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Jaslandia wrote:Nice! I hope to visit Catherine Palace one day. It's one of my favorite palaces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Palace

Yukona wrote:I've been there! It's very nice, quite a winter wonderland in the snow

The Russian palaces are awesome. I'd love to go see them sometime. I want to see the Winter Palace, the Catherine Palace and the Peterhof. Other palaces on my list to see are Versailles, Schönbrunn, the Hofburg and the Forbidden City.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:The Russian palaces are awesome. I'd love to go see them sometime. I want to see the Winter Palace, the Catherine Palace and the Peterhof. Other palaces on my list to see are Versailles, Schönbrunn, the Hofburg and the Forbidden City.

What about Sanssouci, or the Neues Palais, or Charlottenburg Palace??

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Yukona

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:What about Sanssouci, or the Neues Palais, or Charlottenburg Palace??

Germany has nice palaces too.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Peoples Liberation Republic, Penguania And Antarctica

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Nuremgard wrote:Germany has nice palaces too.

That's what I wanted to hear. :P

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth wrote:I have Civ 5, is the upgrade worth it?

I have been reading a series of articles by a pro-Scottish independence website. The articles detail small, successful independent countries to show Scotland could be just like them. Your country was the second installment of the series. Brief but noteworthy.

https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-too-wee-club-2/

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Nuremgard wrote:The Russian palaces are awesome. I'd love to go see them sometime. I want to see the Winter Palace, the Catherine Palace and the Peterhof. Other palaces on my list to see are Versailles, Schönbrunn, the Hofburg and the Forbidden City.

Same. Those palaces are on my list too. Alongside Wilanów Palace, Belvedere in Vienna, and Łazienki Palace.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:What about Sanssouci, or the Neues Palais, or Charlottenburg Palace??

Those are also places I'd like to see. Sanssouci especially.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Same. Those palaces are on my list too. Alongside Wilanów Palace, Belvedere in Vienna, and Łazienki Palace.

Those are also places I'd like to see. Sanssouci especially.

Sanssouchi was the private retreat of Frederick the Great, wasn't it?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Sanssouchi was the private retreat of Frederick the Great, wasn't it?

Indeed. It was Frederick the Great's summer palace.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanssouci

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Very interesting! I'd love to go to St. Petersburg one day and see those same kind of sights. Though hopefully I'll be sober and encounter less anti-Western sentiment while I'm there. Did you encounter similar anti-Western sentiment in other parts of Russia, or was it just Nevsky Prospekt?

Nope, just there. People are just generally not friendly by a western standard so it could have been covered by that but these people were openly hating on the British and they weren't ashamed about it lol

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Indeed. It was Frederick the Great's summer palace.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanssouci

He was Catherine the Great's rival but despite that, he apparently had a lot of respect for her.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:Nope, just there. People are just generally not friendly by a western standard so it could have been covered by that but these people were openly hating on the British and they weren't ashamed about it lol

I have heard of Russians being quite hostile to foreigners. To be honest that's what puts me off wanting to go.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Yukona wrote:Nope, just there. People are just generally not friendly by a western standard so it could have been covered by that but these people were openly hating on the British and they weren't ashamed about it lol

Ouch. If they were hating on the British, I imagine they would treat an American even worse.

Nuremgard wrote:I have heard of Russians being quite hostile to foreigners. To be honest that's what puts me off wanting to go.

Same. That, and with the diplomatic tension and sanctions between the U.S. and Russia, I'm worried I'll encounter some sort of hassle either leaving for Russia or leaving for America. That, or some new sanctions might leave me trapped in Russia or something, or worse. I just don't want to risk it.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Yukona

Jaslandia wrote:Ouch. If they were hating on the British, I imagine they would treat an American even worse.

Same. That, and with the diplomatic tension and sanctions between the U.S. and Russia, I'm worried I'll encounter some sort of hassle either leaving for Russia or leaving for America. That, or some new sanctions might leave me trapped in Russia or something, or worse. I just don't want to risk it.

Yeah it wasn't directed towards us out of being British it was because we were western due to the other things they said to us

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Jaslandia wrote:Ouch. If they were hating on the British, I imagine they would treat an American even worse.

Same. That, and with the diplomatic tension and sanctions between the U.S. and Russia, I'm worried I'll encounter some sort of hassle either leaving for Russia or leaving for America. That, or some new sanctions might leave me trapped in Russia or something, or worse. I just don't want to risk it.

I'm also not keen on the country's anti-gay stance.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Nuremgard wrote:I have heard of Russians being quite hostile to foreigners. To be honest that's what puts me off wanting to go.

Eh, depends to be honest. Right place and the right time and you properly connect with them and you'll make friends for a life time. Wrong person wrong place and you've got yourself a problem

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Yukona wrote:Eh, depends to be honest. Right place and the right time and you properly connect with them and you'll make friends for a life time. Wrong person wrong place and you've got yourself a problem

Nuremgard is basically a very Europeanised Russia. Wish it was more like that lol

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Yukona wrote:Yeah it wasn't directed towards us out of being British it was because we were western due to the other things they said to us

Ah. Sounds like they don't really care about nationality then, as long as you're Western.

Nuremgard wrote:I'm also not keen on the country's anti-gay stance.

True. Didn't think about that. I shouldn't have to worry about that since I'm straight, but you never know.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri

Nuremgard wrote:The Russian palaces are awesome. I'd love to go see them sometime. I want to see the Winter Palace, the Catherine Palace and the Peterhof. Other palaces on my list to see are Versailles, Schönbrunn, the Hofburg and the Forbidden City.

If only Dunfermline was still around. Don't forget the UK has some amazing palaces and castles

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Windhelm ftw

Lavan Tiri, Yukona

Yukona wrote:If only Dunfermline was still around. Don't forget the UK has some amazing palaces and castles

My sister and I were planning on visiting the Harry Potter studios in London. She said while we were there, we could also visit the palaces. But she hates the royals and doesn't like history in general so she wouldn't like it very much. There was a 10 hour tour available which did Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.

I have nobody (besides my mum) who is into the palaces and royal history. My mum cant go as she is too unwell.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Why did Lavan Tiri just like one of my posts from 111 days ago

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Oelesa, Percyton

Magnatronia wrote:Why did Lavan Tiri just like one of my posts from 111 days ago

Based Lagan Tiri was notorious for liking posts all in one go like a wholesome thunder storm then all of a sudden comes back from the dead like Lazarus Tiri and bombs the rmb with some f*cking love like the real OG

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

He's alive !!! Welcome back [nation=short]Lavan_Tiri[/nation] !!

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton

Magnatronia wrote:Why did Lavan Tiri just like one of my posts from 111 days ago

Because I do whatever the fûck I want.

Yukona wrote:Based Lagan Tiri was notorious for liking posts all in one go like a wholesome thunder storm then all of a sudden comes back from the dead like Lazarus Tiri and bombs the rmb with some f*cking love like the real OG

Probably the only wholesome thing about me xD

Also, I'm back, bitches.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:He's alive !!! Welcome back [nation=short]Lavan_Tiri[/nation] !!

Hey Pengers!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Also it's Lat's birthday today. Hooray.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Lavan Tiri wrote:Hey Pengers!

How are you doing, mate ?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How are you doing, mate ?

Single and ready for school to start. ¿Y tú?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:My sister and I were planning on visiting the Harry Potter studios in London. She said while we were there, we could also visit the palaces. But she hates the royals and doesn't like history in general so she wouldn't like it very much. There was a 10 hour tour available which did Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.

I have nobody (besides my mum) who is into the palaces and royal history. My mum cant go as she is too unwell.

I wish my Europe Trip covered more of the palace stuff when we were in London. I would have loved to see Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court Palace, and Windsor Castle. Still, we at least got to see the Tower of London and the Crown Jewels, and we went to a bunch of museums.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:He's alive !!! Welcome back [nation=short]Lavan_Tiri[/nation] !!

Welcome back, Lavan! Good to see you again!

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

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Lavan Tiri wrote:Single and ready for school to start. ¿Y tú?

I'm doing good. Quit university and now starting an apprenticeship instead.

Lavan Tiri, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:I wish my Europe Trip covered more of the palace stuff when we were in London. I would have loved to see Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court Palace, and Windsor Castle. Still, we at least got to see the Tower of London and the Crown Jewels, and we went to a bunch of museums.

Lucky bastard.

Jaslandia wrote:

Welcome back, Lavan! Good to see you again!

Heyo Jazzy! What's doin'?

Jaslandia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I'm doing good. Quit university and now starting an apprenticeship instead.

Apprenticeship?

*has flashbacks to The Rangers Apprentice*

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I'm doing good. Quit university and now starting an apprenticeship instead.

What's your apprenticeship in? What trade are you preparing for?

Lavan Tiri wrote:Heyo Jazzy! What's doin'?

Nothing much. Went to Europe back in June, applied for college, and now I'm starting to look for a job.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:My sister and I were planning on visiting the Harry Potter studios in London. She said while we were there, we could also visit the palaces. But she hates the royals and doesn't like history in general so she wouldn't like it very much. There was a 10 hour tour available which did Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.

I have nobody (besides my mum) who is into the palaces and royal history. My mum cant go as she is too unwell.

I love history and I'm fascinated by the royals (even if I'd prefer not to have them), but even I think I'd be pretty close to walking into a bullet after 10 straight hours of palaces.

Yukona wrote:Based Lagan Tiri was notorious for liking posts all in one go like a wholesome thunder storm then all of a sudden comes back from the dead like Lazarus Tiri and bombs the rmb with some f*cking love like the real OG

Was this English?

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I love history and I'm fascinated by the royals (even if I'd prefer not to have them), but even I think I'd be pretty close to walking into a bullet after 10 straight hours of palaces. Was this English?

True, it is a big tour. Even I probably couldn't handle that. I'd rather just visit Buck Palace, Windsor Castle and Kensington Palace separately for about an hour or so.

I'd also like to see Holyroodhouse Palace the next time I'm in Edinburgh.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:He's alive !!! Welcome back [nation=short]Lavan_Tiri[/nation] !!

Ahaaaaaa! The Legend of Lavan has returned!

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona, Percyton

Lavan Tiri wrote:Apprenticeship?

*has flashbacks to The Rangers Apprentice*

https://www3.arbeitsagentur.de/web/content/DE/BuergerinnenUndBuerger/ArbeitundBeruf/ArbeitsJobsuche/ArbeitinDeutschland/Asylbewerber/Detail/index.htm?dfContentId=EGOV-CONTENT453692

Jaslandia wrote:What's your apprenticeship in? What trade are you preparing for?

Mechatronics technician.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton

Lavan Tiri wrote:

Probably the only wholesome thing about me xD

Also, I'm back, bitches.

Oh my god he's talking....wha..whats going on?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Goodnight . Nice remaining day and pleasant dreams tonight. <3

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Andromitus, Percyton

One of my new issues I submitted got accepted: Vexing VAT. Look out for it.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:One of my new issues I submitted got accepted: Vexing VAT. Look out for it.

Nice Nurem :D, whats it about?

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:Nice Nurem :D, whats it about?

It's about businesses and consumers complaining about Value Added Tax or sales tax as it's sometimes called. The options are: abolish it, increase it but decrease income tax to try and soften the blow or decrease VAT on basic necessities and raise it on luxury items.

I chose the third option for Nuremgard. I'd love to decrease our income tax rate but in NS Land, decreasing taxes makes the poor poorer. I have been working hard to increase the poor's income so I was afraid of what abolishing or increasing VAT would do to their incomes.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:It's about businesses and consumers complaining about Value Added Tax or sales tax as it's sometimes called. The options are: abolish it, increase it but decrease income tax to try and soften the blow or decrease VAT on basic necessities and raise it on luxury items.

I chose the third option for Nuremgard. I'd love to decrease our income tax rate but in NS Land, decreasing taxes makes the poor poorer. I have been working hard to increase the poor's income so I was afraid of what abolishing or increasing VAT would do to their incomes.

Are you sure that's not how it works in real life as well? I would be a lot richer if I could use all of my income you know

Lavan Tiri

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:He's alive !!! Welcome back [nation=short]Lavan_Tiri[/nation] !!

Lavan! Welcome back! We missed you!

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Goodnight . Nice remaining day and pleasant dreams tonight. <3

Goodnight, Peng!

Nuremgard wrote:One of my new issues I submitted got accepted: Vexing VAT. Look out for it.

Congrats, Nurem! Looking forward to answering it when I get!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth wrote:Are you sure that's not how it works in real life as well? I would be a lot richer if I could use all of my income you know

Let's not get into another tax debate please, for the love of God.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Nuremgard wrote:Let's not get into another tax debate please, for the love of God.

Lol maybe that's a good idea

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth wrote:Lol maybe that's a good idea

It's a very good idea. I do have them sometimes.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Kalaron, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Goodnight . Nice remaining day and pleasant dreams tonight. <3

Goodnight, boyo! <3

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:It's a very good idea. I do have them [B]often[/B].

FTFY

Lavan Tiri

Kalaron wrote:FTFY

Heil, grammar Nazi.

Lavan Tiri

Nuremgard wrote:I'm also not keen on the country's anti-gay stance.

This is extremely over-represented in the media. It's not like we Russians can subconsciously sense who's gay. The only issue you may even have a possibility encountering in the big cities, is if you explicitly go out of your way to display something with an obvious intent of provoking a reaction from somebody.

Jaslandia wrote:Nice! I hope to visit Catherine Palace one day. It's one of my favorite palaces.

Smaller cities are extremely underrated by foreigners, as an example, the Kremlin in Moscow at this point is a tourist/cultural icon, with minimal actual traditional use, whereas other cities with their own extravagant cathedrals (surprisingly a very large amount of cities have nice architecture, with quite a few actually being comparable to Moscow) would actually have them operating as they would hundreds of years ago.

Russkov Soviet wrote:Hey Speaking of updates, Clemodecralia telegramed me awhile back asking if she could be in Russia as well. (#23a). I don't know how to forward telegrams, so you'll have to get in touch with her.

Did you just assume my gender?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Andromitus

Nuremgard wrote:Heil, grammar Nazi.

Nah, just saying that you're better than you think :D

Lavan Tiri

Clemodecralia wrote:This is extremely over-represented in the media. It's not like we Russians can subconsciously sense who's gay. The only issue you may even have a possibility encountering in the big cities, is if you explicitly go out of your way to display something with an obvious intent of provoking a reaction from somebody.

Smaller cities are extremely underrated by foreigners, as an example, the Kremlin in Moscow at this point is a tourist/cultural icon, with minimal actual traditional use, whereas other cities with their own extravagant cathedrals (surprisingly a very large amount of cities have nice architecture, with quite a few actually being comparable to Moscow) would actually have them operating as they would hundreds of years ago.

Did you just assume my gender?

You mean act camp. Just say it. And don't see how acting that way would "provoke" anybody. If anyone is threatened by a camp guy, so much so they're "provoked" into a reaction then clearly that person needs to reassess their mental stability.

Kalaron wrote:Nah, just saying that you're better than you think :D

Cheers.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Kalaron

Clemodecralia wrote:Did you just assume my gender?

Possibly by complete mistake. Sometimes I have no idea of the gender behind the nations. If I offended you, I'm terribly sorry. I wasn't sure of which one it was and I didn't want to classify you as an "it".

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Don't kill me... I'm sorry >_<

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Russkov Soviet wrote:Possibly by complete mistake. Sometimes I have no idea of the gender behind the nations. If I offended you, I'm terribly sorry. I wasn't sure of which one it was and I didn't want to classify you as an "it".

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Don't kill me... I'm sorry >_<

Too late, the nukes are flying

just jokes, I really don't care

Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri

Clemodecralia wrote:Too late, the nukes are flying

just jokes, I really don't care

Well.....Just so I don't make another mistake...what is it?

Be ye a boy? Or are ye a girl?

Lavan Tiri

Nuremgard wrote:You mean act camp. Just say it.

I don't know what that means, is that a saying?

Lavan Tiri

Russkov Soviet wrote:Well.....Just so I don't make another mistake...what is it?

Be ye a boy? Or are ye a girl?

I may or may not be a female

Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri, Yukona

Clemodecralia wrote:I don't know what that means, is that a saying?

It means effeminate.

Lavan Tiri, Yukona

Clemodecralia wrote:This is extremely over-represented in the media. It's not like we Russians can subconsciously sense who's gay. The only issue you may even have a possibility encountering in the big cities, is if you explicitly go out of your way to display something with an obvious intent of provoking a reaction from somebody.

What counts as "displaying something"? Walking down the streets holding hands? Acting like a flaming queen? Shïtting a goddamn rainbow onto an effigy of Vladdy Daddy?

And anyway, why would there be an issue?

Jaslandia, Yukona

Lavan Tiri wrote:What counts as "displaying something"? Walking down the streets holding hands? Acting like a flaming queen? Shïtting a goddamn rainbow onto an effigy of Vladdy Daddy?

And anyway, why would there be an issue?

This is the nation you're referring to I believe

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/949/916/550.jpg

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Lavan Tiri wrote:What counts as "displaying something"? Walking down the streets holding hands? Acting like a flaming queen? Shïtting a goddamn rainbow onto an effigy of Vladdy Daddy?

And anyway, why would there be an issue?

Acting like a flaming queen would count as "displaying something". I doubt many would care about holding hands of the same sex, and even fewer would actually notice.

Lavan Tiri, Yukona

An Important Message Regarding Regional Lore

Starting tomorrow afternoon (Roughly 12:00 AM EST) several members, such as Myself and UCT, will be gathering on Discord to begin discussing a general regional history and lore for the CoFN.

Anyone and Everyone is welcome to come, voice their opinions, watch the show, or option 3!

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:An Important Message Regarding Regional Lore

Starting tomorrow afternoon (Roughly 12:00 AM EST) several members, such as Myself and UCT, will be gathering on Discord to begin discussing a general regional history and lore for the CoFN.

Anyone and Everyone is welcome to come, voice their opinions, watch the show, or option 3!

Always scheduling stuff in the morning smh y'know some of us have jobs around here and would like to participate in this stuff but can't because we have jobs!

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

The Royal Republic Of Kumania wrote:Always scheduling stuff in the morning smh y'know some of us have jobs around here and would like to participate in this stuff but can't because we have jobs!

I would complain too, but I don't really have an excuse; I'm just a late sleeper. But, I'll see if I can get up a little earlier for this.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Lavan Tiri, Percyton

lavan you smell

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

Got my own issue about VAT twice now. Got it last night when NS accepted it and got it again this morning. At least it gave me a chance to increase the poor's income again.

And in Westeros, the King received an issue about restrooms. What a pressing matter of state.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton, South Hyder

[spoiler=Today is July 31 and today are:]

Today is July 31 and today are:

- Hurricane Supplication Day (US Virgin Islands)

- Ka Hae Hawaiʻi Day (Hawaii, United States)

- Martyrdom Day of Shahid Udham Singh (Haryana and Punjab, India)

- National Avocado Day (United States)

- National Mutt Day (United States)

- National Raspberry Cake Day (United States)

- Treasury Day (Poland)

- Uncommon Musicial Instrument Awareness Day

- Warriors' Day (Malaysia)

- World Ranger Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.

- 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).

- 1009 – Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.

- 1201 – Attempted usurpation by John Komnenos the Fat for the throne of Alexios III Angelos.

- 1423 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: The French army is defeated by the English at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.

- 1451 – Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.

- 1492 – The Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect.

- 1498 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.

- 1588 – The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.

- 1618 – Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.

- 1655 – Russo-Polish War (1654–67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.

- 1658 – Aurangzeb is proclaimed Mughal emperor of India.

- 1703 – Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.

- 1712 – Action of 31 July 1712 (Great Northern War): Danish and Swedish ships clash in the Baltic Sea; the result is inconclusive.

- 1715 – Seven days after a Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.

- 1741 – Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.

- 1763 – Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.

- 1777 – The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."

- 1790 – The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.

- 1856 – Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.

- 1865 – The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.

- 1874 – Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university.

- 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.

- 1913 – The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.

- 1917 – World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.

- 1919 – German national assembly adopts the Weimar Constitution, which comes into force on August 14.

- 1932 – The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.

- 1938 – Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).

- 1938 – Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.

- 1941 – The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring, orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question."

- 1945 – Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.

- 1948 – At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.

- 1948 – USS Nevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.

- 1964 – Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.

- 1970 – Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.

- 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.

- 1972 – The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.

- 1973 – A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.

- 1975 – The Troubles: three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland.

- 1988 – Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.

- 1991 – The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.

- 1992 – The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.

- 1992 – Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.

- 1999 – Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector: NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon's surface.

- 2006 – Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.

- 2007 – Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.

- 2012 – Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.

- 2014 – Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1843 – Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author

- 1884 – Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Polish-German economist and politician

- 1912 – Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1914 – Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter

- 1919 – Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author

- 1921 – Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist, founded Amnesty International

- 1923 – Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer, invented Kevlar

- 1930 – Oleg Popov, Russian clown and circus artist

- 1932 – Ted Cassidy, American actor and screenwriter

- 1933 – Cees Nooteboom, Dutch journalist, author, and poet

- 1943 – Lobo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

- 1962 – Wesley Snipes, American actor and producer

- 1963 – Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim), English DJ and musician

- 1965 – J. K. Rowling, English author and film producer; created Harry Potter

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Quote of the day

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

- Simone Weil -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Andromitus, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton

The Royal Republic Of Kumania wrote:Always scheduling stuff in the morning smh y'know some of us have jobs around here and would like to participate in this stuff but can't because we have jobs!

Kumania I'd like to point out the term "Roughly" and would also like to clarify that the event is an all-day one that is supposed to be happening over the course of the next few weeks.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton

Unfallious wrote:lavan you smell

Love you too Dalek.

Clemodecralia wrote:Acting like a flaming queen would count as "displaying something". I doubt many would care about holding hands of the same sex, and even fewer would actually notice.

So why's that an issue?

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Speaking of Timeline Times;

The official meeting is starting now on the Forum OOC Chat within the Confederacy of Free Nations Discord Channel and will be going throughout the rest of the day so if You are unable at the current moment to attend then please feel free to join at a later time.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton

[U]Lavans Song of the Day

[I]Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley

https://youtube.com/?reload=7&rdm=2p883x45n#/watch?v=YJkStbBypkQ

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:An Important Message Regarding Regional Lore

Starting tomorrow afternoon (Roughly 12:00 AM EST) several members, such as Myself and UCT, will be gathering on Discord to begin discussing a general regional history and lore for the CoFN.

Anyone and Everyone is welcome to come, voice their opinions, watch the show, or option 3!

I won't be able to join. And I don't know if Bax will continue to be considered as the former imperial powerhouse of the past that he previously was, but I'm a former colony of his. Colonized around 1750 CE, independence declared in 1900.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

PARLIAMENT REMINDER

[I]DISCORD DEBATE TODAY. 5:00 pm EST

[I] The International Agreements Act(Parliament Bill 006)

Author: Vista Major

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

Andromitus wrote:Speaking of Timeline Times;

The official meeting is starting now on the Forum OOC Chat within the Confederacy of Free Nations Discord Channel and will be going throughout the rest of the day so if You are unable at the current moment to attend then please feel free to join at a later time.

I'm not sure if I'll be included in this regional timeline, but if I am, I separated from the United Kingdom (or whatever nation controls Britain in this timeline) in 1920, and I've been independent ever since. This article also has lots of info on early Sudrian history if you need it.

http://thesifblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/crowns-kings-earls-lords-of-sodor.html

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Oelesa wrote:PARLIAMENT REMINDER

[I]DISCORD DEBATE TODAY. 5:00 pm EST

[I] The International Agreements Act(Parliament Bill 006)

Author: Vista Major

Unlikely that I'll attend since I need to get up early tomorrow. Sorry. :(

Percyton wrote:I'm not sure if I'll be included in this regional timeline, but if I am, I separated from the United Kingdom (or whatever nation controls Britain in this timeline) in 1920, and I've been independent ever since. This article also has lots of info on early Sudrian history if you need it.

http://thesifblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/crowns-kings-earls-lords-of-sodor.html

I'd be happy to include you, however in the scale of IC actions I don't know if we'll end up including the Sentient Trains for the MT RP; I'm all for Chimaera being allowed however Sentient mechanics that can be turned sentient just by using fuel from Percyton could become problematic. I think what I'd like to happen is you being included and your lore accepted, however the idea of Sentient Trains is regarded as Folktales and fringe-religious calls by the International community.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:I'd be happy to include you, however in the scale of IC actions I don't know if we'll end up including the Sentient Trains for the MT RP; I'm all for Chimaera being allowed however Sentient mechanics that can be turned sentient just by using fuel from Percyton could become problematic. I think what I'd like to happen is you being included and your lore accepted, however the idea of Sentient Trains is regarded as Folktales and fringe-religious calls by the International community.

INB4 Percyton is literally Narinia.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:INB4 Percyton is literally Narinia.

It's Narnia smh

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:I'd be happy to include you, however in the scale of IC actions I don't know if we'll end up including the Sentient Trains for the MT RP; I'm all for Chimaera being allowed however Sentient mechanics that can be turned sentient just by using fuel from Percyton could become problematic. I think what I'd like to happen is you being included and your lore accepted, however the idea of Sentient Trains is regarded as Folktales and fringe-religious calls by the International community.

It might be a bit odd to call sentient engines 'folklore' when you can easily see them by going to Sodor, and it's going to be hard to negotiate with the government when the monarch and most of the ministers supposedly don't exist, but I'm willing to work something out. Is there a way we can compromise on all this?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:It might be a bit odd to call sentient engines 'folklore' when you can easily see them by going to Sodor, and it's going to be hard to negotiate with the government when the monarch and most of the ministers supposedly don't exist, but I'm willing to work something out. Is there a way we can compromise on all this?

I would definitely be excited to work out a compromise; Perhaps foreign Mechanics can't accumulate the reaction, it's only Percyton mechanics made with Percyton metal and the brought to life with Percyton Fuel that can come to life?

And that would only be for your existance in the MT RP, any other RP you can play as you like :D

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:I would definitely be excited to work out a compromise; Perhaps foreign Mechanics can't accumulate the reaction, it's only Percyton mechanics made with Percyton metal and the brought to life with Percyton Fuel that can come to life?

And that would only be for your existance in the MT RP, any other RP you can play as you like :D

That's not really the case in the real world, but in this RP world, I can accept it. You have a deal.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Lavan Tiri wrote:So why's that an issue?

Because people in Russia do not like that to be publicly displayed.

Lavan Tiri, Yukona

Clemodecralia wrote:Because people in Russia do not like that to be publicly displayed.

They sound like lovely people.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:They sound like lovely people.

They do

Lavan Tiri

Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth wrote:They do

If you say so.

Lavan Tiri

Post self-deleted by Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth.

Nuremgard wrote:They sound like lovely people.

I mean, I guess they are just a bit more socially conservative than you and I are used to but that doesn't mean that they are bad people

Lavan Tiri, Clemodecralia

Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth wrote:I mean, I guess they are just a bit more socially conservative than you and I are used to but that doesn't mean that they are bad people

Righto.

Lavan Tiri

Finished binge watching Bates Motel. Good show. Sad ending but it was a sad show throughout.

Lavan Tiri, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:They sound like lovely people.

I agree, Russians are a very friendly people if you get to know them on a more personal level, among all of the cultures which I have personally come across, very few people match the warmth and heartiness of us Russians.

Russians don't want to see stuff like this which is normalized in the west, to be normalized at home in the public in front of children, it is widely considered to be inappropriate for children's eyes in Russia: https://www.buzzfeed.com/angelamv/the-31-most-fabulous-gay-pride-parade-looks?utm_term=.ncB3aOqY#.ivd0QOxl

Lavan Tiri, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth

Anybody watch Rick and Morty?

What did you think of S3E2? I think they are doing a great job with keeping the series up to par with the last season, maybe even better judging by the last episode!

Lavan Tiri, Yukona

Clemodecralia wrote:I agree, Russians are a very friendly people if you get to know them on a more personal level, among all of the cultures which I have personally come across, very few people match the warmth and heartiness of us Russians.

Russians don't want to see stuff like this which is normalized in the west, to be normalized at home in the public in front of children, it is widely considered to be inappropriate for children's eyes in Russia: https://www.buzzfeed.com/angelamv/the-31-most-fabulous-gay-pride-parade-looks?utm_term=.ncB3aOqY#.ivd0QOxl

Yes I know it's considered inappropriate in front of children over there. That's one of the reasons why Russians are backwards. They conflate homosexuality with paedophilia which says more abot their sick minds than gay people.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Friedensreich

Nuremgard wrote:Yes I know it's considered inappropriate in front of children over there. That's one of the reasons why Russians are backwards. They conflate homosexuality with paedophilia which says more abot their sick minds than gay people.

Woah, hey, Russians aren't inherently 'backwards'? That's not even remotely true. I get that being hostile towards gay rights might turn you off, but that doesn't mean you can say that every Russian has a sick mind.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Yukona, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth

Magnatronia wrote:Woah, hey, Russians aren't inherently 'backwards'? That's not even remotely true. I get that being hostile towards gay rights might turn you off, but that doesn't mean you can say that every Russian has a sick mind.

Not saying they all do. I'm saying the ones who do think like that certainly do. And since the homophobia seems ingrained from the top levels of society, i.e. the government, then yeah, the country is pretty backward in terms of gay rights. I'm not singling out Russia. Plenty of countries are backward, far more so than Russia.

Lavan Tiri

Clemodecralia wrote:I agree, Russians are a very friendly people if you get to know them on a more personal level, among all of the cultures which I have personally come across, very few people match the warmth and heartiness of us Russians.

Russians don't want to see stuff like this which is normalized in the west, to be normalized at home in the public in front of children, it is widely considered to be inappropriate for children's eyes in Russia: https://www.buzzfeed.com/angelamv/the-31-most-fabulous-gay-pride-parade-looks?utm_term=.ncB3aOqY#.ivd0QOxl

Gross.

Lavan Tiri

Nuremgard wrote:That's one of the reasons why Russians are backwards.

What are some of your other reasons why we are backwards?

Why do you sport a Russian tri-color as your flag if you despise its culture so much?

Lavan Tiri

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