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Percyton wrote:What? I don't get it. Why would you do that, and what makes today the perfect day to do it?

I don't get it either, Percy. If it was Put a Pillow in Your Fridge Day, at least it could conceivably be so that you'd have a chilled pillow for when you go to bed.

But that's gross. Don't put pillows in your fridge. That's where food goes.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Now to wait for my map claim to be verified

Andromitus

Margoe wrote:Now to wait for my map claim to be verified

IT has, I believe

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Margoe

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I don't get it either, Percy. If it was Put a Pillow in Your Fridge Day, at least it could conceivably be so that you'd have a chilled pillow for when you go to bed.

But that's gross. Don't put pillows in your fridge. That's where food goes.

It makes them really cold. I used to do it with the freezer, and it was magical sleeping with a freezing cold pillow.

Percyton, Burning Tree

Friedensreich wrote:It makes them really cold. I used to do it with the freezer, and it was magical sleeping with a freezing cold pillow.

Freezing cold pillows.... I suspect there might be some brain damage involved.

Jaslandia, Andromitus

Percyton wrote:PERCY!

What? I don't get it. Why would you do that, and what makes today the perfect day to do it?

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I don't get it either, Percy. If it was Put a Pillow in Your Fridge Day, at least it could conceivably be so that you'd have a chilled pillow for when you go to bed.

But that's gross. Don't put pillows in your fridge. That's where food goes.

Friedensreich wrote:It makes them really cold. I used to do it with the freezer, and it was magical sleeping with a freezing cold pillow.

https://www.thefactsite.com/2013/02/put-pillow-on-your-fridge-day.html

Jaslandia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:https://www.thefactsite.com/2013/02/put-pillow-on-your-fridge-day.html

I've heard Frosty the Snowman too many times to feel comfortable placing fabric objects meant for people upon inanimate things. The last thing I need is for my fridge to spring to life and take a stroll through a traffic intersection.

But, on a more serious note, that's weird. That's a weird thing for people to do. The only time bedroom and kitchen should meet is when breakfast in bed is a thing. And not even then, because crumbs in the bed is the devil's work.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Corbyn is "open" to talks with Sturgeon about another referendum.

Dugdale: NO REFERENDUM!

Hmm. Any Labour voters in Scotland must wonder what they're voting for.

Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Corbyn is "open" to talks with Sturgeon about another referendum.

Dugdale: NO REFERENDUM!

Hmm. Any Labour voters must wonder what they're voting for.

Fixed.

Nuremgard

Sweet, I had to replace starter in my car.but yeah, I'm now southern California

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Percyton, United Continental States

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Fixed.

Scottish seats at this election will be won either by SNP or Tories. I believe Labour will have zilch.

Anyone else here feels like they aren't loved and just doing everything wrong ?

Magnatronia, Percyton, United Continental States

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Anyone else here feels like they aren't loved and just doing everything wrong ?

I'm being very serious when I say I've grappled with that feeling every single day for nearly 3 years. It never goes away, Peng, it doesn't matter what kind of people you surround yourself with or how genuine the love they have for you is you will always feel this. Because, if you're anything like me, you've got a mind that is built, fuelled and configured around self-loathing, worrying and anxiety. You're always gonna have a mind like that, but it's important to remember that your mind is not a true reflection of your current circumstances. You're surrounded by people who love you, who care for you and who see the value in your existence. Just today you made me a coat of arms, you made my day on a day when I'm sick and down. You did a good deed and you changed my life a little bit for the better.

You see, I see you get like this a lot and it pains me because you remind me of my own inner monologue, the voice in my head that repeats these depressing and negative thoughts over and over constantly all day everyday. It's ruined relationships, it's soured genuinely good moments in my life that I'll never get back. It's a disease and it's not something you can ever really cure. But you can manage it, you can see the value of your life and the people who care for you and you can disagree with your own mind and you can shift your worldview. Now that's not something you can do in a day, or in a week or a year, it's something you have to work at constantly. If your mind is like that you're gonna have inevitable days like this, where the world is black and the people around you look like they hate you. You feel ignored, unappreciated and unworthy. These feelings are within your head, Peng, and I have them too. I have them everyday, but I choose not to show it, I choose not to let it win. I believe you can do that too, Peng. I believe in you, I value you as a person and as a friend and I see the value of your actions everyday.

Merlinton, Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Baxten, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Magnatronia, Percyton, United Continental States

Unfallious wrote:I'm being very serious when I say I've grappled with that feeling every single day for nearly 3 years. It never goes away, Peng, it doesn't matter what kind of people you surround yourself with or how genuine the love they have for you is you will always feel this. Because, if you're anything like me, you've got a mind that is built, fuelled and configured around self-loathing, worrying and anxiety. You're always gonna have a mind like that, but it's important to remember that your mind is not a true reflection of your current circumstances. You're surrounded by people who love you, who care for you and who see the value in your existence. Just today you made me a coat of arms, you made my day on a day when I'm sick and down. You did a good deed and you changed my life a little bit for the better.

You see, I see you get like this a lot and it pains me because you remind me of my own inner monologue, the voice in my head that repeats these depressing and negative thoughts over and over constantly all day everyday. It's ruined relationships, it's soured genuinely good moments in my life that I'll never get back. It's a disease and it's not something you can ever really cure. But you can manage it, you can see the value of your life and the people who care for you and you can disagree with your own mind and you can shift your worldview. Now that's not something you can do in a day, or in a week or a year, it's something you have to work at constantly. If your mind is like that you're gonna have inevitable days like this, where the world is black and the people around you look like they hate you. You feel ignored, unappreciated and unworthy. These feelings are within your head, Peng, and I have them too. I have them everyday, but I choose not to show it, I choose not to let it win. I believe you can do that too, Peng. I believe in you, I value you as a person and as a friend and I see the value of your actions everyday.

I am sorry to hear that about you. :(

Oelesa, Percyton

Unfallious wrote:-snip-

But also thanks for your little pep talk. :)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Baxten, Vista Major, Yukona, Percyton, United Continental States

Hello everyone! As promised, here are three new Factbooks that highlight Thomas' Branch Line, the Little Western line, and the Kirk Ronan Branch Line respectively. All three of these are part of a new series called 'Spotlight On', which highlights different places, engines, and people in Percyton. Stay tuned tomorrow, when I'll be posting a bonus 'Spotlight On' about a certain green tender engine!

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=percyton/detail=factbook/id=831941

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=percyton/detail=factbook/id=831926

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=percyton/detail=factbook/id=831946

Merlinton, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Percyton wrote:Hello everyone! As promised, here are three new Factbooks that highlight Thomas' Branch Line, the Little Western line, and the Kirk Ronan Branch Line respectively. All three of these are part of a new series called 'Spotlight On', which highlights different places, engines, and people in Percyton. Stay tuned tomorrow, when I'll be posting a bonus 'Spotlight On' about a certain green tender engine!

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=percyton/detail=factbook/id=831941

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=percyton/detail=factbook/id=831926

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=percyton/detail=factbook/id=831946

All three of them look great. Nice job, Percy! And I'm looking forward to the bonus Factbook tomorrow!

Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

The Republic of Margoe will be rather libertarian, the best government to compare it to would be the Confederate States of America minus the amoral bit.

Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Andromitus, Oelesa, United Continental States

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=el-aaiun_al-khalifa/detail=factbook/id=main

Added some info on the political overview of the Eternal Caliphate: I included a segment on the Caliph, the Eashira (think royal family), and the President and Premier in the Caliphate. Also added some info on the currencies of the Caliphate, the Denarius and Aureus, and their exchange rates to the dollar.

Nuremgard, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Margoe wrote:The Republic of Margoe will be rather libertarian, the best government to compare it to would be the Confederate States of America minus the amoral bit.

Hm...I'm trying to tell if that's good

Vista Major, Oelesa

I woke up after I had a dream that Donald trump was a werewolf and I was in a cold room hiding from him and tryna make sure the windows were closed so he wouldn't see me and waiting for morning to come so he'd go away

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, United Continental States

The Royal Republic Of Kumania wrote:I woke up after I had a dream that Donald trump was a werewolf and I was in a cold room hiding from him and tryna make sure the windows were closed so he wouldn't see me and waiting for morning to come so he'd go away

With the way things are going, I'm surprised you didn't have that dream sooner.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Baxten wrote:Hm...I'm trying to tell if that's good

Libertarian countries are never good.

El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=el-aaiun_al-khalifa/detail=factbook/id=main

Added some info on the political overview of the Eternal Caliphate: I included a segment on the Caliph, the Eashira (think royal family), and the President and Premier in the Caliphate. Also added some info on the currencies of the Caliphate, the Denarius and Aureus, and their exchange rates to the dollar.

A very curious and complex mixture of systems and structures. The government of the Caliphate looks like an absolute mine field to navigate. I would not like to be the one in charge of that bureaucratic headache! Seems you'd need a genius monarch to make heads or tales of it, and a genius monarch to govern carefully and shrewdly so as not to upset various societal groups or sections of the establishment.

Vista Major, Oelesa, Yukona, El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa

Nuremgard wrote:Libertarian countries are never good.

A very curious and complex mixture of systems and structures. The government of the Caliphate looks like an absolute mine field to navigate. I would not like to be the one in charge of that bureaucratic headache! Seems you'd need a genius monarch to make heads or tales of it, and a genius monarch to govern carefully and shrewdly so as not to upset various societal groups or sections of the establishment.

wow ok thx nur

But my country is the least libertarian libertarians you'll find as in we fund the main services, education, and healthcare. Our civil rights are through the roof, and the government is still small. We're more classical liberals than straight up libertarians.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa

Baxten wrote:wow ok thx nur

But my country is the least libertarian libertarians you'll find as in we fund the main services, education, and healthcare. Our civil rights are through the roof, and the government is still small. We're more classical liberals than straight up libertarians.

Hmm, I suppose that's more tolerable. But we Norsk are proud socialists so of course we'll always find fault with smaller governments. ;)

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa

Nuremgard wrote:Libertarian countries are never good.

A very curious and complex mixture of systems and structures. The government of the Caliphate looks like an absolute mine field to navigate. I would not like to be the one in charge of that bureaucratic headache! Seems you'd need a genius monarch to make heads or tales of it, and a genius monarch to govern carefully and shrewdly so as not to upset various societal groups or sections of the establishment.

True: that's why the former Caliph, the Valide Sultan, stepped down - while her reign was at least 40 years (from 17 after her father, the previous Caliph, was assassinated), up until the stress of maintaining the Caliphate became too much and she stepped down in favor of Abu Bakr.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Oelesa

El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa wrote:True: that's why the former Caliph, the Valide Sultan, stepped down - while her reign was at least 40 years (from 17 after her father, the previous Caliph, was assassinated), up until the stress of maintaining the Caliphate became too much and she stepped down in favor of Abu Bakr.

Woah, a Muslim empire had a female ruler? Now that's a surprise.

Jaslandia, Yukona

Jaslandia wrote:With the way things are going, I'm surprised you didn't have that dream sooner.

^

Jaslandia

The Confederate government was a lighter version of the U.S government.

Margoe wrote:The Confederate government was a lighter version of the U.S government.

Define 'lighter'. Lighter as in 'smaller government and less centralized'?

Yukona

Jaslandia wrote:Define 'lighter'. Lighter as in 'smaller government and less centralized'?

It was slightly smaller and less centralized than its counterpart, and without the slavery one would be hard pressed to tell the difference.

Their constitution was almost copied from the original American one verbatim but it allowed for slavery, as well, there are differences in the power of individual states in which they lost certain rights, but gained others. Their constitution also invoked favour from God.

United Continental States

Jaslandia wrote:Define 'lighter'. Lighter as in 'smaller government and less centralized'?

How's the UK, Jas?

Margoe wrote:It was slightly smaller and less centralized than its counterpart, and without the slavery one would be hard pressed to tell the difference.

Their constitution was almost copied from the original American one verbatim but it allowed for slavery, as well, there are differences in the power of individual states in which they lost certain rights, but gained others. Their constitution also invoked favour from God.

Less centralized, yes, but it was smaller in only some ways. For example, the Confederates were pretty harsh on Union sympathizers, much like the Union was with Confederate sympathizers. Military authorities rounding up people suspected of incorrect loyalty doesn't strike me as 'small government'. The same goes for domestic passports.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America#Civil_liberties

Friedensreich

Nuremgard wrote:How's the UK, Jas?

'The UK' as in, the United Kingdom of Jaslandia?

The Royal Republic Of Kumania wrote:I woke up after I had a dream that Donald trump was a werewolf and I was in a cold room hiding from him and tryna make sure the windows were closed so he wouldn't see me and waiting for morning to come so he'd go away

Fast forward eight months...

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Woah, a Muslim empire had a female ruler? Now that's a surprise.

She's not even the first: at least 20 or more women held the position of Caliph during El-Aaiún's existence. A whole era even exists from the 1600s to the 1700s termed "The Caliphate of Women" in which there was no male Caliph in control, with one of the Caliphs in that timeframe still maintaining a female Harem (granted, some males did exist, though they were either too young to assume the office or those who could died). Either way, the Caliphate practices absolute primogeniture on the basis that the Caliph can still exercise command of El-Aaiún without too much trouble.

Nuremgard

Baxten wrote:wow ok thx nur

But my country is the least libertarian libertarians you'll find as in we fund the main services, education, and healthcare. Our civil rights are through the roof, and the government is still small. We're more classical liberals than straight up libertarians.

Bleeding heart libertarian, maybe?

Yukona

Jaslandia wrote:'The UK' as in, the United Kingdom of Jaslandia?

Ja.

El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa wrote:She's not even the first: at least 20 or more women held the position of Caliph during El-Aaiún's existence. A whole era even exists from the 1600s to the 1700s termed "The Caliphate of Women" in which there was no male Caliph in control, with one of the Caliphs in that timeframe still maintaining a female Harem (granted, some males did exist, though they were either too young to assume the office or those who could died). Either way, the Caliphate practices absolute primogeniture on the basis that the Caliph can still exercise command of El-Aaiún without too much trouble.

Oddly liberal for a Muslim country.

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:Ja.

Going pretty good. Planning some big changes for my nation in the next month or so. There will likely by a leadership election for the Jaslandian Liberal Party, and then that new leader will become PM in the general election soon after. Except for a very brief period when the Nationalists were elected into power, the Conservative Party has been in power in Jaslandia ever since I made my nation, so I think it's time for a change.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Going pretty good. Planning some big changes for my nation in the next month or so. There will likely by a leadership election for the Jaslandian Liberal Party, and then that new leader will become PM in the general election soon after. Except for a very brief period when the Nationalists were elected into power, the Conservative Party has been in power in Jaslandia ever since I made my nation, so I think it's time for a change.

Agreed. Kick the dirty Cons out.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Ja.

Oddly liberal for a Muslim country.

Key difference from other countries was the usage of diplomacy: to entice the European countries into joining the Caliphate, the government instead relied on religious freedom, science, and autonomy to entice them. If not that, support from Rome due to discussions with the Franks and the Byzantines initially against the Abbasids (the leader of El-Aaiún's predecessor state, the Emirate of Córdoba, Abd al-Rahman I came into power at the twilight of the Ummayad Caliphate and his rule of al-Andalus was considered an offense to the Abbasid Caliphate). The style of the Caliph upon the expansion into the Middle East and Jerusalem relies on this idea of an outreaching leader: Protector of al-Quds, or Jerusalem, implies that Christianity and Judaism are on equal footing with Islam, while Qays'r of Rome is the implication that the Pope supports them, mostly after the Caliph secured Jerusalem for stability and avoided taxing the pilgrims. Women being involved in the Caliphate is analogous to the Ottoman Empire's Sultanate of Women in which the Sultan's power waned and the Valide Sultan (empress dowager), Haseki Sultan (main consort and usually wife to the Sultan), and the Imperial Harem effectively exercised power over the Empire: the Caliphate's history simply makes it more open than the Ottomans did.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Oelesa

As promised, the updated political parties page.

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=alruniea/detail=factbook/id=372707

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=margoe/detail=factbook/id=831828

WIP!

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Friedensreich, Oelesa, United Continental States

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Bleeding heart libertarian, maybe?

Yes! That's what I am. I really couldn't figure it out

Finally, I have made myself a label :)

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Yukona

Heloooooo! How's everyone doing?

Lavan Tiri, Yukona, United Continental States

El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa wrote:science,

Quickie real quick, so, is it safe to say that you will most likely not enjoy the existance of a primarily Atheistic, Communist, South American Superpower that constantly meddles with fun new toys like CRISPR and cellular manipulation to grow large animals from basic skins cells harvested from random subjects in synthetic gestation pods to study synthetic growth cycles and who constantly tampers with the human genome fight diseases and genetic conditions?

Because thats not me at all!

Burning Tree wrote:Heloooooo! How's everyone doing?

HELLO! We have this field day thing at my highschool today and I want to die because I'm less than athletic How are you :3

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, United Continental States, Burning Tree

Andromitus wrote:Quickie real quick, so, is it safe to say that you will most likely not enjoy the existance of a primarily Atheistic, Communist, South American Superpower that constantly meddles with fun new toys like CRISPR and cellular manipulation to grow large animals from basic skins cells harvested from random subjects in synthetic gestation pods to study synthetic growth cycles and who constantly tampers with the human genome fight diseases and genetic conditions?

Because thats not me at all!

HELLO! We have this field day thing at my highschool today and I want to die because I'm less than athletic How are you :3

Some of it will likely be denounced in the eastern parts of the Caliphate: the western parts, where Europe and the Kingdom of El-Aaiún are, may be more open but the usual caution would be exerted. As a polity, however, the Caliphate may end up as an enemy to Andromitis as it tries to maintain a presence in the Americas.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Andromitus

[spoiler=Today is May 30 and today are:]

Today is May 30 and today are:

- Anguilla Day (Anguilla)

- Canary Islands Day (Spain)

- Dragon Boat Festival (China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan)

- Indian Arrival Day (Trinidad and Tobago)

- International Hug Your Cat Day

- Lod Massacre Remembrance Day (Puerto Rico)

- Loomis Day

- Mother's Day (Haiti, Nicaragua)

- National Hole In My Bucket Day (United States)

- National Mint Julep Day (United States)

- National Water a Flower Day (United States)

- Parliament Day (Croatia)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- AD 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres.

- 1381 – Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt in England.

- 1416 – The Council of Constance, called by Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.

- 1431 – Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. The Roman Catholic Church remembers this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc.

- 1434 – Hussite Wars: Battle of Lipany: Effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.

- 1510 – During the reign of the Zhengde Emperor, Ming dynasty rebel leader Zhu Zhifan is defeated by commander Qiu Yue, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion.

- 1536 – King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.

- 1539 – In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.

- 1574 – Henry III becomes King of France.

- 1588 – The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.

- 1631 – Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper.

- 1635 – Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed.

- 1642 – From this date all honors granted by Charles I are retroactively annulled by Parliament.

- 1806 – Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.

- 1814 – Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition: The Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon is exiled to Elba.

- 1815 – The East Indiaman Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.

- 1834 – Minister of Justice Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses" from the Catholic religious orders in Portugal, earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".

- 1842 – John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill in London with Prince Albert.

- 1845 – The Fatel Razack coming from India, lands in the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad and Tobago carrying the first Indians to the country.

- 1854 – The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

- 1868 – Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time (by "Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic" John A. Logan's proclamation on May 5).

- 1876 – Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.

- 1883 – In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people.

- 1899 – Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.

- 1911 – At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.

- 1913 – The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.

- 1914 – The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

- 1917 – Alexander I becomes king of Greece.

- 1922 – The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..

- 1925 – May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.

- 1932 – The National Theatre of Greece is founded.

- 1937 – Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.

- 1941 – World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.

- 1942 – World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.

- 1943 – The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.

- 1948 – A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.

- 1958 – Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

- 1959 – The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.

- 1961 – The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

- 1963 – A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.

- 1966 – Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.

- 1967 – The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.

- 1968 – Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France.

- 1971 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.

- 1972 – The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.

- 1972 – In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.

- 1974 – The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.

- 1975 – European Space Agency is established.

- 1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.

- 1998 – The 6.5 Mw Afghanistan earthquake shook the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000–4,500.

- 1998 – Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt TNT equivalent.

- 2003 – Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi fled the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.

- 2008 – Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted.

- 2012 – Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.

- 2013 – Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1768 – Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French general

- 1814 – Mikhail Bakunin, Russian philosopher and theorist

- 1846 – Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler

- 1896 – Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1908 – Mel Blanc, American voice actor

- 1908 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1909 – Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader

- 1912 – Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1934 – Alexey Leonov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut

- 1949 – Bob Willis, English cricketer and sportscaster

- 1966 – Thomas Häßler, German footballer and manager

- 1980 – Steven Gerrard, English footballer

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Quote of the day

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war

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Maurician wrote:war

War was ? (German)

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Andromitus, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona, Percyton, Maurician

Maurician wrote:war

Low akh’shav, ah’ar.

Lavan Tiri

El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa wrote:Some of it will likely be denounced in the eastern parts of the Caliphate: the western parts, where Europe and the Kingdom of El-Aaiún are, may be more open but the usual caution would be exerted. As a polity, however, the Caliphate may end up as an enemy to Andromitis as it tries to maintain a presence in the Americas.

What a crazy Caliphate.

Jaslandia, Andromitus, El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa

Nuremgard wrote:What a crazy Caliphate.

What a (c)ooky crowned commonwealth.

Jaslandia, Andromitus, United Continental States, El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa

Kalaron wrote:What a (c)ooky crowned commonwealth.

Hey, what's wrong with my glorious Crowned Commonwealth?

El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa wrote:-snip-

Quick note: The United Confederacy Of Texas would probably be Andromitus's main ally should they ever meet: an American country that is openly atheist, practices genetic engineering, and has a socialist-leaning government currently in office.

Andromitus

Nuremgard wrote:Hey, what's wrong with my glorious Crowned Commonwealth?

Nothing, it's just kooky like a crazy Caliphate :P

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:Nothing, it's just kooky like a crazy Caliphate :P

Crazy semi-presidential Caliphate, mind you :p

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton

Happy House of Cards Day, one and all!

Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton, United Continental States

El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa wrote:Crazy semi-presidential Caliphate, mind you :p

A semi-presidential Caliphate. A bit like saying "vegetarian meat eater."

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Minnesota Dakota

Nuremgard wrote:A semi-presidential Caliphate. A bit like saying "vegetarian meat eater."

President and Premier exist, remember?

Andromitus

El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa wrote:President and Premier exist, remember?

Hmm, yeah but usually you have either a premier and a monarch or a premier and president. But you have all three. So interesting spin.

Jaslandia, El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa

Margoe wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=margoe/detail=factbook/id=831828

WIP!

Looking good so far!

Yukona, Margoe

El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa wrote:Quick note: The United Confederacy Of Texas would probably be Andromitus's main ally should they ever meet: an American country that is openly atheist, practices genetic engineering, and has a socialist-leaning government currently in office.

*ahem*

Take away American and replace it with Chinese/German and you've got us.

Jaslandia, El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa

Nuremgard wrote:Hmm, yeah but usually you have either a premier and a monarch or a premier and president. But you have all three. So interesting spin.

Sí: President serves as the main communicator of the Caliph alongside the Qarin Sultan and as the head of state if the Caliph delegates it - the President also oversees budgets and treaties.

The Premier, however, has control over the ministries and organizes the branches of the central government, meaning they are the more powerful of the two offices.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:Hmm, yeah but usually you have either a premier and a monarch or a premier and president. But you have all three. So interesting spin.

China has a Premier and a President, so the combination of the two in the same nation isn't weird. If I'm understanding [nation=short]El-Aaiun_al-Khalifa[/nation] correctly, he's saying he's going to have both in his nation, which means he will have democratic elections for president but have another leader that is appointed from a party or some other high position in government for premier.

El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa wrote:Sí: President serves as the main communicator of the Caliph alongside the Qarin Sultan and as the head of state if the Caliph delegates it - the President also oversees budgets and treaties.

The Premier, however, has control over the ministries and organizes the branches of the central government, meaning they are the more powerful of the two offices.

Does the Caliph still have a harem? What are the requirements of a harem lady? Who gets selected?

Jaslandia

Friedensreich wrote:China has a Premier and a President, so the combination of the two in the same nation isn't weird. If I'm understanding [nation=short]El-Aaiun_al-Khalifa[/nation] correctly, he's saying he's going to have both in his nation, which means he will have democratic elections for president but have another leader that is appointed from a party or some other high position in government for premier.

I know it's not weird to have a premier and president. That's most parliamentary republics. What I'm saying is that it's odd having a president, premier AND a monarch since most nations usually only have two of those three.

Jaslandia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Happy House of Cards Day, one and all!

Personally, I'm more excited about National Hole In My Bucket Day.

Continental Commonwealths, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:I know it's not weird to have a premier and president. That's most parliamentary republics. What I'm saying is that it's odd having a president, premier AND a monarch since most nations usually only have two of those three.

Not really. The monarch could just have symbolic value, like they are in Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, and England. More like a cultural icon than any actual legislator or government feature.

Jaslandia wrote:Personally, I'm more excited about National Hole In My Bucket Day.

Giggity.

Jaslandia

Friedensreich wrote:Not really. The monarch could just have symbolic value, like they are in Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, and England. More like a cultural icon than any actual legislator or government feature.

England eh? Don't know of any modern state called England. I know of one called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland though.

Merlinton, Yukona

Friedensreich wrote:Not really. The monarch could just have symbolic value, like they are in Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, and England. More like a cultural icon than any actual legislator or government feature.

Yes but all of their heads of government are Prime Ministers if I recall. And they're heads of governments, not state - of which Presidents and Premiers tend to be

Nuremgard wrote:England eh? Don't know of any modern state called England. I know of one called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland though.

I thought you'd love it how I refused to consider Queen Elizabeth II as the Queen of the Scots :P

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:England eh? Don't know of any modern state called England. I know of one called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland though.

Don't know if any state called Scotland :^)

United Continental States

Friedensreich wrote:I thought you'd love it how I refused to consider Queen Elizabeth II as the Queen of the Scots :P

That's considerate of you but when people say England, it implies that the whole of Britain is England and we're all English. And that's incredibly annoying to people like me. There hasn't been a queen of England since 1707. ;)

Jaslandia

Yukona wrote:Don't know if any state called Scotland :^)

There is no state called Scotland.

Yet.

Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota

Friedensreich wrote:I thought you'd love it how I refused to consider Queen Elizabeth II as the Queen of the Scots :P

Because she isn't; can't hold a crown that no longer exists. There is no longer any such position as 'Queen of the Scots', only 'Queen of the United Kingdom'. Same goes for 'Queen of England', for that matter.

Nuremgard

Jaslandia wrote:Because she isn't; can't hold a crown that no longer exists. There is no longer any such position as 'Queen of the Scots', only 'Queen of the United Kingdom'. Same goes for 'Queen of England', for that matter.

Should Scotland become independent, then possibly she become Queen of Scots. Or she may remain Queen of Great Britain. That's what James VI styled himself when his kingdoms were still separate states at the time.

Jaslandia

Friedensreich wrote:China has a Premier and a President, so the combination of the two in the same nation isn't weird. If I'm understanding [nation=short]El-Aaiun_al-Khalifa[/nation] correctly, he's saying he's going to have both in his nation, which means he will have democratic elections for president but have another leader that is appointed from a party or some other high position in government for premier.

Fried: Both offices are elected, though the Premier has a longer term and is not limited by term breaks: a Premier can serve until dismissed at thw Caliph's pleasure

Nuremgard wrote:Does the Caliph still have a harem? What are the requirements of a harem lady? Who gets selected?

Nurem: The Harem still technically exists, though as part of the Eashira (Clan of the Caliph, basically the extended family of the Caliph), it's expanded from sex servants to friends and assistants to the Caliph, though sex servants exist for single Caliphs or those who like polyamory. Anyone can apply to the Harem, but lots are done at random if a space is open or the Caliph expands the size of it. Those who are part of the Harem are given an annual income and an apartment at the Ciudadela del Sol Eterno (Citadel of the Eternal Sun), along with legal immunity at the Caliph's pleasure

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

El-Aaiun Al-Khalifa wrote:Fried: Both offices are elected, though the Premier has a longer term and is not limited by term breaks: a Premier can serve until dismissed at thw Caliph's pleasure

Nurem: The Harem still technically exists, though as part of the Eashira (Clan of the Caliph, basically the extended family of the Caliph), it's expanded from sex servants to friends and assistants to the Caliph, though sex servants exist for single Caliphs or those who like polyamory. Anyone can apply to the Harem, but lots are done at random if a space is open or the Caliph expands the size of it. Those who are part of the Harem are given an annual income and an apartment at the Ciudadela del Sol Eterno (Citadel of the Eternal Sun), along with legal immunity at the Caliph's pleasure

How much freedom do harem women have?

Nuremgard wrote:How much freedom do harem women have?

Both men and women of the Harem can do as they please outside the Ciudadela, though they must assemble if the Caliph calls for them, and a special robe must be worn identifying their status as a member of the Harem (the public gives preferential status to them given they service the Caliph personally)

Nuremgard

Nuremgard wrote:There is no state called Scotland.

Yet.

And England shall invade her.

Soon.

Yukona wrote:And England shall invade her.

Soon.

We'll just blow you up with the nukes.

Nuremgard wrote:We'll just blow you up with the nukes.

Nice try Jock, you're too liberal for that trickery

United Continental States

Yukona wrote:Nice try Jock, you're too liberal for that trickery

Not when it comes to arrogant Englishmen. ;)

Yukona

Yukona wrote:And England shall invade her.

Soon.

That's OK.

Eventually Britain will lose it's fleets of Apex and realize it has no capability to pull a real offensive action, meanwhile the Scots will retain asymmetric warfare and win until they're free since the war will be vastly unpopular anyways.

Nuremgard wrote:Should Scotland become independent, then possibly she become Queen of Scots. Or she may remain Queen of Great Britain. That's what James VI styled himself when his kingdoms were still separate states at the time.

It's always confused me as to why you don't RP as a free Scotland outside of Saor (I think?).

I'd figure you'd jump at the chance.

Kalaron wrote: Ajax

Darn diggity darn.

Kalaron wrote:That's OK.

Eventually Britain will lose it's fleets of Apex and realize it has no capability to pull a real offensive action, meanwhile the Scots will retain asymmetric warfare and win until they're free since the war will be vastly unpopular anyways.

It's always confused me as to why you don't RP as a free Scotland outside of Saor (I think?).

I'd figure you'd jump at the chance.

You mean RP as Saor Scotland?

Jaslandia wrote:Because she isn't; can't hold a crown that no longer exists. There is no longer any such position as 'Queen of the Scots', only 'Queen of the United Kingdom'. Same goes for 'Queen of England', for that matter.

Nuremgard wrote:Should Scotland become independent, then possibly she become Queen of Scots. Or she may remain Queen of Great Britain. That's what James VI styled himself when his kingdoms were still separate states at the time.

Guys, guys, guys. We can simply bypass this confusion by colloquially referring to her by the most important of her realms: Queen of Canada.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, The Vidnoye

Nuremgard wrote:You mean RP as Saor Scotland?

RPing on the map as Scotland, more like.

Really, it's just confused me that you set up shop in Russia when you seem to get your bomb-diggity from the idea of an independent Scotland.

Nuremgard

Kalaron wrote:That's OK.

Eventually Britain will lose it's fleets of Apex and realize it has no capability to pull a real offensive action, meanwhile the Scots will retain asymmetric warfare and win until they're free since the war will be vastly unpopular anyways.

It's always confused me as to why you don't RP as a free Scotland outside of Saor (I think?).

I'd figure you'd jump at the chance.

It's a joke, Kal

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Guys, guys, guys. We can simply bypass this confusion by colloquially referring to her by the most important of her realms: Queen of Canada.

You can keep her! And her whole scrounging brood!

Kalaron wrote:RPing on the map as Scotland, more like.

Really, it's just confused me that you set up shop in Russia when you seem to get your bomb-diggity from the idea of an independent Scotland.

True yeah I never even thought of making Scotland at first to be honest. I've had Nuremgard for so long that it's become my main nation. Plus, when I tried to make Scotland, all the good names were taken, that's why I had to add in the Saor bit (Gaelic for free)

Yukona wrote:It's a joke, Kal

As was my response, trust me, if I planned to write up a full writing on the difficulty of invading Scotland, Contcom would be up in arms over my lack of Spoiler tags.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths

Kalaron wrote:As was my response, trust me, if I planned to write up a full writing on the difficulty of invading Scotland, Contcom would be up in arms over my lack of Spoiler tags.

There's already been an invasion. The English are everywhere!

Right, lads. Time to fill the camps!

Coke or Pepsi ?

Pepsi for me.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, United Continental States

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Coke or Pepsi ?

Pepsi for me.

Coke.

And Coca Cola too. ;)

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Coke or Pepsi ?

Pepsi for me.

Coke.

I think Pepsi is too sweet.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Coke or Pepsi ?

Pepsi for me.

Coke

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Coke or Pepsi ?

Pepsi for me.

Dr. Pepper.

https://youtu.be/gQPN3UKQM-U

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Jaslandia wrote:Dr. Pepper.

https://youtu.be/gQPN3UKQM-U

That's part of Pepsi, you heretic.

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