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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Can I still have my signature mindless robots that keep my employees in line?
The United Providences Of Perland
And for Christ's sake, Andy, could you help us keep up with your troop movement by providing an actual map? I can't tell whether you're flanking me, behind me, in front of me, or surrounding me.
The thing is, these "advanced nations" won't have much advanced about them because I'm trying to get MT tech and strictly MG tech to be the threshold of thechnologixal capability.
Jaslandia, Oelesa
Goodnight guys. Have a nice remaining day and pleasant dreams tonight. Love you all.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, The United Providences Of Perland
Goodnight, Peng!
Penguania And Antarctica
^This exactly.
Oelesa
I can work on that
*wishing for a return of the Space Opera RP*
Jaslandia, Yukona
Actually, after further reading, it's not most nations that are MT; it's all nations that are.
Pretty much.
Also, I'm beginning to consider building a deep sea complex built of habitats and using a mix of OTC and Nuclear energy for it.
Would be fun, if dangerous.
Male feminist abandons his surname to adopt his feminist wife's. Guess who's idea that was? My professor is such a cuck.
Yukona
how would you fix the immense pressure problem, deep sea zones, no matter if what shape your base is, would crush you inside of it due to the pressure compressing the air within the habitat
Ain't planning on going too deep, using a nice dome shape, and studying whatever I can to find more about it.
I'll write more when I get...you know....an actual idea for it?
:P
Andromitus
Thank God no woman has ever changed her last name at her husband's behest.
Merlinton, Jaslandia, Aldaur, Magnatronia
Meh. I am pro-patriarchy. Now get back in the kitchen! :p
Meh, whatever they want to do. Frankly, I'd be fine with taking my future husband's name or him taking mine, though it's not exactly comparable, whatever they want to do.
Jaslandia, Aldaur
A pro-patriarchy fascist? Odd combination. :P
And you should be so lucky to have me in the kitchen! Since my last stint of singledom I've been teaching myself to cook and daaaayyyum I'm pretty good at it!
Jaslandia, Baxten, Aldaur, Andromitus
Who cares? If they're both happy with the arrangement, it's all good.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania
What the actual f*ck is a cuck
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Aldaur, Andromitus
"A cuckold is the husband of an adulterous wife. In evolutionary biology, the term is also applied to males who are unwittingly investing parental effort in offspring that are not genetically their own.[1]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckold
That's the actual definition. By this point, I've seen it (mis-)used so often in so many different places, that I think 'cuck' is now just a catch-all term for people that the word's user doesn't like.
Aldaur
It's a 4Chan term for "one who is less of a male, or subservient to another" in most of it's current uses.
So...stupid is the way to describe it.
Jaslandia
You could have just stopped right there; the rest could easily be inferred.
Also, I think even 4chan has forgotten what the term means at this point, considering I've seen that term used in contexts that have nothing to do with subservience or masculinity, and is just the user expressing rage at someone else.
Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania
As someone who has been cooking since they were 4. B!tch can't touch this!
Is the result of word degradation, to be expected when most people know of it by the connotation.
Jaslandia
I suppose so. I guess I'm both surprised and frustrated that such an old-fashioned and specific word is now being revived as one of the most overused buzzwords in certain Internet circles. I'm not much of a linguist, but even I can't help but sigh at this extreme example of word degradation.
Sorry if that was a bit of rant, but the use of the word 'cuck' outside its literal definition is just something that really grinds my gears.
https://youtu.be/Q685Ko2DHDs
Think it's time for Tea
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Percyton
Eh, happens with literally everything slightly older than the current lingo.
Be glad it doesn't happen with more words.
Jaslandia
So, with the new map, has anyone considered what the lore of the CoFN would be like? For the most part, I've retconned my nation to be the pitiful legacy of the economically powerful states within the Horn, but has there been an agreement about the history of neighboring countries or global conflicts?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton
Eh, id probably end up being the ISIS of the CoFN
Tempting, but I'm worried it might be too late now. Does anyone else want to do it? Otherwise I can host it tomorrow.
Vista Major, Percyton
In the meantime:
One site security check.
One. Fµcking. Site. Security. Check.
Just removed about 1 1/2 hours retconning the main dispatch into what I intended.
Words cannot express the sheer rage I am suppressing into stress rashes due to this.
Oh, me me me!
Jaslandia
Being Somalia: in other words, Hell
Jaslandia
Knock yourself out. Well, not literally, but you know what I mean.
Vista Major
Sry to hear that m8
HEYO, PARTY-PEOPLE, PARTY-POOPERS, AND PROSTITUTES FOR HIRE, IT'S NOW TEA TIME!
Them Rocking Drinks, Tho: Sweet Tea, Fruit Punch, Root Beer
Da Awesome Shnacks: Popcorn, Chips & Dip, Extra Cheese Pizza
Good Ol' Conversation Starters: Trump's Inauguration, North and South Korea, Canadian Bacon
Bonus Q: If you could go to war against any RL nation, assuming that you would win, who would it be, and why?
Other Thangs: Nonsensical Sentences, Random Links, Open Letters, etc.
Jaslandia
https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=23295448
Jaslandia
I'm just thinking that this is a good opportunity to spruce up my nation's history
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=499015#Hist
As long as you can cook good indian food, we're good :p
Ill take a root beer and popcorn, happy for trump inauguration, nk and sk is bomb with a very short fuse, Canadian bacon is just ham, sweden, cause I'm the dude who fvcks sh1t up, its what i do.
Aldaur
Fruit punch and pizza
Trump: every day we draw further from God's embrace...
Koreas: if they were anthro'd, I'd just tell them to fµck to get the tension out of the system, though even that might end badly (who'd be the top or bottom, assuming that it's a random gender combination)
Canadian bacon: I honestly used to love that shît, especially Canadian bacon pizza from Domino's. Like all pork-related items other than pepperoni, though, I got sick of the stuff and can't eat it anymore.
War: Bosnia, that way the Croats, Bosnians, and Serbs would finally stop trying to kill each other, along with their position in the Mediterranean.
Link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=36EGHwNPpUM (been listening to this for the past hour to lessen the anger from my factbook failure)
Continental Commonwealths
I'll have pizza and sweet tea.
Trump inauguration: Not long forward to it. Not only does it mean that Trump will officially be our president (*gulp*), but I'm worried Trump will continue to act as un-presidential as possible, and use his opening speech to attack Rosie O'Donnell or something like that.
North and South Korea: North Korea is completely loony, but the recent scandal involving SK's seems to indicate that they have a few problems to work out too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_South_Korean_political_scandal
Canadian bacon: Never had it, but I've heard its just ham.
Bonus: Assuming my NS nation is doing the war, I'd say Sudan. It would punish them for their actions in Darfur, they don't attract as much international attention as places like Iraq and Syria (so I wouldn't get as much flak from other countries and the public), and Sudan has no nukes or powerful weapons (like North Korea or Russia).
Random links: https://youtu.be/xB-MkenBO1k
https://youtu.be/0mbGUld2w-s
I am willing to give Trump a chance, but I am not excited for it.
Jaslandia
Last I checked, I've decided to take the easy lore route and just be a corporation designing the items I have.
Next step is base building and contract meddling.
This will be good, I swear it.
Drink & Snack: I'll be taking a sweet tea and a good old bag of popcorn my good man :P
As for Trump...well...both sides are pretty irrational, really. The people who refuse to play seem to misunderstand their role and are buying way too much into the idea that this will be a world ending event that they'll be damned to hell if they play in, or if their school does >.>
South Korea would bulldoze NK in a fight, such that it really is only fair to describe it as a forty year old fighting a five year old by swinging another, they got numbers but you have...everything else?
I'd probably fight Israel, and stick around to help if their neighbors start to fvck up.
I've been giving Trump a chance ever since a day or two after Election Day, and so far, I've been pretty disappointed with what I see. The campaign didn't change him, getting the nomination didn't change him, the convention didn't change him, winning the election didn't change him, so I don't expect him to act very differently once he says the oath of office.
Aldaur, Continental Commonwealths
I'm not talking about how he acts, but I am willing to give what he does a chance. He has been doing a good job keeping from companies imo. He has done a lot more than most other President-Elects. I also want him to build the wall :p
I don't know why, but I feel that wall will be just like the Great Wall of China: failure.
I'll have a root beer and a pizza , and when you turn around i'll steel a popcorn :P
As long as we don't burn in atomic fire and he's not elected AGAIN, we'll survive, he'll push us back, but time has proven that no man, no matter how orange, can stop the steady march of social progress. North and South korea, down with the dictatorship, hail a united korea. Canadian Bacon, the real Canada of Bacons
I would perform a major invasion of Australia, all hail the new pacific empire!
nonsensical sentence ... hmmm ... Blue is greener than purple for sure...
The great wall of China was used to hold off an army of soldiers....not immigrants lol Any reinforcement of security helps.
Only when the mongols come.
I mean, in a way?
We can do it more cheaply than blocking the whole thing though, and god forbid someone just....blow a whole in it?
Aldaur
Even if you just count his actions, his Cabinet appointments are certainly 'actions', and I'm not impressed with those either.
And as I and many others have said before, the idea of a border wall is completely stupid.
https://youtu.be/vU8dCYocuyI
https://youtu.be/K_P9PR5ckFk
Aldaur
You DO know that the large majority of undocumented immigrants come here via plane right? and as many members of the left and right have said, a 30 foot wall is just gonna make a market for 31 foot ladders. and maybe a rope :P
Heck, we already have a 30 foot steel fence, and not like a chain link, this fuducker is solid steel, and a couple of idiots, from the US side mind you, just dug a tunnel under it XD
Jaslandia, Aldaur
There are certainly better ways such as high tech surveillance ay the border, ending sanctuary cities, fining companies that hire illegals, greatly reduce worker visas and hire a private company to find, investigate and deport illegals. However, a wall is better than a fence. I approve.
His cabinet could be better, I agree. I really only like Pence and Mattis. I still think the Trump administration can do well. If anything though, it is worth seeing those SJWs squirm.
Still better than nothing. Also, if greatly reduce visas, they won't be able to fly here. Most illegals over stay their visa.
1. If you want to stop illegal immigration, then fine, do that stuff; it'll do a lot more to stop illegal immigration than a wall, and would give us more bang-for-our-buck in terms of money.
2. Yeah, I don't think "SJWs squirm" justifies having an opponent of labor and the minimum wage as Labor Secretary, or having an oil executive with ties to Russia as Secretary of State, or having a climate change denier and opponent of the EPA as EPA Administrator.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Aldaur
Either way, it would be more logical to set up a security team to round up runners and coyotes, especially since construction will have to address any contingency plan by smugglers or physical flaws (maritime borders, whether it will replace the pre-existing fence system, installation in odd places such as in California, etc.)
The Great Wall of China wasn't even effective at that: the goal wasn't to stop people from getting in per se (China's borders were much too long for that to work), but rather to make raids into Chinese territory less profitable, because not only would the raiders be weighed down by loot, but these raiders usually operated on horse, and horses can't really climb walls.
In addition, when the Manchus attacked China, the wall didn't work because the Manchus bribed the general commanding the wall to open the gates, thus leading the Manchu to invade and become the new dynasty of China. Under Manchu rule (also known as the Qing dynasty), China's borders extended further north and far beyond the wall, rending the Great Wall obsolete.
^see? The wall failed in it's purpose. My reference of it wasn't directed as immigrants being an army, but at the initial thought to deter movement. Even if the wall was built, some factor at random will inevitably cause failure in the system. While the wall envisioned for the Mexican border is less than 1/6 the length of the Great Wall, an endeavor of that magnitude is still going to require time and resources, all while still dealing with illegal immigrants and potential obstacles.
Jaslandia
I just said the great wall wasn't meant to stop invaders, which is why it failed.
I want there to be a path to citizenship for those who are here, end visas, fine companies and build the wall. That is what I want. Either way, the wall is happening.
We should abolish the minimum wage and adopt a guild system instead of labour unions. There is nothing wrong with Tillerson having done business with Russia. Trump wants to be allys with Russia, so having a business relationship with them is a plus. We should stop being so antagonistic of Russia. At least he will rein back the major excesses of the EPA. I support environmentalism, but the EPA is a waste of money and overly bureaucratic. We already have an enforcment mechanism for laws. It's called the police and military. We don't need giant bureaucracies to remind the government that made them, to enforce the laws they made. Government reminding itself is stupid.
The police and military both have plenty of things to do already, so that's why we have agencies like the EPA to enforce and manage specific regulations. You can have gripes about how the EPA is run or structured, but its definitely needed.
And at the end of the day, Russia is a geopolitical adversary whose interests will inevitable conflict with ours. I'm concerned that if we get closer to Russia, then we'll have to abandon our allies in NATO and the EU and let Russia assert its iron fist over not just Eastern Europe, but possibly all of Europe.
Fone, but the EPA needs to be reduced and get their grubbt hands out of land management disputes. They cost everyone time and money.
I doubt it. NATO is an alliance through treaty, which means Trump has no power over it. Only Congress does. We could move away from the EU, but I doubt it. I don't see why we can be friends with the EU and Russia. Maybe even get Russia to join NATO or the EU one day (not soon though). That would be the ultimate goal. We should work on turning enemies into friends. There is always a first step that must be taken.
Jaslandia, Yukona
Now this is a guy I can get behind
Hello people.
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
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- Houseplant Appreciation Day
- Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)
- Margaret Thatcher Day (Falkland Islands)
- National Bittersweet Chocolate Day (United States)
- National Cut Your Energy Costs Day (United States)
- National Oysters Rockefeller Day (United States)
- National Save The Eagles Day (United States)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 49 BC Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.
- 69 Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.
- 236 Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.
- 1072 Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
- 1645 Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
- 1776 Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
- 1791 The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
- 1806 Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
- 1861 American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
- 1870 John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
- 1916 World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
- 1920 The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
- 1922 Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Dáil Éireann.
- 1927 Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
- 1941 World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
- 1946 The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
- 1946 The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
- 1962 Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
- 1971 A by-poll is held in the Lebanese Chouf District.
- 1972 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
- 1981 Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
- 1984 Holy SeeUnited States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
- 1985 Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
- 1990 Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
- 2007 A general strike begins in Guinea in an eventually successful attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.
- 2012 A bombing in Khyber Agency, Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and 78 others injured.
- 2015 A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involves beer that was deliberately contaminated with crocodile bile leaving at least 56 dead and nearly 200 hospitalized.
- 2015 A traffic accident between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, killing at least 62 people.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1769 Michel Ney, French general
- 1797 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer and composer
- 1908 Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director
- 1916 Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1936 Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1939 Scott McKenzie, American singer and songwriter
- 1945 Rod Stewart, English singer-songwriter
- 1947 Peer Steinbrück, German politician, former German Minister of Finance
- 1949 George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman
- 1953 Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter
- 1960 Brian Cowen, Irish lawyer and politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland
- 1987 César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Kalaron
Russia joining the EU and NATO would be against Russia's own interests (at least right now), and I see absolutely no reason why Putin would join the very organization that's blocking his plans of spreading Russian influence in Europe. Doing so would require masterful diplomacy, and I don't trust Trump nor Congress to provide that, and it still remains to be seen if Tillerson can provide that.
Continental Commonwealths
Just gonna say, Tim is pretty great.
Don't know, just wanted to say that :P
You're pretty great yourself, hon.
Kalaron
Choke.
Continental Commonwealths
Hey,Baxten, you put my name in wrong in the cfn map
I mean, most of that Oil has apparently been nuked, so... :P
Oil is underground how can it be nukes is would only suffer underground radiation.
Explosions and oil wells don't mix well.
Not to mention deep underground.
Good contribution to the discussion.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_bunker_buster
CD, I don't mean this maliciously, but do you know about this stuff?
Solla never sent NBB's at me, only nuclear ICBM's.
:(
Jaslandia, Percyton
Greetings friends and new region-mates.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
You alright, Peng?
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
sup Ald
Nice flag.
Jaslandia
Nope.
Jaslandia, Percyton
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneuverable_reentry_vehicle
This is what rides on top of a ICBM.
ICBM is just an acronym for a type of rocket (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) , like "Assault Rifle" it just refers to a type of system.
There is no conceiveable reason that Solla wouldn't have sent those at you in a real nuclear war, because most nations have a few to at least try to kill the leaders of the nation.
That's to help the missile to reach its target. ICBM's are able to be outfitted with different payloads, such as a nuclear payload.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile
OK, so I'm going to explain this simply because maybe we're having a simple disconnect here.
The missile -the ballistic missile- carries the payload which is comprised of a MIRV with warheads.
Now, assuming that we're taking your land and standardizing it within your recent history -and giving you the general concession of a bunker buster being needed- there is no reason for him not to have sent some over as the payload to that mass of missiles.
In short, the missile can carry an array of warheads and at least a few would be made in such a way to hit harden targets.
Freewire, Yukona
Everyone, I need to make some things clear
The year being set in 2020 is purely astheitic. I do that because I've built my timeline around it and that's when our first RP (in the original NGA) was set. No advancements have been made between the years. The "Well its 2020, anyways" argumnents are null, so please don't use them.
Jaslandia, Freewire
Aesthetic* Couldn't of butchered that word any worse.
Jaslandia, Andromitus
Sorry to hear that. Is there anything I can do?
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/adventuretimewithfinnandjake/images/a/a7/Openingpenguins.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20110705011103
Hoping this might cheer you up
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I've got a question for everyone (we may need a poll for the The United Providences Of Perland): What would you think of using NS stats for Scientific Advancement/Primitiveness, Economic Output (with some changes; the quadrillion dollars I have isn't realistic), and the Human Development Index?
Vista Major, The United Providences Of Perland
Ald, do you want Eastern Russia. Unf says you and Bear would like the lore he's making (thinking Unf wants to reform the USSR)
I would love to find a way to normalize my EO for my new 22k population. But using NS stats would totally be easier.
I'll totally make that poll for ya
Post self-deleted by Baxten.
I'll make some formula that would make sense with the new populations (on the map). While bigger nations may be advantaged, smaller nations could still have larger economies if their NS EO is super high (like me)
I agree with using NS stats for standard RPs (i.e. ones not having to do with Olympic gods, etc.) It makes sense that the way you've built your nation how it should be reflected in RPs.
If you have an uneducated, unarmed nation, and then say in RPs that you're the most advanced and powerful, it's kinda like -_-
Magnatronia
However, not all stats are really applicable. Like the ones I listed are, honest to God, the only ones that would really effect anything. The EO bunched up all of your industries, really (However, if we made a trade system, each industry would be pretty important)
*looking at the Commission of Economics*
n
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RP stats would be terrible that way, and they should instead be kept as we currently have them.
Just because someone answers issue in "X" way doesn't mean they should get Spaceships.
I don't know- other things may be applicable. I don't want people to be able to invade me because I don't have a military without having to also consider that my population is armed to the teeth.
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