Your opinion on a interesting fact about the AN (II)

[The Great-German Empire]

Wait 'til you get a load of all the patriarchal societies.

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Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Russian and Austrian empires was firmly in Germany's sphere; However, due to the peak of nationalism and souveranism reached in the 1930s, it was hypothesized by many statesmen that if the tight reins were kept, the whole Mitteleuropa system would, as the Chancellor Gustav von Stresemann put it, "Find an excuse to collapse". At the same time, releasing the chains during peacetime would cause the Germans to suffer international humiliation, and countries such as Ukraine, Croatia or Lithuania, once free from the German yoke, would be encouraged to break their friendly relationship for independence's sake and build their own alliance, or, worse yet, join the Entente.
During the Second Great War, military command and supply of Germany's entire military bloc were delegated to the Great General Staff; As with any kind of power you give to the GGS, they immediately encroached on the other nations civilly so the equipment would flow. Once the war was over and it was time for German troops to march home, the German state quietly removed all required German advisors, supervisors and the sort, and it was noted as just another thing the Germans did when they withdrew from Eastern Europe in the early 50s. And that's how you save face.

[Knights Mare Nostrum]

Well, it's nice of you to leave the Slavs be after the war was over. Certainly saves alot of cultural strife - but what about the post-war power vacuum in Eastern Europe?

The meaning behind the Knights' coat of arms is actually quite complex; the numerous crosses on the shield represent the orders of Hospitaller, Santiago, Templar, Montesa and the Holy Sepulchre, along with the Livonian and Teutonic orders being represented as the sword and cross behind the shield. Alongside the motto 'Servite et Protege (Serve and Protect)' inside the cross, there are also bible verses along the lines at the ends (Luke 23:42, Matthew 28:19-20, John 3:16-17 and Romans 5:8 clockwise.) translating from latin, along with the black and crimson representing the colors of the original two founding orders, Hospitaller and Templar respectively.

[Deltanium]

Hmm... Deltia.exe has stopped working


We recently reopened Auschwitz as a labor camp for criminals. Arbeit Macht Frei!

[Lahnland]

How utterly disgraceful. It is a testament to one of the worst regimes in history. To reopen it is... unforgivable.

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Lahnland does not engage in genocidal or particularly uncouth actions. Minorities are generally deported to their native lands or assimilated over the course of generations. The military is also respectful and professional when in foreign lands, and any rapes or unauthorised killings would be punished severely. A single raping can land one in a penal squadron.

[Notovasian Tsardom]

Noble and Honorable. It's quite lovely to see soldiers acting according to the Laws of War.

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Notovasia does not recognize the Geneva Convention, and as such, does not follow their codified rules of engagement. This has resulted in mass killings, the killing and torture of prisoners, and multiple instances of tactical nuclear strikes on civilians.

[Frievolk]

Fact is opinion, Opinion is fact:

As a general rule, the history of the Erstwelt went differently in a way that it is literally impossible for any individual state not to recognize, codify, and obey to the letter of the law, all international law -the Hague Conventions and the Geneva conventions (or our equivalent thereof anyway) included. As an upside, the fact they are legally binding means there are a lot less international laws and conventions. To make it brief, after the Second World War, the World Assembly popped up and everyone (well, the most powerful ones and their spheres of influence) voluntarily agreed to accept its laws to the letter. And it just became more powerful every day.

[Deltanium]

Fact is opinion, Opinion is fact:

As a general rule, the history of the Erstwelt went differently in a way that it is literally impossible for any individual state not to recognize, codify, and obey to the letter of the law, all international law -the Hague Conventions and the Geneva conventions (or our equivalent thereof anyway) included. As an upside, the fact they are legally binding means there are a lot less international laws and conventions. To make it brief, after the Second World War, the World Assembly popped up and everyone (well, the most powerful ones and their spheres of influence) voluntarily agreed to accept its laws to the letter. And it just became more powerful every day.

Never happening here.

The Deltian government publicly hangs all murderers and castrates all rapists

[Knessniet]

So does Knessniet, except we hang the rapists too.

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In Knessniet, if someone commits a crime on your land, you have a right to suggest the sentence regardless of whether you were involved or not. However, the presiding justice doesn't have to follow it if they have a better idea.

[Greater Chinese Republic]

Sounds a bit pointless, if the justice can just choose to ignore it. How exactly is a 'better idea' determined?

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The Greater Chinese Republic negotiated a deal with Singapore to grant them special autonomous region status within the Republic, granting them a reasonable amount of autonomy while being protected from hostile foreign powers. In 2093, Singapore became the world's largest spaceport following the construction of the world's first space elevator just south of the city, on the equator. This has ensured that the city remains a global nexus of transport and trade, even in the interplanetary age.

[A m e n r i a]

That's plausible, yet awesome at the same time. Nice thinking, mate.

The Imperial Guard, Amenria's special forces, swears not to the country or even the crown, but to Cheonsa personally, just in case the rest of the nation gets their minds controlled by a powerful telepath (not unlike DC's Darkseid). One exception exists, a division within the empire known as the Just Queen's Army (Pasukan Perang Ratu Adil), which swears to Park Jin Ae instead and has their own blue-silver colour scheme as opposed to the usual red-gold colour scheme of other divisions of the Imperial Guard.

[Allied Iran]

An Elite division in an army that swears specifically to a corrupt head of state. Wonderful idea for a totalitarian craphole.

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Something that became phenomenal in Pre-revolution Iran (back during the Islamic Republic era) is what we like to call The Siamak Ansari Effect (اثر سیامک انصاری).
You know how sometimes in twitter, you make a poll that you expect a specific result to and then get the total opposite? (Like that time, irl, when that person posted something along the lines of "Which country is a shithole" after Trump called some countries a shithole expecting people to vote "USA", but nobody did) Well, that is named after Siamak Ansari, Iranian comedy actor famous for playing Straight man in various comedy movies and series produced by Mehran Modiri.

(This is actually true irl too.)

[A m e n r i a]

An Elite division in an army that swears specifically to a corrupt head of state. Wonderful idea for a totalitarian craphole.

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Something that became phenomenal in Pre-revolution Iran (back during the Islamic Republic era) is what we like to call The Siamak Ansari Effect (اثر سیامک انصاری).
You know how sometimes in twitter, you make a poll that you expect a specific result to and then get the total opposite? (Like that time, irl, when that person posted something along the lines of "Which country is a shithole" after Trump called some countries a shithole expecting people to vote "USA", but nobody did) Well, that is named after Siamak Ansari, Iranian comedy actor famous for playing Straight man in various comedy movies and series produced by Mehran Modiri.

(This is actually true irl too.)

> Literally cannot lie, and died once to save the world from the Devil
> Corrupt

Lol okay

/skip

[Kyneland]

Really? That’s quite interesting in my opinion. It’s cool you included real, trivial facts in this incarnation of Iran.

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The Kynish government and culture does not use the word “Iran” or “Persia” in reference to Iran. Instead, the word “Aryálanð” is used.

[Deltanium]

Nordic shit. Cool.

The Deltian Riiksvehr is currently the largest volunteer army in the world, with around 4.2 million soldiers (including colonials and reserves)

[Deltanium]

/b u m p

[Knessniet]

Impressive. But are the colonials more like the King's German Legion or East India Company sepoy troops? Or are they more like the French Foreign Legion?

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Internet access is highly restricted in Knessniet. There are only three internet connected computers in the nation. One is for personal use by the Grand Duke, one is for electronic communications with foreign entities, and the third is for intelligence agencies. All other computers are connected to the Knessian intranet, which is distinctly different, and has many clones of internet sites, but censored for Knessian purposes.

[A m e n r i a]

That's sad.

Amenria's player is considering his main nation to build a space force inspired by the Green Lantern Corps and Power Rangers, named Cosmic Sages.

[The Great-German Empire]

And that's where, ladies and gents of F7, I off myself.

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Helicopters in a troop transport/close air support role are as much a part of the Kaiseriches Heer doctrine as they would be inany other land force, even despite CAS planes being a thing. However, as the most recent major wars for Germany have all occurred in the 1990s rather than in the 1960s, these helos don't play rock music when raining death from above; They prefer electronic music. Through battle footage (Of course there is some, it was the nineties), documentaries and action spinoffs, the upbeat sound of techno contrasting with the carnage happening below has been embedded in the German consciousness forever as the symbolic summary of 1994's bitter civil war, in which Germans went against other Germans. Playing it in public today can be considered either patriotic, provocative or downright cruel depending on both the performer and listener's political alignment and sense of humor.

[Kyneland]

That’s strange. I personally like the Vietnam stuff than Techno, even if I vehemently disagree with the USA’s involvement in the war.

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Although most colonies and territories of Great Britain got their independence after or during the ‘50s, Kyneland instead broke free in 1949. The people and provincial government continuously pushed for a referendum on Kyneland’s status under the United Kingdom. Eventually, the British relented, and the natives voted hugely in favour of absolute independence. There was much rejoicing following this, and remnants of Britain’s occupation and governance of the country was torn down and replaced by patriotic and Heathen symbols.

[Wawakanatote]

Sounds great! I hope you and your people are living proud and prosperous lives today.

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The Democratic Workers Party, also referred to as the Democratic Party, is the founding and ruling party of the SUSR. The Democratic Party is the sole governing party within the SUSR, permitting only eight other, subordinated parties to co-exist, those making up the United Front. The party was founded in 1921 on the basis of democratic centralism which entails democratic and open discussion on policy on the condition of unity in upholding the agreed upon policies. According to the party constitution, the DWP officially adheres to Engelism-Laximism, Mao Gengxin Thought, Xi Xiaoping Thought, scientific outlook on development, Song Liyuan Thought, and socialist market economy. However, the party is currently split between two camps of political thoughts under "Songism", which promotes economic reform and peaceful co-existence, and "Bronshteinism", which promotes interventionism and militarization as in with a more aggressive take on foreign policy against the US and other capitalist states.

[The Intermarian Order]

Not much point in maintaining a democracy if your laws are rigged in favor of a ruling party. Also, I'd rather have Songist in the government out of pragmatism.

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Gonna repeat another fact: Intermaria is located in the center of Europe as one of the last bastion of monarchism in the region. Popularized by its slogan "Neither East or West". It has come under threat by its ideological rivals and has been surrounded by interesting nations both convenient allies, frenemies, and rivals. To the west; Intermaria borders its ideological rival the West European Federation, a rump state encompassing Germany, France, Northern Italy, and the Benelux countries of the once mighty European Union after the apocalyptic Five Days of Fire. Founded by EU bureaucrats and elites that went into hiding during the nuclear war, they are the center of democracy and liberalism in Europe. Despite that however, the population has grown discontent with its rampant bureaucracy, petty partisan politics, and growing centralization with the elite directly ruling from Brussell where the needs of local region aren't satisfied leading to a lost of confidence its democratic rule. All of these combined has forced the populace to elect a right-wing populist figure they could agree on in the name of Chancellor Viktor Orban Konrad Herzog. Though his aggressive foreign policy of conquering Intermaria in order to "spread the flames of liberty" and the passing of draconian laws that represses freedom of the press has threatened the already weak European democracy. The only thing keeping them together and giving them a sense of purpose is having Intermaria as a bogeyman to force a regime change and without it, the federation would disintegrate into squabbling states.

In the east, Intermaria found its sort of frenemy in the form of the New Soviet Republic. A group of socialist and communist revolutionaries overthrew their Tsar in 2045 in a clear re-enactment of the Russian Revolution. Its founder, Alexei Tchaikovsky, dreamed of restoring the greatness of the Soviet Union even though it became stagnant by then in the early 90s when the Five Days of Fire occurred. Tchaikovsky argued that the past union crumbled because it didn't let enough democratization and liberalization even though it was Gorbachev's Glasnost and Perestroika that led the union into stagnation. The New Soviet Republic was founded as a parliamentary socialist democracy on paper dubbed the "Socialism With a Human Face". Nonetheless, the Soviet Republic had passed numerous policies in abolishing archaic imperial practices and attempted to raise the standards of living of its workers while it expanded its territories by subjugating Caucasian and Ukrainian tribals to restore Soviet borders. The Republic is effectively led by the CPSR which is divided into three factions; the Libertarian Socialist that favors a communal approach to its structure, the run-off-the-mill orthodox Leninist and Trotskyist Collectivists, and the literal Nazbols of the Vanguardists. The NSR is plagued by factional infighting, ethnic division, and disastrous industrialization and land reforms due to governmental corruption. Their aggressive foreign policy backed by the Collectivists of exporting the socialist revolution hasn't helped their image either. The Georgian Stalinist Vanguardist's leader, Georgiy Maksimov, has become the rising figure of the republic's politics and has become clear that he will be Tchaikovsky's hand-picked successor.

To the south you have irrelevant nations such as Yugoslavia who are petitioning to join the Intermarian Order and Bulgaria, a vassal of Byzantine Greece that is soon to be annexed into it. The history of Europe after the Five Days of Fire is one that repeats its historical mistakes that have led to said nuclear war.

[Kyneland]

That is certainly a lot of ongoing things. It’s quite interesting how the Byzantines are still around, and the use of a certain Hungarian’s name. Hopefully Intermaria squashes its western neighbour and beats some sense into it.

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The Kenge does not send or broadcast Christmas messages. Nor does the Ríkskansler. On the first day of Jól (Yule, Yuletide), both broadcast messages to the nation; the King’s message is primarily spiritual and patriotic, whilst the Chancellor’s is much more akin to the practices of modern political leaders.

The King is occupied with rites and ritual during Jól, and multiple animal sacrifices are made to the gods during this time; gifts are exchanged, good food and drink is enjoyed, and people engage in dancing, singing and general cheer. Pork and beer are the most widely consumed things during Jól. There are also games held during Jól, such as martial arts competitions and other athletic events.

[The Great-German Empire]

Sounds like a nice tradition, if nothing else.

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For all the talents of the current German Emperor, at the sudden beginning of his reign at the age of twenty he was diplomatically quite unskilled. He focused inwards and let the Foreign Office take care of matters. Eventually, this inexperience proved detrimental to relations with other European nations, which were traditionally used to Imperial state visits, so after three years of inactivity, the Emperor finally went on a diplomatic tour of Europe and then the world.

[Allied Iran]

The first years of a new royal in office often tend to show their lack of experience in many matters. It's good that old Fritz managed to get his bearing together, many royals tend not to.

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While many Iranian Nationalists tend to worship Reza Shah (//OOC: who, of course, does deserve respect from a nationalist point of view for how efficiently he managed to brutally push Iran into modernity, no matter how poorly he was treated by fate afterwards), one person who is often ignored is Zaka ol-Molk -who, I suspect, is often ignored due to antisemtism, but I digress.

While many would consider Amirkabir or Qa'em Maqam as the greatest politicians in Modern Iranian history, the honor should truly go to Mohammad Ali Foroughi, also known as Zaka ol-Molk. The dude was honestly, especially for Iran, a total and complete Gary Stu. In the Qajarid Era, He fought in the Constitutional Revolution, he was a member of the Parliament for one term, the Speaker for another, the Minister of Justice (also responsible for creating the earliest Iranian Penal Code), the Minister of Foreign Affairs for two terms, the Minister of Finance for four. He was personally responsible for the transition of power from the corrupt and feable Qajarid regime to Reza Shah, and became his Prime Minister for three terms, the last of which coincided with the Shah's death and succession by his son Mohammad Reza. He wrote multiple books on law, finance, translated multiple academic books (from many, including, Descartes), and was also indirectly responsible for the creation of the State of Israel but that's irrelevant.

[Wawakanatote]

Not much point in maintaining a democracy if your laws are rigged in favor of a ruling party. Also, I'd rather have Songist in the government out of pragmatism.

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Gonna repeat another fact: Intermaria is located in the center of Europe as one of the last bastion of monarchism in the region. Popularized by its slogan "Neither East or West". It has come under threat by its ideological rivals and has been surrounded by interesting nations both convenient allies, frenemies, and rivals. To the west; Intermaria borders its ideological rival the West European Federation, a rump state encompassing Germany, France, Northern Italy, and the Benelux countries of the once mighty European Union after the apocalyptic Five Days of Fire. Founded by EU bureaucrats and elites that went into hiding during the nuclear war, they are the center of democracy and liberalism in Europe. Despite that however, the population has grown discontent with its rampant bureaucracy, petty partisan politics, and growing centralization with the elite directly ruling from Brussell where the needs of local region aren't satisfied leading to a lost of confidence its democratic rule. All of these combined has forced the populace to elect a right-wing populist figure they could agree on in the name of Chancellor Viktor Orban Konrad Herzog. Though his aggressive foreign policy of conquering Intermaria in order to "spread the flames of liberty" and the passing of draconian laws that represses freedom of the press has threatened the already weak European democracy. The only thing keeping them together and giving them a sense of purpose is having Intermaria as a bogeyman to force a regime change and without it, the federation would disintegrate into squabbling states.

In the east, Intermaria found its sort of frenemy in the form of the New Soviet Republic. A group of socialist and communist revolutionaries overthrew their Tsar in 2045 in a clear re-enactment of the Russian Revolution. Its founder, Alexei Tchaikovsky, dreamed of restoring the greatness of the Soviet Union even though it became stagnant by then in the early 90s when the Five Days of Fire occurred. Tchaikovsky argued that the past union crumbled because it didn't let enough democratization and liberalization even though it was Gorbachev's Glasnost and Perestroika that led the union into stagnation. The New Soviet Republic was founded as a parliamentary socialist democracy on paper dubbed the "Socialism With a Human Face". Nonetheless, the Soviet Republic had passed numerous policies in abolishing archaic imperial practices and attempted to raise the standards of living of its workers while it expanded its territories by subjugating Caucasian and Ukrainian tribals to restore Soviet borders. The Republic is effectively led by the CPSR which is divided into three factions; the Libertarian Socialist that favors a communal approach to its structure, the run-off-the-mill orthodox Leninist and Trotskyist Collectivists, and the literal Nazbols of the Vanguardists. The NSR is plagued by factional infighting, ethnic division, and disastrous industrialization and land reforms due to governmental corruption. Their aggressive foreign policy backed by the Collectivists of exporting the socialist revolution hasn't helped their image either. The Georgian Stalinist Vanguardist's leader, Georgiy Maksimov, has become the rising figure of the republic's politics and has become clear that he will be Tchaikovsky's hand-picked successor.

To the south you have irrelevant nations such as Yugoslavia who are petitioning to join the Intermarian Order and Bulgaria, a vassal of Byzantine Greece that is soon to be annexed into it. The history of Europe after the Five Days of Fire is one that repeats its historical mistakes that have led to said nuclear war.

The DWP doesn't operate in the same fashion as a party would under a liberal democracy. However, if we were a liberal democracy, the Democratic Party would considered a catch-all or "big tent" party with numerous different ideologues under it. Essentially meaning that theoretically anyone from any background (so long as they are a citizen) can partake in government. //skip//