Screw Realism! (RP Group, Open)

[Estainia]

...I agree completely.

Nation Name: The Greater Russo-Spanish Empire (The Dual-Crowns of Estainia and Alisonia is alternate)
Preferred Tech Level(s): PT/MT/Fantasy, lots of it.
Ideals (things seen as good): Monarchism, Feudalism, Protectionism (economics), Decentralization, Personal Liberty, Opulence, Ancien' Regime.
Things frowned upon: Republicanism (except Bereia and Orellana), Democracy, Tyranny, Communism, Socialism, Social Democracy, Centralization, Laissez-Faire economics, Oppression, few other things I forget the names of.
Anything else we should know? In a nutshell, medieval opulent feminist ancien' regime monarchists with a shitton of magic.

As long as you can forgive Olwe our mixed economy (which includes some aspects of socialism), we should get along very well.

We overlook a lot in that regard, most of our allies are internationalist social democracies. XD

[Faroslan]

Nation Name: The Holy Empire of Faroslan
Preferred Tech Level(s): PMT/FanT
Ideals (things seen as good): Freedom, Honor, Integrity, Freedom of Choice
Things frowned upon: Oppresion,Tyranny, Slavery
Anything else we should know? Post Modern Tech ancient Egyptian themed nation with a good sprinkle of mythology thrown on top

[Faroslan]

Olwe I was going to jump in that rp but you dropped out and now they're typing up essays for their communiques so I don't think I'm going to get involved. A large paragraph I can see but when it covers the whole page I get bored quickly, I've got an religious Inquisition type country I've been wanting to run for a while now maybe a Gay Inquisition starts up or something how does that sound

[Olwe]

Olwe I was going to jump in that rp but you dropped out and now they're typing up essays for their communiques so I don't think I'm going to get involved. A large paragraph I can see but when it covers the whole page I get bored quickly, I've got an religious Inquisition type country I've been wanting to run for a while now maybe a Gay Inquisition starts up or something how does that sound

Sounds promising. Like I said in the other thread, if you're talking about what I think you're talking about.

And I agree... people get extremely carried away with the length of their posts sometimes. I try to keep it to 3 or 4 regular-sized paragraphs, or 1 or 2 really big paragraphs, per post myself.

[Kedri]

Nation Name: Kedri
Preferred Tech Level(s): PT
Ideals (things seen as good): honor, boldness, heroism, vengeance, loyalty, and rum
Things frowned upon: treason, cowardice
Anything else we should know? No

[The Ctan]

Nation Name: The Eternal Necrontyr Empire of the C'tan
Preferred Tech Level(s): Far FT
Ideals (things seen as good): Writeup: Natural Law, Equality, Freedom, Justice, Private Property, Love, Forgiveness...
Things frowned upon: The opposites of these.
Anything else we should know?: The shadows move when you're not looking at them.

[Menelmacar]

This is all of the win and I want in NAO NAO NAO RIHGT NAUOGHW. This gets a Siri Stamp of Approval™. Have all the approval, even.


Nation Name: Eternal Noldorin Empire of Menelmacar
Preferred Tech Level(s): FT, FanT, SAT (Sufficiently Advanced™ Technology)
Ideals (things seen as good) (in no particular order): Elves, Freedom, Liberty, Mastery, Capitalism, Creativity, Beauty, the Free Market, Individualism, Gun Rights, Natural Law, Magic, Science, Limited Government, Knowledge
Things frowned upon (also in no particular order): Slavery, Ignorance, People killing Elves, Communism, Theocracy, Orcs, Slavery, Gun Control, Popwankers, Pacifism, Slavery
Anything else we should know?
Tolkien Elves IN SPACE. Possibly the wankiest nation you'll meet that isn't written by an asshole (well, tied with C'tan here). Also, technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.

[Crystal Spires]

Nation Name: D'hɑlbrisir what do you mean they cannot pronounce D'hɑlbrisir? Fine tell the foreigners it's Crystal Spires.
Preferred Tech Level(s): Fantasy Tech.
Ideals (things seen as good):

Based on Forntian Belief of Apotheosis

Strengths of Wisdom and Knowledge are cognitive strengths that entail the acquisition and use of knowledge

• They are given form by Creativity, originality, ingenuity, which is thinking of novel and productive ways to conceptualize and do things.
• They are cultivated by Curiosity interest, novelty-seeking, and openness to experience,Curiosity which takes an interest in ongoing experience for its own sake; exploring and discovering.
• It is fed by Open-mindedness, judgment, and critical thinking, Which involves thinking things through and examining them from all sides and weighing all evidence fairly.
• It is fostered by Love of learning, mastering new skills, topics, and bodies of knowledge, whether on one's own or formally.
• And it grants Perspective,wisdom which is being able to provide wise counsel to others; having ways of looking at the world that make sense to oneself and to other people.

Strengths of Courage are emotional strengths that involve the exercise of will to accomplish goals in the face of opposition, external and internal

• They are given form by Bravery and valor which is not shrinking from threat, challenge, difficulty, or pain; acting on convictions even if they are unpopular.
• It is fed by Persistence, perseverance, and industriousness which is learning how to finishing what one starts; persisting in a course of action in spite of obstacles.
• It is cultivated by Integrity, authenticity, and honesty which is learning how to presenting yourself in a genuine way; taking responsibility for your own feeling, words, and actions.
• It is driven by Vitality, zest, enthusiasm, vigor, and energy which Approaches life's challenges with excitement and energy; feeling alive and activated.

Strengths of The Good are interpersonal strengths that involve tending and befriending others

• At its core is Love which is valuing close relations with others, in particular those in which sharing and caring are reciprocated.
• It is fueled by Kindness generosity, nurturance, care, compassion, altruistic love, and "niceness" and involves doing favors and good deeds for others without the expectation of reward.
• It is given form by Social intelligence, emotional intelligence, personal intelligence which is being aware of the motives and feelings of other people and oneself.

Strengths of Justice: civic strengths that underlie healthy community life

• At its core is solidarity, citizenship, social responsibility, loyalty, and teamwork and it means working well as a member of a group or team; being loyal to the group.
• It is given strength by Fairness which involves treating all people the same according to notions of fairness and justice; not letting personal feelings bias decisions about others.
• It gives birth to Leadership which is the act of encouraging a group of which one is a member to get things done and at the same maintain time good relations within the group.

Strengths of Temperance: strengths that protect against excess

• At its heart is Forgiveness and mercy which is Forgiving those who have done wrong; accepting the shortcomings of others; giving people a second chance; not being vengeful.
• It has as its power Humility and Modesty which is letting one's accomplishments speak for themselves; not regarding oneself as more special than one is.
• Then it is kept out of Prudence which means being careful about one's choices; not taking undue risks; not saying or doing things that might later be regretted.
  The mighty filled with Self-regulation, self-control and regulating what one feels and does; being disciplined; controlling one's appetites and emotions.

Strengths of Transcendence are strengths that forge connections to the larger universe and provide meaning

• At its core is Appreciation of beauty and excellence, awe, wonder, elevation and exaltation. It means appreciating beauty, excellence, and/or skilled performance in various domains of life.
• With this power it strengthens Gratitude which is being aware of and thankful of the good things that happen; taking time to express thanks.
  With this gratitude comes Hope, optimism, future-mindedness, and future orientation. Expecting the best in the future and working to achieve it.
  Then there is the power of Humor, laughter, and playfulness. Liking to laugh and tease; bringing smiles to other people; seeing the brighter side of things.
  And finally Spirituality, religiousness, faith, and a deepened sense of purpose. Having coherent beliefs about the higher purpose, the meaning of life, and the meaning of the universe .

Possessing all these Ethical empowerments is said to lead to "Apotheosis" Or becoming one with the divine aspects of the Gods.

Things frowned upon: Killing, Stealing, Sexual Misconduct, Lying, Intoxication/Obsession, Corruption, Slavery, Oppression, hatred, greed, stupidity, etc.

Let's answer this in a comprehensive Manner, yes?

Views on systems of government

Representative Democracy: The Beastling States Uses Representative Democracy because of the practical usage in a large land area.

Direct Democracy: Direct Democracy is Ideal but impractical on a large scale.

Republics:Republics are ideal, because they are chosen of the people, by the people, and for the people.

Federalism:Federal structures are more favorable than unitary structures and confederacies because they take into account local concerns and also how they affect the whole nation.

Constitutional Monarchism: We can trust Constitutional Monarchs as we feel that the constitution protects the people from the over extension of power by one person.

Absolute Monarchism: We look at absolute monarchs with distrust as our past has taught us that absolute power in the hands of one person leads to corruption, and corruption is to be feared and avoided. If this corruption cannot be avoided the threat must be eliminated for the common good. If the Monarch is benevolent, and shows to bring good and justice to the people, they're admired and revered for their ability to be uncorrupted by power.

Dictatorship: Like the Absolute Monarch we believe that power in the hands of one person leads to corruption, and corruption is to be feared and avoided. If this corruption cannot be avoided the threat must be eliminated for the common good. If the Dictator is benevolent, and shows to bring good and justice to the people, they're admired.

Anarchism: Anarchism or a stateless nation is ideal, but it is not very often achieved without blood or conflict.

Minarchism (very small government): it doesn't do enough to protect people from monopolies or massive exploitation by the rich.

Oligarchies: They are looked at with distrust as power by the few outweighing the demands of the many is considered to be corruption.

Military Juntas: Depending on the intentions and action of the Junta they can either be trusted or considered enemies of the state.

Fascism: All but universally hated and distrusted.

Presidential System: Considered to be effective, and more trustworthy to begin with, but can lose favor with Spireans if they become corruptor show corruption.

Parliamentary System: Viewed favorably, but if taken to the point where minority rights are not respected or opposition parties aren't respected, they are no longer trusted.

Economic Systems

Capitalism: Considered to be exploitative and conducive to slavery, imperialism, and colonialism. Considered to lead to poverty and worldwide abuse of other nations.If such exploitation is avoided and the regime is friendly, then foster a warm relationship. Lead by example. Teach that mixed economy is better than straight Capitalism.

Socialism: Considered to be Ideal in the protection of rights, and necessary to provide the full services of a good government.


Mixed Economy (Third Way): It is better than straight Capitalism, but considered to not do enough to protect the majority from poverty.

Laissez-faire: It is considered to be socially irresponsible as it does not protect anyone from unsafe business practices.

Syndicalism (trade unionism): It is considered to be uniquely beneficial if the rights of minorities are respected.

Planned Economy: This is exactly what Spireans believe prevents exploitation, but it is less favorable than Grassroots economics.

Grassroots (community based) economics: Ideal. The only criticism is that it requires a motivated populace.

Globalization: It leads to massive exploitation by the rich nations of the poor nations.

Feudalism: On one hand it's considered culturally rich, but on the other hand it violates rights of the citizens left and right. It is therefore viewed default unfavorably.

Corporatism: Depends on how socially responsible the corporation is. Some Corporations run like a collective council which is considered favorable, while others run like a nightmare hole.

Participatory Economics: Spires uses participatory economics and therefore is biased in favor of participatory economics.

Gift Economy: Considered to be immoral and does not reward effort and contributions with proper compensation.

Traditional Economies: Depends on their Economic planning. Mercantilism does not work in favor of the working class and is therefore viewed unfavorably.

Social Philosophies

(Note these are social philosophies, not economic ones)

Authoritarianism: Unfavorably because of the disregard for the will of the people.

Conservatism: Unfavorably because of fiscal decisions and moral enforcement by people more likely to be wrong about morality.

Liberalism: Mildly unfavorably because they don't do enough, nor have the courage to abolish the system when the situation demands it and therefore unfavorably receives it.

Libertarianism: Unfavorably because not enough is done to provide basic rights that the population deserves.

Militarism: Unfavorably when it's a warmongering nation for the wrong reasons. When it is the right reasons it is viewed favorably.

Pacifism: Favorably. Spireans are peaceloving people. (this doesn't mean they are morally opposed to warfare, just warfare for the wrong reasons)

Nationalism: Unfavorably because it promotes division and racism.

Internationalism: Favorably because it promotes the good and welfare of all.

Secularism: Depends, if it's anti-religious then it's not well received. If it's merely secular humanism then it's well received.

Theocracy: Depends on the religion.

Racism: Hated because it is the foundation of xenocide and genocide.

Egalitarianism: The foundation of Spirean ethic.

Individualism: It is respected only if the rights of the individual do not outweigh the whole of everyone else.

Collectivism: Considered essential to a healthy community.

Environmentalism: Considered absolutely essential to the continuance of life on all planets.

Consumerism: Considered to be a moral issue.

Freedoms

Abortion: Provided

Same Sex Marriage: Provided

Polgamy/Polyamory/Group Marriage: Provided if all parties agree.

LGBTQP (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Questioning, Pansexual) Rights: Guaranteed.

Alcohol: Legal at age 16 in human equivalent.

Tobacco: Legal at age 16 in human equivalent.

Marijuana: Legal at age 16 in human equivalent.

"Soft Drugs": Legal at age 16 in human equivalent.

"Hard Drugs": Legal at age 21 in human equivalent. with an exception of Stockweed for safety reasons.

Age of consent: age 17 in human equivalent..

Gun control: Needs licences for ownership at age 18 or its human equivalent or permission from a guardian. Needs a clean criminal record and a clean bill of mental health and needs to take classes for proper use and when to discharge a firearm.

Religion: Free exercise and freedom from religion.

Freedom of Speech: Freedom of speech inasmuch that it doesn't violate health and safety concerns.

Freedom of Press: Freedom of the press inasmuch that it doesn't violate health and safety concerns.

Public Nudity: permitted.

Animal Rights: Protected for animal welfare.

Human Rights: Protected.

Sapient Non Human Rights: Protected.

Mage Rights: Protected.

Prostitution: Taxed and legal but frowned upon.

Flag Burning: protected but frowned upon as an occupation for the desperate or the Enweyans.

Other

To what extent does racial discrimination exist in your nation? Not much. It would make things difficult otherwise.

To what extent does gender discrimination exist in your nation? It doesn't exist.

To what extent does sexuality discrimination exist in your nation? Doesn't exist.

To what extent does class discrimination exist in your nation? We're anti classist.

To what extent does religious discrimination exist in your nation? It exists, but is not institutionalized and can be problematic in some communities.

To what extent does political discrimination exist in your nation? It exists but is not institutionalized and can be problematic in some communities.

Do you have a national religion, and if so what? The Government is officially secular, but the representatives are openly religious.

If not, do you have freedom of religion, or enforced atheism? Freedom of religion.

If you have a national religion, are other religions allowed to exist within it? Forntianism, but all religions are allowed to freely practice and have their own religious institution.

What party system does your nation have, if any? (single, two-party, multiparty, etc.): Multiparty.

What are some things that are viewed as taboo within your society? Claims of racial supremacy, BDSM, Caste systems, Corruption

What are some things your society allows that others may consider taboo? Interspecial relationships.


What form of communism or socialism do you adhere to? Council Communism.

What are your views on the following?

Orthodox Marxism: Positively, but still needs to work on the problems inherent in implementation.

Marxist-Leninism: Positively, but still needs to work on the problems inherent in implementation.

Stalinism: Negatively. Does not consider them to be Communist, but rather personality cultists.

Trotskyism: Positively, and views the implementation to be relatively successful if applied.

Maoism: Negatively. Does not consider them to be Communist, but rather personality cultists.

Juche: Negatively. Does not consider them to be Communist, but rather personality cultists.

Democratic Socialism: Limited approval. Considers that they need to take better steps in the right direction into revolutionizing the system.

Anarcho-Communism: Approval. Considers that they need to take better steps in the right implementation of revolutionizing the system.

Anarcho-Syndicalism: Limited approval. Considers that they need to take better steps in the right direction into revolutionizing the system and factoring needs of all.

Anarcho-Collectivism: Approval. Considers that they need to take better steps in the right implementation of revolutionizing the system.

Luxemburgism: Viewed more positively than Trotskyism.

Council Communism: The Spirean system, and therefore positively viewed.

Anything else we should know: If you have a question, ask. Is there anything I haven't covered?

[The Pyrillic Empire]

Nation Name: The Eternal Sovereignty of The Pyrillic Empire
Preferred Tech Level(s): P/MT, but I'm very apathetic when it comes to tech levels.
Ideals (things seen as good): Imperialism, Bonapartism, civil rights, absolute monarchy, laissez-faire ecomomies, militarism, a centralized state, us, fine wines, automatic transmissions
Things frowned upon: Communism/socialism, fascism, slavery, protectionism, decentralized states, small tracts of land, them, wine boxes, manual transmissions
Anything else we should know? We've got many species here, even if they all compose quite a small minority. Also, militarist, imperialist absolute monarchy, yay!

[Nyte]

This is all of the win and I want in NAO NAO NAO RIHGT NAUOGHW. This gets a Siri Stamp of Approval™. Have all the approval, even.
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Nation Name: Eternal Noldorin Empire of Menelmacar
Preferred Tech Level(s): FT, FanT, SAT (Sufficiently Advanced™ Technology)
Ideals (things seen as good) (in no particular order): Elves, Freedom, Liberty, Mastery, Capitalism, Creativity, Beauty, the Free Market, Individualism, Gun Rights, Natural Law, Magic, Science, Limited Government, Knowledge
Things frowned upon (also in no particular order): Slavery, Ignorance, People killing Elves, Communism, Theocracy, Orcs, Slavery, Gun Control, Popwankers, Pacifism, Slavery
Anything else we should know?
Tolkien Elves IN SPACE. Possibly the wankiest nation you'll meet that isn't written by an asshole (well, tied with C'tan here). Also, technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.

Popwankers... This term is unknown to me... Please elaborate?

[Crystal Spires]

Popwankers... This term is unknown to me... Please elaborate?

I have 600000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 people and will mobilize all of them at once into a small tiny space the size of a toothbrush.


^Example.

Oi, I didn't say that they were fullsized! don't criticize mah flea people.

[Miyager]

Nation Name: Miyager
Preferred Tech Level(s): Plain (P)MT (variable), Plain FT, FanT-MT, FanT-FT, FanT-PT
Ideals (things seen as good): Liberty, rule of law, reason, secularism, individualism, freedom, proudness of cultural heritage
Things frowned upon: Oppression, autocracy, dictatorship, hive-mind, anti-humanism, slavery
Anything else we should know? There's four separate variations of this nation. One for Plain MT, FanT-MT, Plain PMT, and FanT-PMT, one for Plain FT, one for FanT-PT, and one for FanT-FT.

All of them share characteristics though, like individualism, rule of law, and dominance by humans and humanoids. They're all influenced by European and Western culture, and all Earth cultures in the case of the FT variations. Basically, the MT and PMT variants can be summed up as "Europe taken up to 11"

There's a lot more, but I'll explain as time goes on.

[Storica]

Nation Name:Storica
Preferred Tech Level(s):PT
Ideals (things seen as good):Books, Bombs and Booty
Things frowned upon:Iliterates, International Co-operation and Boney @rses
Anything else we should know? Stranger Danger

[Menelmacar]

Popwankers... This term is unknown to me... Please elaborate?

Popwanking is claiming to have a population larger than is listed on your nation page.

[Faroslan]

Olwe if you haven't found it already that Rp is up and running

[Miyager]

Popwankers... This term is unknown to me... Please elaborate?

Popwanking is claiming to have a population larger than is listed on your nation page.

Which is justified in some situations (FT, galactic wide empires; even they should keep fairly reasonable). But others (small, MT nations) its ridiculous.

[Nyte]

ahhh. well i RP as a FT nation with 12 planets as such i increased my population to 16.6 billion. i think this is fairly reasonably considering. if not, then i guess i'm a popwanker.

[Miyager]

ahhh. well i RP as a FT nation with 12 planets as such i increased my population to 16.6 billion. i think this is fairly reasonably considering. if not, then i guess i'm a popwanker.

That's reasonable. In fact, depending on the quality of planets and the species, it might be too little or too much.

[Nyte]

I low-balled it on purpose. Mainly because I didn't want to be one of those retards who claimed to control half the galaxy or so. It may increase a small amount later after I've finished working everything out, but even then it's unlikely to go over 24 billion.

[Miyager]

I low-balled it on purpose. Mainly because I didn't want to be one of those retards who claimed to control half the galaxy or so. It may increase a small amount later after I've finished working everything out, but even then it's unlikely to go over 24 billion.

Large, older nations claiming large swaths of the galaxy is usually accepted. And if that's the case, their populations should go up according. I don't judge populations based on size alone, though: even a galaxy spanning empire would really only inhabit a small number of planets.

[Prussac]

Nation Name:Prussac
Preferred Tech Level(s):
MT/FT Prussac's exact time can be altered.
Ideals (things seen as good):
Free Market, Happy/Healthy Workers, Right to Own Body/Own whatever one wants (This also means life isn't valued at all), Free Thinking
Things frowned upon:
Ethics, Morality, State Imposed Beliefs, Dissent, Communism, Social Progressives, Protestors and Hippies.
Anything else we should know?
We also don't care about the environment. We don't give a hoot, we pollute! At least until it cuts into our profits, then we reign in the lesser corporations to clean up their act. Dead people can't buy our guns.

[Greater Mackonia]

Nation Name: Tzaveir'khalka.....to humans Mackonia.
Preferred Tech Level(s): A mix, I prefer to not be constrained by set tech levels but you could describe Mackonia as pseudo-science tech, basically a mix of Fan-T and PMT.
Ideals (things seen as good):Stealth,Espionage Ruthlessness,Cunning,Change,Conquest (war),Dueling, Paranoia,Authoritarianism,Utilitarianism and of course a good hat.
Things frowned upon: Morals and Morality, Democracy (in the whomon form) , Christianity (and most other RL religions) , Pacifism,Anarchism and humanity.
Anything else we should know?:N/A

[Loxana]

Nation Name: The Kingdom of Loxana
Preferred Tech Level(s): PMT/FanT
Ideals Morality, Honor, Chivalry, Integrity, Righteousness, and Liberty
Things frowned upon: Dishonor, Slavery, Immoral Nation, and Despot Kings.
Anything else we should know?: PMT knight nation with magical capabilities

[Menelmacar]

Nation Name:Prussac
Preferred Tech Level(s):
MT/FT Prussac's exact time can be altered.
Ideals (things seen as good):
Right to Own Body/Own whatever one wants (This also means life isn't valued at all)
Things frowned upon:
Ethics, Morality

Hold up a moment. So, are you slavers?

[Olwe]

Anything else we should know: If you have a question, ask. Is there anything I haven't covered?

No, most definitely not. That was, if anything, too comprehensive.

Regarding popwanking: Olwe's total population is 7.14 billion for RP purposes (on the nation page it says 7.19 billion, but I lost 1.5 million people in the zombie apocalypse on Monday; lacking actual math skills I estimated it down, and am happy enough with the number that I'm not changing it). This encompasses all Olwean territory, in other words 2.2 planets.