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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Valturus. And I fail to see how either the Nairobi National Park or the New National Party of Grenada could help us here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NNP
Au Minbo, Aldaur, Vista Major, Andromitus, Minnesota Dakota
The North Naboo Pact.
Jaslandia, Vista Major
He knows. He does this when we initialize anything.
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Aldaur, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Frankly, I'm doubtful of the utility of either.
Valt spent weeks talking about how he was able to figure out how to fake -insert site here- meaning that allegations of what he did were extremely hard to stick to him at the best of times, and combine that with the general apathy to how he treated several people -not just me, but Sul, Merc, Peng, Ruclax, Awe, Bax and some others I'm probably forgetting- it is highly likely that should he enter again, he would find little push-back if he begin to -again- push people out.
I personally hated Valt. He is hard to like.
I only began to dislike him after he tried to harass Sul off NS and began to really grind the rules aside just to exercise power.
Like when he kicked Vista from the Discord just after I stopped being a moderator.
That kinda ground my gears.
Minnesota Dakota
I miss participating in government.
Vista Major
Well, to be honest, this one time I legitimately didn't know what NNP stood for. However, I certainly wasn't serious in thinking that NNP stood for Nairobi National Park or New National Party of Grenada.
Did you mean to say 'grind my gears', or did you intentionally to change the phrase?
https://youtu.be/Q685Ko2DHDs
Aldaur, Minnesota Dakota
Things may change soon enough
Minnesota Dakota
It was intentional.
Jaslandia
:: Tears :: I see Tse is not on that list anywhere. That is ok. I will just go make toast, and cry.
Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Andromitus, Yukona
Or a sausage biscuit
Jaslandia
its OK. Everyone prominent member is on that list; just didn't list them all of.
Jaslandia
Achievement Unlocked: Filthy Lurker
Jaslandia, Oelesa, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona
Hey Skin! It's been a while. How are you?
You guys have awesome templates for your military fact books. Mind if someone sent me those?
http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10061422/3/?x=0#post10006593
Gonna attend diplomatic talks with my robotic entourage, dudes.
Post self-deleted by Andromitus.
Hello!
Hey Yall!
Hi too you too!
Minnesota Dakota
What did we say?
Whos do you mean?
Toot toot 🐧
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
If anyone needs to reach me. Please do so by TG. I am travelling currently out of the country so I cant access Discord. :)
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hello people. Have a nice day. :)
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- Arbor Day (Egypt)
- Armed Forces Day (Nigeria)
- Feast of the Santo Niño/Sinulog (Philippines)
- Indian Army Day (India)
- John Chilembwe Day (Malawi)
- Korean Alphabet Day (North Korea)
- National Hat Day (United States)
- National Sanctity of Human Life Day (United States)
- National Strawberry Ice Cream Day (United States)
- Sagichō at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū. (Kamakura, Japan)
- Teacher's Day (Venezuela)
- Wikipedia Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 69 Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but rules for only three months before committing suicide.
- 1541 King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
- 1559 Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
- 1759 The British Museum opens.
- 1777 American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
- 1782 Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
- 1815 War of 1812: American frigate USS President, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
- 1844 University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.
- 1870 A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
- 1876 The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
- 1889 The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
- 1892 James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
- 1910 Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325 ft (99 m).
- 1919 Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
- 1936 The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
- 1943 World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
- 1943 The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
- 1949 Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
- 1962 The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
- 1962 Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
- 1966 The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.
- 1967 The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 3510.
- 1969 The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
- 1970 Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
- 1973 Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
- 1975 The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
- 1976 Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
- 1981 Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
- 1991 The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
- 1991 Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.
- 1999 Račak massacre, 45 civils are massacred by Serbian police in Racak during the Kosovo war.
- 2001 Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
- 2005 ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
- 2007 Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq.
- 2009 Captain Sully (Chesley Sullenberger) emergency landed a US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River saving all 155 passengers after the plane collided with birds few minutes after take-off.
- 2013 A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1622 Molière, French actor and playwright
- 1791 Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright
- 1798 Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish antiquary
- 1812 Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar
- 1842 Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychiatrist
- 1866 Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1875 Ibn Saud, first monarch and founder of Saudi Arabia
- 1895 Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1906 Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman
- 1908 Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic
- 1918 Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt
- 1926 Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress
- 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1941 Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist
- 1955 Andreas Gursky, German photographer
- 1965 James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor
- 1985 René Adler, German footballer
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Quote of the day
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
- Albert Einstein -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Tserra, Minnesota Dakota, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton
Enjoy your trip. Where do you travel if I may ask ?
Jaslandia, The United Providences Of Perland
Noot noot
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton
I could help pay for it.
Jaslandia, Percyton
I love how in missing like four days of school, I've had and missed a test in every subject but English. Fml.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota
That's unfortunately fortunate
Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Oelesa, The United Providences Of Perland
[B]National News
Nearly a week after the Grand Council election, the Kng of Oelesa passes a new law making him and his family the indefinite rulers of Oelesa, however the houses remain elected by the people, and still can reverse the decision. The nation is no longer the Elective Monarchy, it's is now officially a Kingdom.
(Thank the dice)
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton
Yay!
#MonarchsWithPower
Jaslandia
Post self-deleted by Minnesota Dakota.
I did a report on Albert Einstein in fourth grade.
My government is somewhat complicated
Grand North America, Continental Commonwealths
Oh, wirklich?
*frown*
I could help design
"Commuters often break into synchronised para-para dancing for no reason at all."
#lalaland
Andromitus
Socialist Imp...
...Imperial...
...Republic?
What.
So it's like a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system and socialists are in power?
We have a Premier that is elected and rules for life, a hereditary Empress, a Prime Minister elected by the people, and a parliament with 353 seats. View my Political Parties page for more info on the parliament.
Jaslandia
Vista Major doesn't have political parties. Ever since our... Nationalist Uprising...
Continental Commonwealths, Minnesota Dakota
Not the flashbacks.
I feel there would be a way to make this easier. Reforms.
No reforms needed. There hasn't been an uprising yet.
Just want so say that I love you all very much. <3
Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Andromitus, Oelesa, Tserra, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Peng you are awesome.
Jaslandia, Baxten, Penguania And Antarctica
Uggghh fine
*mock voice* ohkay MOM
We have arrived, Chancellor Amos Baxfield, a word if you please,
http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10061422/3/?x=0#post10006598
Vista Major, The United Providences Of Perland
Nah. You all are. :)
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=grand_north_america/detail=factbook/id=755228
Tell me how I did on my first factbook entry.
Might write more, but I have no idea of what aspect of my nation to cover next.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Yukona
Try using some BB code. It'll help you split things up and organize them. Other than that it looks pretty cool and gave some insight into your nation.
Ooh lala
I concur with Oel, but this is nice
As are yooooooou
Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, The United Providences Of Perland
As an avid reader of Wikipedia, that sounds like my kind of holiday.
I would use some more bolding and italics to make stuff stand out, but other than that, it looks nice.
Penguania And Antarctica
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=grand_north_america/detail=factbook/id=755244
Also, boom.
Overview.
Vista Major, The United Providences Of Perland
Prince William has quit his job as a helicopter pilot to become a "full-time royal."
Oh, all that waving, shaking hands and cutting ribbons. He works so hard.
Grand North America, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
I found Sir Topman Hatt
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=topham
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
What of social justice work?
Yassssssss
Jaslandia
*Peep peep*
We love you too, Peng!
Thomas: "The State of Percyton wishes to extend its congratulations to the Kingdom of Oelesa on its change in government. Percyton looks forward to working with the royal family of Oelesa, and is confident that Oelesa will remain a free and democratic nation."
We'll consider it. Sodor is a very traditional place, and we would also need to do lots of experiments and tests to ensure every single one of our engines can run on maglev. Toby suggested that we only turn a section of the line (say, the Peel Godred Branch Line) into maglev for now, and see how it works.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
As long as its connected to residential and commercial sectors. If people aren't using it to shop or commute, it'll be worth it.
May be a good idea to built a straight Maglev line from west to east, or north to south. That way, someone on one end of the island can fly down to the other without using traditional train, proving its efficiency as a rail line
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton
Isn't he also a father?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Toby said he'll answer this.
Toby: "1. Peel Godred is more of an industrial and freight line. It has the Sodor Power Plant, the aluminum works, Mr. Jolly's Chocolate Factory, and the waste dump, among other things. However, the Peel Godred Line does connect to the Culdee Fell Railway, which is a passenger-heavy line. I mainly suggested we start with Peel Godred because it's already electrified, so it's a bit more modern than the rest of the railway.
2. That may not work out like you hope. Rather than people seeing it as proof of maglev superiority, they'll see it as a competitor that is taking business away from the traditional trains, and that should be shut down before it drives the railway out of business. Not only are Sudrians a more traditional people, but part of the Island's business model is dependent on being traditional: while industry and agriculture are big on the island, tourism also makes up a huge chunk of our economy, both from our fans who have seen us in books, movies, and TV shows, and from railway enthusiasts who like seeing steam engines and other older designs still in use. Converting to maglev, even if we use all the same engines, would take away much of that folksy and old-fashioned charm our island has, which would cause our tourism industry to take a big hit."
Jaslandia
I love your nation so much
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Well international diplomacy isn't exactly easy
Jaslandia
So?
He doesn't do diplomacy. He smiles inanely and shakes hands while the politicians conduct the nitty gritty negotiations.
Thank you! I'm glad you like it.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
How can you be so sure, meeting hundreds of people a day and representing a nation is quite a job, I wouldn't like to do it
Jaslandia
You're right. Living in the lap of luxury from cradle to grave doing a "job" that you're born to do while receiving endless praise and adulation is such hard work.
As I understood, I was approved for the RP
so...
Here's an humanitarian aid op!
http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10061422/3/#new
He never chose to be born like that. There's businessmen who have children who represent the company and have to do a lot for the company. Just because they were born into it doesn't mean it's not hard work, to be honest I agree with and I enjoy baiting you with the royals :^] but you don't know the guy's struggles man. Admittedly, he's not impoverished but if you were so concerned about all the people below him in the wealth chain why not sell all your s**t and donate. It's just the way it works maaaaan
Jaslandia
To be fair, he isn't exactly Britain's foremost ambassador though.
Like, I understand your point, but spending even a week out of a month shaking and jiving on the world stage is a good trade off for royal luxury to me.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
OK, gotta lean back on the understanding part here >.>
The royals could stand to donate quite a bit of their stipend from the Gov too, and I don't think it's quite fair to point at those impoverished folks beneath the Rich and to state that those concerned about money which might find a better home with the starving should donate themselves [B]into[/B] poverty.
Yukona
400 pages!
Delionia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
Hey, neither do the Continental Commonwealths! Populist, locally focused, and naturally distrustful of government, a political candidate would likely sink his or her chances of being elected if they announced that they were entering into a coalition with other candidates and agreed to vote in similar ways.
Why doesn't he sell his sh!t and donate? He's far richer than me, and being royal, he lives off money he earns from land that his ancestors stole off the people.
I am sure he has his own struggles. But he doesn't exactly need to worry about paying the bills does he? Most ordinary people have that extra burden on them plus their other problems.
But to be honest, I cant imagine him having any kind of personal problems. Even if he did, big deal. I'd rather be miserable in a palace than miserable in a hovel.
Being an anti-royalist myself- although I love our current Queen in an endearing way- I often agree with you Nurem, although not always with the fervour you sometimes say it.
But, I would much, much rather have to work for my money and living than live a life of little to no privacy as he does. The publicity may even be something he and his relatives revel in, but I personally wouldn't trade my 900 square foot apartment for a palace if it meant my partner couldn't leave the house without having her outfit critiqued or my children couldn't be out in public without their every move being photographed.
You have a fair point but in my opinion, the publicity is a price worth paying for the luxury, especially at public expense.
Why would *anyone* sell their sh*t and donate dude? Society works on greed, only the very few are going to do it. And no, he doesn't need to worry but he was fortunate enough to be born into wealth. It happens to non-royals with more money as well, it doesn't mean we should hate them for it and detract from everything else they do.
The difference between him and other wealthy citizens is that they don't live off the taxpayer teat. Him and his family do. That's what bothers me. Honestly, if they did not use any public money, I'd be happy having a monarchy.
I guess it all depends on your personal threshold for such things. As someone who doesn't like being approached in public by strangers (don't they see my headphones?!), being dogged by paparazzi and having my every move photographed would whittle away at my soul.
I'd be going full Britney on a regular basis- having to buy a new umbrella every couple hours.
I would hate it too but that's what happens if you're born royal. Deal with it. Don't moan about it and then use the paparazzi next time you want a nice little family PR shot at the palace. These people, like other celebrities, pick and choose when they like the media and when they don't like it.
They would be nobodies if they fell out a "common" vagina so I'd say to them, suck it up.
Continental Commonwealths
To be fair here, if we're to state that his job is to represent the royals -and by extension, the Nation- then he really should represent the greatest qualities to be seen, which would include generosity and charity.
True, true. Which is why I'm glad to have been born to commoners. Ah, the freedom that comes with being able to take and send intimate photos without fear that it might one days spark a constitutional crisis :P
Nuremgard
Do they even use as much as they return? Having a Royal Family that can trace its routes back hundreds of years brings history to life for me, it's truly fascinating to think that the traditions, places they live, etc. have been used for centuries
Jaslandia
I am of course in the minority here but that damn family does not represent me in the slightest.
True. Though I wouldn't mind the palaces, servants and endless supply of money. As well as the fancy titles and people praising me every time I farted.
Tradition isn't always a good thing. I resent the fact that money is being cut to public services yet these royals are lavished with cash. I find it disgusting.
Meh, I've always been more of "Study the past, look to the future" guy, and democracy has always held such a luster that I'm -often at best- hostile to the idea of even a moderate royalty.
Nuremgard
Oh for sure, I love myself some democracy but just having them there, it's kind of nice to see, I feel quite fortunate to have royals.
Jaslandia
I don't see why but that's your prerogative. They're like pandas. Expensive to conserve and ill-adapt at any modern environment. They don't have the same difficulty in breeding that pandas do, however. I'm quoting Hilary Mantel there.
Jaslandia
I'd like to observe you watching Netflix's The Crown. From behind triple reinformed plexiglass. While wearing riot gear and protective eyewear.
I feel like you'd throw things.
Yeah, Will. "Reinformed" plexiglass. My typos will kill me before anything else.
I mean, at least your buildings are smart then.
I tried the first episode. Couldn't get through it. Bored me to death.
Or have Alzheimers, given how often they have to be informed.
I love you Nurem, even if *freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedooooooooom* [/scottish accent]
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Well it's catchier than the more modern "self-determinatiooooooon!"
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
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