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Solla Ultima wrote:nations in Africa are some of the most mineral rich countries in the world like the Congo their mineral deposits alone are worth 20 TRILLION Africa is an emerging continent for most of their existence they have been victims of imperialism not until recently have they been there own independent nations that work for themselves

And literally some of the biggest problems with Africa- mismanagement, corruption, infighting- have already been addressed by the RP nations in Africa. PLR is a single party democracy that has just managed to unite and quell infighting, PK is infighting and is causing a lot of interest RPs, and Tse is a sort of monarchy made up by a bunch of small tribes/clans.

Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Axeldonia, Pirate Kingdoms, Solla Ultima

The United Providences Of Perland wrote:Y'all are making me want to die with your inability to read. In my post, the original one Fried is poking fun at, I AM TALKING ABOUT THE REAL WORLD.

If you take into account the occupation and rather sudden decolonizatiom of Africa without any proper blueprinting for the modernization of Africa in the REAL WORLD, then you'd gather a comprehension as to where the continent is as a whole and why it isn't developed. If you also look into foreign influences that proliferate political corruption on top of the lack of knowledge for proper industrialization in the REAL WORLD, then you'd know. If you look at the plethora of resources and wonder why Western countries or even Eastern countries do not want a developed Africa and therefore, find civil wars and terrorist groups to destabilize the continent as a whole in the REAL WORLD, then you'd understand. I'm talking about the REAL world as well

Jaslandia, Friedensreich

Jaslandia wrote:They'll be at a disadvantage, sure, but it's not at impossible situation, and a skilled RPer would be able to make the most of the situation to build a strong and prosperous nation.

Not every nation can be in top 10 economies, whether they're landlocked or not. Like I said, if you're a skilled RPer, you could salvage just about any situation, including being landlocked. Besides, even if a nation doesn't border an ocean, they probably do have a river in their nation, and lots of successful civilizations have reached their success by using their rivers for transport, trade, and agricultural (Egypt, Indus River Valley, Mesopotamia, Midwestern United States, etc.).

once agin they are successful great but that doest make them the top dog like american witch has access to two of the biggest oceans in the world bringing in trillions of dollars worth of trade

The United Providences Of Perland wrote:I do have a question about that. What would new rules entail?

It's a total WIP, but the goal is to make it to where lolarmies and lolnavies canmt pop out of nowhere, and to reign in the anarchy present now.

Basically what Hyder said.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Friedensreich, The United Providences Of Perland, Solla Ultima, South Hyder

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:If you take into account the occupation and rather sudden decolonizatiom of Africa without any proper blueprinting for the modernization of Africa in the REAL WORLD, then you'd gather a comprehension as to where the continent is as a whole and why it isn't developed. If you also look into foreign influences that proliferate political corruption on top of the lack of knowledge for proper industrialization in the REAL WORLD, then you'd know. If you look at the plethora of resources and wonder why Western countries or even Eastern countries do not want a developed Africa and therefore, find civil wars and terrorist groups to destabilize the continent as a whole in the REAL WORLD, then you'd understand. I'm talking about the REAL world as well

I'm pretty sure the lack of clean water is a main issue, not conspiracy theories.

Unfallious wrote:Every so often Baxten gets this dumb idea to set up an economy system and it's always a bad idea and this is no exception. The systems proposed for the economic system are thin at best and just terrible at worst. Like, he wants to assign some random areas as having X resource? And you trust people to accurately RP with that and not just claim the high value spots and then pretend they have a money tree? To be honest that system would be better on a real-world map so at least you're not trusting some mapmaker (who will also take part in the RP lets not forget) to delegate out goodies. Speaking of the new map, I don't really see the need for it. You're a modern RP, why do you need a new map? Many of you guys already have established lore set in the real world, I don't see the point of it.

I might not be active in the modern RP anymore, but I'll still chime in with my opinion of the dumb things people try to steer it towards.

^^^

Dammit Unf, you need to grace our presence more often.

Jaslandia, Solla Ultima

The United Providences Of Perland wrote:I'm pretty sure the lack of clean water is a main issue, not conspiracy theories.

That can be addressed.

Baxten wrote:It's a total WIP, but the goal is to make it to where lolarmies and lolnavies canmt pop out of nowhere, and to reign in the anarchy present now.

Basically what Hyder said.

That could be nice.

Jaslandia

Baxten wrote:It's a total WIP, but the goal is to make it to where lolarmies and lolnavies canmt pop out of nowhere, and to reign in the anarchy present now.

Basically what Hyder said.

And if people's concerns about a new map forcing them to rewrite their lore.....

I want you to know that I want to help you address that, so that maybe their concerns can be solved. Maybe we can implement a resource system in a world map, using RL maps of resources?

Peoples Liberation Republic, South Hyder

Solla Ultima wrote:once agin they are successful great but that doest make them the top dog like american witch has access to two of the biggest oceans in the world bringing in trillions of dollars worth of trade

Actually, in their time, Egypt and the Indus River Valley civilization were two of the most advanced civilizations in the world, Mesopotamia was the birthplace of civilization itself, and the Midwestern U.S. became one of the major breadbaskets of the world thanks to their fertile land and ability to trade things through the Mississippi River. It was rivers that gave birth to civilizations in the begining, not oceans.

Peoples Liberation Republic

Continental Commonwealths wrote:^^^

Dammit Unf, you need to grace our presence more often.

What I need to do is finish the opening post for the medieval RP so I can hide behind my battlements and forget about economic systems and modern RP shenanigans

Russkov Soviet, Kalaron

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:That can be addressed.

You need water? Let good ole Pappy China set up a desalinization plant there in return for some of your uranium!

^^^That's the working with nations thing I have been talking at length about, Perl. PLR gets his water problem solved and I get that delicious radioactive rock

Peoples Liberation Republic, Axeldonia, South Hyder

i don't know why people are vote no if it passes the earth map will stay and won't change and well have a new map so if you don't like it don't participate and play the earth map let the others have some fun why stop them if it doesn't hurt you

Friedensreich wrote:And if people's concerns about a new map forcing them to rewrite their lore.....

I want you to know that I want to help you address that, so that maybe their concerns can be solved. Maybe we can implement a resource system in a world map, using RL maps of resources?

I'm personally undecided on even taking a new map because of everything here, but I am deadset on making at least much more ridged rules and an econ system, regardless of what some have said.

Friedensreich

Friedensreich wrote:You need water? Let good ole Pappy China set up a desalinization plant there in return for some of your uranium!

^^^That's the working with nations thing I have been talking at length about, Perl. PLR gets his water problem solved and I get that delicious radioactive rock

Don't give that damn commie uranium

Solla Ultima wrote:i don't know why people are vote no if it passes the earth map will stay and won't change and well have a new map so if you don't like it don't participate and play the earth map let the others have some fun why stop them if it doesn't hurt you

Jaslandia wrote:Why should I? If this map is going to happen whether we like it or not, than what's the purpose of the vote? Bax asked for feedback, and I'm doing just that. I have just as much right to vote as you do. Besides, I RP just like you do, so I have a stake in this discussion too.

Kalaron wrote:TY Unf.

Heck, even I do and I exist in a state of half RP.

Didn't we just answer this?

Jaslandia, United Continental States

South Hyder wrote:Don't give that damn commie uranium

Hush before I nukez you

South Hyder wrote:Don't give that damn commie uranium

I don't sell my uranium unless I'm really really close allies historically and can trust the country

Russkov Soviet

Jaslandia wrote:Actually, in their time, Egypt and the Indus River Valley civilization were two of the most advanced civilizations in the world, Mesopotamia was the birthplace of civilization itself, and the Midwestern U.S. became one of the major breadbaskets of the world thanks to their fertile land and ability to trade things through the Mississippi River. It was rivers that gave birth to civilizations in the begining, not oceans.

that was in the past but currently they are noting on the world stage compared to counties like japan England France Germany Russia Mexico china and much more all who have access to the sea

Baxten wrote:I'm personally undecided on even taking a new map because of everything here, but I am deadset on making at least much more ridged rules and an econ system, regardless of what some have said.

I've been wanting an economics system for a while, and some rules set in place on the RP.

But it should be pretty easy to use a map of resources to make another map using our current one that shows rich deposits of certain goods.

Solla Ultima

Also, asking people to vote for a work in progress is next level ridiculousness. It's one thing to have a meticulously planned and thoughtout alternative, and saying to people, "yo, the current system or this other way? Here are the details."

It's something completely different, and completely untoward, to say, "I have an idea. I don't have the details. I hope, once I put real time into planning it, it'll look something like this. But I can't be totally sure because it's still in the vague planning stage. Can we uproot our current system on my vague promise that'll I'll put in the time to make come true those plans that in you each have individually in your heart of hearts?"

I get being an idealist. I really do. But voting to change a system without a thoroughly planned out and viable alternative is silly beyond logical comprehension. It's almost like we're going for a NationStates version, regional level homage of the current state of modern American politics.

Jaslandia, Kalaron, United Continental States

Solla Ultima wrote:that was in the past but currently they are noting on the world stage compared to counties like japan England France Germany Russia Mexico china and much more all who have access to the sea

*nothing

Oh, one more thing: I'd like to announce my resignation from RP in an effort to become a more neutral and fair mod.

South Hyder

Baxten wrote:Oh, one more thing: I'd like to announce my resignation from RP in an effort to become a more neutral and fair mod.

*que bombshell nosies

Jaslandia

Citizens are enjoying a large cut in taxes. Taxes are down 1%. Aye right!

Jaslandia

Solla Ultima wrote:that was in the past but currently they are noting on the world stage compared to counties like japan England France Germany Russia Mexico china and much more all who have access to the sea

That may have been in the past, but that model can still be replicated today. They don't have to be on the level of Japan or the UK, but they can still be successful on their own terms depending on how they're RPed.

Solla Ultima wrote:*que bombshell nosies

oh i forget and the sirens and the ensuing mass chaos

Jaslandia wrote:That may have been in the past, but that model can still be replicated today. They don't have to be on the level of Japan or the UK, but they can still be successful on their own terms depending on how they're RPed.

great they can be successful but they half to put in a crap load of work to even be just half of the economic power sea access nations would be in the end nations with the access to the seas will have a massive advantage as the current world has proven

Voted no. This is a ridiculous solution to a problem we could fix in half the time it would take to implement a new map. But nothing personal, Bax. You're still the bomb-diggity. A

Jaslandia, The United Providences Of Perland, United Continental States

I've never seen so much division on a non-political issue in this region

Nuremgard, The United Providences Of Perland

Oi, so TNI is starting back up. Can I move my puppet here so I can move big papa over there?

Friedensreich wrote:Oi, so TNI is starting back up. Can I move my puppet here so I can move big papa over there?

I'm not sure what TNI is, but I am sure that's appropriate, I think Aux has moved around his citizenship a few times, all you have to do is telegram Sul with your plans and you'll most likely be accommodated.

Solla Ultima wrote:I've never seen so much division on a non-political issue in this region

RP has always been a political issue for our region and its predecessor regions. A month or two ago we had a small secession movement thag results from discrepancies of RP management. We've always had legislators try to have RPs governed by legislation; most recently, Vista tried to incorporate it into his constitutional proposal. Some of our nations' primary purpose for being on NationStates is to participate in RPs.

And some of these same nations have come and remained in our region because of the way we structure our RPs. If we're going to change the way we structure them, it should be done by providing citizens a clear and viable alternative, and asking them to choose between the two.

Don't make a post about how one is intending to bring about RP reform where the same person admits his concept is in the preliminary stage, then post a couple days later a poll asking citizens to choose between status quo and reform without further expanding upon what reform would mean.

And the last thing this person should do is post on the RMB, a few hours after the poll had opened, demanding that dissenters look into the context of reform when the one thing that can be said is lacking from the initiative for reform is specific context of what it will entail.

Jaslandia

Unfallious wrote:What I need to do is finish the opening post for the medieval RP so I can hide behind my battlements and forget about economic systems and modern RP shenanigans

P.s. Is there (no homo) room behind yhose battlements for one more?

Jaslandia

Solla Ultima wrote:great they can be successful but they half to put in a crap load of work to even be just half of the economic power sea access nations would be in the end nations with the access to the seas will have a massive advantage as the current world has proven

That's the way the world works sometimes. No one is being forced to take a landlocked spot, so if you don't want to put in the extra work, just take one of the many sea-based spots available.

Friedensreich wrote:And here we see a right wing circle jerk^^^

But still, better dead than red.

Magnatronia

Solla Ultima wrote:great they can be successful but they half to put in a crap load of work to even be just half of the economic power sea access nations would be in the end nations with the access to the seas will have a massive advantage as the current world has proven

It all depends on how you develop your nation. Not taking a side here, just throwing in my two cents. My nation economically is set up to do 3 things.

1. Provide service in the way of a valuable trade route/port facilities, in the form of the Suez Canal. Toll tax from use of the canal, and its associated facilities is probably an easy 75 percent of my income, if not more. Not that we are even taking economics into account currently. Via the canal alone my nation is rich. Everyone uses it, and because everyone uses it, it is by and large what keeps my general neutrality secure, no sane person should want to attack me for the risk of the canal. Which is partly why after having spoken with a few people I am considering how far I really want to go in my involvement with this Somalia thing.

2. Arms manufacturing. I have set my nation up to be able to produce small arms, and gun juice for those small arms. Will everyone buy from me? No, not necessarily. However it is my second largest industry, next to the Canal. If there is a small arm that needs building, chances are we can do it.

3. Hydroponics. Aside from the Nile, and its fertile farmlands, Tserra has invested heavily in Hydroponics. Because...people gotta eat yo.

Jaslandia, Percyton

Tserra wrote:It all depends on how you develop your nation. Not taking a side here, just throwing in my two cents. My nation economically is set up to do 3 things.

1. Provide service in the way of a valuable trade route/port facilities, in the form of the Suez Canal. Toll tax from use of the canal, and its associated facilities is probably an easy 75 percent of my income, if not more. Not that we are even taking economics into account currently. Via the canal alone my nation is rich. Everyone uses it, and because everyone uses it, it is by and large what keeps my general neutrality secure, no sane person should want to attack me for the risk of the canal. Which is partly why after having spoken with a few people I am considering how far I really want to go in my involvement with this Somalia thing.

2. Arms manufacturing. I have set my nation up to be able to produce small arms, and gun juice for those small arms. Will everyone buy from me? No, not necessarily. However it is my second largest industry, next to the Canal. If there is a small arm that needs building, chances are we can do it.

3. Hydroponics. Aside from the Nile, and its fertile farmlands, Tserra has invested heavily in Hydroponics. Because...people gotta smoke yo.

Let's not parse words here, Rev :P

Jaslandia

Tserra wrote:It all depends on how you develop your nation. Not taking a side here, just throwing in my two cents. My nation economically is set up to do 3 things.

1. Provide service in the way of a valuable trade route/port facilities, in the form of the Suez Canal. Toll tax from use of the canal, and its associated facilities is probably an easy 75 percent of my income, if not more. Not that we are even taking economics into account currently. Via the canal alone my nation is rich. Everyone uses it, and because everyone uses it, it is by and large what keeps my general neutrality secure, no sane person should want to attack me for the risk of the canal. Which is partly why after having spoken with a few people I am considering how far I really want to go in my involvement with this Somalia thing.

2. Arms manufacturing. I have set my nation up to be able to produce small arms, and gun juice for those small arms. Will everyone buy from me? No, not necessarily. However it is my second largest industry, next to the Canal. If there is a small arm that needs building, chances are we can do it.

3. Hydroponics. Aside from the Nile, and its fertile farmlands, Tserra has invested heavily in Hydroponics. Because...people gotta eat yo.

For what it's worth, Percyton is a small island (which usually doesn't lead to a lot of opportunities), and yet is also very rich. According to my Fiance Minister Edward, Percyton makes it money roughly like this:

60% from tourism

15% from merchandising royalties and licensing fees related to the TV series and other Thomas and Friends products

25% from exports, mainly agriculture, IT, and the various industries and factories on Sodor

Jaslandia, Tserra

Solla Ultima wrote:great they can be successful but they half to put in a crap load of work to even be just half of the economic power sea access nations would be in the end nations with the access to the seas will have a massive advantage as the current world has proven

TBH I just make my nation a sack of shît to avoid the more competitive nations, I genuinely enjoy RPing as a faction-laden hellhole, and having to figure out economic strengths and weaknesses is a pain in the aß (for example, if my application to CONCORD goes through, I would like to plan on selling lithium from Lake Assal to them, but this requires an in-universe conflict between al-Qarn's government and the Akkaran tribe residing on the Lake)

Tserra wrote:It all depends on how you develop your nation. Not taking a side here, just throwing in my two cents. My nation economically is set up to do 3 things.

1. Provide service in the way of a valuable trade route/port facilities, in the form of the Suez Canal. Toll tax from use of the canal, and its associated facilities is probably an easy 75 percent of my income, if not more. Not that we are even taking economics into account currently. Via the canal alone my nation is rich. Everyone uses it, and because everyone uses it, it is by and large what keeps my general neutrality secure, no sane person should want to attack me for the risk of the canal. Which is partly why after having spoken with a few people I am considering how far I really want to go in my involvement with this Somalia thing.

2. Arms manufacturing. I have set my nation up to be able to produce small arms, and gun juice for those small arms. Will everyone buy from me? No, not necessarily. However it is my second largest industry, next to the Canal. If there is a small arm that needs building, chances are we can do it.

3. Hydroponics. Aside from the Nile, and its fertile farmlands, Tserra has invested heavily in Hydroponics. Because...people gotta eat yo.

^This lad has it planned out: all I desire is the Free State gaining control of northern Somaliland to guarantee victory against the NST, Ardayga, and pirates, as well as ascending to CONCORD.

And to make it a rule of three, CONCORD

Jaslandia, Percyton

guys I'm planing if accepted by Bax to move my nation to place 11,26 and 10 to "reform" the Austro-Hungarian Empire and rewrite my entire nations lore and i wanted to know what your opinion on this and any suggestions you have on my lore

Andromitus, Percyton

Hmmmm......

Let's see here...

230+ messages?

A few people I wanted to say hi too, but lost them in the walls of text?

Griping/debating over a map of sorts?

Bloody... It's Monday ain't it? >_<

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Andromitus, Percyton, Solla Ultima, United Continental States

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:TBH I just make my nation a sack of shît to avoid the more competitive nations, I genuinely enjoy RPing as a faction-laden hellhole, and having to figure out economic strengths and weaknesses is a pain in the aß (for example, if my application to CONCORD goes through, I would like to plan on selling lithium from Lake Assal to them, but this requires an in-universe conflict between al-Qarn's government and the Akkaran tribe residing on the Lake)

^This lad has it planned out: all I desire is the Free State gaining control of northern Somaliland to guarantee victory against the NST, Ardayga, and pirates, as well as ascending to CONCORD.

And to make it a rule of three, CONCORD

Well speaking of Somalia, as it looks, I can promise I will help you secure up to Djibouti. I cannot promise more, though I will certainly try. For aforementioned reasons. (Although OOC mostly because I have a lot going on right now, and I am not sure if I am gonna be able to RP in a timely manner with the way my life is going right now. I mean I have been writing up the reply I have been working on for almost a week now, and it probably will not end up being that big of a reply. lol)

Jaslandia, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Hmmmm......

Let's see here...

230+ messages?

A few people I wanted to say hi too, but lost them in the walls of text?

Griping/debating over a map of sorts?

Bloody... It's Monday ain't it? >_<

Good times my friend. Good times we be having.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton, Solla Ultima

Russkov Soviet wrote:Hmmmm......

Let's see here...

230+ messages?

A few people I wanted to say hi too, but lost them in the walls of text?

Griping/debating over a map of sorts?

Bloody... It's Monday ain't it? >_<

Hello, Russkov! How are you today?

Jaslandia, Solla Ultima

Percyton wrote:Hello, Russkov! How are you today?

Wonderful. Just been celebrating non-stop. I really need to get to bed though. Lots to do tomorrow. {It's currently 1:00am}

Jaslandia, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Wonderful. Just been celebrating non-stop. I really need to get to bed though. Lots to do tomorrow. {It's currently 1:00am}

So I should be going to sleep too, to be honest. I finished up my mail run a little while ago, and I was hoping to get in a short nap before I have to take my first morning freight train to Ffarquhar.

Russkov Soviet

Percyton wrote:So I should be going to sleep too, to be honest. I finished up my mail run a little while ago, and I was hoping to get in a short nap before I have to take my first morning freight train to Ffarquhar.

Might be a good idea mate. You engines work harder than we Communists do!

Jaslandia, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Might be a good idea mate. You engines work harder than we Communists do!

communist where I hope your not talking about me :)

Russkov Soviet, Percyton

Solla Ultima wrote:communist where I hope your not talking about me :)

xP

Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Might be a good idea mate. You engines work harder than we Communists do!

We were built to work, so I suppose that's to be expected. However, for engines who have night jobs (like my mail train, Henry's Flying Kipper, and whoever does the midnight goods train that night) it can be especially tiring since we have more trouble finding the time to rest and sleep. Still, I try not to complain about it, and instead just do my jobs as quickly as I can, and then use any extra time to nap in a nearby siding.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia

Russkov Soviet wrote:xP

No sir no communist hear none AT ALL

*hides all communist memorabilia*

Russkov Soviet, Andromitus, Percyton

Solla Ultima wrote:No sir no communist hear none AT ALL

*hides all communist memorabilia*

Suuuurrrreeee.....

I see no communist here..

Jaslandia, Percyton, Solla Ultima

Percyton wrote:We were built to work, so I suppose that's to be expected. However, for engines who have night jobs (like my mail train, Henry's Flying Kipper, and whoever does the midnight goods train that night) it can be especially tiring since we have more trouble finding the time to rest and sleep. Still, I try not to complain about it, and instead just do my jobs as quickly as I can, and then use any extra time to nap in a nearby siding.

I understand. Us equines only need around 3-4 hours of sleep daily, so we are pretty busy for a nation. We are so busy, that we completely shut down Sunday. Families go to Church, football, ect.

Jaslandia, Percyton

Alright.... Time for this old war horse to take a nap.

Sweet Dreams to all, and to all a Good Night!

*spreads wings and bolts into the cold, clear night sky*

(And yes.. I'm one of the few Pegasi in my nation. For I AM Aleksander Dimitri Coltsov! No wonder our national "animal" is a Pegasus? It's leader is one!)

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:I understand. Us equines only need around 3-4 hours of sleep daily, so we are pretty busy for a nation. We are so busy, that we completely shut down Sunday. Families go to Church, football, ect.

That sounds very nice. Percyton doesn't completely shut down on Sundays, but since most business are closed on that day, and most of the passengers are staying home, we engines have much less work on that day. So, we use Sunday to slow down a bit, take in the sights around us, and then go home to our sheds early to chat and watch TV.

Russkov Soviet wrote:Alright.... Time for this old war horse to take a nap.

Sweet Dreams to all, and to all a Good Night!

*spreads wings and bolts into the cold, clear night sky*

(And yes.. I'm one of the few Pegasi in my nation. For I AM Aleksander Dimitri Coltsov! No wonder our national "animal" is a Pegasus? It's leader is one!)

Goodnight, Russ!

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia

Its 7:34am, I have had no sleep and I must let the workmen into my house. Yay!

Jaslandia, Kalaron

Nuremgard wrote:The resident scum were out and about tonight in and around my apartment block. Can kinda' see why Americans want guns to protect themselves.

Then again if guns were widely available, the scum in my block would get their hands on them. *shudder*

The main issue is that the most dangerous people will always have guns, because they can get them unlawfully.

Nuremgard

Nuremgard wrote:Its 7:34am, I have had no sleep and I must let the workmen into my house. Yay!

https://youtu.be/YKF27GAsxJM

If you want some music to wake up to, this is literally the only "metal-esque" music I listen to and most of the songs are thematically cool as balls.

The first one is actually a song with Celtic words, so close to Scottish :P (I'm kidding please don't kill me and make me a sheath for a sword like William Wallace did to that one knight)

Nuremgard

Andromitus wrote:Oh Animal Farm? Its a novel where a farmer, Mr. Jones, a mean and drunken man, exploits his own farm animals until they revolt; The entire experience is very similar, I believe, to the Bolshevik Russian Revolution.

[spoiler=Hehehe]But the three pigs in the bunch format a series of laws to ensure total equality, such as all animals are equal, an animal cannot wear clothes or sleep in a bed, but one of them continuously whittles down at these rules to only one, "All Animals are Equal, but some Animals are more Equal than others."[/spoiler]

That doesn't sound like my country in the slightest.

Andromitus

Andromitus wrote:Oh hey look who it is! How're you Lud :D

I've been good thanks! How're you doing?

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:https://youtu.be/YKF27GAsxJM

If you want some music to wake up to, this is literally the only "metal-esque" music I listen to and most of the songs are thematically cool as balls.

The first one is actually a song with Celtic words, so close to Scottish :P (I'm kidding please don't kill me and make me a sheath for a sword like William Wallace did to that one knight)

Cheers for that but I don't like metal. :P And since you begged for mercy, you shall have it. ;)

Hey I got top 5% most pacifist top 10% highest income and top 10% most cheerful citizens all in one day. You guys should come visit I think you'd like it here, we can go camping then on a whale watching trip and maybe hit up a coffee house in Vancouver

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton, Solla Ultima

Yukona wrote:Hey I got top 5% most pacifist top 10% highest income and top 10% most cheerful citizens all in one day. You guys should come visit I think you'd like it here, we can go camping then on a whale watching trip and maybe hit up a coffee house in Vancouver

Top 1% here for poor incomes, pacifism and cheerfulness. Come visit the Crowned Commonwealth. You'll love it!

Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Top 1% here for poor incomes, pacifism and cheerfulness. Come visit the Crowned Commonwealth. You'll love it!

Top 1% Defense Forces, Lowest Crime Rates, Law Enforcement, Arms Manufacturing, Economic Power.

Top 5% Income of the Poor, Safety, Culture, Most Developed, Tourism, Scientific Advancement, Environmental Beauty, Smartest Citizens... And on, and on, and on

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

I'm in the top 3% for cheese... So if you like cheese, lol

Jaslandia, Percyton, Solla Ultima

Onocarcass wrote:Top 1% Defense Forces, Lowest Crime Rates, Law Enforcement, Arms Manufacturing, Economic Power.

Top 5% Income of the Poor, Safety, Culture, Most Developed, Tourism, Scientific Advancement, Environmental Beauty, Smartest Citizens... And on, and on, and on

We're such overachievers. :P

Jaslandia, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:We're such overachievers. :P

I'm also top 10% for corrupt governments, which I never understood why that is. I can't remember ever making any choices that seemed corrupt in any way.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

Onocarcass wrote:I'm also top 10% for corrupt governments, which I never understood why that is. I can't remember ever making any choices that seemed corrupt in any way.

I've worked very hard to make my government as least corrupt as possible.

Percyton, Solla Ultima

Nuremgard wrote:I've worked very hard to make my government as least corrupt as possible.

As I said, I'm not sure what makes us corrupt.

Nuremgard

Nuremgard wrote:I've worked very hard to make my government as least corrupt as possible.

I'm not a fan of corruption, but many choices I make raise corruption, likely because i get the opposite result than expected

Ludania, Nuremgard, Percyton

Moldegaard wrote:I'm not a fan of corruption, but many choices I make raise corruption, likely because i get the opposite result than expected

That's NS for you. I remember when Nuremgard used to be an absolute monarchy. It was corrupt for a while (as dictatorships are corrupt by default on here) but I managed to make the government free of corruption (or have it very low) despite it being autocratic. I was surprised and proud.

Jaslandia, Percyton, Moldegaard

Hi.

Penguania And Antarctica

Solla Ultima wrote:guys I'm planing if accepted by Bax to move my nation to place 11,26 and 10 to "reform" the Austro-Hungarian Empire and rewrite my entire nations lore and i wanted to know what your opinion on this and any suggestions you have on my lore

Whats this I hear about Lore?

Solla Ultima wrote:communist where I hope your not talking about me :)

That reminds me, what exactly is your Politico-economic system? Like, I see socialist in the name but it's right alongside Empire and I'm confuzzled :P

Onocarcass wrote:That doesn't sound like my country in the slightest.

I was drawing parallels to you're nation being one of Chimaera (animals) suffering under the injustice of a "Higher Race" (All chimaera are equal, but some are more equal than others)

Ludania wrote:I've been good thanks! How're you doing?

Been fairly quiet on my end; But I'm going to have to start doing college stuff soon so I'm prepared to kill myself work hard!

Ludania, Jaslandia, Percyton

im looking for new trade partners. Anybody interested? Im up for even selling some of the good glowy green rock

Percyton

Onocarcass wrote:Top 1% Defense Forces, Lowest Crime Rates, Law Enforcement, Arms Manufacturing, Economic Power.

Top 5% Income of the Poor, Safety, Culture, Most Developed, Tourism, Scientific Advancement, Environmental Beauty, Smartest Citizens... And on, and on, and on

I've got Top 2% for niceness, compassion, and inclusiveness; and Top 3% for cheerfulness, weather, welfare, and pacifism. That seems pretty good, I'd say.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:im looking for new trade partners. Anybody interested? Im up for even selling some of the good glowy green rock

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:I don't sell my uranium unless I'm really really close allies historically and can trust the country

:P

Jaslandia, Yukona

Andromitus wrote:Whats this I hear about Lore?

That reminds me, what exactly is your Politico-economic system? Like, I see socialist in the name but it's right alongside Empire and I'm confuzzled :P

I was drawing parallels to you're nation being one of Chimaera (animals) suffering under the injustice of a "Higher Race" (All chimaera are equal, but some are more equal than others)

Been fairly quiet on my end; But I'm going to have to start doing college stuff soon so I'm prepared to kill myself work hard!

my politico-econmic system is what we like to call "capitalism 2.0" largely based of the current germany system of strong unions that make companies treat their workers like human beings not just a means to the end and places requirement that a company can't automate their entire manufacturing process and a high tax on all imports form companies based in my nation say apple wanted to import their iPhones form Taiwan well they can't so they have to manufacture there products here or face a high tax once imported in short my main economic structure is based of the well being of the worker first and the company second

My nation has a democratically elected Emperor that servers for life and has undisputed control of our armed forces alongside that we have a parliament broken up into two houses the lower house being the House of Delegates which are elected every 3 years and the senate which are elected every 10 the emperor can be impeached the main function of the senate is to pass a budget, appoint government officials, work to better the lives of our citizens and work in general for their constitutes the emperor has more power than in most democracys he has a veto and the ability to call a snap election as well as to start a war without parliament taking it sweet time to make a design that the military should be making but parliament has the ability to limit the amount of recourses and troops the emperor can use

Andromitus, Percyton

Andromitus wrote::P

Eh...its a global recession and times are hard.

Andromitus

Cesorion wrote:Perhaps not the best way to tell you, but I reminded of it now that you mentioned that you were Chancellor President once. Please delete me from the Union Party.

I accept it

Cesorion

Andromitus wrote:Whats this I hear about Lore?

That reminds me, what exactly is your Politico-economic system? Like, I see socialist in the name but it's right alongside Empire and I'm confuzzled :P

I was drawing parallels to you're nation being one of Chimaera (animals) suffering under the injustice of a "Higher Race" (All chimaera are equal, but some are more equal than others)

Been fairly quiet on my end; But I'm going to have to start doing college stuff soon so I'm prepared to kill myself work hard!

I know that, but I meant that that's more of a comparison to certain provinces, but not to the country as a whole.

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Percyton

[spoiler=Today is August 7 and today are:]

Today is August 7 and today are:

- Assistance Dog Day

- Assyrian Martyrs Day (Assyrian community)

- Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia)

- British Columbia Day (British Columbia, Canada)

- Civic/Provincial Day (Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan, CANADA)

- Emancipation Day (Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis)

- Heritage Day (Alberta, Canada)

- Independence Day (Jamaica)

- J'ouvert Morning (Antigua and Barbuda)

- Kadooment Day (Barbados)

- Natal Day (Nova Scotia, Canada)

- National Children's Day (Tuvalu)

- National Lighthouse Day (United States)

- National Raspberries N’ Cream Day (United States)

- New Brunswick Day (New Brunswick, Canada)

- Nikini Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)

- Northern Territory Picnic Day (Northern Territory, Australia)

- Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day

- Professional Speakers Day

- Purple Heart Day (United States)

- Raksha Bandhan (Hinduism)

- Republic Day (Ivory Coast)

- Terry Fox Day (Manitoba, Canada)

- Youth Day (Kiribati)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 322 BC – Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedonia.

- 461 – Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer.

- 626 – The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople.

- 768 - Stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope.

- 936 – Coronation of King Otto I of Germany.

- 1420 – Construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore begins in Florence.

- 1427 – The Visconti of Milan's fleet is destroyed by the Venetians on the Po River.

- 1461 – The Ming dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.

- 1679 – The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the south-eastern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.

- 1714 – The Battle of Gangut: The first important victory of the Russian Navy.

- 1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.

- 1789 – The United States Department of War is established.

- 1791 – American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.

- 1794 – U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

- 1819 – Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.

- 1858 – The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College.

- 1879 – The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester, England.

- 1890 – Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.

- 1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.

- 1927 – The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.

- 1930 – The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.

- 1933 – The Simele massacre: The Iraqi government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele.

- 1938 – The Holocaust: The building of Mauthausen concentration camp begins.

- 1940 – World War II: Alsace-Lorraine is annexed by the Third Reich.

- 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.

- 1944 – IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).

- 1946 – The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.

- 1947 – Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.

- 1947 – The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).

- 1955 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sells its first transistor radios in Japan.

- 1958 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 129 relating to complaint of Lebanon and Jordan is adopted.

- 1959 – The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the "sheaves of wheat" design, and was minted until 2008.

- 1959 – Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

- 1960 – Ivory Coast becomes independent from France.

- 1962 – Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.

- 1964 – Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.

- 1970 – California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.

- 1974 – Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417 m) in the air.

- 1976 – Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.

- 1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.

- 1979 – Several tornadoes strike the city of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada and the surrounding communities.

- 1981 – The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.

- 1985 – Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.

- 1987 – Lynne Cox becomes first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union

- 1989 – U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.

- 1990 – First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War.

- 1998 – Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.

- 1999 – The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.

- 2000 – DeviantArt is launched.

- 2008 – The start of the Russo-Georgian War over the territory of South Ossetia.

- 2016 – Evaristo Carvalho is elected 7th President of São Tomé and Príncipe.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1779 – Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic

- 1867 – Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator

- 1876 – Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy

- 1883 – Joachim Ringelnatz, German author and painter

- 1903 – Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist

- 1904 – Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1932 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner

- 1933 – Elinor Ostrom, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1958 – Bruce Dickinson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

- 1960 – David Duchovny, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1966 – Jimmy Wales, American businessman, co-founder of Wikipedia

- 1975 – Charlize Theron, South African-American actress and producer

- 1986 – Paul Biedermann, German swimmer

- 1987 – Sidney Crosby, Canadian ice hockey player

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Quote of the day

Opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

- Thomas Alva Edison -

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, Andromitus, Kalaron, Percyton

Well, it was a long journey, but our region finally has a ratified Criminal Code.

Thankfully, factbooks keep track of these things and can attest that this was a project only 82 days in the making.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Does anyone remember who held my post during October 2016? Thank you.

I am proud owner of a car from today on. :)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Andromitus, Percyton, Cesorion, Solla Ultima, United Continental States

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:im looking for new trade partners. Anybody interested? Im up for even selling some of the good glowy green rock

Glowy green rocks? MY FAVORITE! Neeeiiiigggghhhh

Peoples Liberation Republic

Hey dudes and dudettes, thought I'd say sorry for not being active in the RP I made a little while ago. I've been busy with personal stuff, but I'll be good for a week until I head off to college. I'll open up the RP to anyone that's interested now.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I am proud owner of a car from today on. :)

Also, congrats dude!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Here is my latest factbook. If you wish to purchase anything that you see, then please telegram me what you want and how much so that a total price can be determined:

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=peoples_liberation_republic/detail=factbook/id=866029

Thank you for doing business with the PLR :)

The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I am proud owner of a car from today on. :)

Good for you, Peng! What kind? You may want to provide a pic from Google as I know nothing about cars. :p

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Vista Major wrote:I accept it

Good

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I am proud owner of a car from today on. :)

Good Job, man!!!

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Good for you, Peng! What kind? You may want to provide a pic from Google as I know nothing about cars. :p

It's a Daewoo Lanos. 86 Hps. 90,000km/56,000 miles on the odometer. 1000 € including inspection and necessary repairs at the dealer's charge.

Generic picture of the car. (Colour is the same tho)

https://static.classistatic.de/imagegallery/daewoo/lanos/daewoo-lanos-dae_lan_02_3t_1.jpg

It might not win a beauty contest but it does not need to. It just needs to do what a reliable car has to do - bring me from A to B.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Kalaron, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton, Solla Ultima, United Continental States

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:It's a Daewoo Lanos. 86 Hps. 90,000km/56,000 miles on the odometer. 1000 € including inspection and necessary repairs at the dealer's charge.

Generic picture of the car. (Colour is the same tho)

https://static.classistatic.de/imagegallery/daewoo/lanos/daewoo-lanos-dae_lan_02_3t_1.jpg

It might not win a beauty contest but it does not need to. It just needs to do what a reliable car has to do - bring me from A to B.

Besides being two-door instead of four-door, it looks pretty good to me. I'd say you made a good choice.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:It's a Daewoo Lanos. 86 Hps. 90,000km/56,000 miles on the odometer. 1000 € including inspection and necessary repairs at the dealer's charge.

Generic picture of the car. (Colour is the same tho)

https://static.classistatic.de/imagegallery/daewoo/lanos/daewoo-lanos-dae_lan_02_3t_1.jpg

It might not win a beauty contest but it does not need to. It just needs to do what a reliable car has to do - bring me from A to B.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD-308vaiUE

Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:It's a Daewoo Lanos. 86 Hps. 90,000km/56,000 miles on the odometer. 1000 € including inspection and necessary repairs at the dealer's charge.

Generic picture of the car. (Colour is the same tho)

https://static.classistatic.de/imagegallery/daewoo/lanos/daewoo-lanos-dae_lan_02_3t_1.jpg

It might not win a beauty contest but it does not need to. It just needs to do what a reliable car has to do - bring me from A to B.

Congrats, man!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=pirate_kingdoms/detail=factbook/id=754842

Did some rank reforms for the Free State, though the NST plans to do its own at some point

Peoples Liberation Republic, Percyton

Post self-deleted by Peoples Liberation Republic.

https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_confederacy_general

this is the right link my bad

New flag to represent the 13 states of the USPLRC

Russkov Soviet, Percyton, United Continental States

Onocarcan word of the week "Nykhar"

Nykhav means Valor

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

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