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Skyviolia
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Postby Skyviolia » Sun Sep 25, 2016 1:47 pm

Short IC name: Skyviolia
Long IC name: Communion of Skyviolia
Population: 21,892,741
GDP per capita: 48,000 USD
Capital: Venneya
Government type: Directorial Republic
Nation description (at least a paragraph, please):
Skyviolians as people appeared at around 5,000 B.C as tribal and nomadic hunter-gatherers. Around 3,500 B.C tribal nations began appear across the Northern Ridges and down to the Êbideëa Plains. These nations encompassed several united tribal regions under the rule of a council of hereditary tribe leaders. Around 3,300 B.C, the Büdiwfid, which was the precursor to the Skyvan Khakic̈ka (the largest religion in Skyviolia) was revealed to the peoples. The Büdiwfid drawings depicting the ascension of the Büdiwfid faith is one of the oldest transcriptions in existence. Until the 320 B.C, the tribal states were completely isolated from each other, in 320 B.C. the tribe leaders came together to establish the Ykobi, a group of devolved state under the leadership of the Bkivagibki (literally: king of kings). The Ykobi continued to rule the people, establishing the city of Viphėbêsa, which would later become the capital city Venneya. In 703, the Khää scrolls revealed themselves to a group of monks, prompting the Fidijimadia (Council of Büdiwfid Religious Leaders) to commence the Ecumenical Council of the Khakic̈ka, which reformed the Büdiwfid dogma and prompted the creation of the Khakic̈ka faith, named after the Ecumenical Council.

In 1022, Bäivigibki (queen of kings) Äâmesita I dissolved the Ykobi system. Äâmesita I signed the Edict on the Constitutions of the United Sivi Tribes. The Edict created the Dummê, a collection of nobles elected from noble houses and land owners who would serve as the joint executives and legislators of the nation. In addition, the Edict established the Egiimati, a system of court tribunals who acted as arbitrators. The Dummê had no superiors or rulers, and could issue laws and edicts (Every one-hundred years the Dummê would usually codify the Dummê Constitutions, which were laws that took precedence over normal laws but yielded to the Edict on the Constitutions of the United Sivi Tribes. This Constitution would be made up of seventy to one-hundred fifty edicts.)

In 1773 the Edimitäs̈s̈a (modernized revolt) began. It had been recently discovered that the Sivi were in fact not the only people who lived as they had once thought. The Khää scrolls did predict the rise of civilizations other than the Sivi, but the tribes had no contact with these civilizations. When the Dummê enforced restrictions against exploring and meeting the Vinönos (outsiders), many Sivi, especially the clergy felt that the Dummê wanted the Sivi people to continue in their isolation and poverty, and fought back. After a short revolt, the Dummê surrendered all Constitutional Power and in 1775 allowed for a Constitutional Convention to assemble and form a new government system. The new government system was very similar to the old system, in that it was very devolved and tribal but now with elected officers who sat on the Dummê and ruled on the advice of tribal nobles. Under this new system, the Sivi people could not interact with other nations. This brought Christianity into Skyviolia as well as a variety of culture, the arts, music, dance, and spectacle. After the 1864 War of Nobles, the nobility was completely dissolved and full Hijis̈lita (Republicanism) was instituted.

The rise of Socialist and Communist ideas in Skyviolia did not come as a surprise, as the nation slowly modernized the people of Skyviolia began to see that their nation had become more and more ruled by the corrupt elite at the expense of the bourgeois. Even during monarchial times the populous was still treated fairly for their labor at least for the standards of those times. When the Skyviolian Communist Party was established in 1922, it spread like wildfire. In the 1964 elections for the Dummê, the Communist Party received the majority of seats. The leader of the Communist Party, Bibas Cïndo dissolved the Dummê system and instituted a communist authoritarian state. Even more controversially, the Communist Party dissolved the devolved and nativist government system, which had been in place for thousands of years. Internal strife and economic recession dominated the reign of Communists. In 1970, a Secretary of the Peoples Congress, Ridofâ Hüdhin, broke off from the Communist Party. Ridofâ Hüdhin was a social democrat, a progressive, and a liberal, while he was not a communist, he believed truly in liberal principles. Hüdhin was successful in rallying popular support for liberal and social democratic principles, inciting the August Revolution and finally overthrowing the Communist state. The transitional government was established to help the people of Skyviolia go through the transfer from communist state to liberal democratic republic and allow the Constitutional Convention to establish a new Constitution.

The new Directorial Government transformed the Skyviolian Communion from relatively poor to being a strong liberal democracy and Hüdhin would go down in history for being the one to found the principles of Skyviolian Democracy.

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Postby Luziyca » Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:03 pm

Skyviolia wrote:-snip-

According to Tuthina, islands are very unlikely to be isolated because for much of history, the fastest way to go anywhere was by boat, so being an island would mean you will be probably a trading hub at best. Unless if you place your island like in a very remote position, it is fairly unlikely you will be isolated as an island.

If you want to be isolated, I suggest being landlocked.

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Tuthina wrote:Why is English one of its official languages?

Oh, It's just something I forgot to change while working on it.

Luziyca wrote:The claim is too massive, for one thing.

I see.

How about this?

I'd cut the population in half too.

Seems acceptable in terms of size and population (if you cut it in half). However, I also suggest that your name be a bit more... creative. I don't think anyone will take a nation called "Max," "Bob," or "Jerry" seriously here.
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Postby Skyviolia » Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:24 pm

Luziyca wrote:
Skyviolia wrote:-snip-

According to Tuthina, islands are very unlikely to be isolated because for much of history, the fastest way to go anywhere was by boat, so being an island would mean you will be probably a trading hub at best. Unless if you place your island like in a very remote position, it is fairly unlikely you will be isolated as an island.

If you want to be isolated, I suggest being landlocked.

Does this work? I still want to be surrounded by water. http://imgur.com/fSDPF98
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Postby Max Empire » Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:24 pm

Luziyca wrote:Seems acceptable in terms of size and population (if you cut it in half).

Alright here is the app with the new population, Name(see below) and the link to the new map claim.
Short IC name:
Maxez Empire
Long IC name:
The Maxez Empire (Imperium Maxez)
Population:
32,564,352
GDP per capita:
25,865 (nominal)
Capital:
Maxopolis
Government type:
Despotic Meritocratic Technocracy (It's certainly something special.)
Nation description (at least a paragraph, please):
The Southern area of what is now the Max Empire was originally inhabited by Jewish tribes that eventually came under the influence of the Latin Republic. They adopted both voluntarily and involuntarily many customs and traditions from the Latin Republic, ranging from the Latin Language the nation speaks today to the architecture and the religion the people follow. The more latinized tribes ended up migrating further north, closer to the Republic, while the southern ones slowly began isolating themselves more and more. After the end of the Latin Republic, the area remained splintered as the tribes vied for dominance over each other. The Southern Tribes eventually united in a federation that gave them plenty of autonomy, while the North united into a Crowned Republic that tried to mimic the culture of it's former Latin Overlords.

After two centuries of low scale fighting between the two nations, the Crowned Republic in the north was turned into a monarchy by a powerful figure who took the regnal name Max I Maxez. He ignored the Maxian war tradition of fighting in small groups and formed/marched into the Southern Federation with the first true Maxian army. After which he proclaimed himself Emperor and started a royal lineage that would rule the Max Empire for over 800 years until it's extinction in 1628.

The country reverted to a Crowned Republic after the end of the Maxez line, with the nobles electing a "Primus Spectatus" from amongst themselves to rule the country. Later, as the enlightenment swept through The Max Empire in the 18th century, the Crowned republic was abandoned and officially replaced with a normal Republic in 1768, where only landowners could vote. As the country became more industrialized, Socialism and Communism began to flair and with the entrance of several prominent Socialists and Communists into the government in 1868, a complete overthrow of it was averted.

In the early 20th century the government was faced with the growing strength of nationalistic elements in the country. By 1930 they had successfully taken over the government and abolished elections altogether. This government then proceeded to impose further Latinization of the country and remove many of the already slowly disappearing Jewish elements from the culture of the nation. In 1954, amid economic hardships and a civil unrest campaign by dissatisfied groups, the political government collapsed leaving the country with no official government and the Civil Service to continue governing the country in the background. In 1963, the civil service gave the country a new constitution that officially designated it as the official government. This government has continued to function to the present day.
Map claim (Imgur link preferred):
Designated by the red line
How did you hear about Esquarium?:
I found it while browsing the regions.
Main NS account:
Max Empire (The one I'm using right now.)
Roleplay sample:
The Director sighted as he finished another batch of work on his computer. He'd been at work for six hours already and wasn't anywhere near being done with the work required to run the country. Of course, every Bureaucrat in the room with him felt the same way at the moment. They had all been typing away since six in the morning, and they weren't anywhere near finishing their work. He was looking forward to lunch in a couple of minutes.

Just as he was about to get back to work, members of the Secret Agency barged into the room. Unsurprisingly, not one bureaucrat looked up from their work. Just one glance away could destroy your entire focus. The room could catch fire and nobody would notice until somebody finished with a lengthy batch of work and looked up for a moment.

"Director Stillin! Our radars have picked up a lone missile heading straight towards us. We have reason to believe that it's a nuclear warhead launched by one of our enemies straight at us. We need you in the situation room immediately!", The man looked completely panicked. The rest of the men didn't look calm either. They seemed to be expecting the worst.

The Director sighed again as he got up and stretched for a second before following the men out and to the situation room in the basement. "It's probably just carrying weather research equipment or something like that.", He said as he entered the room and nodded at the men assembled there.

"We can never be too careful sir.", One of the guys said as he got the nuclear briefcase ready. Everybody turned towards the scanner to take a closer look. It was definitely a rocket, but it didn't necessarily have to be a nuclear warhead. "Do we have a visual on it?", The Director asked without moving his eyes from the yellow dot that represented the rocket on the monitor. "Not yet sir. We have a plane closing in on the missile. We'll see in a minute.", Said another man behind him.

The next five minutes were the most excruciating in all the assembled people's entire careers. They all stood in silence and waited for the visual from the plane, the silence only being interrupted by the occasional beeping noise from the scanner. Everybody waiting for the moment that would doom all of humanity to mutually assured destruction or confirm that it was a harmless rocket carrying research equipment.

Suddenly the silence was broken by the transmission from the pilot of the aircraft. "A-12 reporting in. I have a visual of the object. It does not look like a nuclear warhead to me. I repeat, it does not look like a nuclear warhead." Everybody in the room slowly exhaled as the pilot announced that it wasn't a nuclear warhead heading straight at them. Cheering soon broke out as the men locked the doomsday briefcase up again. They weren't going to die that day. Humanity was safe from the MAD.

(I have some other RP samples if you'd like me to link those, but most are just lone posts or me roleplaying a medieval country.)
Anything else to add (optional):IIwiki Link (It's very WIP.)

Luziyca wrote:However, I also suggest that your name be a bit more... creative. I don't think anyone will take a nation called "Max," "Bob," or "Jerry" seriously here.

Um....I'll take that as a compliment of my nation's name.....

Anyway, I'll clarify why I chose that name. The -ez suffix at the end of a last name in Spanish originally meant "son of....". The Old Royal Family's name was Maxez. Literally; "Son of Max". Hence why the nation is called "Imperium Maxez" (The Maxezes' Empire) in the Latin language the nation speaks. Translating that into English is sort of difficult.... So instead of getting the awkward "Maxes sons of Max's Empire", I decided to just translate the last name Maxez into Max. Hence, Max Empire in English.

I mean, I could just call it The Maxez Empire. So I guess I'll just put that in the App.
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Postby Luziyca » Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:39 pm

Skyviolia wrote:
Luziyca wrote:According to Tuthina, islands are very unlikely to be isolated because for much of history, the fastest way to go anywhere was by boat, so being an island would mean you will be probably a trading hub at best. Unless if you place your island like in a very remote position, it is fairly unlikely you will be isolated as an island.

If you want to be isolated, I suggest being landlocked.

Does this work? I still want to be surrounded by water. http://imgur.com/fSDPF98

Well, technically, you are not surrounded by water, since you share land borders to the south, west, and east.

However, considering that this place is isolated, and in the Arctic, the population may be cut a bit to less than ten million. But otherwise, I feel it will work.

Max empire wrote:
Luziyca wrote:Seems acceptable in terms of size and population (if you cut it in half).

Alright here is the app with the new population, Name(see below) and the link to the new map claim.
Short IC name:
Maxez Empire
Long IC name:
The Maxez Empire (Imperium Maxez)
Population:
32,564,352
GDP per capita:
25,865 (nominal)
Capital:
Maxopolis
Government type:
Despotic Meritocratic Technocracy (It's certainly something special.)
Nation description (at least a paragraph, please):
The Southern area of what is now the Max Empire was originally inhabited by Jewish tribes that eventually came under the influence of the Latin Republic. They adopted both voluntarily and involuntarily many customs and traditions from the Latin Republic, ranging from the Latin Language the nation speaks today to the architecture and the religion the people follow. The more latinized tribes ended up migrating further north, closer to the Republic, while the southern ones slowly began isolating themselves more and more. After the end of the Latin Republic, the area remained splintered as the tribes vied for dominance over each other. The Southern Tribes eventually united in a federation that gave them plenty of autonomy, while the North united into a Crowned Republic that tried to mimic the culture of it's former Latin Overlords.

After two centuries of low scale fighting between the two nations, the Crowned Republic in the north was turned into a monarchy by a powerful figure who took the regnal name Max I Maxez. He ignored the Maxian war tradition of fighting in small groups and formed/marched into the Southern Federation with the first true Maxian army. After which he proclaimed himself Emperor and started a royal lineage that would rule the Max Empire for over 800 years until it's extinction in 1628.

The country reverted to a Crowned Republic after the end of the Maxez line, with the nobles electing a "Primus Spectatus" from amongst themselves to rule the country. Later, as the enlightenment swept through The Max Empire in the 18th century, the Crowned republic was abandoned and officially replaced with a normal Republic in 1768, where only landowners could vote. As the country became more industrialized, Socialism and Communism began to flair and with the entrance of several prominent Socialists and Communists into the government in 1868, a complete overthrow of it was averted.

In the early 20th century the government was faced with the growing strength of nationalistic elements in the country. By 1930 they had successfully taken over the government and abolished elections altogether. This government then proceeded to impose further Latinization of the country and remove many of the already slowly disappearing Jewish elements from the culture of the nation. In 1954, amid economic hardships and a civil unrest campaign by dissatisfied groups, the political government collapsed leaving the country with no official government and the Civil Service to continue governing the country in the background. In 1963, the civil service gave the country a new constitution that officially designated it as the official government. This government has continued to function to the present day.
Map claim (Imgur link preferred):
Designated by the red line
How did you hear about Esquarium?:
I found it while browsing the regions.
Main NS account:
Max Empire (The one I'm using right now.)
Roleplay sample:
The Director sighted as he finished another batch of work on his computer. He'd been at work for six hours already and wasn't anywhere near being done with the work required to run the country. Of course, every Bureaucrat in the room with him felt the same way at the moment. They had all been typing away since six in the morning, and they weren't anywhere near finishing their work. He was looking forward to lunch in a couple of minutes.

Just as he was about to get back to work, members of the Secret Agency barged into the room. Unsurprisingly, not one bureaucrat looked up from their work. Just one glance away could destroy your entire focus. The room could catch fire and nobody would notice until somebody finished with a lengthy batch of work and looked up for a moment.

"Director Stillin! Our radars have picked up a lone missile heading straight towards us. We have reason to believe that it's a nuclear warhead launched by one of our enemies straight at us. We need you in the situation room immediately!", The man looked completely panicked. The rest of the men didn't look calm either. They seemed to be expecting the worst.

The Director sighed again as he got up and stretched for a second before following the men out and to the situation room in the basement. "It's probably just carrying weather research equipment or something like that.", He said as he entered the room and nodded at the men assembled there.

"We can never be too careful sir.", One of the guys said as he got the nuclear briefcase ready. Everybody turned towards the scanner to take a closer look. It was definitely a rocket, but it didn't necessarily have to be a nuclear warhead. "Do we have a visual on it?", The Director asked without moving his eyes from the yellow dot that represented the rocket on the monitor. "Not yet sir. We have a plane closing in on the missile. We'll see in a minute.", Said another man behind him.

The next five minutes were the most excruciating in all the assembled people's entire careers. They all stood in silence and waited for the visual from the plane, the silence only being interrupted by the occasional beeping noise from the scanner. Everybody waiting for the moment that would doom all of humanity to mutually assured destruction or confirm that it was a harmless rocket carrying research equipment.

Suddenly the silence was broken by the transmission from the pilot of the aircraft. "A-12 reporting in. I have a visual of the object. It does not look like a nuclear warhead to me. I repeat, it does not look like a nuclear warhead." Everybody in the room slowly exhaled as the pilot announced that it wasn't a nuclear warhead heading straight at them. Cheering soon broke out as the men locked the doomsday briefcase up again. They weren't going to die that day. Humanity was safe from the MAD.

(I have some other RP samples if you'd like me to link those, but most are just lone posts or me roleplaying a medieval country.)
Anything else to add (optional):IIwiki Link (It's very WIP.)

Luziyca wrote:However, I also suggest that your name be a bit more... creative. I don't think anyone will take a nation called "Max," "Bob," or "Jerry" seriously here.

Um....I'll take that as a compliment of my nation's name.....

Anyway, I'll clarify why I chose that name. The -ez suffix at the end of a last name in Spanish originally meant "son of....". The Old Royal Family's name was Maxez. Literally; "Son of Max". Hence why the nation is called "Imperium Maxez" (The Maxezes' Empire) in the Latin language the nation speaks. Translating that into English is sort of difficult.... So instead of getting the awkward "Maxes sons of Max's Empire", I decided to just translate the last name Maxez into Max. Hence, Max Empire in English.

I mean, I could just call it The Maxez Empire. So I guess I'll just put that in the App.

Interesting origin. I think the short form ought to be Maxezia or Maxesia, so it at least sounds a bit "nation"-y.
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Postby Skyviolia » Sun Sep 25, 2016 5:18 pm

Luziyca wrote:
Skyviolia wrote:Does this work? I still want to be surrounded by water. http://imgur.com/fSDPF98

Well, technically, you are not surrounded by water, since you share land borders to the south, west, and east.

However, considering that this place is isolated, and in the Arctic, the population may be cut a bit to less than ten million. But otherwise, I feel it will work.

The people of Skyviolia aren't as spread out as the geography is. About seventy percent of people live around the south of the river, which has a climate comparable to the southern tip of Arkiasis, which is still livable. And the Skyvan people have been essentially settled for seven thousand years (5,000 BC). I think that twenty-one million is a fair number, but I could be compelled to lower it to fifteen million.
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Postby Luziyca » Sun Sep 25, 2016 6:52 pm

Skyviolia wrote:
Luziyca wrote:Well, technically, you are not surrounded by water, since you share land borders to the south, west, and east.

However, considering that this place is isolated, and in the Arctic, the population may be cut a bit to less than ten million. But otherwise, I feel it will work.

The people of Skyviolia aren't as spread out as the geography is. About seventy percent of people live around the south of the river, which has a climate comparable to the southern tip of Arkiasis, which is still livable. And the Skyvan people have been essentially settled for seven thousand years (5,000 BC). I think that twenty-one million is a fair number, but I could be compelled to lower it to fifteen million.

Seems interesting.

I guess I can accept you.
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Postby Max Empire » Sun Sep 25, 2016 7:23 pm

Luziyca wrote:
Max empire wrote:
Um....I'll take that as a compliment of my nation's name.....

Anyway, I'll clarify why I chose that name. The -ez suffix at the end of a last name in Spanish originally meant "son of....". The Old Royal Family's name was Maxez. Literally; "Son of Max". Hence why the nation is called "Imperium Maxez" (The Maxezes' Empire) in the Latin language the nation speaks. Translating that into English is sort of difficult.... So instead of getting the awkward "Maxes sons of Max's Empire", I decided to just translate the last name Maxez into Max. Hence, Max Empire in English.

I mean, I could just call it The Maxez Empire. So I guess I'll just put that in the App.

Interesting origin. I think the short form ought to be Maxezia or Maxesia, so it at least sounds a bit "nation"-y.

Maxesia for the short form sounds great actually.

Edit: Thought I'd imagine the people in the nation itself would probably just refer to it as "Imperium", sort for Imperium Maxez.
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Postby Max Empire » Tue Sep 27, 2016 5:00 pm

So am I accepted? Is there anything else you want me to change?
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Postby Ainin » Wed Sep 28, 2016 3:50 am

Qasemba wrote:Map claim updated. If that's not satisfactory then I'll just take the space vacated by Seukutan.

That's fine. Welcome!

Skyviolia: I guess that link does work. Welcome onboard!

Max Empire: Your revised application looks good to me. Welcome to Esquarium!

EDIT: Map update to come tomorrow.
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Postby North Daecon » Wed Sep 28, 2016 10:23 am

Before you do the map update, can you change the claim of Daecon to this location?:

http://i.imgur.com/GvhU4pp.png

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Postby Aleia » Wed Sep 28, 2016 12:53 pm

*Deep Breath*

Short IC name: Aleia
Long IC name: Federal Empire of Aleia
Population: 25 Million
GDP per capita: ~20 000 USD
Capital: Oralienborg
Government type: Absolute Monarchy (officially a constitutional monarchy)
Nation description (at least a paragraph, please):

The Federal Empire of Aleia is a nation that has existed since its unification in ca. 750 AD. The official language is Aleian (Cyrillic), with Rotish (orphan language, possibly from Ionland) being a recognized language. Its culture is predominantly Slavic.

Originally, the Aleian people had migrated from the Occident, having roots in today's Katranjiev and Luziyca. The earliest evidence of human settlements can be traced back to around 10 000 BC. Until around year 750 AD, Aleia consisted of a group of tribes. In 766, Vladislav, one of the tribal leaders, successfully united Aleia, naming it the Kingdom of Aleia. In the 800 years to follow, Aleia would receive significant influence from the south, adopting much of southern Velkian culture. During the early 17th century, Aleia experienced a large growth.

From the 17th century until the early 18th century, Aleia held considerable power, controlling territory in the arctic (though most of it was just ice and wilderness). It was at this time that Aleia started to call itself an empire. It also annexed Rotei, a neighboring nation. Today, it is known as the first golden age of the nation. In the 18th century the empire started to fall apart, finally collapsing around 1730 following years of stagnation and deterioration.

After the fall of the empire, Aleia remained neutral through the 19th and early 20th century, including staying neutral during the First Great War. Instead, Aleia focused on trade and exploration. Aleia had a stint with colonization in the east during this time, explaining the eastern exclaves. Through industrialization and massive trade, a population boom ensued, starting the second golden age. The neutrality was broken when Aleia decided to participate in the Second Great War. After the war, a constitutional monarchy was proclaimed, adopting the word "Federal" in its title. Eventually though, the loyalists gradually seized power back from the people’s chosen representatives. In 1962, The loyalists succeeded in seizing back all former power held by the emperor . This sparked some international unrest, but it died down after a time. Today, Aleia is a relatively peaceful country, having abandoned most thoughts of a new empire (at least that's what the government likes to say).

In terms of economy, Aleia relies on trade, exporting minerals (particularly iron and gold) and metals (steel). The information sector is developing, being especially prevalent in the north. A lot of the wealth is concentrated in the north and south, with the capital in the middle being somewhat less well-off.

Though nominally a constitutional monarchy, the monarchy still holds de facto absolute power. The head of state is currently empress Natalia I (since 1987). The national assembly is the house of advisors, with the prime minister being head of government. Freedom of speech is upheld in most circumstances, with exceptions being direct threats to the imperial government.
The title “Empire” is mostly symbolic, referring to the Aleian control of Rotei and the eastern exclaves.

Map claim (Imgur link preferred): http://imgur.com/uQfGj3J (I noticed that exclaves are virtually non-existent. I hope the ones I placed are alright.)
How did you hear about Esquarium?: Through browsing on IIwiki. I became very interested in the canon.
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Roleplay sample (recommended): viewtopic.php?f=5&t=370105
Anything else to add (optional): I have to admit, I am unsure if my placement is correct, being right north of a sinic nation.
I also plan on writing an IIWiki article, and I will try to make it more filled than this brief description.
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Postby Lyonsland » Thu Sep 29, 2016 10:45 am

North Daecon wrote:Before you do the map update, can you change the claim of Daecon to this location?:

http://i.imgur.com/GvhU4pp.png


Just an update to this claim (Red = Daecon, Yellow = Lyonsland)

Daecon can confirm this.
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Postby North Daecon » Thu Sep 29, 2016 12:01 pm

Lyonsland wrote:
North Daecon wrote:Before you do the map update, can you change the claim of Daecon to this location?:

http://i.imgur.com/GvhU4pp.png


Just an update to this claim (Red = Daecon, Yellow = Lyonsland)

Daecon can confirm this.

Revised claim for both me and Lyonsland:

http://i.imgur.com/vIO7ufF.png

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Postby Aleia » Tue Oct 04, 2016 3:18 am

Aleia wrote:*Deep Breath*

Short IC name: Aleia
Long IC name: Federal Empire of Aleia
Population: 25 Million
GDP per capita: 20 000 USD
Capital: Oralienborg
Government type: Absolute Monarchy (officially a constitutional monarchy)
Nation description (at least a paragraph, please):

The Federal Empire of Aleia is a nation that has existed since its unification in ca. 750 AD. The official language is Aleian (Cyrillic), with Rotish (orphan language, possibly from Ionland) being a recognized language. Its culture is predominantly Slavic.

Originally, the Aleian people had migrated from the Occident, having roots in today's Katranjiev and Luziyca. The earliest evidence of human settlements can be traced back to around 10 000 BC. Until around year 750 AD, Aleia consisted of a group of tribes. In 766, Vladislav, one of the tribal leaders, successfully united Aleia, naming it the Kingdom of Aleia. In the 800 years to follow, Aleia would receive significant influence from the south, adopting much of southern Velkian culture. During the early 17th century, Aleia experienced a large growth.

From the 17th century until the early 18th century, Aleia held considerable power, controlling territory in the arctic (though most of it was just ice and wilderness). It was at this time that Aleia started to call itself an empire. It also annexed Rotei, a neighboring nation. Today, it is known as the first golden age of the nation. In the 18th century the empire started to fall apart, finally collapsing around 1730 following years of stagnation and deterioration.

After the fall of the empire, Aleia remained neutral through the 19th and early 20th century, including staying neutral during the First Great War. Instead, Aleia focused on trade and exploration. Aleia had a stint with colonization in the east during this time, explaining the eastern exclaves. Through industrialization and massive trade, a population boom ensued, starting the second golden age. The neutrality was broken when Aleia decided to participate in the Second Great War. After the war, a constitutional monarchy was proclaimed, adopting the word "Federal" in its title. Eventually though, the loyalists gradually seized power back from the people’s chosen representatives. In 1962, The loyalists succeeded in seizing back all former power held by the emperor . This sparked some international unrest, but it died down after a time. Today, Aleia is a relatively peaceful country, having abandoned most thoughts of a new empire.

In terms of economy, Aleia relies on trade, exporting minerals (particularly iron and gold) and metals (steel). The information sector is developing, being especially prevalent in the north. A lot of the wealth is concentrated in the north and south, with the capital in the middle being somewhat less well-off.

Though nominally a constitutional monarchy, the monarchy still holds de facto absolute power. The head of state is currently empress Natalia I (since 1987). The national assembly is the house of advisors, with the prime minister being head of government. Freedom of speech is upheld in most circumstances, with exceptions being direct threats to the imperial government.
The title “Empire” is mostly symbolic, referring to the Aleian control of Rotei and the eastern exclaves.

Map claim (Imgur link preferred): http://imgur.com/uQfGj3J (I noticed that exclaves are virtually non-existent. I hope the ones I placed are alright.)
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Postby Ainin » Tue Oct 04, 2016 11:29 am

Map updated.

Aleia wrote:Snip for brevity

Everything looks pretty good, I like the setting. However, I can't find any of the exclaves on your map claim. Can you highlight them?
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Postby Aleia » Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:22 am

Ainin wrote:Map updated.

Aleia wrote:Snip for brevity

Everything looks pretty good, I like the setting. However, I can't find any of the exclaves on your map claim. Can you highlight them?


Yeah, just realized Imgur doesn't zoom in a lot, so sorry about that.

Here are the areas (If it's alright, I covered a bit more so there's less territorygore): http://imgur.com/a/C9btP

Now, just to explain a bit:

http://imgur.com/gallery/Dke7K

The Antonic islands were first colonized by the Aleians in the 19th century. The Aleians were particularly interested in these islands due to them being the northernmost habitable islands in the world, making it a matter of prestige to control them. Even though Aleia received some prestige, there wasn’t really much else up there, except for the possibility of a naval base (which was eventually established). Most of the settlers were either fugitives or very brave and adventurous souls. The islands themselves have a population of around 3000, and survives mostly on natural resources and tourism. The islands are famed for their population of harp seals.
If someone is appointed governor of the islands, one may either think of it as an insult, or a chance to prove themselves.

http://imgur.com/gallery/5bycU

Port Yuliya, with its population of 40 000, dates back to the 19th century. Originally, it was part of a much bigger Aleian colony. This colony was part of the Aleian colonization effort, and the city was the capital. After a particularly bad defeat in a war in around 1950, Aleia was forced to surrender most of its colonies. Port Yuliya an the area around it was made an exception, which was deemed too unimportant. The reason was that without the other settlements in the colony, there was no need for bureaucracy, which the port had been living off. After the dismantling, Port Yuliya mostly survived on fishing and minor trading. Trading was difficult, due to the port not being situated on any trade routes. Some of the territory around the port was simply (and temporarily) abandoned, being too much to support. A hill was the only noticeable landmark, joined by the octopuses in the sea nearby.
Then they discovered precious metals under that hill. Explorers found the octopuses fascinating too.
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Postby North2 » Thu Oct 06, 2016 9:49 pm

Short IC name: The North
Long IC name: The kingdom of the North
Population: 6 million
GDP per capita: 351 billion
Capital: Winterfell
Government type: Feudal absolute monarchy
Nation description (at least a paragraph, please):
The modern day country now know as the north was settled twelve thousands years ago by what the locals call the first men these first men would live in family organised tribes until eight thousand years from this exact day that the kingdom of winterfell led by the family know as house stark would conquer the other kings in the north and found the nation. The north has only been conquered once by a now dead kingdom called westeros And to this day a air of xenophobia still remains while Northerners dont hate foreigners they do despise foreign intervention the geography of the north is famous for its vast forest snow capped mountains the climate is harsh in winter and it will occasionally snow in the summer

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Postby Ofland (Ancient) » Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:26 pm

Short IC name: Ofland
Long IC name: The Republic of Ofland
Population: 61,201,827
GDP per capita: $32,412 (1.983 trillion GDP (PPP))
Capital: Rogaland
Government type: Bicameral Republic
Nation description (at least a paragraph, please):
The Republic of Ofland is a bicameral republic founded in 1823 after the Winter Revolution overthrew King Arvid "the Mad". The last monarch of the Kingdom of Ofland brought about his own demise through the suppression of progressive thinking, often sending soldiers to public meeting areas to break up crowds discussing the politics of their time. Bloody Friday, the 21st of March, 1817, marked the final command that King Arvid would ever give, which resulted in the massacre of over 10,000 people throughout the streets of Rogaland. Suspected traitors to the crown, public figures, those known to speak out against the tyrannies of the King as well as anyone known to gather to listen to these speakers were rounded up and beheaded throughout the city.

A long and bloody civil war would erupt, with King Arvid's cousin King Vidar laying claim to the throne. A group of revolutionaries and the founders of today's Republican Party fostered a public revolution to cast out the monarchy as a whole and revive the nation as a country for the people. This ultimately was achieved in 1823, when King Vidar was killed in battle on August 2nd, 1823, at the Battle of Kristholt. The new Republic of Ofland was born and ushered in its modern iteration as a state of progressive thinkers and general social equality.

In the modern day, Ofland is a somewhat large nation, with just over 60 million citizens. The ethnic makeup of Ofland is mostly Nordic descent, with some Germanic influences. The nation's international ambitions extend mostly in the economic and humanitarian sectors, however the Republic maintains a modern sizeable military that stands ready to protect the nation. Though Ofland doesn't have goals of rising as a big player on the international stage, they do feel entitled to a certain amount of power in their own backyard, which may lead them astray.

Economically, the Republic of Ofland is dominant in the mining and agricultural sectors, with service industries seconding the rate of employment. Information technology is a rising industry in Ofland and its main export is raw materials. The Republic of Ofland's currency is known as the Tithe, and is seen as a safe commodity for investment and currency trading. Ofland boasts large access to fisheries as well as some oil reserves, and has relatively lax corporate tax policies which incentivizes international investment in the nation. This, coupled with strict privacy laws regarding banking information make Ofland a prime place to keep, or hide, assets.


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Postby Nevamaa » Sat Oct 08, 2016 6:58 am

<Ainin> Can you post it on the map claims thread


Can you move Lydland a bit to the left pls, like this
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Postby Victoriala II » Sat Oct 08, 2016 7:57 am

North2 wrote:Short IC name: The North
Long IC name: The kingdom of the North
Population: 6 million
GDP per capita: 351 billion
Capital: Winterfell
Government type: Feudal absolute monarchy
Nation description (at least a paragraph, please):
The modern day country now know as the north was settled twelve thousands years ago by what the locals call the first men these first men would live in family organised tribes until eight thousand years from this exact day that the kingdom of winterfell led by the family know as house stark would conquer the other kings in the north and found the nation. The north has only been conquered once by a now dead kingdom called westeros And to this day a air of xenophobia still remains while Northerners dont hate foreigners they do despise foreign intervention the geography of the north is famous for its vast forest snow capped mountains the climate is harsh in winter and it will occasionally snow in the summer


Can you show us your Map Claim? We can't review it further until you show us one.

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Postby Fritz Schnackenpfefferhausen » Sat Oct 08, 2016 10:30 am

Short IC name: Fritz Schnackenpfefferhausen
Long IC name: The Community of Fritz Schnackenpfefferhausen
Population: 12 million
GDP per capita: 20,000 sheep (appx. 30,000 USD)
Capital: Gčen
Government type: Loose confederation with a cultural leader
Nation description (at least a paragraph, please): The Community of Fritz Schackenpfefferhausen is a mostly anarchic confederation of different clans who pledge their allegiance to the cultural leader, the Xoma (pronounced "SHO-ma"). Each clan's true loyalty is questionable, and they regularly war with each other. Most Fritzonians belong to only about five clans, but there are dozens. With all the inner squabbles, it is rare for the Xoma to look anywhere but inside the nation. However, during times of invasion, Xomas have been known to raise armies of almost 100,000 soldiers, horsemen, and slingers.
Map claim (Imgur link preferred, please draw ragged, realistic borders): http://i.imgur.com/EKkD9qw.png (sorry about the bad quality, my computer's terrible
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Postby Polianiya » Tue Oct 11, 2016 3:34 am

Short IC name: Poliania
Long IC name: Grand Duchy of Poliania
Population: 36,538,434
GDP per capita: $24,912
Capital: Peretynya
Government type: Constitutional monarchy
Nation description (at least a paragraph, please): The Grand Duchy of Poliania, also known as the Great Principality, starts with the arrival of Slavic Tribes on Velkia, displacing the natives(?) further north. The notion of Polianian statehood emerged from an amalgamation of tribes centered on the shores of the fertile Oryl river in the 10th century. Over the following centuries, the country expanded and adopted an increasingly feudal government structure. Internal instability led to the weakening and ultimately annexation of the Polianian lands by neighbouring Aleia(?) in the 17th century. A century later, the country regained its independence, but the tensions between the various factions vying for power were unaddressed and culminated in the FIrst Civil War on the onset of the 19th century. Following the end of the conflict, an absolute monarchy was established, centered on the capital city Peretynyja. The rest of century was a relatively peaceful era, with the country firmly establishing control over once-remote areas, inviting foreign settlers in the unoccupied lands and experienced industrialisation mostly on the southern coast.

While not directly participating in the First Great War, the Grand Duchy supported the Concorde powers through various means. In retribution, the Entente powers started supporting the increasingly bold left-wing revolutionary groups, culminating in the death of Grand Duke Vasyl III Valyčynaji and the beginning of a Second civil war in 1920. A directorate of military and religious leaders, the Regency, assumed control of the country following victory in 1924. The regime pursued aggressive militarisation and industrialisation of the country, while maintaining a relatively isolationist foreign policy, staying out of the Second Great War (but once again supporting the aggressors). The Regency ruled the country with an iron grip, until its fall from power in Fall 1995. The massive and sudden unemployment of a number of former military personnel led to the emergence of organised criminal groups and private military contractors. In an attempt, the newly-elected government applied economically liberal reforms, with mixed results depending on who you ask.

Modern Poliania is a constitutional democracy, albeit a flawed one according to many, headed by the restored Valyčynaji dynasty with only a handful of powers. It remains quite socially conservative and religious, and economically liberal. The business-friendly laws are a good incentive for foreign companies to invest. The country's main goods are agricultural products from the fertile plains and heavy industrial products.

Map claim (Imgur link preferred, please draw ragged, realistic borders): https://i.imgur.com/och5ibs.png
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Postby Aleia » Tue Oct 11, 2016 8:13 am

Internal instability led to the weakening and ultimately annexation of the Polianian lands by neighbouring Aleia(?) in the 17th century. A century later, the country regained its independence,


Aleia approves. This actually fits in very nicely with the history that I have planned, with the first rise and fall of the Aleian empire.
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Postby Ainin » Tue Oct 11, 2016 9:05 am

Aleia wrote:The Antonic islands were first colonized by the Aleians in the 19th century.

Sounds fine, will be added.

Aleia wrote:Port Yuliya, with its population of 40 000, dates back to the 19th century.

This one I'm more iffy on. I get that it's basically Port Arthur, but unlike in real life, that region of Esquarium has more or less been under the uninterrupted imperial hegemony of Tuthina for centuries. I don't really see how such a colonial holding could have popped up over there at that time. I would advise you to contact him to work something out.

Ofland wrote:Snip for brevity

Welcome to Esquarium! We're glad to have you here.

Polianiya wrote:Snip for brevity

Everything seems to be in order, welcome! Just to clarify however, those splotches of grey in your map claim are lakes, correct?

The map will be updated on Wednesday, a bit busy today.

North2 wrote:Snip for brevity

We would prefer if you built an original lore instead. Real world and cultural influences are cool with us, but a carbon copy of a kingdom from Game of Thrones isn't really what we're looking for.

Fritz Schnackenpfefferhausen wrote:Snip for brevity

This is a realistic, modern-tech roleplay region. Denied.
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