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

[Hazukenia]

nice for royals to practice martial arts, not so much for attacking.

Hazuken celebrates his 31st anniversary in power today, which happens to be my first year on NS.

[A m e n r i a]

Congrats, mate

The imperial family of Amenria treat others casually, adressing each other by name instead of title most of the time. Even the Heavenly Emperor himself is on first name basis with his most trusted aide, though this is probably because she has been his best friend decades before the nation was founded.

[Neu Libertalia]

Meh. I'm not exactly a fan of rulers who use stuffy titles (like "Heavenly Emperor" or whatever) but that is still a good thing.

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The United States, as explained earlier, went further up and right following the ending of the Second World War. Their rise as a world power, as well as the 'threat' of communism, basically gave the far right clique to further their own agenda by demonizing any left-wing opinion, spanning from "war is not a good thing" to "let's give people voting rights"
Due to this, the Civil Rights movement did not happen (or, rather, was not successful), the Apartheid survived a bit longer, suffrage was cut back (and later completely reversed), and modern America is in debate on "are the non-white people really human?" (Not about Libertalia, but meh)

[The Great-German Empire]

That's unfortunate. Who would've thought that American freedom can evaporate so easily?

(OOC: I really hope you in OOC don't think that 'let's give people voting rights' is a left-wing opinion; even in the 1940s, the North in the US didn't consider it radical in any way. I also hope thus that Donald Trump in your 'Prime-world' isn't a copy-paste of our Trump, because OOC-Trump would not fit into a quasi-fascist government).

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Despite the usually democratic nature of the German governmental structure, one thing it does not have is the provision for a binding vote of no confidence. Any such vote would weaken the public and political position of a sitting Imperial Chancellor, but they are only obliged to leave once the Kaiser requests their resignation. In this manner, Germany is relatively unprotected from a de facto royal dictatorship - that is, unless this rallies the parties in the Reichstag to the point where they could amend the Kaiser out of existence.

[The United German Reich]

That's unfortunate. Who would've thought that American freedom can evaporate so easily?

(OOC: I really hope you in OOC don't think that 'let's give people voting rights' is a left-wing opinion; even in the 1940s, the North in the US didn't consider it radical in any way. I also hope thus that Donald Trump in your 'Prime-world' isn't a copy-paste of our Trump, because OOC-Trump would not fit into a quasi-fascist government).

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Despite the usually democratic nature of the German governmental structure, one thing it does not have is the provision for a binding vote of no confidence. Any such vote would weaken the public and political position of a sitting Imperial Chancellor, but they are only obliged to leave once the Kaiser requests their resignation. In this manner, Germany is relatively unprotected from a de facto royal dictatorship - that is, unless this rallies the parties in the Reichstag to the point where they could amend the Kaiser out of existence.

Interesting, wonder how that will affect the path of your country later on.

During our new wars of unification we incorporated Switzerland into our Reich on the grounds of it being a majority-German nation.

[True South Vietnam]

Well, there goes that neutral country with the ton of banks....

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Along with the conflict against North Vietnam, South Vietnam also had several low-level insurgencies against several armed groups at it's border with Cambodia, most notoriously the Khmer Rouge insurgency in the mid and late 1970's, which ended in a ARVN victory and the destruction of most of the KR forces.
The Khmer Rouge in particular was notorious for attacking small border villages, often massacring innocent civilians, thus leading to the ARVN evacuating most border towns for most of the Cold War.

[Arbeitersreich]

Understandable. Sadly, the Rouge was far too bloodthirsty and shouldn’t even be considered communist.
Same with the rest of the genocidal reds.

Anyway, good job on beating them.

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Arbeiters are notoriously militaristic and strongly support military and civilian life merging to form that of the new worker. After all, is warfare not another form of labour?

[The Atlantean Islands]

Wow.

During the years leading up to World War 2, Atlantis experimented with coastal torpedo batteries in Themyscira. These batteries would come in quadruple or quintuple mounts, and would be equipped with Mod 34 533 mm torpedoes (basically a 533 mm version of the Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedo, albeit with the shorter range of up to 35 km). One battery managed to sink the Italian light cruiser Alberto di Giussano, and another sank the Italian destroyer Aviere.

These batteries were never installed in the Atlantean archipelago, owing to the size of the Atlantic Ocean, when compared to the Aegean Sea.

[Lethen Empire]

Wow.

During the years leading up to World War 2, Atlantis experimented with coastal torpedo batteries in Themyscira. These batteries would come in quadruple or quintuple mounts, and would be equipped with Mod 34 533 mm torpedoes (basically a 533 mm version of the Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedo, albeit with the shorter range of up to 35 km). One battery managed to sink the Italian light cruiser Alberto di Giussano, and another sank the Italian destroyer Aviere.

These batteries were never installed in the Atlantean archipelago, owing to the size of the Atlantic Ocean, when compared to the Aegean Sea.

I can't see that actually working. Not in a 'it's a sci-fi weapon' unrealistic kind of way, but as in it doesn't sound very useful. But apparently it works. Perhaps I just need more info.

The Lethen universe is about 10 years or so more advanced than ours, resulting in the Lethen navy cruising around with railguns on tanks and ships, the air with six-gen fighter jets, and tanks that can withstand rocket hits which makes them almost or entirely as good as they were in WW2.

[A m e n r i a]

*laughs in 2046*

We have nothing to do with Armenia.

[Socialist Communist States]

"What! I always thought you were Armenia?"
- The Ultimate Supreme Leader: Kokichi Oma

Former Texas Governor John Connally (yes that connally) is a member of our cabinet.

[Nanhua]

E P I C O O F

In Nanhuanese history, Vietnam never fell to civil war or communist rule, since they were joined Nanhua after declaring independence from the French in the 1940s.

[Sarcana]

I sadly cannot see such a thing occurring. The Vietnamese wouldn’t join a Chinese country unless they were guaranteed to be an autonomous state.

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It’s considered a well-known fact that those who enslave their fellow humans lose their humanity. As a result, they’re not considered human and thus have no human rights.

In extension, slavers are treated worse than animals by both the people and the government. Slavers can be tortured, humiliated and even killed - if permission is given - by their captors.

[A m e n r i a]

Considering that slavery isn't exactly wrong, that's a bit too harsh. Just throw 'em in jail if you're against slavery.

Since God does not approve of lifelike statues, most monuments and sculptures to honour Heavenly Emperor Cheonsa only depict his wings, either stylized or not. Note that he never asks for the creations of these and the artists who make them do it out of respect for him.

[West Margola]

That's weird, I'm sure people would come up with metaphors for their Emperor to represent them regardless.

In City 36 of West Margola, heavy research was conducted on citizens regarding obedience and authority. A 'rebellion' consisting of government actors was created, but then genuine citizens began to attempt to join them. Everyone in City 36 was terminated after a city-wide riot erupted.

[Folknoren]

The fact your cities are named by numbers is the only actually interesting part about that fact

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We tried something like that in the chaos after Chairman Jon Tromso "left" the office. The result was the Monarchist revolt, which we still haven't maintained, and is getting more support both in our country and in the world as days go by.

[Palmyrion]

A Monarchist revolt? Interesting.

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One of the bloodiest battles fought in Palmyrion was the Battle of Diliman in Quezon City, Commonwealth Capital Region, Palmyrion. This was one of the hardiest strongholds of the then Socialist regime, having seen nearly 500,000 soldiers from both sides being killed. One of the bloodiest skirmishes during this battle took place in the now University of Palmyrion - Diliman campus.

Nowadays, urban legend has it that of you take a picture with the Oblation statue by the entrance of the University, you would be struck with a major illness - and even die - within a year of you taking the picture, possibly because of you disturbing the souls of the deceased warriors who have found solace in the statue.

[Idiocarasia]

what if you just put the statue on a truck and transport it with you/other officials on confidential ... stuff
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thanks to the surviving, many idiocarn's don't have feeling in many limbs or other body parts.

[Sarcana]

Ouch.
Maybe if that’s what nomadism gives you, maybe you shouldn’t go nomadic?
Just a thought.

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It is mandatory to attend linguistic classes whilst one is in education. By the end of one’s schooling, they usually can speak the native language + one or two other languages.

[Folknoren]

Meh. Three languages is excessive.

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In our world, every state (apart from five, Libertalia being one of them) is a member of the WA, including North Korea and Folknoren

[Zitravgrad]

Well, I'm not surprised that both of them aren't joining anything. At. All.

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Zitravgrad's take on breastfeeding in public is usually criticized as self-contradictory. It is not illegal, but it is still frowned upon. It is illegal to shame a breastfeeding mother in public, but practically it is still common to tell them to do it elsewhere. The only solutions to this are to do the business in public restrooms (which usually have one room reserved for taking care of babies) or to cover self with more clothes when doing it in public.

[Akaran Islands]

Seems fair enough, but I don't really agree with making it illegal to shame them

During WWII, Akara sided with the Axis in order to get independence from the Netherlands. We got our independence, but we ended up getting occupied by the US and Akaras Axis collaborating leader committed ritual suicide

[East Angria]

Serves your leader right for cooperating with the fascists.

Sassony is very dialectally diverse, taking up a sizeable chunk of the Continental West Germanic Dialect Continuum. Most varieties are mutually intellegible to a degree, the major exception being Jutlandic, a North Germanic language in the north of the country.

[Liaoning Autonomous Region]

Very interesting

The Liaoning Autonomous Region was founded in 1950 in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War by the United States as an American territory. In 1962 with the territory 62% American and 38% Chinese citizens of the territory issued an Ordinance of Secession formally seceding from the United States of America in response to American imperialism in the territory. In 1963 the newly independent nation petitioned the People's Republic of China for Liaoning's incorporation into the PRC as an autonomous region. Today the national identity of Liaoning is complex and diverse about 1.2% described themselves as Americans, 98.5 described themselves as Chinese gradually abandoning American identity, and .3% describe themselves as Liaonian.

[True South Vietnam]

Very original, I wonder how so many Americans ended up in Liaoning?

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Currently, South Vietnam and North Vietnam are preparing a summit where both leaders will meet and discuss the ultimate end goal of Vietnamese reunification. To prepare for this, the South Vietnamese government has established a Ministry for National Reunification in 1983, one year after Thieu's removal from power and subsequent democratization. This is comparable to the current state of Inter-Korean relations, with this Inter-Vietnamese thaw becoming known as the "Vietnamese Summer".