Post Archive
Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
UK here. Scotland to be more specific.
Lex Caledonia
Oh actually I knew that from people talking about it here, sorry I just didn't make the connection!
I'm from the US, and honestly sorry but I think we're in a slightly worse situation than you. But maybe that's just my bias, since I'm kind of uninformed about UK chaos. How does Brexit directly affect you? especially with you being Scottish?
Nuremgard, Yukona
Where to begin?!
First off, all of Scotland voted to remain in the EU by a majority. But since England and Wales are leaving, we are too. That's the pitfall of being in a union with a bigger, more populous country.
Scottish farming will be hit badly when CAP subsidies from the EU stop. Scottish trade will suffer badly because we send a lot of stuff to the EU. We wont be able to travel, work and live in the EU as freely as we can right now.
So many negative factors to consider. I voted to leave the EU but when I did, it felt wrong. My instincts told me not to but I did because I thought (stupidly) it was the right thing to do and that independence for Scotland would be easier to achieve if we removed a "layer of government."
I have since changed my mind because hindsight is 20/20. My only consolation is that because I am a Scot, my vote basically meant jack sh!t in the grand scheme of things because we're a minority in the UK. Plus, we're getting another referendum due to Brexit so every cloud has a silver lining!
Merlinton, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Yikes.
That does sound like a mess. But if you get another referendum, doesn't that mean you have a better chance of Scottish independence now? So in a way your instinct was right. Do you think Scotland could somehow rejoin the EU separate from the UK???
Nuremgard
I have heard many No voters who have changed their minds. I think we have more of a chance in a second referendum. But nothing is certain. I hope we have one before we leave the EU, however, because if the referendum happens post-Brexit, the 181,000 EU nationals (estimate from a government report) will be denied a vote in the referendum by Westminster.
And yes, I'd very much like to see Scotland join the EU once it gains independence. Europe has been making favourable noises towards us since the EU referendum. I don't see why they would not want a resource-rich country that is so pro-EU not in the EU.
Merlinton, Lex Caledonia
Oh my god this is us right now ^^^ I know so many Trump voters who regret it now. I'm sure there are Brexit voters like you who regret it now too.
I don't know what the solution to that is. Informed voting? Thinking more big-picture and envisioning the practical outcomes? Crossing your fingers that you're making the right choice?
So then Scotland will be okay in all of this, right? Your misery is temporary! :) You can watch England suffer!
Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania
By the way I like your country. Not many Duchies around these parts.
Merlinton
Unfortunately it is not my desire to see England suffer. I feel terribly sorry for the English who do not support the Tories but are stuck down there. I'd happy welcome them all up here in Scotland but not everyone has the luxury of being able to uproot their whole life and move to another country.
That's the thing. There's always the chance we might lose the second referendum. That would make our misery permanent!
Post self-deleted by The Empire Of Handland.
I'm sure William and Harry would find your "joke" hilarious.
Yukona
Man I swear no one has a sense of humor here. Fine I'll take it down.
Magnatronia
I didn't ask you to take it down. I'm just saying I personally don't find your joke funny. Humour is subjective.
Yukona
Hey, *I* thought it was funny dude. That's all that matters tbh
Smh people here are so touchy
The Empire Of Handland, Yukona, United Continental States
Maybe if your mum dies in a car crash you'll find that funny too. Swings and roundabouts as they say.
Yukona
I know you didn't, but seeing as how you had the quotations around joke and the somewhat condensending attitude that went with it, I figured it's what would be best for this region.
Yukona
That's your choice. Sorry for not sharing your rib-cracking sense of humour.
Yukona
Goddamn kid, what the hell is your problem?
I don't have a problem. Am I not allowed an opinion on somebody's joke?
Yukona
He doesn't find jokes about RL people dying to be funny.
Man, what a problem.
Nuremgard, Yukona, United Continental States
Thank you! I think it's because when I first formed my nation, like 5 years ago, I selected the "Grand Duchy" as my starter title and then when I was able to change it, I just stuck with that theme. It's kinda unique, you know?
Nuremgard, Kalaron, Yukona
I like it. I've considered making a principality/duchy but I have 6 nations already so...:P
How much power does the Duchess have?
Merlinton
Christ, is there anything you guys DON'T take seriously?
Oh come on, you know that's not what I was saying. I'm saying it's jumping the gun to say that I'd find it funny if someone's parents died. I don't find it funny for that reason. I like it because it's a horrible thing to say, and it's the shock that scares me.
Okay.
I get the joke, just think it's in poor taste.
Plenty, in fact, most things.
That said, when someone starts acting like my homeboy has got a problem just cause he didn't find a joke funny, I comment on the situation.
Tbh Nurem is one of my oldest friends here and I will use my gay powers to defend him, don't even make me.
Nuremgard
Thank you, some one who's not so kneejerk about everything
I find that hard to believe when the EC President, Jose Manuel Barroso himself said an independent Scotland's membership in the EU would be nearly impossible.
https://www.rt.com/news/scotland-eu-membership-barroso-307/
Oh, so gallant. *fans self with rainbow-patterned fan*
Kalaron
This was said in 2014. The Better Together campaign stressed that a No vote would protect Scotland's place within the EU. The EU also has a reputation of not liking it when member states splinter off and separate. Having Scotland leave the UK when it was a member state would have created a situation the EU had never faced before.
But at least now if Scotland does become independent at some point in the future, it will be a new state applying for membership. Or Scotland might become the successor state of the UK to the EU.
Yukona
Just call me Gallavant, meanwhile Tim can be my madalena except he doesn't leave me for King Richard.
Nuremgard
What gay powers?? How does that relate to this? Actually, nevermind, I won't question it. I'm just gonna let it go. But honestly, it's ridiculous that people here get hissy fits from a joke. Mau's was different, but Hand's was just shock humor?
I'd just like to point out I wasn't having a hissy fit. I was just saying I didn't like the joke. Calm down. You liked the joke. I didn't. C'est la vie.
------------------ the joke
O
<> you
/\
Yukona
The reasons Jose Manuel Barroso said the membership of Scotland in the EU are still extremely relevant. In the article I provided, he said that he does not think Spain would accept a newly independent Scotland for membership as it sets a precedent for its own independence concerns in Catalonia.
In addition, I've always wondered. How in the hell would an independent Scotland keep its economy based on fossil fuels afloat once its supply in the North Sea run dry?
Merlinton, Fibertas, Yukona, United Continental States
A lot, actually, for a system that's supposed to be constitutional XD
There's an elected body of officials - in my old region I called it a ministry but I haven't done any RP in this region, and I don't think I will use this nation to RP anymore. So anyways, by the old way I played it, there was an elected ministry and then the Duchess position was filled by a complex hierarchy - familial, but always female and always skips a generation, and several chosen advisors to the previous Duchess are able to "veto" the coronation of a Duchess if they believe it's necessary, which then triggers a vote by the ministry, and then if that passes (denying the coronation) it moves down the hierarchy again without skipping.
Mag and Andy have been helping me sort out some RP stuff and once I'm done with school (in four days) I'm probably going to start being more active in RP here because I really miss it. The thing is though, I'm sick of RPing as a pacifist, liberal nation. So I've got a different plan with a new nation and it's a lot more exciting :P I just gotta figure out how citizenship / map claim will work with me having a side nation and if I can just transfer the claim to the side nation even if it isn't an official citizen. I was planning to TG Baxten this weekend but I had to work 15 hours between today and yesterday and then study for finals, so I didn't quite get around to it.
Nuremgard
Das rite
Senior figures have been positive in regards to Scotland's prospective membership.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/eus-chief-brexit-negotiator-agrees-8796253
https://stv.tv/news/politics/1384635-spain-would-not-block-independent-scotland-joining-eu/
I see you've bought into the myth that Scotland's economy is dependent on oil. It's not. We have a strong and diverse onshore economy, including food and drink exports, construction, IT, financial services, tourism etc. Scottish whisky alone counts for a quarter of all UK food and drink exports.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9967522/Scotch-whisky-accounts-for-25pc-of-UKs-food-and-drink-exports.html
Lex Caledonia
I actually rolled my eyes.
Why are you like this?
The Empire Of Handland, Yukona, Magnatronia
You tell me
The Empire Of Handland
Sorry, *u tell me
The Empire Of Handland
Those pesky constitutions and politics. They're never simple! :P Nuremgard's monarchy is mostly ceremonial but the Tsar does have reserve powers he can use in a national or constitutional crisis.
Merlinton
Dang the mods keep crushing my potential court cases.
Merlinton, Yukona, Magnatronia
Darn those mods, doing their job :P
United Continental States
The last mod still hasn't said whether he'll make me his apprentice :(
Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Penguania And Antarctica
"Fly home, Maggy boy, I work alone."
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, The Empire Of Handland, Magnatronia
Man, looks like I'm outta work now
The Empire Of Handland
I got kids to feed, man
The Empire Of Handland, Penguania And Antarctica
Oh god, if you ever want to see Zac Efron in drag, get a ticket for Baywatch asap!
Vista Major
Its tragic, truly.
This office is giving dust bunnies.
The court is like the old guard. Deadly as hell, but rarely used.
Vista Major
Crack that whip
Give the past the slip
Step on a crack
Break your momma's back
When a problem comes along
You must whip it
Before the cream sits out too long
You must whip it
When something's going wrong
You must whip it
Now whip it
Into shape
Shape it up
Get straight
Go forward
Move ahead
Try to detect it
It's not too late
To whip it
Whip it good
Vista Major
Good looking lad though.
Hey kid, the state will take care of your kids if you enlist for 4 years in the name of this great nation. All you'll have to do is serve in the colonies for a bit and fight a short war in some place you've probably never heard of. What do you say?
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, United Continental States
Saying that man is good looking is a huge understatement. I would legit leave Mitch for him.
Plus, rumors say he's also very down to earth, talented and humble off camera, which makes him even more attractive.
Nuremgard
Anyhow, how are y'all today?
Penguania And Antarctica
I'm doing very good. :)
How about you?
I'm good, tired though.
I wish I were cuddling Tim.
Penguania And Antarctica
I'm okay. Made another payment to my grasping, greedy energy company. Yourself?
Merlinton, Penguania And Antarctica
I also hear he is...*clears throat* endowed.
Penguania And Antarctica
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0475293/
#NeverForget #HumbleOrigins
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia
[spoiler=Today is June 5 and today are:]
Today is June 5 and today are:
- Arbor Day (New Zealand)
- Constitution Day (Denmark, Faroe Island)
- Father's Day (Denmark)
- Feast of Núr (Bahá'í Faith)
- Hot Air Balloon Day
- Indian Arrival Day (Suriname)
- Jefferson Davis Birthday (Alabama, United States)
- Khordad Movement Anniversary (Iran)
- Liberation Day (Seychelles)
- National Gingerbread Day (United States)
- National Moonshine Day (United States)
- National Veggie Burger Day (United States)
- President's Day (Equatorial Guinea)
- Sausage Roll Day
- Teachers' Day (Romania)
- Thank God It's Monday Day
- Western Australia Day (Western Australia, Australia)
- Whit Monday (Christianity)
- World Environment Day
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- AD 70 Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.
- 754 Boniface, Anglo-Saxon missionary, is killed by a band of pagans at Dokkum in Frisia.
- 1257 Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
- 1283 Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, captures Charles of Salerno.
- 1625 The city of Breda surrenders to the Spanish tercios under general Ambrosio Spinola.
- 1798 The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
- 1817 The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
- 1829 HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
- 1832 The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe.
- 1837 Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
- 1849 Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.
- 1851 Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
- 1862 As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
- 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
- 1883 The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
- 1888 The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
- 1900 Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
- 1915 Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
- 1916 Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
- 1916 The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
- 1917 World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
- 1933 The U.S. Congress abrogates the United States' use of the gold standard by enacting a joint resolution (48 Stat. 112) nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in gold.
- 1940 World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
- 1941 World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
- 1942 World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
- 1944 World War II: More than 1000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
- 1945 The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
- 1946 A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
- 1947 Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
- 1949 Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
- 1956 Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
- 1959 The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.
- 1963 The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair".
- 1963 Movement of 15 Khordad: Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers.
- 1964 DSV Alvin is commissioned.
- 1967 The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
- 1968 Robert F. Kennedy, a U.S. presidential candidate, is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian. Kennedy dies the next day.
- 1975 The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
- 1975 The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC).
- 1976 The Teton Dam in Idaho, United States, collapses.
- 1981 The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
- 1984 The Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
- 1989 The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
- 1993 Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
- 1995 The BoseEinstein condensate is first created.
- 1998 A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
- 2000 The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
- 2001 Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
- 2003 A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50 °C (122 °F) in the region.
- 2006 Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
- 2009 After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.
- 2013 A building collapse in Philadelphia kills six and wounds 14 other people.
- 2015 An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.0 struck Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia killing 18 people, including hikers and mountain guides on Mount Kinabalu, after mass landslides that occurred during the earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake to strike Malaysia since 1975.
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1660 Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
- 1723 Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher
- 1862 Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1878 Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua
- 1883 John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic
- 1898 Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director
- 1900 Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1901 Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia
- 1949 Ken Follett, Welsh author
- 1966 Sebastian Krumbiegel, German singer and musician
- 1971 Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper
[/spoiler]
Quote of the day
If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesnt lead anywhere
- Frank A. Clark -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Merlinton, Fibertas, Tserra
I may have watched/sang along to that when I was a kid.
Merlinton
I'm doing good, came to realize yesterday that I have some pretty awesome friends and that my time on NS has been fun on the whole, even if it's been a tiny bit tumultuous with the seasons.
I also had a Freudian slip too so you know :P
Nuremgard
What about when the 5th doesn't fall on a Monday? And who would ever be grateful for a Monday???
Pretty sure everyone born between 1992 and 2001 did :P
Nuremgard
What was your slip?
Was also another sign I was gay. I watched the film for Troy, not Gabriella.
Merlinton
Thank God it's Monday Day isn't on a fixed date. It's on the first Monday in June.
Merlinton
I look forward to making this a new home for the PLR
Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, The Empire Of Handland, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Magnatronia, United Continental States
Welcome
Merlinton, Penguania And Antarctica
Basically?
Me, Tse, Aldwood and Tim were all in Tse's server (the old Montaris Judiciary server was repurposed when Ru went all "I'm an insane doof") and specifically were in Sul's room (me and Sul really just share our rooms) while everyone asked little questions of each other.
Aldwood asked what me and Sul would do if there were genderbent versions of each other around, and when I tried to think about how many genderbent versions there would be...I promptly said "There would be three guys then :D "
Now...either my math is the most atrocious thing ever on this planet, or some kinda slip dun-did happen.
Nuremgard
Not me :P
Hey Buddy, if you want to RP (which I think you do) we're a MT and mostly realistic region.
I've got one thing to say. You stay out of East Asia, and we'll be gucci. Sound fine?
Ohhhh that makes sense! Thank you for clarifying!
Penguania And Antarctica
Hey PLR! How you been :P
Penguania And Antarctica
I have one thing to say as well my friend: don't tell me where I can and cannot be and operate, and we'll be Gucci. Sound fine?
The Empire Of Handland, Aghrabia, Andromitus, Yukona, United Continental States
I have been doing very well. I finally have some time for NS since I am on summer break now so it is time to get back to work. How have you been old friend?
Penguania And Antarctica
Nah. Because I'm not telling you what to do. I'm telling you we'll get along fine if you don't fûck with Asia.
United Continental States
I've been fine, embraced the wondrous qualities of Communism and heavily stepped up my RP game :3
Peoples Liberation Republic
and I am telling you that we will get along fine if you do not f*ck with me
Then we shall get along very very well once again my friend :). I look forward to RPing with you and returning to my former glory days but just in a different region of course haha.
Andromitus
Nah. I'll fück with you if the fùck I want to fùck with you when the fùck I want to fùck with you. Since it looks like you're not the agreeable type, I don't give a damn if you have a problem.
United Continental States
Lol you done goofed Fried. You done goofed. Good to see you making enemies within 5 minutes.
Merlinton, Aghrabia, Yukona, United Continental States
I do not agree with indigent, attention seeking individuals that step on the wrong people's feet. I only agree with people who are intellectually and professionally negotiable and diplomatic with their approach to me. I did not have a problem when coming here. In fact, I thought I would not have problems with anybody within this region. But I have been mistaken. Now I have a problem and one thing that you ought to know about me and what you will know about me is that problems fuel me and puts me on a purpose. You f*cked up.
Merlinton, Magnatronia
If they got a problem, it is theirs. I told them we would get along if he stayed out of the vicinity of my nation. Since they're throwing that out and being difficult, we ain't going to be cordial.
Tell me, do you commit warcrimes or use chemical weapons?
Post self-deleted by Friedensreich.
Such information cannot be disclosed to the international community.
Nah, I didn't.
then so be it.
Bring it on, youngin.
I work on my terms. Not on meaningless desires and provocation of other individuals that they may feel any sort of minute justification and/or satisfaction
Magnatronia
Don't take him serious, he's just being a jokester for the sake of RP.
Tbh without it being disclosed Kalaron has no armaments to sell you and that is sad.
If you don't use them, and have never commited a warcrime, we'll consider selling you these things.
http://iiwiki.com/wiki/F-35/86
http://iiwiki.com/wiki/XM-182_KPS
http://iiwiki.com/wiki/AMBT-443
More will be coming in the coming months too :D
Word it however you want, man. I don't care so long as you have some sort of problem with me.
PLR likes to develop our own means of technology and weaponry. We do not like to be dependable upon the equipment and weapons of other countries; therefore, we do appreciate you wanting to sell your weapons to the PLR. We have a fully functional, well-developed, and technologically sound armed forces that have full capability of adhering to the National Interests and the personal interests of the Chief Commissioner of the PLR both domestic and international. We do appreciate your kind gesture.
Yukona, Magnatronia
Aw, alrighty :P
If you ever feel like taking a walk on the Kalaronian armed side, we're here and we supply most of the Region, too.
Kalaron only has problems with NBC content tbh, we're a full UN inspector :P
Oh, totally random note, in response to the KGPS, Andromitus currently has satellites of similar standard in geostationary orbit, deviation in physical tech is only by a slight margin so the software of both technologies should be easily compatible.
How would your scientific community feel about a joint satellite effort? We already have systems over most of South America, and granted after a few software updates we believe that linking our two networks together can be extremely beneficial for all parties involved and wouldn't require the launching of new hardware.
You hurt me
I made a whole IIwiki page on them and this revelation is pain.
Anyhow yee, sure, they can defend your sats too.
My old friend, would you be interested in establishing a joint satellite/intelligence/military agreement? Perhaps even a defensive alliance? Free Trade included with your old friend? It would bring great prosperity and productivity and safety to both of our countries.
We don't do anything illegal, but I would only deal with foreign arms if it meant I could produce them on my own by purchasing a manufacturing license.
Wouldn't opening up sattelite networks with other nations prove to be a security risk? Just curious.
Pretty much unacceptable for Kalaron unless it's for stuff like the Lynx RC.
We aren't against nations producing our things, but we're very against our best being able to be used in potentially immoral ways with us having no say in further production.
Time to develop my military factbooks
Tserra
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.