Culture Shock the Above Nation(Mk 4)

[Troperia]

Most children are born naturally...as in, you know, naturally.

[Eclius]

It is both legal and common for citizens to own military grade weapons

Not a shock.

Children take about one year to hatch from their eggpods.

We call them ectogenesis pods. And yes, that's where we grow our embryos, except, differ than Brave New World, all embryos are given the same amount of nutrients and oxygen. Also, during the growth period, we do genetic screenings to embryos, if any of the embryos have genetic defects, then the embryo will be extracted from the pod and undergo a genetic correction therapy. Parents also have the right to alter their child's genetic make up, and choose to insert the gene into the embryo as they way they wish their child would be. During the development phase, a substance is often injected into the embryo, such that the development of their brain will be stimulated, resulting in a baby with extraordinary IQ (this is why we have five year olds mastering Calculus or becomes a philosopher who thinks like Aristotle)

[Chzeng]

The strict dualism of 'what is inside the household' and 'what is in public' is one of the most notable and important aspects of Chzengese culture, it states that one should keep household affairs (family, relationships) separate from public affairs (work, service to the country, politics) etc, often prioritizing the latter over the former. Dealings with an individual in public should not be dictated by private things such as family. Chzengese nationalists actively laud this as a 'natural, organic nepotism-prevention mechanism'.

[Candro]

While we have large amounts of oil we primarily get our energy from nuclear and hydro power

[Eclius]

The word natural is the synonym of inefficiency in Eclius

[Multiversal Indevians]

'Sphere-exclusive' technology that can not be exhibited under cubic conditions is destroyed and exterminated as absolute degeneracy.

[The Evermind]

The Evermind considers all shapes and forms fit for consumption, without discrimination.

[The Islands of Versilia]

Our God, Kremvh, has protected us from extinction and invasion many times.

[Dalvius]

The Essential Gods have only interacted in Dalviric history once.

[Nayba Collective]

The Essential Gods have only interacted in Dalviric history once.

Nayba fertility is inversely correlated with perceived population density, not just socially but neurochemically.

[Candro]

There is a larg debate as to wether or not Candro is part of Asia

[Ashkera]

There is a larg debate as to wether or not Candro is part of Asia

About 1,000 years ago, Ashkera once controlled a large part of its worlds equivalent of Asia. Some consider GX (the Ashkeran bloc) to be a revival of this state of conditions.

[Candro]

Most Candronese video games are banned elsewhere in the world for reasons that won't be explained

[Autem Galacticus Nexum]

Nexumians games do, of course, include propaganda and bias within them - as all nations tend to do - but many games use historically accurate plots in order to convey more immersion.

[Eclius]

Nexumians games do, of course, include propaganda and bias within them - as all nations tend to do - but many games use historically accurate plots in order to convey more immersion.

How's that shocking? I'm quite sure every nation has propaganda in entertainments

[Autem Galacticus Nexum]

Nexumians games do, of course, include propaganda and bias within them - as all nations tend to do - but many games use historically accurate plots in order to convey more immersion.

How's that shocking? I'm quite sure every nation has propaganda in entertainments

Ours is more subliminal, such as inserting tones and voices that are supposedly suppose to strengthen patriotism and nationalism.

Also, not every nation has that. I'm sure libertarian nations don't feed their citizens propaganda, whether directly or subliminally.

[Malaguenia]

Were not space imperialists.

Well Malaguenia is a socially libertarian nation but the citizens are fed with anti-drug, responsible drinking propaganda and environmental propaganda.

[Candro]

It is very common for Candro to buy land from nations that are willing to sell and turn that land into the modern equivalent to a colony

[Ashkera]

It is very common for Candro to buy land from nations that are willing to sell and turn that land into the modern equivalent to a colony

The national government built a global catastrophe monitoring center, hooked into seismographs, tsunami buoys, and satellites throughout the world.

[Candro]

Earthquakes are a common occurrence causing many confusing moments with tourist when the native don't care that the early is shaking

[The Uncle Happy]

Uncle Happy is built on a floating platform with shock-absorbing and stabilizing technology.

[Victoriala II]

aren't orgies just a normal sunday afternoon in church

[The Gamindustrian Union]

Pantheon worship is technically considered state atheism. Despite this, we have freedom of religion (for real, not the North Korean lie kind.)

[Yugoslav Memes]

We have a wider range of standards for 'bad dicktatorships', including the 'Zyrika Scale', the 'Ardoki Scale' and various other scales based on well-known horrific regimes based on different aspects of their ideologies and its implementation - some of them a member of the Synkom (e.g. Grajoyan Scale).

The strength of foreign militaries are measured in terms of 'how many Serbs' (equipped to the level of Vojske Republike Srpske u 1992) it would take to beat them.

Paramilitaries can acquire military-grade assets legally and easily.

Organized crime groups are exempt from law enforcement so long they operate only in non-Synkomese states.

[Skyhooked]

You can buy military grade gear and guns in most gun shops in Skyhooked.