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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
*hisses*
So if thats not the case...anyone want to start it off?
How is everyone ?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, The United Providences Of Perland
Here's an interesting video about the Eurozone crisis and how to solve it:
https://youtu.be/j4_tyEl84IQ
It says 20 minutes, but it's really only 10 minutes because the video plays it twice for some reason.
Jaslandia, Vista Major
I'm good, Peng. How are you?
I think I saw that video before. Thanks for posting it!
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
I won't make you go through the trouble. Just message me on discord if you need something
Penguania And Antarctica
It's about time that Federal Europe became a thing
They're in the Articles phase. It's time to move to the Constitution Era
Metaphorically speaking
Aldaur
Unlikely to happen though. I can see why the Southern European nations would be reluctant, since they have a pretty good deal right now. Get bailed out and keep borrowing. Also, a federated Europe would be completely dominated by France and Germany. Also, with the rise of Right Wing movements, I don't see this happening.
I can't see Europe giving up national sovereignty so easily, especially when their national cultures are so strong. The United States, for all its division during the Revolution and Articles of Confederation, at least had a common culture, history, and set of ideals, which made it much easier for them to unite into the centralized nation they are today.
Aldaur, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths
*offers Oel a cough drop*
*peep peep*
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Hard to describe. Some would say good but I say meh.
Jaslandia
I see. Well, I suppose it could be worse.
Penguania And Antarctica
Yes, it could be always worse.
Jaslandia
So, in one of the recent discussion boards a war atrocities act was being debated, especially with our new RP coming to fruition soon [I hope], So, what is the end goal for that? I read over it but all it does is define it. So, would it ban these kinds of weapons? Cuz, if thats the case then, hehe nay...
It originally wanted to punish people for using banned weapons, by kicking them from RP's. We all kind of unanimously said no to that. The punishment part was taken out of the bill, but still no one is keen on it.
Do y'all like this flag?
Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Tserra, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Yea, its pretty nice
Greater Banitia, Aldaur
Yes I do. Although I must say its quite strange to not see your normal flag. It was a fixture.
Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Aldaur, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
I am trying to make my nation more easternized. Do you like this one or my old one better? You can find the old one in the national info factbook.
Greater Banitia
You and Tse changing your flags on the same day is throwing me- you both had your originals for so long. I like both the new ones, though. Although I don't feel like your old one was lacking any "eastern-ness", given its rising sun component.
Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
I put a lot of love into my flag. It still suited its original purpose, so that is why I only recolored it.
Greater Banitia, Aldaur, Continental Commonwealths
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Greater Banitia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
It's just missing its characteristic orange- not many orange flags out there, so you always stood out.
I too put a lot of love into my flag, copying what was basically a clip art bird onto a blue background. Now I've spared no expense by, for the second Christmas in a row, rolling out the ol' Santa hat version.
Aldaur
U 2 Pal :)
Orange is a good color. I like Orange. However I needed something darker, more sinister looking. The bright happy orange was not gonna cut it.
Jaslandia, Greater Banitia
Well I wanted a red flag, and my old flag looked weird red.
Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
As long as this isn't an indication that you've contracted the Vista Virus and will now change your flag every 72 hours or so.
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
GO STEELERS!!
Those of you flustered by people changing their flags, you can rest assured the Mercunovan Bi-Color is here to stay.
Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Aldaur, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
Well I for one have not contracted a bad case of the Vista. :P
Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
And that's one of many, many symptoms.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
Well I may change this one because it looks too nice for a Fascist Empire :p
Jaslandia
Hmm, point taken. You need something more Norsefire-esque. Like our region's flag.
Jaslandia, Aldaur
Presents under my tree, Sul wishing Merrcy Christmas, my dad off for the next two days
Have I been in a coma all December?
Yes you have.
No wonder I have such a bad headache
I like the design, but like others have said, it feels odd for you to change your flag after you've had it for so long.
The same goes for the Jaslandian lion-and-castle/Castille and Leon flag.
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
Norsefire? What's that?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsefire
Aldaur
Oh yea, I've seen V for Vendetta. I didn't know that was what the party was called. I want a red and grey flag :p
It felt wrong having a new flag lol
Nuremgard, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Heyho.
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- Good Neighborliness Day (Turkmenistan)
- National Cookie Day (United States)
- National Dice Day (United States)
- National Sock Day (United States)
- Navy Day (India)
- Santas' List Day
- Second Sunday Advent
- Thai Environment Day (Thailand)
- Tupou I Day (Tonga)
- Wear Brown Shoes Day
- World Wildlife Conservation Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 771 - Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne king of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.
- 1110 - The Kingdom of Jerusalem captures Sidon.
- 1259 - Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
- 1619 - Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."
- 1674 - Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek. (The mission would later grow into the city of Chicago.)
- 1783 - At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.
- 1791 - The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
- 1829 - In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.
- 1872 - The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.
- 1881 - The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
- 1909 - In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26-6.
- 1909 - The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
- 1918 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
- 1939 - World War II: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
- 1943 - World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
- 1943 - World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
- 1945 - By a vote of 65-7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
- 1954 - The first Burger King is opened in Miami.
- 1956 - The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
- 1967 - Vietnam War: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta.
- 1969 - Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
- 1977 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
- 1978 - Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor.
- 1979 - The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
- 1981 - South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
- 1982 - The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
- 1998 - The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
- 2005 - Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
- 2006 - Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.
- 2014 - Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed.
- 2015 - A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing 17 people.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 34 - Persius, Roman poet
- 1777 - Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman
- 1795 - Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic
- 1866 - Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-German Abstract painter and author
- 1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian-Swiss poet and author
- 1881 - Erwin von Witzleben, Polish-German field marshal
- 1892 - Francisco Franco, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
- 1923 - Charles Keating, American lawyer and financier
- 1933 - Horst Buchholz, German actor
- 1949 - Jeff Bridges, American actor
- 1963 - Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
- 1964 - Marisa Tomei, American actress
- 1969 - Jay Z, American rapper, producer, and actor, co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records
- 1972 - Charly Hübner, German actor
- 1973 - Tyra Banks, American model, actress, and producer
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Quote of the day
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
- John Churton Collins -
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
I don't have brown socks ;-;
It'd just be the Japanese Rising Sun Flag if it was red.
Aldaur
It just didn't look right to me :p
My socialist government is working out!
Hey all, just want to take this time to remind y'all that me and others care about you, so keep smiling, OK?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
No. :(
Aw, I'd offer you a cookie, but I only have them in freedom-flavour, and I doubt you'd like those :P
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Andromitus, Tserra
*Hisses*
Kalaron
I'm surprised.
Of course.
You see? I told ya.
Same.
Aldaur
Why did you made this statement?
*Shrug*
Maybe I caught Vista-itus like the others, maybe not.
Penguania And Antarctica
Oh okay. First thought you have a bad conscious or something.
What changes to NATO do you guys think should be made? Should there be any changes?
Vista Major
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zhBxfNm3rJE/maxresdefault.jpg
Aldaur
That's what will happen if NATO is gone. I believe in Open Trade, Open Science and Open Security for all members of NATO. A stronger NATO means a safer world.
Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica
http://i.imgur.com/UTKXNx2.png
Aldaur
No, I want to exclude nations like Russia and China. I want Turkey to be kicked out as well.
Penguania And Antarctica
So what are some of your opinions on my flag? I tried going towards a more communist themed flag, but realized it didn't really fit, than I just screwed around for an hour
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
the gear and geometric shapes are cool. olive leaf flags are so generic.
Aldaur
Due to the colour and laurels, the thumbnail version just looks like the UN flag. I also don't like the ripple effect, but you do you.
I really like it. The imagery is good, and the color is nice. However it feels a bit empty in my opinion. I would suggest a band of contrasting color running through the center. Something of that sort.
It reminds me of space.
What do you all think of Talaivar as a title for my leader? It means leader in Tamil.
Talaivar Hadrien de Basile (the name will be changed, but this is just an example).
The current candidates for President are President Humpheria Major (Incumbent)...
*eye twitches due to redundancy*
New Romnesia, Jaslandia, Aldaur, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Humpheria Major
*dejection*
*sighs*
I'd make the blue field smaller and get rid of the ripple. Otherwise, it's pretty good
Why Tamil? The name of your leader sounds more French anyway.
Aldaur
I'm thinking of easternizing my nation, so I am going to add Japanese and Indian architecture to my cities, so I figured I should change my language too, which includes my nation's title. Do you think I could easternize without changing the langauge? It just sounds weird having french and being an eastern nation.
Jaslandia
Oi, it's been a while my children.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Well I have my own language based off of Hebrew, however I use English as my official Government language for ease of use. Similar to how the International Civil Aviation Organisation uses English as its preferred spoken medium.
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
That it has
Einsiev, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Life has me oh so busy.
Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
I can confirm the last sentence.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Hello there, I don't believe we've met
Why hello there! Pleased to meet you!
Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
Ahahaha! Approx. 2 minutes of scanning your nation later, I don't think we could be better oposites in shear ideological difference; *chippy Brit voice* Good day t'you Sir!
Einsiev
John Key :(
Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Meh, I changed my mind. I will speak french, have a Roman styled government and have eastern architecture and culture :p
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra
Ah, us Fascists are rare nowadays! No matter our ideological differences, I wish you a very warm stay here!
Aldaur
And t'you as well!
God now I can't stop thinking in the Chippy Brit Voice...SOMEONE MAKE IT STOP
Einsiev
Aldaur is going through a national identity crisis.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
I bought a Red Army Chinese Cap. It completes my Faux-socialist costume.
Penguania And Antarctica
Hey Ein! How are you?
https://youtu.be/HaoySOGlZ_U?t=1m2s
That would work.
Aldaur
Would it though? Inconsistency.....the death of me.
Jaslandia
Why I'm decent Jas, how have ou been holding up?
Jaslandia, Aldaur
I've been holding up fine, thanks.
Einsiev
That's good to hear. I almost forgot that NS existed for a while.
Because no country tried to take the title of Rome after it fell :P
It *could* work, in a sense.
An upper Roman province that was freed when it's conquerors pulled back to defend Rome, developed it's own culture, and was subsequently visited by a slew of fleeing chinese from the Mongols (Yes, I know their going the wrong way.)
Jaslandia, Aldaur
Question: How would you know if French. French comes from, well, France. It's a colonizer's language, really. You could use Javanese or something like that.
Aldaur
Byzantium, the HRE, Facist Italy, etc
Aldaur
Hello!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Hey!
Penguania And Antarctica, The Cross And Davids Star
i think he was being facetious
Aldaur
Hello!
My taxes are high but otherwise, Nuremgard is going great.
Penguania And Antarctica
Hello people. I'm sorry for the lateness of this post.
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- Bathtub Party Day
- Children's Day (Suriname)
- Day of the Ninja
- Discovery Day (Haiti and Dominican Republic)
- Father's Day (Thailand)
- International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
- King's Birthday (Thailand)
- Klozum (Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands)
- Krampusnacht (Austria)
- National Sacher Torte Day
- Saint Nicholas' Eve (several European countries)
- World Soil Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 63 BC - Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.
- 1408 - Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow.
- 1484 - Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany.
- 1492 - Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
- 1496 - King Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree ordering the expulsion of "heretics" from the country.
- 1560 - Charles IX becomes king of France.
- 1757 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen - Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
- 1766 - In London, James Christie holds his first sale.
- 1775 - At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 1831 - Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives.
- 1847 - Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. senate.
- 1876 - The Brooklyn Theatre fire kills at least 278 people in Brooklyn, New York.
- 1916 - British premier H. H. Asquith resigns from his post.
- 1931 - Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed by an order of Joseph Stalin.
- 1932 - German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
- 1933 - The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
- 1936 - The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
- 1941 - World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
- 1941 - World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
- 1943 - World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.
- 1952 - Great Smog: A cold fog descends upon London, combining with air pollution and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow.
- 1955 - E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- 1957 - Sukarno expels all Dutch people from Indonesia.
- 1958 - Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
- 1958 - The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)
- 1964 - Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
- 1964 - Lloyd J. Old discovered the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and diseasemouse leukemiaopening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.
- 1977 - Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.
- 1978 - The Soviet Union signs a "friendship treaty" with the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
- 1983 - Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
- 2004 - The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
- 2006 - Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
- 2007 - Westroads Mall shooting: A gunman opens fire with a semi-automatic rifle at an Omaha, Nebraska mall, killing eight people before taking his own life.
- 2013 - Militants attack a Defense Ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 852 - Zhu Wen, Chinese emperor
- 1377 - Jianwen Emperor of China
- 1443 - Pope Julius II
- 1782 - Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States
- 1890 - Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1896 - Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1901 - Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company
- 1901 - Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1903 - Johannes Heesters, Dutch-German actor and singer
- 1903 - C. F. Powell, English-Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1907 - Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
- 1927 - Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thai king
- 1932 - Little Richard, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
- 1938 - JJ Cale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1946 - José Carreras, Spanish tenor and actor
- 1966 - Patricia Kaas, French singer and actress
- 1967 - Dirk Steffens, German journalist and TV presenter
- 1975 - Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player and radio host
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Quote of the day
Every man dies, but not every man really lives.
- William Wallace -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia
Penguania is doing great too. :)
Nuremgard
The Continental Commonwealths continue to be a godless, lawless, dangerous hellhole.
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
Savages.
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
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