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New Lyrane
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Postby New Lyrane » Sat May 31, 2014 1:50 pm

1. From which source your nation was inspired from (Movie, series, game, etc...) ?
It all started with E. E. "Doc" Smith and his Lensman books. The planet and the species are loosely based on Lyrane II. New Lyrane doesn't exist in the Lensman universe, and many other things are very different as well, but that's where it started from.

The political and economic system is mainly based on the US. The culture has some Confucianism and various polytheist traditions.

Simply put, I'm trying to strike a balance between Author Appeal, Flawed Utopia, Nightmare Fuel, and Realism... IN SPACE!

2. Why was your nation inspired from this source ?
Lyrane II. A tropical planet full of naked lesbians, what's not to like? I started thinking about a society like that and how it might actually work.
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Jankenjin
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Postby Jankenjin » Sat May 31, 2014 5:37 pm

Well, the Jankenjin are my own invention, a thought experiment on alternative sexual biology and how that would affect society. As for sources of inspiration, I guess that the concept of "ambisexuality" (beings that can be either male or female depending on their circumstances) owes its origins to Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness and Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2.
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Aquairia
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Postby Aquairia » Sat May 31, 2014 5:47 pm

1. Brave New World
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Amatopia
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Postby Amatopia » Sat May 31, 2014 7:02 pm

It was inspired by a mix of my views, a family views and my interpretation of how a grandmother rules her family

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Dalcaria
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Postby Dalcaria » Sat May 31, 2014 7:09 pm

-The Trade Federation- wrote:1. From which source your nation was inspired from (Movie, series, game, etc...) ?


I had a few sources actually. Firstly, there was Dishonored. The sort of minimalist steampunk style it portrayed appealed to me greatly (as I'm not as big on gears, goggles, and brass as other people). However, it was also somewhat inspired by a dream I had that tried to mix Elder Scrolls, steampunk, and post apocalyptic parts into it. I tried to make it work for a bit, but it was WAY too complex, so I broke up my dream into two separate stories, so from that Dalcaria was born. However, I took further influence from V For Vendetta, Victorian era influences, numerous steampunk art images, and unwittingly some real life national happenings (ie. The unification of Germany. Though Dalcaria is more styled after the UK, our unification was less unwanted than the UK's unification. There was still violence, but mostly it was against rather abusive leaders, benevolent ones almost always supported unification).

-The Trade Federation- wrote:2. Why was your nation inspired from this source ?


It all kinda just started off from a very simple idea, but after I started getting ideas on how to expand it, it just kind of grew beyond what I had ever intended. "The Dictators" era was somewhat based off of V for Vendetta and Dishonored, though I took it slightly further. We had numerous dictators all fighting for power (kinda what seemed to happen a bit in Dishonored what with getting betrayed by your ex-allies, and what also kinda happened at the end of V for Vendetta when what's-his-name back-stabbed the Chancellor to try and take power for himself).
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New Euthenia
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Postby New Euthenia » Sat May 31, 2014 7:18 pm

The Federal Dominion of New Euthenia is based on the Dominion of Canada, today's Canada, Euthenia and the Philippines

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Victoriala
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Postby Victoriala » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:28 am

Ohh... let's see.

Vicky was born in 2009 during my concept of an AH story regarding if the Philippines were not invaded by Spanish but instead by the Brits. Initially It was based in India, Malaysia and British.

Then Geofiction came. Vicky slowly takes away his old skin and he turns into a more "Asian" nation. The RW stuff was removed and became a thing of his own.

Then came Orsa, Elysium, Arden/Eshraval and Aedia, where these things influenced Vicky and became a very East Asian archipelago. These things also helped me do realist stuff. So to recap, Vicky's inspired by the Philippines, Malaysia, Japan. Tibet, Feudalism, Agamar (Google it), and Koreans.

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Ta-Mehew
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Postby Ta-Mehew » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:38 am

1. Coptic Egypt
2. I am ethnically a copt.
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Atheara (Ancient)
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Postby Atheara (Ancient) » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:44 am

Imperium of Man + Helghast Empire
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Asigna
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Postby Asigna » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:45 am

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Kerbs
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Postby Kerbs » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:46 am

Kerbal Space Program.

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The Pacifican Islands
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Postby The Pacifican Islands » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:47 am

A mixture of Star Trek and RL

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Zhouran
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Postby Zhouran » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:49 am

Nation itself: Based on the Greater Korean Republic from Homefront, some imaginations

Military: Soviet military from Red Alert series, Helghast military

Propaganda style: North Korean and Chinese style, socialist-realist style

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Vozt Yurkova
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Postby Vozt Yurkova » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:57 am

Mostly Kievan Rus and to a lesser extent other medieval Slavic states. The magic system of being possessed by a ghost to gain arcane powers was inspired by The Exorcist and possession folklore, with the realm that the ghosts reside in being pretty much ripped from Insidious.
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Ardoki
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Postby Ardoki » Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:13 am

My nation is currently inspired mainly by the Roman Empire and the Soviet Union, with influences from the Prussian and German Empires.
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Bolrieg
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Postby Bolrieg » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:09 am

I created a mixture of Imperial japan, Ustase Croatia and Vlad Tepes's Wallachia, the entire Balkans and other territories under one ruler, mainly I just had the idea of creating a repressive state.

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Adab
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Postby Adab » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:17 am

The names of the state, cities, and people in my nation were inspired by the ancient civilizations of the Near East: Sumer, Assyria, and Akkad (and Babylonia, to a lesser extent). Real-life Adab was an ancient Sumerian city; its ruins are located in Bismaya, Wasit Province, Iraq. The Islamic Golden Age also served as an inspiration, and was the reason why I made Sunni Islam the official religion and Arabic the official language of my nation, which I imagine to include all of Mesopotamia and the Levant down to the eastern edge of the Sinai Peninsula.

The concept of a vast, multinational state (there are Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, Arabs, Jews, and Persians, among others) was inspired by the Austrian Empire (Austria-Hungary after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867).

The institution of the monarchy, led by a hopefully benevolent emperor wielding vast, unchallenged (except if he is regarded as incompetent, which usually results in his deposition) political and military power, was inspired by the absolute monarchies of 17th-century Europe, with an element of enlightened absolutism in it. His Imperial Majesty's Privy Council was inspired by the one in the United Kingdom.

The importance of national defense and strength in preserving the State, Government, and People of Adab was inspired by the Songun (military first) policy adopted by North Korea, and Adab's powerful military was inspired by the North Korean armed forces, known as the Korean People's Army.

The flag of Adab is the current flag of Iraq, adopted by the Council of Representatives of Iraq in 2008.
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Ao Shan
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Postby Ao Shan » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:22 am

From Ancient China, but also medieval Japan, che Choson Empire, Goryeo and the Golden Horde of Mongolia.

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Southern Qing
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Postby Southern Qing » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:34 am

From which source your nation was inspired from (Movie, series, game, etc...) ?

Southern Qing is inspired from a technologically advanced Southern Ming which revolted against the Qing Dynasty for independence and sovereignty.

Why was your nation inspired from this source ?

I wanted to experiment with China's history

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Xyrx
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Postby Xyrx » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:39 am

my beliefs
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Rouge Dawn
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Postby Rouge Dawn » Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:07 pm

1. Pink Floyd The Wall, towards the end of the movie, with the hammers
2. Inspired by the marching hammers and the hammer party.
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Hallowell
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Postby Hallowell » Thu Jul 10, 2014 6:30 am

The UK and Luxembourg.
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Dainer
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Postby Dainer » Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:00 am

The geography, name and main cities were made up by me when I was a kid, drawing inspiration from the futuristic designs in F-Zero and Megaman X. From there, I added the dragons, eco-utopianism and tokusatsu to round up the features.

If I were to peg real-life nations that inspired it, I'd say it blends aspects from South Korea, Brazil, the Netherlands, Japan, Iceland, Bhutan and Armenia.
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Luziyca
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Postby Luziyca » Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:41 am

To quote Ruridova, Luziyca is what would be if "Putin ruled the USA."
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Postby Flaming Soul Forces » Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:33 am

The Swiss political system, Scandinavian social progressivism and linguistic similarities as well as Yugoslav market socialism.
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