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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Nuremgard Okay, I have a parliamentary system with a president as head of state, making me a presidential republic. But I have no idea what to write about it.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
Feeling catty today?
I like manly men but not the muscled, jawline kind. I'm all for that bear type!
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
I only wondered because you have a castle on your flag.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I love muscles but not too much muscle. Nicely toned/athletic is perfect. But I love a jawline. However, I do have a major love of pretty boys.
Penguania And Antarctica, Moldegaard
Oh that's just because it suits my nation's vibe. Old, dark, filled with creepy old settlements.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
My country has a monarchy so we have lots of castles and palaces.
Jaslandia, Percyton
In what architectural styles, or from what centuries mostly?
Think of the Russian palaces. The Winter Palace, Catherine Palace, Peterhof Palace etc.
Jaslandia, Moldegaard
I imagined something like that!
I mostly have castles from the 12th to the 16th century, with the most famous one (Bear Castle) from the 14th. So think big, stone castles in wooded hills.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
You should check out my Imperial Family factbook if you want to see the kind of men I like. ;)
Percyton, Moldegaard
Oh my Guoy, that's awesomely done! Nikolai is cute as fricks
Nuremgard
I knooow. He's so lovely. Nikolai was his wife's bodyguard before he married her and became a prince. I also love Aleksandr and Xavier.
Moldegaard
Hey what's your problem Shrek? What you got against the whole world anyway, huh?
Because everybody is always in my damn swamp.
Hey, I just had a thought. Trump must have got his policy idea from Shrek. He wanted to build a wall round his swamp.
Whoa, Shrek, did you do that? Man, you gotta warn somebody before you crack one like that, my mouth was open and everything!
Do civil rights really have to drop 1.8% when I teach other languages in school? Does it really?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton, Solla Ultima
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Nuremgard hosted an international summit in its capital so I made sure there was a lot of security. This increased corruption.
I'll tell you one better. I recently created an issue about VAT. In my free market country, I chose to abolish VAT. This raised taxation.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
I had the same today! But I think that's because other taxes were raised to compensate for the loss.. A bit stupid still because you can't get to decide that.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
I'd say the dark green :D
Lavan Tiri, Percyton
Where did y'all design your flags? (website, etc)
Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri
But the second option specifically raises income tax to compensate for VAT being reduced. The first one should just abolish VAT and alter no other taxes.
Lavan Tiri, Percyton, Moldegaard
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Issues' outcomes can be frustrating. But other than that, NationStates is still one of the best 'games' I've stumbled upon.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
Found out 6 years ago. Havent looked back since.
Lavan Tiri, Percyton, Moldegaard
So how did you design your flag?
Lavan Tiri
I didnt. I found it on Google.
Lavan Tiri
Ahh okay. I wanna design four flags for another nation's regions/states, but I haven't found a decent tool
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri
Hehehe, I straight up made mine from scratch in Apple's Preview app, my fingers are still sore :P
Nuremgard, Moldegaard
I can help you if you really need it man
Moldegaard
Do you have an app or site? Before asking others, I'd like to try myself ;P
I have Powerpoint as last resort but it's far from ideal
Paint.NET is the best in my opinion
I'll try it out, thanks!
Hey, Yuk. Could you do a flag for me please?
Yukona
Telegram me the deets
Nuremgard
Percyton is a lot more capitalist nowadays, but yes, Percyton was originally formed through an engine-led communist revolution. Surprised more people haven't commented on that, to be honest.
The dark blue border seems fair, since it incorporates the most Dyota-Meturan cities, but maybe fix that big dip in the border which cuts off one of the cities.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
The banners of this site are really beautiful. Does anyone know where they got them from? I'd so play them on an office's lobby wall to light up the room at night...
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
They're probably a bunch of stock photos, so they likely got them from the usual stock photo places: iStock, Getty Images, Shutterstock, etc.
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Moldegaard
I was singing about housework one day and two cardinals flew up and draped this flag across my back like a cloak.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Moldegaard
*jumps down like Obi~wan Kenobi*
Hello there.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, United Continental States
Go away
Welcome to the region, Northrenia! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here in the CFN!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Northrenia
Finally posted on the CG place
Northrenia
Don't mind Ace, here. He's our resident ambassador of orneriness. He's in the Air Force, after all.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Northrenia
Don't forget deployed USAF. The salt is intensified 10 fold
Northrenia
[spoiler=Today is August 4 and today are:]
Today is August 4 and today are:
- Assistance Dog Day
- Braham Pie Day
- Celebrations of San Salvador (San Salvador)
- Coast Guard Day (United States)
- Constitution Day (Cook Islands)
- International Beer Day
- Matica slovenská Day (Slovakia)
- National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day (United States)
- Revolution Day (Burkina Faso)
- Single Working Women's Day
- Tomboy Tools Day
- Twins Days Festival (Twinsburg, Ohio, USA)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- AD 70 Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple.
- 598 Goguryeo-Sui War: Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo (Korea) during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy.
- 1265 Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
- 1327 First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England.
- 1532 The Duchy of Brittany is united to the Kingdom of France.
- 1578 Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
- 1693 Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne, however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine.
- 1701 Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
- 1704 War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
- 1783 Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
- 1789 In France members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
- 1790 A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
- 1791 The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the OttomanHabsburg wars.
- 1796 French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.
- 1821 The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
- 1824 The Battle of Kos is fought between Turkish and Greek forces.
- 1854 The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
- 1863 Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
- 1873 American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
- 1889 The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
- 1892 The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
- 1914 In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
- 1915 World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the GorliceTarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
- 1924 Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
- 1936 Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
- 1944 The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
- 1946 An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
- 1947 The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
- 1964 Civil Rights Movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
- 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
- 1965 The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
- 1969 Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
- 1974 A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
- 1975 The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.
- 1977 U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
- 1984 The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
- 1987 The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
- 1991 The Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos sinks off the Wild Coast of South Africa.
- 1993 A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
- 1995 Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
- 2006 A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).
- 2007 NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is launched.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1821 Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton
- 1859 Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1898 Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer
- 1900 Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom
- 1901 Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer
- 1912 Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect and diplomat
- 1955 Alberto Gonzales, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 80th United States Attorney General
- 1961 Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
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Quote of the day
Without labor nothing prospers.
- Sophocles -
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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Kalaron, Percyton, Moldegaard
be careful, I have the high ground.
Jaslandia
I propose a map for the TBA map contest:
http://imgur.com/a/0hrSd
LONG LIVE RENNES!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Oh hey der! I'm Andy, welcome to the CoFN!
Jaslandia
Paint.net. I made mine 100% from scratch
Ahh....Welcome fellow Jedi....
Don't let the red lightsabers I wield fool you..
I am NOT a Sith.
Northrenia
I've tried it, but I'm really bad at it. Yukona is making some for me!
Russkov Soviet, Yukona, Percyton
Your country is really nice, Vista
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton, Northrenia
Jaslandia, Moldegaard, Northrenia
Glad to hear it. I'm planning on having my leader come visit your nation.
Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton, Moldegaard
They're more than welcome
Russkov Soviet
I hear wedding bells
A nation called Last Utopia spends ALL of its money on Education and nothing else, how does that even happen!?
Vista Major
At that point they'd literally just not have government...I'm all for majority spending on Education but that seems a bit extreme :P
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Moldegaard
Hey how do you pronounce 'Ædenist'? Aydenist? Edenist?
Vista Major, Percyton
The Teachers run the nation. All hail history class.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton, Solla Ultima, Moldegaard
Oh I have some good memories from history class
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Aldwood, Solla Ultima
First one :D It's pronounced Ay-Den-Ist or Ay-Den-Ic
SIEG HISTORIA
Vista Major, Aldwood, Percyton
I read it correctly then!
Vista Major, Andromitus, Percyton
Well, mostly. Save a little money for public transportation, eh? Gotta move all those kids around the place, no?
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Aldwood, Percyton, Solla Ultima
You still wouldn't have a Governing body other than a Teacher's Union, Vista.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton, Solla Ultima
Happy birthday, President Obama!
https://youtu.be/oqXX6kuk_XQ
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Moldegaard
Gordon: It's seems these tragedies always happen on an express train. Why can't something like this happen on The Local, or on a commuter train?
Thomas: You do realize you sound very self-centered and insensitive right now, right?
Gordon: Perhaps, but my point still stands!
This likely won't come as a surprise, but Percyton is strongly in favor of strong public transportation networks, including for education. In fact, Percyton has two schools (all-boys Cronk Abbey School and all-girls Sodor School) which charter special trains to the nearest stations (Abbey and Upper Brendam respectively) so that the children get to school on time. I've pulled these trains a few times when the other engines were busy, and while some of the students were snobbish and weren't impressed by riding on an old steam engine (probably because Cronk Abbey School and Sodor School are both rich kids private schools, which tend to attract more snobs), most of the students were pretty nice.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Won't need a union if there are no corporate or uneducated swine to oppress the scholarly class ;)
Excuse me?
Jaslandia, Vista Major
Viva La Socialista
Solla Ultima
Æden herrscht! Æden herrscht! Æden herrscht!
Vista Major
http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/33/dlbn-dubh-linn-broadcasting-network?page=1&scrollTo=266
New broadcast up!
Vista Major
Hik'ah Iz Hay'im
Penguania And Antarctica
Gesundheit
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Solla Ultima
Goyim
Andromitus, Yukona
Gimme bioweapons in the RP dammit :P
3rd most cheerful citizens? What the hell does Texas and Vista Major have that Nuremgard doesn't huh?!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Solla Ultima
Holograms, memory chambers, sentient android partners, immersive gaming, and overall futuristic infrastructure with a politically-stable and moderate population (the Mary Stu-ness is obvious which contributed to me switching to this current hellhole and having general crapsacky backgrounds in every other puppet including UCT proper :p)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Nuremgard is my Mary Sue nation. :P Tangshan is my sh!thole. Valyria is also a sh!thole but based on a Game of Thrones civilisation. And Westeros is my benevolent, absolute monarchy.
Jaslandia
So I've come up with a possible economic system. It's not perfect, but I think we badly need some system.
[spoiler=Econ System]Essentially, when I say a cost system, I don't just mean they spend credits on something. What I mean is this: Every plot of land has an assigned amount of money (say, 6 million credits or set currency to a standard) as well as a list of resources gathered from Internet sources. The money could be set to your own currency with it's own numbers, based on the credit number assigned. People could set the prices of resources to trade and use their resources to create items like weapons or manufactured goods. It kills two birds with one stone: Economics and Trade. The downside is that it may seemed forced, but I honestly have no other idea.[/spoiler]
Jaslandia, Percyton, Solla Ultima
If we adopt a functioning system, your wish may be granted.
It's a good start, but how will we determine the value of every single plot of land? Even if we can find sources for all the areas, it would be a time-consuming process considering how many spots we have. And what about nations which have heavily modified their land so it's more valuable than it would otherwise be (like I assume Peng did, since Antarctica is otherwise uninhabitable)? What about Sodor/Percyton, which is a custom-made and fictional landmass?
Peoples Liberation Republic, Percyton, Solla Ultima
All valid points, which I'll need to address. On a custom map, it'd be easier. On a real map, I'd have to keep resources like the RL world. Fictional islands are more difficult. Credits/money would be randomly assigned, with factors such as trade taken into account. But again, it's all a WIP and any help is appreciated.
Jaslandia, Percyton
Increased PLR action in Somalia: https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_confederacy_general/page=display_region_rmb?postid=26640142#p26640142
If anything, I'd think it would be more difficult on a custom map, since we basically have to start from scratch in terms of resources, geography, land productivity, etc. I'm wondering if maybe we should start by assigning a certain base number of credits depending on terrain (ex: desert is worth 1 credit, mountains are worth 3 credits, grassland is worth 5 credits, etc.). We could then add or subtract to those values based on the individual nation (how long the nation has been using the land, how they use the land, population density, etc.) and randomly-generated factors like natural resources and susceptibility to natural disaster. I don't expect that to be the exact finalized system, but could something like that work?
Percyton
With a custom map, I could use the Make-Your-Own map using the Civ5 mapmaker to get resources and such. Or it could be totally random. It'd reduce research time totally, which imo would be much nicer. I'm sure it'd be nice to have a group of people that could help me.
Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Percyton, Solla Ultima
I'm not familiar with the Civ5 mapmaker, but other than that, I'd be willing to help however I can.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/3wfgxr/utilizing_my_favorite_mapmaking_tool_civilization/
I haven't been following up with the map status.
When are we getting our new Earth map?
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton
Percyton
What's this map going to be for...My lore is very tied to my current geographic location...
Jaslandia, Tserra, Percyton, United Continental States
So is mine, unless the Island of Sodor is going to be recreated on this new map.
Jaslandia
I can always give you a new Canal area
It will be.
Jaslandia, Percyton
They have to get Qinjan or Zengshyn to approve of the border as well. 18, of the 19 provinces have to agree, and thus far only 17 recognize Dyota-Metura.
Jaslandia, Percyton
Oh well thats an economic Tie, no I'm talking about military installations, city locations, geographic systems, a continent right next to a colonial Empire that is close enough to form meaningful colonies yet still far enough away to be able to shatter all ties with said Empire
Jaslandia, Tserra, Percyton, United Continental States
I have all of those documented and accounted for in my location, and I will defend them *growls*
Jaslandia, Tserra, Percyton, United Continental States
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