Earth II [Main Thread | OOC | Open RP]

[Byzantium Imperium]

Someone is gonna do that just to piss on your shoes.

[Layarteb]

Someone is gonna do that just to piss on your shoes.

I have a retort already lined up Byz - for all answers. Plus I'd be impressed if someone codified it.

[Gratislavia]

• Seca Knezova
  
  • Thread Owner: Gratislavia
  • Location: Serbia
  • Classification: Diplomatic RP
  • Synopsis: With the Knezes dead and the Kingdom fully under control of the Tsar, Serbia looks to the international community as it tries to reintegrate itself.
  • Miscellaneous Notes: N/A

[Terra Reborn]

• Seca Knezova
  
  • Thread Owner: Gratislavia
  • Location: Serbia
  • Classification: Diplomatic RP
  • Synopsis: With the Knezes dead and the Kingdom fully under control of the Tsar, Serbia looks to the international community as it tries to reintegrate itself.
  • Miscellaneous Notes: N/A

Question regarding your application.

I'm assuming that you've got the Head of State and Head of Government the wrong way around?

[Estainia]

Or the Tsar actually has power.

[Terra Reborn]

So the Tsar would appoint his head of state?

A Monarch would be a powerful Head of State who would appoint a head of government, not the other way around.

[Layarteb]

You know, I might work in the fragrance industry but I'll never get used to the smell of eau de bum.

[Gratislavia]

So the Tsar would appoint his head of state?

A Monarch would be a powerful Head of State who would appoint a head of government, not the other way around.

The Tsar is the head of government in that he has direct executive control over the functioning of the state and the making of official policy. The Prime Minister is appointed by the elected Duma (Parliament) and serves a largely ceremonial role.

[Khorsun]

Gratislavia, you definitely want the tsar to be head of state even if he is de facto head of government as well. In protocol terms, you're saying your prime minister ranks above your monarch in terms of symbolic authority. That'd be a big cause for embarrassment in international diplomacy, for example, where your prime minister would be accorded a higher reception than your tsar.

That's...just not done. There are plenty of countries where the head of state can exercise more actual power than the head of government - Vladimir Putin in Russia, Ayatollah Khamenei in Iran, I'm presuming Recep Erdogan now that he's Turkey's president. And it's traditional and more or less inherent in monarchy that no one occupies a higher symbolic place than the monarch.

[Terra Reborn]

Thank You Khorsun!

I was trying to think of a polite way to put what you basically put, because the way that you've got it Grat is quite simply madness.

[Gratislavia]

Gratislavia, you definitely want the tsar to be head of state even if he is de facto head of government as well. In protocol terms, you're saying your prime minister ranks above your monarch in terms of symbolic authority. That'd be a big cause for embarrassment in international diplomacy, for example, where your prime minister would be accorded a higher reception than your tsar.

That's...just not done. There are plenty of countries where the head of state can exercise more actual power than the head of government - Vladimir Putin in Russia, Ayatollah Khamenei in Iran, I'm presuming Recep Erdogan now that he's Turkey's president. And it's traditional and more or less inherent in monarchy that no one occupies a higher symbolic place than the monarch.

Thanks for the excellent advice, I'll be editing that.

[Khorsun]

Terra and I have decided our dispute over Liberia in The Wheel of Fire is more or less at an end. We are using the template for a premade state to represent the political solution we came to there. We'll both be forfeiting our claims to Liberia in favor of this.

Terra, take a look over the the draft I made for it and see if there's anything that should be changed.


Liberian NPC State

• Nation Name: Liberian Federation
• Demonym: Liberian
• Capital: Buchanan
• Independence or Founding Date: March 28, 2014 (reformed from Republic of Liberia)
• Population: 4,092,310
• Official Language(s): English, Khorsuni
• Government Type: Republican Confederation
• Head of State: President Amara Sendolo
• Heads of Government: Joseph Fox, Inzolah hal Khanzakum
• Official Religion: None
• Largest Religion: Christianity
• Constitution: Yes
• Economy Type: Mixed economy
• Currency: Liberian dollar (LRD)
• Summer Time: No
• Calling Code: +231
• Internet TLD: .lr
• Maritime Boundary (nm): 24
• Military Size: 28,000
• Special Weapons
  
  • Chemical: No
  • Biological: No
  • Radiological: No
  • Nuclear: No
• Territories
  
  • Liberia

[*]Economic Rating: Weak
[*]Military Rating: Weak
[*]Political Rating: Weak
[*]Summary: The Liberian Federation was a reformation of the former Republic of Liberia created by the Monrovia Accords to settle the Liberian civil war and the crisis between neighboring Khorsun and the Apilonian Empire in 2014. The Federation consists of two subnational entities: the Khorsuni Autonomous Territory in the former counties of Maryland, Grand Kru, River Gee, Sinoe, and Grand Gedeh, with its capital in Vholasi (formerly Zwedru), and the Republic of Liberia, encompassing the ten remaining counties with its capital in Monrovia. The two entities are self-governing in most respects; the national government is weak and requires the consensus of both in order to act. Each maintains its own self-defense force of 9,000 men, with small contingents of Khorsuni and Apilonian military personnel remaining in an 'advisory' role to the respective sides. The federal government has no armed forces of its own and is constitutionally mandated to practice neutrality, but it does maintain a 6,000-strong national police force. 4,000 international peacekeepers from the New African Republic are also present to uphold the tenuous truce between the Khorsunis and the Liberians. The economy, underdeveloped and plagued by corruption in the past, has been further damaged by the recent civil war. However, foreign aid and investment from Apilonia and Khorsun, along with reforms enacted by the new regional governments, offers hope for recovery and growth, though how long the ceasefire can be expected to hold remains in question.
[*]History

• See The Wheel of Fire

[Terra Reborn]

Looks fine by me, Khorsun.

[Layarteb]

@ Khorsun & Terra Reborn - does this mean that said thread, The Wheel of Fire is now concluded?

[Khorsun]

I'd say it is concluded unless anyone else feels a pressing need to add their own final post to it. The crisis has been resolved.

[Terra Reborn]

Agreed.

[Layarteb]

Okay good. Now how about some history entries.

[Layarteb]

Well given that I'll be away from Sunday to the Sunday thereafter, I'm leaving Earth II in the hands of Dalmasce/Estainia who has express permission to smite with impunity. Given the plethora of claim RPs lagging behind in posts, I can only assume he'll have no shortage of targets. So if you get smited I don't want to hear it.

[Estainia]

Well given that I'll be away from Sunday to the Sunday thereafter, I'm leaving Earth II in the hands of Dalmasce/Estainia who has express permission to smite with impunity. Given the plethora of claim RPs lagging behind in posts, I can only assume he'll have no shortage of targets. So if you get smited I don't want to hear it.

^ This is largely pot/kettle folks, as I'm lagging as much as y'all are, lets try and get some stuff caught up or done before the big man gets back.

[Layarteb]

So for those of you who operate the F-46 Enforcer, which is essentially a Layified Su-34, this image has been brought to my attention.



After research, advice, and a metric ass-load of math on Windows Calculator I have determined that not only can I make it work but it'll be more realistic than my Layified Su-34.

So yes, this is coming.

[Brydog]

I will buy some of them.

[Layarteb]

So for those of you who operate the F-46 Enforcer, which is essentially a Layified Su-34, this image has been brought to my attention.

(Image)

After research, advice, and a metric ass-load of math on Windows Calculator I have determined that not only can I make it work but it'll be more realistic than my Layified Su-34.

So yes, this is coming.

And this is done.

F-46 Enforcer

Ordinance Loadout Charts (F-46 + F-58)

[Greater United Russia]

I blame the lack of posting on my end due to my schedule, sorry sorry! Up soon!

[Gratislavia]

I got the continuation post up in my introduction thread so anyone that wants to jump in that now feel free.

[Terra Reborn]

I got the continuation post up in my introduction thread so anyone that wants to jump in that now feel free.

Interesting, given the timeframe (just after the Assassination of my King) I may have to do something separate with you at a later (IC) data.