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Topoliani
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Postby Topoliani » Wed Oct 11, 2017 12:59 pm

Topoliani: A Post-Apoc Medieval Nation in the Levant

I don't use NSstats, nor is this nation a representation of my views.
IC Year: 1210 AD.
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Oct 11, 2017 1:06 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:After a month or so I was finally able to video chat with my mom. I'm so glad. I hadn't seen her since the day of hurricane Maria.

Yay!

Yay squared
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USS Monitor
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Postby USS Monitor » Wed Oct 11, 2017 1:09 pm



Old news, dude.
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Postby Kannap » Wed Oct 11, 2017 1:33 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Kannap wrote:Convincing friends to join NationStates is the kind of sin I favor.

Then putting them on your Foe list after two weeks ... priceless.


My one friend is extremely angry about the concept of a World Assembly.
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Postby Kannap » Wed Oct 11, 2017 1:38 pm

USS Monitor wrote:


Old news, dude.


Breaking news to me.

Strange way for Merkel to celebrate her victory. I wonder if Macron expected this to happen.
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Wed Oct 11, 2017 1:43 pm

Kannap wrote:
Farnhamia wrote:Then putting them on your Foe list after two weeks ... priceless.

My one friend is extremely angry about the concept of a World Assembly.

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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Oct 11, 2017 1:51 pm

Kannap wrote:
Farnhamia wrote:Then putting them on your Foe list after two weeks ... priceless.


My one friend is extremely angry about the concept of a World Assembly.

Dump their ass.
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Postby Kannap » Wed Oct 11, 2017 1:56 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Kannap wrote:
My one friend is extremely angry about the concept of a World Assembly.

Dump their ass.


Kannap, being the powerhouse of the World Assembly, of course.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Oct 11, 2017 1:59 pm

Kannap wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Dump their ass.


Kannap, being the powerhouse of the World Assembly, of course.

I meant real life.
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Postby Kannap » Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:03 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Kannap wrote:
Kannap, being the powerhouse of the World Assembly, of course.

I meant real life.


He's been one of my best friends for like two years.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:05 pm

Kannap wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:I meant real life.


He's been one of my best friends for like two years.

And we have been fake friends for 5.
Dump his ass.
The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.

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Postby Hurdergaryp » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:12 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Kannap wrote:He's been one of my best friends for like two years.

And we have been fake friends for 5.
Dump his ass.

A note for future historians: here Ethel teaches us that falsehoods are more important than real life social contacts.


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Arienta
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Postby Arienta » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:13 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Kannap wrote:
He's been one of my best friends for like two years.

And we have been fake friends for 5.
Dump his ass.


I was just minding my own business when I heard someone was talking smack.

The World Assembly is a terrible idea not only in theory but in execution.

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Postby Kannap » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:15 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:And we have been fake friends for 5.
Dump his ass.

A note for future historians: here Ethel teaches us that falsehoods are more important than real life social contacts.


Is that what Trump's America is?
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Postby Kannap » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:20 pm

Arienta wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:And we have been fake friends for 5.
Dump his ass.


I was just minding my own business when I heard someone was talking smack.

The World Assembly is a terrible idea not only in theory but in execution.


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Postby Hurdergaryp » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:35 pm

Kannap wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:A note for future historians: here Ethel teaches us that falsehoods are more important than real life social contacts.

Is that what Trump's America is?

One does wonder, yes. I just downloaded a PDF about how the current nationalistic and populist sentiments all over the world might lead to such a level of pressure in the geopolitical arena in the coming years, war on a global scale might be inevitable in 2020. The whole study is 800 pages long, so it's not like it was written during a lazy sunday afternoon.


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Postby Arienta » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:39 pm

How so? Does the paper propose that nationalistic nations would follow their self-interest as in the First World War, and therefore, they will move to contest each other in areas of influence and instability, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, or Indochina?

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Postby Kannap » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:46 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Kannap wrote:Is that what Trump's America is?

One does wonder, yes. I just downloaded a PDF about how the current nationalistic and populist sentiments all over the world might lead to such a level of pressure in the geopolitical arena in the coming years, war on a global scale might be inevitable in 2020. The whole study is 800 pages long, so it's not like it was written during a lazy sunday afternoon.


I would like to avoid war in 2020, that would be quite nice. Perhaps that is too much to request these days.

Arienta wrote:How so? Does the paper propose that nationalistic nations would follow their self-interest as in the First World War, and therefore, they will move to contest each other in areas of influence and instability, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, or Indochina?


South America, obviously, South America.
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:47 pm

Arienta wrote:How so? Does the paper propose that nationalistic nations would follow their self-interest as in the First World War, and therefore, they will move to contest each other in areas of influence and instability, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, or Indochina?

I have yet to read this massive document, but the writer, a Dutch scientist with a military background, has a blog where he publishes his papers and also gives people the opportunity to download 2020 WARNING. The work is written in English, so feel free to check it out.


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Postby Kannap » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:50 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Arienta wrote:How so? Does the paper propose that nationalistic nations would follow their self-interest as in the First World War, and therefore, they will move to contest each other in areas of influence and instability, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, or Indochina?

I have yet to read this massive document, but the writer, a Dutch scientist with a military background, has a blog where he publishes his papers and also gives people the opportunity to download 2020 WARNING. The work is written in English, so feel free to check it out.


I was going to ask if he placed a TL;DR somewhere, but assuming that he could not trim the paper below 800 pages there may not be a just way to summarize it well.
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Postby Arienta » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:50 pm

South America is interesting in that while unstable, it continues to be insulated from serious Geopolitical pressure by the presence of the United States within the hemisphere and the threat of the Monroe Doctrine. Few nations have dallied in South America since the 19th century, with the French supported invasion of Mexico being the standout during the American Civil War, aside perhaps from the attempted power play by the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Postby Hurdergaryp » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:52 pm

Kannap wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:I have yet to read this massive document, but the writer, a Dutch scientist with a military background, has a blog where he publishes his papers and also gives people the opportunity to download 2020 WARNING. The work is written in English, so feel free to check it out.

I was going to ask if he placed a TL;DR somewhere, but assuming that he could not trim the paper below 800 pages there may not be a just way to summarize it well.

Sometimes things just aren't that easy. This is a hard message to convey to the masses, because masses do not like things to be difficult and complex.


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Postby Serrus » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:54 pm

Arienta wrote:South America is interesting in that while unstable, it continues to be insulated from serious Geopolitical pressure by the presence of the United States within the hemisphere and the threat of the Monroe Doctrine. Few nations have dallied in South America since the 19th century, with the French supported invasion of Mexico being the standout during the American Civil War, aside perhaps from the attempted power play by the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

International politics, and meanwhile I need to sleep but I can't because I still have school tomorrow.
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Postby Kannap » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:55 pm

Serrus wrote:
Arienta wrote:South America is interesting in that while unstable, it continues to be insulated from serious Geopolitical pressure by the presence of the United States within the hemisphere and the threat of the Monroe Doctrine. Few nations have dallied in South America since the 19th century, with the French supported invasion of Mexico being the standout during the American Civil War, aside perhaps from the attempted power play by the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

International politics, and meanwhile I need to sleep but I can't because I still have school tomorrow.


This statement confuses me. If one has school tomorrow, would it not be better to sleep so that one is well rested for their responsibilities throughout the day?
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Postby Arienta » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:55 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Kannap wrote:I was going to ask if he placed a TL;DR somewhere, but assuming that he could not trim the paper below 800 pages there may not be a just way to summarize it well.

Sometimes things just aren't that easy. This is a hard message to convey to the masses, because masses do not like things to be difficult and complex.


So what is the thesis of this paper? What does it suggest will trigger war?

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