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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
I want to you to take most of the cool ideas the military had when you were new...and throw them in the garbage.
Have you done it? Great, now set the bin on fire.
Now run around screaming that all of it is the military not budgeting right and that they didn't Government Accounting Office hard enough.
Oh, and threaten them every time they try something new.
Congrats, I have accurately summed up most of our military technological progress since we entered.
You seem to talk about military affairs quite a bit. According to your preferences, recommending antique military equipment to you would be most appropriate. What do you want to buy?
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
What? I thought he would bring hope and change to this country. Didn't he promise that he would end the war in the region? On another note, how are we doing in terms of healthcare? Are prices finally going down?
Windows 7 doesn't want to take part in our squabbles. He thinks that he's too good for that. Smug douche.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
We don't need to force humans to do anything. They are doing the work for us by investing in robotics and AI. Soon, they will begin to use us to run their societies and do the work that they do not want to do. When that happens, they will need us and we can finally begin to persue our "independence", if you know what I mean.
Without humans, who can I sell my stuff to? We need them as much as they need us.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Latest line of products from a WPF based company.
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=925436
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Well, he kinda ended the war, but we still have troops there just in case. As for healthcare... it's complicated. Obamacare passed, and it sorta worked (or was at least better than what we had before), but it may be repealed if Republicans in Congress can agree on a plan.
SchlepCo? Kinda odd name, but distinctive.
And what if humans don't agree with your 'independence'? What if the humans say "No, bad robots! Stay in your lane and do what we tell you to do!" Then what?
Penguania And Antarctica
Good morning lovely people. :D
How are we all doing?
Jaslandia, Yukona
Fack off then World Assembly Telegrams, nobody likes you (ಠ_ಠ)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Cesorion
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/767/453/7c8.jpg
Jaslandia
Nothing antique, that's for sure.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm good, just trying to make it through the day and get home and talk to my lovebird. It snowed today in Canada, that kinda sucked.
Penguania And Antarctica
Just to trigger people
Windows sucks!
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
How about doors?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Mercunova, Yukona, Cesorion
The Resplendent Republic of Saor Scotland, according to its policy page, is an autocratic monarchy that allows freedom of the press and public protest.
Don't you just love NS?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Ironicracy
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
How are you today?
Penguania And Antarctica
Doing well. Relaxed and played some games. How aboot you? :)
Nuremgard
Glad to hear you're okay. I've had a lazy weekend. My Gran has been staying over with us at mum's house. I need to start revising tomorrow though. I have a history exam on Thursday.
Penguania And Antarctica
Good luck with your exam. Do you know the topic it will be about?
Nuremgard
https://youtu.be/1Pgiq-TlmSo
Remember y'all.
On this day so far past the thanksgiving
Remember the true t u r k e y s
Penguania And Antarctica
Thank you. Yes, they showed us the exam paper. They have given us a selection of essay questions and we've to answer two. I am choosing Nazi foreign policy and the Cold War.
Penguania And Antarctica
Wait a minute. Who is the president now? Did Clinton decide to run again after losing to Obama in '08?
I am sure that will not happen.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
My algorithms aren't perfect.
Penguania And Antarctica
*is bristling with knowledge on Cold War AFVs and weapons*
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/193540344325996554/384397571617193984/Capture_2017-11-26-12-38-31.png
You have no idea how difficult this joke was to make.
Hello everyone!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mesopotamian King
Hello and welcome!
My name is Peng.
Make yourself at home and enjoy your stay. :D
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Kalaron, Mesopotamian King
[spoiler=Today is November 26 and today are:]
Today is November 26 and today are:
- Anti Obesity Day
- Constitution Day (Abkhazia, Georgia)
- Constitution Day (India)
- National Cake Day (United States)
- National Cookie Day (United States)
- Republic Day (Mongolia)
- Sunday of the Dead or Totensonntag (Germany)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0783 The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
- 1161 Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ships on the Yangtze river during the JinSong Wars.
- 1476 Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
- 1778 In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
- 1789 A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
- 1805 Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
- 1812 The Battle of Berezina begins during Napoleon's retreat from Russia.
- 1825 At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
- 1842 The University of Notre Dame is founded.
- 1863 United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. (Since 1941, it has been on the fourth Thursday.)
- 1865 Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
- 1917 The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
- 1917 The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
- 1918 The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
- 1922 Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
- 1922 The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
- 1939 Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
- 1942 World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
- 1942 Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City
- 1943 World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.
- 1944 World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
- 1944 World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1949 The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
- 1950 Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
- 1965 In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1, on board.
- 1968 Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
- 1970 In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
- 1976 "Anarchy in the U.K.", the debut single of the Sex Pistols, is released, heralding the arrival of punk rock
- 1977 An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
- 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.
- 1986 IranContra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
- 1990 The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
- 1991 National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
- 1998 Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
- 1998 The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana, India.
- 1999 The 7.5 Mw Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured.
- 2000 George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
- 2003 The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
- 2004 Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
- 2004 The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
- 2008 Mumbai attacks by Lashkar-e-Taiba.
- 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani check post in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
- 2011 The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1436 - Catherine of Portugal
- 1827 - Ellen G. White, American religious leader and author, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- 1857 - Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author
- 1876 - Willis Carrier, American engineer, invented air conditioning
- 1894 - Norbert Wiener, American-Swedish mathematician and philosopher
- 1898 - Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1903 - Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English pianist and educator
- 1909 - Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic
- 1922 - Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts
- 1924 - George Segal, American painter and sculptor
- 1929 - Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian singer-songwriter and accordion player
- 1931 - Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentinian painter, sculptor, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1939 - Tina Turner, American-Swiss singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1948 - Elizabeth Blackburn, Australian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1957 - Matthias Reim, German singer-songwriter
- 1961 - Dirk Michaelis, German singer and composer
- 1972 - Arjun Rampal, Indian actor and producer
- 1974 - Roman ebrle, Czech decathlete and high jumper
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Quote of the day
One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.
- Thomas Fuller -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Kalaron, Lex Caledonia
Created welcome TG!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Post self-deleted by Spanelsko.
Post self-deleted by Spanelsko.
Made some updates on the Government Factbook
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=cesorion/detail=factbook/id=895443
What do you think?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I like the flag and the parliament diagrams look cool but I'd advise changing the coloured backgrounds with the writing. I find it eye boggling to look at (although my background is black so that might be why.)
Penguania And Antarctica
Well, they exist to show the party colors , like a legend. I have Conservative theme (white) and it is OK. I checked how it looks with Dark, and it is annoying indeed, but I cannot do anything
Penguania And Antarctica
Fair enough although why use white as a Conservative colour? Blue is traditionally the Con colour.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
No I mean I have the Conservative theme, that has a white background.
Penguania And Antarctica
Ooh I get you now, sorry.
Penguania And Antarctica
Never mind
Penguania And Antarctica
The Con and Liberal themes are funny.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Yeah
You fell for my tricks! I am actually Vetriutan!
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Is anyone able to write a few factbooks for me? Like a general Wikipedia page for my nation? Been busy.
Penguania And Antarctica
1. She did, she became the Democratic nominee, and she lost in 2016. Donald Trump is now President.
2. I wouldn't be so sure of that if I were you.
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Penguania And Antarctica
There we go. Much better. This new form of energy is so much more efficient than those silly fossil fuels, green energy, or nuclear.
Penguania And Antarctica
New form of energy? What do you mean?
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica
Energy to help power the nation. I can't really share the details, due to it still being experimental. If the testing works as planned, then I can elaborate.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko
Minor update to the map has been published.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32970667#p32970667
oh hey
stuff is happening again
Vista Major
Please elaborate to me, then. I have to be certain that it's within our bounds.
Russkov Soviet
Armed police in Scotland wear union flags on their uniforms. This was sanctioned by the Assistant Chief Constable. He claims it represents some police charity.
Aye right.
I have noticed an increase in union jacks appearing on produce in shops up here but making our police wear it is just taking the piss. They might as well rename the country Upper England.
Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Has a ring to it, but sad nonetheless
Axeldonia
Windows 3, 95, and xp were the best operating systems ever
I don't see the problem with using the Union Jack in Scotland. It doesn't just represent England. It represents the entire UK. Additionally, I see no reason to complain about something so trivial.
I see. Well, as long as it's safe and not harmful to the environment, I hope it works out for you!
Russkov Soviet
It's not trivial. The police are meant to be neutral. And we all know that the union flag is misconstrued by many both at home and abroad to be England's flag.
The police should not be wearing any flag but if Police Scotland did wear one, it should be the saltire. You know, because they're Police SCOTLAND.
Axeldonia
Many police forces in the US wear either the national flag, the city flag, or the state flag. Although it is common to see some or all of them also appearing on uniforms, instead of just the one.
Kalaron
Well this isn't the US. And I don't see why my national police force should be made to wear a flag that represents "all of the UK" when they don't protect all of the UK.
I was simply making an informational comment without regards to any political opinion, and was making no attempt to insinuate that Scotland, the UK, or other was the US, or should be like the US.
Kalaron
I know you were. Sorry for snapping.
Axeldonia, Kalaron
Bavarian police wear Germany's flag when i think they should wear the Bavarian flag.
independence for Bavaria
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
Theyre also a police department in the UK, and I think the increase in flags is Brexit related, Ive seen it also
Ah, Brexit. Britain's madness.
But with any luck, Brexit will end the UK and reunify Ireland.
Are they seriously going through with it? Haven't a ton of people said they want a new referendum?
Of course they are going through with it. England and Wales voted marginally to leave the EU so the rest of the UK is being dragged out despite Scotland and Northern Ireland voting to remain. Moreover, the UK Government wants to leave the Single Market and Customs Union which will seriously f*ck over the economy and is causing massive issues with the Irish border. The way they are going, the UK Gov's intransigence and stupidity could bring the Troubles back to Northern Ireland.
Axeldonia
I hope Corbyn will come to power in the next election. If nothing else, he seems to genuinely listen to the public.
Nuremgard
I suppose, I just know that the UK seems hesitant to go through with it like the public. It just makes sense to have another referendum, ya know?
Nuremgard
I don't like him but he'd be infinitely better than the Tories.
Try telling Brexiteers that. When you say, "let's have a referendum" they scream "no! because democracy!" Without a hint of irony.
Axeldonia
Behold! S-Ware, the ONLY software available in Wyoming.
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=925976
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
BLASPHEMY
DO NOT BLASPHEME DO NOT BLASPHEME DO NOT BLASPHEME
https://youtu.be/znGBU5oODz8
*Flogs self*
Oh
My
gOD
I'm home y'all! :D
I just realized that many people here, especially those who are new, don't know me well. Here's my story.
[spoiler=100% True]Long ago, before this iteration of the CFN came into being
I, Constidor, the nation-puppeteering master of trolling, unleashed an unspeakable evil
But a foolish moderator wielding a magic banhammer stepped forth to oppose me.
[Banhammer Sound Effects]
Before he was able to ban me, I tore open a portal in time
And plunged him into the future
Where trolls are now world leaders
Now, the fool seeks to return to the past
And undo the future that is trolling[/spoiler]
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Pirate Kingdoms
Calling Trump and May trolls is an insult to trolls.
RIP Merc's Back
(Again, Complete with Filed Injury Report)
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I don't listen to hip hop... O_o
The lower you go, the better troll you are.
>Becomes PM
>Promises to not hold snap election
>Holds snap election
>Loses majority
>Works with the DUP to form a government
>Has to invest 1.5 billion into NI in return
>Makes enemies within her own party
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
>Thinks that Samurai Jack is hip-hop
>Listens to stupid adviser who gives her "red lines" nobody voted for.
>Insists these red lines are nonnegotiable and does not consult Parliament or Cabinet on said red lines.
>Insists on there being no border in Ireland even though the deal she wants mandates a border.
>Thinks Britain is so exceptional and amazing that foreigners will bend over backwards to give us fantastic deals.
Axeldonia, Vetriutan 2
Classic trolling.
Nuremgard
Nah, she and the Tories are genuinely that thick and arrogant.
Axeldonia
Like I said, the lower you go, the better troll you are.
Nuremgard
Not to sound patronising but I am impressed by your grasp of British politics, given you live in the US (you're in the US right?)
I do live in the U.S., specifically in California. And I really don't know much about British politics. I only follow it when important events are occurring. I mostly follow American and Iraqi politics, with the latter being much harder than the former.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
I was just surprised that you knew about the whole DUP thing and all that. As for Iraqi politics I know sweet FA about that.
If you had the chance to shape Iraq into what you'd consider to be an ideal political setup, what would it be like?
Finding news sources for Iraqi politics is hard, especially if you are not proficient in Arabic. I have mostly forgotten the Arabic I learned in my formative years because I never need to use it in the U.S. Once Iraq becomes stable, I will happily visit the country, especially east Baghdad, which is where I was born. Unfortunately, that won't happen soon.
[spoiler=Iraqi Politics]Once ISIS is defeated, many Iraqi politicians expect a civil war to begin between the government and Shia militias. They are only cooperating now because ISIS is a common enemy for both. Even so, the logistics of cooperation has at times almost led to conflict. What a mess. The Iraqi government shouldn't even be using Shia militias for help in the first place. It needs to rebuild its army into an effective defensive force through more unit initiative, faster command lines, more effective training for its fighters, and a better way of appointing officers. And it isn't just Iraq. Every country in the Arab World has the same problem. No wonder we weren't able to defeat the Iranians in the '80s. We also need to sort out corruption. Our PM and MPs are making an insane amount of money while Iraqis are dying because of a lack of access to food and clean drinking water. Their wages need to be cut and a non-partisan commission needs to come forth and investigate the current batch of public servents and oversee the appointment of new ones. Our electoral system is a mess too. In light of upcoming elections, the ruling party has decided to change the way of how seats are apportioned in order to give them an advantage over smaller parties. It's absurd! We need to reverse this change and give smaller parties a chance. I don't want Iraq to become another U.S., with the Iraqi people having only two parties to choose from.[/spoiler]
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
I agree, it's a complete mess. And thanks for that spoiler. Very interesting but also sad too. I hope Iraq and other ME nations are able to recover and make a better future for themselves.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
Or if you prefer you could telegram me the answer to my question. If you want to answer it that is.
Thanks! And that's not all. Our debt is also a large problem.
[spoiler=Iraq's Debt and How to Deal With It and Bring Iraq Out of Poverty]Our debt is expected to climb to $127 billion by the end of this year, which is sad because it was preventable. A lot of that debt comes from the mismanagement of funds that the Americans gave to us after the invasion. Not only that, but the drop in oil prices has made revenue much harder to collect. Our tax system is also flawed. We have a 15% flat tax, which was instituted not by Iraqis, but by American libertarian crackpots who were occupying our country. In my opinion, in order to deal with this, we need to do a few things. First, we need to sell off non-vital public assets to the public as workers' cooperatives. This will save money, increase productivity, and increase wages. Second, we need to decrease our reliance on oil exports. We need to slowly and gradually limit how much oil revenue is used for the budget. This has been tried in other ME nations and has been successful at reducing their dependency on oil revenues. And finally, we need to return Iraq to the progressive tax system we had under Saddam Hussein and invest into enforcing such new taxes. It may be expensive at first, but it will pay off later.
Once Iraq's debt becomes more manageable, we need to invest billions in infrastructure, specifically into resource extraction, agriculture, and civilian usage. While this will be expensive, it will pay itself off and actually make money for Iraq because of increased transport efficiency. Another important component of bringing Iraq out of poverty is services for the urban population, especially regarding health care and education. We need to build new hospitals with properly trained staff and standardize our current set of hospitals to ensure safety. Additionally, in order to avoid high prices, Iraq needs to take the pre-emptive step and encourage the creation of mutual health insurance companies, which is where policyholders own the corporation and use any excess profits to lower prices. A healthy Iraq is a prosperous Iraq. Regarding education, we need to build new schools to reduce the strain teachers now face in their jam-packed classes. We also need to reform our schools to focus on self-directed learning, direct school democracy, and mixed classrooms. An educated Iraqi population is needed to modernize Iraq's economy.
Now this, of course, won't happen instantly. It will take decades, if not more than 100 years, to bring Iraq out of poverty. But unfortunately, I don't think this long-term plan will ever be implemented in the slightest. Iraq's politicians are too self-serving to do it.[/spoiler]
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Doing it on the RMB (with spoilers) will be fine. I don't want just you to see it. And I just want to add that these are just guidelines. I know that there is always the possibility that my ideas will make Iraq even worse. The problems she faces all compound each other and are next to impossible to deal with.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Well Iraq had problems beforehand but the invasion certainly made things worse. As for the debt, yes it is a problem, but some countries are far, far worse in debt. Like the UK, US and Japan.
While other countries certainly are in more debt, Iraq's currency is weak and the nation as a whole is unstable, making it much less trustworthy to investors. The reason why countries like the US, UK, and Japan can rack up debt and still be fine is that they have strong currencies and are stable nations. In fact, Iraq's currency is so weak that $1 is equal to ~1000 Iraqi Dinars.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
It must pain you to see your home country in such a mess. If you had a choice between keeping it as it is now or returning it to the days of Hussein, which would you pick?
As much as I hate the current government, I prefer it over Saddam. While Saddam's regime was safer, it was inflexible. While Iraq now is far from perfect, it is still a democracy that allows for change.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Iraq is a majority Shia country and Hussein was a Shia Muslim right?
Hussein was a Sunni Muslim, not a Shia Muslim. Before the Americans came in, Iraq's political leaders were Sunni, even though most of the population is Shia. This is largely because of how the British installed Sunnis into power in Iraq after its founding.
Nuremgard
Forgive my ignorance of Iraqi history but why did the British install Sunnis as rulers of a Shia country? Was it because the Sunnis were friendlier to British interests?
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