[TWI ONLY, OOC] backstory

[Dibeg]

Dibeg has nuclear powered submarines, battlecruisers, carriers and one nuclear power plant.

we have 6 nuclear missile subs as well as two land bases with missiles.

[Randmar]

nukes but we dont want to use them, their so secure that its impossible except if someone has launched nukes against us or were losing so extremely bad in a war its our only option left

Remember this is OOC and while its a poorly kept secret that randmar has nukes it a very well kept secret where those nukes are stored. So no one should be commenting in IC about the location of my nukes or number of subs without consulting me first.

My nation keeps all of their nukes on their submarine fleet which is why you will never see those subs in a war games or public operation unless they are deployed as part of calculated ploy to make people think they are not in fact on those subs. The number of subs Randmar has is currently 20 but that number is also kept a closely guarded secret and publicly Randmar only has 5 subs.

[Dibeg]

Dibeg has nuclear powered submarines, battlecruisers, carriers and one nuclear power plant.

we have 6 nuclear missile subs as well as two land bases with missiles.

Dibeg's nuclear program is well known, and somewhat controversial within our nation.
It would take a lot to get us to use them as it might get the politician unelected

[Linaviar]

Speaking of nuclear armaments what is the region looking like in that department?

Randmar has nuclear capabilities and publicly denies that it does but like Israel it is probably the worst kept secret around, Randmar has too many rare earth elements and too much money to not have them.

First post explains my nation's position and capability quite nicely, so I might end up acquiring one if the region heads in a direction where the benefits would outweigh the costs of lost fuel.

[Trapoli]

OOC I haven't been in this RP at all, anyone want to quickly summarize it for me?

[Polar Svalbard]

this is all OOC and it isnt a IC RP its a RP to figure out what stories we wnat to develop and our nations backstories, jus read the first couple posts

[Vancouvia]

OOC I haven't been in this RP at all, anyone want to quickly summarize it for me?

It's about people posting about what they want to do alliance/rival/otherwise in an OOC fashion so you can jump in whenever you want

[Polar Svalbard]

OOC I haven't been in this RP at all, anyone want to quickly summarize it for me?

It's about people posting about what they want to do alliance/rival/otherwise in an OOC fashion so you can jump in whenever you want

Vancouvia when are yo arriving

[Trapoli]

The Federal Republic of Trapoli[hr]
Trapoli is roughly a decade old. With no specific culture, Trapoli ranges from Hispanic, to African, to European countries. Trapoli's motto is "Live as one, Love as one, Die as one," and represents the nations hopes, goals and achievements. Our economy is no where big and mighty, but we make sure in our investing towards many things. We value our national animal, the Grizzly Bear, for it symbolizes our mighty strength in defense, and offensive tactics, and in doing so, have to value the environment as well. Though, as industry is a problem, we usually achieve a balance of industry, and our environmental state. Culture, such as sports, and the arts is also things the government invests money into. Another thing we value is our Royal Navy (~26% of money), which the the might of Trapoli, and the defenders of its seas. We have great civil rights, allowing people as much freedom as they deserve, and accept of all people from every nationality.

We are looking for allies with any island-based nations in the north part of the Western Isles, for trading, for Trapoli is a nation based off of it's trading investment, AND military allies, especially nations with stronger navy forces than others.

We look to expand in the near future, either by economic value, and/or territory, possibly looking for more land to fit the growing population.

** WE DO NOT TOLERATE COMMUNIST NATIONS. THEY ARE ENEMIES OF THE NATION, AND WILL BE DEALT WITH APPROPRIATELY. **

[Trapoli]

something like that?

[Polar Svalbard]

The Federal Republic of Trapoli[hr]
Trapoli is roughly a decade old. With no specific culture, Trapoli ranges from Hispanic, to African, to European countries. Trapoli's motto is "Live as one, Love as one, Die as one," and represents the nations hopes, goals and achievements. Our economy is no where big and mighty, but we make sure in our investing towards many things. We value our national animal, the Grizzly Bear, for it symbolizes our mighty strength in defense, and offensive tactics, and in doing so, have to value the environment as well. Though, as industry is a problem, we usually achieve a balance of industry, and our environmental state. Culture, such as sports, and the arts is also things the government invests money into. Another thing we value is our Royal Navy (~26% of money), which the the might of Trapoli, and the defenders of its seas. We have great civil rights, allowing people as much freedom as they deserve, and accept of all people from every nationality.

We are looking for allies with any island-based nations in the north part of the Western Isles, for trading, for Trapoli is a nation based off of it's trading investment, AND military allies, especially nations with stronger navy forces than others.

We look to expand in the near future, either by economic value, and/or territory, possibly looking for more land to fit the growing population.

** WE DO NOT TOLERATE COMMUNIST NATIONS. THEY ARE ENEMIES OF THE NATION, AND WILL BE DEALT WITH APPROPRIATELY. **

Hello my aly

[Vancouvia]

Yeah, didn't you already post? That rang familiar

Anyway I'd like to make an alliance with you if you're looking for northern nations

[Randmar]

Snip[/b]

Welcome Trapoli has others have noted this is not a RP and it intended to help create RPs by bring people together to discuss what sort of rolepalys they would like to do and what they are looking for. It is also for establishing things that have happened in our past that we might not roleplay but want to be part of the regions IC history.

To try and further distinguish our nations from the people playing them I'd suggest dropping langauge such as we and our we referring to your nation, simply use possessive phrase like my nation or the nation. By creating a greater distinction between IC and OOC it will help bring the players together which will allow for more interesting RPs.

[Trapoli]

The Federal Republic of Trapoli[hr]
Trapoli is roughly a decade old. With no specific culture, Trapoli ranges from Hispanic, to African, to European countries. Trapoli's motto is "Live as one, Love as one, Die as one," and represents the nations hopes, goals and achievements. Our economy is no where big and mighty, but we make sure in our investing towards many things. We value our national animal, the Grizzly Bear, for it symbolizes our mighty strength in defense, and offensive tactics, and in doing so, have to value the environment as well. Though, as industry is a problem, we usually achieve a balance of industry, and our environmental state. Culture, such as sports, and the arts is also things the government invests money into. Another thing we value is our Royal Navy (~26% of money), which the the might of Trapoli, and the defenders of its seas. We have great civil rights, allowing people as much freedom as they deserve, and accept of all people from every nationality.

We are looking for allies with any island-based nations in the north part of the Western Isles, for trading, for Trapoli is a nation based off of it's trading investment, AND military allies, especially nations with stronger navy forces than others.

We look to expand in the near future, either by economic value, and/or territory, possibly looking for more land to fit the growing population.

** WE DO NOT TOLERATE COMMUNIST NATIONS. THEY ARE ENEMIES OF THE NATION, AND WILL BE DEALT WITH APPROPRIATELY. **

Hello my aly

Hello, my brethren.

[Trapoli]

Yeah, didn't you already post? That rang familiar

Anyway I'd like to make an alliance with you if you're looking for northern nations

Yea, I did, but I didn't think anyone saw since I got no requests, so I decided to post it again.

And sure. Haven't we talked about this before?

[Trapoli]

Snip[/b]

Welcome Trapoli has others have noted this is not a RP and it intended to help create RPs by bring people together to discuss what sort of rolepalys they would like to do and what they are looking for. It is also for establishing things that have happened in our past that we might not roleplay but want to be part of the regions IC history.

To try and further distinguish our nations from the people playing them I'd suggest dropping langauge such as we and our we referring to your nation, simply use possessive phrase like my nation or the nation. By creating a greater distinction between IC and OOC it will help bring the players together which will allow for more interesting RPs.

So for OOC use my nation, or the nation, and for IC use We? Alright, gotcha.

[Vancouvia]

for OOC use "I want" for IC use "We want / Vancouvia wants"

[Polar Svalbard]

Yeah, didn't you already post? That rang familiar

Anyway I'd like to make an alliance with you if you're looking for northern nations

Yea, I did, but I didn't think anyone saw since I got no requests, so I decided to post it again.

And sure. Haven't we talked about this before?

remember we formed the TSA the Trapoli Svalbard alliance, i cant wait to talk to you at the conference

[Randmar]

So for OOC use my nation, or the nation, and for IC use We? Alright, gotcha.

The idea is that when we are talking in OOC we are taking to the player rather than an entire nation, and it is pretty prevalent in this region to keep using the third person pronouns and legion speak even when we are talking to each other, as people. So the reason I suggested changing how you and everyone else who has done this types things in OOC is to help distance themselves from that habit of treating the player and the player's nation as the same thing. Without that distinction, the fact that nationstates roleplaying has to be cooperative or else roleplaying will fall through means that treating the two distinctly will inevitably improve the quality of roleplaying for everyone involved.

I am not directing this specifically at you but I have noticed several people have started doing it again and I feel the point needs to be reiterated because this is one of the biggest issues I have when ever I look at the MT side of NS, its the fact that so many players blur those lines. I apologize for hammering away at this topic but the entire Rajinnar thing and how people acted during it bothered me.

on an unrelated note I use entirely to reliant on the complex conditional sentences, I need to find an alternative without compounding the sentence even further; Such compounding while it does expand the range of things I can cover in a single sentence can become: tedious to read; monotonous in tone, as people typically read it within their conscious voice; and information is lost as it is spread out over a larger area. I did that sentence on purpose though. That one as well.

[The Island Nation of Perron]

This is the Island Nation of Perròn. We are a very small island nation composed of many seagoing peoples (English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Japanese, Polynesian, etc.) we are an old island who just recently recieved independence from French Polynesia. Our people are a friendly, trusting nation, who often remains peaceful in times of war. Due to the small size, our military is non-existant excluding police and our navy is limited. These do not offer compliance, however and they will retaliate at an imposing threat to the island's freedom

What I am mostly searching as allies are large powerful nations for protection, and rivals smaller nations, however am not against rivalling a larger nation.

[Randmar]

I would that think of your rival less as an enemy and more as your main role playing partner. They should be someone you are personal friendly with but have nations that contrast well with one another well.

Having a rival will generate plenty of conflict you can make stories about. It will also give your factbooks a good souce for why they are the way they are. For instance my own special forces factbook will probably work off its actions with vancou, easing its creation. Otherwise without a rival your options for role playing become limited to those of an economical and diplomatic nature. Which could become tedious.

[Bas Tonal]

I haven't entirely decided on a back story for Tonal. Despite having been around off and on for awhile, I haven't RP'd much since about 2010, and I'm essentially retconning all of my past national experiences since I've had my nation undergo a massive change in the last month. I'm RPing as a Libya-esque nation but more African, like Sudan. Libya has a large Arab population and an African minority that's been routinely oppressed, Tonal has the opposite, a large black African population and an Arab-minority though I'm going to say that the Muslim Arabs are equal citizens, but the small Christian population is oppressed pretty badly.

Tonal is run by Youhanna Tsembeki, who had led a coup against the previous monarchy. He was a General, though has adopted the title 'President' for legitimacy. Tonal uses the concept of the Jamahiriya, which means direct democracy at the local level, but a mostly authoritarian executive and marginalized 'People's Assembly'. Islam plays a big role in the nation, and Muslim nations will be supported by Tonal. Like I said, it's essentially Qaddafi-era Libya with some Sudanese influences. 'Western' style nations will be opposed, African or Muslim nations will be looked upon favorably, etc.

How about a non-western nation such as mine? We are not Muslim (Buddhist anyhow), but I'd still like to work out an economic or tech agreement if your up for it.

Definitely! That'd be great dude.

[Tuernia]

The Tuernian Republic - La République tuerniene

Tuernia is inspired by Caribbean countries, and has a colonial French flavor. It has a population of 300,000. It was settled in the 1700s by various groups (mostly French-speaking), but was relatively unimportant and never claimed by any empire. Slavery was a haven for pirates, due to its lax laws, between the 1740s and 1810s. Slavery was common on the island, African slaves eventually outnumbering the white settlers. It was abolished in 1862. Tuernia has been a republic since it declared independence in 1800. In the 20th century Tuernia officially adopted neutrality, and began a series of internal liberal reforms.

For my back-story I'd like most friendly/neutral relations. Tuernia's a rather small country, after all, and would have not had much effect on international affairs.

I'm going to be added to one of the islands south of Cottoria/Talsia. Perhaps someone could have been responsible for putting down the pirates in Tuernia?

Factbook

[Randmar]

Who here believes they have a large, Stable, economy?

I am looking for a reserve currency.

[edit]
You can tell if your economy is stable if it focuses on stable markets such as the food industry and a few lower tier industrial process. For instance Alabama has a very stable economy and weathered the recession fairly well in part thanks to the variety of its industry and its focus on steel and agriculture. the tech industry, shipping, and higher tier manufacture such as automobiles are notoriously unstable so the more dependent your economy is on those the more unstable it is.

[Polar Svalbard]

Who here believes they have a large, Stable, economy?

I am looking for a reserve currency.

[edit]
You can tell if your economy is stable if it focuses on stable markets such as the food industry and a few lower tier industrial process. For instance Alabama has a very stable economy and weathered the recession fairly well in part thanks to the variety of its industry and its focus on steel and agriculture. the tech industry, shipping, and higher tier manufacture such as automobiles are notoriously unstable so the more dependent your economy is on those the more unstable it is.

So my economy is a huge exporter of arms and oil making up a good 75% of the GDP, how's that
5% is steel and 5% is agriculture. 5% is in technology and 10% comes from tourists