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Friedensreich wrote:I had a real quick question.... where's #104 on the map?

I was looking everywhere for that too.

The Hell happen to the GER!?

Russian Fedration wrote:The Hell happen to the GER!?

I dunno. I think he got deleted by a mod or something.

Russian Fedration

Friedensreich wrote:Well, Dr. Sung, Katerina's replacement, is young and pretty idealistic. A big departure from Katerina's militaristic/isolationist foreign policy.

In her first public speech, she actually said she wanted to distribute her 'immortality' (halting the aging process- I can argue that it is possible in a late MT nation that puts enough effort into it, but will defer if that's a no-no) technology to nations that don't have it yet. She views the halting of the aging process and the subsequent effects on an ageless population as the peak of social development, and being the young scientist turn politician that she is, wants to help everyone she can.

It's a no-no.

We mostly keep to strict PMT with some exceptions made on a case by case basis. Right now, your economy also falls into a pretty big "no" zone, but giving it some significant drawbacks could probably earn it some favor.

To give you a sense of scale with it, things that could come into play about your nation -Economy, Health, Transport...ect- all should be at least mostly realistic and modern unless you're flying out of reality on the golden rocket named george, in which case most people really won't care all that much -an example being Percyton, his whole nation is built around Thomas the Tank engine for Christ's sake- though that carries a general "I won't seriously RP" attitude.

Friedensreich wrote:I dunno. I think he got deleted by a mod or something.

Thats what it looked like

Kalaron wrote:It's a no-no.

We mostly keep to strict PMT with some exceptions made on a case by case basis. Right now, your economy also falls into a pretty big "no" zone, but giving it some significant drawbacks could probably earn it some favor.

To give you a sense of scale with it, things that could come into play about your nation -Economy, Health, Transport...ect- all should be at least mostly realistic and modern unless you're flying out of reality on the golden rocket named george, in which case most people really won't care all that much -an example being Percyton, his whole nation is built around Thomas the Tank engine for Christ's sake- though that carries a general "I won't seriously RP" attitude.

He means in general like how im a space faring Federation in my own Lore universe .... and even if he wants he can use it in the Forums specialized RPs.

Russian Fedration wrote:Thats what it looked like

He means in general like how im a space faring Federation in my own Lore universe .... and even if he wants he can use it in the Forums specialized RPs.

In ones designated as FT, yes.

I wasn't talking FT though, was I?

There is no restriction placed on local nation lore, just on what will be recognized and allowed in the general RPs.

Russian Fedration, Friedensreich

Kalaron wrote:In ones designated as FT, yes.

I wasn't talking FT though, was I?

There is no restriction placed on local nation lore, just on what will be recognized and allowed in the general RPs.

Yea ok just checking.

SO wait PMT is the "Norm" or "ok" in the general RP?

Russian Fedration wrote:Yea ok just checking.

SO wait PMT is the "Norm" or "ok" in the general RP?

MT with incredibly slight tones of PMT.

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia

Kalaron wrote:MT with incredibly slight tones of PMT.

Ok. I think i can Crunch with that!

SO....Like Walkers with Modern arms ? cuse my military uses lots of walkers....and i love them !

Kalaron wrote:In ones designated as FT, yes.

I wasn't talking FT though, was I?

There is no restriction placed on local nation lore, just on what will be recognized and allowed in the general RPs.

That's fine, and I can explain the science and economics behind all of it.

It's not exactly way out there in terms of technology, we just diverged from others and specialized in other areas.

For example, instead of a reliance on gasoline or coal, we use food waste and human waste for power. The technology is both realistic and exists today, I can assure you that much. Hell, a professor at my university owns a company dedicated to reactors based on agricultural waste products.

Same goes for bioplastics. Plant bottles exist today, and the technology is not new at all. Using fiber and sugars for plastics is kinda commonplace, actually.

Finally, biofuels. We all know ethanol made from corn is a thing. Yadda yadda yadda.

As far as the agelessness goes, I can refer you to the SENS foundation, which works in rejuvenation research. Further, the Crispr Cas 9 system (revolutionary discovery in genetic engineering) has been proven to be able to reverse aging in human cells in the lab, with clinical trials coming within the next 10 years.

Russian Fedration

*whispers* Communism wooooo *little Roof raises*

Russian Fedration wrote:*whispers* Communism wooooo *little Roof raises*

Woo for having the highest average poor incomes and being the most scientifically advanced in the region :P

Russian Fedration

Friedensreich wrote:Woo for having the highest average poor incomes and being the most scientifically advanced in the region :P

WOW for the most Effective economy!

Friedensreich

Friedensreich wrote:Woo for having the highest average poor incomes and being the most scientifically advanced in the region :P

Another thinf: We don't use NS stats. However, we do still brag about them when we can.

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Friedensreich

Baxten wrote:Another thinf: We don't use NS stats. However, we do still brag about them when we can.

Alright. I'm coming from a region that used NS stats so I try to if not directly use them, then use them to inspire something else.

So, I'm guessing economic, military, etc. numbers for each nation is largely up to them based on the population on the map?

Baxten wrote:Another thinf: We don't use NS stats. However, we do still brag about them when we can.

In some cases I feel they work best .... eh that's be rambling again

Friedensreich wrote:Alright. I'm coming from a region that used NS stats so I try to if not directly use them, then use them to inspire something else.

So, I'm guessing economic, military, etc. numbers for each nation is largely up to them based on the population on the map?

Yes, very dependent. We don't have a functioning economic system; if any of y'all have suggestions, though, that'd be great.

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia

Baxten wrote:Yes, very dependent. We don't have a functioning economic system; if any of y'all have suggestions, though, that'd be great.

Back in TNI we were toying with the thought of using NSEconomy for economic figures. I dunno if y'all are up for using it, but it provides a lot of useful numbers like unemployment, GDP per capita, and trade figures.

Friedensreich wrote:Back in TNI we were toying with the thought of using NSEconomy for economic figures. I dunno if y'all are up for using it, but it provides a lot of useful numbers like unemployment, GDP per capita, and trade figures.

It'd be nice, but us not using NS stats makes it difficult to translate.

But I'd love it. Nothing to do with being #1 in trade, that's for sure.

Baxten wrote:It'd be nice, but us not using NS stats makes it difficult to translate.

But I'd love it. Nothing to do with being #1 in trade, that's for sure.

Protectionism, 1 - Trade, 0

Its not exactly my forte, but economic numbers should probably be up to everyone individually and just let reasoning run its course. Big countries will have monstrously large economies while smaller ones (I think on the map there was one that only had around 400,000?) will just have to work with being smaller.

I used to RP in the forums (II), and purposely kept economic figures vague when I couldn't use the stats.

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia

Friedensreich wrote:Protectionism, 1 - Trade, 0

Its not exactly my forte, but economic numbers should probably be up to everyone individually and just let reasoning run its course. Big countries will have monstrously large economies while smaller ones (I think on the map there was one that only had around 400,000?) will just have to work with being smaller.

I used to RP in the forums (II), and purposely kept economic figures vague when I couldn't use the stats.

Definitely somewhere to start. Thanks

Jaslandia, Friedensreich

Well, there's a bit more... just some economic facts that will offer some insight into how different nations can compare without exact numbers (which I think will have to be largely just what the nation itself will want to say it is given that it can argue why)

-Countries with liberal trade laws have higher GDPs and lower prices for the consumer compared to protectionists (Source:[spoiler=Per Investopedia]"The vast majority of economic literature suggests that protectionist policies reduce the gross domestic product, or GDP, of domestic and foreign nations. And, as a logical corollary, strong evidence suggests trade liberalization, or the removal of protectionist barriers by a home country, creates significant productive benefits and expands GDP."[/spoiler]).

-Keynesianism (a form of economics more favorable towards government intervention) vs Trickle Down/Monetarism (keep markets free) arguments... personally I'm more of a Keynesian and think government stimulation of the economy during times of slow growth will be more helpful in the long run, so I may be a bit biased.

-High tax rates have higher governmental budgets whereas low tax rates have lower governmental budgets (which will have indirect effects on welfare, public healthcare, environmental, military, and public education program efficiency and size).

-Larger economies will have higher GDPs, and subsequently a higher GDP per capita and income, which will equal in more government revenue through taxation. Vice versa with smaller economies. Of course, agrarian and resource based economies (like quite a few African nations) will have smaller GDPs compared to industrialized ones.

Jaslandia, Baxten

Just a message to everyone I was going to drop out of the Chief Justice race before it even started, but being I'm too lazy and forgetful I left it too late. Since the ballot is already out we can't really change it but if you do vote for me you're practically spoiling your ballot. I endorse Oelessa and hope that those few that may have voted for me don't waste their vote

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Magnatronia

Yukona wrote:Just a message to everyone I was going to drop out of the Chief Justice race before it even started, but being I'm too lazy and forgetful I left it too late. Since the ballot is already out we can't really change it but if you do vote for me you're practically spoiling your ballot. I endorse Oelessa and hope that those few that may have voted for me don't waste their vote

Vote Magnatronia for a better tomorrow.

No guys, I'm serious. I'm good for the position, no joke.

Aghrabia

Yukona wrote:Just a message to everyone I was going to drop out of the Chief Justice race before it even started, but being I'm too lazy and forgetful I left it too late. Since the ballot is already out we can't really change it but if you do vote for me you're practically spoiling your ballot. I endorse Oelessa and hope that those few that may have voted for me don't waste their vote

We'll thank you Mr. Speaker, for your candor and endorsement.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Yukona

Magnatronia wrote:Vote Magnatronia for a better tomorrow.

No guys, I'm serious. I'm good for the position, no joke.

Just to clarify by "don't waste your vote" I meant vote me and therefore waste it, in hindsight I feel that may have come off as me saying a vote for Magnatronia is a waste - which was not my intention.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Magnatronia

Yukona wrote:Just to clarify by "don't waste your vote" I meant vote me and therefore waste it, in hindsight I feel that may have come off as me saying a vote for Magnatronia is a waste - which was not my intention.

Thnx, babe

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Russian Fedration wrote:Hes gonna Deny this i think but i actually started to see my RP style rub off on him months ago, so i think i "Trained him" in a way lol

What on earth are you talking about?!

xD

Not at all, you took after me.

You couldnt even spell in english before me ;)

Russian Fedration

Friedensreich wrote:I had a real quick question.... where's #104 on the map?

It encompasses Gran Colombia, taking portions of the tip of Peru, Colombia, Venezuela and that whole schpeal above brazil; Sadly, its mine, mwahahahaa;

Andromitus wrote:It encompasses Gran Colombia, taking portions of the tip of Peru, Colombia, Venezuela and that whole schpeal above brazil; Sadly, its mine, mwahahahaa;

Can I has 70?

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:Can I has 70?

Yep, its open:

heres the link to everything - https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=686028

^^ that shows you the map and below, where everyone is, where the open claims are, and how big each population is going to be.

Andromitus wrote:Yep, its open:

heres the link to everything - https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=686028

^^ that shows you the map and below, where everyone is, where the open claims are, and how big each population is going to be.

I saw.

*spontaneously poofs into existence withen 70*

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:I saw.

*spontaneously poofs into existence withen 70*

Contact [nation=short]Baxten[/nation]; but I think you need to be a Citizen first - https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=773389

Jaslandia, Yukona

Andromitus wrote:Contact [nation=short]Baxten[/nation]; but I think you need to be a Citizen first - https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=773389

Damn ;-(

United Byzantine Republics

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:Damn ;-(

Just tg Germany. They will let you. Plus, its really easy to become a citizen.

Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Definitely Not Helghan

United Byzantine Republics wrote:Just tg Germany. They will let you. Plus, its really easy to become a citizen.

The issue is I'm tired of filling out those forms (32 and counting)

Penguania And Antarctica, United Byzantine Republics

Vote Magnatronia for Chief Justice! He'll bring "US" Back into Justice!

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Definitely Not Helghan, Magnatronia, United Byzantine Republics

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Vote Magnatronia for Chief Justice! He'll bring "US" Back into Justice!

You got that right, dude

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, The Cross And Davids Star, Definitely Not Helghan, United Byzantine Republics

Magnatronia wrote:You got that right, dude

Ew

Penguania And Antarctica, Definitely Not Helghan, United Byzantine Republics

Andromitus wrote:Ew

I wish for everyone and every ideology has a voice. The only way to help the people is to make sure their voice is heard!

Penguania And Antarctica

United Byzantine Republics wrote:I wish for everyone and every ideology has a voice. The only way to help the people is to make sure their voice is heard!

He's ideology envolves ensuring that nobody's voice is heard

Penguania And Antarctica

Andromitus wrote:He's ideology envolves ensuring that nobody's voice is heard

And yours isn't?

Penguania And Antarctica

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:And yours isn't?

He's a direct democracy?

That inherently means he isn't?

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:And yours isn't?

No it really isn't. Andy is the epitome of having your voice heard.

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Andromitus wrote:He's ideology envolves ensuring that nobody's voice is heard

Still! Everyone's voice is valued. If we reject people, we become less democratic and more Authoritarian which I DONT want.

Penguania And Antarctica

Ill be back in about an hour!

Penguania And Antarctica

Andromitus wrote:He's ideology envolves ensuring that nobody's voice is heard

Well in rp, yeah? But objectively, I'm a nice and reasonable guy.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra

United Byzantine Republics wrote:Still! Everyone's voice is valued. If we reject people, we become less democratic and more Authoritarian which I DONT want.

https://youtu.be/P4W3f4KDSqw

Penguania And Antarctica

Magnatronia wrote:Well in rp, yeah? But objectively, I'm a nice and reasonable guy.

Perhaps rabbit, perhaps

Penguania And Antarctica

Andromitus wrote:Perhaps rabbit, perhaps

The difference between yours and ours is that our is biological while yours happened over time. But we are in fact a direct democracy under a monarchist rule. YAY FOR OUR CRAZY POLITICS!!!!!!!!

Jaslandia

Did a fight happen here?

Latrovia wrote:Did a fight happen here?

*aims and launches the purple dinosaur stuffed animal*

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Everyone's debating politics and I'm just sitting here having bombs and guns going off all over the place

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Definitely Not Helghan, Yukona

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Everyone's debating politics and I'm just sitting here having bombs and guns going off all over the place

I'm sitting here doing science.

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, United Byzantine Republics

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:I'm sitting here doing science.

And Im sitting doing Spanish...I'd rather do Latin and Greek...lol...

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Definitely Not Helghan

Go away WA nobody likes your notifications and TG's!!!!!!!!

Russian Fedration, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, United Byzantine Republics

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:I'm sitting here doing science.

The Science!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Definitely Not Helghan

Friedensreich wrote:That's fine, and I can explain the science and economics behind all of it.

It's not exactly way out there in terms of technology, we just diverged from others and specialized in other areas.

For example, instead of a reliance on gasoline or coal, we use food waste and human waste for power. The technology is both realistic and exists today, I can assure you that much. Hell, a professor at my university owns a company dedicated to reactors based on agricultural waste products.

Same goes for bioplastics. Plant bottles exist today, and the technology is not new at all. Using fiber and sugars for plastics is kinda commonplace, actually.

Finally, biofuels. We all know ethanol made from corn is a thing. Yadda yadda yadda.

As far as the agelessness goes, I can refer you to the SENS foundation, which works in rejuvenation research. Further, the Crispr Cas 9 system (revolutionary discovery in genetic engineering) has been proven to be able to reverse aging in human cells in the lab, with clinical trials coming within the next 10 years.

OK, going in reverse order.

The agelessness, no. We already told Mag no on keeping his leader alive for extended periods of time between RP, that is a step over.

Biofuels are a thing, though I highly recommend ascribing a weakness to both them and to bioreactors.

An example is simply making it more expensive to obtain/run them, such that your nation is still at least somewhat a trader in the larger world. I understand that this might seem obtuse, but this helps to prevent excessive technological creep inside of RPs.

I myself have done the same -creating weakness- so everyone follows the rule, too. A prime example was my "Boron Nitride" plates which, though possible, I made prohibitively expensive and heavy out of fairness.

In the end, I won't be the one deciding -We'll, unless Bax makes me a mod which I do actually kinda want- as much as the community and Bax will.

Happy RPing, friend.

Friedensreich

Kalaron wrote:OK, going in reverse order.

The agelessness, no. We already told Mag no on keeping his leader alive for extended periods of time between RP, that is a step over.

Biofuels are a thing, though I highly recommend ascribing a weakness to both them and to bioreactors.

An example is simply making it more expensive to obtain/run them, such that your nation is still at least somewhat a trader in the larger world. I understand that this might seem obtuse, but this helps to prevent excessive technological creep inside of RPs.

I myself have done the same -creating weakness- so everyone follows the rule, too. A prime example was my "Boron Nitride" plates which, though possible, I made prohibitively expensive and heavy out of fairness.

In the end, I won't be the one deciding -We'll, unless Bax makes me a mod which I do actually kinda want- as much as the community and Bax will.

Happy RPing, friend.

Kinda like my Tritanium infused nano weave from when I was in TNI! Expensive but worth it.

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:The difference between yours and ours is that our is biological while yours happened over time. But we are in fact a direct democracy under a monarchist rule. YAY FOR OUR CRAZY POLITICS!!!!!!!!

I get it dude, I totally do; I wanted a Group Mind but we're default Modern Tech. So I went in reverse, I created Ædenism to explain vast social changes over a shorter period of time, as our population gears itself towards the upcoming singularity in 3-4 decades. That way, I can play how I like and some day become the Group-Mind social paragon to spit in the face of everyone else

Jaslandia, Definitely Not Helghan

840000 ISK per soldier uniform worth it with another 20000 for training :-p

Russian Fedration, Andromitus

Andromitus wrote:I get it dude, I totally do; I wanted a Group Mind but we're default Modern Tech. So I went in reverse, I created Ædenism to explain vast social changes over a shorter period of time, as our population gears itself towards the upcoming singularity in 3-4 decades. That way, I can play how I like and some day become the Group-Mind social paragon to spit in the face of everyone else

We keep ours a secret so people don't get scared and try to kill us off. That's why the Monarchy exists. It's a face to a nation.

Russian Fedration

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:Kinda like my Tritanium infused nano weave from when I was in TNI! Expensive but worth it.

I mean, yes.

Though mine was an applique armour meant for the tank I was developing and yours seems like the most sci-fi thing I've seen all month. :P

Andromitus, Definitely Not Helghan

Kalaron wrote:I mean, yes.

Though mine was an applique armour meant for the tank I was developing and yours seems like the most sci-fi thing I've seen all month. :P

:-p it was implemented to keep our small military when we were there up competing with the top. (Small but highly advanced and extremely trained) all MANTEL Agents must go through a training similar to that of the Navy SEALs program which is why it was so small. Here since I'm gonna try to nab 70 I'm going to make my military a little over half the size it was so I can keep the tech boost I was giving it back in TNI. Also it's going to be rare to see a MANTEL Agent in a foreign nation most of the time we're going to hire out the EC to do our bidding.

How we made the weave

We took molecules of Tritanium and infused it with a polymer Nanoweave before strengthening the bond with *redacted* and molding it using *redacted* we then *redacted* before splicing it with leather and Kevlar before placing the weave into standard body armor as plates and taking it and splicing it into the torso part of the armor.

Russian Fedration

@russ I'm pretty sure Dima knew after Dezriah and that one soldier spoke telepathically to load up the jump jets :-p if not then damn that would've made up for a crazy explanation XD

Russian Fedration

Definitely Not Helghan wrote::-p it was implemented to keep our small military when we were there up competing with the top. (Small but highly advanced and extremely trained) all MANTEL Agents must go through a training similar to that of the Navy SEALs program which is why it was so small. Here since I'm gonna try to nab 70 I'm going to make my military a little over half the size it was so I can keep the tech boost I was giving it back in TNI. Also it's going to be rare to see a MANTEL Agent in a foreign nation most of the time we're going to hire out the EC to do our bidding.

How we made the weave

We took molecules of Tritanium and infused it with a polymer Nanoweave before strengthening the bond with *redacted* and molding it using *redacted* we then *redacted* before splicing it with leather and Kevlar before placing the weave into standard body armor as plates and taking it and splicing it into the torso part of the armor.

Er, I don't believe you will be keeping that in our MT RPs.

Tritanium is about a kilometer over the bounds we set, since it isn't even a metal.

Besides, it sounds like you literally just supplied special forces with this armour, which is bad in general for different reasons.

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:Go away WA nobody likes your notifications and TG's!!!!!!!!

I'm always like ooh who wants to contact the great nation of Yukona and what wisdom can I bequeath the- oh. Some region has been condemned. That's gonna do a lot.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Andromitus, Definitely Not Helghan

Kalaron wrote:Er, I don't believe you will be keeping that in our MT RPs.

Tritanium is about a kilometer over the bounds we set, since it isn't even a metal.

Besides, it sounds like you literally just supplied special forces with this armour, which is bad in general for different reasons.

Oh I used Tritanium from EVE. It has the properties of Titanium but is more common (as it comes from literally every solid object) but yeah I was going to change it to something more reasonable like a weave of spider silk, Kevlar, and a light liquid polymer or metal. I haven't figured out what though.

I might still keep the weave relevant as an ever expanding line of research.

Russian Fedration

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:Oh I used Tritanium from EVE. It has the properties of Titanium but is more common (as it comes from literally every solid object) but yeah I was going to change it to something more reasonable like a weave of spider silk, Kevlar, and a light liquid polymer or metal. I haven't figured out what though.

I might still keep the weave relevant as an ever expanding line of research.

Graphene?

Russian Fedration, Definitely Not Helghan, United Byzantine Republics

Andromitus wrote:Graphene?

Graphene? Whats that? Byzantium know nothing if this... ;c

Definitely Not Helghan

Andromitus wrote:Graphene?

Possibly but isn't that fairly brittle.

United Byzantine Republics

United Byzantine Republics wrote:Graphene? Whats that? Byzantium know nothing if this... ;c

Pencil lead if I'm correct.

United Byzantine Republics

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:Possibly but isn't that fairly brittle.

We have Byzantine Metals! Want some? no? ok..... {;c

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:Pencil lead if I'm correct.

Ohhh!!!! Ok we know of this...wow...derp moment.

Time travel anyone ?

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=561820

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, United Byzantine Republics

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Time travel anyone ?

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=561820

The Timeline can shift!? WHAT!!?? I must research this...And Yes, I am in if you are!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:OK, going in reverse order.

The agelessness, no. We already told Mag no on keeping his leader alive for extended periods of time between RP, that is a step over.

Biofuels are a thing, though I highly recommend ascribing a weakness to both them and to bioreactors.

An example is simply making it more expensive to obtain/run them, such that your nation is still at least somewhat a trader in the larger world. I understand that this might seem obtuse, but this helps to prevent excessive technological creep inside of RPs.

I myself have done the same -creating weakness- so everyone follows the rule, too. A prime example was my "Boron Nitride" plates which, though possible, I made prohibitively expensive and heavy out of fairness.

In the end, I won't be the one deciding -We'll, unless Bax makes me a mod which I do actually kinda want- as much as the community and Bax will.

Happy RPing, friend.

That's fine about the agelessness. Like I said before, I'll defer to y'all's judgement if it is a no-no.

I try to make everything have a weakness (I was notorious in TNI for this kind of thing- our military, while great at offense, is bad at defending... our society, while stable, is xenophobic and nationalistic... our technology, while self-reliant, is expensive, smelly, and massive), so that's quite alright.

It's good to see that y'all have a mod and whatnot for the RP's to keep them fair. In TNI we kinda just ganged up on someone if we thought they were being unfair, and argued with them for a week.

Definitely Not Helghan, United Byzantine Republics

Friedensreich wrote:That's fine about the agelessness. Like I said before, I'll defer to y'all's judgement if it is a no-no.

I try to make everything have a weakness (I was notorious in TNI for this kind of thing- our military, while great at offense, is bad at defending... our society, while stable, is xenophobic and nationalistic... our technology, while self-reliant, is expensive, smelly, and massive), so that's quite alright.

It's good to see that y'all have a mod and whatnot for the RP's to keep them fair. In TNI we kinda just ganged up on someone if we thought they were being unfair, and argued with them for a week.

Nice! So your in China, and your German? YOUR JUST LIKE THE allgemeine ostasiatische gesellschaft!!!

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia

United Byzantine Republics wrote:Nice! So your in China, and your German? YOUR JUST LIKE THE allgemeine ostasiatische gesellschaft!!!

The way the story goes is that the Germans won WW1 by the Zimmerman Note not existing and the German military finally being able to break the French and British lines in Belgium.

After the war, Germany expanded its holdings in Shandong by manipulating the weak Qing dynasty and subjugating the Chinese there through racist policies that ensured the Chinese will never be able to become wealthy or influential.

This caused a violent insurrection during the 1920's by Chinese nationalists that were angry at the Germans and wanted to re-establish the Chinese dynasties. Long story short, it drained Germany of its resources and men, which made fighting the war in Germany very unpopular. So the then Kaiser met with the 3 leaders of the insurrection, and they agreed to grant the German Chinese colony autonomy, dividing the colony into 3 sections that were each handed to the leaders.

This lasted until around 1953, when a German aristocrat unified the 3 sections and declared independence. Thus created my nation. Everything else is based on the RP history of my nation, not just the backstory.

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, United Byzantine Republics

Definitely Not Helghan wrote::-p it was implemented to keep our small military when we were there up competing with the top. (Small but highly advanced and extremely trained) all MANTEL Agents must go through a training similar to that of the Navy SEALs program which is why it was so small. Here since I'm gonna try to nab 70 I'm going to make my military a little over half the size it was so I can keep the tech boost I was giving it back in TNI. Also it's going to be rare to see a MANTEL Agent in a foreign nation most of the time we're going to hire out the EC to do our bidding.

How we made the weave

We took molecules of Tritanium and infused it with a polymer Nanoweave before strengthening the bond with *redacted* and molding it using *redacted* we then *redacted* before splicing it with leather and Kevlar before placing the weave into standard body armor as plates and taking it and splicing it into the torso part of the armor.

See, and Tserran soldiers still wear steel armor. Mind you, not heavy steel, its only 1.5mm thick, and its only in certain places, but here you are talking about polymer nanoweaves, and tritanium. lol

Definitely Not Helghan

Friedensreich wrote:That's fine about the agelessness. Like I said before, I'll defer to y'all's judgement if it is a no-no.

I try to make everything have a weakness (I was notorious in TNI for this kind of thing- our military, while great at offense, is bad at defending... our society, while stable, is xenophobic and nationalistic... our technology, while self-reliant, is expensive, smelly, and massive), so that's quite alright.

It's good to see that y'all have a mod and whatnot for the RP's to keep them fair. In TNI we kinda just ganged up on someone if we thought they were being unfair, and argued with them for a week.

Again even though I never really broke laws and I set up research outposts meant to learn about the NPC's and to help us advance on an international stage (each one had a future purpose having to do with making contact with the player nations but that was torn apart completely)

Russian Fedration

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:Again even though I never really broke laws and I set up research outposts meant to learn about the NPC's and to help us advance on an international stage (each one had a future purpose having to do with making contact with the player nations but that was torn apart completely)

It is completely logical for them to want to destroy those bases. You literally built one 100 miles away from my border. Am I supposed to just let someone build anything that close to my borders?

Hell, that spy plane you sent to us getting shot down should have been a big hint that we are basically the Bermuda Triangle in the RP.

Russian Fedration

Friedensreich wrote:The way the story goes is that the Germans won WW1 by the Zimmerman Note not existing and the German military finally being able to break the French and British lines in Belgium.

After the war, Germany expanded its holdings in Shandong by manipulating the weak Qing dynasty and subjugating the Chinese there through racist policies that ensured the Chinese will never be able to become wealthy or influential.

This caused a violent insurrection during the 1920's by Chinese nationalists that were angry at the Germans and wanted to re-establish the Chinese dynasties. Long story short, it drained Germany of its resources and men, which made fighting the war in Germany very unpopular. So the then Kaiser met with the 3 leaders of the insurrection, and they agreed to grant the German Chinese colony autonomy, dividing the colony into 3 sections that were each handed to the leaders.

This lasted until around 1953, when a German aristocrat unified the 3 sections and declared independence. Thus created my nation. Everything else is based on the RP history of my nation, not just the backstory.

Thats cool! Thats actually pretty freakin cool... I just finished my factbook on Political parties to! YAY!

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia

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

Today is April 21 and today are:

- A&M Day (Texas A&M University)

- Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day

- Civil Service Day (India)

- Day of Local Self-Government (Russia)

- Eid e-Rizwan (Pakistan)

- Grounation Day (Rastafari movement)

- Heroic Defense of Veracruz (Mexico)

- Kang Pan-sok’s Birthday (North Korea)

- Kartini Day (Indonesia)

- Local Self Government Day (Russia)

- National Chocolate Covered Cashews Day (United States)

- National Day of Silence (United States)

- National Donate Life Blue and Green Day (United States)

- National Kindergarten Day (United States)

- National Pro-Life T Shirt Day

- National Surprise Drug Test Day (United States)

- National Tree Planting Day (Kenya)

- National Yellow Bat Day (United States)

- San Jacinto Day (Texas, United States)

- Queen's Official Birthday (Falkland Islands)

- Tiradentes' Day (Brazil)

- Vietnam Book Day (Vietnam)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 753 BC – Romulus founds Rome (traditional date).

- 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.

- 900 – The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines): the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah, pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations.

- 1092 – The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II

- 1506 – The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics.

- 1509 – Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.

- 1526 – The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat.

- 1615 – The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta.

- 1782 – The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.

- 1792 – Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.

- 1802 – Twelve thousand Wahhabis under Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad, invaded city of Karbala, killed over three thousand inhabitants, and sacked the city.

- 1806 – Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa.

- 1809 – Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.

- 1821 – Benderli Ali Pasha arrives in Constantinople as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire; he remains in power for only nine days before being sent into exile.

- 1836 – Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

- 1856 – Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour day.

- 1863 – Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, declares his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest".

- 1894 – Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.

- 1898 – Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.

- 1914 – Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.

- 1918 – World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.

- 1925 – The Manifesto of the Fascist Intellectuals is published in Il Mondo, establishing the political and ideological foundations of Italian Fascism.

- 1926 – Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.

- 1934 – The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).

- 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.

- 1952 – Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.

- 1960 – Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.

- 1962 – The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.

- 1964 – A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95 kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.

- 1965 – The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.

- 1966 – Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.

- 1967 – Greek military junta of 1967–74: A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.

- 1975 – Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.

- 1982 – Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.

- 1985 – The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.

- 1987 – The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.

- 1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.

- 1992 – The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.

- 1993 – The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.

- 2004 – Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.

- 2010 – The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev; it was unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014.

- 2012 – Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1774 – Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician

- 1782 – Friedrich Fröbel, German pedagogue, created the concept of the "kindergarten"

- 1816 – Charlotte Brontë, Cornish-English novelist and poet

- 1837 – Fredrik Bajer, Danish lieutenant and politician, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1838 – John Muir, Scottish-American environmentalist and author

- 1864 – Max Weber, German economist and sociologist

- 1882 – Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1889 – Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1915 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor

- 1926 – Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of Windsor aka Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom

- 1947 – Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

- 1958 – Andie MacDowell, American model, actress, and producer

- 1959 – Robert Smith, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

- 1979 – James McAvoy, Scottish actor

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Quote of the day

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

- Napoleon Bonaparte -

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

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Friedensreich, Tserra, Percyton

The Vidnoye wrote:What on earth are you talking about?!

xD

Not at all, you took after me.

You couldnt even spell in english before me ;)

That i suppose its fair to say we influenced each other?

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:@russ I'm pretty sure Dima knew after Dezriah and that one soldier spoke telepathically to load up the jump jets :-p if not then damn that would've made up for a crazy explanation XD

Honestly i just didnt connect the dots .

United Byzantine Republics

Russian Fedration wrote:That i suppose its fair to say we influenced each other?

Honestly i just didnt connect the dots .

I am having an Election soon! EKK SO EXCITED!!!!

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia

United Byzantine Republics wrote:I am having an Election soon! EKK SO EXCITED!!!!

Oh you are ?

whos Running?

United Byzantine Republics

Russian Fedration wrote:Oh you are ?

whos Running?

check my factbook.

Russian Fedration

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:Pencil lead if I'm correct.

Graphene is, in essence, an allotrope of carbon that forms a one atom thick lattice.

The science goes that this lattice is incredibly strong, incredibly light, and is basically simply a Wonder-Material.

I'm vehemently against it though, due to it having the effect of throwing us into the future regardless of how strongly we try to stop tech-creep.

Cutting twenty tonnes off a tank is pretty drastically going to effect just what you put on it and with that kind of armour, there won't be that many vehicles able to deal with it effectively. As such, including it at all is going to seriously screw over the whole dynamic of RPs by forcing people to progress into PMT or FT to adjust.

Also, it's a "wonder-material" that hasn't been proven in any extreme military trials, so...

Definitely Not Helghan, Yukona

Friedensreich wrote:It is completely logical for them to want to destroy those bases. You literally built one 100 miles away from my border. Am I supposed to just let someone build anything that close to my borders?

Hell, that spy plane you sent to us getting shot down should have been a big hint that we are basically the Bermuda Triangle in the RP.

Actually I moved it 600 miles from the Gekki on a cliff near the water. I do admit it had an ulterior motive but it was highly classified :-p.

Russian Fedration

Kalaron wrote:Graphene is, in essence, an allotrope of carbon that forms a one atom thick lattice.

The science goes that this lattice is incredibly strong, incredibly light, and is basically simply a Wonder-Material.

I'm vehemently against it though, due to it having the effect of throwing us into the future regardless of how strongly we try to stop tech-creep.

Cutting twenty tonnes off a tank is pretty drastically going to effect just what you put on it and with that kind of armour, there won't be that many vehicles able to deal with it effectively. As such, including it at all is going to seriously screw over the whole dynamic of RPs by forcing people to progress into PMT or FT to adjust.

Also, it's a "wonder-material" that hasn't been proven in any extreme military trials, so...

Alright I'll do my infantry weave with that. And keep my other under constant research. Of course the EC and MANTEL SF will be using the most top of the line gear but eh. I'll try to keep everything withen MT or very early PMT (like 2030 at the most)

Russian Fedration

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:Alright I'll do my infantry weave with that. And keep my other under constant research. Of course the EC and MANTEL SF will be using the most top of the line gear but eh. I'll try to keep everything withen MT or very early PMT (like 2030 at the most)

i think he said that would all be Crunchy!

Definitely Not Helghan

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:Pencil lead if I'm correct.

United Byzantine Republics wrote:Ohhh!!!! Ok we know of this...wow...derp moment.

That's graphite; Graphene is a hexagonally bonded set of carbon molecules, its light, cheap, and REALLY durable.

https://futurism.com/images/graphene-the-wonder-material-of-the-future-infographic/ - That's partially reliable information

Jaslandia, Definitely Not Helghan, United Byzantine Republics

Andromitus wrote:That's graphite; Graphene is a hexagonally bonded set of carbon molecules, its light, cheap, and REALLY durable.

https://futurism.com/images/graphene-the-wonder-material-of-the-future-infographic/ - That's partially reliable information

Now I remember it O.O

I read about it in Popular Science

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:Alright I'll do my infantry weave with that. And keep my other under constant research. Of course the EC and MANTEL SF will be using the most top of the line gear but eh. I'll try to keep everything withen MT or very early PMT (like 2030 at the most)

Please do not put it on any of your forces.

Again, it messes with the whole dynamic of the MT-scape.

If you're truly hurting for some special armour, simply write up a sandwiched armour for the troops which double-layers Ceramic-Kevlar-Ceramic-Kevlar or give them a composite armour with Kevlar behind it.

The RP year is 2020, but the tech level remains at 2017, please don't reach further than 2020 at most

Yukona

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:Now I remember it O.O

I read about it in Popular Science

Wait strike Cheap, while cheap in material, producing and manufacturing it makes it one of the most expensive materials on the planet, so it's gon' be hard there buddy

[nation=short]The_cross_and_davids_star[/nation], how's that football field lookin now?

Andromitus wrote:That's graphite; Graphene is a hexagonally bonded set of carbon molecules, its light, cheap, and REALLY durable.

https://futurism.com/images/graphene-the-wonder-material-of-the-future-infographic/ - That's partially reliable information

Definitely Not Helghan wrote:Now I remember it O.O

I read about it in Popular Science

Kalaron wrote:Please do not put it on any of your forces.

Again, it messes with the whole dynamic of the MT-scape.

If you're truly hurting for some special armour, simply write up a sandwiched armour for the troops which double-layers Ceramic-Kevlar-Ceramic-Kevlar or give them a composite armour with Kevlar behind it.

The RP year is 2020, but the tech level remains at 2017, please don't reach further than 2020 at most

Russian Fedration wrote:i think he said that would all be Crunchy!

ELECTIONS!!! YAY!!!

http://www.strawpoll.me/12795320

Russian Fedration

United Byzantine Republics wrote:ELECTIONS!!! YAY!!!

http://www.strawpoll.me/12795320

I did not, in fact, say that it would be alright.

Very certain exceptions can be made for reaching past into 2020 levels of PMT, but Graphene is not one of them.

Andromitus wrote:It encompasses Gran Colombia, taking portions of the tip of Peru, Colombia, Venezuela and that whole schpeal above brazil; Sadly, its mine, mwahahahaa;

Boy, 104 is in India now

Russian Fedration

Baxten wrote:Boy, 104 is in India now

Oh ;P

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