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Allied Iran
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Postby Allied Iran » Sun Apr 05, 2020 12:41 am

Kasa Tkoth Sphere wrote:Emulated environments ("emvis") in the K-Sphere often involve intricately crafted stories beyond the capability of their Freed participants to represent by themselves. "NPC" characters in various games or stories typically come in two forms: either they are retrofitted Colonial Minds (minds originally created by the K-Sphere's overseeing AI for stress-testing purposes), or they are loaded into the participants' shared environmental data budget (that is to say, effectively, VRAM), not really "conscious" in any true sense but indistinguishable from it. Nonetheless, these minds are deleted or wiped in one way or another when the story ends, so that the Colonial Mind can be reused or the participants can use their environmental data for something else.

A few communities despise the notion that these characters — even the ones who were not really "alive" — are destroyed in this manner. With permission from those they visit, minds from these communities enter emvis about to shut down to retrieve as much information about them as possible. If exact data is not available, they copy historical records or even get verbal testimony.

The ultimate purpose of this is to reconstruct copies of lost characters and instantiate them in a safe environment with the intention of having it last until the K-Sphere itself shuts down. Some community members give up most of their data to safely store thousands of simplified characters at once. Such an act is seen as giving a well-deserved afterlife to the people — however fictional or p-zombie-like — who've played important roles in others' stories.

I'm not entirely sure if I understand this. The Emulated environments design AI-written stories and recycle the characters used in said stories, and people are triggered that those non-existing characters get recycled? Or are said characters actually real?


After the Azar Coup, the state of Iran put a full ban on all minority languages in the country that weren't Farsi. The ban wasn't maintained fairly at all, with most Iranic languages being spoken in public outside official capacity while speaking non-Iranic languages (most importantly Azeri and Arabic) could get you a ticket to a long stay in Prison and take away your children. The only non-Farsi languages exempt from these laws were Armenian and Jewish -which was done as a concession to the Jews that the IR had expelled in its 10 years of existence).
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Ettela'at: Controversy in Majiles as it turns out taxes paid by Sanabad Holy Shrine Corporation 'are not given to the state but a specific bank account under SHSC's oversight'. | Parliament of Georgia votes unanimously to deport all Ossetians in its territory to Russia. "We only aim to facilitate Ossetian self-determination" - President Kharaishvili. | Persia to hand over ~900 obsolete Chieftain tanks to Kurdish, Armenian militias in Eastern Turkey. "They are of more use to them than us" - Minister of War Dehghan. | Constitutional Delegates in Babylonia claim there's been 'major breakthroughs', a finalized basic law may be finished 'ahead of schedule' by late August 2022.

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Postby Skyhooked » Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:30 am

Long time in prison just because someome spoke some language? Let's hope those arbitrary goons behind Azar coup and genocides got what they deserved. If not, they gotta be hunted down and brought to justice.



Prime Minister position in Skyhooked is always filled with a totally sane and pragmatic person with great skill in administration and bureaucracy, as opposed to Council, competent, but crazy ass bunch, who represent the infamous Skyhookedian spirit. Such a shard of order in this chaotic mess.
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Postby Catsfern » Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:40 am

Well I'm certainly glad there's at least one person in the Skyhooked government that is both competent and sober enough to actually know what they're doing.


Catsfern's food culture has been highly effected by a recent advance in technology. Recently advanced growth pods have been used to clone individual plant and animal cells over and over creating a new method of food production called "pod agriculture". A cloning and accelerated growth pod as a piece of a plant or an animal placed in it. The cells of the plant or animal are then continually replicated for several hours until the pod fills with a large mass of biologically identical material, which is then removed from the pod. Animal products made this way are usually either ground or sliced, while plant material is often shredded.

Due to this advancement in technology food items like steaks have largely fallen out of style outside of an occasional luxury with dished containing ground or sliced meats becoming increasingly popular, however one problem that has arose is that cheese cannot be replicated in this manor, and due to most beef in the nation being produced through pod agriculture the number of cattle in the nation has decreased significantly. Thus the already fairly popular breast milk industry in Catsfern has seen exponential growth; many popular food chains in Catsfern completely rely on breast milk for the production of cheese.
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Postby Iransahr » Sun Apr 05, 2020 4:00 am

While the idea about lab-created meats and agriculture is all well and good (I’d support such a measure to an extent), the latter facts relating to the production of cheese has me disgusted. I cannot describe my revulsion in mere words.
Members of the Ekhnukhid dynasty are incredibly long-lived and remain youthful for far longer in comparison to other people. The previous Ekhnukhid monarch was Arman II, who ruled for 153 years between 1833 and 1986, when his daughter Akeldama was coronated after his abdication. Akeldama is in her 80s but looks to be still in her early twenties. The downside to this blessing is a literal thirst for blood and lower fertility than regular mortals, along with one or two minor curses the author has yet to think of.
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Postby Albiyonne » Sun Apr 05, 2020 4:17 am

Iransahr wrote:While the idea about lab-created meats and agriculture is all well and good (I’d support such a measure to an extent), the latter facts relating to the production of cheese has me disgusted. I cannot describe my revulsion in mere words.
Members of the Ekhnukhid dynasty are incredibly long-lived and remain youthful for far longer in comparison to other people. The previous Ekhnukhid monarch was Arman II, who ruled for 153 years between 1833 and 1986, when his daughter Akeldama was coronated after his abdication. Akeldama is in her 80s but looks to be still in her early twenties. The downside to this blessing is a literal thirst for blood and lower fertility than regular mortals, along with one or two minor curses the author has yet to think of.

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Much of Albiyonne’s literature, though regarded by the aristocracy which enjoys it as “lewd” or “suggestive”, would be considered outright obscene and explicit by most other standards.

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Asharidin
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Postby Asharidin » Sun Apr 05, 2020 4:21 am

Their spirituality/religious heart is weak,they love this temporary world.AN:well that's nothing to our new Sultan,he even had s** (you know what i mean)


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We have another tale,this time it's scary,make sure to read from beginning to the end.once upon a time,in 1912,a steam train,black steam train,was going from Blianti village to An'toum village on the way,the train was set in fire and there was no nearby station,3 survives.that's way in Asharidin there was way too many station's,really small station to real big station,and the sighting of the train is rare to see although there was some recorded it.(when someone see it they always shocked because when the train showed up they always looked burned and get a bucket of water when they was want to throw the water,the train gone,scary right?some sighting is recorded.
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Borgevia
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Postby Borgevia » Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:50 pm

No photograph of this ghost train? Even in the 1910s, photography exist and I'd be surprised if no one thought to keep an eye for it for record keeping. Then again, it could just be a rumour and not worth all that set up? Still a bit of a ghost story to tell kids nonetheless.


Like IRL Ho Chi Minh, he is a "Nationalist First" who only used Communism to achieve his nationalist goals. In this timeline, siding with the United States achieved his goals better. So the Vietnam War wasn't a thing, rather, it's more of a minor civil war of which the Chinese-Soviet backed VNCP Rebel was crushed horribly, leading to Chinese intervention, resulting in the Sino-Vietnamese War. The Soviet ComIntern had 450.000 troops backing China, the United States and the "Pacific Alliance" which now consist of South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, France, Borgovia, and the whole of South America backed the Hue Government who's trying to retake Hanoi from the Chinese. This also led to the Cambodian-Laotian invasion of Vietnam & Thailand since both are aligned with China/ComIntern with VN/TH aligned with the United States/NATO.

The Western aligned countries didn't send military forces, instead, they played the role of the Soviet Union in IRL: the suppliers to Thailand & Vietnam. Since the Hue & Bangkok Governments did not want foreign troops fighting their battles, as it's a civil war and restoring order to the Nationalist Government using foreign powers would weaken the government's legitimacy. The Viet Minh guerrilla fighters, led by Ho Chi Minh and the National Armed Forces of Vietnam, led by President Duc Tam, used China's support of the Communists who took Hanoi to rally nationalist uproar that the Chinese are at it again, trying to conquer and subjugate the Vietnamese people and that Communism is a threat to the Vietnamese people. Thailand did something similar. Through sheer nationalism, an already industrialised economy (thanks to Borgovian/French investment in the 1800s), and a population fighting with the same nationalist zeal as IRL Viet Minhs, the Chinese-Soviet troops were routed out, and Hanoi was taken back under the Hue Government. Thailand quickly squashed Communist uprisings within months as it's not as major as Vietnam's. Vietnam and Thailand then launched an invasion of Cambodia, which ended in Status Quo Ante Bellum when Pol Pot was killed at the Battle of Phnom Penh and a new Premier took over.

Economically, both countries recovering quickly as their allies hasten reconstruction of their infrastructure and kickstart a revitalised economy, knowing a robust and strong Thailand/Vietnam would be able to contain Communism's spread in the region. Unfortunately, a large swath of Africa fell to Soviet/Chinese influence during this time, including the continent's only industrialised power: Ethiopia, killing Emperor Haile Selassie and his loyalists.
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Postby Aikoland » Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:41 pm

Uhhhhh, yeah, those were definitely words that I understood and totally didn't confuse the hell out of me.
A law dating to the mid-18th century forbids women from entering the Palais d'Allais (the primary residence of the Royal Family) while wearing men's clothing. Punishment for violating this law was most often merely expulsion from the palace until they changed into proper attire for a woman, although repeat offenders could be punished by permanent expulsion.

Despite the law remaining on the books, however, no woman has been expelled from the palace for wearing men's clothing since 1922, when the Countess du Valier was expelled by the Royal Guard for wearing trousers. She was allowed to return to the palace without needing to change into 'proper' attire by the order of Emperor Henri VII, who stated that, while he does not understand the need for some women to wear the clothing of the male sex, it does not affect him nor does he feel that it degrades the palace for them to enter while wearing those clothes.
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A small Francophone nation located on a group of islands to the south of France. Primary territory of the nation consists of three main islands, the states as described in our national motto, along with smaller less populated islands surrounding them.
Official Nation Name: The Empire of Aikoland
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Population: 6.07 million (2023 estimate)
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Kingdom of the United States
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Postby Kingdom of the United States » Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:41 pm

Seems like quite a easy fix and quite a useless law in the first place

In 1786, during the creation of the Constitution of the United States, Alexander Hamilton suggested that George Washington should become the King of the United States, Washington accepted the offer to ensure stability. The modern United States is a constitutional monarchy in which the reigning monarch (that is, the king or queen who is the head of state at any given time) does not make any open political decisions. Under the American constitution, executive authority lies with the monarch, although this authority is exercised only by, or on the advice of, the prime minister and the cabinet. The House of Hamilton (founded by Prime Minister Alexander Hamilton) is the current reigning royal house of the United States which succeeded the House of Washington to the American monarchy following the death of King George I who died without a legitimate heir.

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Postby Tohorin Social Republic » Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:44 pm

So much for secular humanism, we'd be tempted to suspect this happened in some video-entertainment system having to do with an ancient order of assassins. But then again, it's not too weird coming from Hamilton.


Events leading to the moon landing happened differently in our setting. One: Wernher von Braun got shot by a disgruntled Polish maid while being detained by the Americans in an inn. 2: As Khrushchev did use pesticides in his corn madness (and Brezhnev's diplomatic plane was shot down in Algeria in '61), he saved his position and the Ukrainian peasant took the propaganda value of a lunar landing seriously since 1961...the Premier protected the insufferable Vladimir Chelomei as head of the Soviet lunar program while forcing him to work with Sergei Korolev in the N1 heavy rocket development, also split up in several design bureaus. 3) Pre-flight checking meant that the Soyuz-1 flight went better than expected and the USSR didn't waste 18 months in their program.

So the Soviets' shoestring strategy beat the USA to the Moon by a few days in a fateful 17 July, 1969...and the USA more or less moved the goalpost and claimed Apollo's six moon landings were better than one 30 minute Russian moon landing. The Red Moon was predictably a massive propaganda victory for the Soviet Union, though ironically, the Moon stunt probably contained Marxism-Leninism better than the USA ever could, as the USSR found itself with a tight budget and didn't throw money at self-proclaimed revolutionaries in the 70s.

Oh and some conspiracy nuts and conservative American pundits want to disprove the 1st moon landing as a hoax to this day while others just ignore the other moon landings.
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Postby Allied Iran » Wed Apr 08, 2020 12:38 am

Given landing on the moon -a purely PR move after losing every single actually important aspect of the "Space Race"- was the only thing the US had going for it in terms of non-war related campaigns in the Cold War, I wonder how NATO dealt with that prestige nightmare tbh. Tho mind you, the Soviets' loss of money means no Revolution in Iran and no mess in Afghanistan so I approve.

(As part of the Retcon that is now ongoing)
November 8 1923. Adolf Hitler, Erich Ludendorff, Ernst Röhm, Rudolf Hess, Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, Robert Wagner and Hermann Göring, among others, tried to replicate the weird success of Benito Mussolini's March on Rome in Bavaria by removing the government of the Free State of Bavaria in a coup. Of the seven "leaders" of the attempted putsch, Ludendorff was the only one who survived the bloodbath that ensued when the Reichswehr got involved. He was put to trial for a large number of crimes -including but not limited to the shit he had done while in charge during the first World War- in addition to treason of the highest degree and sentenced to death.
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Postby The Islands of Versilia » Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:31 am

Well, damn. Like damn. That’s a serious diversion from OTL and honestly makes me really interested in seeing where you take this. The NSDAP never ascending to the leadership of the Deutsches Reich makes me wonder whether rockets won’t be invented as soon or other inventions won’t come to be in TTL. Though Soviet Union not taking hold in Eastern Europe and the preservation of the Balkan monarchies I like, if that’s what comes out of this.
In Versilia, tea and coffee are consumed in roughly equal amounts annually, with only a slight favour to tea. Historically the consumption of coffee was found mostly in the Francophone and Dutch inhabited areas while tea was largely restricted to the Anglophone areas. The decades following independence saw this shift however and both tea and coffee became more popular everywhere to the point that now both are equal. The monarchy, however, has always been tea-drinking.
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Postby Pelferia » Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:52 am

The Islands of Versilia wrote:Well, damn. Like damn. That’s a serious diversion from OTL and honestly makes me really interested in seeing where you take this. The NSDAP never ascending to the leadership of the Deutsches Reich makes me wonder whether rockets won’t be invented as soon or other inventions won’t come to be in TTL. Though Soviet Union not taking hold in Eastern Europe and the preservation of the Balkan monarchies I like, if that’s what comes out of this.
In Versilia, tea and coffee are consumed in roughly equal amounts annually, with only a slight favour to tea. Historically the consumption of coffee was found mostly in the Francophone and Dutch inhabited areas while tea was largely restricted to the Anglophone areas. The decades following independence saw this shift however and both tea and coffee became more popular everywhere to the point that now both are equal. The monarchy, however, has always been tea-drinking.

that’s pretty cool, and it’s strange how beverage preferences follow linguistic boundaries

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Postby Surrealist Patagonia » Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:50 am

What? Are ya'll space furry communists or something?


Even though the Patron isn't an anti-semite; after reading many conspiracy theories about a "Jewish New World Order" and the Protocols of the Elder of Zion as well as right-wing talking points about Jewish economic dominance, there's only conclusion in his mind: secure Jewish support for the confederacy instead of resorting to antisemitism. The Patron was so convinced and enamored with the social and economic capital of Jews that he found it important to get on their good side in order to get Jewish capital flowing to Patagonia. He established good relations with Israel, promoted a second aliyah or migration of Jews into Patagonia, and proclaimed Patagonia as the second Judea or promised homeland for the Jews. This was like Japan's relationship with Jews in WWII.
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Postby Great Mani » Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:11 am

Yes, reading through that did remind of the Japanese attitude to the antisemitic propaganda of their allies. It just goes to show that such rhetoric is really quite bizarre, and once again displays the Patron's less-than-stable nature.



The Empire largely holds itself together through religious nationalism, by establishing a shared religious identity. This is in contrast with ethnic and cultural nationalisms, which would inevitably tear the Empire apart due to the massive array of ethnicities and cultures it contains. By tapping into a shared religious belief, the culture associated with this belief, and the history of the believers as a whole, the Imperial national identity is maintained. Of course, this also results in non-believers being... frowned upon, to say the least.

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Postby Iransahr » Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:23 am

Though unfortunate, this is the best way of maintaining imperial unity without fully investing in civic nationalism or patriotism towards the state above above all else. I as an atheist am sad to see fellow non-believers treated like second class citizens. I only hope the empire permits them to emigrate to more tolerant countries.
For all intents and purposes the state religion of Iransahr is Zoroastrianism. Thus Zoroastrian temples are tax exempt and receive state support as well as support for charity and missionary work abroad and at home. However the biggest difference between RL Zoroastrianism and Iranian Zoroastrianism is the inclusion of the myth of Caine. In this version of Zoroastrianism, Qâbil (Caine) murdered his brother after being deceived by Ahriman and was cursed by Ahuramazda to wander the Earth forever. Qâbil later bore a child with the witch Lilit (Lilith) named Ekhnukh (Enoch), the first dhampir who founded the dynasty that rules Iran to this day. The dhampir “curse” remains strong in the dynastic bloodline and give its members a vastly increased lifespan, greater strength, agility and health at the cost of a thirst for blood and low fertility.

The dynasty is holy in Iranian Zoroastrianism as it is believed the essence of Ahuramazda is within the dynasty’s members and their rise to power was by Ahuramazda’s doing.
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Postby A m e n r i a » Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:12 am

The real question is, is it? What abilities does Ahura Mazda bestow upon the dynasty? What does the essence manifest as? Energy? Magical blood? Physical traits? If none, then you're probably wasting your time. Imho there's no point in worldbuilding a religion (or using real ones in your lore) unless they're actually true in the universe you run, conservation of detail and such.

There are 7 Forces in the multiverse that are most dominant, each tied to three colours of Qi; Emotion (red, black, white), Life (black, white, green), Subconscious (blue, green, black), Movement (red, blue, white), Entropy (red, blue, green), Faith (all), and one unknown force tied to no colour. People who learn (or otherwise have without learning, which is extremely rare) powers of three Qi colours associated with one Force can grow even further and develop themselves to become Heralds of the Force they are close to, essentially becoming godlike to their respective domain. While this has a potential for good, this can also be twisted into something very evil (the Herald of Subconscious could spill the horrors of the human psyche across the multiverse, the Herald of Life can extinguish the life of everything, etc).

So far, no character has reached Herald status, as the existence of the force is still unknown. They will, however, be introduced IC sometime in the future.

Tianshi was born with red Qi, and gained black and white Qi upon his resurrection, Miao Tianshu was born with black Qi, but grew adept at using blue Qi since the age of 23, and the leader of Ascion currently has green and blue Qi. While these characters seem like prime candidates for Heralds, there's always a chance of a new character being introduced or an old one pushed into the spotlight.
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Postby Sildorian Empire » Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:39 am

Given I'm not really familiar -nor interested- in East Asian culture, I'm not quite sure what each of these colors represent. That said, I think it needs to be asked. Are there any countermeasures against a Herald? Because it seems like there should be a nuclear option for them if one just freaking goes rogue.

While the governing clique of the Sildorian Empire has maintained that Sildorians discovered the Hyperlane network themselves, there is evidence that in reality, this was the indirect result of unrestricted, aggrsesive observation of Silda by an as-of-yet unknown precursor spacefaring species that lost control of both the observation post and the Sila System around 15 Standard Galactic Years before Sildorians became spacefaring. One of the primary innitiatives of the Guild of Surveyors has been searching for evidence of that species and its possible fate.
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Postby A m e n r i a » Fri Apr 10, 2020 9:49 am

Sildorian Empire wrote:Given I'm not really familiar -nor interested- in East Asian culture, I'm not quite sure what each of these colors represent. That said, I think it needs to be asked. Are there any countermeasures against a Herald? Because it seems like there should be a nuclear option for them if one just freaking goes rogue.

While the governing clique of the Sildorian Empire has maintained that Sildorians discovered the Hyperlane network themselves, there is evidence that in reality, this was the indirect result of unrestricted, aggrsesive observation of Silda by an as-of-yet unknown precursor spacefaring species that lost control of both the observation post and the Sila System around 15 Standard Galactic Years before Sildorians became spacefaring. One of the primary innitiatives of the Guild of Surveyors has been searching for evidence of that species and its possible fate.


In elements? Red represents fire, blue represents water, black represents earth, green represents wood, and white represents metal. In (over)simplified philosophies? Red represents passion, white represents solidarity, black represents ambition, blue represents knowledge, and green represents strength. It's a combination of real-life philosophy and artistic freedom on my part, not just the former.

As for your second point, not yet. They're not discovered IC yet. ;)

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Kedri
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Founded: May 25, 2012
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Postby Kedri » Fri Apr 10, 2020 9:58 am

Sildorian Empire wrote:Given I'm not really familiar -nor interested- in East Asian culture, I'm not quite sure what each of these colors represent. That said, I think it needs to be asked. Are there any countermeasures against a Herald? Because it seems like there should be a nuclear option for them if one just freaking goes rogue.

While the governing clique of the Sildorian Empire has maintained that Sildorians discovered the Hyperlane network themselves, there is evidence that in reality, this was the indirect result of unrestricted, aggrsesive observation of Silda by an as-of-yet unknown precursor spacefaring species that lost control of both the observation post and the Sila System around 15 Standard Galactic Years before Sildorians became spacefaring. One of the primary innitiatives of the Guild of Surveyors has been searching for evidence of that species and its possible fate.


Be careful, the Sildorian Empire could suffer a similar fate

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Kedri is a republic, but was very close to become a constitutional monarchy. The new government overthrew the old order, but couldn't decide on what kind of government to have or decide on a leader. One member of the provisional government suggested that they apply for commonwealth status with another nation that has a monarchy. The provisional government agreed, but the other nation rejected it, so Kedrians decided to go with a republic, instead.
Kedri is a nation of 18th century pirates who know water-bending. Throw in some steampunk, as well. Tech level is PT/FanT.
Kedrians abandon piracy and become a modernized country, founded by reformed criminals who forsook piracy and the citizens are descended from pirates, and still retain some of their heritage such as speech, accent, politics.

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Borgevia
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Founded: Dec 22, 2018
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Postby Borgevia » Sat Apr 11, 2020 1:03 pm

Monarchies are remnants of a decayed past anyway. It's a useless system of government only fit for less developed societies.


In 2015, the Borgovian Parliament did try to dismantle its "Prerequisites" to run for Federal Office, but was shot down in a 52-48% vote. To be able to run for Party Chair, Prime Minister, President, Federal Parliament, and Federal Judge, you must meet the following requirements:

1. Be at least 30 years old
2. Have at least a Bachelors degree (Presidents/Prime Ministers/Judges required to have at least a masters)
3. Must have a minimum of 3 - 5 years experience in a non-political field (Engineering, Medicine, Finance, Economics, Programming, Trucking, Mechanic, etc)
4. Must have a minimum of one full term served in other offices that's not Federal
5. Pass a competency exam that tests your High School level knowledge of Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Geoscience, Italian & Spanish grammar, World History, Borgovian History, Sociology, Anthropology, Micro/Macro Economics, and basic Algebra. A score of 80%+ is required to pass.
6. Pass a physical and mental health examination to prove you're mentally and physically capable of leading the Republic.

The Labour Party, the left-wing faction, was the most vocal in favour of abolishing this vetting system citing it is "Classist" and although recognising it has good intentions (keeping people like Cuomo and Trump away from power), it ends up doing more harm for the democratic process than protect it. The right-wing Liberal Party agreed but due to the Progressive Party and some Liberals' fear that dismantling the vetting process could lead to a Trump (stupid) or Biden (poor mental health) taking over, swung the legislative vote towards the Progressives' favour. Labour and most Liberals called these handful of 'rogue Liberals' traitors. Another vote to determine if this system should still be in place is set for the 2045 Parliamentary hearing when this law is to be discussed for renewal. This time, more than half of voters from all 3 major parties are on-board with dismantling this "classist" law and Members of Federal Parliament are eyeing reelection.
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Was once a ruthless capitalist Corporate State in South America (1800s - 1950s), but has since reformed into a Social Democratic, Federal, Parliamentary Republic whose politics is 90% of my irl views. We're Italo-Spanish-Chinese influenced and thus there's a lot of Chinese and Greco-Roman cultural references.

The world in this nation is changing for the better, current year is 2042.

Call us "Borgovia".

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The Great-German Empire
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Founded: Nov 25, 2017
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Postby The Great-German Empire » Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:00 am

Let's hope it goes. No more elitism.



Theodor Hartmann, the current Chancellor, is 34 years old, and is thus the youngest-ever Chancellor and the second-youngest current party leader in Germany. However, last year's election campaign was his third as leader, making the head of government a more seasoned election leader than the majority of other German parties.
IC Name: Empire of Germany
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Unapologetic libertarian populist monarchism

Vossische Zeitung: The Chancellor, Baron Hartmann, announced in a rally that he will 'work tirelessly against the formation of a society of control' | Hungary edges out Germany 4-3 in Euro Cup final; Kaiser personally congratulates Hungarians for an 'exceptional' game | According to survey, 73% of Germans oppose an introduction of speed limits on major Autobahns

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Vlaandia
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Founded: Apr 07, 2020
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Postby Vlaandia » Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:07 am

Youngest? Here in Vlaandia most nobility have already have a taste of politics before they even become a man.




Vlaandia is home to many races, perhaps the most unique of which are the Cynocephali, or dog headed men. This is because they appear to be quite literally humanoid in body, but with the head of dogs or wolves. They share other body similarities with canines such as the fur and tails, but have features that are only seen with humanity and it's relatives. It has often been wondered if where they come from or if they even have souls, but they show signs of being every bit as civilized as a human can be, if more prone to their more bestial nature. In Vlaandia, the Cynocephali are treated fairly well, due to their loyal nature, and because one of them saved the old King's life during a Siege, they may be weird creatures, but they carry the same noble soul as our our legged companions, as well as the pride and nobility of human spirit.
Country Name: Kingdom of Vlaandia
Capital: Altenstadt
Government: Feudal Monarchy
King: Theodore "The Lion"
Dynasty: Vlaanderin
Religion: Augustian
National Animal: Vlaandian Lion
Currency: Marc
Current Year: 8/15/642
Kingdom of Vlaandia Overview Name is derived from Flanders Fear the Duke of Death Actually a pretty pleasant place
Lesson of the Day: If you find a male dragon in a cave with his hoard, do not try sneaking away some treasure. Dragons have really good awareness of their surroundings, and he will spray his venom at you, it will hurt, you will feel as if you're on fire, your blood will boil and skin blister, it will be a slow and agonizing death.

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Godular
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Founded: Sep 09, 2004
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Postby Godular » Sun Apr 12, 2020 1:28 am

Just don’t hound them too much about it. No need to make things ruff for them.

*cough*




Sooo, as a bit of an OOC fact, the Godulans might seem to most as an entirely homebrew nation, but at the very beginning there was a primary source used for their overall outlook. If anyone happens to read S.M. Stirling’s books, there was an alternate history trilogy known as The Domination of the Draka, in which the namesake empire was a slaver nation that (thanks to having PLENTY of living test subjects) was able to advance in bioengineering quite well. The US and its allies were focused on physics and computers, but ended up losing the war because they weren’t quite able to match the Domination’s sheer bloodthirst and Brutality. And yes, in that series interdimensional travel becomes a factor.

The Godulans are the result of me thinking of a third option, in which another nation takes a naturalistic approach to robotics, yet retain a similar level of pragmatic brutality as the Draka of that series, though for different reasons. They were focused on being so phenomenally terrifying that neither faction would consider a fight feasible, and having ways to rectify their smaller overall numbers.

They’ve largely completely moved away from that archetype, but the outlook ‘Slowing down is death’ persists to this day. In-game, this essentially means that even in peacetime, Godulans will devote themselves to advancing their technology as swiftly as possible.

To them, everyone is a potential foe... against whom they must work tirelessly to overmatch.
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Active RP: ASCENSION
Active RP: SHENRYAX
Dormant RP: Throne of the Fallen Empire

Faction 1: The An'Kazar Control Framework of Godular-- An enormously advanced collective of formerly human bioborgs that are vastly experienced in both inter-dimensional travel and asymmetrical warfare.
A 1.08 civilization, according to this Nation Index Thingie
A 0.076 (or 0.067) civilization, according to THIS Nation Index Thingie
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Atriousia
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Founded: Apr 10, 2020
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Postby Atriousia » Sun Apr 12, 2020 5:16 am

Uh huh,Did you say brutality?Brutal.I hate Brutality


If you explore to the Kordekovs or The Abandoned North.You will see a lot of Abandoned Towns,Villages and City's from The 19th Century to the 20th Century.It's abandoned because of Threat and Lack of food.It is a Snowy and frozen Area/Region it's like Russia's Siberia.The Most Haunted Place is The Kornovsk Town Station.it is worth to visit.
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Hi!
I'm Atriousia,a beautiful nation located in the Balkans,Romania and Serbia.
Please Visit us! : )



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Will i ever get out of my anger? Will i be Successful? Will i achieve something great in my life? All the answer is only God have.Will i ever survive my anger and life?All we can do is Pray,Hope and live life well.Hope you do Much better life than me.


Villain that steal stuff must have an reason behind his crime.As well as Any move we do,We always have an reason behind any move we do.

If rice has become Porridge, There's nothing you can do except eat it.

I want to put a joke here but i forget what it is...

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