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Postby North German Realm » Thu Oct 24, 2019 1:13 pm

Kyria wrote:I’m pleased to hear such a change in policy. A united Europe opposing American hegemony is something I’d love to see. But anyway, at least the Dutch or French weren’t humiliated any further and Norddeutschland didn’t expand its borders.
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Infelia, the patron goddess of humanity, is the youngest daughter of Sol and Luna. Her birth was considered very bad by the gods and she was thus alienated by her siblings and parents for many millennia. She found solace in humanity, gifting the early humans knowledge and power over fire. She later became the goddess of civilisation, her sphere also including trickery and change. Her acceptance back into the fold of the gods is symbolised as the recognition of misfortune, disease, dishonesty and other ills as natural happenings in the universe vital to the advancement of all of creation.

(We only expected that the French might get revanchist ideas and try to mess Europe by violating Alsatian, Lorrainer, or Walloon independence. Thankfully, no such thing occured... and the 2nd French-American war and later the creation of the Hague Treaty Organization essentially made the idea of North Germany fighting against France moot in perpetuity. The Dutch, we were planning on buying Suriname from, since they'd been a historical ally who'd done nothing wrong for nearly a century.) /skip
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Postby Nuibac » Thu Oct 24, 2019 5:01 pm

Kyria wrote:I’m pleased to hear such a change in policy. A united Europe opposing American hegemony is something I’d love to see. But anyway, at least the Dutch or French weren’t humiliated any further and Norddeutschland didn’t expand its borders.
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Infelia, the patron goddess of humanity, is the youngest daughter of Sol and Luna. Her birth was considered very bad by the gods and she was thus alienated by her siblings and parents for many millennia. She found solace in humanity, gifting the early humans knowledge and power over fire. She later became the goddess of civilisation, her sphere also including trickery and change. Her acceptance back into the fold of the gods is symbolised as the recognition of misfortune, disease, dishonesty and other ills as natural happenings in the universe vital to the advancement of all of creation.


Wow. Who would’ve known that it was such divine intervention that made us humans go from nomadic primitives to a sentient species? Although I’m not a religious person myself, I do find this surprisingly fascinating. I suppose if it were not for Infelia, I suppose we humans would still be wondering the Earth or still remain stuck in the trees - we walking talking monkeys.




Nuibac is an architocracy; a government ruled by builders and architects. At the helm of the government is a council, comprised of 100 ministers appointed into power to serve for a two year term; however, it should be noted that leadership is otherwise collective, meaning that there is no singular figurehead/leader for every department. In addition, the Nuiban government - and perhaps the Qinnun species - organizes its people into numerous, simple yet specialized castes. Interestingly, the Nuiban government employs a culture of mandatory public service (called 'GONG CUNG', literally means "Work Common"), requiring its citizens to perform labor for a set number of days out of a year.
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Postby Tohorin Social Republic » Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:25 pm

That sounds crazy...wait, you're not "human". Ok, carry on. We'll think of you as similar to ants or other insects for your fixation with building and castes even though you are not...which makes the following fact awkward...


As only part of the food production market is centralized, there are more freedoms in a consumer marked compared to that of the USSR. That somewhat monotonous private sector is dominated by chicken, fish, grain and vegetable production. Embargoes and sanctions on red meats mean that beef is expensive and we also have to make the most of our own wheat production.

Fortunately, since 1965 we began to breed mealworms and crickets in farms, whose grain, space and water needs dramatically cut corners and offer cheap but healthy (sufficient protein and omega-3 intake) alternatives. They're roasted whole, fried or prepared in flour and pastes and eaten tapas-style. Other innovations are "chocolate" fudge from algae and kelp-pastries and pancakes, easier on our more Westernized eyes than simple strips or dough. Seaweed oil is also used as a source of fatty acid dietary supplement, and introduced into other mixes to replace the lack of beef. Entomophagy and algae-based supplements have not only become socially accepted, they also form the basis of high-energy military rations we're trying to pitch to the Eastern Bloc. The shock of eating insects wasn't bad. Our life expectancy rate in 1947 was 50 at best, and since 1918, food shortages were common and the wealth disparity that shot up during the 1940s and 1950s didn't make things any better for the majority. Our new diet is a feast. So this was seen as an absolute win.
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Postby Borgevia » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:22 pm

Finding alternative use for food is one of many great things of human need for survival, and those alternatives actually help your people in the long term as less red meats contributes to healthier citizens (though pork is just so good).


One of Borgovia's biggest pop queen, Jasmine Soeta, broke onto the Anglo-America and European market after Borgovia's pop music scene is often seen as less enthusiastic than Korean, American, and British pop. This is because Borgovian pop retained many elements from its strong Punk & Hardcore culture in that its lyrical style is aggressive, angry, and/or sassy while having a very upbeat yet 'pop punk bubble pop' sound to it. It's quite popular in Asia and Latin America, but Canadians and Germans for example, aren't really fans of Borgovians in catchy social critiques. However, Jasmine's break due to her music video of "Together" also lost audiences in Korea and China since it's not "attractive" but gained popular in the US and EU because of its body positive message.

The video contained Jasmine in her true self: No makeup on her face, no makeup across her body, and instead of glamorous or punkish attire, she has her abdomen exposed so viewers can see all the self-harm scars across her body including some cuts on her face that's been hidden through makeup. Dancers in her music video include a person with Vitiligo, a morbidly obese man, a bone skinny woman, a bald man who survived cancer (and gashing wounds removing parts of the body to stop cancer growth), a woman whose body is mostly burned, a Borgovian veteran who lost his lower jaw and left eye when ISIS bombed them during a humanitarian mission, and a transman whose botched plastic surgery destroyed his face. It's to raise awareness and severely critique Borgovia's absurd beauty standards. If you're not a beautiful, athletic person with high academic ranking, you're a "Social Deviant" and an eyesore to the country.

In fact, Borgovia ranks third in the world for high suicide rates. With 27,1 suicides per 100K people, that's more than Russia (26,5), Japan (14,3), and Korea (20,2) but short of Lesotho (29). Because Borgovia's academic system forces students to be able to 'link' Physics and Sociology and then come up with their own theories of how one affects the other and the bigger picture of how things may have come to be and/or what affect the past/present will have through "S.P.E.C" (Socially, Politically, Economically, Culturally) and "S.T.A.M.P" (Scientifically, Technologically, Anthropologically, Mathematically, and Philosophically") depending on the subject. It's required to be able to do so before graduating high school and students who failed such rigorous exams (compared to the more 'rote' style used in East Asia and Europe) often resort to suicide as they've been taught if they fail something as 'simple' as graduating high school, they're a "Write-off". Even if they do pass, if they don't spend 90% of their bank account on an exercise and beauty regimen, they'll be seen as making Borgovia a 'disgusting eyesore' just for being 'ugly'. There's no point in being the best Programmer in Borgovia if you're skinny fat/fat/skinny and there's no point in being the most beautiful person in the world if you're too stupid to analyse Macroeconomics, Anthropology, and Computer Science into one thesis of where humanity has been and where we may go. The amount of stress this gives off is too much and Jasmine Soeta wanted to use her celebrity status to do something about it.

Given body positivity and "acceptance culture" that NA and EU are often on the front lines for, her song and MV for "Together" became hits while fans in China and the more snobby Borgovians have a less than favourable review because they find the video to be "hard to watch". However, many of the talented dancers are just happy they can finally live their dream of being artists and many fans are moved by her message to start seeing beauty as more than an immovable, inflexible monolith especially the line "You're beautiful just who you are. Don't let the pain and torment that follows you tell you otherwise. We've been there before, time to break free, unchain yourselves, because you're the sunrise incinerating the night".
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Call us "Borgovia".

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Postby Palmyrion » Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:45 pm

Borgevia wrote:Finding alternative use for food is one of many great things of human need for survival, and those alternatives actually help your people in the long term as less red meats contributes to healthier citizens (though pork is just so good).


One of Borgovia's biggest pop queen, Jasmine Soeta, broke onto the Anglo-America and European market after Borgovia's pop music scene is often seen as less enthusiastic than Korean, American, and British pop. This is because Borgovian pop retained many elements from its strong Punk & Hardcore culture in that its lyrical style is aggressive, angry, and/or sassy while having a very upbeat yet 'pop punk bubble pop' sound to it. It's quite popular in Asia and Latin America, but Canadians and Germans for example, aren't really fans of Borgovians in catchy social critiques. However, Jasmine's break due to her music video of "Together" also lost audiences in Korea and China since it's not "attractive" but gained popular in the US and EU because of its body positive message.

The video contained Jasmine in her true self: No makeup on her face, no makeup across her body, and instead of glamorous or punkish attire, she has her abdomen exposed so viewers can see all the self-harm scars across her body including some cuts on her face that's been hidden through makeup. Dancers in her music video include a person with Vitiligo, a morbidly obese man, a bone skinny woman, a bald man who survived cancer (and gashing wounds removing parts of the body to stop cancer growth), a woman whose body is mostly burned, a Borgovian veteran who lost his lower jaw and left eye when ISIS bombed them during a humanitarian mission, and a transman whose botched plastic surgery destroyed his face. It's to raise awareness and severely critique Borgovia's absurd beauty standards. If you're not a beautiful, athletic person with high academic ranking, you're a "Social Deviant" and an eyesore to the country.

In fact, Borgovia ranks third in the world for high suicide rates. With 27,1 suicides per 100K people, that's more than Russia (26,5), Japan (14,3), and Korea (20,2) but short of Lesotho (29). Because Borgovia's academic system forces students to be able to 'link' Physics and Sociology and then come up with their own theories of how one affects the other and the bigger picture of how things may have come to be and/or what affect the past/present will have through "S.P.E.C" (Socially, Politically, Economically, Culturally) and "S.T.A.M.P" (Scientifically, Technologically, Anthropologically, Mathematically, and Philosophically") depending on the subject. It's required to be able to do so before graduating high school and students who failed such rigorous exams (compared to the more 'rote' style used in East Asia and Europe) often resort to suicide as they've been taught if they fail something as 'simple' as graduating high school, they're a "Write-off". Even if they do pass, if they don't spend 90% of their bank account on an exercise and beauty regimen, they'll be seen as making Borgovia a 'disgusting eyesore' just for being 'ugly'. There's no point in being the best Programmer in Borgovia if you're skinny fat/fat/skinny and there's no point in being the most beautiful person in the world if you're too stupid to analyse Macroeconomics, Anthropology, and Computer Science into one thesis of where humanity has been and where we may go. The amount of stress this gives off is too much and Jasmine Soeta wanted to use her celebrity status to do something about it.

Given body positivity and "acceptance culture" that NA and EU are often on the front lines for, her song and MV for "Together" became hits while fans in China and the more snobby Borgovians have a less than favourable review because they find the video to be "hard to watch". However, many of the talented dancers are just happy they can finally live their dream of being artists and many fans are moved by her message to start seeing beauty as more than an immovable, inflexible monolith especially the line "You're beautiful just who you are. Don't let the pain and torment that follows you tell you otherwise. We've been there before, time to break free, unchain yourselves, because you're the sunrise incinerating the night".

Beauty standards are only relevant to the eye of the beholder.

An interesting tradition in Palmyrion is that fiancés and fiancees have to help in the household chores of each other's households as a way of testing the fitness of the betrothed would-be bride and groom. This also applies to same-sex couples.

Another interesting fact: in Palmyrion, college isn't the only higher education option, as trade school also offers a second option.
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Postby North German Realm » Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:52 pm

That's actually a healthy thing. Both the tradition and the education fact.


During the earlier stages of the post-war era (1942-1961), North German policy held that in the event of a war against the French (or preferably) a Dutch state, North Germany would demand their possessions in the Guyana Shield. While not necessarily a rich overseas territory, it was seen as important as a fallback port near the Caribbeans should North German possessions in the Virgin Islands or Reichshafen fall into American hands. It was theorized that North Germany would establish military bases (possibly even opening a new Jumpboard naval base in addition to a military camp and airfield) and not settle the area as it was policy in other overseas territories. When The Second French-American War came and North Germany succeeded in creating the Hague Treaty Organization, these projects were discarded in favor of ensuring France and the Netherlands would continue to have good relations with the North German State and continue holding on to said territories as North Germany was allowed to do exactly what it had planned in both territories once The Second French-American War ended.
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Postby Godular » Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:46 am

Catch more flies with sugar, as one might say.




An’Kazar names can have surprising levels of meaning and disturbing potency. To give an example, High Executor Kal’Shazzar’s name translates into ‘He Who Finds Truth on the Blade’s Edge’. This name is apropos on many levels, as he is prone to risk-taking, has been known to use knives and other medical apparatus both for experimentation AND torture/interrogation, and seems to possess a very... edgy perspective.

The spymaster, Kaz’Ramael, translates into ‘He Who Dances in Dreams’. He is particularly adept at memory modification, but also seems adept at utilizing the motivations of others to force their cooperation while presenting the impression that it was the subjects’ idea. He can bend entire nations to his will with his harsh yet eerily somnolent voice, and all that will be remembered of his face is a blurred afterimage, as if from a dream.

They seem to have properties similar to an enchantment when bestowed by an An’Kaz, as their respective proficiencies do not seem to flow logically from their component minds. For instance: Kal’Shazzar’s psionic aptitude largely centers on scanning for psychic traces, but thanks to a reinforced name, he also seems to possess a limited capacity to alter probability.
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Postby Great Nortend » Sat Oct 26, 2019 3:05 am

I suppose then that names are chosen for meaning rather than simply being a name in a list of typical names. An'Kazar parents do seem to be rather prescient though.


There is no home television in Great Nortend. Cinema films and programmes take the place of television. Cinemas shew both feature films and programmes such as comedies, romances and dramas. They also shew newsreels, advertisements, cartoons and public instruction films. Normally cinemas shew the same films and programmes on a continuous reel throughout the day for a week, changing halfway through the working week. It is popular for all classes of people to visit the cinema every week, often at a fixed day and time. Before each shewing of the week's reel, the national anthem is played.
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Postby Scientificum » Sat Oct 26, 2019 3:46 am

Why the switch hasn't been made yet to television is beyond me. Unless the television is somehow not invented, it is infinitely better than cinema, has a wider diversity of content, and costs less. It is the future! Can't they see it?



Humans are actually the minority species in Scientificum. Although only being the case for several decades at the moment, Objects (check the guide factbook to see how we ended up with that disaster) make up 55% of the Scientist population. The reasons behind this go back several centuries. With the discovery of Objects during the age of colonization, many people believed that they were the devil who had invaded Earth, and thus had lost faith on humanity, for if humanity had degenerated into such a state where the devil manages to roam freely, then there seems to be no point to continue living for an afterlife in Heaven that may not happen. Since then, there had been a large number of people who had voluntarily gone celibate in order to "spare future generations of the horror of living in this doomed world". This is bumped up to eleven by the 21st century, when the Internets ubiquity has led to less people going outside, and thus further decreasing birth rates. Overall, there are about 3 billion humans, as opposed to around 6-7 billion Objects.
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Postby Ayissor » Sat Oct 26, 2019 4:17 am

Humanity's downfall, it would seem, is tied to the loss of faith not only in the divines, but also in themselves, perhaps their extinction in your world would be a lesson to lesser beings, akin to the downfall of the Vranhure or Kurajin? No matter, as it seems to me the age of humans has set long ago, and the age of "Objects" has now dawned.




Speaking of humanity, in the land of Ayissor they have split into two subcategories, the noble blooded "Elaril", and the rest which are called the "Arayli", what are the differences between the two?
Well, since the two have been separated for millennia, the more arcanely inclined Elaril, living in cities of gold and stone which are hubs blistering with the power of Magicka, and as such, not only it is easier to learn, but it in a way seeps in the humans living there.
As a result, the people born in these cities to nobles who've been living there for millennia are usually snow pale, red-headed and uniquely for humans, have violet or purple eyes.
It is not fully understood as to why Magicka causes it, but it is widely accepted that it does, because individuals born to nobility are usually very talented in the arcane, to them it comes instinctively, with little learning required, which is the reason why most schools of witchcraft are made up of mostly Elaril, and it believed to be the reason they live for as long as they do, with around 300 years being the average.
The Arayli have been separated from the nobility for quite some time, and as a result, have developed features of their own, they are on average much stronger and taller than Elaril, but are not nearly as naturally talented with Magicka, they are more adapted to their environment however, which is why they tend to get the reputation of a resilient and hardy people, and the main motivation behind the conscription of the Arayli into the Ayissoran military.

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Postby Great Nortend » Sat Oct 26, 2019 4:43 am

Sounds like a load of fantastic cobblers but I suppose rather typical of fantasy. I am not fond of high fantasy though; Narnia is probably as fantastic as I can go. Why do names always sound rather odd though? 'Elaril' sounds positively out of Middle Earth. Each to his own though.


Scientificum wrote:Why the switch hasn't been made yet to television is beyond me. Unless the television is somehow not invented, it is infinitely better than cinema, has a wider diversity of content, and costs less. It is the future! Can't they see it?

Nortchmen value community spirit. Also, electricity is not available outside of towns and cities, and where it is, it is used almost solely for lighting.


There is a volunteer part-time civil and military defence corps in Great Nortend known as the Home Service. They have the duty of protecting Great Nortend from military invasion as well as responding to natural disasters and supporting the Crown in civil or political uprest. The Home Service is associated with the Royal Army, and its battalions are considered part of regular army regiments; however, it is outside of the regimental hierarchy, reporting directly to county headquarters.
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Postby Holy Roman-German Empire » Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:13 pm

Well I guess the existence of volunteer military units in charge of maintaining resistance in the event of enemy invasion isn't a bad idea. I'm not sure what the use of a volunteer force is in situations necessitating the suppression of a protest, especially when a gendarme can do it better and more efficiently.
Due to a much more powerful Christian presence in the Crusades and (more importantly) the sack of Constantinople not happening, the Byzantine Empire succeeded in reclaiming a large part of the territory it had lost to the Muslims between 600 and 1100 AD. As of 1840, the Byzantine Empire controls a territory roughly equivalent to the entirety of Two Sicilies, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel, in addition to Southern Albania, Fezan, Tripolitania, and coastal Cyrenaica. The rest of the Balkans (respectively Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Buglaria, Albania, Wallacia, and Moldavia) are officially vassals of the Eastern Roman Empire but not part of the Empire proper. Despite historical territorial expansion of the Caliphates into Northern Africa and even Hispaniola, by the 1800s, Islam has been demoted to an Arab ethnic religion. Of course, the lack of a powerful Ottoman Empire did not negate the troubles of Eastern Europe during the modern era and late middle ages, as the Byzantine Empire was quite willing to expand its religious or political reaches.
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Postby Kyria » Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:47 pm

I am pleased to hear that Byzantium continued to exist and Islam did not spread as it did IOTL. However, I am saddened that Europe seems to be stuck in time in regards to religion from I what I gathered in the post. I am also saddened to hear that Italy hasn’t been unified.
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Postby Tohorin Social Republic » Sat Oct 26, 2019 9:59 pm

As much as we loathe the F*ench, we have to admit that it is good news for tourists from the Americas looking for alternatives that don't involve crossing the pond as well as lovers of stereotypically fine things, who will surely appreciate your cultural mosaic.


The European scholars considered that as a people we were very introspective who loved to record our day to day lives, and our old "picture books" are considered national treasures and historical sources. 19th Century scholars admired the amount of factual information that could be obtained, but looked down on the format, which could be comparable to a "picture book" often accompanied with to-the-point narrations of the subject at hand. It's closest Western parallels could be considered Medieval bestiaries, miscellanies and books of hours.

Three books in particular are considered aesthetically or thematically groundbreaking: Rairai's Of the Beasts, Fishes, Flying Animals and Stars (996 AD) which is basically a "natural history" source that recollects a lot of our pre-colonial views on nature and animal taxonomies. The Eastern Barbarian Annals (1469) which record our first conflict with the European powers near the Azores Islands. And somewhat embarrassingly, the Northern Ogre Story (1025 AD), part ethnographic musing and part erotica about a viking castaway.
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Postby Palmyrion » Sat Oct 26, 2019 10:14 pm

Tohorin Social Republic wrote:As much as we loathe the F*ench, we have to admit that it is good news for tourists from the Americas looking for alternatives that don't involve crossing the pond as well as lovers of stereotypically fine things, who will surely appreciate your cultural mosaic.


The European scholars considered that as a people we were very introspective who loved to record our day to day lives, and our old "picture books" are considered national treasures and historical sources. 19th Century scholars admired the amount of factual information that could be obtained, but looked down on the format, which could be comparable to a "picture book" often accompanied with to-the-point narrations of the subject at hand. It's closest Western parallels could be considered Medieval bestiaries, miscellanies and books of hours.

Three books in particular are considered aesthetically or thematically groundbreaking: Rairai's Of the Beasts, Fishes, Flying Animals and Stars (996 AD) which is basically a "natural history" source that recollects a lot of our pre-colonial views on nature and animal taxonomies. The Eastern Barbarian Annals (1469) which record our first conflict with the European powers near the Azores Islands. And somewhat embarrassingly, the Northern Ogre Story (1025 AD), part ethnographic musing and part erotica about a viking castaway.

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Of the beverage packs usually included in Palmyrian 24-Hour Operational Ration Packs, the boba milktea mix is the most popular among Palmyrian soldiers, especially among Generation Z recruits who grew up in a culinary culture that popularised boba milktea. The only complaint they had is that the boba pearls were "unpalatably small".
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Postby Nouveau Quebecois » Sat Oct 26, 2019 10:20 pm

Well, it's a good drink. If the military has the option of choosing it, I don't wonder why it wouldn't be the most popular. Though I'm sure coffee still dominates the orders of the more senior staff.
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Postby Holy Roman-German Empire » Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:05 am

So what you're saying is that there is a Catholic equivalent of the Sharia police, and it is not only encouraged, it isn't even commanded by its superior office, instead ran by a quasi-independent church? Well, I suppose it checks out, especially for the theocratic nature of the New Quebec State.


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Postby Palmyrion » Sun Oct 27, 2019 8:40 am

Holy Roman-German Empire wrote:So what you're saying is that there is a Catholic equivalent of the Sharia police, and it is not only encouraged, it isn't even commanded by its superior office, instead ran by a quasi-independent church? Well, I suppose it checks out, especially for the theocratic nature of the New Quebec State.


A convergence of this timeline with ours is that Prussia became a de facto part of the Holy Roman Empire when the State of the Teutonic Order was established after the Prussian crusade. The Empire's claims to these borders were ignored by the larger Poland (later Poland-Lithuania) as it had a much better claim to the territory of Prussia, not to mention the reluctance of the Teutonic Knights in joining the Empire. This remained the status quo in Central and Eastern Europe for many centuries, and was not challenged until Frederick William I of Brandenburg was crowned King in Prussia by the Holy Roman Emperor. With this claim, and with Ducal Prussia's inherent indefensiblity, it became imperative for the Holy Roman Empire to finally act on their centuries-old claim, which was realised in the Imperial intervention in the Polish Civil War (1772-75) where the Holy Roman Empire acted on behalf of the Elector of Brandenburg in occupying the Polish vassal in Royal Prussia as well as Posen.

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While the LGBT+ openly serve in the Palmyrian special forces (as they do in the rest of the Armed Forces of Palmyrion, really) they have been known to be the most brutal of special forces operatives during the crackdown on a Christian dominionist terror group, the Bagong Lipunan ng Palmyria, after it executed a vicious attack last June 29 at the Commonwealth Square, which claimed 1,287 lives and killed the former monarch.

The operatives in question have since been given punitive discharges, but their atrocities have done their toll: the Palmyrian public's acceptance of the LGBT+ has lowered by 10 percentage points, with the highest decrease being amongst the Christian community (which makes up 46.5% of Palmyrians - 32% in the Roman Catholic Church and 14.5% in the Palmyrian Anglican Church) at 97.4% percentage points. It is worth noting that while other religions in Palmyrion have high LGBT acceptance rates (highest being Marshists and atheists tied at 97.8%), the Christian and Muslim communities each have had acceptance rates of less than 20% - down from a high of 54% in 2015, before the 2016 Supreme Court Anti-Discrimination Ruling (which ruled discrimination on the basis of race, religion, political creed, and SOGIE) as unconstitutional) was made.
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Postby Holy Roman-German Empire » Sun Oct 27, 2019 8:42 am

Palmyrion wrote:
Holy Roman-German Empire wrote:So what you're saying is that there is a Catholic equivalent of the Sharia police, and it is not only encouraged, it isn't even commanded by its superior office, instead ran by a quasi-independent church? Well, I suppose it checks out, especially for the theocratic nature of the New Quebec State.


A convergence of this timeline with ours is that Prussia became a de facto part of the Holy Roman Empire when the State of the Teutonic Order was established after the Prussian crusade. The Empire's claims to these borders were ignored by the larger Poland (later Poland-Lithuania) as it had a much better claim to the territory of Prussia, not to mention the reluctance of the Teutonic Knights in joining the Empire. This remained the status quo in Central and Eastern Europe for many centuries, and was not challenged until Frederick William I of Brandenburg was crowned King in Prussia by the Holy Roman Emperor. With this claim, and with Ducal Prussia's inherent indefensiblity, it became imperative for the Holy Roman Empire to finally act on their centuries-old claim, which was realised in the Imperial intervention in the Polish Civil War (1772-75) where the Holy Roman Empire acted on behalf of the Elector of Brandenburg in occupying the Polish vassal in Royal Prussia as well as Posen.

Roma, Invicta!

While the LGBT+ openly serve in the Palmyrian special forces (as they do in the rest of the Armed Forces of Palmyrion, really) they have been known to be the most brutal of special forces operatives during the crackdown on a Christian dominionist terror group, the Bagong Lipunan ng Palmyria, after it executed a vicious attack last June 29 at the Commonwealth Square, which claimed 1,287 lives and killed the former monarch.

The operatives in question have since been given punitive discharges, but their atrocities have done their toll: the Palmyrian public's acceptance of the LGBT+ has lowered by 10 percentage points, with the highest decrease being amongst the Christian community (which makes up 46.5% of Palmyrians - 32% in the Roman Catholic Church and 14.5% in the Palmyrian Anglican Church) at 97.4% percentage points. It is worth noting that while other religions in Palmyrion have high LGBT acceptance rates (highest being Marshists and atheists tied at 97.8%), the Christian and Muslim communities have had near-zero acceptance rates.

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Postby Valentine Z » Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:09 am

Holy Roman-German Empire wrote:A convergence of this timeline with ours is that Prussia became a de facto part of the Holy Roman Empire when the State of the Teutonic Order was established after the Prussian crusade. The Empire's claims to these borders were ignored by the larger Poland (later Poland-Lithuania) as it had a much better claim to the territory of Prussia, not to mention the reluctance of the Teutonic Knights in joining the Empire. This remained the status quo in Central and Eastern Europe for many centuries, and was not challenged until Frederick William I of Brandenburg was crowned King in Prussia by the Holy Roman Emperor. With this claim, and with Ducal Prussia's inherent indefensiblity, it became imperative for the Holy Roman Empire to finally act on their centuries-old claim, which was realised in the Imperial intervention in the Polish Civil War (1772-75) where the Holy Roman Empire acted on behalf of the Elector of Brandenburg in occupying the Polish vassal in Royal Prussia as well as Posen.

It will be like that sometimes. With empires and monarchs, it seems more or less inevitable for nations to claim each other, or claim other places, and the like. And there goes the neighborhood, almost all the time.

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It is canonical that Valentijn and Clarissa got married perhaps a year or two after Terraforming has happened. At that moment in time after marriage, Valentijn is 60-meters tall, and Clarissa has the ability to change her body to any size and form she wants. That much is true.

However, what she didn't know was that Valentijn can indeed come back from death after a few days (or longer, depending on the damage). So one day, in a typical clumsy fashion, Valentijn died after being zapped with a 70,000 V powerline, and faceplanted on the ground. He would come back after 3 days, but for those three days, no matter how hard the others tried to convince her, Clarissa bawled out her eyes. Granted, there is no tear coming out of it, but she was said to feel nothing but extreme sadness, a combination of her human mind, multiplied by many factors from her computer mind. She cried, and cried, and cried even more... until Valentijn was alive and kicking to convince her that it's not a big deal.

Nowadays, both accepted each other's deaths as a minor setback - Valentijn knows that Clarissa is backed up and can be reloaded, and vice versa, Clarissa now knows that Valentijn will come back from his death no matter what.

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Postby Advancia-Sizzletown » Sun Oct 27, 2019 10:54 am

And that's how you defy the laws of logic. (Not saying I'm not even doing that, I'm a meme nation.)

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In Advancia-Sizzletown, Tankery is a famous sport, as the Nation has alot of Tank nuts, including the leaders. What's different from other Tankery styles is that it uses Modern, Cold War, WWII, Interwar and WWI Tanks, widening the amount of tanks used. As some teams might only have one era of tanks, those with earlier era have more of those tanks. (WWI and Interwar tanks has the maximum of 200 in the area, WWII has the maximum of 150 tanks in the area, Cold War has 100 Maximum Tanks in the Arena, and Modern Tanks has 100 Maximum tanks as well.

The other thing they're also different in is teams can pair up with teams from another colony, as it's a friendly game, and there's also a sh*tpost frequency for radio in the rounds where the teams (even the team that's fighting the other one) make random noises, and joke about.
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Postby Valentine Z » Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:29 am

I am utterly disappointed by the response that you have given me.

Me: Tries to write something about the love life of Val and Clarissa.
You: "And that's how you defy the laws of logic. (Not saying I'm not even doing that, I'm a meme nation.)"

A really excellent post, interesting.
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Postby Arkeyana » Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:35 am

Val: So like, does Valentijn's old body disappear or does it just stick around? Pretty sad though, that Clarissa managed to cry in spite of her seemingly endless reservoir of digital dopamine.

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Postby The Auraverse » Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:44 am

Valentine Z wrote:It is canonical that Valentijn and Clarissa got married perhaps a year or two after Terraforming has happened. At that moment in time after marriage, Valentijn is 60-meters tall, and Clarissa has the ability to change her body to any size and form she wants. That much is true.

However, what she didn't know was that Valentijn can indeed come back from death after a few days (or longer, depending on the damage). So one day, in a typical clumsy fashion, Valentijn died after being zapped with a 70,000 V powerline, and faceplanted on the ground. He would come back after 3 days, but for those three days, no matter how hard the others tried to convince her, Clarissa bawled out her eyes. Granted, there is no tear coming out of it, but she was said to feel nothing but extreme sadness, a combination of her human mind, multiplied by many factors from her computer mind. She cried, and cried, and cried even more... until Valentijn was alive and kicking to convince her that it's not a big deal.

Nowadays, both accepted each other's deaths as a minor setback - Valentijn knows that Clarissa is backed up and can be reloaded, and vice versa, Clarissa now knows that Valentijn will come back from his death no matter what.


Rather morbid in its contextual basis, but the fact that neither party has to fear for the death of the other is probably the main takeaway. I guess "till death do us part" isn't really applicable to this one - all the better.

Advancia-Sizzletown wrote:In Advancia-Sizzletown, Tankery is a famous sport, as the Nation has alot of Tank nuts, including the leaders. What's different from other Tankery styles is that it uses Modern, Cold War, WWII, Interwar and WWI Tanks, widening the amount of tanks used. As some teams might only have one era of tanks, those with earlier era have more of those tanks. (WWI and Interwar tanks has the maximum of 200 in the area, WWII has the maximum of 150 tanks in the area, Cold War has 100 Maximum Tanks in the Arena, and Modern Tanks has 100 Maximum tanks as well.

The other thing they're also different in is teams can pair up with teams from another colony, as it's a friendly game, and there's also a sh*tpost frequency for radio in the rounds where the teams (even the team that's fighting the other one) make random noises, and joke about.


Ah yes, bootleg Girls und Panzer. With less Girls and more Panzer.

Arkeyana wrote:Val: So like, does Valentijn's old body disappear or does it just stick around? Pretty sad though, that Clarissa managed to cry in spite of her seemingly endless reservoir of digital dopamine.

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How very... large. Better hope that you've invested in sufficiently advanced defensive measures for this behemoth, lest it be blasted to pieces from lightyears away.




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Postby Nouveau Quebecois » Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:01 pm

They've gained everything but lost themselves. They lost their own humanity, the qualities which define what it means to be a human. Self-mutilation for the sake of 'scientific progress' when nobody bothers to ask 'why' does science need to be constantly progressing, or in this case, degenerating the human species.
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