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Fatatatutti
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Postby Fatatatutti » Tue Jun 08, 2021 9:58 am

Fatatatutti has sent a relief ship loaded with pineapple upside-down cakes to Western Fardshufflestein.

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Zhouran
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Postby Zhouran » Tue Jun 08, 2021 6:23 pm

Since its establishment on September 9, 1956, the People's Republic of Zhouran has the most extensive, highly-robust social-security system on earth. The country's immense comprehensive welfare system, which remains globally unrivalled, has allowed Zhouran to remain the leading country in all areas of living standards including healthcare, social benefits, personal income, etcetera. The Ministry of Social Security is responsible for welfare, pensions and social security in the country, while the Ministry of Health is responsible for the nation's universal healthcare system.

Citizens are eligible for benefits and payments, depending on their circumstances. In fact, under national law, citizens are entitled to social security and healthcare. Zhouran has the most highly-efficient social security system in Asia and one of the most effective in the world, thus playing an important role in Zhouran's status as a highly-developed country with a very-high level of human development. The country's highly-effective social security system plays a huge role in Zhouran being a very-high income developed nation with the highest standard of living on earth.

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A Ministry of Social Security public service office at a self-sufficient suburban neighborhood in Kuizhou, these offices can be commonly found in every suburban and neighborhood in every town and city across Zhouran, providing disbursement of social security payments to local communities


Zhouran's highly-efficient, merit-based social-security system, ranked as best in Asia and one of the best in the world, plays an important role in the prosperity and human development of the nation. With Zhouranese Socialism revolving around caring for the people, social mobility, meritocracy and productivity, this has a strong effect on standard of living in the nation. Under the immortal science of Zhouranese Socialism, the primary motivation of the national economy is maximizing efficiency, productivity and cohesion through social mobility, meritocracy, and forward-thinking pragmatism.

Thanks to Zhouranese Socialism, Zhouran's social-security system is unmatched internationally. For example, Zhouran has the longest maternity leave, paternity leave and parental leave in the world (as well as being the only nation to have paternity leave be almost as long as maternity leave for gender equality), was the first nation on earth (and currently the only nation) to operate an extensive universal-basic-income system for its citizens, and is the only nation where labor unions & labor-union federations (Zhouran having the highest labor unionization in the world and largest number of labor unions) have actual political influence, thus providing social mobility and protection to all workers.

The average annual income in Zhouran is very high in general with individuals who work in minimum wage jobs earning quite a lot of income since the country's minimum wage is the highest in the world. Meanwhile, many highly-important occupations in Zhouran, ranging from medical specialists such as surgeons and dentists, engineers such as aerospace and nuclear engineers, scientists such as physicists and chemists, and military officers in the Zhouranese People's Army, are known to have massive salaries that would technically make them wealthy. As a result, the average Zhouranese worker has one of the highest personal income in the world, with Zhouranese workers having the highest average hourly wages and highest average productivity levels. Zhouran has a highly-robust social safety net in the form of a highly-efficient merit-based social-security system ranked as best in Asia and one of the best in the world (which also includes the publicly-funded universal basic income system called the National Universal Income System), and a highly-robust high-tech socialist economy that cares for the welfare of the people. As a result, an individual's personal income is supplemented by additional income from social security and given that the country has one of the lowest tax rates in the world, the average Zhouranese has a very large amount of disposable income to spend on. In fact, the average Zhouranese has more disposable income than individuals from other countries.

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The interior of a preschool at a self-sufficient urban neighborhood in Anjing, the wide availability of high-quality day care has allowed Zhouranese men and women to focus on their careers and not stress about sacrificing their jobs to look after their children, this is one of the many reasons why Zhouran has the world's highest employment rate, lowest unemployment rate, and highest labor-force participation rate


Due to its highly-extensive highly-efficient welfare model, Zhouran has the world's highest labor force participation rate for able-bodied individuals aged 15 to 64 years, the lowest poverty rate, the highest employment for able-bodied individuals aged 15 to 64 years, and the lowest unemployment rate.

Depending specifically on the job, however on average, work in Zhouran is considered to be more enjoyable than work in other developed nations due to the nation's short work-hours per week and high average wages, not to mention that workers' rights & autonomy are highly valued together with social mobility. As a result, Zhouranese proletarians enjoy being workers of the nation, in fact an overwhelming majority of Zhouranese workers oppose the idea of migrating abroad due to the high wages, comprehensive workers' rights, and short work-hours per week in the country as compared to other nations.

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The Imagination Animals
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Postby The Imagination Animals » Tue Jun 08, 2021 7:47 pm

Malls and Hotels in Crossoveria!

Crossoveripolis, Crossoveria’s capital, has some stunning malls. They are really entertaining. One example is the Palladium Mall, in which case there's literally an arcade, restaurants in the middle of the mall, and a book store there, plus posters of cartoon characters on every store there. In the Aquium Mall, there's literally a mall built in an aquarium. Their tallest mall is the Volshkiddos Mall in the Imaginanimalsian city of Zoinkstown, which is 88 stories tall.
In the counties Riulands and Hilton, their hotels are, without a doubt, STUNNING! Their most famous hotels are loved by outsiders. In Riulands, their most famous hotel is The Desperaux. in it, there are two buildings that are connected through the bottom floor. They got 8 pools; one being the central pool, one being the adult pool, 3 being little family pools, and 2 being spa pools. And the rooms are the most cleanest in Riulands. The beach is just amazing from a far view and it's absolutely safe. Their restaurants are luxurious as well. In short, No better hotel is a good as Desperaux, no doubt about it at all.

In Hilton, their most famous hotel is Fontainbleau Heffely, which is based on the Miami hotel with the same name. Same restaurants, same pools, same beach view. The only thing different about it is that in the store Chez Bon Bon, they're always playing Lisa Lopes's songs, or the ones she's in.

Overall, The Imagination Animals has wonderful hotels and malls!
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Postby Wochaystein » Tue Jun 08, 2021 8:02 pm

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Postby Lancov » Tue Jun 08, 2021 11:58 pm

Lancov's rugby union national team is nicknamed the Right Hooks, while the national association football team is nicknamed the Left Hooks.
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Greater Angelus
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Postby Greater Angelus » Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:34 am

Angelus, which maintains a universal policy of conscription regardless of gender, allows citizens who have completed their 2-year service period to keep their standard-issue firearms, a decision noted for each individual by the Ministry of National Defense. This is part of the country's Total Defense plan, stemming from the small country's history have having fought a protracted century-long civil war against an immeasurably larger military power and the continued national security threats against sovereignty by neo-colonialism and the Aichelle territorial dispute. Citizens opting to keep their firearms but not actively a part of military or security institutions are listed as reserve members of the National Militia, to be immediately called upon and organized into local units in the event of national emergency, protocols for which would have been established during conscription and training.
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Catarra
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Founded: May 19, 2014
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Postby Catarra » Wed Jun 09, 2021 12:47 pm

Rugby Union is the most popular Sport in Catarra. Followed by (real) Football and Rugby League.

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Postby Zhouran » Wed Jun 09, 2021 6:33 pm

Thanks to Zhouran's very-liberal gun laws, a citizen can legally own a military-grade fully-automatic assault rifle. In fact, a citizen can also own a fully-functioning heavy machine gun. However, explosives are banned for civilian ownership, and any caliber above heavy machine gun caliber is considered to be a cannon caliber. Since cannons are classed as explosives, such caliber is banned for civilian ownership too.

Because of the nation's very-liberal gun laws that permits civilian ownership of fully-automatic military weapons, sporter weapons do not exist in Zhouran. Foreign weapons such as AR-15s and AK-47s are rarely sold in Zhouran since the nation has a highly-robust firearms industries that produces a wide variety of domestically-made military-grade firearms.

Firearm shooting sports in Zhouran are popular sports with a continuous existence dating back to early 1875. Since then, it has become a popular sport. Firearm shooting sport is traditionally seen as a "soldier's sport" because of its marksmanship and tests of proficiency (accuracy and speed) using a firearm. Indeed, it is normal for local communities in cities and towns to hold a local firearm competition, with competitors ranging from ordinary folks to Zhouranese People's Army servicemen/servicewoman, retired veterans, and paramilitary members of the National Patriotic Guards.

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A ZPA Ground Force military provost armed with a Type 15 5.45×39mm assault rifle standing guard at the front entrance of the Zhouranese overseas installation Camp Liluo at the Zhouranese-operated Taua Military Restriction Zone in the Independent State of Fafo on June 24, 2019


Considering that Zhouran is a several-millennia-old stratocratic civilization with a highly-impassioned warrior culture and fervid martial-ethos, the nation is home to a wide assortment of numerous 100% indigenous made-in-Zhouran firearms. Zhouranese firearms have been designed to be modular due to strong Zhouranese emphasis on adaptability and flexibility for fluid situations. The Zhouranese are aware that in order for soldiers to be in their peak performance, they must have access to the best arsenal possible since weaker weapons can bring down the potential performances of troops in the field.

Throughout the years, different Zhouranese assault rifles and battle rifles have been utilized as 'standard-service weapons', ranging from the Ningjing Type 62 7.62×39mm assault rifle, Ningjing Type 63 7.62×39mm assault rifle & Ningjing Type 62-200 7.62×54mm battle rifle, to the Ningjing Type 75 7.62×39mm assault rifle, Ningjing Type 82 5.45×39mm assault rifle & Ningjing Type 69-200 7.62×54mm battle rifle, to the Ningjing Type 01-100 7.62×39mm assault rifle, Ningjing Type 99-03 5.45×39mm assault rifle & Ningjing Type 77-04 7.62×54mm battle rifle, and the Ningjing Type 04-11 7.62×39mm assault rifle, Ningjing Type 09-100 5.45×39mm assault rifle & Ningjing Type 11 7.62×54mm battle rifle. Other Zhouranese firearms created from past-to-present include the Ningjing Type 66-300 7.62×39mm assault rifle & Ningjing Type 15-100 7.62×39mm assault rifle, Ningjing Type 90 5.45×39mm assault rifle & Ningjing Type 75-15 5.45×39mm assault rifle, Ningjing Type 65-700 7.62×54mm battle rifle & Ningjing Type 72-400 7.62×54mm battle rifle, Ningjing Type 79 7.62×54mm sniper rifle & Ningjing Type 10 7.62×54mm sniper rifle, Ningjing Type 90 9×39mm personal combat rifle & Type 03 9×39mm personal combat rifle, Ningjing Type 77-100 9×19mm submachine gun & Ningjing Type 04 9×19mm submachine gun, Ningjing Type 79 7.62×54mm general-purpose machine gun & Type 06 7.62×54mm general-purpose machine gun, etcetera.

Known widely for being reliability-oriented accuracy-friendly weapons that are fully-capable of operating in the harshest environmental conditions while being maintenance-friendly for troops especially in the battlefield, Zhouranese firearms are built rigorously to Zhouranese standards and are made to last for hundreds of years especially in the most austere situations. Various different rounds used by various Zhouranese firearm types ranging from pistols to assault rifles to battle rifles and ultimately to heavy machine guns are all made from brass casings. As a result, the numerous rounds utilized in Zhouran such as 7.62×39mm, 9×19mm, 5.45×39mm, 7.62×54mm, 12.7×108mm and 14.5×114mm are all built with brass casings due to their higher quality, superior chamber seal and more-malleable nature, thus resulting in reduced blowback into the chamber and the receiver. In comparison, cartridges made in other nations will sometimes or most of the times use cheaper-but-inferior steel casings instead.

Since late 1861, Zhouran has a gun culture that is influenced by the nation's passionate and intense warrior culture, which was created in 7 BC during the birth of the Silin Dynasty, as well as the long tradition of militarism in the nation and the long-standing practice of keeping weapons at home in order to be armed, well-trained and prepared. Firearms are owned for purposes including self-defense, hunting, sport, collecting, and military purposes. Sport-shooting and hunting are popular activities for both gun-owners and non-gun-owners in Zhouran.

Within Zhouranese society there is a strong emphasis towards the idea of soldiers being a 'rifleman'. While handguns are seen as the equivalent to the traditional ayanjiazhan knife/daggers, rifles on the other hand are seen as the as equivalent to the traditional ayanjiamu (one-handed)/ayanjiamujuela (two-handed) swords of ancient and medieval times. As a result, any Zhouranese soldier and gun-owner would treat a rifle the same way a warrior would treat a sword. Within Zhouranese society, an individual is expected be a rifleman if they are highly-proficient in marksmanship, thus one must accurately hit man-sized targets at distances ranging from five-hundred meters to one kilometer with high precision using only the iron-sights of a rifle and achieving a 90% first-round hit. Thus, similar to how ancient and medieval Zhouranese warriors were widely known for their highly-impressive rigorous swordsmanship, Zhouranese riflemen are well-known for being highly-skilled sharpshooters capable of eliminating their foes at extreme distances with extreme accuracy.

Thanks to this strong gun culture that is deep-rooted into the Zhouranese warrior culture, there are about 97.5 guns per 100 residents in Zhouran as of 2020. As a result, the country has one of the highest civilian gun ownership in the world, only second to that of the US. However, in the US, an overwhelming majority of civilian-owned firearms are unregistered firearms and are mainly civilian-oriented in nature. In comparison, every single civilian-owned firearms in Zhouran are fully-registered and are military-grade semi-automatic and fully-automatic firearms, the same firearms used by the Zhouranese People's Army and National Patriotic Guards. An estimate of approximately 278,343,000 firearms are in legal civilian possession in Zhouran, as a result the country has the world's second-highest number of firearms in civilian hands. Meanwhile the Zhouranese People's Army owns an estimate of around 106,500,000 firearms, the largest military-owned stockpile of firearms in the world. The massive number of firearms in Zhouran contributes to the stereotypical image of the hyper-militaristic warmongering barbaric Zhouranese.

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Storm-grenadiers from the 3rd Armored Guards Assault Brigade, Armored Guards Regiment, ZPA Ground Force, armed with Type 01-400 5.45×39mm assault rifles during a joint Sino–Zhouranese military exercise with the Chinese PLA Ground Force's 170th Motorized Infantry Brigade in Youhao District, Heilongjiang, China on October 17, 2014


With the country having a powerful highly-experienced battle-hardened military that is numerically large and technologically advanced, backed by a massive well-equipped paramilitary force that is capable of rivaling foreign militaries despite being a militia, Zhouran is considered to be the world's most heavily-militarized nation. This extremely-high level of militarization in Zhouran is all due to being a several-millennia-old stratocratic civilization with a highly-impassioned warrior culture and fervid martial-ethos. Around 96% of people in the nation are willing to fight and go to war for their country, the highest out of any nation. Thanks to the martial identity of the Kangyuli Zhouranese, civilian gun-owners in the country own military-grade firearms ranging from something as small as the Type 81 .357 Magnum revolver or Type 85 9×19mm pistol to a Type 01-100 7.62×39mm assault rifle or Type 95-100 5.45×39mm assault rifle and all the way to something as big as weapons such as the Type 89-100 12.7×108mm heavy machine gun or Type 85-200 14.5×114mm heavy machine gun. Any weapon that has a caliber above heavy machine gun caliber is considered a cannon and since cannons fire explosive shells and not bullets, those are regarded as explosives and therefore banned for civilian ownership.

Unlike the civilian gun-owners of other nations including the US, any Zhouranese civilian gun-owners that are not serving or have already served in either the ZPA or NPG are also skilled in professionally-handling military-grade firearms. Shooting ranges are very common across the country, with many of the firearms instructors serving or having served in the ZPA or NPG. Not only that, Zhouranese National Military Sports Associations are found in many towns and cities across the nation, teaching essential combat techniques and offering military training by providing a 73-day long course that teaches citizens over the age of 15 combat techniques and weapons training. As a result, Zhouranese civilian gun-owners are considered to be the most skilled compared to foreign counterparts, and this also includes civilian gun-owners in Zhouran who have not yet served in the ZPA or NPG but still own firearms.

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Postby Greater Angelus » Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:44 pm

The Ministry of Health and Welfare is the centralized authority that provides medical treatment nationally to all citizens free of charge. It does not discriminate based on the treatment type, covering everything from family doctors to surgery to services other countries may deem "cosmetic". Prescriptions are also covered by the state as well. Healthcare costs, which accounted for approximately 12% of GDP in 2020, is largely funded through Angelus's relatively high income tax rate. The great accessibility to healthcare afforded to Angelan citizens has greatly contributed to the country's high international rankings on physical and mental health, and a high focus on preventive care.
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Transmaura
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Postby Transmaura » Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:16 am

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Postby Quebec-Libre » Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:20 am

Quebec-Libre is the only nation of the Western Bloc to have a trade agreement with a nation of the Eastern Bloc.

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Destyntine
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Postby Destyntine » Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:38 am

When looking at the skies in Destyntine, it is as a common occurrence to see starships in the Destynic skies as it would be to see a passenger plane in the skies to the rest of the world. The Capital Fleet's ships are always present hovering close to Earth near major cities. Ships can easily be spotted 150 km away when within Earth's troposphere.

These ships require massive landing pads located in or near military bases. Capital class ships are unable to land safely, and must be delivered resources carried by transport class ships and smaller spacecraft.

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Postby Zhouran » Mon Jun 14, 2021 7:57 am

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A Type 72-05 enhanced 3rd gen. main battle tank from the ZPA Ground Force drives through a muddy and wet dirt road while a ZPAAF Zhi-11 attack helicopter provides overwatch during a Zhouranese patrol mission in the Republic of Yekbanov on October 12, 2015 as part of Zhouran's efforts in assisting the Yekbanovian military against rogue separatist insurgents


Full Battle Combat, which is a Zhouranese military theory, has characterized the combat nature of the ZPA the same way Shock & Awe has characterized the combat nature of post-90s US Armed Forces. Focusing on the areas of strategy and tactics, as well as operations, Full Battle Combat theory is particularly known for its strong combined arms emphasis, heavy usage of mobile warfare, and utilization of striking multiple breakthrough points in order to cripple and overwhelm the enemy forces. Unlike America's Shock & Awe theory, not only is Zhouran's Full Battle Combat theory several decades older (being the second oldest combined-arms theory in the world and predating even Nazi Germany's infamous Blitzkrieg) but is also more robust as Shock & Awe is only most effective for the US against below-peer conventional forces such as the Ba'athist-era Iraqi military and is near-useless against America's near-peer opponents (China & Russia) and unconventional paramilitaries such as the Taliban. The Zhouranese People's Army utilizes Full Battle Combat to fully exploit its superior training & technology, rapid reaction & mobility, and information & electronic-sensory dominance, thus turning enemy forces into below-peer threats, allowing the ZPA to rapidly strike multiple times in each particular battlefield and not only paralyze the enemy forces but even outright overwhelming them to the point that they are crippled and weakened. For Full Battle Combat, the main focus is to rapidly inflict multiple strikes against the adversary and shatter enemy defenses, which not only weakens the adversary but also exposes their weaknesses and thus allowing for multiple waves of troops to cut through enemy forces with ease and annihilate several enemy units as the adversary's defenses has been all but obliterated in all sides. Thus, Maximum Combined-Arms Full-Spectrum Dominance is key to fully-exploiting Full Battle Combat against any and all opposing forces, regardless of how strong or weak the opposing side is.

Zhouranese military officers and analysts enjoy metaphorically interpreting Full Battle Combat as akin to a Bayue Yangzhuokelun (Zhouranese Great Warrior Wolf) devouring a rabbit. Senior Marshal Song Zhenhua, former Chairman of the People's Defense Council from January 26, 1982 to January 26, 1997 and a battle-hardened highly-experienced seasoned commander, once stated in 1993 "You're sitting at your office as the general-staff of your nation's military and all of a sudden, all of your troops stationed across a non-specific ocean have been mercilessly wiped out in just a few days. In just a single week, the remnants of your forces are physically, emotionally and psychologically exhausted. This adversary they just faced is not only technologically superior but better trained and much quicker both physically and metaphorically. This adversary has just cut numerous massive surgical swaths of pure unbridled destruction and now all the remnants of your forces flee back home with tails between their legs while their adversary picks off divisions and flotillas one-by-one by every hour". Although Full Battle Combat is a modern military theory, its thinking is built on the foundations of traditional Zhouranese military mindset, especially when it comes to interpreting certain mobile units such as tanks and fighter jets.

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Jahndolian soldiers and ZPAGF Type 63 2nd gen. main battle tanks advancing forward during a joint exercise with the Jahndolian Army on May 18, 1974 in the Democratic Federation of Jahndoland

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Postby Ultima Antivictoria » Mon Jun 14, 2021 7:02 pm

It is illegal to declare or imply that anyone over the age of thirteen is a child. 13-18 year old Antivictorians must be referred to as "youth" rather than children. The penalty for defiance of said law is three days wearing a dunce cap on all public outings.
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Postby Greater Angelus » Mon Jun 14, 2021 11:40 pm

The Angelan Liberation Army (which preceded the establishment of the Angelan People's Armed Forces during the founding of the republic) was an amalgamation of several major militant groups during the latter half of the Angelan War of Liberation - under the direct control of the ANRO were the Angelan People's Army and Local Defense Committees; the Red Battalions under the Communist Party of Greater Angelus; the Catrionan National Liberation Army in Aichelle; the Underground Army of Adragenia and the Revolutionary Action Associations in Victorique; the Peasant Battalions active throughout the countryside; and the armed labor groups under Angelan Workers' Action Committee.

Guerrilla tactics employed by the Underground Army and the Revolutionary Action Associations in Adragenia differed from their counterparts in the countryside, where militants could make use of redoubts hidden deep in the Pthumeran Mountains or take advantage of the dispersed nature of Angelan villages and rural life to evade overstretched imperial patrols. In the densely-packed and highly policed capital, tightly knit conspiratorial cells moved from house to house, or hid in plain sight until called upon by anonymous tips from middlemen, to perform destructive but often suicidal militant action. These efforts severely destabilized and demoralized the imperial colonial authority, which throughout the war sought to present Adragenia as a beacon of peace, progress, and responsible imperial rule amidst a sea of Catrionan barbarism.
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Postby Gandoor » Tue Jun 15, 2021 8:51 pm

None of the 1370 episodes of the drama series Rose that were broadcast exclusively on the radio between 1924 and 1950 survive in their entirety.

The earliest surviving audio from the series is a 90 second clip from episode 187, which was used in a record by Alimore (who broadcast Rose) that promoted their radio dramas.

Certain episodes from the mid-1930s on survive in edited formats, as Alimore periodically released episodes of the series onto 78s in order to capitalize on the series' popularity, with the episodes usually being edited from their original fifteen minute run time to five minutes (in order to fit two episodes per 78).

The 73 episodes broadcast between January 1940 and May 1950 (when the series began broadcasting on television) are considered the best preserved, as Alimore released Monthly Rose Records, which featured an entire month's worth of episodes edited and condensed onto a single LP, resulting in all of these episodes having some surviving audio.

Despite the loss of most of the radio-exclusive era of the series, the scripts for all radio-only episodes of Rose have survived and have been published in script book format.
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Postby Incelastan » Tue Jun 15, 2021 9:15 pm

The institution of marriage was abolished in the year 1999 and has never even been publicly advocated in any forum in any sense. In fact, proposing any kind of restoration of "reactionary institutions" is punishable by death by firing squad.
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Postby Western Fardelshufflestein » Tue Jun 15, 2021 9:17 pm

WF's government FINALLY approved the Pfizer vaccine to inoculate citizens against the 'rona.
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Postby Namtostora » Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:05 am

-Namtostora weirdly enough have a lot of dead body and public toilets
problem.
-Oh, and back then we used to be a dictatorship nation
-And Southern Namtostora (Hastostora) have witches

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The Imagination Animals
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Authoritarian Democracy

Postby The Imagination Animals » Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:33 am

Despite the main religion being Hefflism, a majority of the Crossoverians are Shiite Muslims
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Lytrovia
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Ex-Nation

Postby Lytrovia » Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:35 am

We have over 10,000 geese in our country, for some reason.
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Greater Angelus
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Corrupt Dictatorship

Postby Greater Angelus » Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:26 pm

Founding Mother Emmeline Vivialyn is a revered and semi-mythologized figure in modern day Angelus. Her name and image is ubiquitous throughout the country - the grand statue of her in front of the main building of the expansive eponymous international airport in the capital, her portrait gracing the front cover of elementary school history textbooks, on the M100, and a larger-than-life painting gazing down on the chamber of the People's Council, her name constantly used to invoke purity, patriotism, bravery, and selfless sacrifice. Vivialyn's life is also subject to much debate and scrutiny, argued over and dissected pieces of lurid details of lovers taken, horrific acts committed in the name of the ultimate goal of national independence, to the cause of her mysterious and sudden death at a relatively young age and at the height of her influence - and, indeed rumors that she did not die at all.

Among the less important details of the numerous and endless pieces of debate over Vivialyn is her gender - whether or not the Founding Mother was indeed what today people would consider a "trans woman" has become an increasingly debated issue among concerned historians. This is complicated by the blurred lines and changing definitions of gender variance and Catrionan culture, which recognized "in-betweens" of varying shades, as well as the lack of historical records denoting gender at birth. Thus, those concerned have picked apart letters sent by lovers, documentation of her addresses to women's liberation associations, doctor's notes of her visits during times of ill health or, on several occasions, recovery from assassination attempts. All have proven inconclusive.
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CtarlCtarl
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Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby CtarlCtarl » Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:29 pm

Polyamory is both accepted and the norm in the CtarlCtarl Empire.
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Zhouran
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Ex-Nation

Postby Zhouran » Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:50 pm

In Zhouran, the Eternal God, Yekezhong (Putonghua: 叶克忠; Pinyin: Yèkèzhōng; Ancient Zhouranese: Yekejong) and the Fertile Goddess, Kang Yulu (Putonghua: 康玉露; Pinyin: Kāng yùlù), are seen as the Father & Mother of the Kangyuli Minzu. The Spiritual Mandate, which is the indigenous religion of the Kangyuli people that was created somewhere in 3,270 BC, is strongly intertwined with Zhouranese culture and the highly-unique Kangyuli ethno-cultural identity, which is made easier by the fact that the Spiritual Mandate is a secular religion.

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An artwork of Yekezhong from 832 BCE depicting the Eternal God in full battle gear from that era

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An artwork of Kang Yulu from 1913 depicting two nomads praying to the Fertile Goddess

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Ultima Antivictoria
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Ex-Nation

Postby Ultima Antivictoria » Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:36 pm

CtarlCtarl wrote:Polyamory is both accepted and the norm in the CtarlCtarl Empire.


It is also very commonplace in Ultima Antivictoria.
Old-fashioned morals and normality shouldn't be celebrated. They should be eradicated. Society is sick and its moral standards are inherently perverse. Most of them are based upon fairy tales, anyway.
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