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

[Metamen]

"Humor is subjective... and being honest... that sounds like a deliberate misuse of state funds, does your private sector not contain any entertainment value? or are they mandated by the Government."

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"Some people here in F7 wonder why the book "In Memoriam" was destroyed. Now I must stress the Dark Age of our version of the Sol System was full of the vilest and most ingenious people to have ever walked the Earth. These are people whose technological capabilities made some of the Republics Greatest Weapons possible, people who treated the Laws of Space and Time as paltry tissue paper, the Laws of Physics as suggestions. These are people who treated Old Magic's as Common Magic. The Arcane and Scientific were abused in equal levels of absurdity.

Had even less than 1% of the people that lived through the Dark Age realized the potential of their creations and abilities, they would have made an Empire that makes the current Republic look like a joke. But having Power is not the same as using it. The people of the Dark Age were powerful but greedy and paranoid, they trusted no one, they believed in no one. They had no sense of unity or trust.

They could level worlds with the flick of their fingers, but they couldn't trust to drink from a cup that they themselves had not seeded and made. It is equal parts awe-inspiring, and pathetic. Now knowing this consider for a fact that Immortality was always an option for them. But there is one important form of immortality that we will focus on. If anyone has ever read Harry Potter and for those of you who haven't you will need to consider not reading this, but moving on Voldemort tied his soul to multiple Horcruxes, and as long as those Horcruxes existed Voldemort was basically immortal.

This holds true for the entire damn time period, consider the entire Time Period from beginning to end as Voldemort.

Consider any Memory of the Age, any thought or relic or item that comes from the Dark Age as a Horcrux and every time you remembered the age, the time, or placed your hands upon a relic or item of the Age, there is a massive chance of something from the Age tearing itself into the Future.

Most of the time that something from the Age is an item or a tool that Republic repurposes or destroys depending on circumstance... other times a star system decides to disappear.

It is better safe than sorry."

-Imperator Ordea

[Nantoraka]

"Humor is subjective... and being honest... that sounds like a deliberate misuse of state funds, does your private sector not contain any entertainment value? or are they mandated by the Government."

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"Some people here in F7 wonder why the book "In Memoriam" was destroyed. Now I must stress the Dark Age of our version of the Sol System was full of the vilest and most ingenious people to have ever walked the Earth. These are people whose technological capabilities made some of the Republics Greatest Weapons possible, people who treated the Laws of Space and Time as paltry tissue paper, the Laws of Physics as suggestions. These are people who treated Old Magic's as Common Magic. The Arcane and Scientific were abused in equal levels of absurdity.

Had even less than 1% of the people that lived through the Dark Age realized the potential of their creations and abilities, they would have made an Empire that makes the current Republic look like a joke. But having Power is not the same as using it. The people of the Dark Age were powerful but greedy and paranoid, they trusted no one, they believed in no one. They had no sense of unity or trust.

They could level worlds with the flick of their fingers, but they couldn't trust to drink from a cup that they themselves had not seeded and made. It is equal parts awe-inspiring, and pathetic. Now knowing this consider for a fact that Immortality was always an option for them. But there is one important form of immortality that we will focus on. If anyone has ever read Harry Potter and for those of you who haven't you will need to consider not reading this, but moving on Voldemort tied his soul to multiple Horcruxes, and as long as those Horcruxes existed Voldemort was basically immortal.

This holds true for the entire damn time period, consider the entire Time Period from beginning to end as Voldemort.

Consider any Memory of the Age, any thought or relic or item that comes from the Dark Age as a Horcrux and every time you remembered the age, the time, or placed your hands upon a relic or item of the Age, there is a massive chance of something from the Age tearing itself into the Future.

Most of the time that something from the Age is an item or a tool that Republic repurposes or destroys depending on circumstance... other times a star system decides to disappear.

It is better safe than sorry."

-Imperator Ordea

haha what's a 'private sector'

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[Neonymphonia]

"Humor is subjective... and being honest... that sounds like a deliberate misuse of state funds, does your private sector not contain any entertainment value? or are they mandated by the Government."

---

"Some people here in F7 wonder why the book "In Memoriam" was destroyed. Now I must stress the Dark Age of our version of the Sol System was full of the vilest and most ingenious people to have ever walked the Earth. These are people whose technological capabilities made some of the Republics Greatest Weapons possible, people who treated the Laws of Space and Time as paltry tissue paper, the Laws of Physics as suggestions. These are people who treated Old Magic's as Common Magic. The Arcane and Scientific were abused in equal levels of absurdity.

Had even less than 1% of the people that lived through the Dark Age realized the potential of their creations and abilities, they would have made an Empire that makes the current Republic look like a joke. But having Power is not the same as using it. The people of the Dark Age were powerful but greedy and paranoid, they trusted no one, they believed in no one. They had no sense of unity or trust.

They could level worlds with the flick of their fingers, but they couldn't trust to drink from a cup that they themselves had not seeded and made. It is equal parts awe-inspiring, and pathetic. Now knowing this consider for a fact that Immortality was always an option for them. But there is one important form of immortality that we will focus on. If anyone has ever read Harry Potter and for those of you who haven't you will need to consider not reading this, but moving on Voldemort tied his soul to multiple Horcruxes, and as long as those Horcruxes existed Voldemort was basically immortal.

This holds true for the entire damn time period, consider the entire Time Period from beginning to end as Voldemort.

Consider any Memory of the Age, any thought or relic or item that comes from the Dark Age as a Horcrux and every time you remembered the age, the time, or placed your hands upon a relic or item of the Age, there is a massive chance of something from the Age tearing itself into the Future.

Most of the time that something from the Age is an item or a tool that Republic repurposes or destroys depending on circumstance... other times a star system decides to disappear.

It is better safe than sorry."

-Imperator Ordea

"Amnesty first for the maudlin reference, there is much to be learned of power too great and terrible to wield. It is what to learn of it that we debate to this day. Also, hey, you stole my suffix!"

-Aphroarch Siylvea

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It is not for no reason that Aphroarch Siylvea is at times vilified as something of a warmonger. Even by the standards of nations far less peaceful than Neonymphonia, Siylvea is regarded as bold and active in her usage of soft and hard power alike on the international stage, including substantial military interventionism. Although she (and most of her allies in ONI) would argue that the extremely dire situation called for it, her unprovoked invasion and partial occupation of the Grove Eternal remains highly controversial.

[North German Realm]

Well, the thing about military and "unprovoked" invasions is that they only tend to affect you if you're really unlucky or if you lose, else all military officers are warmongers by nature.

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Unlike in real life, the Russo Iranian Wars did not end well for Russia. While Russia did in fact defeat Persia in the war of 1804-1813 (Treaty of Gulestan), Persia's war to regain lost territories in the Qafqas region saw extensive British Support (which was part of their policy in "The Great Game"), where Persia would be armed, funded, and supported by the British military and where volunteer regiments even fought on Persia's Side. As a result, not only did Persia regain the territories lost in the treaty of Gulestan, it also firmly went under the British Sphere of Influence. As a result (and as Russia would continue to be defeated by the revolution in Ukraine, by a German-funded movement in Poland, and later by Japan in Manchuria and Korea), Russian influence in Iran was dramatically less than it was in real life, while public opinions are much more positive. Even still, the new Shah (Mohammad Ali Shah) has Pro-Russian tendencies, Russian consuls and advisers have his undivided attention, and he shares their opinion on the Constitution and Majles: That it must go.

[Unconquered Frontier]

I imagine this means that Russia is much smaller than in real life?

The new president of The Unconquered Frontier has declared too much money has been wasted on education. In future, the focus will be put forward to destroying the zombie presence in our midst.

[Skyhooked]

"How about using zombie corpses for biology classes? No, that's bad idea. Education is important, but who gonna teach folks if zombies munch everyone? So, this decision has it's reasons."

---

Before Vicarius Dei Edgar installed his theocratic regime, Enthorea (Now Skyhooked) was a beautiful, pacifist country, which was a mecca for intellectuals, scientists, philosophers and artists. It's culture was extremely vivid, original and beautiful, and science was developing at great speed. During Edgar's regime, old culture was systematically destroyed, because it presented a potential threat to his rule and contradicted his ideology. Books were burned and artists and scientists, ruthlessly persecuted.

By the time, revolution occured and put an end to this regime, Skyhookedian culture was thrown many centuries back, and very few pieces of old culture survived. That explains, why Skyhooked has so many archaic traits and partially explains, why it embraces most cultures it encounters.

[Iciaros]

Before Vicarius Dei Edgar installed his theocratic regime, Enthorea (Now Skyhooked) was a beautiful, pacifist country, which was a mecca for intellectuals, scientists, philosophers and artists. It's culture was extremely vivid, original and beautiful, and science was developing at great speed. During Edgar's regime, old culture was systematically destroyed, because it presented a potential threat to his rule and contradicted his ideology. Books were burned and artists and scientists, ruthlessly persecuted.

By the time, revolution occured and put an end to this regime, Skyhookedian culture was thrown many centuries back, and very few pieces of old culture survived. That explains, why Skyhooked has so many archaic traits and partially explains, why it embraces most cultures it encounters.

"I normally do not put much stock in the sanctity of culture, but the deliberate destruction of information without preservation in some manner, even if secret, and the senseless murder of innocent people is something that cannot be condoned. It is good that the people of Skyhooked have thrown off the chains of his murderous rule, and at the very least their acceptance of other cultures is one good thing that has emerged from this atrocity."
- Empress-Valkyria Azalea

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After the death or abdication of every monarch of Iciaros, the new heir undergoes a ritual wherein the 'power, knowledge, and wisdom' of previous monarchs is imbued in them. This has usually been interpreted to mean that monarchs bear the memories of every one of their predecessors. It is possible, however, in this process, for the personality of the monarch undergoing the ritual to change, occasionally drastically. This, however, has never affected their ability to rule, but instead their method of ruling compared to what they might have done otherwise.

[Neonymphonia]

Before Vicarius Dei Edgar installed his theocratic regime, Enthorea (Now Skyhooked) was a beautiful, pacifist country, which was a mecca for intellectuals, scientists, philosophers and artists. It's culture was extremely vivid, original and beautiful, and science was developing at great speed. During Edgar's regime, old culture was systematically destroyed, because it presented a potential threat to his rule and contradicted his ideology. Books were burned and artists and scientists, ruthlessly persecuted.

By the time, revolution occured and put an end to this regime, Skyhookedian culture was thrown many centuries back, and very few pieces of old culture survived. That explains, why Skyhooked has so many archaic traits and partially explains, why it embraces most cultures it encounters.

"I normally do not put much stock in the sanctity of culture, but the deliberate destruction of information without preservation in some manner, even if secret, and the senseless murder of innocent people is something that cannot be condoned. It is good that the people of Skyhooked have thrown off the chains of his murderous rule, and at the very least their acceptance of other cultures is one good thing that has emerged from this atrocity."
- Empress-Valkyria Azalea

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After the death or abdication of every monarch of Iciaros, the new heir undergoes a ritual wherein the 'power, knowledge, and wisdom' of previous monarchs is imbued in them. This has usually been interpreted to mean that monarchs bear the memories of every one of their predecessors. It is possible, however, in this process, for the personality of the monarch undergoing the ritual to change, occasionally drastically. This, however, has never affected their ability to rule, but instead their method of ruling compared to what they might have done otherwise.

Sounds more than superficially similar to the Aphreian Ceremony, by which one Aphroarch succeeds another and in so doing receives her mantles of power both figurative and literal. Might the peculiarities of the Iciaros coronation reflect perhaps the presence of a fragment of every Empress in her predecessors? Curious.

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Although many of the cultures with which we are OOC familiar with would surely decry Nymphonian society as degenerate philandery void of mores, in a more relative sense the culture of Neonymphonia is very conservative; the customs and ethos that underpin it have been present at this point, relatively unchanged, for hundreds of years, and any deviation from it on either an individual or collective basis is viewed with suspicion. Indeed, Nymphonian cultural orthopraxy is quite strict and deontological in nature.

[A m e n r i a]

Let's hope that's enough to keep your people from sliding to degeneracy.

It is illegal for vampires in Amenria to drink from others without their consent. However, drinking from someone with their permission is a sign of deep trust and intimacy, as the person's blood would give information on themselves to the vampire. The exact nature of the information depends on the sensitivity of the vampire. A regular vampire would be able to tell the other person's blood type, as well as any genetic traits they carry, such as inherited diseases. A particularly sensitive vampire could get part of a person's memories, or even powers.

[Angle-Sasseny]

Whilst that’s good and all, especially with the laws, I must say I’d be very uncomfortable if they could see my memories. Such things are private.

---

The majority of religious morals held by or promoted by the country’s prominent religions have been hijacked or cracked down upon by the government. For example, morals like prudence and living mindfully have been taken by the government and taught in public schools as “national morals.” Charity and the sort have also been hijacked in the same manner. As a result, religiosity has fallen but many morals and ethics have remained, kept and maintained by the government.

Things promoted by religions deemed abominable or unacceptable include polygamy, anti-LGBT bigotry, sexism and proselytism. Such things are portrayed in negative lights by most.

[Afghanystan]

That is terrible. This evil secular state is trying to convert the people's faith into a cult of personality for the establishment. I am a ruthless dictator, but I refuse to pervert the words of the Prophet in such a way.

I have just made a deal with Iran. In exchange for providing Afghanystan with weapons and technical expertise, we are to increase our exports of minerals and water to Iran. Also, I am supposed to stop oppressing Hazaras. I don't like that last part, and I don't like Iran, but they are lesser evils compared to the West and Pakistan, which is pawn of the Chinese.

[Angle-Sasseny]

I heartedly approve. I admit I’m not very fond of Islam and I am very much in favour of people returning to their pre-Abrahamic native faiths.

---

The Angle-Sassen government secretly admires Russian society, and has been reforming Angle-Sassen society with Russian inspirations. For example, military youth camps have become very popular due to government-sanctioned Russianisms and Russian training methods has been applied where Angle-Sassen training was deemed inferior. The government has been fostering great relations with Russia as well.

[The Great Intergalactic Empire]

As long as sovereignty remains in tact it is wise to improve relations with those you respect.

---

Alicia I is the first female to serve and officially control a military force, with the Beast Division being a paramilitary owned by Alicia I.

[The Great-German Empire]

A step in the right direction for all the ugliest reasons.

---

Apart from the usual generations distinguished by German demographers, the Tired Generation (Birth years '65-'78) and Generation of '94 (Birth years '78-'89; don't ask) are also conflated into a socially-charged umbrella dubbed "The Disturbed Generation", because all of them have been affected in some way by the 1994 Civil War. Many were forced to fight and kill, lost relatives dear to them, then later probably saw fighting in the African revolts and the Transvaal War, and in general had to waste their lives fixing a Germany that had gone critical in the decades of their youth.

[Hiachijan]

Well, at least they're distinguished from the other generations for their efforts. Any form of remembrance is good, independent of whether you're evil or not.

---

Our homeworld's habitability is a... fairly recent trait, in comparison to other life-bearing planets.

Once, our world used to be some frozen ice ball, curveballing its way through the cosmos before it was captured by a gas giant's gravity. By then, we already had extremophile cells living under the frost. Our homestar proceeded to expand into a red giant, and heated us up a bit so we didn't live underneath the ice anymore. The first evidence of complex forests appeared only 210 million years ago, in contrast to when Earth's first major forests appeared, 380 million years ago. Additional consequences of our early genesis include the fact that our world still largely consists of a single supercontinent, surrounded by multiple subcontinents and numerous islands, all contained in a dangerous global ocean. Basically, we're experiencing the Earth equivalent of a Carboniferous era.

None of our archaeologists are really sure how a sentient race managed to evolve so quickly, but we now have a basic understanding that we didn't have much time to evolve eyes or jaws.

[Welskerland]

That’s kinda impressive.

———

In Welskerland, music is used as a form of “torture.” Well, torture might be too strong of a word, but we force people we suspect of especially heinous crimes to listen to a certain song on repeat endlessly until they can’t take it anymore and confess. Unfortunately for them, we chose to make them listen to dubstep at full volume.

[Neonymphonia]

That’s kinda impressive.

———

In Welskerland, music is used as a form of “torture.” Well, torture might be too strong of a word, but we force people we suspect of especially heinous crimes to listen to a certain song on repeat endlessly until they can’t take it anymore and confess. Unfortunately for them, we chose to make them listen to dubstep at full volume.

...but I like dubstep

---

It is quite vastly mistaken to see Nymphonian society as the truly lax and liberated haven of freedom in this-and-that as it may appear to outsiders. Yes, the law in and of itself proscribes very few activities and conversely enshrines a great many rights, but to a native, Nymphonian culture can sometimes be more stifling and (in its own way) conservative than you can imagine. Social mores and strictures are myriad, and each Nymphonian's connection to the Sympath means said customs are foistered quite literally on the minds of all who are party to it.

[North German Realm]

That's pretty interesting. Many cultures have a divide between law and norm. The norm may be restrictive and oppressive, but the law can not be restrictive and oppressive. It is the basis for American Secularism after all. (If the state makes laws based on religion, my religion might also be oppressed, but if it doesn't, I'm free to oppress all other religions without falling into any risk myself!)

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In 1908, the unpopular Portuguese King Carlos, and his Heir Apparent Luis Fillipe were assassinated by Republican-sympathetic Assassins. Carlos' second son, Manuel, ascended to the throne on 1 February 1908, and two years later, his kingdom fell into a revolution. While Portugal was an ally of North Germany, The North German Government's immediate response -other than letting Manuel escape Berlin to live in exile- was to invade Angola and Mozambique, Portugal's two African Colonies, and "advising" Netherlands to do the same to Macau. The North German Government originally declared that this was done "only to secure and pacify unstable regions", and that The occupied colonies "would be returned to their motherland once order has been restored", but did nothing to help restore said order. Maybe because it was busy dealing with South Germany, Bohemia, Russia, and Britain in The Great War (started in late 1907).
By 1911, the new Republican Portugal announced that it had "pro-British" sympathies (as opposed to the monarchy, which had been strictly under North German Sphere of Influence and one of its allies). Two weeks later, the 125,000 men strong North German Expeditionary Force to Portugal was knocking on the gates of Lisbon.

[A m e n r i a]

How dare you lie in politics. If I could, I'd Ion Cannon you to oblivion.

In an attempt to end capitalism once and for all, Operation Pork Chop was initiated in 2042 as a post-war effort in economic equality. Amenria sent its most trusted individuals, collectively known as Robin Hood, to scour the planet for the last surviving members of the world's richest and most malign families (whose names you probably know once you're this deep in politics) to execute them for their misdeeds before seizing their wealth and spreading it amongst the general populace through either charities, wakaf, or support groups. It's said that Operation Pork Chop is still running to this day.

[Lyxtovia]

Glorious. Let capitalism burn!

---

In Lyxtovia, an anti-vaxxer or a fat acceptance movement activist could be labeled a terrorist.

[North German Realm]

The first I guess makes sense (Anti-vaxxers openly support actual epidemics that could, and did, kill entire cities in one go) but the second makes me cringe at the sight of the edge.

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Since the last response was stupid,
In 1908, the unpopular Portuguese King Carlos, and his Heir Apparent Luis Fillipe were assassinated by Republican-sympathetic Assassins. Carlos' second son, Manuel, ascended to the throne on 1 February 1908, and two years later, his kingdom fell into a revolution. While Portugal was an ally of North Germany, The North German Government's immediate response -other than letting Manuel escape Berlin to live in exile- was to invade Angola and Mozambique, Portugal's two African Colonies, and "advising" Netherlands to do the same to Macau. The North German Government originally declared that this was done "only to secure and pacify unstable regions", and that The occupied colonies "would be returned to their motherland once order has been restored", but did nothing to help restore said order. Maybe because it was busy dealing with South Germany, Bohemia, Russia, and Britain in The Great War (started in late 1907).
By 1911, the new Republican Portugal announced that it had "pro-British" sympathies (as opposed to the monarchy, which had been strictly under North German Sphere of Influence and one of its allies). Two weeks later, the 125,000 men strong North German Expeditionary Force to Portugal was knocking on the gates of Lisbon.

[Great Celestial China]

How dare you lie in politics. If I could, I'd Ion Cannon you to oblivion.

In an attempt to end capitalism once and for all, Operation Pork Chop was initiated in 2042 as a post-war effort in economic equality. Amenria sent its most trusted individuals, collectively known as Robin Hood, to scour the planet for the last surviving members of the world's richest and most malign families (whose names you probably know once you're this deep in politics) to execute them for their misdeeds before seizing their wealth and spreading it amongst the general populace through either charities, wakaf, or support groups. It's said that Operation Pork Chop is still running to this day.

"Pork Chop"

hmmm
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[Valentine Z]

Since the last response was stupid,
In 1908, the unpopular Portuguese King Carlos, and his Heir Apparent Luis Fillipe were assassinated by Republican-sympathetic Assassins. Carlos' second son, Manuel, ascended to the throne on 1 February 1908, and two years later, his kingdom fell into a revolution. While Portugal was an ally of North Germany, The North German Government's immediate response -other than letting Manuel escape Berlin to live in exile- was to invade Angola and Mozambique, Portugal's two African Colonies, and "advising" Netherlands to do the same to Macau. The North German Government originally declared that this was done "only to secure and pacify unstable regions", and that The occupied colonies "would be returned to their motherland once order has been restored", but did nothing to help restore said order. Maybe because it was busy dealing with South Germany, Bohemia, Russia, and Britain in The Great War (started in late 1907).
By 1911, the new Republican Portugal announced that it had "pro-British" sympathies (as opposed to the monarchy, which had been strictly under North German Sphere of Influence and one of its allies). Two weeks later, the 125,000 men strong North German Expeditionary Force to Portugal was knocking on the gates of Lisbon.

I mean, given the unpopular nature, I can see why he got chopped. Condolences to the King, still, but... ah wells.

To be fair to Manuel, he at least ruled for two years before... you know, ending up with a revolution the very next day. :/

Overall, it just seems like one bad time after another, and your nation's response was a little... weird, if I say so myself. Your neighbor's kingdom fell into a revolution? Invade two other countries!

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Due to the nature of the Valentian names, the gravestones are sometimes too wide, or has to have the names shortened with many, many dots.

Takamori A. T. N. Ft. P. R. W. T. S. F. G. N. Junnosuke
Year 2 Day 985 - Year 7 Day 310
He died protecting the Valentian causes, sacrificed for the war.

Benedict U. O. T. Y. S. D. Kn. M. I. R. S. Hopkins
Year 3 Day 200 - Year 7 Day 309
Lost in the war but always remembered.

The dates follow the Decimal Year convention, so 1 Decimal Year = 3.16 Earth Years.

[A m e n r i a]

The first I guess makes sense (Anti-vaxxers openly support actual epidemics that could, and did, kill entire cities in one go) but the second makes me cringe at the sight of the edge.

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Since the last response was stupid,
In 1908, the unpopular Portuguese King Carlos, and his Heir Apparent Luis Fillipe were assassinated by Republican-sympathetic Assassins. Carlos' second son, Manuel, ascended to the throne on 1 February 1908, and two years later, his kingdom fell into a revolution. While Portugal was an ally of North Germany, The North German Government's immediate response -other than letting Manuel escape Berlin to live in exile- was to invade Angola and Mozambique, Portugal's two African Colonies, and "advising" Netherlands to do the same to Macau. The North German Government originally declared that this was done "only to secure and pacify unstable regions", and that The occupied colonies "would be returned to their motherland once order has been restored", but did nothing to help restore said order. Maybe because it was busy dealing with South Germany, Bohemia, Russia, and Britain in The Great War (started in late 1907).
By 1911, the new Republican Portugal announced that it had "pro-British" sympathies (as opposed to the monarchy, which had been strictly under North German Sphere of Influence and one of its allies). Two weeks later, the 125,000 men strong North German Expeditionary Force to Portugal was knocking on the gates of Lisbon.

"Hurr durr righteousness is stupid and I'm lying in politics"

How dare you lie in politics. If I could, I'd Ion Cannon you to oblivion.

In an attempt to end capitalism once and for all, Operation Pork Chop was initiated in 2042 as a post-war effort in economic equality. Amenria sent its most trusted individuals, collectively known as Robin Hood, to scour the planet for the last surviving members of the world's richest and most malign families (whose names you probably know once you're this deep in politics) to execute them for their misdeeds before seizing their wealth and spreading it amongst the general populace through either charities, wakaf, or support groups. It's said that Operation Pork Chop is still running to this day.

"Pork Chop"

hmmm
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Because the capitalist pig('s assets) are getting chopped to pieces, get it?

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[North German Realm]

"Hurr durr righteousness is stupid and I'm lying in politics"

"Hurr Durr I don't understand politics and also a lazy ass that can't be bothered read what I'm responding to"

If you can't be arsed respond like a civilized human being to another person's post, stop posting in these threads. /skip