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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
And those who use technology are worthless without the creativity to advance it, the knowledge to modify it, and the compassion to help their fellow man to the last with it.
Every Kalaronian learns the basics in regular life, can learn far more in Uni, and is taught combat and further skills inside of the military -should they choose to join, that is-
In other words, you breed soldiers, but I breed physicists, and I'll give you a hint as to which I find more frightening. :P
Well geez, alrighty
Aldaur, Tserra
Oh, and for the record, if the Tserran military has it, you can bet your bottom dollar a civilian does too.
Tourist: "Omg is that person driving to work in a tank!"
Tour Guide: "Yep. I have been looking to get a new tank myself, I am still using last years model. Getting too hard to find shells now that they changed the standard bore size to 120mm."
Aldaur, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica
Tserra only just upgraded to 120mm?
Ew :P
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra
Aldauri are bred as warriors, raised like monks, learn like scholars and work like machines.
Also, we have one of the most advanced science programs in the world, incredibly innovative companies and free compulsory university, as well as an apprenticeship based education system. Aldauri are the perfect Scholar-Warrior.
Must be hard fitting actual combat training into an actual school day.
Aldaur
Our school days go from 8am to 8pm. We only have one day off a week and summer break is only three weeks long.
We also do morning exercises like they do in China and when they come of age, they must undergo a ritual rite that involves combat and hunting.
Killdash wants to be mercenary nation in new RP.
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms
Also, I did the confess feelings thing a few minutes ago, and sweet baby Jesus, your heart feels like it will actually stop before you do it.
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra
Well...don't leave me in suspense. How did it go?
I concur
Hello friends. Wish you a nice day
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day (Taiwan)
- Constitution Day (Azerbaijan)
- Fancy Rat & Mouse Day
- Father's Day (Indonesia)
- Happy Hour Day
- Mother's Day (North Korea)
- National Chicken Soup for the Soul Day (United States)
- National Health Day (Indonesia)
- National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day (United States)
- National Youth Day (East Timor)
- World Pneumonia Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1028 - Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros.
- 1439 - Plymouth, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
- 1555 - The Second Statute of Repeal re-establishes Roman Catholicism in England under Queen Mary I.
- 1793 - Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined.
- 1892 - William Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
- 1905 - Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly-independent country
- 1912 - King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
- 1918 - Austria becomes a republic.
- 1927 - Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
- 1940 - World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.
- 1940 - World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.
- 1941 - World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12 °C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
- 1944 - World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers, which sink the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway.
- 1956 - Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
- 1956 - In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
- 1958 - A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
- 1970 - The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
- 1975 - The Comoros joins the United Nations.
- 1980 - The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.
- 1981 - Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
- 1982 - USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev.
- 1990 - Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.
- 1990 - Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
- 1995 - Erdut Agreement regarding the peaceful resolution to the Croatian War of Independence was reached.
- 1997 - Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
- 2001 - War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
- 2003 - Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311 mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
- 2011 - Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the European sovereign debt crisis.
- 2014 - The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1684 - Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician
- 1833 - Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist
- 1840 - Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker
- 1842 - John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1866 - Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China
- 1923 - Vicco von Bülow, commonly known as Loriot, German comedian, humorist, cartoonist, film director, actor and writer
- 1925 - Heinz Schubert, German actor, drama teacher and photographer
- 1929 - Grace Kelly, American actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco
- 1929 - Michael Ende, German author and fiction writer
- 1934 - Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer
- 1945 - Neil Young, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1961 - Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast and coach
- 1978 - Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress
- 1980 - Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor
- 1982 - Anne Hathaway, American actress
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Quote of the day
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
- 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.
Vista Major
I think I'm gonna try and take over. I mean, it is a former colony of mine.
Ludania, Aldaur
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=394739
Aldaur, Vista Major
So, I've been playing around with a minor idea.
My interests tend to include developing armour and weaponry for my troops -and to an extent, for others- but I hit the snag, which is that most armour designs on the internet are either ridiculously tacticool or are all too mundane.
1.)So, I think I'll take a relatively moderate idea and let soldiers take their own armour into the field provided it fits a strict number of guidelines.
2.)It'll have to meet or exceed the standard armour in it's protective capabilities, it'll have to either look visually similar enough to the mainline to be identifiable -or contain a selective ping IFF-
3.)The soldier must be capable of doing all of the normal work inside of their armour.
Naturally, those who can't afford otherwise are given the protective baseline.
This would allow for a constant market of improving body armours -rather than a small start up every time the military wants something better- and would allow for me to begin developing reasons for most of that armour.
They have an article on body armor in WWI (or lack of it). It has a set of metal armor that wasn't completely useless made by an American. It's an interesting article, too. I'd think you'd enjoy it.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/04/could-body-armor-have-saved-millions-in-world-war-i/275417/
We have an RP section on the forums but okay
Would y'all rather we put it there?
Aldaur, Vista Major
Might as well make Lat happy
Aldaur
My confirmation email is being strange right now i.e. it isn't sending anything, not even in spam
We're gonna have to use the NS forums. My account verification email just isn't sending
Aldaur
And now all I'm getting is some free iPhone pop up spam that I can't X out of.
I'll sign up later. Let's just use the NS forums for now.
That's alright
Not well at all.
Jaslandia, Vista Major
Percyton has a new Factbook! Learn all about the quaint and beautiful Skarloey Railway!
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=percyton/detail=factbook/id=721615
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Ouch. Really sorry to hear that, bud. If you don't mind me asking, what went wrong?
Looks good, Percy! Nice job!
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Oh, I finally got it. Had to sign up under "Imperial Baxten", though
Aldaur
I was thinking... why don't we use our forum space to create our national factbooks and start rp as nations with one another. With global meetings, trading etc etc etc.
The Ministry of Interior would be glad to start a trading system, if there are any interested fellas out there.
Aldaur, Vista Major
Beautiful
Oh no! Here, let us offer you some tea
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/assets_c/2012/07/20120705-southpaw%20bbq-8-thumb-625xauto-255875.jpg
Killdash, Percyton
As far as trade is concerned, there is an act in the House to establish a common market
Which reminds me of my project
Latrovia, Aldaur
Does it evolve a specified Taxing System or monetary rates?
Vista Major
If I could have links to y'all's factbooks, that would be swell. I could have everyone in this by the end of the month.
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=703287
That would be taken care of by the Commission
http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/single/?p=10003164&t=10057266
Um, you do understand that you can have every detail of your University in our forums, without having why to create new forums for that right?
Please start a trading system. That would be amazing.
Speaking of RPs:
http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10061423/1/?x=0#post10003556
Aldaur
The way I wanted it all organized, I couldn't see it that way
And, since my university isn't government-sponsored, it wouldn't make sense to occupy your forums with it
Ok first of all. They are not my forums. It's everyones forums. Second of all, you could have informed me what exactly you wanted to see there, and I could have designed it for you. :)
I recommend taking down the website and telling me how exactly you want your university's forums set up. :)
Thanks! But I can't take all the credit; Jas gave me some advice, and Thomas, Gordon, and the Earl helped me write the Factbook.
Penguania And Antarctica
Uh, well, we talked, and I stuttered through my confession, but then she started breathing heavy, and she just started apologising, over and over, and that she just didn't have those feelings, and I kept saying, I understand, and thanks for your honesty, and then she said I was really brave, (though by that stage, I honestly felt sick almost). And then she started crying....
Yeah, it wasn't great.
Oh I saw your thread. I am loving it, and I highly recommend the use of the forums for that matter. We can do a lot of cool stuff with them.
Also, the Ministry of Interior will be posting soon the feedback we got by the people in our created Typeform Questionnaire. The results will be posted in the forums and my Ministry will from now on be posting it's latest updates in FORUMS-ONLY.
Thanks man, I need it.
Vista Major
Would you want to be a Co-Op of the RP. I want to get three, including myself.
Latrovia, Aldaur
I am kinda confused with the roleplay. Are we going to rp as NS Nations or real life nations?
NS nations
Alrighty :)
Mm
How's everyone today?
I got a new coin which made me happy. :)
Jaslandia, Vista Major
Doing good. And that sounds awesome. What type of coin is it?
Penguania And Antarctica
Eh, see above.
But otherwise I'm okay.
Penguania And Antarctica
I'm sorry to hear what happened but I'm happy that you are okay.
A turquoise titanium coin.
This one:
http://www.pobjoy.com/images/resized/images/uploads/products/BVI-2014-TITANIUM-DOLPHIN_300x300.png
Nice! I'm good, Peng.
Ouch. It sounds like it wasn't easy for either of you. Still, the fact that you made the effort certainly counts for something. Are you going to try to continue being friends with her?
Killdash, Tserra
Looks nice.
Penguania And Antarctica
Oof. Been there before. It hurts, and it takes time to get through.
Sorry to hear this didn't go well, Kill. You did what you could and should have done, though- don't let this experience turn you off of being straightforward with your feelings going forward.
Jaslandia, Killdash, Penguania And Antarctica
Don't really have that choice, we see each other once a week for meetings anyway.
But yes, I'm not going to be aloof or angry or anything. I understand, sometimes you're just don't like a person in that way. I will treat her as I've always treated her, it'd be senseless to change for something that isn't her fault.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
It happens. None of us were at fault in this situation. It does hurt, but I'm glad I did it, instead of endlessly waiting. At least now the process can begin again.
Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
That's good. I would advise you to just try to act normal around her and move on.
Killdash, Penguania And Antarctica
I agree.
Thank you guys, for your support in the matter.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I am sorry to hear that mate. Well you know, you really didn't lose anything. A negative response is certainly not a loss, "yes" in the other hand is the real achievement. I have never really tried the confess your feelings thing myself though.
Jaslandia, Killdash, Penguania And Antarctica
So turns out flying my flag (or at least what my flag is heavily based on) in the Netherlands is like the Confederate Flag or Nazi flag. Not illegal like the Nazi flag in Germany, but it's still interesting to see.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
No problem. We always try to be a supportive and helpful community, so don't be afraid to ask us for advice. And that goes for everyone here.
Same. *insert sad-face emoticon here*
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GD6qtc2_AQA/maxresdefault.jpg
Baxten
I think it's still better then letting them gnaw at you for weeks. I was going to say, sometimes you just feel you have to, and you have to trust your judgement, even if you do make the wrong call sometimes. It's worth it, :).
Jaslandia, Latrovia, Penguania And Antarctica
I've tried it one time too. It did not go well
Penguania And Antarctica
Since we're sharing stories...
You wanna share, :)?
Ah it's not that bad. I am in a relationship with a wonderful and lovely person and extremely busy. And our careers, often keeps us occupied but we do always find a few moments for one another.
http://imgur.com/cRXNh27
http://imgur.com/EMzqN97
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Well despite the fact whether I like a person or not, I allow my actions show that I do. So when the time comes, we start going out, making funny jokes and then in time when I start feeling in love, I do the next move. Ask them to be my special someone. That's me.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
You lucky dog. Congrats!
Latrovia, Penguania And Antarctica
Thank you, I am a really lucky man. :)
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
It's a good one
So basically I'd been talking with this girl I really liked for about a year (maybe more). I thought we really had something and we were gonna go to the same high school. So homecoming came up, and I decided to tell her how I felt and ask her to homecoming. So that's what I did and she said yes. "Great!" you may think, but that's not even half of it. A couple seconds later, she called me back and said "Oh, I forgot I have someone else to go with. I'm sorry". That was a huge hit already, but we aren't finished. Oh no, it turns out she lied and asked some other guy to go with her because she "didn't have anyone else to go with". They became a thing soon after, and I had to sit behind them two everyday in Science, watching them hug each other everyday.
So yea, not good at all.
Jaslandia, Killdash, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
Ouch, that's rough man. At least she didn't start sobbing, and put you in the position of comforting someone who (at that particular moment) you just really didn't want to talk you.
On the other hand, I won't have to watch her getting handsy, since I'm pretty sure she doesn't have anyone else at this time.
Anyway, I feel you man. I guess we both misjudged.
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
Yea. One day we'll both find that someone. I like someone at the moment, but she has a boyfriend so I'm just keeping my options open.
Jaslandia, Killdash, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
Best of luck to you man. I'm sure it will all work out.
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
As to you. Maybe she'll change one day. I just keep hope.
Killdash, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
I recommend men. They're much easier to ask out.
Killdash, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
It's not a choice Sul. I was born[/I] straight. Gawd.
Jaslandia, Killdash, Aldaur, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
I feel like they wouldn't be, unless maybe you knew 100% that they were homosexual. Otherwise it could be monumentally awkward.
Besides, it's not really a choice, so I guess we're stuck either way.
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
I really like the fact that people are sharing their stories here. :)
Aldaur, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
I wouldn't know, there's [nation=short]Kalaron[/nation] who says he's straight, when we all know he's not. Tis' a very malleable thing. :P
Penguania And Antarctica
Sul does make a good point.
Penguania And Antarctica
I'm trying to ask out a cute waitress. I didn't realize how hard that is lol But I've got a plan :p
Jaslandia, Killdash, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Could share mine, but those are secret. :P
Penguania And Antarctica
A guy in the military asks out a waitress... I feel like that's the romance plot to a few movies.
Jaslandia, Killdash, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
What a lie.
God, Sul why do you do this :P
Hah, I have two.
One is rather depressing to me, the other is ongoing.
Penguania And Antarctica
Or the basis for the song Travelin Soldier.
Avoid Vietnam at all costs, Ald. Things... don't turn out well.
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
Soldier returning home from abroad goes to a diner and sees waitress there. He falls in love with her immediately but doesn't know how to talk to her. He goes there over and over for some weeks and get to know her better. She gets the vibes too. They kiss each other in the rain in front of the diner. They have a happy time. He is send abroad again. She really misses him. He gives up the job to live with her forever. The end.
Jaslandia, Killdash, Aldaur
I know it's a bad plot. Screw me.
Aldaur
You don't have to say if you don't want.
Though mind, we're not judgmental here. Especially when it comes to RL concerns.
I guess we're hardly being encouraging right now, :p.
Aldaur
So I was sitting in class one day in high school, and this girl asked me to help her with history. Well history, and geography are my jam, so I agreed. We started hanging out, me doing her history assignments, her just sitting there. Over time I decided I liked her. So one day in class, it was really quiet, everyone was just doing classwork. I looked over at her, and said, not whispered. "Can I have your number?", she looked over at me, and said unabashedly, "No." The whole class was like, "awww", and, "Tough break". All I could do was say ok, and go back to my work. At the end of class she handed me her number. I won.
We started dating, and had been dating for about 2 years, when finally I asked her to marry me. It was not fancy, anything like that, but gosh dernit I asked. She said no. We got married later that year. I won.
We have been married for...3...yes..3 years now. I think.
The lesson, sometimes just because a person says no, does not mean it will always be no. Accept their no. Do not go rapey. But sometimes, that person will come back, having thought about it, and you win in the end.
(Disclaimer: The reason she said no both times, was because she thought I was joking. When she found out I was serious, it instantly changed. So...your experience may not match up with my own.)
Jaslandia, Killdash, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
I just need to ask. Was that a play on words? I really hope that was a pun.
Oh yeah, that "girlfriend" of yours. I wonder if he likes being referred to as a she. :P
Penguania And Antarctica
Sounds about right, except I take her with me, I don't give up the job and then I go on to be a politician. I then win the white house and that is where the real story begins ;)
#Caesar
Penguania And Antarctica
Not even a good story, mate.
Was on cloud nine before her, met her, decided to help her be happy too -she was a cutter- and wound up emotionally exhausted for a year and a half.
Let's just say, I'm less than stellar with romance, and I get to be a little shaky when I don't know how to cope.
So, I got real worried, couldn't stop being worried, and got hurt.
Boring, and less than it should have been.
She's a she, so...
Killdash, Penguania And Antarctica
Thank you Tserra. That's very encouraging, and honestly, all of you guys have been a real help. I'm not going to give it hope, or go crazy. I'm just going to keep going as I have. Maybe her mind changes.
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
And tell us about the "she"? What's "she" like? How is "she" doing?
Penguania And Antarctica
If there is a play on words it wasn't intended. I don't even know what you mean. What is it what you think was a pun ?
The phrase is "Sue me" not "Screw me" :P
Penguania And Antarctica
Ah, I dated a cutter as well. For six or so months. We had such happy moments, but most of the time, she'd freak on me, and it absolutes ruined my mood during that time.
Eventually she moved on to someone else, and they look happy from what I can tell, so I'm happy for her.
Girls are all good, but never forget to do what you want. Don't give up anything that you want to do for the sake of a girl, or a guy if you're a girl or gay :p My last girlfriend said she didn't want to live a military or political life, so we broke up. And that's okay, because people don't always want the same things and it is important to find someone who does.
Killdash, Penguania And Antarctica
Ouch.
http://i.imgur.com/X5tD7M5.gif?noredirect
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
My bad English skills again. :(
Oh no, don't worry about it. It was pretty funny.
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