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

[Russian Empire-]

Cool, puts Concorde to shame.

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After WW2, Russian Generals recruited many Waffen SS commanders and soldiers, and created a new special unit. Most of members of this new unit are from German Province, but there are a few recruits from other Center Europe's Region places as well.

New unit kept most of old Waffen SS weapons, it was their uniforms, that were changed. Training is harsh, young children usually join youth units, which teach them to lose any empathy for enemy- both citizens of Free American Empire, and Reorganized National Government of China. Later, when child reaches 18 years, they join adult unit, and real training begins.

Unit likes to use flamethrowers both in battlefield, suppressing rebellious elements, and enforcing law.

[Dequarmi]

Russians and Waffen-SS: an interesting combination which I was sure would never ever exist. Guest I was wrong.

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Dequarmi’s Constitution, in its main structure, is virtually unchanged. All 21 amendments were to the minor details of the Constitution.

[Weimarer Reich]

Guarantees stability if nothing else.


Similarly, the constitution of the German Republic hasn't changed much since the 1940s. The only related noteworthy change was modifying the penal code in the 70s when the SPD and FDP found themselves at a rare majority and removed Paragraph 175 which criminalized same-sex relations.

[Toraia]

At least you're consistent.

Toraian politicians always wear their cultural costume instead of business couture while at functions both domestic and international. Part of it is national identity, but mostly it’s to hide that they can’t afford suits and other formalwear of that calibre. The more bombastic politicians like to do dramatic cape swishes to punctuate their point made during a debate. Sort of like the Toraian version of a mic drop.

[Crysuko]

Guarantees stability if nothing else.


Similarly, the constitution of the German Republic hasn't changed much since the 1940s. The only related noteworthy change was modifying the penal code in the 70s when the SPD and FDP found themselves at a rare majority and removed Paragraph 175 which criminalized same-sex relations.

sounds like it may be in need of an update, it ain't the 40s anymore.

thanks to updates on the water infrastructure, the water provided to the public is incredibly soft. it's a somewhat expensive project but the public response makes it worth it

[Lexium]

Most of the water drank in Lexium is bottled water, since the landscape makes it hard to install piping outside of cities or the flattest regions. Still those updates might have costed a pretty penny...

Bottled water in Lexium is free, as the governement instead pays the companies owning the sources to distribute water for free. The emperor himself ordered it. He was recorded saying "Forcing the common citizen to pay for water. What next, breathable air ? I swear..."

[Rejistania]

That is great news for the people and the environment.

Edit: I can imagine showering being difficult like that.

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Rejistanis have often a ceremonial place of origin, that is: a place where their family originally used live and where their dead are buried. It is often used with the family name leading to constructions like Syku Kansu Samaritik'tes (Syku Kansu from Samaritik). Once a year, devout people go to the ceremonial home to pray for the souls of the ancestors.

[Las Palmeras]

That's touching. And it must have an impact on industries relating to travel.

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The Palmeran-African Belt is the unofficial and informal name given to an area (Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe) where Las Palmeras holds some influence through trade deals and aid programs, largely due to the fact that their bauxite and crude fuel our automotive industry which in turn exports a lot of rough Soviet-designed cars back to that part of Africa. Apart from that it's been noted that Palmeran pop culture has been exported there as a form of "soft power".

[Welskerland]

Sounds like cultural imperialism to me.

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The Jabberwock is our national animal because we wanted to be original, and Javberwocks are cool. According to legend, an ancient Welskian hero wielding a Vorpal sword slated a Jabberwock that was terrorizing his tribe.

[The Islands of Versilia]

Huh.
That’s two different reasons, but it’s cool. Jabberwocks aren't commonly known.

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Versilia is one of the Big Six, along with The Celestial Empire of Qing, Caliphate of Arabia, Norges Riket, Métis Federation and the United Republics of the Far East.

The Big Six, otherwise referred to as the G6 are the nations which lead the world. They’re much more advanced than their smaller neighbours, and are among each other either due to their highly profitable industries, technological superiority, highly respected culture or military might.

[Anime North America]

A society with such centralized power and advanced technology, yet they can't be bothered to share because they're in constant competition with each other. I'd call it disgraceful, but c'est la vie in the capitalist world.

( By the way, I adore your experimental-format factbook. ^^ )

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To date, the only known conflict between human-led Fleet Girls occurred during the Solomons Skirmish, a weeklong series of engagements between the North American Peoples' Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy over the rights of the local Abyssals, those beautiful abominations that once wrested the seas from mankind.

The Japanese benefited from faulty intelligence, and as such it came as a total surprise for the North Americans. Spearheaded by Her Imperial Japanese Majesty's battleship Nagato, the operation involved the crippling of supply lines via submarines and nighttime destroyer groups, ultimately culminating in a slow advance using the fleet's battleships. With incomplete airfields, a handful of destroyers and cruisers, and only a single light carrier (the Princeton) on station, the Peoples' Navy stood no chance.

The conflict ended in a decisive Japanese victory, and directly led to the cession of the western Solomon Islands and the relocation of the Abyssal anchorage on Savo Island. Miraculously however, despite the sinking of a transport convoy and the catastrophic damage suffered by many Fleet Girls, nobody died.

[A m e n r i a]

That's like the four Caliphate states of our Earth.

AN: kancolle reference?

Celestials are the most powerful and most mysterious creatures on our Earth. Since there is only one in the world (Heavenly Emperor Cheonsa), scientists can't really find out a lot about them. Even Cheonsa himself said he doesn't know how he can be killed.

[Toraia]

But who would want to live forever?

(got skipped earlier so...)
Toraian politicians always wear their cultural costume instead of business couture while at functions both domestic and international. Part of it is national identity, but mostly it’s to hide that they can’t afford suits and other formalwear of that calibre. The more bombastic politicians like to do dramatic cape swishes to punctuate their point made during a debate. Sort of like the Toraian version of a mic drop.

[A m e n r i a]

We do that too. Most nobles wear traditional clothing of their respective cultures. Not because we're poor, but to showcase our superior cultures.

Werefoxes, also known as kitsune in Japan and kumiho in Korea, are mostly female. Male werefoxes are very rare.

[Anime North America]

AN: kancolle reference?

Sorta, I do play a Kancolle nation after all. Though not gonna lie, I was kiinda hoping for some input on the battle itself.

I'll post it again later I suppose.

/skip

[Valentine Z]

But who would want to live forever?

(got skipped earlier so...)
Toraian politicians always wear their cultural costume instead of business couture while at functions both domestic and international. Part of it is national identity, but mostly it’s to hide that they can’t afford suits and other formalwear of that calibre. The more bombastic politicians like to do dramatic cape swishes to punctuate their point made during a debate. Sort of like the Toraian version of a mic drop.

Ahh, but I like it! Respecting your national identity and all.

We do that too. Most nobles wear traditional clothing of their respective cultures. Not because we're poor, but to showcase our superior cultures.

Werefoxes, also known as kitsune in Japan and kumiho in Korea, are mostly female. Male werefoxes are very rare.

Ooh, how rare are we talking about? If so... they probably have a narrow family tree, right? If the genes carry, that is.

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We now have an explanation for Valentian's absurd height of 239 cm on average. When terraforming was done, it altered Earth's gravitational fields and distorts it to a degree. The result? The gravitational constant changed from 9.81 ms^-2 to 5.55 ms^-2.

[Tundra Terra]

So the bones and feelings are brittle...good to know.


Tundra Terra had successfully killed off every nation within its immediate vincinity...so it entered into a civil war rather quickly between four different factions. Those factions having access to the entire WMD pile. 3 years and still fighting.

[A m e n r i a]

Basically 1 in 20 werefoxes are male. If a werefox marries a human, the child will be a werefox. Anyways, with that gravity your animals are probably warped too.

AN: this is what happens when good doesn't rule a planet.

Aside from cats, birds are quite popular pets in Amenria, especially among middle-aged men.

[Zharijistan]

Birds are pretty good pets, not a fan of cats though.

In the 1960s-1970s many freedom fighters from revolutionary civil rights groups like the Black Panther Party were given a safe haven in Zharijistan to escape persecution by the US government.

[Zitravgrad]

Ah... That's a brave thing to do, in a sense.


Second Five-Year Plan of Zitravgrad (basically the government's work plan for 2014 - 2018) was criticized as "Tyranny by Intelligentsia" because it has heavy focus on scientific progress and education reform. Moreover, over 65% of the seats in Karanidov Duma have been taken by intelligentsia, who are mostly from the same league/network. This benefits the country in some ways, leading towards the growth in pharmaceutical and computer industries. Nonetheless, this period of time has been noted for personal intrigues, rivalry between groups and the Act of Atheism that barely lasted two years. The appointment of the First Lady as the Minister of Science and Education was also controversial, not because it was seen as nepotism, but rather because she had too much influence on the Chairman to be safe.

[Stanier]

No government in the world is exempt of controversy, especially that one...

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The truth is, that the current president isn't 100% Italian, the "Morales" on his name originates from her mother, a Venezuelan descendant, also, he is more familiarized with her mother's family and culture rather than his father's one, this is due to the fact that Sing was mainly raised by her mother, since his father died on a shootout when Sing was barely 2 years-old.

[Dawetid]

The truth will be exposed eventually.

In the Republic of Dawetid, units of measurement, even outside of the scientific community, are usually written with negative indices instead of slashes, that is, m s⁻¹ instead of m/s. Therefore it is common to see road signs that read, for example (translated)

DANGER: THE RECOMMENDED SPEED IS 30 km h⁻¹

or nutrition facts that read

The salt content [of this drink] is 50 mg L⁻¹.

[The Great-German Empire]

EEEEEAAARGHH!!! As if having this dreadful nomenclature in scientific applications wasn't enough!

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While the Ruhr group of cities in the north-west is still the most prominent industrial centre in Germany, the automobile industry of South Germany (BMW in Bavaria, Daimler in Württemberg) has made these states into industrial strongholds as well.

[Tundra Terra]

So...your factories...stay still? (I having walking factories)


After an inter-dimensional meeting involving death, heaven, hell, and several nation leaders ended up with Tundra Terra causing massive wars to balance the universe...apparently.

[Weimarer Reich]

Sounds like a strange world.

In a bit of alternate history coincidence, the Stasi still exist in the Republic of Germany. Though their role is less secret police and is more of a foreign intelligence service.