andreallic Federal Government.

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=andromitus/detail=factbook/id=684486

Jaslandia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Confederal States

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

Today is September 16 and today are:

- Beginning of Oktoberfest (Munich, Bavaria, Germany)

- Boys’ and Girls’ Club Day for Kids (United States)

- Collect Rocks Day

- Day of Martyr Omar Al-Mokhtar (Libya)

- Independence Day or Cry of Dolores (Mexico)

- Independence Day (Papua New Guinea)

- International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

- International Eat An Apple Day

- International Read An Ebook Day

- International Red Panda Day

- Malaysia Day (Malaysia, Singapore)

- Malaysian Armed Forces Day (Malaysia)

- Mayflower Day (United States)

- National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day (United States)

- National CleanUp Day (United States)

- National Guacamole Day (United States)

- National Gymnastics Day (United States)

- National Heroes Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

- National Play-Doh Day (United States)

- National Step Family Day (United States)

- National Working Parents Day (United States)

- Owain Glyndŵr Day (Welsh nationalists)

- Puppy Mill Awareness Day (United States)

- Responsible Dog Ownership Day (United States)

- Stay Away from Seattle Day (Chase's Calendar of Events)

- Valentine's Day (Colombia)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 307 – Emperor Severus II is captured and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae. He is later executed (or forced to commit suicide) after Galerius unsuccessfully invades Italy.

- 1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.

- 1620 – Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower.

- 1701 – James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.

- 1732 – In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two thirds of its inhabitants.

- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.

- 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

- 1810 – With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.

- 1814 – Francis Scott Key completes his poem, "The Star-Spangled Banner", which would become the official national anthem of the United States on March 3, 1931.[1]

- 1863 – Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.

- 1880 – The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the nation's oldest, continuously-independent college daily.

- 1893 – Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.

- 1908 – The General Motors Corporation is founded.

- 1920 – The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.

- 1940 – World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.

- 1943 – World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.

- 1945 – World War II: The surrender of the Japanese troops in Hong Kong is accepted by Royal Navy Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt.

- 1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.

- 1955 – The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.

- 1955 – A Soviet Navy Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.

- 1956 – TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.

- 1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.

- 1961 – The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.

- 1961 – Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.

- 1961 – Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.

- 1963 – Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country.

- 1966 – The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.

- 1970 – King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.

- 1975 – Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.

- 1975 – Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.

- 1975 – The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.

- 1976 – Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.

- 1978 – The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.

- 1982 – Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.

- 1987 – The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.

- 1990 – The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.

- 1992 – The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.

- 1992 – Black Wednesday: The pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.

- 1994 – The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.

- 2004 – Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.

- 2005 – The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.

- 2007 – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.

- 2007 – Mercenaries working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad

- 2013 – A gunman kills twelve people at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

- 2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1777 – Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier

- 1853 – Albrecht Kossel, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1858 – Bonar Law, Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

- 1886 – Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter

- 1888 – Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1891 – Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, last President of Nazi Germany

- 1893 – Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1922 – Guy Hamilton, French-English director and screenwriter

- 1923 – Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore

- 1924 – Lauren Bacall, American actress

- 1925 – B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

- 1927 – Peter Falk, American actor

- 1948 – Julia Donaldson, English author and playwright

- 1952 – Mickey Rourke, American boxer and actor

- 1956 – David Copperfield, American magician and actor

- 1963 – Richard Marx, American singer-songwriter and producer

- 1984 – Katie Melua, Georgian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

- John Irving -

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, Andromitus, Kalaron

Finally made election FB. Will post in newsfeed tomorow

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=cesorion/detail=factbook/id=867342

Nuremgard

Cesorion wrote:Finally made election FB. Will post in newsfeed tomorow

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=cesorion/detail=factbook/id=867342

I'd have voted Social Democrat.

Andromitus, Cesorion

Nuremgard wrote:I'd have voted Social Democrat.

But I voted Con. What about Lib? It is something like the UK Liby Demies

The most recent report from Aleksander Gallieg on tonights viewing of The Blue Pearl

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32514127#p32514127

Andromitus wrote:Sovereign Republic of Ovandera

I'm suing for copyright infringement

Not the biggest overhaul, but I fixed my Army and History factbooks, deleted Geography (I'm in Russia, so look up Russian Geo.), and will be working on my flag. The flag will be minorly tweaked. Really guys....there's not going to be much to look at. Any questions, comments, and concerns are welcome.

Jaslandia

Cesorion wrote:But I voted Con. What about Lib? It is something like the UK Liby Demies

The UK Lib Dems are a spent force. They lost much of their vote after they entered a coalition with the Cons in 2010.

Axeldonia wrote:I'm suing for copyright infringement

Dingus thats it's name before it's annexed; it's becoming an Internal Republic soon enough, and it'll be a bit less than autonomous so hold yer horses :P

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:The UK Lib Dems are a spent force. They lost much of their vote after they entered a coalition with the Cons in 2010.

Yeah. I mean if you like their manifesto. It is the most left I can get.

Andromitus wrote:Dingus thats it's name before it's annexed; it's becoming an Internal Republic soon enough, and it'll be a bit less than autonomous so hold yer horses :P

S U I N G

Auxillium, Andromitus

Hi all Im sorry to announce that I will be delaying the unveiling of my nations new flagship by at least 2 weeks due to complications with the design

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica

Solla Ultima wrote:Hi all Im sorry to announce that I will be delaying the unveiling of my nations new flagship by at least 2 weeks due to complications with the design

Well.... What kind of "complications"? We can help.

Solla Ultima

Russkov Soviet wrote:Well.... What kind of "complications"? We can help.

I wish I could say but the project is top secret only the emperor and his military advisers have access to that information.

Russkov Soviet

Solla Ultima wrote:I wish I could say but the project is top secret only the emperor and his military advisers have access to that information.

Understandable... We could still loan parts and such. I'll simply drop them off and fly/sail away without a word.

Jaslandia, Solla Ultima

Russkov Soviet wrote:Understandable... We could still loan parts and such. I'll simply drop them off and fly/sail away without a word.

If i were to request specific parts it could possible unveil the project but let me say once this design flaw is fixed this ship will change navel warfare for the next 50 years at least

Russkov Soviet

Andromitus wrote:Cool.

cool

Solla Ultima wrote:If i were to request specific parts it could possible unveil the project but let me say once this design flaw is fixed this ship will change navel warfare for the next 50 years at least

Is it an Arsenal ship? Because those are already a thing. Or is it a Battleship? Perhaps a Submarine which is also an Aircraft Carrier?

Solla Ultima wrote:If i were to request specific parts it could possible unveil the project but let me say once this design flaw is fixed this ship will change navel warfare for the next 50 years at least

Alright..alright...

Solla Ultima

Tserra wrote:coolIs it an Arsenal ship? Because those are already a thing. Or is it a Battleship? Perhaps a Submarine which is also an Aircraft Carrier?

I can't answer that yet you'll find out soon i promise ;)

Solla Ultima wrote:I can't answer that yet you'll find out soon i promise ;)

Ok my mistake it wasn't such a big flaw I thought it would make me overhaul its design but well it was actually easily fixed all will go accordion to plan it will be announced next week sorry about that lol

hint: its a battleship/destroyer

Russkov Soviet

@

Solla Ultima wrote:Ok my mistake it wasn't such a big flaw I thought it would make me overhaul its design but well it was actually easily fixed all will go accordion to plan it will be announced next week sorry about that lol

hint: its a battleship/destroyer

That makes it sound like a pocket battleship, honestly.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland-class_cruiser

Kalaron wrote:@That makes it sound like a pocket battleship, honestly.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland-class_cruiser

it is some what like that but its is much more compact and dose not have a plane take off area but it has multi role helicopter pad

Post self-deleted by Tserra.

Solla Ultima wrote:it is some what like that but its is much more compact and dose not have a plane take off area but it has multi role helicopter pad

So...an Arsenal Ship?

Tserra wrote:So...an Arsenal Ship?

I mean it just really sounds to me like your talking about an Arsenal Ship is all. I wait to see.

Solla Ultima wrote:it is some what like that but its is much more compact and dose not have a plane take off area but it has multi role helicopter pad

That...that would be step backwards, honestly.

Like, I like the creativity, but that's just a multi-role craft then...and if it uses guns primarily then there's a problem.

University is so utterly confusing, I have no idea what I'm doing

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Moldegaard

What do y'all use to make a custom map of your country? And I'm not talking drawing borders on an IRL world map, but just drawing a shape, adding city names, etc.

Can someone explain to me why fridges have an internal light but freezers don't have ??

Jaslandia, Percyton

Yukona wrote:University is so utterly confusing, I have no idea what I'm doing

Yeah, it's confusion the first weeks. But you'll manage it soon.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton

New RNF post about the election

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32518006#p32518006

Percyton

Yukona wrote:University is so utterly confusing, I have no idea what I'm doing

I have 3 essays due in November. All of them are 2500-3000 words long. I have so much recommended reading to do before lectures and tutorials. And on top of that, I will have tasks to complete for tutorials such as presentations and mini essays.

And the uni has the brass neck to tell you, "go out and have fun! Join clubs and societies, socialise!"

Yeah. I'll do that after I get a chance to eat, sh!t and sleep.

Yukona

"Internet news sites and online communities are abuzz over supposed leaked nude images of you that surfaced online this morning. Amateur photo-manipulation experts have concluded that the images are fakes..."

Well it seems pretty obvious they're faked, since engines don't wear clothes, and thus 'nudity' doesn't really apply. I suppose you could consider paint to be an engine's equivalent of clothes, but even then, I doubt there'd be a lot of people interested in what I look like without paint.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko

Percyton wrote:"Internet news sites and online communities are abuzz over supposed leaked nude images of you that surfaced online this morning. Amateur photo-manipulation experts have concluded that the images are fakes..."

Well it seems pretty obvious they're faked, since engines don't wear clothes, and thus 'nudity' doesn't really apply. I suppose you could consider paint to be an engine's equivalent of clothes, but even then, I doubt there'd be a lot of people interested in what I look like without paint.

Hey Percy.

I played some Crusader Kings 2 today as custom dynasty Percyton on the island of Sodor (I used the Isle of Man).

Kings of Sodor in my game:

Percy I

Thomas the Cruel

Percy II, the Black (current ruler)

Percy (III) , Earl of Derby ( heir)

Percy (IV) , (eldest son of the heir, was named Percy by the AI)

:)

Jaslandia, Percyton

Medieval RP Update

The map has been released! You can view it here: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/260845712571367425/358323988595867651/Medieval_Map.png

The climate map has not been completed yet so feel free to avoid picking claims until that's released but generally the northern Peninsula is tundra and cold, the Southern peninsula is very warm (think Spain/Greece) and the very tip of it is tropical (think Amazonish). The middle bit is temperate, but the exact middle has the magna tabes which is uncharted and uninhabitable. The area around the magna tabes is also barren and empty, so try to avoid selecting the middle of the map unless you're into that (the magna tabes will be clearly signposted in the next map update). The west of the middle section (past the island-in-a-lake) is also a desert.

Feel free to mark claims and send them to me in a telegram.

Auxillium, Andromitus, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Percyton, Solla Ultima

Unfallious wrote:The west of the middle section (past the island-in-a-lake) is also a desert.

I meant the East

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hey Percy.

I played some Crusader Kings 2 today as custom dynasty Percyton on the island of Sodor (I used the Isle of Man).

Kings of Sodor in my game:

Percy I

Thomas the Cruel

Percy II, the Black (current ruler)

Percy (III) , Earl of Derby ( heir)

Percy (IV) , (eldest son of the heir, was named Percy by the AI)

:)

Very cool! Thomas doesn't strike me as 'cruel' at all, but it is a different Thomas here, so I suppose it doesn't count. And you don't have to name everyone after me. Maybe throw in some Edwards, or Gordons, or Jameses? If you get invaded by Scotland, you can also throw in a Donald or a Douglas.

And now that you mention 'Percy the Black', I wonder how I would look in black livery. James was once painted black, so I'll have to ask him about it.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Very cool! Thomas doesn't strike me as 'cruel' at all, but it is a different Thomas here, so I suppose it doesn't count. And you don't have to name everyone after me. Maybe throw in some Edwards, or Gordons, or Jameses? If you get invaded by Scotland, you can also throw in a Donald or a Douglas.

And now that you mention 'Percy the Black', I wonder how I would look in black livery. James was once painted black, so I'll have to ask him about it.

Well, I only named 2 Percys. The AI named the other Percys. I have some Gordons, Edwards, Tobys, Emily, Duck, Elizabeth (I know she's a truck), Molly tho.

Jaslandia, Percyton

Unfallious wrote:Medieval RP Update

The map has been released! You can view it here: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/260845712571367425/358323988595867651/Medieval_Map.png

The climate map has not been completed yet so feel free to avoid picking claims until that's released but generally the northern Peninsula is tundra and cold, the Southern peninsula is very warm (think Spain/Greece) and the very tip of it is tropical (think Amazonish). The middle bit is temperate, but the exact middle has the magna tabes which is uncharted and uninhabitable. The area around the magna tabes is also barren and empty, so try to avoid selecting the middle of the map unless you're into that (the magna tabes will be clearly signposted in the next map update). The west of the middle section (past the island-in-a-lake) is also a desert.

Feel free to mark claims and send them to me in a telegram.

Nice map Yuk, definitely worth waiting the time I did it for, it's absolute quality - also, socialism is gay

Thanks Unf, I appreciate it - although those comments on socialism are quite unnecessary and unlike you, is something wrong?

Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Well, I only named 2 Percys. The AI named the other Percys. I have some Gordons, Edwards, Tobys, Emily, Duck, Elizabeth (I know she's a truck), Molly tho.

Nice! You even included some of the lesser-known vehicles on Sodor! I'm sure Elizabeth and Molly will appreciate that. So, how do the names work this game anyway? Do you just type in a bunch of possible names at the start of the game, and then the computer randomly picks one whenever a child of the dynasty is born?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:Thanks Unf, I appreciate it - although those comments on socialism are quite unnecessary and unlike you, is something wrong?

i'd compliment you if you had done it right, where's my big black spot my dude

[spoiler=Today is September 17 and today are:]

Today is September 17 and today are:

- Australian Citizenship Day (Australia)

- Batman Day

- Birthday of Crown Prince Tupouto'a-'Ulukalala (Tonga)

- Constitution Day or Citizenship Day (United States)

- Day of Melilla (Melilla, Spain)

- Heroes' Day (Angola)

- International Country Music Day

- Locate An Old Friend Day

- Marathwada Liberation Day (Maharashtra, India)

- National Apple Dumpling Day (United States)

- National Monte Cristo Day (United States)

- Operation Market Garden Anniversary (Netherlands)

- Sybirak's Day (Poland)

- Teachers' Day (Honduras)

- Wife Appreciation Day

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 456 – Remistus, Roman general (magister militum), is besieged by a Gothic force at Ravenna and later executed in the Palace in Classis, outside the city.

- 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".

- 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks.

- 1382 – Louis the Great's daughter, Mary, is crowned "king" of Hungary.

- 1462 – The Battle of Świecino (also known as the Battle of Żarnowiec) is fought during Thirteen Years' War.

- 1577 – The Treaty of Bergerac is signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots.

- 1620 – The Battle of Cecora (1620) is fought between the Ottoman Empire and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Polish–Ottoman War (1620–21).

- 1630 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.

- 1631 – Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.

- 1658 – The Battle of Vilanova is fought between the Portugal and Spain during the Portuguese Restoration War.

- 1683 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules": the first known description of protozoa.

- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.

- 1776 – The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.

- 1778 – The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware Indians).

- 1787 – The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.

- 1793 – The Battle of Peyrestortes is fought.

- 1794 – The Battle of Sprimont is fought.

- 1809 – Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War; the territory that will become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.

- 1814 – Francis Scott Key finishes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", later to be the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner".

- 1849 – American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.

- 1859 – Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States."

- 1861 – Battle of Pavón is fought.

- 1862 – American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.

- 1862 – American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.

- 1894 – Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.

- 1900 – Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.

- 1901 – The Battle of Blood River Poort is fought.

- 1901 – The Battle of Elands River is fought.

- 1908 – The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.

- 1914 – Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.

- 1914 – World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.

- 1916 – World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.

- 1924 – The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.

- 1925 – Frida Kahlo suffers near-fatal injuries in a bus accident in Mexico, causing her to abandon her medical studies and take up art

- 1928 – The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people. It is the third deadliest natural disaster in United States history, behind the Galveston hurricane of 1900 and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

- 1930 – The Ararat rebellion is suppressed.

- 1932 – A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.

- 1939 – World War II: The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939.

- 1939 – World War II: German submarine U-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.

- 1940 – World War II: Following Nazi Germany's defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.

- 1941 – World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense, restoring Vsevobuch in the face of the Great Patriotic War, is issued.

- 1941 – World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran marking the end of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.

- 1944 – World War II: Allied Airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.

- 1944 – World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro independence Estonian units.

- 1944 – World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.

- 1948 – The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the United Nations to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel.

- 1948 – The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.

- 1949 – The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.

- 1954 – The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.

- 1957 – Malaysia joins the United Nations.

- 1961 – The world's first retractable-dome stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

- 1961 – The Minnesota Vikings play and win their first regular season National Football League game.

- 1965 – The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.

- 1974 – Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.

- 1976 – The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA.

- 1978 – The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.

- 1980 – After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.

- 1980 – Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.

- 1983 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.

- 1988 – The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad are opened in Seoul, South Korea.

- 1991 – Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.

- 1991 – The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.

- 1992 – An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin, Germany.

- 2001 – The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.

- 2006 – Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the long-dormant volcano in at least 10,000 years.

- 2006 – An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country.

- 2011 – Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.

- 2016 – Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan, New York. 31 people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 879 – Charles the Simple, French king

- 1730 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general

- 1857 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer

- 1869 – Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian political scientist, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1879 – Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian businessman and politician

- 1883 – Käthe Kruse, German doll-maker

- 1900 – J. Willard Marriott, American businessman, founded the Marriott Corporation

- 1915 – M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director

- 1922 – Agostinho Neto, Angolan poet and politician, 1st President of Angola

- 1923 – Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

- 1930 – Edgar Mitchell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

- 1930 – David Huddleston, American actor

- 1931 – Anne Bancroft, American actress

- 1944 – Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer and explorer

- 1945 – Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach

- 1960 – Damon Hill, English race car driver and guitarist

- 1962 – Baz Luhrmann, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1968 – Anastacia, American singer-songwriter, producer and former dancer

- 1975 – Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver

- 1985 – TomᚠBerdych, Czech tennis player

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

- Paul Tournier -

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, Andromitus, Kalaron, Percyton

Percyton wrote:Nice! You even included some of the lesser-known vehicles on Sodor! I'm sure Elizabeth and Molly will appreciate that. So, how do the names work this game anyway? Do you just type in a bunch of possible names at the start of the game, and then the computer randomly picks one whenever a child of the dynasty is born?

Nah. You get a pop-up message everytime a child of a 'close' relative is born. The game picks a random name of the culture, for instance Ludbert for a medieval German name as an automatic proposal. But you have a text field there so you can give them whatever name you want. If persons with the same name become ruler of the nation the game automatically adds the number when they are coronated. Multiple first names are possible but there is a limit of characters.

So I could name the kid 'Bla Bla Toot Toot Noot'. :)

For the relatives that are born which aren't so close to you the game picks random names of out of a pool of medieval names. It also often uses the names of the parents or grandparents for the children.

Jaslandia, Percyton

Unfallious wrote:Medieval RP Update

The map has been released! You can view it here: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/260845712571367425/358323988595867651/Medieval_Map.png

The climate map has not been completed yet so feel free to avoid picking claims until that's released but generally the northern Peninsula is tundra and cold, the Southern peninsula is very warm (think Spain/Greece) and the very tip of it is tropical (think Amazonish). The middle bit is temperate, but the exact middle has the magna tabes which is uncharted and uninhabitable. The area around the magna tabes is also barren and empty, so try to avoid selecting the middle of the map unless you're into that (the magna tabes will be clearly signposted in the next map update). The west of the middle section (past the island-in-a-lake) is also a desert.

Feel free to mark claims and send them to me in a telegram.

Now to update my factbook!

*Laughs maniacally*

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Also, great map Yukona

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Percyton

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32519465#p32519465

An update on the war, as well as a rebuttal to the PLR from our favourite Stalin cosplayer/crossdresser.

Andromitus, Percyton

Post self-deleted by Yukona.

Unfallious wrote:i'd compliment you if you had done it right, where's my big black spot my dude

In ur butt

Penguania And Antarctica

Andromitus wrote:Also, great map Yukona

Thanks man appreciate ya

First Update of the Karagen Factbook! Here we introduce the idea of a "Tithe", Double down on some Demonyms, add some OOC information on Alchemistry, and introduce a Soon-to-be-implemented Cultural and Historical Chapter;

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=andromitus/detail=factbook/id=866251

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:First Update of the Karagen Factbook! Here we introduce the idea of a "Tithe", Double down on some Demonyms, add some OOC information on Alchemistry, and introduce a Soon-to-be-implemented Cultural and Historical Chapter;

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=andromitus/detail=factbook/id=866251

>No polyamourous gay squid people

0/10 literal garbage

Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Axeldonia wrote:>No polyamourous gay squid people

0/10 literal garbage

The Veiamarr people branched into the races of the Elvenkin and Humankind; but those evolutions were changes in skin tone in response to sunlight, and height in response to magical stimuli and their above ground environments.

Kinda hard to fit Squid People in there :P

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:The Veiamarr people branched into the races of the Elvenkin and Humankind; but those evolutions were changes in skin tone in response to sunlight, and height in response to magical stimuli and their above ground environments.

Kinda hard to fit Squid People in there :P

LITERAL

GARBAGE

Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Axeldonia wrote:LITERAL

GARBAGE

WE'VE HAD 3 HOLY WARS, BOI WANNA MAKE IT FOUR?!

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