List of Nations & Tribes (Sept. 14, 2017 — Nov. 17, 2023)

[Jutsa]

Bump, with the added bonus of adding Bigtopia with a * due to its just being in someone's username. (see #875)

[Unibot III]

It's interesting that the Pacific, TRR, Osiris, and Lazarus are the only GCRs not mentioned in issues ... yet.

[Jutsa]

Sizable update thanks to issue #877.

[Singapore no2]

Bump because of nations' canonisation.

[Jutsa]

Forgot to update Wezeltonia as well.

[Jutsa]

Bump. Also forgot to mention #890 for Bigtopia.

Edit: Also added... Osakaland?

[Chan Island]

Eh, might as well bring up an old one of mine.

Issue 677: Dial L For Loan, features a small nameless nation.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Bump. Also forgot to mention #890 for Bigtopia.

Edit: Also added... Osakaland?

There's no Osakaland in the issues.

[Jutsa]

Teehee... both adjustments made

[Jutsa]

Updated Maxtopia and Althaniq, and also added East Calypso. Question: Is East Calypso based off of an irl nation?
If not, I may have an issue idea for it.

[Trotterdam]

Updated my version too.

I've added East Calypso (a tropical island tourist paradise, similar to Manamana, but maybe without the libertarian tax haven angle, though we don't know yet) and Núi Và Sông (basically Vietnam), and updated other nations for issues from #875 onward. Maxtopia and North Bigtopia, locked in "a series of bloody wars" since #190, might finally be approaching peace in #877... unfortunately, this serves mainly to allow cruel player nations to dash their hopes. Macronesia and Moltovea are now slightly more than "some generic place some people are from". Oh, and Wezeltonia is now an exporter of coffee beans, because they can't be aggressive warmongers all the time.

Question: Is East Calypso based off of an irl nation?
If not, I may have an issue idea for it.

Well, not overtly at any rate. All we know is that it's a tropical island nation.

Since we already have Manamana representing the Caribbean, and Macronesia nominally representing Indonesia, I figure this one would likely be somewhere else, like Polynesia or the Maldives.

EDIT: Actually, since Calypso is a Greek word, it may be intended to be a Mediterranean island like Malta or Cyprus.

[Minoa]

Updated Maxtopia and Althaniq, and also added East Calypso. Question: Is East Calypso based off of an irl nation?
If not, I may have an issue idea for it.

Trinidad and Tobago, where Calypso music originated.

[Fauxia]

If it wasn’t based on Trinidad and Tobago, it would have to have an issue about @@LEADER@@ getting stuck there with a nymph

[Pogaria]

Question: Is East Calypso based off of an irl nation?
If not, I may have an issue idea for it.

It's whatever you want it to be!

(I was thinking Caribbean when I made it up, but Mediterranean works too. It does kind of sound like an island in the Cyclades region.)

[Trotterdam]

If it wasn’t based on Trinidad and Tobago, it would have to have an issue about @@LEADER@@ getting stuck there with a nymph

Hey, that could still happen. The Amazon rainforest was named so because the explorers claimed to have encountered actual female warriors there...

By the way, this makes East Calypso the second NPC nation to have East in its name without the West equivalent being visible anywhere. Though since we barely even know what East Calypso is like, it may be too early to start considering how West Calypso is different!

[Techolandia]

There seems to be something wrong with the spoiler for Maxtopia's issue appearances.

By the way, should Manamana be based off of Panama. I know that Panama has been used as a tax haven by people from various countries.

[Chan Island]

If it wasn’t based on Trinidad and Tobago, it would have to have an issue about @@LEADER@@ getting stuck there with a nymph

Hey, that could still happen. The Amazon rainforest was named so because the explorers claimed to have encountered actual female warriors there...

By the way, this makes East Calypso the second NPC nation to have East in its name without the West equivalent being visible anywhere. Though since we barely even know what East Calypso is like, it may be too early to start considering how West Calypso is different!

Personally my head now sees the NS world as planet earth chopped in half, with the line going between Lebatuck and Calypso. Every once in a while people stand on the edge looking out, wondering where the western half of their country went.

[Trotterdam]

By the way, should Manamana be based off of Panama. I know that Panama has been used as a tax haven by people from various countries.

It is, partially, especially in name, however Manamana is explicitly an island nation, which Panama is not.

Nor is Mexico, which Manamana also takes some cues from.

[Minoa]

In NationStates, The western side does not always have to be better – If I have the time, I plan to develop East Calypso as literal paradise, while West Calypso could be a former democracy that due to extreme populism (of no specific political position) descended into some authoritarian regime.

Early days, though.

[Singapore no2]

Moltovea appears in the effect line of Issue #878 (DoublePlusUnGood). Does that count?

[Trotterdam]

I think Ausblic is the first NPC nation to be specifically named after an actual NationStates player (second, if you count Maxtopia).

In NationStates, The western side does not always have to be better – If I have the time, I plan to develop East Calypso as literal paradise, while West Calypso could be a former democracy that due to extreme populism (of no specific political position) descended into some authoritarian regime.

Early days, though.

"Literal paradise" is relative, of course. What's an ideal utopia to one person could be seen as pretty depressing to another.

I already picture Manamana as the libertarian idea of paradise, but which, as a result, is a haven for tax evaders, smugglers, and similar sorts that non-libertarians might have a problem with.

While I'm fine with East Calypso being a nice place (we have enough dysfunctional messes!), it should ideally cater to a different interpretation of paradise than Manamana.

As for eastern or western sides being better, Lebatuck already kind of plays with this. Sure, East Lebatuck is the communist one, but some players and player nations support communism, so they might still be the more sympathetic side for some of us. I dislike issues that pose East Lebatuck in an outright hostile light, although some has snuck in anyway, like #679.

[Singapore no2]

I think Ausblic is the first NPC nation to be specifically named after an actual NationStates player (second, if you count Maxtopia).

Clearly, this calls for Twopura to make its entrance/s

[Minoa]

Moltovea appears in the effect line of Issue #878 (DoublePlusUnGood). Does that count?

Yes: on NSindex, I said specifically that “the outcome of choosing Option 1 is that the player’s nation had always been at war with Moltovea”.

[Jutsa]

Updated hopefully all instances of Marche Noir's name to Marche Noire. Added a fun fact to it, too.

Edit: Also updated Brancaland because I cheated and looked at NS Index.

[Techolandia]

Trotterdam and I think that demonyms should be included in the list.

I figured that demonyms would be listed in the list of nations if they had already been decided upon,

Not usually, though that's a good suggestion for a future addition.

Would you please add them?