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

[Soleos]

Always great to see cultural diversity bringing new ways to perceive humanity

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Despite being a Technocracy, our allies have very different outlook on government.

The Xervian Synergetics is basically just a Mega corporation, where citizens are seen as employees with a massive wealth gap. While Democratic and the least oppressive, the 'Corp' that runs the Xervians have no protection of individuals, and is basically a free for all. Only those with money and influence can "vote" in their elections aka Stockholders deciding who can be Chief of this space nation. It is the only space nation in the known galaxy to still have a monetary system, with the poorest selling their bodies in any way possible to afford food despite automation providing enough for everyone while the wealthiest are constantly at odds with gangs vying for power of a planet or a region of a planet. It's a complete AnCap sort of society where you can get anything, and legally, as it's an extremely decentralized, albeit efficient, society.

The Voor Technocracy see its citizens as mere organic machines, biologically engineered to have a certain role in a certain caste. The industrial workers, the researchers, the soldiers, they are all designed to do those before birth, similar to the Terran novel "Brave New World". There is no free will to those below the Researchers, as they are, for all intents and purposes, bio-slaves, designed for this stratified society. However, they do have the best engineers of the three allies. Their view is that the efficiency of their nation is above the individuals, and thus, only a few can be trusted with the privilege of 'thinking' as giving everyone that same privilege would result in chaos and instability.

The Technocracy, despite being oppressive by 21st century standards, is the most humane. Unlike the Xervians, the State takes care of everyone, provides for all, and optimizes happiness under the logic that a happy population that does not have to work to live, would have more time to innovate and be creative. The Technocracy, unlike the Voors, aren't obsessed with 'production' as everything is automated and focuses more on creativity, combined that with the human trait of emotions (unlike Voors), we're both efficient, but also inefficient. We value art as much as science, we want to optimize our citizens' happiness but we also remove (cruelly) anyone who would be a threat to our Technocracy.

TL;DR - You're fucked in Xervia if you're poor. You're fucked in Voor if you're not born with the right genetic engineering. You're fucked in Soleos if you're Anti-Technocracy, but you can do whatever you like if you're not against the state.

[Auregau]

Well thats... erm... disturbing. Guess I gotta start praising Xervian Emperor Zuckerberg.

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After years of grape overproduction, in 1963, Auregau lowered its legal drinking age to 13 in hopes it would boost local wine consumption. Despite changes in the market the law hasn't been changed since, and many high schools in the country serve beverages of up to 17% ABV in cafeterias to this day.

[The Golden Court]

Always great to see cultural diversity bringing new ways to perceive humanity

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Despite being a Technocracy, our allies have very different outlook on government.

The Xervian Synergetics is basically just a Mega corporation, where citizens are seen as employees with a massive wealth gap. While Democratic and the least oppressive, the 'Corp' that runs the Xervians have no protection of individuals, and is basically a free for all. Only those with money and influence can "vote" in their elections aka Stockholders deciding who can be Chief of this space nation. It is the only space nation in the known galaxy to still have a monetary system, with the poorest selling their bodies in any way possible to afford food despite automation providing enough for everyone while the wealthiest are constantly at odds with gangs vying for power of a planet or a region of a planet. It's a complete AnCap sort of society where you can get anything, and legally, as it's an extremely decentralized, albeit efficient, society.

The Voor Technocracy see its citizens as mere organic machines, biologically engineered to have a certain role in a certain caste. The industrial workers, the researchers, the soldiers, they are all designed to do those before birth, similar to the Terran novel "Brave New World". There is no free will to those below the Researchers, as they are, for all intents and purposes, bio-slaves, designed for this stratified society. However, they do have the best engineers of the three allies. Their view is that the efficiency of their nation is above the individuals, and thus, only a few can be trusted with the privilege of 'thinking' as giving everyone that same privilege would result in chaos and instability.

The Technocracy, despite being oppressive by 21st century standards, is the most humane. Unlike the Xervians, the State takes care of everyone, provides for all, and optimizes happiness under the logic that a happy population that does not have to work to live, would have more time to innovate and be creative. The Technocracy, unlike the Voors, aren't obsessed with 'production' as everything is automated and focuses more on creativity, combined that with the human trait of emotions (unlike Voors), we're both efficient, but also inefficient. We value art as much as science, we want to optimize our citizens' happiness but we also remove (cruelly) anyone who would be a threat to our Technocracy.

TL;DR - You're fucked in Xervia if you're poor. You're fucked in Voor if you're not born with the right genetic engineering. You're fucked in Soleos if you're Anti-Technocracy, but you can do whatever you like if you're not against the state.

Kind of like a commercial
“You’re fucked six ways from Sunday, no matter the system!”
AN
I bet school dances in your country are on a whole different level.

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When creating his guard and angels, the Creator took extra care to make them as cute as possible, in addition to being well-suited for their duties.

[Catrela]

Always great to see cultural diversity bringing new ways to perceive humanity

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Despite being a Technocracy, our allies have very different outlook on government.

The Xervian Synergetics is basically just a Mega corporation, where citizens are seen as employees with a massive wealth gap. While Democratic and the least oppressive, the 'Corp' that runs the Xervians have no protection of individuals, and is basically a free for all. Only those with money and influence can "vote" in their elections aka Stockholders deciding who can be Chief of this space nation. It is the only space nation in the known galaxy to still have a monetary system, with the poorest selling their bodies in any way possible to afford food despite automation providing enough for everyone while the wealthiest are constantly at odds with gangs vying for power of a planet or a region of a planet. It's a complete AnCap sort of society where you can get anything, and legally, as it's an extremely decentralized, albeit efficient, society.

The Voor Technocracy see its citizens as mere organic machines, biologically engineered to have a certain role in a certain caste. The industrial workers, the researchers, the soldiers, they are all designed to do those before birth, similar to the Terran novel "Brave New World". There is no free will to those below the Researchers, as they are, for all intents and purposes, bio-slaves, designed for this stratified society. However, they do have the best engineers of the three allies. Their view is that the efficiency of their nation is above the individuals, and thus, only a few can be trusted with the privilege of 'thinking' as giving everyone that same privilege would result in chaos and instability.

The Technocracy, despite being oppressive by 21st century standards, is the most humane. Unlike the Xervians, the State takes care of everyone, provides for all, and optimizes happiness under the logic that a happy population that does not have to work to live, would have more time to innovate and be creative. The Technocracy, unlike the Voors, aren't obsessed with 'production' as everything is automated and focuses more on creativity, combined that with the human trait of emotions (unlike Voors), we're both efficient, but also inefficient. We value art as much as science, we want to optimize our citizens' happiness but we also remove (cruelly) anyone who would be a threat to our Technocracy.

TL;DR - You're fucked in Xervia if you're poor. You're fucked in Voor if you're not born with the right genetic engineering. You're fucked in Soleos if you're Anti-Technocracy, but you can do whatever you like if you're not against the state.

Kind of like a commercial
“You’re fucked six ways from Sunday, no matter the system!”
AN
I bet school dances in your country are on a whole different level.

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When creating his guard and angels, the Creator took extra care to make them as cute as possible, in addition to being well-suited for their duties.

(sry, was in a rush making my last post that some parts were left out)
That's nice, I love cute things, always makes me feel warm and happy inside ^w^

Northwest Catrela claims to produce the best wine in the entire Western Hemisphere.

[Gandoor]

Well, I don't drink so I can't be the judge of that, heh.

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When the Gandoorese pound was replaced with our current currency, the gdyn, in 1779, there was no limit to how long one could exchange coinage and banknotes of the pound into coinage and banknotes of the gdyn. Therefore, it is still possible to exchange the pre-decimal currency into modern currency at the same exchange rate from 1779, with one penny being equal to ½ of a cendyn (1/200 of a gdyn).

[The Intermarian Order]

Odd but quite convenient if you have a bunch of old notes laying around as a note collector.

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While many ethnicity such as Poles, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, Czechoslovaks, Hungarians, and Romanians in the empire are united by a common (yet artificial) Intermarian national identity, their cultural ties are rather weak as they were subjugated through conquest from Poland's previous dynasty. Even more so when the lands of Hungary and Romania were integrated to the empire. Many in the empire resented Polish dominance in the empire as it is the central economic and political hub of Intermarium and feared that "Polonization" would occur as a result of aforementioned cultural dominance. It would take time for these ethnic tensions to subside through a common understanding and equal regional development although a violent break-up of the empire in a re-enactment of Yugoslavia after the Imperator's death isn't out of the question.

[Auregau]

Looks like even under a different name, the problems of Poland-Lithuania seem to have persisted throughout the ages.

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Auregau has some of the most expensive real estate available relative to income, mainly due to the preference to maintain abnormally spacious urban townhomes instead of smaller apartments or more accessible suburban houses. Foreign investors, heavily regulated city planning, mountainous terrain and large percentages of land with water access also drive up average purchasing prices in the industry. Property sales make up approximately 16% of the nation's GDP.

[The Zravvisk]

Seems like you need more efficient housing. The less cash tied down in housing the more they can spend on goods.

The Armada of the Zravvisk cares little for borders. We been traveling through the galaxy long before the modern powers arose so why should we stop our travels because some empires drew some lines on a star chart? The powers of the galaxy seem annoyed by our habit of going where we please with our armada, but seem to accept it because we do have one of the most powerful navies, do it to everyone, and have a strong policy of neutrally.

[Normund]

Although you aren’t human, my FT nation, Aschora, would allow you to roam. You guys aren’t trouble, and that’s good.

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The Republic is debating whether to join the EU officially, and become a member of the Schengen and Eurozone.

[Silver Commonwealth]

Ehh, joining would probably be the best.

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While Trump never became a President of the Megastates of America, and Commonwealth in our timeline (Carter ruled for about 40 years, then Supercomputer Tom came), he was an influential player, and political figure in SC's government, with being a CEO over an army State's company. Some of his policies were later implemented on regional scale (Like border wall).

[Republic of-India]

Considering that Trump is pretty influential, even before becoming President, it's not surprising that they even took his idea of a border wall.

India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1, 55,015 post offices. A single post office on an average serves a population of 7,175 people.

[The Intermarian Order]

Nice to know that India is going the path of modernity.

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While many ethnicity such as Poles, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, Czechoslovaks, Hungarians, and Romanians in the empire are united by a common (yet artificial) Intermarian national identity, their cultural ties are rather weak as they were subjugated through conquest from Poland's previous dynasty. Even more so when the lands of Hungary and Romania were integrated to the empire. Many in the empire resented Polish dominance in the empire as it is the central economic and political hub of Intermarium with much of the central political decision-making located in Grand Warsaw and minorities feared that a "Polonization" would occur as a result of aforementioned cultural dominance. It would take time for these ethnic tensions to subside through a common understanding and equal regional development although a violent break-up of the empire in a re-enactment of Yugoslavia after the Imperator's death isn't out of the question.

[Frievolk]

Wait, so in your Universe, there was a Polish Dynasty that ruled long enough as an Empire to subjugate other ethnicities? Wow, I wonder how your 1700s-1800s went.

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Nederstjil Graveyards were often built in the nearest grove, with the dead often buried around the Oldest (by which I mean the largest) trees. Most dead only received a gravestone above where their head would be buried, and the grove itself was adorned with lanterns. This tradition is actually continued to the modern ago, though in most ways ceremonially.

[Idiocarasia]

I've heard odder burials, but to bury one traditionally will at least grant their families relief and acceptance.
well that went sad

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Although many of the tribes don't have a central schooling system. thanks to pacts with many foreign powers, Many privileged children are able to receive schooling from local schools (dependent on were the tribes and hosts are at the time). the difference in curriculums is a constant challenge but there are usually a few academic materials (possable gained through illegal means and or raids) accessible for students to study on the go.

[The City-State of Palmont]

Although many of the tribes don't have a central schooling system. thanks to pacts with many foreign powers, Many privileged children are able to receive schooling from local schools (dependent on were the tribes and hosts are at the time). the difference in curriculums is a constant challenge but there are usually a few academic materials (possable gained through illegal means and or raids) accessible for students to study on the go.

Well, at least there's education of sorts. It's a shame there isn't a standard, but it means a bigger variety of professionals I guess.

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The Palmont Police is known for having in service vehicles older than 20 years. Despite integrity and safety concerns this practice may arise, the PPD does not decommission a vehicle unless it gets totaled for severe crash or flood damage, or that its structure is so deteriorated that it's deemed a 'death trap'. This practice allows the department to retain old vehicles in its fleet like a mid 90s Chevrolet Impala or a late 60s Chevrolet Camaro.

The only logical explanation for this is that the PPD invests several hundreds-of-thousands of dollars in both maintenance and performance updates on such old vehicles and that they want to get the best out of their investments.

[Soleos]

While that makes some sense on the consumer side, oftentimes maintenance ends up costing more than actually investing in new vehicles.

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The Administrator has actually declared it illegal to be Xenophobic towards European and Middle Eastern cultures, banning all anti-Arab and anti-Euro speech as she feels the strong backlash against her revival of such cultures to 'make humanity whole' would divide humans to the point of risking the species' future. Since the ban, Archaeologists and Linguists are protected by State Police 24/7 to ensure no Conservatives within the Technocracy attack them to "Keep Defective culture out of the Technocracy". The revival projects has brought back Arab & European legends, mythology of long forgotten Zoroastrian and Islamic lore that has since been Sinonized (basically Islam and Judaism catering to the pork eating Chinese culture or else they get gunned down by the Technocracy). Stories of Golems or Genies are making way into 'Terran Literature' classes and musical revivals of old styles are making a comeback.

While European and Arab/Jewish/Persian/Kurdish culture has been murdered and left rotting for so long, it's almost impossible to fully revive it. However, what can be revived has been given a modern twist, the best the Administrator can do to bring back old, forgotten cultures in hopes of making humanity "Whole". There were also some backlashes when the Administrator, whose heritage is Sephardi Jewish, claimed the Technocracy is moving from a "Eastern Supremacist*" culture into a "Unified Terran" culture. Some critics argued she's bringing back racism, as Terrans have never been this divided upon racial lines (Terrans with European or Arab appearances weren't attacked or harassed until the Administrator sought to revive their cultures) and thus the best way to maintain stability is to let European and Middle eastern cultures stay dead. While others pointed out the Technocracy has always been racist, the backlash is evidence of how Anti-Anyone West of India and North of Mongolia the Technocracy really is.

*Any culture that has Confucian/Daoist/Shinto & Hindu influence. Basically the Sino-Indo sphere.

[A m e n r i a]

That's nice. They deserve America much more than their white colonists imo.

Amenria's most advanced technologies, including cloaking fields, AI hive minds, advanced person scanners, aren't used in the military. Rather, they're used in the Imperial Harem. This is because the tech serves more as a plot device and that using said tech in military RPs would be too OP.

[Wawakanatote]

Hmm...Did you just break the 4th wall here?
Anyways, that makes sense.

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Lana Hayek was the spouse of Chairman Vladimir Salas from 2022 until her death in 2046 at the age of 47. The case around her death is still wrapped in mystery as no information was ever released by the Salas regime. Many people have theorized that, due to her growing separation from her husband and his policies, she was murdered by the Salas regime and it was covered up by the state and media in order to continue the ruse of the Salas cult of personality. Still, even after the Salas regime was physically removed in 2050, no new information was ever released by the government, and due to the anti-Salasist nature of the Morgen administration, it is likely that no records could have been found as they were likely destroyed by the Salas regime. However, today she is remembered as one of the more prominent victims of the Salas era.

[Normund]

That is quite unfortunate. Dictators and their hives of corruption are never a good thing, especially when they murder such figures and normal people.

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The Normundic government still classified transgenderism as a mental illness, despite the WHO somewhat recently taking it off the list of mental illnesses.

[New Malachi]

I hope it catches up pretty soon, that is very bad. I was going to say I might live in Normund in another thread, but this would be a dealbreaker.

It is currently illegal to procreate in New Malachi due to unresolved ethical issues relating to the unknown effects of Martian gravity on the development of infants and children. However, there is a small organization vocally promoting the legalization of this on the grounds that a colony is not true until a citizen is born in it.

[The Intermarian Order]

You could just use IFV or bring orphans to the colony if it's such an issue.

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Our young Imperator Konstantyn I was a socialist revolutionary in the Intermarian Socialist Party during the later years of the Polish-Lietuvan Kingdom under the unpopular King Bogdan of the Rudowski dynasty before becoming Imperator. Much of the anti-royalist resistance were spearheaded by socialists and the kingdom became a hotbed for the next socialist revolution after the Second Russian Revolution in the New Soviet Republic to the East. A radical voice in the ISP, he advocated for a violent revolution topple the decentralized feudal kingdoms under the Rudowski dynasty in which the reformist ISP opposed. However, he became more disillusioned when the party advocated for social reforms instead as well as adopting a defeatist mindset during the Third Polish Partition which he considered as treasonous. However, the party's fracturing into squabbling splinter factions put the final nail on his socialist beliefs which he ceased all ties with the ISP. In a series of twisted events, he became a monarchist and espoused the ideals of the Great Intellectual Awakening (our universe's second Enlightenment).

[Knessniet]

That is quite a twist. Seriously, how does that even work?

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In Knessniet, there are no legal restrictions imposed on alchohol other than that you have to be 18 to buy it, and you can't drive while intoxicated. Otherwise, it is completely deregulated, and that allows for some loopholes to be found. For example, it is popular for teenagers to try brewing or distilling their own beverages, as they are only prohibited from buying it, instead of possessing it or consuming it.

It should be noted that this only applies to civil jurisdiction, and that the military strictly prohibits on-duty personnel from consuming alcohol. It is also prohibited to bring it on-base, with the exception of up to 5 standard bottles of wine for sacramental use by chaplains, or with direct orders from the base, regimental, or battalion commander.

[Kyneland]

The lack of regulation and control is rather concerning.

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Kynish notably have physically demanding lives, even in the modern era of computers and capitalism. Norse wrestling, combative sports and outdoors activities are a part of national identity. Some feuds or rivalries can be sorted out through combat, though there are a number of safety precautions and regulations.

Along with this, some Far Eastern and orientalist meditation methods and practices have become popular and the modern youth often combine Norse combat and athletics with oriental mindsets and mental exercises.

[Hiachijan]

Good that you're holding on to the defining traits of your national identity in a period of rapid technological advancement and change, and that feuds can be sorted in manners that are at least somewhat dignified.

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The Jiren are one of our species' many phenotypes that are most unique for their extreme height (around nine, somtimes ten meters on average, compared to the common three or four meters for most other tribes). Traveling through dense cities is usually very difficult for them since they often tower above local transportation methods, so they are more commonly found in reservation areas dedicated for their people, usually in the local mega-forests where the trees grow up to a kilometer high.

While technological advancement has seen a gradual increase in their numbers, they were always known throughout history to be rare due to multiple factors, including death by lightning strikes and hunting by other tribes. In the classical and medieval eras, they were portrayed throughout folklore and mythology as "villagers who were once short and meek but later gifted by gods," "tall, wise people" or "terrifying monsters" depending on the culture they encountered.

Even today they are sometimes described as "terrifying" heavy ground units in the YC's military, which they commonly volunteer for despite their relatively peaceful philosophies.

[The Great-German Empire]

Sheesh, ten-meter giants? I imagine how extreme cultural tension used to be for them, probably still is.

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The German psyche differs considerably from what it would be if the country were to lose the wars of the 20th Century [i.e. OOC].

Most notably, they are much more contrarian and openly romanticist than other peoples. They don't mind authority, but hate being told how to think and to be bossed around. There are no national boogeymen or shaming, either, with only a select small amount of people ever bringing up Trotha's Herero massacres in conversation. A civil war in the 1990s won handily by the monarchist side - as well as its subsequent Reconstruction - busied the people to the point that few bother thinking up fake problems. This old-fashioned view is reinforced by other societies around the world experiencing similar stories; the greatest cultural adversary is the British Imperial Federation, where an avoidance of conflict post-1964, a desire to reject the conservative USA's values (they were the ones who beat them up so bad in 1964) and cultural guilt (a by-product of decolonization) has bred a completely different outlook on life, with conformity, utilitarianism and formality being the norm. Even the current German Imperial Chancellor ridiculed the British as "a nation of forty-year-old schoolchildren."