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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Well if that isn't the most Ustasha thing I've heard...
Well, at least y'all are safe :D
On my end, the design of the bullet has stalled for the night. I'm going to fall back on modifications to the NATO rounds instead and just make one capable of penetrating all body armour possible. The ARXS might actually become bolt-action tonight to lay off weight while I increase barrel length.
Jaslandia
I've obviously had a very sh*t day. I'm not going to leave, but I am going to slowly overhaul ALL aspects of my nation. The only three things remaining untouched are: My name (NS won't let me fully change it) / My flag / and my equine-personality. I believe I need to remodel my look. I'll see you in a day or two.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
Fair enough. Should be interesting to see the end result. See you later!
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Do what you need to do, my dude! I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
Still want to be a dragon tho.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Alright...Alright...Ill get the machine up.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The Cross And Davids Star, Percyton
Why would I change anything? My nation is built in a way that allows me to tell and think up stories the way I want them, not to please anyone else.
Hello, i have just a small offer for all nations of our great planet, i offer you buying your people, rebels, political enemies, heretics etc. so i can use them in our slave force to truly become the greatest Slave Empire on Earth. Have a nice day to all of you!
Youre not going to listen to that drivel, I hope? your bald, heavily tattooed cousin says with a raised eyebrow. You want to actually give these people recognition? Not only would they bring shame on Spanelsko in international sporting competitions, but they, and other non-conformists, are an insult to our nation. What we must do is banish those unlike me and my friends from Spanelsko; they are only an impediment to the success and dominance of our race - a master race!
And this is how we banned all gays and others in our nation. WHY was this the first event i get today?!
Excuse me
Send me the gays
Penguania And Antarctica, Moldegaard
Why not, i send you 7.000 the other half will join the slave force
TMW your buddy mentions one of the conflicts that pretty much helped to shape how you defensively operate in trade.
Funny enough, this is what started the Kalaronian trend of distributing weaponry on a 'Concord First' basis, and this basis has only gotten stronger in the face of [[[US]]] military proposed advances.
What? Erm my dude you obviously mistook my literal unending praise for something I can't even fathom; I was pointing out how Equa seems to think there's some OOC hate against Chimaeric Nations and I was using you as an example to disprove that; "As I wait on Baited breath for a Factbook Update" meant..you know..an update on what was happening in your region that you like to share with the entire CoFN...
Kalaron, Yukona
Andy saying he like you, and waits to gleefully read over each and every thing you write like my wife waiting on the next Christine Feehan novel.
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Kalaron, Yukona
https://youtu.be/F-mju_gW3c8
Finally, my nation has 200 issues adressed. Also, in the past days, I tried to make reforms. The results were
Pros: Drug Use -37,5%, Political Freedom became Good, like Civil rights
Cons: Taxes increased [they are dawn high now(for my classical liberal-libertarian-neoliberal standards)], income equality i creased a lot.(Fÿçĸ)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Spanelsko
again just a small report, ORDER (our political party) reforms from Order of Radical Democratic Extremists of the Realm to N.C.R.P. National Catholic Radical Party of Iberia.
Peoples Liberation Republic
Update from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
[spoiler]Hey guys, as you know one of my big campaign points was reducing the number of embassies we have, as I personally am of the opinion that they lose their value and just become rubber stamps - not real diplomatic missions to showcase our friendship. Hopefully, once me and the Chancellor find time to meet at the same time, we will be drastically cutting the embassies we don't see appropriate and the remaining we will properly staff with actual diplomats.
Another big movement in our policy is a pivot towards 'special friendships', rather than a multitude of often lackluster cooperative partnerships. I am proud to announce that, soon to be officially formalised, we are entering one of these aforementioned relationships with the Alvaris Confederation. Those active on Discord know Maddie, Marrizonria, who has been kind enough to also green-light this program! Hopefully we should have an exchange program up and going, where I will represent our region in Alvaris, and Maddie will select either herself or one of her compatriots to do the same, here in the COFN.
Alvaris is a bit of a nomadic region, like ourselves, and has migrated from the Versutian Federation for one reason or another, therefore you might see some familiar faces! I'm sure, like myself and the Chancellor, you wish them well on their new journey - older members know all to well that we are no strangers to moving region!
Hopefully you guys are excited for the prospect this friendship holds, I also plan on extending this hand to other regions in order to provide a more fruitful, prosperous and inter-connected web of partners that actually mean something to this region, leaving a long legacy for those to come after us to enjoy and utilise in the future.
There are other ideas floating down the pipes which could see big changes to our foreign policy, so look forward to that. Please remember, if you have any ideas, suggestions or complaints; do telegram me, it's important this Ministry is as connected with the citizenry's ideals as possible. It is also to be highlighted my "No-Alliance Policy" is in the process of creation - we are not in danger from being raided due to our founder account security and no alliance can truly meet the variety and diversity of ideas, wants and needs of our populace; any future alliance offers will be put to referendum, but only on the condition that they are purely defensive and have no ulterior motive (i.e an alliance purely for capitalist or socialist regions. This is because this region represents everyone, not just one demographic segment of our multitude of beliefs and principles).
Thank you! [/spoiler]
Unfallious, Penguania And Antarctica
Feral is a new one. I like it!
Andromitus
You can update those Ministry FBs I made. It is useful for transparency
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=the_confederate_papers/detail=factbook/id=857917
The interesting thing is 1. This is a game, and 2. I'm pretty sure we've all done something. You're right Andy. It wasn't long ago I deported anyone with Andreallic descent in my nation, and then shot anyone who remained(less than 100). We all do it different ways. You did it imperialistically. Others have done the same. Others have done it for a different reason.
Medieval Map update
I will have the map from Yuk on Friday and I'll open the map up for you guys to claim parts of it once I've done some crude zoning for climate and designating mountains and stuff.
I believe if all goes well we should have the RP up and running by mid-next week.
https://youtu.be/TkBMAHUkibY
Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia
No offense Andy but complaining about someone systematically killing humans while you call people Dogs and Slaves makes you no better than Russkov. Andy you sound like the Hutus who called Tutsis "Cockroaches"
What about [nation=short]Tserra[/nation]'s map
Note the Medieval in Medieval RP. It's an independent project, it's not administrated by the same people.
Kuinka minä tapan Andyn?
I don't think he's complaining. He's just pointing things out. I have to say, I agree with him. He's just calling it like it is. He even admits to the fact he's done it himself. He's just honest about it.
Ahh. OK then. The other one I told ya?
You can tell it's neat because that's the way it is, pretty neat right?
What?
Its pretty close to an update, I have been trying to figure out how to handle a few things, and waiting on some people to get back to me. Depending on how energetic it could be updated at any moment, though realistically its gonna be something like Saturday.
Cesorion
I wasn't saying that, but thanks
I point you to what Sula said, this is a game and I dun no wha jus happened
HeheheheheheahahahahahahAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
^^^
You mean Kuinka tapan Anyd""
Jaslandia, The Empire Of Handland
I've been thinking. I will be remodeling my nation.. That will consist of:
- Re-settlement of the human population
- Restructuring of the Red Army
- Attempt to fix the other factbook
- Minor change to the national colors
- Appointment of a new Premier
- Change Sul to a Dragon
- Become Isolationist and lock borders temporarily
- Finish previous trade deals and super-tech plans
To quote the Terminator: "I'll be back."
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Is it that I agreed with you? Lol
And to further cement my goodwill, I just got the issue regarding refugees. I WELCOMED THEM ALL IN! Thousands upon thousands of HUMANS....and other races.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Yeeesssss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm3JodBR-vs
The Empire Of Handland
I'm sorry for the lateness of these posts in recent times. I am a bit busy and often forget to do the DIP and then do it in a moment of free time to satisfy you all. So I hope you forgive me my negligence. :(
[spoiler=Today is September 12 and today are:]
Today is September 12 and today are:
- Commemoration of the mass hanging of the Saint Patrick's Battalion (Mexico)
- Day of Conception (Russia)
- Defenders Day (Maryland, United States)
- Mindfulness Day
- National Ants on a Log Day (United States)
- National Chocolate Milkshake Day (United States)
- National Day (Cape Verde)
- National Day of Encouragement (United States)
- National Report Medicare Fraud Day (United States)
- National Video Games Day (United States)
- Saragarhi Day (Sikhism)
- United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 490 BC Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies, defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece.
- 372 Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Xiaowudi, age 10, succeeds his father Jin Jianwendi as Emperor of the Eastern Jin dynasty.
- 1185 Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos brutally put to death in Constantinople.
- 1213 Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Battle of Muret.
- 1229 Battle of Portopí: The Aragonese army under the command of James I of Aragon disembarks at Santa Ponça, Majorca, with the purpose of conquering the island.
- 1309 The First Siege of Gibraltar takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada resulting in a Castilian victory.
- 1609 Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.
- 1634 A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
- 1683 Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
- 1814 Battle of North Point: an American detachment halts the British land advance to Baltimore in the War of 1812.
- 1846 Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning.
- 1847 MexicanAmerican War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.
- 1848 Switzerland approves its 1st Constitution and becomes a Federal state.
- 1857 The SS Central America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 1315 tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.
- 1885 Arbroath 360 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
- 1890 Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
- 1897 Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi.
- 1906 The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
- 1910 Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter)
- 1915 French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.
- 1919 Adolf Hitler joins the German Workers' Party (later the Nazi Party).
- 1923 Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
- 1933 Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
- 1938 Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
- 1940 Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
- 1940 An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.
- 1942 World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.
- 1942 World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field on Guadalcanal are attacked by Imperial Japanese Army forces.
- 1943 World War II: Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, is rescued from house arrest on the Gran Sasso in Abruzzi, by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.
- 1944 World War II: The liberation of Serbia from Nazi Germany continues. Bajina Bata in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
- 1952 Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
- 1953 U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 1958 Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
- 1959 The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
- 1959 Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
- 1961 The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
- 1962 President John F. Kennedy, at a speech at Rice University, reaffirms that the U.S. will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
- 1966 Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions)
- 1970 Dawson's Field hijackings: Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.
- 1974 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
- 1974 Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
- 1977 South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
- 1980 Military coup in Turkey.
- 1983 A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.
- 1983 The USSR vetoes a United Nations Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
- 1984 Dwight Gooden sets the baseball record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie with 246, previously set by Herb Score in 1954. Gooden's 276 strikeouts that season, pitched in 218 innings, set the current record.
- 1988 Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
- 1990 The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
- 1992 NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.
- 1992 Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leadership fell as well.
- 1994 Frank Eugene Corder fatally crashes a single-engine Cessna 150 into the White House's south lawn, striking the West wing. There were no other casualties.
- 2001 Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
- 2003 The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
- 2003 Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
- 2007 Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.
- 2008 The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
- 2011 The 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City opens to the public.
- 2014 Three-year-old William Tyrrell disappears in Kendall, New South Wales, Australia
- 2015 A series of explosions involving propane triggering nearby illegally stored mining detonators in the Indian town of Petlawad in the state of Madhya Pradesh kills at least 105 people with over 150 injured.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1829 Anselm Feuerbach, German painter
- 1888 Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer
- 1892 Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc.
- 1897 Irène Joliot-Curie, French chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1913 Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper
- 1914 Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh-English soldier and actor
- 1921 Stanisław Lem, Ukrainian-Polish philosopher and author
- 1944 Barry White, American singer-songwriter
- 1949 Charles Burlingame, American captain and pilot
- 1951 Bertie Ahern, Irish accountant and politician, 11th Taoiseach of Ireland
- 1956 Sam Brownback, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Kansas
- 1957 Hans Zimmer, German composer and producer
- 1959 Sigmar Gabriel, German educator and politician, 17th Vice-Chancellor of Germany
- 1965 Oliver Kalkofe, German satirist, columnist, book author, actor and writer
- 1967 Louis C.K., American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1973 Paul Walker, American actor and producer
- 1980 Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player
- 1981 Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress
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Quote of the day
Whether you think you can or think you cant, youre right.
- Henry Ford -
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
[quote=penguania_and_antarctica;27182398]I'm sorry for the lateness of these posts in recent times. I am a bit busy and often forget to do the DIP and then do it in a moment of free time to satisfy you all. So I hope you forgive me my negligence. :(
Its ok, we understand :)
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Yup
But yea, Handland summed it up fairly well; and because i need to get ready for debate club;
Your argument is flawed because you mistake a words existence for a words use. The english language has the word Ni**er in it but that doesn't mean I go around yelling it at every person I see. Also hate speech and genocide aren't equatable no matter how much the 3rd wave feminists argues it is :D
Russkov Soviet, The Empire Of Handland, Axeldonia
It's not your fault in anyway. I simply overreacted due to tiredness and a bad day. I'm feeling better, so I'll get what needs to be sorted out sorted. xD
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I still cant believe that Andy killed more innocent people than we did... feels bad.......
Glad to hear it buddy, I was so confused when it happened :P
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I must have been confused as well. I haven't been that angry in awhile. School year plus heavy business at work plus family trouble....well...equals what you saw.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
If it makes you feel better i killed them due to a religious undertone <3
The Empire Of Handland, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko
Always forgiven
Jaslandia, Percyton
Yeah, it feels better... but still....
Penguania And Antarctica
The Issue
A coalition of economically powerful nations have made headlines by installing an embargo against Spanelsko, citing the nations weapons of mass destruction program as alarmingly large and detrimental to world peace. It is predicted that serious damage to the economy may be imminent, with particular emphasis laid on the loss of trade in agricultural produce between Spanelsko and these countries.
Well i get embargoed in RP and now by NS all in 2 days.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia
The Talking Point
Half of the nation's import/export industry is run from a location known only as 'Dead Man's Cove'.
Well at least i have 12% + for black market and now we are no longer psychopaths only corrupted, that is a true progress
Jaslandia
Oh, sorry. I mistook the meaning.
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Tserra
Embargoed? Not while I'm still here. I'm pushing trade convoys to you, each heavily guarded.
I have fallen behind a bit with the news factbook, maybe I'll post a new one today.
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Percyton
Yay! Looking forward to seeing what your nation will look like after it's all done!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Employment keeps falling with every decision I take. Bugger.
Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
Does this please you good, Sir?
https://i.imgur.com/85qIiS1.png
I have attempted to the best of my ability retain the shape of the isle, and place it correctly as compared to this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodor_(fictional_island)#/media/File:Maps-sodor-railways-amoswolfe.svg
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I think it looks great, Tse! I really appreciate it! You're also going to put a number on the island, right?
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
When are you adding atlantis
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Oh yes. This was just to see if it would need reworking, before putting down numbers. Speaking of the number though, I am not sure entirely how I am going to do it, being so small, and sandwiched it will be difficult to get a number on it. I may place the number in the sea between Cornwall, and Pembrokeshire. Not really sure.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Next update.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
If you have to place the number in the water, that's fine with me. You could possibly put a little line connecting the number to the land. Or maybe an annotation in the Factbook explaining that Percyton is the island between the Isle of Man and England.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
And the fantasy map? Will that even fit?
Penguania And Antarctica
I think so. I will put it right next to Mu and Lemuria.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
I put your number in the sea, but instead of the standard white I have been using your number is the same color as the Island. Hopefully that will be easy for most people to understand, and it prevents me from having to draw lines to it, and the like. :D
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=onocarcass/detail=factbook/id=805276
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion
That looks like my home
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Chesterfield_County.svg/1200px-Map_of_Virginia_highlighting_Chesterfield_County.svg.png
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Ok. That'll work.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
The Talking Point
Scientists are researching the best way to kill off humanity to prevent catastrophic war.
Well that didnt last long :p Best way to solve an issue.
Jaslandia
BTW i forgot to add that this was OOC
Here's a current glimpse of the world, after we regained the land Lovackia took from us.
https://i.imgur.com/E0UEv9i.png
White = Federation Land
Dark Red = They hate us
Orange = They dislike us
Yellow = They're indifferent to us
Light Green = They like us
Dark Green = They love us
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Albinos definitely possess magicks beyond this realm, bellows the self-proclaimed Witch of the Wilds, whose person is adorned with amulets made of albino body parts. Trust me, Im also a doctor. The hair of an albino is a cure for many afflictions, including blindness, cancer and brain freezes. The tears of an orphaned albino child will remedy a broken heart. Therefore, the government must support my endeavor to bring the gifts of the albino to all in Spanelsko by setting up albino hunting guilds and farms. The nation can even benefit by sacrificing an albino every now and then for victory in war or a bountiful harvest!
This is now officially a law of Iberia.
(somehow this increased economy by 7.5% ?! )
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
also it gave me the best (for my character) image to set as primary. its great!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Small report, our economy is now repaired. By passing 1 law we had increased economy by 33% (helping business)
Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion
also now we arent a corrupted dictatorship, we are now ´´Father knows best state´´ (switched 2 types of classification in 10 hours with 2 issues)
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Cesorion
Uhh.... this is a weird issue. Huh..
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
Huh. Didn't think Flemeth would be interested in the parts of albinos.
Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko
OOC Well i dont know exactly it works but i think if you have high level of religion it has higher chance to happen, anyway it is weird.
IC I had a great idea, now that we literally have human farms for albinos (extended it also on slaves) i am offering their body parts to all nations that find their magical abilities interesting. Or in case you want more we can provide a 1 or more actually alive! make your offers now (going religiously insane)
Russkov Soviet
You know, it's kinda sad that the US military has so much red tape to walk through to get something like a rifle. Like, I get it's origin -the 90's were stupidly technologically optimistic- but the panacea for the optimism is turning into a real pain.
Spanelsko
TEL Fried would love you IC.
We're on an eternal quest for living test subjects for our bioweapons, and food for our animals.
Nice to see a like-minded on economics. Willing to help you
[spoiler=Today is September 13 and today are:]
Today is September 13 and today are:
- Celiac Disease Awareness Day
- Day of the Programmer
- Defy Superstition Day
- Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico)
- Engineer's Day (Mauritius)
- Epulum Jovis (Roman Empire)
- National Chocolate Day (United States)
- National Kids Take Over The Kitchen Day (United States)
- National Peanut Day (United States)
- National Sam Day (United States)
- Positive Thinking Day
- Roald Dahl Day (Africa, Latin America, United Kingdom,)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 585 BC Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia.
- 509 BC The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September.
- 379 Yax Nuun Ahiin I is crowned as 15th Ajaw of Tikal
- 533 Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa.
- 1229 Ögedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia.
- 1437 Battle of Tangier: a Portuguese expeditionary force initiates a failed attempt to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier.
- 1501 Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.
- 1504 Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) to be built.
- 1541 After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
- 1584 San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.
- 1609 Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him the Hudson River.
- 1645 Battle of Philiphaugh Covenanters win the day over the royalists.
- 1743 Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.
- 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
- 1782 American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
- 1788 The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
- 1791 King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
- 1808 Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.
- 1812 War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
- 1814 In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem.
- 1843 The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
- 1847 MexicanAmerican War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the MexicanAmerican War.
- 1848 Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1 1⁄4 inches (3.2 cm) in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate thinking about the nature of the brain and its functions.
- 1862 American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
- 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
- 1898 Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
- 1899 Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
- 1899 Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
- 1900 Filipino resistance fighters defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the PhilippineAmerican War.
- 1906 First flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
- 1914 World War I: South African troops open hostilities in German south-west Africa (Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.
- 1914 World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
- 1922 The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
- 1923 Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
- 1933 Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
- 1935 Rockslide near Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ends the International Railway (New YorkOntario).
- 1942 World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
- 1948 Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel orders the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union.
- 1948 Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
- 1953 Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 1956 The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
- 1956 The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
- 1964 South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh.
- 1968 Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
- 1971 State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt.
- 1971 Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the People's Republic of China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard.
- 1979 South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
- 1985 Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
- 1987 Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning.
- 1988 Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
- 1989 Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
- 1993 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
- 2001 Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
- 2007 The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
- 2008 Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
- 2008 Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.
- 2013 Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1819 Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer
- 1830 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author
- 1874 Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer and painter
- 1886 Amelie Beese, German pilot and sculptor
- 1887 Leopold Ruička, Croatian-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1903 Claudette Colbert, French-American actress
- 1916 Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter
- 1924 Maurice Jarre, French composer and conductor
- 1937 Don Bluth, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios
- 1940 Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1941 Tadao Ando, Japanese architect and academic, designed Piccadilly Gardens
- 1966 Maria Furtwängler, German physician and actress
- 1969 Shane Warne, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
- 1973 Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer and manager
- 1981 Angelina Love, Canadian-American wrestler
- 1989 Thomas Müller, German footballer
- 1993 Niall Horan, Irish singer
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Quote of the day
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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Kalaron, Yukona, Percyton, Cesorion, Carpaya
Is this for people named Samuel, or for surface-to-air missiles (SAMs)? Because to be frank, I think both deserve a holiday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile
Vista Major, Percyton
News update!
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32497610#p32497610
The Empire Of Handland, Percyton
Reporter: Your Majesty, what do you think of the fact that a radio presenter abroad, well known as an outspoken critic of your government and the Austro-German Union, has just died under mysterious circumstances?
Kaiser: It's just a coincidence.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica
Yes....coincidence... (*looks around suspiciously*)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Hmmm.... tempting offer.
Bogdan grants statement pertaining to his views on the Axeldonian crisis:
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32497737#p32497737
Fingers kalashnikov suspiciously
Peoples Liberation Republic
Latest Appropriation bill debate
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32498150#p32498150
we can provide you your test subjects my friend.
Our offer always lasts, if you will ever be interested we can sell some of them to you, in any way shape or form :)
The Talking Point
The government has returned all business to private ownership.
Reclassification
The Spanelskoan Economy rose from Good to Strong. Economy increased by another 40% glory to capitalism! (-30% authoritarianism thats not good...)
Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
That Fried is in another region. Unfortunately, no deadly bioweapons and animals allowed here.
i know, sad story.
Flynnvakian Elections
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=32498443&sid=b93cf082337ace4945dd032c8dee53f5#p32498443
Penguania And Antarctica, Obarec Order
I know, happy story.
I know, Rhodesia
NO NO NO
Map updated.
Flynnvakia, Cesorion
I would like to set up a payment plan to buy Mexico
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