Post Archive
Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
I take offense
*pulls out some Sularons*
Why don't we make a deal?
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
Post self-deleted by Andromitus.
Are you actually Scandinavian?
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I don't know what your plotting, but Imma put a stop to it.
Vista Major
hello i am new
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona, Percyton
Welcome!
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
Hello and welcome!
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
*blinks*
People of the Confederacy, how many times have I said that I was a Black Bisexual teenager from the great Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States of America, on here or on Discord? I can name at least two instances.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona, Percyton
Wait. Hold the ducking phone. You can blink? Why have you never told me you could blink? I wish I could blink.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
All COFN Presidents can blink
Speaking of which, I'm unsure if I should continue to be one
Jaslandia
Why hello there my friend!
Good, soon you'll be Chancellor
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Why? We like you as our dear leader.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton
I dunno about you, but I'm doing some plotting.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
If my constitution doesn't win, I'll be crushed. Politically, emotionally, and all other applicable -ly's.
Aren't we all?
Penguania And Antarctica
Oi, I thought we talked about this thing before, boo
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
I don't remember.
Don't take the loss personally. You'll always have opportunities in the future to improve upon existing documents and campaigns and rerelease them.
If somehow you don't have the opportunity to succeed, make the opportunities happen ;P
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
*shrug* can't have the whole head gone in a single shot :p
*raised eyebrow* what is the request?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm not interested in usurping the Confederacy right now.
Besides, if I lose, Unf will never let me hear the end of it. It'll be insufferable.
We can't have the eastern Reich slaughtering my people! That would be inhumane!
If we go to war, we're willing to pay handsomely for your services.
Oi vey, turning your military on your own people and dealing with pirates and terrorists?
Vista Major
Bruh.
Go the Fallout 4 route.
.750 in a converted pipe pistol :>>>>>>>
As someone who's thoroughly thought about dealing with PK, it really depends on the faction he was hiring.
Vista Major
I'm giving you plenty of choice. Your Nordic Assembly has the power to make all the political pressure go away, and Ms. Spelma has made it abundantly clear that she will not cave in until the AVA is struck down.
But you making a deal with pirates is only going to make things worse. As of now, you have no IC knowledge of Katerina's mobilization of the GTC, so your dealing with pirates to side with you is unwarranted and completely unprovoked.
Im gone
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Again, that depends on exactly how reactionary Vista's nation is. It makes sense for a nation that sees itself as being isolated from the international community to attempt to defend itself, and seeking out the "Pirates" (Again, totally depends on which faction) isn't exactly too far from it, especially if his deal only goes into effect during war.
Well, well, well, the humanitarian state is actually the one willing to let the impoverished Africans to die. Nevertheless, I might have a PMC or two of stranded Americans available.
Wait, don't you mean .45, or is this a mod or some shít? Either way, I'll stick with my automatic combat rifle with scope, scrub.
Well, the pirates are mostly driven by a desire to keep everyone else close to them alive (basically making sure family members and the local village are still alive and not rotting in a dumpster), while the al-Qarnan states really don't care if people get hired out, as long as it doesn't hurt them or any endeavors in the future. Also, there are al-Qarnan PMCs, mostly European or American-dominated with local African populations, which came about from the Civil War and the IC collapse of the U.S. and Canada (looking at y'all, Mag, Kum, and Andy: we still got soldiers here that naturalized)
Friedensreich
By all means, make it IC, please. I won't pretend to know about it at all, I'm not a bad RPer that metagames for a cheap win. I think my adamancy to allow TCaDS use an EMP in my airport when his leader was visiting mine in HK proves that well enough.
Vista Major
Nah, I wasn't being super literal with the .750, just making a joke about how none of those weapons should really keep firing after a modification or two. :P
True, especially the fücking pipe guns: I desire R91s and DKS sniper rifles over cheap metal and wood and those god-awful assault rifles
It's not like we wanted this, but those Reichers don't know when to quit. I'll consider it.
*narrows eyes*
You may be more honorable than you let on
Friedensreich
Not sure that's at all fair. In my experience, even though I have very often been at odds with Unf, I have found him always graceful in success as he is in defeat.
And I don't think he introduced a different constitutional proposal to challenge and beat you, but to give the region real choice in how it will move forward during this period of rejuvenation.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm nothing if not a saint ;)
But really though, I'm writing a post that explains Katerina's intentions in a very interesting way. Just so the region knows that my politicking through her is strictly IC only.
I've been manipulated OOC before that ruined me IC (along with my bestie RF), I'm not going to do that to someone else simply because it feckin sucked.
Jaslandia, Vista Major
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Welcome to the region! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
DIP later today.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona, Percyton
Percyton
Well your on my side so thats good lol
The U.S and Canada existed in our IC timeline and they collapsed? And do you mean my civil war or the Khutongian Civil War or some third major event that I don't know about? Because I have some OOC questions if your talking about holding Myself and Mag's soldiers after Khutongia, let alone Kumania, where does he come in...
Goodwood Morning baseball fans!
It's your favorite host Dimas Souza from RSBR! Thank you for tuning to Channel 121.3 today. I hope your excited as I am because opening day is finally here! Delays in stadium renovation have led to a rescheduling of today's game.
Stalliongrad Colts vs. Kiev Thunder
Pegasus Field, Stalliongrad
8:00 pm (CST)
And once again, we welcome the engines from Sodor and hope they enjoy as the top two teams in the entire country go head to head.
Tickets are still available! Please [Telegram the Equestrian Baseball Assoc.] OR [RMB Premier Coltsov].
Thanks for tuning in for this update. Souza OUT!
{You have been listening to 121.3}
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Vista Major, Axeldonia
How precious
Andromitus
Thanks again for the deal, by the way! Connor, Caitlin, and Porter said they've been enjoying the games very much! Hiro said he's also interested in attending a game or two, if there are some empty seats left.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I'll send tickets over. Season starts tonight so buckle up!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
[spoiler=Today is July 11 and today are:]
Today is July 11 and today are:
- All American Pet Photo Day (United States)
- China National Maritime Day (China)
- Day of the Bandoneón (Argentina)
- Day of the Flemish Community (Flemish Community of Belgium)
- Eleventh Night (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
- Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz (Jusaism)
- Free Slurpee Day (Participating stores of the 7-Eleven chain in North America)
- Gospel Day (Kiribati)
- Imamat Day (Isma'ilism)
- Naadam (Mongolia)
- National 7-Eleven Day (United States)
- National Blueberry Muffin Day (United States)
- National Cheer Up The Lonely Day (United States)
- National Day of Commemoration (Ireland)
- National Mojito Day (United States)
- National Rainier Cherry Day (United States)
- World Population Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 472 After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death.
- 813 Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius).
- 911 Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
- 1174 Baldwin IV, 13, becomes King of Jerusalem, with Raymond III, Count of Tripoli as regent and William of Tyre as chancellor.
- 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch): A coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army.
- 1346 Charles IV, Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is elected King of the Romans.
- 1405 Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.
- 1476 Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances.
- 1576 Martin Frobisher sights Greenland.
- 1616 Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
- 1735 Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
- 1740 Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia.
- 1750 Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.
- 1789 Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
- 1796 The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
- 1798 The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
- 1801 French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
- 1804 A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
- 1833 Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
- 1848 Waterloo railway station in London opens.
- 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
- 1882 The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
- 1889 Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
- 1893 The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.
- 1893 A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
- 1895 Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology to scientists.
- 1897 Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
- 1906 Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
- 1914 Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
- 1914 USS Nevada (BB-36) is launched.
- 1919 The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
- 1920 In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
- 1921 A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
- 1921 The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
- 1921 Former President of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
- 1922 The Hollywood Bowl opens.
- 1924 Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday
- 1934 Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
- 1936 The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
- 1940 World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1941 The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
- 1943 Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak.
- 1943 World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
- 1947 The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
- 1950 Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
- 1957 Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
- 1960 France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
- 1960 Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
- 1962 First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
- 1962 Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
- 1971 Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
- 1972 The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
- 1973 Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris, France on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking on flights.
- 1977 Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- 1978 Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
- 1979 America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
- 1990 Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.
- 1991 Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia killing all 261 passengers and crew on board.
- 1994 PTV is introduced as a kids programming block for PBS to broadcast educational programming to underprivileged children.
- 1995 Srebrenica massacre begins; lasts until 22 July.
- 2006 Mumbai train bombings: Two hundred nine people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
- 2010 July 2010 Kampala attacks: At least 74 people are killed in twin suicide bombings at two locations in Kampala, Uganda
- 2011 Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion: Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1274 Robert the Bruce, Scottish king
- 1657 Frederick I of Prussia
- 1767 John Quincy Adams, American lawyer and politician, 6th President of the United States
- 1826 Alexander Afanasyev, Russian ethnographer and author
- 1906 Herbert Wehner, German politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations
- 1916 Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia
- 1920 Yul Brynner, Russian actor and dancer
- 1927 Theodore Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer
- 1934 Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, founded the Armani Company
- 1975 Lil' Kim, American rapper and producer
- 1986 Yoann Gourcuff, French footballer
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Quote of the day
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
- John Barrymore -
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, Kalaron, Percyton
Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
Bahaha. "Goodwood morning". I like it.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
LOL. I typed "Gooood" Morning, but autocorrect I guess?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
applied to become a citizen
Russkov Soviet, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton
Ha! It's even funnier now that I know it's a typo. I thought it might be a reference to wood bats or a well-known player.
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Well....actually.. the Thunder have a CF named Ric Goodwoods. He was the Regional Leagues MVP two years ago.
Percyton
Basing it on factbooks and details collected from each nation (don't know if Yuk would be considered as existing or if a "civilization collapse" such as Aldaur occurred), with all that nuclear war and whatnot. If we ever have a stable timeline, maybe that could be counted or something[sup]a[/sup]
[sup]a[/sup]: For Christ sakes, can we get someone to figure out our IC timeline and if real-life nations and/or analogues even exist
Jaslandia, Tserra
https://youtu.be/ANMdqh5EkJQ
Otherwise known as 'ABBA's favorite railway station':
https://youtu.be/Sj_9CiNkkn4
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Sucks that all the nations we had beack in CFN and NGA CTE'd
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I would like an attempt at a unified timeline as well. I know we attempted one a while back, not sure what happened to it.
Oh still working on that reply. I didn't forget this time. :D
Jaslandia, Pirate Kingdoms
Seeing that the ref is almost over and government is about to get started again, I have a few questions.
Since I'll be the next Speaker, I want to know what you all would like to see.
1. House addresses. If you want to see me make short videos addressing the house and the current issues, I will. It'll be super easy for me and you all can just watch. A written version will come along. So if you want to see that just say.
2. Live sessions. Would you all like to have this come back? No voting will happen here, but debating and general meetings to write up bills can happen on discord with our lovely voices or chat channels.
Let me know if those are things you want to see in the near future, and if you have ideas give them up.
Yukona
Indeed. If you're talking about building an IC/OOC timeline, I can help out as much as I can, but I don't remember everything.
1. Sure. Not sure if you'll have much to talk about, but you could do an introductory video to open up each term or something like that.
2. I suppose we could do it if people are interested, but I'm kinda skeptical. Not so much because I have any sort of concrete objections to the idea, but I just remember back when the live sessions became topics of a lot of political debate, with people railing against a so-called 'Discord elite'. If we do do live sessions, I just hope we don't get into another 'us vs. them' kind of divide like we did last time.
Kalaron
Debating would have to happen in both places. Course it won't be required, if someone wants to debate their bill they can, however for neutrality a date will be set for a day on discord and then the forums can span a little longer since no one has to show up to hear the full debate.
Any changes to the bill will also be put on the forums so nothing is just left up to the "discord elite" Anyone can see what happens on our discord and respond because your lovely Speaker will make sure both chambers are completely informed.
Or people can just send the bill to the house since neither constitutions says anything about requiring a debate period. Course if it is debated then it'll take longer for the bill to be voted on.
That sound fair?
Jaslandia, Kalaron
Alert:
The World Alliance of Nuclear Nations has been founded as an organization! [url]https://www.nationstates.net/nation=wann_regulator/detail=factbook/id=main[/url]
Nations with nuclear weapons (or just nuclear power) are welcome!
TG Perland or Solla Ultima to be admitted.
Russkov Soviet, Solla Ultima, Wann Regulator
Frankly, I personally think it could work if we bring it back.
All things taken together, Live Sessions can work with Forums too, the provision is codified so it would be no different.
Besides, hopefully most people would reject the idea of a Discord Elite if it came up yet again, what with the fact that no one can really ignore that the accusation of there being one has been used solely as a political tool every time it came up.
Jaslandia, Oelesa
[nation=short]Russkov Soviet[/nation] has been accepted as a member of WANN. nation=wann_regulator/detail=factbook/id=main
Russkov Soviet
I suppose so. So long as all voting and bill changes take place on the forums, it would be a fair system.
Oelesa, Kalaron
By the way, this is a thing I make:
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/second-union.421395/
I like, but the use of nuclear weaponry should not be regulated in my own opinion...
The United Providences Of Perland
In the ESU I had my lore having my nation rise from the ashes of a global nuclear war in the late 1940's after WWII but then changed my lore when I joined this region since it seemed like it was a completely different timeline than irl and that any overlaps with the irl timeline would've occurred probably in ancient times so I decided to drop the nuclear war lore and have a more civilized backstory of just being a European colony like irl Canada but different in some aspects.
where the hell is Yuk? Is he back from his tour of commie asia yet? I've got a thirsting for some medieval roleplay and he's withholding the map smh.
also vote Unf's constitution it's pretty good I know the designer
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
BASEBALL IN RUSSKOV IN ONE HOUSE
Will either link a RP tab or factbook it.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
That seems a bit suspicious... I just can't put my finger on why...
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Percyton
One house...one hour....freaking autocorrect on phones I swear
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Goodwood morning :P
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I was about to say, one house seems a bit too small to hold an entire baseball game. You'd need a bunch of houses put together for that.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Post self-deleted by Yukona.
I'm back Friday morning bossman chill
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
ALRIGHT PEOPLE! BASEBALL IS ALIVE!
Check it as I'll be posting an update every few minutes or so xD
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=russkov_soviet/detail=factbook/id=852758
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
[url]https://www.nationstates.net/nation=wann_regulator/detail=factbook/id=main[/url]
Vista Major
Mein Gott...
If only I used nuclear...
The United Providences Of Perland
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=russkov_soviet/detail=factbook/id=852758
Ok. I completed the test game. Lemme know what you think.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Certified ultradank
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton
The power went out? What a shame. If you'd like, Fergus the Railway Traction Engine could help with power. He has a flywheel, and if your stadium has a generator, Fergus' flywheel could power the generator.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Boo Yah! Glad to have you on the team my dude!
*Sniff* I've...I've been searching for someone to help me with an in depth backstory....to finally find one...its...its so beautiful...
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
I'll look into that. The game has been made official with the Colts winning 8-6. The season actually starts Thursday.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
That's a lotta damned work, to unify the backstories of all nations of the world.
In my timeline, China was like it was irl up until WW1. Germany took over, and the Qing dynasty was destroyed by a group of Chinese nationalists. These nationalists were angry at them for letting the Germans steamroll trough their land and oppress their people.
Jaslandia
British Columbia is really burning up boys. Also this can sometimes be unavoidable in hot summers, it can also be down to general negligence or even arson.
Please, enjoy your summer but also respect the nature around you. Make sure to be as careful with any type of fire as you possibly can, especially when going out camping. Many local authorities and national parks have information on this and don't be afraid to do a quick search before you go out, it can save beauty and people from immeasurable damage.
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
So true. Flynn and Belle are the engines who work at the Sodor Search and Rescue Center, and they can tell you that it's very easy for a fire to break out, and that it could happen almost anywhere. One time not too long ago, in fact, a fire was started by a small glass bottle that had fallen out of Whiff's freight cars of garbage.
https://youtu.be/XJVCqTOoU5g?t=4m3s
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Hi everybody. Sorry about the recent inactivity; I've been extremely busy in DC, and will be in New York for the next four days starting tomorrow. So please bear with me in regards to the map.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, The United Providences Of Perland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btFfXgUdIzY
Jaslandia
Yo you youthful yappers,
http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/7/states-nations-sovereign-roleplay-ooc?page=1&scrollTo=29
Jaslandia, Yukona
[url]https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=852664[/url]
Looking for member nations!
Penguania And Antarctica, Solla Ultima
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQxfEXnCQAEXAFz.jpg
:p
Sorry. It just came through my mind.
The United Providences Of Perland, Solla Ultima
My heart jumped out my chest when I saw my first council tax bill. Robbing bastards.
Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona
https://youtu.be/-18e-bDdS2I
Penguania And Antarctica
What is this tax? Is it a property tax? Or does your local council government just tax all its citizens a certain amount annually?
Penguania And Antarctica
[spoiler=Today is July 12 and today are:]
Today is July 12 and today are:
- Birthday of the Heir to the Crown of Tonga (Tonga)
- Eat Your Jello Day
- Etch A Sketch Day
- Independence Day (Kiribati)
- Independence Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
- Naadam (Mongolia)
- National Different Colored Eyes Day (United States)
- National Pecan Pie Day (United States)
- National Simplicity Day (United States)
- Paper Bag Day
- The Twelfth, also known as Orangemen's Day (Northern Ireland, Scotland, Newfoundland and Labrador)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 927 King Constantine II of Scotland, King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians accepted the overlordship of King Æthelstan of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north.
- 1191 Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre.
- 1470 The Ottomans capture Euboea.
- 1493 Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
- 1527 Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.
- 1543 King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
- 1561 Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated.
- 1562 Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred books of the Maya.
- 1580 The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
- 1690 Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar): The armies of William III defeat those of the former James II.
- 1691 Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.
- 1776 Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
- 1789 In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
- 1790 The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
- 1799 Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire).
- 1801 British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras.
- 1804 Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel.
- 1806 Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
- 1812 The American Army of the Northwest briefly occupies the Upper Canadian settlement at what is now at Windsor, Ontario.
- 1862 The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
- 1913 Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
- 1917 The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
- 1918 The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
- 1920 The SovietLithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
- 1943 German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
- 1948 Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
- 1960 Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
- 1961 Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.
- 1962 The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at London's Marquee Club.
- 1963 Pauline Reade (16 years old) disappears in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.
- 1967 Riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.
- 1971 The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
- 1973 A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
- 1975 São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
- 1979 The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 2006 Hezbollah initiates Operation True Promise.
- 2006 Lebanon-Israel war begins.
- 2007 U.S. Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
- 2012 The Turaymisah massacre kills 250 people during a Syrian military operation in a village within the Hama Governorate.
- 2012 A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
- 2013 Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.
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Famous Birthdays:
- 1730 Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company
- 1817 Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher
- 1854 George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak
- 1868 Stefan George, German poet and translator
- 1884 Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor
- 1884 Louis B. Mayer, Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- 1904 Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1913 Willis Lamb, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1935 Satoshi Ōmura, Japanese biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
- 1974 Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer-songwriter
- 1997 Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate
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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton
Rumor has it this is Donald Trump's favorite holiday.
And yes, I know the whole 'Donald Trump is orange' joke is old and overused, but dang it, I'm doing it anyway!
Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
It's a property tax paid to your local authority for the services they provide such as bin men, infrastructure and what not. I believe it's fixed against the market price of your house. The latter which you described was introduced by Thatcher called the poll tax and there were huge riots about it as it was highly regressive and although horizontally equitable had little acknowledgement of societal differences and thus pissed a lot of people off, it got removed pretty sharpish
Hello all!
I am Hyderbourg, Ex-President of Libertatem.
I have currently been exiled due to my involvement in the Libertatem Reform Party, alongside your current president, Vista Major.
We have been fighting for less military intervention due to constant raids upon small non-threatening regions and in the fight, we have fallen victim to constant attacks.
I hope that I can reside here, I know this is a region in which military interventionism is looked down upon, hopefully, you can sympathize with the fight that we are having in Libertatem and the importance of our cause.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Percyton, Libiceland, United Continental States
Hah!
Jaslandia
Welcome in Full Hyder! I'm not fully versed in your legal system nor am I fully up to date on your entire banishment story, but I'm sure you can find a place here in our humble, pacifist abode.
Jaslandia, Hyderbourg, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton
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Written by Refuge Isle.