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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Yeah, I've been quite lax in my duty as Grandmaster of Tea Time. A bit late now, but I'll see about doing one tomorrow evening.
Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
Yes.
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
GG
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
So Donald Trump has a much bigger and more powerful Nuclear button than Kim Jong Un.
What's international diplomacy now? A dick measuring contest? That's a behaviour of children and immature teens.
Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Yukona, Czeko Russika
It's always been a big prick waving dick fight. Ask George Carlin. Google "George Carlin bigger dick foreign policy theory"
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
LOL
Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota
Why isn't he dead yet? Seriously. Far more popular presidents have been assassinated. Why hasn't tis disturbed man-child been shot yet?
Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Thank you all
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Once again, do you want President Pence (hardcore Christian conservative), or possibly President Ryan or Hatch: no one wants to risk the possibility of potentially-worse Presidents, so it's best to work with the demon we know.
Oelesa, Fuhrmania, Yukona
My husband is Trumps #1fan if i hear another one of trumps good deeds i am going to hurt somebody
Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
Ah, reminds me when people in real life think I'm conservative because I joke with them, then they expect me to be a "good Mexican" and say I love Trump: I promptly tell them to go f*ck themselves as he's a garbage human being.
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Fuhrmania
Honestly, I kinda support how he's acting towards the Norks. If fear-mongering wasn't quite so popular in the US it would show how little fear we should have for them since for all their angry little tantrums we still haven't been nuked.
IDK, maybe I'm just tired of hearing on the news about how the "NORTH KOREAN NUKES ARE REAL (but they aren't accurate enough to hit their target if it were a literal sea board)" or News stations that previously made fun of nuclear defense programs like the SDI or the Pat-2/3 or the GBI or even THAAD that now ignore them when talking about our obvious nuclear annihilation is.
Oelesa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_minority
Shoutout to all of the "libertarian" capitalists. Reminder that you cannot support liberty and hierarchy at the same time and call yourself a libertarian to sleep at night knowing that 20 million people die each year because of a lack of food, clean water, and housing, all things we have the resources to provide to everyone but are not provided because goods and services are not distributed by need in a capitalist society, thus not allowing for well being for all.
Woot!
The KGMD is a go.
http://iiwiki.com/wiki/KGMD
This is just one of the things I've been working on over these last few weeks, and more information will come out about the Expo after the election :D
Jaslandia
I get the image in my head of you sewing together old timey farmer clothing, stuffing them with straw, propping the effigy in a wooden rocking chair on a wrap-around porch, and screaming at it.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Yukona
Fun fact, for all the threats Trump and the little man in the east make, none will probably ever beat the terror old Khrushchev gave when he was translated as saying "If you don't like us, don't accept our invitations, and don't invite us to come to see you. Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!" in front of twelve ambassadors from NATO member states.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota
>Implying that I was making a strawman of "libertarians"
Vista Major
[spoiler=Today is January 3 and today are:]
Today is January 3 and today are:
- Anniversary of the 1966 Coup d'état (Burkina Faso)
- Festival Of Sleep Day
- Ministry of Religious Affairs Day (Indonesia)
- Nakhatsenendyan toner (Armenia)
- National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day (United States)
- National Drinking Straw Day (United States)
- National Fruitcake Toss Day (United States)
- Tamaseseri Festival (Hakozaki Shrine, Fukuoka, Japan)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
- 1653 By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.
- 1749 Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
- 1749 The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
- 1777 American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
- 1815 Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.
- 1823 Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
- 1848 Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia.
- 1861 American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
- 1868 Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
- 1870 Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.
- 1871 Battle of Bapaume, a battle in the Franco-Prussian war occurs.
- 1885 Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
- 1888 The James Lick telescope at the Lick Observatory, measuring 91 cm in diameter, is used for the first time. It was the largest refracting telescope in the world at the time.
- 1911 A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
- 1911 A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
- 1913 An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
- 1919 At the Paris Peace Conference, Emir Faisal I of Iraq signs an agreement with Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
- 1925 Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
- 1932 Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company.
- 1933 Minnie D. Craig becomes the first woman elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first woman to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
- 1938 The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 1944 World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
- 1945 World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
- 1946 Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
- 1947 Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
- 1949 The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
- 1953 Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
- 1956 A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
- 1957 The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
- 1958 The West Indies Federation is formed.
- 1959 Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
- 1961 The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
- 1961 The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
- 1961 A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
- 1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
- 1976 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights entered into force.
- 1977 Apple Computer is incorporated.
- 1990 Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
- 1993 In Moscow, Russia, George Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
- 1994 More than seven million people from the former apartheid Homelands receive South African citizenship.
- 1999 The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
- 2000 Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip.
- 2002 Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
- 2004 Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history.
- 2009 The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
- 2015 Boko Haram militants raze the entire town of Baga in north-east Nigeria, starting the 2015 Baga massacre and killing as many as 2,000 people.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 106BC Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician
- 1829 Konrad Duden, German philologist, founded the German language dictionary Duden
- 1876 Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic
- 1883 Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1887 August Macke, German-French painter
- 1892 J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist
- 1901 Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam
- 1924 Otto Beisheim, German businessman and philanthropist, founded Metro AG
- 1926 George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer
- 1929 Gordon Moore, American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation
- 1929 Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1946 John Paul Jones, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
- 1956 Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 Michael Schumacher, German race car driver
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Quote of the day
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
- Rudyard Kipling -
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, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton, Cesorion, Duke The Old Engine
Just a small note/update. Tomorrow or the day after it new gov't assumes office. However till Jan. 6 I won't be much active. On Jan. 7 I plan to make an inaugural statement. Thank you
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Speaking of the election, when will the results be posted and/or telegramed?
Penguania And Antarctica
Has anyone else got the "international" event issues? The ones regarding Brasilistan and kidnapped citizens etc? My country has now gone to war to save our captured and enslaved citizens... is this a new plot-driven series of issues or have they been around a while?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Hyderbourg, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
I got it over a year ago and I've gotten more than one before, I think they've been around for a while.
They're also a good deal of fun, haha.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, Czeko Russika
Same.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Hyderbourg, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The election is not over until midnight tomorrow, I live in CST, but in the past voting has been closed based on EST, so that I'll probably keep with that tradition.
There's really only one position that has not been acclaimed and I've been keeping a tally, changing it with each new vote, so I should probably be able to declare at literally 12:05 AM EST (need a few minutes to make sure Kal got the same results as myself).
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=axeldonia/detail=factbook/id=867432
Woop woop
It's ya boi Axel back with another dose of fantasy lore
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton
I still need to add more to the history section :p
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton
Awesome <3
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton
Sounds good.
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
As promised, Tea Time is on its way.
https://youtu.be/pGd96SH57SA
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND VELOCIRAPTORS, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!
OUR SNACKS: CHOCOLATE CAKE, SALTINE CRACKERS, AND CHEESEBURGERS
OUR DRINKS: WHITE WINE, BLUE TEA, AND PINK LEMONADE
OUR TOPICS: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, CELEBRITIES, AND THERMONUCLEAR WAR
BONUS TOPIC: WHICH TWO WORLD LEADERS WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO SEE FIGHT EACH OTHER (PHYSICALLY), AND WHO DO YOU THINK WOULD WIN?
BONUS PROGRAMS: OPEN LETTERS, RANDOM LINKS, AND NONSENSICAL SENTENCES[/B]
Russkov Soviet, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
Snack: Chocolate Cake (delicious)
Drink: Pink Lemonade
Topic: Celebrities - I share a birthday with George Clooney, Willie Mays, and Tony Blair.
Bonus: Theresa May and Donald Trump. Winner(s): The American People and the Scottish
Will Will Smith smith?
Will Smith will smith.
Smith Will Smith Will.
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
I'll have crackers and pink lemonade.
Public transportation: A good and convenient option for cities and metropolitan areas, and something more cities (*cough*Tampa*cough*) should expand and improve upon.
Celebrities: Some good (ex: Mark Hamil, Lin-Manuel Miranda), some bad (ex: Logan and Jake Paul, the Kardashians). However, even the good ones are only people, and shouldn't be hero-worshipped or anything like that.
Thermonuclear war: It's clearly a bad option, and I don't think we should do it. I just wish more people realized that (*cough*Donald Trump*cough*Kim Jong Un*cough*).
Bonus: Out of the present world leaders, I think a physical confrontation between Vladimir Putin and Nicolas Maduro would be interesting. Putin would probably win, though if we're lucky, both will be put into a coma and both of their countries' will have to get new (and hopefully better) leaders.
Random link: https://youtu.be/kMVWz55OAqo
Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
I'll take the cheeseburgers and pink milk.
In regards to thermonuclear war, I would like to state that I support it to erase the human race from this planet that we inhabit and pollute. Become a deep-green environmentalist today.
I would like to see Merkel and May fight. Merkel would obviously win because the English are just inferior Germans.
[spoiler=Open Letter]Dear Vetriutan,
Kill you are self.
Sincerely,
Vetriutan[/spoiler]
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
Tea Time, eh? This might be interesting. I'll just have coal and water.
Public transportation: I'm in favor of it. Maybe I'm biased, but I think narrow gauge rail provides the best option for most places: it's cheap, uses less space than standard gauge, can better accommodate curves and high elevations than standard gauge, and some people may find the smaller locomotives 'cute' (or at least that's what I and the other engines have been called by some of the tourists who come to the Skarloey Railway).
Celebrities: Back in my day, celebrities were people like Mark Twain, Frank Sinatra, and Enrico Caruso. People who actually had talent and were famous for something. What is Kim Kardashian famous for? Some dumb reality TV show? What about Justin Bieber? Singing high-pitched drivel to impressionable teenage girls? And what about Donald Trump? Only in America can a reality TV show star be elected President. I knew there was a reason I never trusted Americans.
Thermonuclear war: Something to be avoided at all costs. I still remember quite well the day the Manager told Falcon (now Sir Handel), Stuart (now Peter Sam), and I about the atomic bombing on Hiroshima, and then on Nagasaki a few days later. I heard all about the devastation and destruction in those two cities, and I've even talked with a few survivors or relatives of survivors about their experiences over the years. After hearing about all that, the last thing I want is for Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be 100 times greater and spread to a global scale.
Bonus: All fighting would accomplish is more violence, but if I had to choose, I'd pick Kim Jong Un versus 'the Rock'. I know the Rock isn't a world leader, but in this hypothetical scenario, I just want someone strong to knock some sense into that kid Nork leader and get him to back down.
Random links: https://youtu.be/rtsF0R00lh0
https://youtu.be/H8eq1Ma-Tak
https://youtu.be/wuT-_4G7LcE
https://youtu.be/AyqsYWDCjW0
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
And the award for best short story goes too... Duke, the Old Engine!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
For me? I'm honored! Thank you! Been here four days, and they're already giving me an award. This place isn't half-bad. You were right to recommend it to me, Percyton.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Snack: Cake me, my dude.
Drink: Blue tea I guess.
Topic; Thermonuclear war: It ain't happening. The Norks don't want it which is why they haven't fired at the Sorks yet. The US doesn't want it since the Norks are a complete waste and would probably have most of their population relocated to South Korea -destroying it- and would make plenty of world leaders shake their heads and snarl and complain about the US being a warmongering state because they didn't pull a UN and sit on their asses for another day.
Simply put? The most dangerous states with nuucs right now are probably India and Pakistan. Good luck getting them to disarm though considering the people in both hate each other and China keeps having semi-romantic moments where they tenderly fire bullets across India's borders.
Further, while we aren't safe from nuclear impacts (We'd need the SDI to do that! And as we all know, calling the program -that would have provided advanced tools to defend the Western World- is a great way to laugh off the uncomfortable existence of nuclear despots. Peace Dividends, after all, mean we should instead rely on weapons that are mostly meant for the interception of an ICBM at launch and at the moments before it lands because they just don't have the range otherwise. But hey, why hit a ICBM before it drops it's 13+ nukes and is flying a relatively slow ballistic orbit when you can hope to god that you have enough missiles to catch the 13+ Missiles as they hit Mach 10 in reentry?
Not gonna lie, I'm kinda salty about the death of the Strategic Defense Initiative and the mockery that was made of it when we still use components from it today in what people now call "Insufficient" defenses like THAAD.
Capability = Cost, it's a hard pill to swallow for pretty much everyone, but it's a valid point I promise.
BONUS TOPIC: I say Obama and Merkel.
BONUS PROGRAMS: OPEN LETTERS, RANDOM LINKS, AND NONSENSICAL SENTENCES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Yo1EnWXFM
Music my doods.
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
I'll just have coal and water.
Public transportation: I support it of course, particularly by rail. Unlike Duke, though, I prefer standard gauge public transit: It's more standardized that way, and it's easier to link up with the rest of the rail network.
Celebrities: I like some of them. Lin-Manuel Miranda seems pretty cool, and I also like Daisy Ridley and Scarlett Johansson.
Thermonuclear war: I originally didn't know what 'thermo-nuclear' meant, but then Edward explained it to me, and it sounds awful! I hope we never do it!
Bonus: None. Fighting doesn't solve anything, and the world would be a much happier place if we could resolve everything peacefully.
I'm glad you like it here, Duke! I knew you'd grow to enjoy this region and the people here eventually, but I didn't think 'eventually' would mean only 4 days. But either way, I'm glad you're happy here!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Duke The Old Engine
Tea time eh? *nickers* I've missed this.
Snacks: Hmm... I think I'll go with a cheeseburger. I heard that the American ones are, how did that one diplomat put it... To die for? I don't believe him.
Drinks: A glass of white wine will be lovely. I think I'll go for a Chateau '39 from Naples.
Topics: Thermonuclear War.. Didn't the Cold War teach us anything? Bloody...
Bonus Topic: I've grown tired of Trump and Kim Jon-Un acting like man-babies and shaking their rattlers at each other. Why don't you do the world a favor and go throw your temper tantrum elsewhere....like one of the American UFC rings?
Bonus Programs: Equestrian troops have reached and deployed on Sodor and the Mainland as part of the Red Crusade 2018. We are planning to construct hostels for the poor, check/repair rail lines, and generally assist where needed. Despite the large naval presence on New Years, the Scandinavian privateers decided to attack... but were intercepted before they could get close. I hope the air show and subsequent massive fireworks display was to liking. I've decided to, with Percy's permission, request to station a small garrison on a part of the island that would be relatively "out of the way". This will allow us to better monitor the threats and also ensure the welfare of our ally.
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
I'll have the chocolate cake and the blue tea, with a side of cheeseburger and pink lemonade
I would personally tax vehicle miles travelled up the wazoo and municipalize the public transportation sector, expanding it to cover almost all Americans, the expenses be damned. We could, could make a nice profit if we charge fares high enough without being like Metro
How the fame has tainted many of them. I can almost see are that the movie cameras in Hollywood are cursed.
pls no
Hahahahahahahaha, that's a hilarious bonus question.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Snacks: Been feeling hearty so its cheeseburgers for me!
Drinks: White wine is the superior wine and nobody can tell me otherwise.
Topics: Public Transportation in Edinburgh is great, we've got one of the best bus services in the world, trams, taxis and ubers and the train stations (and by extention Scotrail) are good too. Although in my opinion Scotrail should go back to being nationalised. In one of my Media modules in uni, I had to argue who was the first "celebrity" and I came down to 3 answers: Orsippus of Megara, Joshua Reynolds and Florence Lawrence. Its really all down to what your definition of a celebrity is. Thermonuclear war? More like LAMEOnuclear war, also REMOVE TRIDENT.
Bonus Topic: I'd like to see Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un duke it out. Xi would win obviously, he might be old but that guy has been through hell and always came out on top. After my dissertation on North Korea I just want to see the DPRK get SLAMMED by China.
Bonus Program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxjofn2bYE8
do u kno da wey?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Chocolate cake and tea please. :)
Public Tansport: Good idea. Works fine overhear. Tho it's time consuming and your aren't that flexible as you would be with a car.
Celebrities: I don't get it why we admire them. What are they doing mostly? Singing or pretending to be another person also known as acting. And they earn hell a lot of money. I wish the men and women which keep your streets clean, transport your goods from a to b, produce your food, keep your infrastructure intact or help you in case of an emergency would get as much attention and credit.
Thermonuclear war: Dats no good. No,no,no.
Bonus Topic: /// no data found ///
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Apparently uct wants to get a vasectomy because the tomato is new Jerseys national flower
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova
Can't blame him
Tomatoes are the worst
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Fuhrmania, Yukona
The new King of New Salvatore visited a foreign country to improve relations and banned Jennifer Government to stop the spread of revolutionary ideas. All in a day's good work.
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova
Oh my God
I actually have the highest employment rate in the region
socialism u guyz
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Fuhrmania, Yukona, Cesorion
I'm 2nd in the region for Public Education? Wot m8?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Says the red Cardinal :P
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Mercunova
Easier than capitalism
Get on my level
oof
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Just let me ask
A) What kind of jobs are they?
B) Am I the only one that thinks it does good to have people earn their jobs?
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
1v1 me scrub
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Hes red because hes bathed in the lifeblood of what was once my burgeoning economy.
Or tens of thousands of years of evolutionary adaptation.
But I know its one of those two.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
[spoiler=Today is January 4 and today are:]
Today is January 4 and today are:
- Chōna-hajimeshiki at Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū (Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan)
- Day of King Amador (São Tomé and Príncipe)
- Day of the Fallen against the Colonial Repression (Angola)
- Day of the Martyrs (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Funaiwai at Koshigoe (Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan)
- Hwinukan mukee (Okinawa Islands, Japan)
- Independence Day (Myanmar)
- National Missouri Day (United States)
- National Spaghetti Day (United States)
- National Trivia Day (United States)
- Ogoni Day (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People)
- Pop Music Chart Day
- World Braille Day
- World Hypnotism Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 46BC Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
- 0871 Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army.
- 1490 Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the King of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lèse-majesté.
- 1642 King Charles I of England attempts to arrest Five Members of Parliament, commencing England's slide into civil war.
- 1649 English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
- 1717 The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht , Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
- 1762 Great Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples.
- 1798 Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.
- 1847 Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
- 1853 After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
- 1854 The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
- 1863 The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
- 1865 The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters near Wall Street in New York City.
- 1878 Russo-Turkish War (187778): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and becomes capital of Liberated Bulgaria in 1879.
- 1884 The Fabian Society is founded in London, England, United Kingdom.
- 1896 Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
- 1903 Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company shoots the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
- 1912 The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
- 1918 The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.
- 1944 World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
- 1948 Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom becoming an independent republic, named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
- 1951 Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
- 1955 The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
- 1958 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit.
- 1959 Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
- 1959 Gypsy opened and closed on Broadway after 120 performances and four previews
- 1966 A military coup takes place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution.
- 1972 Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England.
- 1974 United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
- 1976 The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
- 1987 The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, killing 16 people.
- 1989 Second Gulf of Sidra incident: A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
- 1990 In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
- 1998 Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: Over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
- 1998 A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
- 1999 Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
- 2004 Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
- 2004 Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
- 2006 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
- 2007 The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
- 2010 - The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai.
- 2013 A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1643 Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician
- 1785 Jacob Grimm, German philologist, mythologist, and author
- 1809 Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille
- 1832 George Tryon, English admiral
- 1900 James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist
- 1929 Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician
- 1934 Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic
- 1940 Helmut Jahn, German-American architect, designed Liberty Place and Messeturm
- 1940 Gao Xingjian, Chinese-French author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942 John McLaughlin, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1960 Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1963 Till Lindemann, German singer-songwriter
- 1965 Guy Forget, French tennis player
- 1990 Toni Kroos, German footballer
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Quote of the day
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
- Isaac Newton -
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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
Anyway. How is you doing? :)
I did
https://www.nationstates.net/page=challenge?entity_name=russkov_soviet
Doesn't feel good, does it?
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=vista_major/detail=trend
A) There are a great many kind of jobs. Most are in government (particularly in infrastructure and technology) or in the information technology sector in general
B) To the extreme that I think you're implying, maybe so.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia
Okay bad new yall apparently the doc made a mistake on my diagnosis.
I actually have stage 4 Breast cancer.
Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Huh. I didn't know that was a thing. The link doesn't do anything.... but still.
Oh. Sorry to hear that. I hope it'll be alright.
Axeldonia, Mercunova, Fuhrmania, Percyton
B) Sadly for you, I don't imply any extreme. I do have a public sector at around 10%. https://www.nationstates.net/nation=cesorion/detail=economy
A) your system basically is that
Work for the state
Be paid for that
Pay 100% taxes
Repeat
No thanks.
I'll take the cake and lemonade
Public transport: I'd imagine that we could receive a good amount of benefits of, especially since Arlington actually lacks any organized public transport aside from the school buses and HandiTran (helps the elderly and the handicapped)
Celebrities: Nicolas Cage is also the universal constant which unites us all. After all, that was the plan: to give us all a boner. And we got one. Congratulations, we're human. Jokes aside, the levels to which we hold celebrities to is pretty uncomfortable (the intense amount of scrutiny can serve as the death knell for their careers if a scandal breaks, but the more personable ones are also being watched almost all the time) and the amount of idolization is rather creepy. On the other hand, scrutiny is a necessity when a scandal does break out (Weinstein, celebrity murders, Logan Paul recording a dead body).
Thermonuclear war: Let's all go to the Rapture, everyone: end the Earth and its ability to rebuild its ecosystems.
Bonus topic: I initially would've answered this with Robert Mugabe and José Eduardo dos Santos, but both of them stepped down: I'd say Salman of Saudi Arabia and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo: if one dies from their wounds, then a dictator falls (though Saudi Arabia would easily just replace Salman with someone else from the House of Saud :p)
Bonus programs: When the Danish kid in the class comes in with a wolf pelt and broadsword - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNu6FmaUIB0
That and all the other paskapuhe that was in general last night
Should probably overthrow the monarchy: just make New Salvatore the right-wing equivalent of Democratic Kampuchea :p
Jaslandia, Percyton
Democratic what? lol
Penguania And Antarctica
Italian dish. Similar to a bolognese.
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
Hey Peng! :) Thing are well. Howre you?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Doing alright. Still have holidays/vacation. So I'm enjoying my free time. Up to much rn? :D
Jaslandia, Percyton
Okay...
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Pol Pot's Cambodia, ya dingus :p
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
You will find that such a system supplies superior education, healthcare, welfare, transportation systems, as a higher economy and much better income equality
Our citizens are well provided for
Apparently Saor Scotland has enforced atheism.
Mercunova
That blue Saltire is slowly turning red
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia
Cake and lemonade too, please.
Publice transportation: Good! Expand and democratize it and you have the best transport system ever.
Celebrities: I can sort of get why actors get famous (They're everywhere in our movies, game etc.) but they don't deserve the amounts of money and luxury they get. Honestly, I think people like janitors and garbagemen deserve that. They do the jobs no one else want to do. They're pals.
Thermonuclear war:
Cons: Global Death etc.
Pros: I don't have to think about ending my life anymore
Bonus topic: I've been trying to make alternate union flags and associated ensigns. Any tips?
Jaslandia, Percyton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs
Skotland Stronk
I think I'd like to expand on my response to the Teatime from yesterday (I was a bit dazed from Stellaris, admittedly) and a few other military comments over the weak. Topics will be bolded.
[Spoiler]Thermonuclear wars, attacks and defense probability:
Since the topic of other nations obtaining nuclear weapons began, it has been an increasingly popular notion to gain a "Defense" from it. Whether this is a technological defense, geographical, military or otherwise political and economical defense has varied but the consistent factor throughout it all these past seventy something years has been the unwillingness of either side to fire the first shot. It doesn't take a very smart man to figure out that MAD precludes the launch of nuclear weapons in most circumstances, nor does it take an exceptionally smart man to see that the nuclear weapon has helped to lower the danger of wars between the major powers of the world. However, what must also be seen is that this doesn't make other states -nuclear capable or not- our friends. The reasoning behind many of the conflicts of the twentieth century is beyond the extent of this comment so I will instead focus on what was quite possibly the best chance for a somewhat more-open world, how Peace Dividends and Soviet propaganda ruined it -alongside the mockery of sciences that is so often clung to when a proper retort is outside a political faction's grasp- and what could be done in the modern day to attempt to fix this colossal peace-time mistake that like so many down-scaling efforts has robbed us of significant capabilities that we must now stretch to gain back.
The SDI: What was it?
In 1984 the Strategic Defense Initiative was unveiled to the public. It was a program that sought to reduce -and potentially eliminate- MAD as a doctrine, to be replaced with the capability of the United States -and much of the Western World- to protect themselves from most nuclear weapons. This was focused on SSBN and land based ICBMs and depending on the version would also tackle some higher altitude missiles as well, but the effect on a significant portion of the Soviet Union's nuclear weaponry was minimal, to be covered by other programs and weapons like SM-3 and PAT-3 if at all. Though it didn't leave the Soviet Union defenseless, it did largely reduce their effective ability to strike at the US and was the perfect point for an arms reduction on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
Unfortunately, the Soviet Union had other ideas. They already knew that countering the SDI was impossible economically for them, the strain of matching the West in terms of military spending was already rupturing their economy and a further expense such as the a Russian SDI would only spell further problems for an already poor USSR. So, like they always had a prosperity for, they began a subversive campaign of misinformation and fear mongering to turn the public against the idea beginning with the notion that it made nuclear war an inevitable event (Though no one in the Kremlin actually believed that, that it was the lead-up to a Western first strike -Which was never on the table for the US or the USSR, there were never First Strike plans in the later cold war- and that it placed Europe into a worse condition because it was the start of the US no longer caring for their European Allies. They were aided by peace-politicians, that is, Politicians who ran on the notion that Peace Dividends could be secured to help the economy and that diplomacy was an eternal answer who mocked the SDI as being "Star Wars" or essentially a piece of science fiction. The march of -relatively defunded- has of course proven them mostly wrong on that front, however.
The culmination of this was a push to defund and stop the SDI despite it's phenomenal possibilities, and thanks to an overwhelming amount of Soviet Propaganda and support for diplomacy, it has succeeded in quite a few ways. The more expensive forms of the SDI's work have been struck and we've been left -thankfully, even. It has been on the chopping block at times- with the THAAD system. We thoroughly defunded NASA and would now need an entirely new rocket to place SDI style satellites in orbit, though we must now also spend massive amounts of money to continue or repeat the construction of said systems if records have degraded.
Catching up to where we could have gotten is, in my opinion, nearly impossible. As Nurem exemplified a few days ago a large number of people are convinced that what is degrading the nation is not the petty and backroom politics of the nation -though they certainly play a part in their minds, I presume- but instead the "Colossal" defense spending of the nation. Though it might behoove people to know that defense spending as a percentage of GDP still remains lower than it was in the Cold War or during the start of the War on Terror, hanging steady at about 3.4 percent and still remains lower than I would recommend to support the present state of the military's acquisition programs but also to support future programs inside of the Military like the ADVAP round. Though we can certainly attempt it, Fear-Mongering over the supposed destruction of our nation would drive voters to whichever candidate promised to shepard them to to a peaceful existence free of the imminent threat of "destruction" and instead to the supposedly less dangerous delayed threat. And if it were not the result of the Citizen beguiled in the Fear Mongering we see every time North Korea opens it's mouth and is hailed as some kind of great destroryer by the Media -Promptly followed by a substantial raise in their ratings, I'm sure- then the death of a program would probably come from the GAO or the petty congressmen who sit behind them, content to take second best in the defense of the nation due to the cost of upgrading.
A European Continental Army & Leaving NATO: This is the single most interesting quesiton I talked about in these last few days, I will not lie. Making a Continental Army for the Europeans would be painfully expensive but could result in a large, well equipped fighting force that was able to truly defend it's own boarders with less of a US presence, potentially even without the need for a US presence if they were lucky as all hell. Unfortunately, this potential is only achievable if European countries across the board all collectively raised their defense spending for a number of very expensive reasons.
Though I only elaborated as to two costs inside of an army, the reality of the situation is staggering in both political and economical terms. If we took just Britain, France and Germany to forge this Army in a fully optimized way, we would likely see the replacement of 426 French Tanks and recovery vehicles as well as 510 IFVs, 227 British Tanks and heavy vehicles alongside hundreds of their own Infantry Fighting Vehicle if we presume that they standardized on a German Template. The cost of this mass standardization would likely exceed a billion dollars, potentially reaching upwards into the tens of billions or even to a trillion dollars if we wish to scrub the militaries down into their lowest level as a standard army. We would also have to choose between merging the soldiers from each army into this force or if we would force some soldiers to depart to form a -still larger- but somewhat smaller army, regardless of how it's handled, this would cost a very large amount of money due to the need to pay each soldier, or to pay some soldiers and give others a severance package.
There are other factors, of course but my point is proven. Raising the defense spending in Europe is a forgone conclusion to reach this standard before the technology has a chance to become outdateded enough by a new version of the vehicles.
Leaving NATO meanwhile is a terrible idea for a number of reasons, but the largest is that it practically demands you raise defense spending due to the loss of the collective defense you previously enjoyed. The amount is dependent on whether you want to tell yourself peer-warfare is dead or not, of course, but I personally find it remarkably shortsighted to declare war as being "dead".
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I was gonna go on about how capability equals cost but I got lazy.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bch7iFJ0PXQ
Mercunova
I hate when that happens 😅
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
ayy, my boy Rus
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
RF! Good to see you again!
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Well.... this just got awkward.
Penguania And Antarctica
How come?
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
...
Penguania And Antarctica
Not only did Rus Fed come back (and thus nullifying my nations lore "existence", since I only got this powerful upon Russia's collapse in 2012-2013), but I just found out that my step-mom is trying to "hook me up" with a girl from Russia... (she's pretty "good looking", but I'm sure she already has a BF). So strange...
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Oh. Yeah, I can see why that could be pretty awkward.
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica
Will the results and the rest of the new government be finalised soon?
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion
I've fully analysed my results, however, I'm waiting on Hyder to come online so I can verify with him that he received the same telegrams I did.
Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion
Well, Rus doesn't usually RP and he doesn't have a map spot (and that's primarily due to Tse not being active, which is, I assume, possibly due to his kid coming earlier than the due date expected), plus it's probably not going change anything in the current world.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
Tse (or, technically his wife, I suppose) is having a kid? That's great! Next time you talk to him, tell him I said 'congratulations'!
Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
He mentioned it to me back in July via telegram: later on in Discord (the Concord channel), I ask him about the due date and he gave an estimate of three months at that time (October) give it was already around 6 months in the womb. Odds are that the reason Tse dropped off the map (lawl map puns) is possibly due to the baby coming earlier than expected
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
Two serious train accidents in one day? Oh dear! Not a good day for railways.
Oh dear! How awful! Here's hoping the doctors can do something about it and you'll get better soon! Just stay positive in the meantime!
Congrats, Tse! I'm glad Tse is going to be a dad; he's going to be a great one. Do we know if it's a boy or a girl?
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Duke The Old Engine
It's simple carelessness, I tell you. People don't put enough attention and care into their work nowadays. I guarantee you, if those engines and/or their crew had been more careful, those accidents wouldn't have happened. And I bet they were young engines too, and they were being overconfident and cheeky like young engines tend to be! It's absurd! Such accidents would never suit His Grace!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm not sure you're one to talk about accidents and engines nowadays, considering how many accidents Sodor has had throughout the years.
https://youtu.be/APg6WgcAnMc
Penguania And Antarctica, Duke The Old Engine
Don't look at me; I'm a narrow gauge engine, and almost all of the crashes and incidents in that video are of standard gauge engines. And most of the few that actually were narrow gauge happened through no fault of the engine or their crew. Yes, there were one or two that were caused by young narrow gauge engines' recklessness or carelessness (I'm looking at you, Peter Sam and Sir Handel), but at least back then such engines had people like me and their crews that checked them before they caused serious engines. Engines nowadays likely don't have such controls, otherwise serious accidents like the Maryland and Pakistan collisions wouldn't have happened. That's the real tragedy of it all: the young engines of today don't have any guidance, no one to teach them better! It's a shame; these young engines are throwing their lives away because no one is around to show them the right direction. So sad.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
So I'm a few hours late, but I tallied my votes and just sent them to Kal.
If he confirms what I got, we'll release ASAP.
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
ELECTION RESULTS (Confirmed by Justice Kalaron)
Chancellor - Cesorion (ACCLAIMED)
Vice Chancellor - Vista Major (ACCLAIMED)
Speaker - Mercunova (ACCLAIMED)
Minister of Foreign Affairs - Oelesa (7-6)
Minister of the Interior - Lex Caledonia (ACCLAIMED)
Minister of Justice - Penguania And Antarctica (ACCLAIMED)
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova
Congratulation to Oelesa! I wish you the best of luck in your term. (To be honest, I was not expecting for it to be this close)
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
Congrats to all the election winners! I think this'll be a great term.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova
It'll be great just as soon as the new officers get formally appointed to their roles in the WFE, which tbh may or may not ever happen
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Well then whoever has WFE officer powers need to get on that quick!
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
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