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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Keep in mind I am copy pasting from another source for some of this, and making changes where needed.
Principate: The Principate can best be described in modern terms as a military dictatorship. Legally speaking, there was/is no emperor, but merely a first citizen who happened to have the ability to execute anyone he wanted and controlled the entire military through personal loyalty. But on paper, still a Republic. Augustus for example was keen to keep this appearance up, even living in a modest home.
Dominate: He sits not as a first citizen, but as a king. He expects people to prostrate themselves in front of him, to not speak directly to him, etc. He wears gold crowns and other lavish jewels to signify his position, and in general makes no bones about what his position is.
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Now as to why Principate would be better? There is already an Empress in Africa, mine.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
if i may know where can i find out about these people? or what ideology they stand for? i can always do it random.
Lavan Tiri
You have an African empress? Nice.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
Well she is technically Levantine, but yes, Tserra is an African state.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Axeldonia
All of these people are in the Socialist Party of Minnesota. I will hold elections depending on the winner.
Lavan Tiri
ok.
Lavan Tiri
I once considered making a federal African superstate.
Lavan Tiri
*Memphis Noir salivates*
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
Memphis Noir?
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
One of Vista's states
Just adding in: the Principate was the era in the Roman Empire in which the Emperors still pretended to be in charge of a republic rather than a monarchy, given that monarchist tendencies in Rome would've gotten any ruler killed. Over time, the Republican-era institutions fell apart and Diocletian introduced reforms that led to the Dominate, a more authoritarian rule in which all pretences were pretty much dropped and the Emperors ruled without Republican leadership such as the Consuls (Consuls in the Principate were seen as a method for the aristocracy to move up to the higher levels of Imperial administration: when the Dominate came in, the office lost most of its powers and, by extension, its prestige)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
Interesting. I read that the republican period only lasted about 500 years. For the rest of its existence, Rome was an imperial monarchy.
Lavan Tiri
The Wyoming Badlands are a geographic feature that covers about a third of Western Wyoming.
Lavan Tiri
Very much so: Ironically, the introduction of the Dominate led to serious blows to the Roman government, some reforms being catastrophic and actually accelerated the collapse of the Empire (the tetrarchy system that was introduced due to the Crisis of the Third Century, but that failed due to the Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy between the junior Caesares and senior Augusti, leading to power being divided into two Emperors, which we knew led to the formation of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires), and the eventual shift of power in which Rome eventually lost its prestige as a capital city due to more powerful co-Emperors (Constantine being the most obvious)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
Huh. I always thought they just divided it into two empires because it became too large to administrate.
Lavan Tiri
Couldnt the Dominate of the PLRK cooperate and be on great terms with your Empress? Possibly carve up Africa between our two powers and establish a non-aggression pact
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri
You know? I never actually thought someone at my school would call me a Spaniard. Like, not even having a guffaw here or being offended. I'm just confused.
Lavan Tiri
When Diocletian introduced his reforms, there was a diarchy in which Diocletian was the Augustus and the Roman general Maximian was designated as Caesar until his promotion a year later (286): By 293, however, the strain of ruling the Empire, Diocletian (with Maximian's consent as co-Emperor) expanded the powers of the Emperors to the first Caesares, Galerius and Constantius Chlorus. Eventually, Diocletian and Maximian abdicated in 305, at which point Galerius and Constantius became Augusti and appointed Severus and Maximinus Daia. The cracks began when Constantius was killed in battle, at which point his armies appointed Constantine as Emperor (despite Constantine claiming that they forced him to take the position unlawfully instead of appointment). In response, Maximian's son Maxentius got rid of Severus and Galerius, as well as his father, and contended power with the new Augustus Licinius: Maxentius and Constantine went to war with each other, then Licinius and Maximinus Daia fought each other, then finally the victors Constantine and Licinius fought each other until Constantine won the war, becoming the sole Emperor until he divided the Empire into the Western and Eastern halves.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Peoples Liberation Republic, Axeldonia
Thank you for the detailed explanation.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Pirate Kingdoms
I'm guessing an assumption based on the name Jaime
Lavan Tiri
Nah, she didn't know my name until after. She just right out the gate yelled "HEY YOU, SPANIARD!" at me while I sat at a table talking with my friends.
Lavan Tiri
dafuq
Lavan Tiri
Oh I was not actually being 100 percent serious with the ending portion of my answer to Nurem. Honestly you do you. In actuality I just find it would probably be easier to get along with a fella that did not think of himself as someone to be bowed, and kowtowed to.
Lavan Tiri, Peoples Liberation Republic
And nothing bad ever happened to the roman ever again. Truly, splitting the empire was a move of pure genius.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
Tse takes that to mean she wants the a little bit of that Jaime cack.
Lavan Tiri
*cue the barbarian tribals*
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
Seems like it: maybe a threeway with Tim to take that boipus?
Lavan Tiri, Tserra
Unprovoked?
Lavan Tiri
You wouldn't like dealing with the Emperor of Tangshan then.
Lavan Tiri, Spanelsko
This guy knows whats up.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Pirate Kingdoms
See
Like
She did start saying that people sitting at the table were hot before alternating to telling them to shut up. To be fair, she is one of the special students though.
I literally was sitting in silence when she started yelling it so yee.
Lavan Tiri
You should've replied like
WHAT QUARREL DO YOU HAVE WITH ME, GAUL?
Jaslandia, The Empire Of Handland, Lavan Tiri, Lex Caledonia
http://www.strawpoll.me/14232428
Please vote if you haven't already.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Wut
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/233369021632872448/372530079361925120/unknown.png
Nah, would have made my friend uncomfortable since she kinda makes some kids feel unsafe. It makes the Kal feel bad too because every time she comes around, one of my Friends with PTSD always seems to shrink down a bit. :<
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
I wasn't super serious y'know :P
Lavan Tiri
Lavan! Great to see you again!
Poor Poland. The unfortunate chew-toy of Europe.
A Gladiator reference, perhaps? Russell Crowe's character was called 'Spaniard' or 'the Spaniard' when he first became a gladiator, before he revealed his real identity and whatnot.
https://youtu.be/_q1FvCRtYXs
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
The Black one
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, The Wyoming Peoples Front
Jas
buddy
I don't think she was referencing Gladiator
D:
(Jk I knew)
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
I figured as much, but it didn't hurt to consider the possibility.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
http://www.strawpoll.me/14232428
Please Vote.
(there is a tie and I don't want to make another poll)
Penguania And Antarctica
Y'know
You could
Like
Have it run for more than 1 day.
I am.
Slow night cats? Or is this region over in the AM?
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Mostly night-time: I just finished my college assignments for the night, about to turn in
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Blame time zones. A lot of us around either the eastern U.S. or western Europe, so it's pretty late for us around this time. Unless you plan on recruiting a bunch of people from the western U.S. or East Asia, expect the region to be pretty slow during these hours.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I am working nights for the week so I am always up.
Jaslandia
Want to fill out a form for me then? :3
https://goo.gl/forms/XMgOymwNVT02csSZ2
Please vote.
http://www.strawpoll.me/14232428
Empress Mara Sov will remain head of government.
Vote for Parliament
http://www.strawpoll.me/14237013
Central Europe over here :P
Jaslandia, Percyton
Post self-deleted by Alzarikstan.
Time to destroy the current liberal unstable international order in our MT RP but the right way
The Empire Of Handland
I am Canadian but stuck working in Iraq, talk about time zone changes you should see my sleeping patterns on RR when i got to Europe, North America and Asia all in 30 days xD
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Which MTRP is that?
An hour difference from western Europe, so close enough. What time is it for you now?
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Now it's 7.20pm.
Jaslandia, Percyton
Please Vote.
http://www.strawpoll.me/14237013
Penguania And Antarctica
...our modern times RP, which is reflected in the NS forums we use for our national news but also the link on the regional factbook for our MT page
The Wyoming Peoples Front
Already vooted :3
Kalaron, Minnesota Dakota
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32751806#p32751806
News update from Handland.
Percyton
[spoiler=Today is October 25 and today are:]
Today is October 25 and today are:
- Armed Forces Day (Romania)
- Chucky, The Notorious Killer Doll Day
- Constitution Day (Lithuania)
- Customs Officer's Day (Russia)
- Day of the Basque Country (Basque Country, Spain)
- Hurricane Thanksgiving (US Virgin Islands)
- International Artists Day
- National Greasy Food Day (United States)
- Punk for a Day Day
- Retrocession Day (Taiwan)
- Sourest Day
- Sovereignty Day (Slovenia)
- Thanksgiving Day (Grenada)
- World Pasta Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 285 (or 286) Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
- 473 Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1147 Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum.
- 1147 Reconquista: After a siege of four months, crusader knights led by Afonso Henriques reconquered Lisbon.
- 1415 Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England and his lightly armoured infantry and archers defeat the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt on Saint Crispin's Day.
- 1616 Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.
- 1747 British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.
- 1760 George III becomes King of Great Britain.
- 1812 War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
- 1822 Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins.
- 1828 St Katharine Docks open in London.
- 1854 The Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade).
- 1861 The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
- 1900 The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
- 1917 Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia
- 1920 After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.
- 1924 The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win.
- 1927 The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
- 1940 Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
- 1944 Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.
- 1944 The USS Tang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine captain of World War II) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
- 1944 World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf: The largest naval battle in history, takes place in and around the Philippines between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the U.S. Third and U.S. Seventh Fleets. Afterward is the first Kamikaze attack of the war.
- 1945 The Republic of China takes over administration of Taiwan following Japan's surrender to the Allies.
- 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council proving that Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba.
- 1971 The United Nations seats the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (see political status of Taiwan and China and the United Nations).
- 1973 Yom Kippur War officially ends with a ceasefire.
- 1977 Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.
- 1980 Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague.
- 1983 Operation Urgent Fury: The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.
- 1995 A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
- 1997 After a brief civil war which has driven President Pascal Lissouba out of Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself the President of the Republic of the Congo.
- 2009 The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1747 - Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian statesman and reformer
- 1806 - Max Stirner, German philosopher and author
- 1825 - Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator
- 1838 - Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer
- 1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor
- 1919 - Beate Uhse, German pilot and entrepreneur, started the first sex shop in the world
- 1940 - Bob Knight, American basketball player and coach
- 1957 - Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress
- 1958 - Kornelia Ender, German swimmer
- 1964 - Nicole, German singer
- 1970 - Peter Aerts, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist
- 1979 - Rosa Mendes, Canadian-American wrestler and model
- 1984 - Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1987 - Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast
[/spoiler]
Quote of the day
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
- Samuel Johnson -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Kalaron, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
WOW I have a gambling problem...
Isn't that every day in the US?
Да здравствует революция
Fada beò ann an dùthaich aonaichte
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
YES
Axeldonia
Just in Texas
Axeldonia
The elections for the Imperial Parliament have finished.
The Socialist Party will get 78 seats, The Free Party will get 78 seats, The Total Democracy Party will get 52 seats, and The Central Party will get 52 seats.
Thank you.
Peoples Liberation Republic, Percyton
So you are a free socialist central democracy...
Interesting.
Hm, Minnesota Dakota, we border in Nebraska and South Dakota, there should be an RP opportunity there.
Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Hej
Percyton
The final step in PLRK's version of Fascism has been completed: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32753634#p32753634
Domestic stability shall be easy now and soon I shall return to the international community
I'd actually like to hear your plan as to how you're going to get the international community to come back to the PLRK; Internal developments are good but Autarky is just the slow death of a nation...
Axeldonia
I'm already discussing relations with a few countries. Don't worry. PLRK will be back and I never said I'm going for autarky
It's almost Halloween, and Sodor Railways is going all-out this year! This year, we're offering three Halloween-related services:
First, we have our Murder Mystery Dinner Train. It's basically exactly as the name implies: Gordon or Emily will pull a special luxury passenger train along the Main Line, complete with five-course meal. While the passengers are eating, they can enjoy an interactive murder-mystery play. We got this idea from the Seminole Gulf Railway in Florida, which Jas kindly brought up to us.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole_Gulf_Railway#Murder_Mystery_Dinner_Train_.26_Excursions
The second event is Trick-or-Treating on the Tracks. Special passenger trains will pick up trick-or-treating children and their families, with the train stopping at each (passenger) station along the line so children can trick-or-treat at the station and get candy and other goodies. We'll be having 2-3 of these services on the Main Line, and 1-2 services on each of the branch lines (excluding freight-only lines like the Killdane Branch Line and the Kirk Ronan Branch extension). Me and Thomas are going to be pulling these trick-or-treating trains along Thomas' Branch Line, for example. It's going to be a lot of fun!
Finally, we have the Haunted Branch Line! The Ulfstead Branch Line between Maron and Ulfstead Castle will be decorated to make it look creepy and spooky, with a variety of spooky stops along the way (namely a haunted forest in the Whistling Woods, a haunted mansion at the Duke and Duchess of Boxford's summer house, and a haunted farm near High Farm). Spencer and Stephen will pull the passenger trains along the line, with their carriages also being decorated to look spooky (creepy music, things that drop from the ceiling, seats reserved for skeletons and ghosts, etc.). The spooky tour will end at Ulfstead Castle, which Sir Robert Norramby has turned into a haunted castle! Glynn and Millie will even disguise themselves as ghost engines for the event, 'haunting' and lurking around the Ulfstead Castle Estate Railway! The Skarloey Railway is doing a similar event along the narrow gauge line between Ulfstead Castle and Strawberry Grove, so people could technically go straight from the Ulfstead Branch Line tour to the Skarloey tour if they want twice the scares! I think one scary tour would be enough for me, but everyone's different.
In case you're curious, the Murder Mystery Dinner Train and the Haunted Branch Line services run from tomorrow until November 3rd, while Trick-or-Treating on the Tracks will only be on October 29th, 30th, and 31st. I'm usually scared by Halloween, but I these events make me really excited about the holiday!
Welcome to the region, Mosseholm! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here!
How awful! There are lots of school buses on Sodor too, but thankfully nothing like that has ever happened.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mosseholm
Those services all sound like a lot of fun, Percy! If I lived in Percyton, I'd really enjoy those things!
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Im in a PMT RP right now, and 0 of those you mentioned are in it, unless you consider bioreactors reliant on agricultural products a secret energy source, even though it exists today. Its all a matter of how you structure it and the people you bring in.
Forgive me if Im wrong, but you mentioned earlier that in your experience PMT descends into dick waving contests, and all I can say is that it sounds like youve simply had bad players and have blamed the setting instead of the people in it.
Same concept applies to FT, FFT, FanT, PT, etc.. If you have a bunch good players like PK and PLR in your RP, you can make any setting amazing. Similarly, if you have bad players, every setting will become shíte.
I will never do anything futuristic, fantasy, or PMT. I will only go backwards in time
I agree that good players can make any RP good.
That is the nature of having good players.
Axeldonia, Andromitus, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
TBH, Peng and Percy are clearly the best players :D
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
Lol. Thanks, Kal! I try my best.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica
Agreed.
Andromitus, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
To be honest, I find medieval or similar RPs to be fun. So I go for fantasy RP a lot, my only exception being fantasy FT setups, like Star Wars.
Andromitus
See, theres no problem with the setting, just the people in it. If you have good people that can restrict themselves for the sake of the rest, even the people that say ew FT can enjoy it.
I believe that you misread me.
Andromitus
[spoiler=Percy's Fright Plans]
[/spoiler]This all sounds spooktacular! I think I'll come over and experience this personally. I'll even bring the missus and our colt, Savyen. I can't wait.
Also... did the freighters arrive? The Dockmaster in Sevastopol confirmed arrival, but I wanted to check with you.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Great! We look forward to your visit, and we'll make all the necessary arrangements to ensure your visit is as comfortable and safe as possible.
And yes, the freight train did arrive; it pulled into Brendam Docks a few minutes ago, in fact. The cranes Cranky and Big Mickey are unloading the engines and boxcars you sent us as we speak. When everything is unloaded, the engines will be taken to the Steamworks on a goods train pulled by Murdoch and Douglas. Once at the Steamworks, the engines will be modified for use on Sodor's railways and then brought to life. We're also planning to bring alive the boxcars you sent us: We're curious to see what kind of personality a Russian boxcar would have, and we're hoping they'll be less troublesome than the sentient trucks we have now.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Yes... I remember a few of those trucks on my last visit long ago.
Pleasant dreams comrade. It's time for me to head to the stables. G'night.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Oh, so Russkov sent you some more engines? That's nice of him. And some boxcars too?
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Goodnight, Russ!
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Goodnight, Russ!
Indeed he did. I was researching the idea of the strategic steam reserve, and since Russia/USSR used to have a strategic steam reserve, Russ generously allowed Sodor to have a few engines from that collection, plus some complementary boxcars/goods vans filled with gifts for Percyton.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_steam_reserve
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Neat! Glad to hear that Sodor Railways has some new engines and rolling stock.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hey dudes, you mind answering this 'ere survey?
It's for a good cause :D
https://goo.gl/forms/GusEN6E70mq5thtj2
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Nice entertainment over there. I'll jump on the next plane and visit Sodor. Halloween on Sodor, here I come! :D
Jaslandia, Kalaron, Percyton
Thats a valid point about purses, says Thomas Taffs, the new office intern. But Im enjoying all the naked girls running around on campus. How about you just make it legal for males to wear clothes and keep the females naked? After all, as the saying goes, the clothes make the man.
The Talking Point
Clothed men and nude women illustrate the stark contrasts in the nation's equality laws.
Well i think that all females of Iberia will hate me even more from now :p
Did you ever hear of the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise?
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
I think you told me about that before. Would you be so kind and jog my memory, Master Yuk?
Jaslandia, Percyton
Can someone link the regional newsfeed on the WFE?
Jaslandia, Percyton, Cesorion, Confederal States
I thought you would need reminding. Its not a story the Jedi would tell you. Its a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life He had such a knowledge of the dark side, he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I think Prince Jason and his wife Princess Victoria will also visit Sodor to take in the Halloween activities. Prince Jason and his wife will also bring their son Prince Louis, and their niece Princess Maria.
https://youtu.be/246YpNGCi3g
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Post self-deleted by Kalaron.
Just realized that elections are coming up in a few weeks, huh.
Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion
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