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Andromitus wrote:Show ussssssssssss

I will, I will. Though I didn't mean appearance-wise (I can't draw) but more in their behaviour.

Also I CAN'T STOP THINKNG ABOUT SQUIDS NOW EWGINWPOGERPGNUPQWN

Gurgle gurgle

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/22/cofn-medieval-rp-ooc?page=1&scrollTo=301

Lex Caledonia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I mean we always hear in the news abou the bad things that happen and we learn about wars, dictators and atrocities from history. Seldom there are good stories told.

Valid point. But things ARE going worse, I think.

Axeldonia wrote:Gurgle gurgle

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/22/cofn-medieval-rp-ooc?page=1&scrollTo=301

Oh they're like the Hideauze from Gargantia OTVP

Andromitus wrote:Oh they're like the Hideauze from Gargantia OTVP

Er... I was thinking more inklings from Splatoon. I've actually ever heard of the Hideauze :P

I'll provide more info in my factbook soon.

Just a status update:

-Sodor-

Equestrian investigators have found no evidence linking the appearance of 'molly' among engines to the cartels operating inside the ESSR. The department will be pulled out. And a visit by Premier Coltsov looms ever closer.

-PLR-

Trade agreements have been finalized, and the first convoys have been dispatched.

-The CoFN-

Ambassadors have been sent out to embassies across the region to help promote goodwill. And construction on the "Palace of Liberty" has started in Stalliongrad. This will serve as a seat of power and vacation home for six leaders. If you wish to have such a prestigious honor, telegram/message me. Your national banner will be hoisted upon one of the poles. Each room will be customized to the leaders specified tastes. This home is neither earthbound nor seabound. A veritable mansion in the clouds.

Jaslandia, Percyton

Yukona wrote:Does anyone have a program that can applied curved text to images?

I've got Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. What u need?

Did you know?

Squidspawn have no curse words in Mennsprach (the language used to communicate with other species) to avoid offending other races. If an agitated Squidspawn gurgles during a conversation, it's because it curses in it's native tounge.

Once every month, Squidspawn must get rid of excess ink in their "hair" by gently squeezing their tentacles. Nearly all clothes made in Waldberg are dyed from with this excess ink.

Squidspawn love to bathe! They are particlarly fond of thermal baths and hot springs and Squidspawn travelers often map their route along good bathing spots.

Squidspawn often wear colourful, puffy clothing because it makes them look bigger.

Andromitus wrote:Cultural Appropriation is when one population —Ethnic Group, Race, Social Group— Adopts traits or major aspects of another group. For example the German-American immigrants during WWI dropping their language and culture to escape harassment or the absorption of native cultures into their colonial counterparts over the course of centuries (Or more rapidly as modern natives join the socially complex Atomic and digital-age worlds, abandoning their own culture and society)

Not cultural appropriation.

Cultural assimilation in when a minority culture adopts the practices and traditions of the majority culture.

Cultural appropriation is when a majority culture takes something from a minority culture and appropriates to their own. Halloween originates from Ireland, but Americans appropriated to what it is today can be an example.

And I don't consider it a bad thing. Just a typical societal trend that cultures around the world do.

Kalaron

Magnatronia wrote:I've got Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. What u need?

Ey yo can I hit you up on the D-cord yknow what Im saying yo straight up OG

Yukona wrote:Ey yo can I hit you up on the D-cord yknow what Im saying yo straight up OG

Gangsta rap my brotha, word.

Yukona, United Continental States

Yukona wrote:I feel like the joke, which I tried to make even more obvious by talking like a tool, went over your head a bit

I got it, I just like to be a d!ck

Hey, is there any set start date for the RP?

Axeldonia wrote:Hey, is there any set start date for the RP?

If you mean the Medieval RP, it's when I finish the map, which is probably next weekend.

Yukona wrote:If you mean the Medieval RP, it's when I finish the map, which is probably next weekend.

Alrightey! I can't wait to get going!

Yukona

I hate technology so much. I've had so many problems with my laptop and been to PC World so many times it's practically my second home.

Nuremgard wrote:I hate technology so much. I've had so many problems with my laptop and been to PC World so many times it's practically my second home.

Try having to unplug and replug an old router almost every single day because of IP address conflicts :p

Nuremgard

Nuremgard wrote:I hate technology so much. I've had so many problems with my laptop and been to PC World so many times it's practically my second home.

I can't recommend r/techsupport reddit enough. Their live chat is so useful, and it's completely free at-home advice from a real person who has a passion for what they do. If you have a second device that can connect to the internet, go tell em' your problem and they may be able to fix it for you. My PC has broken four times and each time, without failure, they have diagnosed the problem and got it fixed where other forums haven't - saving me calling out the computer repairman, who charges ludicrous prices.

Nuremgard

Cesorion wrote:My goal was not criminal, in any way.

Now. All of this would have been avoided if Chancellor Baxten and Minister Sulania had wasted 2 minutes of their time to read an telegram from a Cabinet Member and four more to answer. Since they did not answer, I considered my plan approved. If the do approve, we can use that. If they do not, I will let the New Account die of.

It was not my intention to cause harm or confusion, in any way.

Perhaps it should be known that I started school soon before you sent the TG's, and have been off of NS for a very long time. It should be voted by the people; put your other things to a vote next time, too.

Yukona, Cesorion

Russkov Soviet wrote:Just a status update:

-Sodor-

Equestrian investigators have found no evidence linking the appearance of 'molly' among engines to the cartels operating inside the ESSR. The department will be pulled out. And a visit by Premier Coltsov looms ever closer.

-PLR-

Trade agreements have been finalized, and the first convoys have been dispatched.

-The CoFN-

Ambassadors have been sent out to embassies across the region to help promote goodwill. And construction on the "Palace of Liberty" has started in Stalliongrad. This will serve as a seat of power and vacation home for six leaders. If you wish to have such a prestigious honor, telegram/message me. Your national banner will be hoisted upon one of the poles. Each room will be customized to the leaders specified tastes. This home is neither earthbound nor seabound. A veritable mansion in the clouds.

Commies ain't welcome in Handland

Yukona, Magnatronia

I would like to announce that I choose Oelesa as the region's new cartographer. I had a tough time choosing between people, but Oelesa has both experience and, while he is a member of Concord, he is an inactive one at best. However, I believe he will be active in mantaining the map and, as such, am confident in my decision.

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Percyton, Solla Ultima

The Empire Of Handland wrote:Commies ain't welcome in Handland

Your loss :P

Axeldonia

Russkov Soviet wrote:Just a status update:

-Sodor-

Equestrian investigators have found no evidence linking the appearance of 'molly' among engines to the cartels operating inside the ESSR. The department will be pulled out. And a visit by Premier Coltsov looms ever closer.

That's great! Here's Thomas' statement:

"The State of Percyton appreciates the assistance provided by the investigators from Russkov Soviet, and we are pleased by the results of their investigation. We also eagerly anticipate Premier Coltsov's visit, and we will make every preparation possible to ensure his visit is comfortable and pleasant."

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia

The Empire Of Handland wrote:Commies ain't welcome in Handland

Alright. All relation between our nations have been cancelled. We will avoid contact as much as possible.

Andromitus

Russkov Soviet wrote:Alright. All relation between our nations have been cancelled. We will avoid contact as much as possible.

And we are communist by personality....

Our government and way of life says otherwise.

Post self-deleted by Solla Ultima.

*Solla Ultima Government statement*

after a vote of 300-47 in the parliament chambers our government has announced it support for the Toymakers in the Magnatronian Civil War and has dispatched a aircraft carrier fleet as well as supply ships full of armaments and food as well as ammunition and a Volunteer force of 8,000 has been dispatched along side this fleet.

Signed Emperor Flavius Ultima

Signed: Speaker of the Parliament Edward Dylan

Signed:Chair of the Armed Forces General Alen Ruxlin

Vive la révolution

Vista Major, Andromitus, Talkative Friedensriech

Russkov Soviet wrote:Alright. All relation between our nations have been cancelled. We will avoid contact as much as possible.

Don't even bother to communicate with them at all. You're talking about the same nation that thinks it can rattle sabers with leftists like you, Andy and I and survive.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Andromitus

Baxten wrote:Perhaps it should be known that I started school soon before you sent the TG's, and have been off of NS for a very long time. It should be voted by the people; put your other things to a vote next time, too.

OK. Remember that we have the embassy policy waiting.

Talkative Friedensriech wrote:Don't even bother to communicate with them at all. You're talking about the same nation that thinks it can rattle sabers with leftists like you, Andy and I and survive.

What about me??? I'm really stronk, I swer on me mum

The Empire Of Handland, Andromitus

Yukona wrote:I can't recommend r/techsupport reddit enough. Their live chat is so useful, and it's completely free at-home advice from a real person who has a passion for what they do. If you have a second device that can connect to the internet, go tell em' your problem and they may be able to fix it for you. My PC has broken four times and each time, without failure, they have diagnosed the problem and got it fixed where other forums haven't - saving me calling out the computer repairman, who charges ludicrous prices.

I've paid up my insurance in a lump sum. So I suppose I ought to get my money's worth.

Anybody want some good uranium?

Russkov Soviet, Percyton, Cesorion

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=onocarcass/detail=factbook/id=805276

Percyton

Cesorion wrote:OK. Remember that we have the embassy policy waiting.

Yes. Would it be possible to put that to vote?

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:Anybody want some good uranium?

nuclear trash

fake news

world war iii

Vista Major wrote:nuclear trash

fake news

world war iii

dont make me turn you to glass. I would be more than happy to start WWIII

Cesorion

The Empire Of Handland wrote:Commies ain't welcome in Handland

We can be best friends you know.

Cesorion

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:dont make me turn you to glass. I would be more than happy to start WWIII

Hey! Don't be mean to my leftist buddy!

Telegram this nation for information on how to join the International Standardized Currency, a system that makes role-play and trade more realistic while also allowing you to maintain sovereignty, including your nation's currency.

Jaslandia, Percyton, South Hyder

United Roleplay Council wrote:Telegram this nation for information on how to join the International Standardized Currency, a system that makes role-play and trade more realistic while also allowing you to maintain sovereignty, including your nation's currency.

You know, a private citizen institution might be better off with a name that reflects it. :p

Jaslandia

Updated my national anthems!

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:Hey! Don't be mean to my leftist buddy!

...then I will start WWIII

Kalaron wrote:You know, a private citizen institution might be better off with a name that reflects it. :p

Perhaps it's only me, but it seems quite obvious that this organization is privately run rather than being run by the government.

Neither the flag nor name have any similarity to the official logo affiliated with the CoFN or even mention the CoFN in any capacity.

The word "United" is used solely because regardless of the fact that it is run privately by a few people, it is a union of nations and that vocabulary is reflective of such.

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:dont make me turn you to glass. I would be more than happy to start WWIII

An attack on a leftist nation will obligate China to help said leftist nation. You know that better than most people here. So please, don't drag me into another conflict when I'm already helping you against the Egyptians.

Talkative Friedensriech wrote:An attack on a leftist nation will obligate China to help said leftist nation. You know that better than most people here. So please, don't drag me into another conflict when I'm already helping you against the Egyptians.

...they're lucky that I'm working with you. You're the only hindrance to me waging an ideological war...because well i like my Chinese contacts

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:Anybody want some good uranium?

Of course. How much are you looking to get?

I'll pay top dollar for sure.

Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Of course. How much are you looking to get?

I'll pay top dollar for sure.

Now, I know you two are allies and friends and economic trades are good; But I would also like to bring up the fact that you're both Russia and Kazakhstan, two countries with a fairly sizable supply of domestic Uranium, especially in regards to the latter...

Jaslandia

Andromitus wrote:Now, I know you two are allies and friends and economic trades are good; But I would also like to bring up the fact that you're both Russia and Kazakhstan, two countries with a fairly sizable supply of domestic Uranium, especially in regards to the latter...

Mind your business.

Jaslandia

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:Mind your business.

Hell he (She?) should be exporting to you :3

Jaslandia

Russkov Soviet wrote:Of course. How much are you looking to get?

I'll pay top dollar for sure.

I'll leave that up to you

Andromitus wrote:Hell he (She?) should be exporting to you :3

Congo has uranium and so does Angola so you're wrong

Andromitus wrote:Now, I know you two are allies and friends and economic trades are good; But I would also like to bring up the fact that you're both Russia and Kazakhstan, two countries with a fairly sizable supply of domestic Uranium, especially in regards to the latter...

That is true, Russkov's country (Russia and Kazakhstan) have the second and third most abuandant uranium reserves in the world. Australia is #1, and accounts for 31% of the world's recoverable uranium.

Jaslandia

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:Congo has uranium and so does Angola so you're wrong

I'm wrong about what? I was making a comparison, and in comparison to both Kongo and Angola, the combined reserves of Russia and Kazakstan far outnumber your own. In all seriousness I was making a joke to both of your stockpiles in comparison to each other, I wasn't saying you didn't have any, far from it.

Andromitus wrote:I'm wrong about what? I was making a comparison, and in comparison to both Kongo and Angola, the combined reserves of Russia and Kazakstan far outnumber your own. In all seriousness I was making a joke to both of your stockpiles in comparison to each other, I wasn't saying you didn't have any, far from it.

I was instead pointing out the irony of you selling him something he has an abundance of.

Jaslandia

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:...they're lucky that I'm working with you. You're the only hindrance to me waging an ideological war...because well i like my Chinese contacts

lol come at me bro. Do it. I want you to do it.

Jaslandia

Andromitus wrote:I was instead pointing out the irony of you selling him something he has an abundance of.

Oh Andy...

Jaslandia

Andromitus wrote:I was instead pointing out the irony of you selling him something he has an abundance of.

[nation=peoples_liberation_republic], you should know you have the world's largest reserve of coltan, which is used to produce tantalum capacitors in electronic products.

It's interesting, because it seems like every nation in the RP is the world's best producer of something. This proves earlier assertions that only a few nations had all the resources and the rest were just wastelands wrong, for even I have the world's largest supply of tungsten.

Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic

Tserra wrote:lol come at me bro. Do it. I want you to do it.

Please don't

Tserra wrote:lol come at me bro. Do it. I want you to do it.

No no, no come on, Tse nuuuuuuuuuuuu

Talkative Friedensriech wrote:[nation=peoples_liberation_republic], you should know you have the world's largest reserve of coltan, which is used to produce tantalum capacitors in electronic products.

It's interesting, because it seems like every nation in the RP is the world's best producer of something. This proves earlier assertions that only a few nations had all the resources and the rest were just wastelands wrong, for even I have the world's largest supply of tungsten.

Not to brag or anything, but I probably have the most valuable resources, since my land sits on a ton of oil. I haven't done the math, but I'd estimate I have about a quarter of the world's oil supply. You're lucky I'm a kind and neutral power, otherwise I could do a lot of economic damage to your nations by cutting off your oil.

Speaking of which, I'm always open to making trade deals for my oil, if any of you are interested.

Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Not to brag or anything, but I probably have the most valuable resources, since my land sits on a ton of oil. I haven't done the math, but I'd estimate I have about a quarter of the world's oil supply. You're lucky I'm a kind and neutral power, otherwise I could do a lot of economic damage to your nations by cutting off your oil.

Speaking of which, I'm always open to making trade deals for my oil, if any of you are interested.

No need for me to buy oil

Jaslandia, Percyton

Baxten wrote:Yes. Would it be possible to put that to vote?

After this poll, yeah.

Talkative Friedensriech wrote:Please don't

Andromitus wrote:No no, no come on, Tse nuuuuuuuuuuuu

lol its from a comic Kal posted on the Discord the other day. :P I was simply copying it for comedic effect. This was not my serious face. See *Points to face*

Cesorion wrote:After this poll, yeah.

You can end the poll early

Post self-deleted by Yukona.

Jaslandia wrote:Not to brag or anything, but I probably have the most valuable resources, since my land sits on a ton of oil. I haven't done the math, but I'd estimate I have about a quarter of the world's oil supply. You're lucky I'm a kind and neutral power, otherwise I could do a lot of economic damage to your nations by cutting off your oil.

Speaking of which, I'm always open to making trade deals for my oil, if any of you are interested.

And I got a shït-ton of lithium from Lake Assal, as well as the natural resources in all three regions. Please, someone buy my lithium to make crappy batteries.

Also, got to love when Jas threatens to anal-rape you: no one expects the kind one in the region to be capable of destroying another nation by economic means.

Jaslandia

I don't know if any of you play Europa Universalis 4, but I just got a personal union over Castille as.....France... And I'll be integrating them by 1504....I practically don't even need to play anymore, I can just put my world conquest on auto-pilot.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, United Continental States

Talkative Friedensriech wrote:That is true, Russkov's country (Russia and Kazakhstan) have the second and third most abuandant uranium reserves in the world. Australia is #1, and accounts for 31% of the world's recoverable uranium.

Oh yeah, kinda forgot about that.

Jaslandia wrote:Not to brag or anything, but I probably have the most valuable resources, since my land sits on a ton of oil. I haven't done the math, but I'd estimate I have about a quarter of the world's oil supply. You're lucky I'm a kind and neutral power, otherwise I could do a lot of economic damage to your nations by cutting off your oil.

Speaking of which, I'm always open to making trade deals for my oil, if any of you are interested.

I'm interested boyyo.

Australia has a lot of stuff, and we'd be willing to give you a discount on a military purchase.

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:And I got a shït-ton of lithium from Lake Assal, as well as the natural resources in all three regions. Please, someone buy my lithium to make crappy batteries.

Also, got to love when Jas threatens to anal-rape you: no one expects the kind one in the region to be capable of destroying another nation by economic means.

Hello I take now :3

No but really I wouldn't mind.

Jaslandia, Percyton

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:And I got a shït-ton of lithium from Lake Assal, as well as the natural resources in all three regions. Please, someone buy my lithium to make crappy batteries.

Also, got to love when Jas threatens to anal-rape you: no one expects the kind one in the region to be capable of destroying another nation by economic means.

You nee to put the lithium into the food man, it will make your people superhumans or something I assure you

Tserra wrote:lol its from a comic Kal posted on the Discord the other day. :P I was simply copying it for comedic effect. This was not my serious face. See *Points to face*

http://i.imgur.com/2PMF17W.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Cv6PoCb.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/5WiPPzb.jpg

Tserra, Lex Caledonia, Yukona

Post self-deleted by Cesorion.

Cesorion wrote:[B]Vote in the Poll!

Aye=Yes

Nay=No

Just to Clarify

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:dont make me turn you to glass. I would be more than happy to start WWIII

Haha. Good one.

Kalaron wrote:http://i.imgur.com/2PMF17W.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Cv6PoCb.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/5WiPPzb.jpg

^This :D

Kalaron

Andromitus wrote:Hell he (She?) should be exporting to you :3

I am a Stallion. (He)

Percyton

Andromitus wrote:Your loss :P

I consider it a win

Tserra wrote:lol come at me bro. Do it. I want you to do it.

Okay

Yukona

Tserra wrote:lol its from a comic Kal posted on the Discord the other day. :P I was simply copying it for comedic effect. This was not my serious face. See *Points to face*

Oh no I saw it my dearest friend —Mah Carriers have blue balls— I was afraid because tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dingus did not :P

Finaly. Logos for all Ministries, and Government, and Parliament, and Chancellery, and Delegate

https://imgur.com/gallery/9zZqu

Peoples Liberation Republic, Andromitus, Percyton

Cesorion wrote:Finaly. Logos for all Ministries, and Government, and Parliament, and Chancellery, and Delegate

https://imgur.com/gallery/9zZqu

Didn't we already have little teapot emblems or am I just mistaken?

Yay, I'm number 1 for today :p

Vista Major

Yukona wrote:Didn't we already have little teapot emblems or am I just mistaken?

I had little teapot emblems

And a big banner

Onocarcass wrote:Yay, I'm number 1 for today :p

Gut fur dich

Yukona

Yukona wrote:Didn't we already have little teapot emblems or am I just mistaken?

The teapot is the regional symbol. Even if we had previous Ministry logos, I did not know.

Vista Major wrote:I had little teapot emblems

And a big banner

Cesorion wrote:The teapot is the regional symbol. Even if we had previous Ministry logos, I did not know.

^^

The Official Anthem of the Free Ædenist Union;

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=868124

Yukona wrote:Didn't we already have little teapot emblems or am I just mistaken?

We did have little private banners (Case in point: http://i.imgur.com/5IL6EOB.png) But I like new ones :D

Yukona, Percyton, Cesorion

Andromitus wrote:The Official Anthem of the Free Ædenist Union;

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=868124

We did have little private banners (Case in point: http://i.imgur.com/5IL6EOB.png) But I like new ones :D

Thanks, Andy!

Andromitus, Percyton

Happy Birthday [nation=short]Magnatronia[/nation]!! Welcome to adulthood. Hope you enjoy this day with friends and/or family. May all your birthday wishes come true! :)

[spoiler=Today is August 12 and today are:]

Today is August 12 and today are:

- 18th Birthday of [nation=short]Magnatronia[/nation]

- Glorious Twelfth (United Kingdom)

- HM the Queen's Birthday and National Mother's Day (Thailand)

- International Youth Day

- National Bowling Day (United States)

- National Garage Sale Day (United States)

- National Julienne Fries Day (United States)

- National Middle Child Day (United States)

- National Vinyl Record Day (United States)

- Peak of Perseid meteor shower

- Russian Air Force Day (Russia)

- Russian Railway Troops Day (Russia)

- Sea Org Day (Scientology)

- World Elephant Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 1099 – First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.

- 1121 – Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

- 1164 – Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.

- 1323 – Signature of the Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic, that regulates the border between the two countries for the first time.

- 1499 – First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets.

- 1624 – The president of Louis XIII of France's royal council is arrested, leaving Cardinal Richelieu in the role of the King's principal minister.

- 1676 – Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.

- 1687 – Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.

- 1765 – Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.

- 1793 – The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.

- 1806 – Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.

- 1831 – French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.

- 1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.

- 1883 – The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

- 1898 – The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.

- 1914 – World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.

- 1914 – World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.

- 1944 – Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.

- 1944 – Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people were killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.

- 1944 – Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.

- 1950 – Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.

- 1952 – The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.

- 1953 – The first testing of a real thermonuclear weapon (not test devices): The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4), the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb.

- 1953 – The 7.2 Ms Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people were killed.

- 1960 – Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.

- 1964 – South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.

- 1969 – Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.

- 1976 – Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War

- 1977 – The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.

- 1977 – The Sri Lanka Riots:, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.

- 1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.

- 1985 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.

- 1990 – Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.

- 1992 – Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

- 1994 – Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.

- 2000 – The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.

- 2015 – At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1866 – Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1887 – Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1924 – Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan

- 1925 – Norris and Ross McWhirter, Scottish publishers and activists,founded the Guinness World Records

- 1930 – George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and investor, founded the Soros Fund Management

- 1932 – Sirikit, Queen mother of Thailand

- 1949 – Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

- 1954 – François Hollande, French lawyer and politician, 24th President of France

- 1971 – Pete Sampras, American tennis player

- 1983 – Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer

- 1990 – Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer

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Quote of the day

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

- Henry David Thoreau -

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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Yukona, Percyton, Cesorion, South Hyder

Here's the map of the world around the Federation.

http://i.imgur.com/4IFgKgF.png

Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Vista Major, Andromitus, Percyton

Onocarcass wrote:Here's the map of the world around the Federation.

http://i.imgur.com/4IFgKgF.png

Thanks my dude! I always wondered what it looked like outside the Federation :D

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Happy Birthday [nation=short]Magnatronia[/nation]!! Welcome to adulthood. Hope you enjoy this day with friends and/or family. May all your birthday wishes come true! :)

Happy Birthday Magna!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Didn't realise it was your birthday Magnatronia, have a good one

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Check in.

- Nothing is really going on.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton, Solla Ultima

New Estaris wrote:Check in.

- Nothing is really going on.

Hey Est. How are you ? :)

Jaslandia, Percyton, Solla Ultima

Andromitus wrote:Thanks my dude! I always wondered what it looked like outside the Federation :DHappy Birthday Magna!

Our closest allies are Naustok, and Koslan, and our biggest rival is the Lovackian Empire.

Andromitus, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hey Est. How are you ? :)

I'm still kicking.

Penguania And Antarctica, Solla Ultima

New Estaris wrote:I'm still kicking.

Oh, didn't know you play soccer. :) jk

That's good to hear. Do you have summer break rn?

New Estaris

Yukona wrote:I don't know if any of you play Europa Universalis 4, but I just got a personal union over Castille as.....France... And I'll be integrating them by 1504....I practically don't even need to play anymore, I can just put my world conquest on auto-pilot.

I've started playing CK2 again as the Petty Kingdom of Munster. After about 100 years I became married to who would later become the Queen of France, so our son is going to be the King of Ireland and France. I expect there to be plenty of revolutions by other French dukes to claim the throne from me.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Happy birthday [nation=short]Magnatronia[/nation]!

Talkative Friedensriech wrote:No need for me to buy oil

You sure about that? How else are you going to power your tanks and ships? Or power your cars and trucks? Do you have your own oil?

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:And I got a shït-ton of lithium from Lake Assal, as well as the natural resources in all three regions. Please, someone buy my lithium to make crappy batteries.

Also, got to love when Jas threatens to anal-rape you: no one expects the kind one in the region to be capable of destroying another nation by economic means.

I would buy your lithium, but Jaslandia isn't really interested in supporting a war-torn and unstable state, especially when there's a good chance the person we're trading with is some cruel warlord.

Kalaron wrote:

I'm interested boyyo.

Australia has a lot of stuff, and we'd be willing to give you a discount on a military purchase.

I'd like that very much. Jaslandia's military could probably use an upgrade at this point.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

New Estaris wrote:Check in.

- Nothing is really going on.

IT'S MAGNA'S BIRTHDAY!

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Cesorion wrote:Thanks, Andy!

I really like the new logos, just two things.

First, if you make the logo and text significantly larger on graphic springs the dots in the background will go away and it will just be a higher resolution in general.

Secondly, I think we typically use Chancellorship rather than Chancellery (even though they're both correct).

Cesorion

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