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Lavan Tiri wrote:I always liked Valt, not gonna lie.

Fair enough. That’s why I described the variety of opinions that surround him, rather than all but hold up a skull and soliloquy: “oh, we do not speak his name.”

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Fair enough. That’s why I described the variety of opinions that surround him, rather than all but hold up a skull and soliloquy: “oh, we do not speak his name.”

I mean, at least he's interesting.

Penguania And Antarctica

Beep boop toot toot :)

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Mercunova

The Issue

Sixty-nine Spanelskoan missionaries representing Atheist Communism were kidnapped and burned at the stake in a small nation bordering Lilliputia. The infamous radical Violetist sect Ultra-Violet has claimed responsibility for this heinous act. Concerned religious leaders and diplomats have contacted your office to clarify the nation’s stance on overseas proselytism.

“I do not blame these misguided heathens, General of Iberian Union. I blame you!” bellows Atheist Communism’s outraged leader Woody Le Carré, shouting down the phone until your ear hurts. “Our brave missionaries travel to the darkest, most dangerous areas of the globe to bring the loving light of Atheist Communism to the unbelievers. We cannot expect these poor souls to share our traditional values, but we should be able to rely on a little protection from our armed forces, no? Perhaps a helicopter gunship or two could have averted this tragedy.”

Communism wills it!

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Continental Commonwealths wrote:This is the most British exchange I have witnessed to date on NationStates.

I had a feeling he was taking the piss out of me tbh

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

https://twitter.com/ZDFsport/status/966258064377626624?s=20

So, this is what the medal ceremony for nordic combined at the Olympics looks.

#GermanyRules

Lavan Tiri

Yukona wrote:I had a feeling he was taking the piss out of me tbh

Nope. American media is actually sh!te.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Ohhhh, it’s Constidor! I was leaning towards a Valt puppet, given his proclivity for

> x

> y

> z

style of dialogue.

I hope I would be smart enough to type in a different manner, if I were to do that.

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

mfw I missed the bi-yearly 'BBC is biased' discussion.

Whatever kind of negligible bias the BBC has shouldn't even be placed in the same universe as the American media, let alone mentioned in the same discussion.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Valturus wrote:I hope I would be smart enough to type in a different manner, if I were to do that.

Master Anakin, he's back! What are we going to do?

Lavan Tiri, Valturus

Lavan Tiri wrote:I always liked Valt, not gonna lie.

oooo

that's a level 9 heresy right there, Lavan. You're gonna draw the ire of the Discord [x]!

Replace x with the current prevailing theory of Discord exceptionalism, common options are a) elite b) aristocracy c) ruling class

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Unfallious wrote:mfw I missed the bi-yearly 'BBC is biased' discussion.

Whatever kind of negligible bias the BBC has shouldn't even be placed in the same universe as the American media, let alone mentioned in the same discussion.

https://i.imgur.com/ULEegzZ.gifv

Lavan Tiri

Unfallious wrote:oooo

that's a level 9 heresy right there, Lavan. You're gonna draw the ire of the Discord [x]!

Replace x with the current prevailing theory of Discord exceptionalism, common options are a) elite b) aristocracy c) ruling class

Ruling class lacks creativity. How about “patricians”?

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Unfallious wrote:mfw I missed the bi-yearly 'BBC is biased' discussion.

Whatever kind of negligible bias the BBC has shouldn't even be placed in the same universe as the American media, let alone mentioned in the same discussion.

You didn't miss out on much, bro

Lavan Tiri

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Ruling class lacks creativity. How about “patricians”?

Or how about reptoids?

Lavan Tiri

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Ruling class lacks creativity. How about “patricians”?

Personally, I quite like aristocracy.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:Master Anakin, he's back! What are we going to do?

Submit to the cause now, and maybe you will be spared from the Glorious Revolution's purges.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

Unfallious wrote:oooo

that's a level 9 heresy right there, Lavan. You're gonna draw the ire of the Discord [x]!

Replace x with the current prevailing theory of Discord exceptionalism, common options are a) elite b) aristocracy c) ruling class

How many heresies am I at now?

Unfallious wrote:Personally, I quite like aristocracy.

Bourgeoisie!

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

Valturus wrote:Submit to the cause now, and maybe you will be spared from the Glorious Revolution's purges.

NO, NO, NOOO! YOU ARE LOST!

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

I am gonna' write about how gender changed in the US during the Roaring Twenties for my American history essay.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Yukona wrote:NO, NO, NOOO! YOU ARE LOST!

Well from my point of view, the Discord elite are evil!

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Valturus wrote:Well from my point of view, the Discord elite are evil!

Oh no, not again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHbT6BjFvcA

Lavan Tiri

Valturus wrote:Well from my point of view, the Discord elite are evil!

You were the chosen one! It was said that you would, preserve the Discord elite, not destroy them! It was you who would bring balance to the region, not leave it in darkness!

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:You were the chosen one! It was said that you would, preserve the Discord elite, not destroy them! It was you who would bring balance to the region, not leave it in darkness!

NERD!! :P

<3

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Yukona

How are we all today? :)

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Lex Caledonia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:[nation=short]Valturus[/nation]. A previous member of our former region(s) who gained influence, but also the ire of several regionmates once he was perceived to have used that influence to game the region for his own gain. Some dislike him, some remain cordial or even friendly, still others remain neutral. An important chapter of our region(s) history, nonetheless.

Trump but trollier.

And actually effective at manipulation.

Lavan Tiri

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How are we all today? :)

We're most decent, thank you, lovely child

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How are we all today? :)

Am alright Pengu.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

So as the poll reaches its closure the results are in:

Out of a sample of 27 of the region's finest. The #1 kind of music people liked to listen to was a mixture of all genres listed! We truly are a inclusive and diverse region.

For a single genre however the results are as follows.

#1 - Metal (\m/)

#2 - Classical (ooh la dee dah)

#3 - Rock (true patrician's choice)

tied

#3 - Other Genres (you can't label me maaaan)

#4 - Jazz, EDM, Ambient, Indie (lone soldiers I salute you)

And in last place with no love whatsoever, Pop/Hip-hop/Blues.

Hope you all enjoyed this poll, more will follow! Take it easy bbys.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

[spoiler=Today is February 21 and today are:]

Today is February 21 and today are:

- Armed Forces Day (South Africa)

- Birth Anniversary of Fifth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan)

- Birthday of King Harald V (Norway)

- Card Reading Day

- Father Lini Day (Vanuatu)

- International Mother Language Day (UNESCO)

- Language Movement Day (Bangladesh)

- Musikahan Festival (Tagum City, Philippines)

- National Sticky Bun Day (United States)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0362 – Athanasius returns to Alexandria.

- 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.

- 1437 – James I of Scotland is assassinated.

- 1440 – The Prussian Confederation is formed.

- 1543 – Battle of Wayna Daga – A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeats a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn.

- 1613 – Mikhail I is unanimously elected Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia.

- 1797 – A force of 1,400 French soldiers invaded Britain at Fishguard in support of the Society of United Irishmen. They were defeated by 500 British reservists.

- 1804 – The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales.

- 1808 – Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the Finnish War, in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia.

- 1828 – Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah.

- 1842 – John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.

- 1848 – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.

- 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.

- 1874 – The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.

- 1878 – The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.

- 1885 – The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.

- 1896 – An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.

- 1913 – Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.

- 1916 – World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.

- 1918 – The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.

- 1919 – German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.

- 1921 – Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.

- 1921 – Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup

- 1925 – The New Yorker publishes its first issue.

- 1937 – The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.

- 1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea and damage the USS Saratoga.

- 1947 – In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.

- 1948 – NASCAR is incorporated.

- 1952 – The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".

- 1952 – The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

- 1958 – The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.

- 1965 – Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City.

- 1971 – The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.

- 1972 – United States President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.

- 1972 – The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.

- 1973 – Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people.

- 1974 – The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.

- 1975 – Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.

- 1995 – Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

- 2013 – At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.111111

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1728 – Peter III of Russia

- 1791 – Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer

- 1875 – Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian

- 1895 – Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1907 – W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and composer

- 1909 – Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator

- 1921 – John Rawls, American philosopher and academic

- 1924 – Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe

- 1933 – Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter and pianist

- 1942 – Margarethe von Trotta, German actress, director, and screenwriter

- 1943 – David Geffen, American businessman, co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records

- 1946 – Alan Rickman, English actor and director

- 1962 – Chuck Palahniuk, American novelist and journalist

- 1983 – Mélanie Laurent, French actress

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Quote of the day

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

- Hosea Ballou (American Clergyman, 1771-1852) -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Yukona

Vista Major wrote:Trump but trollier.

And actually effective at manipulation.

No one deserves to be likened to Trump.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Orocco Welcome to the region. I like your flag.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Orocco

Continental Commonwealths wrote:No one deserves to be likened to Trump.

I approve of your choice in music Cont.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Au Minbo wrote:I approve of your choice in music Cont.

"A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, "mine, quarry, metal"[1][2]) is a material (an element, compound, or alloy) that is typically hard when in solid state, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity. Metals are generally malleable—that is, they can be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking—as well as fusible (able to be fused or melted) and ductile (able to be drawn out into a thin wire).[3] Around 90 of the 118 elements in the periodic table are metals; the others are nonmetals or metalloids, though elements near the boundaries of each category have been assigned variably to either (hence the lack of an exact count). Some elements appear in both metallic and non-metallic forms."

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:Trump but trollier.

And actually effective at manipulation.

I wish I could manipulate people, but I can't, so I'll probably fail in life.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Au Minbo wrote:I approve of your choice in music Cont.

Did you see, Minnie- Lex has annointed us fellow patricians! I’d gladly serve as co-Consul of the Senate and People of Rock alongside you.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova

Continental Commonwealths wrote:No one deserves to be likened to Trump.

Oh, contrare

The Confuffle in Chief is almost literally in my backyard. The experience has been enlightening

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:Oh, contrare

The Confuffle in Chief is almost literally in my backyard. The experience has been enlightening

For a moment, I didn't notice the 'almost' in 'almost literally', and I had a weird mental image of Trump as a dog living in Vista's backyard. It was... interesting, to say the least.

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:For a moment, I didn't notice the 'almost' in 'almost literally', and I had a weird mental image of Trump as a dog living in Vista's backyard. It was... interesting, to say the least.

That's not a bad thought, actually

But mangling and abusing dogs is illegal, no?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Gualimole wrote:I wish I could manipulate people, but I can't, so I'll probably fail in life.

At first I thought you were Vis, so I was gonna insult you. Instead, I shall offer advice: Learn people. Learn to read expression, word choice, tone of voice, and body language. Then, you can figure out what people want to hear, and how to tell them that you have what they want.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Gualimole

Jaslandia wrote:For a moment, I didn't notice the 'almost' in 'almost literally', and I had a weird mental image of Trump as a dog living in Vista's backyard. It was... interesting, to say the least.
Where did your find an ayahuasca peddling Peruvian shaman in central Florida?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:That's not a bad thought, actually

But mangling and abusing dogs is illegal, no?

Trumpdog: "My master should build a doghouse and make Mexico pay for it! And by 'Mexico' I mean the Jones' chihuahua named 'Mexico'; I hate that guy.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Where did your find an ayahuasca peddling Peruvian shaman in central Florida?

Ayahuasca? Oh, so THAT'S what the pink elephant who sounded like Rick James called it. It was on the tip of my third tongue.

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Where did your find an ayahuasca peddling Peruvian shaman in central Florida?

Shrooms are better. Psilocybin for the win.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Tserra wrote:Shrooms are better. Psilocybin for the win.

Best experience of my life so far hands down

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Orocco Welcome to the region. I like your flag.

thanks, its not mine though :)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Hey all. Candidacy period has opened. TG this nation if you want to run. Fill this application

[Pre]Candidate Information

Nation name:

Candidate for the Position of :

Party:

Platform:[/pre]

Unfallious and Cesorion will serve on the Electoral Committee

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Post self-deleted by Yukona.

I'd like to announce my candidacy for Minister of Internal Affairs once more.

My platform includes: Increased interaction with region and encourage discussion both on RMB and Discord with weekly/bi-weekly polls on various subjects.

Friendly and open government with better relations between government and citizens.

Open office, always welcome to talk to me about anything that concerns you, citizen confidentiality.

It has always been a pleasure to serve you all and I hope to do so again.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Lex Caledonia wrote:I'd like to announce my candidacy for Minister of Internal Affairs once more.

My platform includes: Increased interaction with region and encourage discussion both on RMB and Discord with weekly/bi-weekly polls on various subjects.

Friendly and open government with better relations between government and citizens.

Open office, always welcome to talk to me about anything that concerns you, citizen confidentiality.

It has always been a pleasure to serve you all and I hope to do so again.

Id actually like to see a confidentiality pledge held up by law if someone is speaking to a government official in an official capacity

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Yukona wrote:Id actually like to see a confidentiality pledge held up by law if someone is speaking to a government official in an official capacity

I'm currently working on a bill that would allow such a thing, I'll see if I can get it done before the election but if not it'll be sent up for debate during the next governmental term.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/themes/exhibitions/charles-ii-art-power/the-queens-gallery-buckingham-palace - guess who will be visiting this in remembrance of the Merry King

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/themes/exhibitions/charles-ii-art-power/the-queens-gallery-buckingham-palace - guess who will be visiting this in remembrance of the Merry King

Nurem's not gonna like this...

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Did you see, Minnie- Lex has annointed us fellow patricians! I’d gladly serve as co-Consul of the Senate and People of Rock alongside you.

Ave.

Senatus Populusque Rockus (Which ironically can still be abreviated as SPQR)

Gualimole wrote:"A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, "mine, quarry, metal"[1][2]) is a material (an element, compound, or alloy) that is typically hard when in solid state, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity. Metals are generally malleable—that is, they can be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking—as well as fusible (able to be fused or melted) and ductile (able to be drawn out into a thin wire).[3] Around 90 of the 118 elements in the periodic table are metals; the others are nonmetals or metalloids, though elements near the boundaries of each category have been assigned variably to either (hence the lack of an exact count). Some elements appear in both metallic and non-metallic forms."

Uh. Ok.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

Yukona wrote:https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/themes/exhibitions/charles-ii-art-power/the-queens-gallery-buckingham-palace - guess who will be visiting this in remembrance of the Merry King

I'll visit Buckingham Palace when there's no unelected head of state living in it rent-free. Which will be never. ;)

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I'll visit Buckingham Palace when there's no unelected head of state living in it rent-free. Which will be never. ;)

I wouldn't mind visiting it and take a tour around it. I already saw it from the outside 5 years ago. But isn't it just open to public when the Queen resides in Balmoral in Scotland?

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I wouldn't mind visiting it and take a tour around it. I already saw it from the outside 5 years ago. But isn't it just open to public when the Queen resides in Balmoral in Scotland?

It's only open when the Queen is not resident. Cant have her mixing with the hoi polloi.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Hi all I’m new here

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

The Peoples Republic Of Terra wrote:Hi all I’m new here

Welcome to the region.

Jaslandia, The Peoples Republic Of Terra, Penguania And Antarctica

The Peoples Republic Of Terra wrote:Hi all I’m new here

Hello and welcome.

My name is Peng and I'm currently the Minister of Justice of this region.

Make yourself at home and enjoy your stay. :)

Jaslandia, The Peoples Republic Of Terra

Nuremgard wrote:Welcome to the region.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hello and welcome.

My name is Peng and I'm currently the Minister of Justice of this region.

Make yourself at home and enjoy your stay. :)

Thanks guys, so what is it we do here?

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:It's only open when the Queen is not resident. Cant have her mixing with the hoi polloi.

London is a neat city I must say. Tho 9 hours isn't enough time to see all sights, points of interest and attractions that huge city has to offer.

Jaslandia

The Peoples Republic Of Terra wrote:Thanks guys, so what is it we do here?

Well, you could participate in politics. There are upcoming elections soon.

Or you could just enjoy yourself here and talk to people about what you want. Here on the RMB or on our Discord server.

Or you could enjoy some RPing. We have currently a medieval RP going on at yout offsite forums.

There's a lot you can do. :)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:London is a neat city I must say. Tho 9 hours isn't enough time to see all sights, points of interest and attractions that huge city has to offer.

I've never been.

The Peoples Republic Of Terra wrote:Thanks guys, so what is it we do here?

We chat and debate, we roleplay, we do polls.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I've never been.

Do you want to go there some day or nah because of enemy territory?

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Well, you could participate in politics. There are upcoming elections soon.

Or you could just enjoy yourself here and talk to people about what you want. Here on the RMB or on our Discord server.

Or you could enjoy some RPing. We have currently a medieval RP going on at yout offsite forums.

There's a lot you can do. :)

Sounds fun, I think I’ll like it here

Penguania And Antarctica

The Peoples Republic Of Terra wrote:Hi all I’m new here

Long time, no see Terra. How ya been?

Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:Long time, no see Terra. How ya been?

Been pretty good, got a job as a software dev, how’s you?

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

The Peoples Republic Of Terra wrote:Been pretty good, got a job as a software dev, how’s you?

Same ol', same ol'. Just been dealing with the family and work.

Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Do you want to go there some day or nah because of enemy territory?

Far too expensive for my liking.

Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:Same ol', same ol'. Just been dealing with the family and work.

I’m surprised you’re still around, you’ve been part of this game for ages now have you not?

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Far too expensive for my liking.

Oh. That's sad and pitiful. :(

That I have. Created this nation in 2013 I believe. And what can I say? This game is kinda addictive for me.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion

Russkov Soviet wrote:That I have. Created this nation in 2013 I believe. And what can I say? This game is kinda addictive for me.

Yeah it keeps dragging me back for some reason haha, last time I was on this I was in college

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

The Peoples Republic Of Terra wrote:Hi all I’m new here

TERRA! Long time no see!

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, The Peoples Republic Of Terra, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

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

Made my Squiddos a little coat of arms. May do some lore later today.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Axeldonia wrote:TERRA! Long time no see!

God yeah it’s been years, how you been?

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

quote=the_peoples_republic_of_terra;29492200]God yeah it’s been years, how you been?[/quote]

It's been a ride, you?

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Wrote my slavery and Glasgow essay today.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Wrote my slavery and Glasgow essay today.

Oh I live there

Axeldonia wrote:quote=the_peoples_republic_of_terra;29492200]God yeah it’s been years, how you been?

It's been a ride, you?[/quote]

Been stressful as hell so far but eh I’m getting along

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Yukona

I really like the lyrics of that anthem:

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

Lavan Tiri

The Peoples Republic Of Terra wrote:Oh I live there It's been a ride, you?

Been stressful as hell so far but eh I’m getting along [/quote]

I live in Glasgow too.

Lavan Tiri, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Been stressful as hell so far but eh I’m getting along

I live in Glasgow too. [/quote]

cold and miserable isn't it

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

The Peoples Republic Of Terra wrote:I live in Glasgow too.

OwO

Is that a "Second Roman Republic" I see?

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

[spoiler=Today is February 22 and today are:]

Today is February 22 and today are:

- Be Humble Day

- Celebrity Day (Church of Scientology)

- Digital Learning Day

- Discover Girl Day

- Founder's Day or "B.-P. day" (World Organization of the Scout Movement)

- Independence Day (Saint Lucia)

- Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

- King's Birthday (Bhutan)

- National California Day (United States)

- National Chili Day (United States)

- National Cook a Sweet Potato Day (United States)

- National Margarita Day (United States)

- National Wildlife Day (United States)

- Single Tasking Day

- Tex Avery Day

- The Great American Spit Out

- Walking the Dog Day

- Woolworth's Day

- World Thinking Day (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0705 – Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty.

- 1316 – Battle of Picotin between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut

- 1371 – Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.

- 1495 – King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.

- 1632 – Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.

- 1651 – St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people.

- 1744 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.

- 1797 – The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.

- 1819 – By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.

- 1821 – Greek War of Independence: Alexander Ypsilantis crosses the Prut river at Sculeni into the Danubian Principalities.

- 1847 – Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexicans troops.

- 1848 – The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.

- 1853 – Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.

- 1855 – The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania).

- 1856 – The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh.

- 1862 – Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.

- 1872 – The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.

- 1879 – In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.

- 1899 – Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.

- 1904 – The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.

- 1907 – Robert Baden-Powell made the first scouting camp in Brownsea, England.

- 1909 – The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.

- 1915 – World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.

- 1921 – After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.

- 1924 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio address from the White House.

- 1942 – World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.

- 1943 – World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany.

- 1944 – World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.

- 1944 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog.

- 1948 – Communist coup in Czechoslovakia.

- 1957 – Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.

- 1958 – Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.

- 1959 – Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.

- 1972 – The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.

- 1973 – Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.

- 1974 – The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.

- 1980 – Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.

- 1983 – The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.

- 1986 – Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.

- 1994 – Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.

- 1995 – The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.

- 1997 – In Roslin, Midlothian, Scottish scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.

- 2002 – Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.

- 2005 – The 6.4 Mw Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman Province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.

- 2006 – At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.

- 2011 – New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake strikes Christchurch, killing 185 people.

- 2011 – Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.

- 2012 – A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.

- 2014 – President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.

- 2015 – A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.

- 2018 – A man throws a grenade at the U.S embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1732 – George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States

- 1788 – Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author

- 1796 – Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist

- 1810 – Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer

- 1824 – Pierre Janssen, French astronomer and mathematician

- 1840 – August Bebel, German theorist and politician

- 1857 – Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general, co-founded The Scout Association

- 1857 – Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, philosopher, and academic

- 1886 – Hugo Ball, German author and poet

- 1889 – Olave Baden-Powell, English scout leader, founded the Girl Guides

- 1900 – Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer

- 1914 – Renato Dulbecco, Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1932 – Ted Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician

- 1943 – Horst Köhler, Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany

- 1944 – Jonathan Demme, American director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1949 – Niki Lauda, Austrian race car driver

- 1962 – Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host

- 1972 – Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater

- 1974 – James Blunt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

- 1975 – Drew Barrymore, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

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Quote of the day

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

- Josh Billings (American Comedian, 1818-1885) -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Mercunova, Percyton

The Peoples Republic Of Terra wrote:I live in Glasgow too.

cold and miserable isn't it [/quote]

Then in summer it'll be hot and miserable.

It's days like this when my face flares up that I think being a Muslim woman who wears one of those burkas would be a plus.

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=axeldonia/detail=factbook/id=867432

Reworked the map and regions of Titenfisca, may add some lore in a bit.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Axeldonia wrote:OwO

Is that a "Second Roman Republic" I see?

Too bad it'd really be the Fifth Roman Republic since there were already three others after the original.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Axeldonia wrote:OwO

Is that a "Second Roman Republic" I see?

It could well be

Weren’t we the same country at some point my Terran history is a little fuzzy

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

I can’t remember much about what happened to the esu, what happened to it was it raided or something

Penguania And Antarctica

The Peoples Republic Of Terra wrote:It could well be

Weren’t we the same country at some point my Terran history is a little fuzzy

Yep, we were the same country for a bit. As for how it ended, I'm rather unclear on that too.

Penguania And Antarctica

Axeldonia wrote:Yep, we were the same country for a bit. As for how it ended, I'm rather unclear on that too.

Please tell me plr still exists, we need a mortal enemy to rally our people

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

The Peoples Republic Of Terra wrote:Please tell me plr still exists, we need a mortal enemy to rally our people

Yeppers, he does exist alright.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=axeldonia/detail=factbook/id=867432

Why not cap this overhaul off with some nice refreshing L O R E ?

Jaslandia, The Peoples Republic Of Terra, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Axeldonia wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=axeldonia/detail=factbook/id=867432

Why not cap this overhaul off with some nice refreshing L O R E ?

You’ve wrote a small novel there

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

The Peoples Republic Of Terra wrote:You’ve wrote a small novel there

Well, not really. I just fixed the map, regional flags and wrote some facts about them. Everything else has built up over time.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Axeldonia wrote:Well, not really. I just fixed the map, regional flags and wrote some facts about them. Everything else has built up over time.

Is it for that medieval rp?

Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Are you guys ready? I'm finally energized enough to handle the issue of cost, though I'll also tackle a little exception to Cost = Capability that I really should have mentioned these many times. As always, just ask a question if you're confused :)

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Cost and capability

A good way to think about the procurement of armament is as such; Ex nihilo, nihil venit. From nothing one can gain absolutely nothing and the message lands true as one sees the complete lack of vehicles and weapons that are absolutely cheaper for any of the Branches. The Navy has the Gerald Fords and Zummwalts, the Airforce maintains some F-35's and a few Raptors and the Army is begging Congress for newer vehicles but every attempt has led to them being more, not less, expensive. So why is this? Why would the armed forces of the American nation need such expensive gear when their older models are less costly and can be procured in larger numbers?

The answer to the above point is capability. The F-35 has capabilities the F-16, F-18, the F-18 Super Hornet and even F-22 all lack, such as it's Distributed Aperture Sight that's used by the aircraft to scout using electro-optics, the more advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array radar, stealthy (The F-22 has this, but the former three lack it) form and radar absorbent materials and finally it's ability to function as part of the Forward Pass chain that allows missiles from other, further back aircraft to be guided by the F-35.

This, alongside it's stealthy body allow for it to essentially threaten air-defenses where other older aircraft would be at far greater risk. It shares this ability with the F-22, but it's radar and form outstrip the older aircraft in effectiveness on ground targets. It's also something that the whole military can use, including the Marines, Navy, Air-force and Army, providing the Navy and Marines with ever more important support against targets that they previously had to rely on outdated aircraft against such as the Harrier or the F-18 super hornet.

Tanks were -nearing the cold war- approaching the use of 140mm ammunition with a project goal of also improving the ammunition, this was expected to improve penetration for any given projectile, and though the downsides was decreased ammunition stowage, this issue was neither exigent nor offset the expected gains for the tanks equipped. After all, getting the drop on an advanced soviet MBT was crucial. Even taking the lack of funding that occurred as a result of the Peace Dividends into account, we can clearly see the advantage behind having more advanced technology than your opponent, Operation Desert Storm and the later Operation Iraqi Freedom both showed that quite clearly as T-72s and their upgraded "Lion of Babylon" cousins both failed to do serious penetrative damage on M1A2 main battle tanks. Simply put, having better -and more- armour on a tank is a serious advantage in combat when matched with mobility, and having more tanks is less effective than having better tanks. This can be seen very strongly in OIF, actually, where numerous cases arose of the Iraqis having serious numerical advantages in terms of tanks, getting multiple rounds off and still failing to incapacitate a single Abrams tank.

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The problem here is simple, the more capable a weapon is the more expensive it gets, and the more offensive that expense is the more bearable it becomes later on as the public forgets that they got mad at the program in the first place. Every aircraft, from the F-14 to the Super-Hornet has been plagued with criticism relating to their cost only to be freed years later as the next generation of aircraft gets a tongue lashing for how "utterly expensive it is" as people tell the military that what it needs isn't a next generation fighter, but an aged and defunct aircraft that isn't effective anymore. This is mixed, of course, with the typical political brouhaha about "Saving the public money" when it comes to combat programs, but by this point in the reading I hope y'all understand that saving money just reduces how capable a vehicle is...if it's made at all :/

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https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/22/archives/price-rise-called-setback-for-f14-prospects-held-weakened-for.html

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

The Peoples Republic Of Terra wrote:Is it for that medieval rp?

Indeed. Though I may very well use it for other stuff beyond that if I feel like it.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

I am officially announcing my bid for reelection to the Vice Chancellery.

Wow, I feel Washingtonian.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

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