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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Love you too <3
:)
Percyton, Midasia
No! #Secondvermontrepublic
Midasia
The dining room in my apartment could seceed from Canada and have almost as much territory as a sovereign Vermont would.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Midasia
[spoiler=Election Results]---Results fo the election are as follows
Chancellor: Mercunova (ACCLAIMED)
Vice-Chancellor: Vista Major (ACCLAIMED)
Minister of Internal Affairs: Lex Caledonia (ACCLAIMED)
Minister of Foreign Affairs:
--Au Minbo: 8 votes
---------Coliainada: 2 votes
[B]Therefore, Au Minbo is declared as having benn elected
Minister of Justice: Penguania And Antarctica (ACCLAIMED)
Speaker: Continental Commonwealths (ACCLAIMED)
Supreme Court Justices
-- Unfallious: 9 votes
-- Jaslandia: 9 votes
-- Flynnvakia: 5 votes
---------Kalaron: 4 votes
---------Gloritania: 2 votes
Therefore, Unfallious, Jaslandia and Flynnvakia are declared as having been elected[/spoiler]
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia
I know you're joking but the size compared to the price of North American homes always baffles me
Penguania And Antarctica
I mean, yeah to that too!
Axeldonia
Congratulations to all elected. And sorries to all that didn't get elected.
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia
In now officially opening up my second term as Vice Chancellor, I issue to all of you a climate survey to be completed at your earliest convenience.
https://goo.gl/forms/XJRf6GO7wfGNQVUx2
Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica
A few loaded questions in here. By asking two questions about threats to safety specifically, you run the risk of biasing respondents towards having an unfavourable view of their safety with respect to this region. Maybe thats just my being a TA for psychometrics shining through, though...
Also, if youre going to touch on subjects such as that, youre probably going to get more honest answers in a survey that provides anonymity.
But even more to the point, how can respondents rate a government thats been in power for 45 minutes?!
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Knowing that a couple people have left over the issue, I did want to include the questions, added to the fact that I haven't asked the question in other surveys we've done. I provide for confidentiality because you aren't required to identify yourself. As to the other point, I am not asking about the new government; I want opinions in the government overall, throughout all one's time here.
Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
Theres a difference between wanting information on a certain topic, and biasing responses on a certain topic. Have you had any issues with x? is more likely to do the former, What issues have you had with x? is more likely to do the latter.
And Im thinking the question on the opinion of government would need to be reworded if you wanted an accurate response based on your criteria. As a whole is just as likely (if not more) to mean the people in the collecive positions of Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Ministers, Justices, Speaker, and deputies as it is to specifically mean the role and duties of the offices.
Good Day.
Congratulations to all new and returned office-holders. If you're new to the region and reading this post, talk to [nation=short]Lex Caledonia[/nation] about gaining citizenship!
Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
The Chancellor's Public Schedule 5 March 2018
(All Times Eastern)
16:00 The Chancellor holds his weekly private conference with the Vice Chancellor
18:00 The Chancellor signs two proclamations
18:05 The Chancellor releases his Inaugural Address to the region
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Axeldonia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Percyton, Midasia
Congratulations on your election Mr. Chancellor.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Thanks Midas :)
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia
Congrats Merc!
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia
Ohh. I think I see where you're getting at here
Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
Thanks Lex, and congrats to you as well <3
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia
Drops Mic
Ces out guys
Jaslandia, Unfallious, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton, Midasia
Pleasure working with you, Ces.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia
Thank you. It has been an honor and priviledge to have lead this region and worked withall of you.
You noticed I relocated.
Good news is I just noticed the Diplomacy Ministry of my region seeks ambassadors. In five minutes I'll have applied
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia
I wish you the best on your journies.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Thank you very much, Midas
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia
Funny you should mention that. Ambassadorship is near the top of my agenda
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
wtf i wasnt elected
this is gay
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Another useless Brexit speech by May. I'm amazed people even have the patience to listen to that old bitch speak for prolonged periods of time.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Confederal States, Spanelsko, Midasia
At least your head of government has refined diction, grammar, and sentence-structure skills.
Jaslandia
She always sounds like she's on the verge of tears, a trembling wreck.
Axeldonia, Mercunova
On the contrary, it may be one of the least gay governments weve elected in a while.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
I say we overthrow the government and only appoint homosexuals. A Rainbow Revolution!
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
Nah, too much work
Penguania And Antarctica
Sloth is a sin.
Penguania And Antarctica
you're mom gay
Penguania And Antarctica
Maybe. Its always hard to tell with Canadian women. I mean, are they wearing the red flannel just because theyre Canadian, or...?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
To be fair, Id be crying too if I had to lead the UK Conservatives.
Jaslandia, Mercunova, Spanelsko
Nobody forced her to be in the Conservatives or be PM. A rod for her own back as they say. Her and Trump both need to hold hands and strongly and stably take a long walk off a short pier.
I didn't know CC was your mom.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
My brood makes up as much as 12% of the citizenship roster when you take inflation into consideration.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Excuse you.
Vista Major
Notice of Proclamations
Proclamation 1 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cccoKDZPEqFTSJlp-xvpALxBiSb1leD1AJMPTFFKf2Q/edit?usp=sharing
Declares the fifth of each month as Community Day within the CoFN.
Proclamation 2 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uS8In7rkqHAuVTmVVJ1ZLR4nHT2TC8GOCRKSZdxgcsA/edit?usp=sharing
Confers the Chancellor's Medal of Freedom upon Oelesa for his years of service to the region.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Percyton
W E R K
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Still plenty of LGBT peeps in it though
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Damn near impossible not to be the case in this region.
Which is pretty cool.
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I agree
Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I'm looking forward to this administration, it seems to be filled with a kind of vigour we've been lacking in the last few governments.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton
I am wholly against whoever redesigned the forums, though. Gosh, what a mess.
Au Minbo, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Midasia
Oppression!
Jaslandia, Midasia
Excuse you.
Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
Thank you Mr. Channcellor. You're one of my true friends I've had the privilege of meeting. Im glad for the memories, glad to have been able to serve as Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Prime Minister, Secretary of State, Chief Justice and Speaker of the House. This medal isnt to boast or prove something, I take this medal not to display my service but as a farewell from that service.
So enough about me. Good luck to the new administration.
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Aldwood, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton, Midasia
OOF
OOOOOOF
*overwhelming flashbacks*
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia
Thank you for your service to the region, Ces!
And thank you to Oel for your service as well!
Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia
Congratulations are in order. You earned it, mein freund.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia
Join a party in power, working to make a difference.
[I]Join The Modern People's Party today![/I]
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=982090
Midasia
Ladies and Gentlemen.
I have decided that I will keep my Nation State for another couple of months. Come june, i will let it collapse.
Thank you all.
Jaslandia, Unfallious, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia
From me, Thomas, and the State of Percyton, a big congratulations to everyone who won! I think this'll be a great government!
Thanks for being our Chancellor, Ces! Good luck with whatever you decide to do!
Congrats, Oel! You deserve it!
I'm sorry to hear you're leaving us, Est, but I'm glad you'll be staying for a little while longer! It's been really great having you around, and we'll miss you when you're gone!
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Coliainada, Midasia
Thanks for everything Ces.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion, Midasia
Tangshan, my corporate hellhole, has an issue with unemployment.
Nice one, NS.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko, Midasia
We Ludanians have just discovered that we're #1 for authoritarianism in the region.
On behalf of His Imperial Majesty, we thank you all for your support <3
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Midasia
Morning y'all.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Midasia
Good morning to you as well. How are yall today?
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
How is this possible? lol. Tangshan should be the most authoritarian...
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Midasia
Good Day!
Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qupeVLtXWLY
The Chancellor's Public Schedule 6 March 2018
(All Times Eastern)
No public schedule.
The Chancellors scheduled weekly meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs has been rescheduled to tomorrow. Any updates to the Chancellors schedule today will be posted publicly.
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
The Commonwealth still exists.
https://www.nationstates.net/region=commonwealth_of_free_nations
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
We're aware
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
It's mine.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona
Please vote.
https://www.strawpoll.me/15212196
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
China's Congress is convening to discuss abolishing term limits for the president and vice president, meaning the current president will probably rule for life, making him the most absolute ruler of China since Mao
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Midasia
Nice hair, though.
In the words of Jack Donaghy, Hair movement is weakness.
Penguania And Antarctica
I don't see anything special about it.
Penguania And Antarctica
unemployment= *not enough slaves*
Nuremgard, Midasia
Read an article in the Guardian by a Sinn Fein MP who was explaining why he and his party do not sit in Parliament. The comments below it were very telling of the British/English attitude towards the Irish.
"Grow up", "Hypocrite", "Pathetic", "living in the past", "grievance monger", "IRA" etc. etc.
Then many down south are utterly mystified as to why many want to leave their glorious UK.
Axeldonia
If you would buy a product and it had one of the following labels, which one would you think is the best in quality based on the label?
a) Made in U.S.A.
b) Made in Britain
c) Made in Japan
d) Made in Italy
e) Made in Germany
f) Made in China/Made in PRC
g) Swiss Made
(multiple choice are possible, Explanation would be nice but not required)
Vista Major, Axeldonia
Made in Japan or Germany.
Penguania And Antarctica
Why?
Germany has the best economy in the EU and a respectable manufacturing base. Plus, European standards are good too. Japan is famous for their electronics.
Penguania And Antarctica
Depends on the good. For most industrial and household goods, I'd say USA. For something more technological or robotic, I'd say Japan or South Korea. For something luxury or hand-crafted (like watches or specialty items), I'd say either Italy, Germany, or Switzerland.
Penguania And Antarctica
Fortunatey, I think only certain people find the time, effort, and result that comes from commenting on such things rewarding, and these people arent necessarily reflective of the people writ large.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Mercunova
Fortunatey I know how to spell "fortunately."
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Funny, I didnt see Be a Sass Queen penciled into the Chancellors Daily Schedule around 2:40pm Eastern. :P
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Midasia
I certainly hope not because if it did reflect the people, it wouldn't say much for their intelligence.
Oh, but now I'm being an evil elitist because I dared to suggest their opinions are wrong.
Axeldonia
I get sassy when I've got no events. Bear with me pls <3
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
You underestimate our industrial products.
We have a saying over here:
Qualität ist wenn der Kunde zurückkommt und nicht das Produkt.
Quality is when the customer comes back and not the product.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Midasia
Heres something you can do. For the next Chancellor-Speaker Meeting, add the following to the agenda:
Overthrow your Word Paper Clip-impersonating ass.
(Juuuust kidding. Please dont charge me!)
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
A good and accurate saying.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Careful what you wish for.
Our policies are few, but truly representative of the needs of the people.
Chancellor vs Speaker battle.
Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Mercunova, Midasia
I haven't really seen any German industrial products over here, so I guess I wouldn't know. Most of that stuff we get here is manufactured either in the USA, or in a less-developed country like China or Indonesia.
Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
For razor blades, Made in Germany only.
I use a classic single-blade butterfly razor and those are best.
Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
BASF
Heckler & Koch
Infineon Technologies
ThyssenKrupp
Kärcher
Drägerwerk
Festo
Siemens
Rheinmetall
Krauss-Maffei
Phoenix Contact
Robert Bosch GmbH
Sennheiser
SIG Sauer
Stihl
The Linde Group
Bayer
BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik
Blaupunkt
Carl Zeiss AG
Claas
Continental AG
Evonik Industries
Faber-Castell
Gardena
...
Jaslandia
Huh. Can't say I've heard of most of those (only ones I've heard of are Siemens and Bayer). Most of those are manufacturing-related companies, and that wasn't really what I meant by 'industrial products'. I meant stuff like washing machines, dishwashers, and other machines that are produced by heavy industry and bought by consumers.
Penguania And Antarctica
Just to comment on the heavy industry portion, Germany is one of the only European countries to retain the heaviest industry of all, tank production. It's what makes their defense problems so trivial compared to Britain or Italy, Germany just needs to pour money into what they already have to suddenly be out of the troubles.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
You haven't heard of Sennheiser (headphones), Bosch (spark plugs) and Continental (tires)?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Oh. Learn something new every day. Nice job, Germany!
I can't say I have. The headphones I buy are more of the cheaper variety (and German goods are usually more expensive), and I haven't needed to buy tires or spark plugs yet since I don't have my own car yet.
Mercunova
Bosch builds washing machines, dishwashers, kitchen equipment, cookers, fridges, water boilers, sensors (like the motion sensor in your smartphone), but also working tools like drilling machines , saws, milling machines, angle grinder, etc.
Kärcher produces high-pressure cleaners.
Stihl produces chainsaws.
Carl Zeiss produces high precision optical instruments and lenses.
Claas produces harvesters and tractors
ThyssenKrupp produces all kinds of machinery for many industrial branches.
Infineon produces microchips.
...
Jaslandia
Yee, they didn't lemming the whole industry into the ground, so they're in a similar -but better- boat than France (Who kept most of their industry) and vastly better than Britan's boat since they closed their tank factories entirely. The merge is on the way as well, frankly, where France and Germany will probably mingle their companies to make the next generation and bully Britain into buying Franco-Germanic tanks to keep up, unless Britain somehow reverses decades of decay....or just buys American.
It's honestly cool to think of.
Jaslandia
Bearlong, come hither
Jaslandia
I'm feeling Japan or Germany on this one, too. Maybe Britain or Switzerland in a pinch.
Penguania And Antarctica
[spoiler=Today is March 6 and today are:]
Today is March 6 and today are:
- Day of Memorial and Respect for Veterans (Kosovo)
- Day of the Dude (Dudeism)
- European Day of the Righteous (Europe)
- Foundation Day (Norfolk Island)
- Independence Day (Ghana)
- National Dentists Day (United States)
- National Dress Day (United States)
- National Frozen Food Day (United States)
- National Oreo Cookie Day (United States)
- National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day (United States)
- Peace Corps Day
- Town Meeting Day Vermont (Vermont)
- Unique Names Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 12BC The Roman Emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the Emperor.
- 0632 The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
- 0845 Execution of the 42 Martyrs of Amorium at Samarra
- 0961 Byzantine conquest of Chandax by Nikephoros Phokas, end of the Emirate of Crete
- 1204 The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus.
- 1454 Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to King Casimir IV of Poland who agrees to commit his forces in aiding the Confederation's struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
- 1521 Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.
- 1665 The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
- 1788 The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
- 1820 The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
- 1834 York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.
- 1836 Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.
- 1857 The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
- 1869 Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
- 1882 The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
- 1899 Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
- 1902 Real Madrid C.F. is founded.
- 1912 Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
- 1921 Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
- 1930 International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern
- 1943 Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.
- 1945 World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops.
- 1945 World War II: Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.
- 1946 Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
- 1951 The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
- 1953 Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 1957 Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
- 1964 Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
- 1964 Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
- 1965 Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
- 1967 Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
- 1968 Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
- 1970 An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
- 1975 For the first time the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.
- 1975 Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
- 1981 After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
- 1983 The first United States Football League games is played.
- 1984 In the United Kingdom, a walkout at Cortonwood Colliery in Brampton Bierlow signals the start of a strike that lasted almost a year and involved the majority [but never all] of the country's miners.
- 1987 The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.
- 1988 Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius.
- 1992 The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
- 2008 A suicide bomber kills 68 people (including first responders) in Baghdad on the same day that a gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1459 Jakob Fugger, German merchant and banker
- 1475 Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor
- 1619 Cyrano de Bergerac, French author and playwright
- 1787 Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer
- 1926 Alan Greenspan, American economist and politician
- 1926 Andrzej Wajda, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1927 Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1936 Marion Barry, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia
- 1937 Valentina Tereshkova, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut, first woman in space
- 1946 David Gilmour, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1954 Harald Schumacher, German footballer and manager
- 1972 Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player, actor, and rapper
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Quote of the day
Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
- Mark Twain (American Author, 1835-1910) -
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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Kalaron, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton
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