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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
The last time I remember bringing the full might of the Red Army to bear was a RP long ago when "All of the world wanted to nut on Russia and t-bag the nub commies". I somehow won.
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=waclia/detail=factbook/id=807692
Russkov Soviet, Friedensreich, Andromitus, Oelesa
But sometimes Kal's critiques are genuinely unwanted. That's when people get annoyed, and they are not in the wrong.
It's generally good to follow his critiques, but sometimes it's best to just zip the lip.
Russkov Soviet
Soviet weapon using pleb!
Russkov Soviet, Waclia
I understand. That's why I follow "With great power comes great responsibility". I have a massive army....but as a commander, I am very composed.
Jaslandia
Interesting, I like it.
Russkov Soviet, Waclia
I mean, that depends. Most people would just ignore it as it's generally just a few comments made in the name of preserving military realism (Which, looking at the invasion RP, is direly needed) or would make a comment sensibly demonstrating the need for it to be that way. Like, I'm sorry, but PLR showed the best way to disagree with my comments when he literally just said he disagreed and we stopped talking about it.
Russkov Soviet
Its true. So many people think their nation is the coolest thing since sliced bread, but they cannot come up with anything interesting, or unique, its just, "Hurr Durr look how big my military is LOL! I ROFLSTOMP YOU HA HAH"
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Friedensreich, Andromitus, Kalaron, Waclia
And that's why I always go with dystopia-based nations: nice to set limits when your nation has taken the equivalent of a grenade to the face, and you have to improvise and actually think rather than just, 'Shoot de bed guis: I am best nashun' :p
Jaslandia, Kalaron, Tserra, Magnatronia
I could do that, but I see no good in becoming a menace to the world
I noticed your reply for the other guys after I posted my main reply. In the interest of not spamming posts, I am going to wait for you next full reply, and reply to both at the same time.
Well a lot of people could, that is the point. Tserra has longstanding been setup to be very spartan like, with our own twists. Our military is average sized, but our true strength lies in the massive trained veteran militias we are capable of fielding. Using your example if we wanted we could menace the world, I am sure. However we don't do that. In general we kinda don't care about the rest of the world. Only if we want something specific.
Even if we could by some miracle be able to conquer the world, it would not really be fun to do so. I mean what would be the point?
So many people do not get that. I am so thankful that you do.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia
Hey babes and knaves,
I hope the Confederate Papers' election factbook is so sparse because it hasn't been updated in a while. If not and you are interested in running for office, please let Vista and the Confederate Papers account know you intend to run ASAP.
We're getting to Cap'n Crunch time.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra
I would rather have French Toast Crunch. I looooove French Toast Crunch.
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
When is the hard deadline on that pops?
Penguania And Antarctica
It's okay, but it's no Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
Yesterday proved that you can end a post with the word "fact" and it would automatically become true. So, behold: Cinnamon Toast Crunch > French Toast Crunch. This is a fact.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra
http://i.imgur.com/ohDKCIO.jpg
As long as you're in by end of day on the 15th, I think you should be fine. Base it on the EST timezone. Because we're Yankee-centric
When I was Chief Justice I did everything based upon CST, because I do what I want. :P
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm updating tomorrow
Jaslandia
I said "fact", Rev. Your external link has no power here.
You better Chex yourself before you reck yourself.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Nevermind, nothing to update
http://www.tshirtbordello.com/images/trek-yourself-l1.gif
Your fact has no power over my alternative fact that French Toast Crunch is obviously superior to your Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
Jaslandia
Okay. Well... *topples statue of Vista*
Also, authorities are on the lookout for however is responsible for building statues of Vista in the Continental Commonwealths. We allowed the statues of Everest because they were nice to look at. And the ones of Jas because he's a pretty cool dude. Even the ones of Kal because he's grown on the Commonwealthers.
But we draw the line at Vista.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia
Is saddened to hear that there are no statues of the Rev. *Eats cold pizza rolls while crying*
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Legit me^
Also the reason why I can't win wars for sht
Jaslandia
I made a RP post, tell me if it's terrible and I have to delete it.
Oelesa
Oh, they're probably here somewhere. Having no government and therefore no parks and recreations department, we only really hear of the statues once someone starts tumbling them over.
So, if anything, it likely means they're here and especially well liked.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Isn't Fried running for one of the Supreme Justice positions? You may need to add that.
Penguania And Antarctica
Game of Thrones starts back on Monday. Come on, Daenerys!
Penguania And Antarctica
Spartans eh? I'd like to send some of my Spetznaz over. They want to see how their training stacks up to yours and perhaps help the ESSR start a so-called Spartan Program.
Jaslandia
Penguania And Antarctica
What about statues of my Premier? (I have a Commonwealth-Russkov Plaza being built)
Jaslandia
We will not be funding that endeavour because, well, we don't fund anything.
If it's any consolation, as Governor I drew a picture of your Premier:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/cd/c2/d3/cdc2d306abe5b609db1ee9e2a74e2cb7.jpg
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia
thats a lot of dead people.
Jaslandia, South Hyder
He announced it on the RMB.
I initially misread that as 'topless statue of Vista'. I mean, it wouldn't be too out of the ordinary considering the history of artistic nudity, but it would still be a bit uncomfortable.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
hahaha I must be projecting my hahaha internal feelings
kill me pls
Oelesa
Also if you are confused about the Islands and what's being referenced, here ya go.
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=south_hyder/detail=factbook/id=854212
Jaslandia
Bahaha. I know I'm uncomfortable.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Oshit, if our RP posts represent our internal feelings, well.... damn, I must be a sociopath
Jaslandia, South Hyder
Well sh*t. The post itself is good, but carpet bombing innocent natives... that's a crime against humanity alright. Expect a Jaslandian condemnation by tomorrow. Nothing personal.
Oelesa
Let us all give a moment of silence to net neutrality, because it'll probably be dead in less than a week from now.
I thought it showed on Sundays? Or is this a timezone thing?
I haven't followed it since season 4 or so, but the bf is obsessed. I'm pretty sure if I adorned a Lannister helmet I'd never get him off me.
Ah, I was expecting such.
I think South Hyder is going to be quite problematic for a while, so I won't take any condemnations or actions from other nations personally.
I really hope other nations won't take the actions of South Hyder personally either, because if they do, I'm in big trouble...
Oelesa
Im not sure how the international community will respond. It's shocking to say the least, that so many people could die in under such short amount of time. It is a definitely unprecedented in the modern world. For nations of the world, this conflict has turned to the eyes of the world, and I believe many nations are going to find it hard to see South Hyder and it's islands as reliable and a safe ally. A rough or rather un stable Monarchy with such blood on it's hands already is a really bad sign to the international community. For a Monarchy such as Oelesa, we would be hesitant to involve our selves with such violence.
However, that could be the aim of your nation, to be a violent nations= that need to be policed by the world. A north Korea at best.
Jaslandia, South Hyder
Get over yourself.
He needs to TG
I'd actually like to see that
Jaslandia
We don't like monarchies regardless of if they're murderous or not, so we'll probably just be like "Oh, them durrrned Monarchies are at it again!" and blow it off.
Jaslandia
Post self-deleted by Friedensreich.
Ah yes, well my initial intention was to make a very specific yet confusing national dynamic.
One on hand South Hyder is home to the "Tropical Ivies" where students travel internationally to study, many tourist spots, is the location of cutting edge international volcanic and aquatic research, and is also the location of much naval research.
These make a South Hyder a commodity to almost every nation as they need these aspects of the nation to stay in tact. (At any given time these nations probably either have researchers, tourists, or students within South Hyder as well as benefit from the research coming from the nation.)
On the other hand, Hyderbourg is lead through a primal tribalistic system with no regard for indigenous life...
How much is the international community willing to look past to use South Hyder's amenities? Is the international community willing to commandeer these facilities to use them and ensure safety?
Let's find out!
Jaslandia
Oelesa is a very complicated Monarchy. Going through the Reichstag, and a Progenitors Council. That is the ultimate factor in limiting the Monarchy a two house system, a cabinet and a Council to vote upon executive decisions. To sum it up, almost nothing is conducted with out a majority of some body of government supporting it.
Jaslandia
Always remember, your downfall is always someone else's ascension.
Your status as world leader in naval, aquatic, and volcanic research could be quickly eclipsed by another nation that seizes the opportunity by its daddybag and pulls the researchers and prestige away, either through pathos appeals (look at how they killed all those people!) or logos appeals (look at how much more grant money we can give you to leave them!).
Jaslandia, South Hyder
Perhaps, but you need volcanoes for volcanic research.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqV8PqubVsc
I'm taking a two-week trip to Italy today! I may have wifi, I may not have, either way, see ya!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, United Continental States
xD
As a semi-constitutional monarchy, Jaslandia takes offense to that!
Italy! Nice! Hope you enjoy it there!
Axeldonia, Friedensreich, Penguania And Antarctica
Bad experiences with our previous government (a fiercely anti-left monarchy) pretty much assures that we are vehemently against them. Whether the dislike is rational or irrational, it doesn't matter to them.
A monarchy that has even the most symbolic monarch will still be frowned upon; the vast majority of the population is old enough to still know how the monarchy destroyed political freedoms (at least 25-ish years, and I'd wager to say the average age for my people is around 30 or so), and have learned to shun any monarchies they see because of it.
http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/006/441/627d9fee-2a2f-4eeb-9f93-f9ea323b61f9.jpg
Jaslandia
But we are totally allies. How does that work? lol
Jaslandia
https://youtu.be/nRB8Jor8tPs
Tserra
Yuck
I dunno. Never acknowledged Concord membership in any IC sort of way. They probably don't like it, tbh.
But they aren't so irrationally against monarchies that they will want to destroy them. We still have some Royalists from the Civil War.
Think of how the Chinese people treat supporters of the Kuomintang- mostly shunning and dirty looks. That's the Reicher attitude towards monarchists.
Fried is one of my favourites because of his willingness to snip.
This isn't a circumcision joke, but... *glances at Kal*... circumcision is a-okay.
Jaslandia, Yukona
Per4MoI
Penguania And Antarctica
It will show on Sunday at 2am (the same time it airs on American TV) over here but it will be shown again at the more UK-friendly time of 9pm the next night.
Penguania And Antarctica
Good morning
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, United Continental States
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=852664
TG Perland for admission.
Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
I am on a cross country train trip round the USA myself, good luck in your adventures!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Morning, did you get my response?
Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Waclia
[spoiler=Today is July 15 and today are:]
Today is July 15 and today are:
- Bon Festival (Kantō region, Japan)
- Elderly Men Day (Kiribati)
- Festival of Santa Rosalia (Palermo, Sicily, Italy)
- Gummi Worm Day
- National Give Something Away Day (United States)
- National I Love Horses Day (United States)
- National Pet Fire Safety Day (United States)
- National Strawberry Rhubarb Wine Day (United States)
- National Tapioca Pudding Day (United States)
- Orange Chicken Day
- Social Media Giving Day
- Sultan's Birthday (Brunei Darussalam)
- Toss Away the Could Haves and Should Haves Day
- Veterans' Day (Turkey)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 484 BC Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome
- 70 Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem.
- 756 An Lushan Rebellion: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang is ordered by his Imperial Guards to execute chancellor Yang Guozhong by forcing him to commit suicide or face a mutiny. General An Lushan has other members of the emperor's family killed.
- 1099 First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege.
- 1149 The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre is consecrated in Jerusalem.
- 1207 King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop Stephen Langton.
- 1240 SwedishNovgorodian Wars: A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva.
- 1381 John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of King Richard II of England.
- 1410 PolishLithuanianTeutonic War: Battle of Grunwald: The allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the army of the Teutonic Order.
- 1482 Muhammad XII is crowned the twenty-second and last Nasrid king of Granada.
- 1685 Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, England after his defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685.
- 1741 Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
- 1789 Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
- 1799 The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.
- 1806 Pike expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west.
- 1815 Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon.
- 1823 A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.
- 1834 The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years.
- 1838 Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.
- 1862 The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
- 1870 Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
- 1870 Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
- 1888 The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
- 1910 In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
- 1916 In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
- 1918 World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
- 1920 The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
- 1922 Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.
- 1927 Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
- 1946 State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
- 1954 First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
- 1955 Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
- 1959 The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
- 1966 Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
- 1971 The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
- 1974 In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
- 1975 Space Race: ApolloSoyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.
- 1979 U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".
- 1983 An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA; leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
- 1996 A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
- 1998 Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine.
- 2002 "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
- 2002 Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
- 2003 AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
- 2006 Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world.
- 2014 A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.
- 2016 Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1606 Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch painter and etcher
- 1858 Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist
- 1892 Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic
- 1918 Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1921 Robert Bruce Merrifield, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1922 Leon M. Lederman, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic
- 1943 Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Northern Irish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
- 1950 Arianna Huffington, Greek-American journalist and publisher (The Huffington Post)
- 1951 Jesse Ventura, American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota
- 1953 Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian priest and politician, 49th President of Haiti
- 1961 Forest Whitaker, American actor
- 1976 Diane Kruger, German actress and model
- 1979 Alexander Frei, Swiss footballer
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Quote of the day
Judge a man by his questions, not by his answers.
- Voltaire -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, The United Providences Of Perland
[spoiler=Presenting Oelesa's Nuclear Energy Plan]
With the help of Transatomic Power, Oelesa will be proud to introduce a new form of Nuclear Energy.
Even as Nuclear Power alliances begin, the old ways of Nuclear Energy are no more. New reactors, with out the risk of meltdowns, twice the amount of energy and only half the amount of waste will replace the old ways. With this new brave policy, we will begin the race for a Nuclear independent nation.
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=854233[/spoiler]
Yukona
Do join WANN.
Oelesa
Same concept as what we've been pumping money into in the Heartland, do you want to work together?
Oelesa, Yukona
[I]Hello fellow nations![/I] I'm the President of Gwelmadio and I ask you solemnly to [I]endorse[/I] me in the World Assembly. It only takes a few seconds and a single click.
Oelesa
i mean, why tho
Oelesa
Lmao. Bish I don't know. Like, deadass fr tho.
Oelesa
then nuuuuuuuu
Oelesa
Boii. Did you get my telegram tho fam?
Oelesa
good morning. how are you?
Oelesa, Waclia
Oi, youngin, who is you?
I don't like the WA in any shape or form, but why do you want endorsements?
Oelesa
#Gwandrodio
I don't think we've met. I'm Vista. Pleasure to make your acquaintance.
So I can submit proposals.
Hm. The WA is utterly pointless. You're best ignoring it and distancing yourself from it as much as possible.
Andromitus, Gwelmadio
^^^
Yes, my bad
Andromitus, Oelesa
I'm alright, yourself?
Oelesa
Please please please lemme write a magnum opus on why worrying about the WA is a waste of time!!!
Post self-deleted by United Continental States.
I believe now that infrastructural reforms are underway and seeing as how I have officially purchased Soviet weaponry, I think what I shall next do is work on revitalizing the Afghan economy fully.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Oelesa
I always get so damn excited to see that I have a telegram, but it's always Vista and his regional stuff.
Pretty good.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Friedensreich, Penguania And Antarctica, Waclia
That's nice, good to hear. I was going to write another roleplay today, but I'm going over my buddies house in about an hour or so, so it's gonna have to wait another day lol.
Can you tell me what year the roleplay is in? I forget.
United Continental States
Our regional stuff.
Jaslandia
Yep.
2018, tech is MT though.
Other tech limitations apply.
Waclia
Any plans about how to go about that yet?
MT? What does that stand for?
Putting people to work. Basically an Afghan five year plan in the farms. Mostly opium farms.
Modern Tech.
Waclia
modern tech
Waclia
I endorse [nation=short]Vista Major[/nation] for Chancellor
The United Providences Of Perland
Are you a command or market economy?
The United Providences Of Perland
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