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

[Hiachijan]

Sounds like they should be monitored closely, in case that gets out of hand.

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Our homeworld orbits a large red giant star. Normally, it does not output much radiation, so local flora evolved a dark red hue to absorb as much energy as possible.

Occasionally, the star undergoes spikes in increased flare output (colloquially known as "emissions"), which output much higher radiation doses than what the plants' biology requires. To protect themselves, they have specialized ultraviolet-sensitive organs to predict when a next emission occurs, which they shield themselves with via self-withering and shell-like leaves. Aquatic plants aren't too special in this case, the water protects them most of the time.

Nevertheless, it made us kind of famous for our world's colors.

[Vespertia]

Ahhh... the wonders of evolution.

Pixies, petite fairies around the size of a hummingbird, used to live in Vespertia. However, they were hunted to extinction by various kobold tribes, who believed that consuming pixies would lengthen their lives, protect them in battle or from disaster, or give them good luck (the effect varied from tribe to tribe).

Pixies still exist, just not in Vespertia.

[Empire of the United States]

Quite a sad thing to happen to them

In 1783 following the American Revolutionary War the Congress of the Confederation proposed that Washington should become the King of the United States. He accepted however reluctant to accept and was crowned in 1789 ruling until his death in 1799. Today Washington's unenthusiastic efforts earned him the surname George ("the Reluctant king"). He is consistently ranked both by scholars and the public as among the greatest U.S. monarchs, he implemented a strong, well-financed national government, urged tolerance for all religions in his roles as general and monarch and he became troubled with the institution of slavery and freed his in his 1799 will.

[The Brytish Isles]

An American monarchy is one of the most moronic alternative histories ever conceived. Washington, a rebel and an insurgent, had not a wisp of legitimacy or monarchal heritage. He had no claim and the Americans would only be the laughing stock of the world if they became a monarchy. It is quite bluntly retarded you even went with the idea of both Americans and the world accepting an American monarchy. Washington wasn’t a monarchic person either. It just makes me want to vomit looking at that text.

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Ryan Blackwell and his regime is enabled by Victoria II, the Isles’ monarch. Prime Minister Blackwell is responsible for changing Her Majesty’s views and line of thought. It is believed he and Her Majesty are working in tandem in consolidating each other’s grip over the Isles and its people. If things okay out as they desire, the country may well become a semi-constitutional state co-ruled by the young monarch and her senior PM.

[The Great-German Empire]

Blackwell broke the girl's loyalty to her own people and now uses her as a legitimacy implement to make his own twisted vision for the Isles come true with the people having little say in the process. That's actually more tragic than a typical, 'clean' fascist dictatorship.

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The German soldier ethos has had many interesting effects on how different current and historical events and groups are viewed. For instance, the founders and leaders Revolutionary White Front, the fascist (and later communitarian) party that ruled Russia from 1930 to 1998, is not viewed as just a bunch of cutthroats, but as suffering soldiers and patriots who were understandably extremely pissed with Russia being beaten by Germany, ripped apart by a civil war and spending the next eight years taking international humiliation lying down.

[Soleos]

Doesn't sound too different from IRL Russia, only difference is an Authoritarian Communist state IRL and a Fascist state in that one. However, I'm curious to see the fate of Russia post-fascism in this regard.

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Baalemean (Old Terran: Tiananmen & 天安门) was a national icon of what used to be the nation of China. When Gao Shuhai took over China under a 'Scientific Socialism' banner (when he's actually opposed to the reds, he just needed power), he "De-Mao'd" the country, starting with the destruction of Mao's portrait in Tiananmen Square and replacing "Long live the People's Republic of China" (中华人民共和国万岁) with "我们前进，我们的靴子破坏了野蛮。" (Onward we march, our boots crushing savagery). However, the placard to the right of the gate is still "世界人民大团结万岁。" (Long live the unity of Earth's people). The portrait of Mao is instead replaced with the Rod and Ring symbol of Ancient Mesopotamia and Coat of Arms of the Technocracy, symbolizing humanity as Mesopotamia is regarded as the start of the first human civilizations. Of course, all the flag of the former PRC has been replaced with the Technocracy's flag. To the left and right of the Mesopotamian symbol are long banners of the Technocracy's flag, replaced often given how it's made of cloth. The Chinese coat of arms is replaced with a crest of the Eagle from the Technocracy's banner.

In fact, the reason why the Eagle is so important to the Technocracy despite being an Asian-dominated culture, is because the first civilizations in the Fertile Crescent used avians as symbols more than dragons. The Technocracy see human history as a linear story, and thus, is paying tribute to the "parents" of humanity. 'Baal' in Baalemean derives from an Ancient Mesopotamian God.

[North German Realm]

... But Mesopotamia isn't the "start" of human civilization. Of course, giving the job of running a nation to STEMs only leads to linear degradation in Humanities, so that's not very surprising.

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While the term "Republic" is used easily and shamelessly in the New World, it is generally not used in the Old World, mostly due to its connections to the French Republic, which is almost universally hated -in many ways due to propaganda from France itself- and so is not used, even by Republicans, to refer to what we in the modern world mean by "Republic". The Anglosphere generally uses the term Commonwealth -which has its own dark history, especially in Britain itself, while the Germanic cultures prefer "Free State" or terms similar to it (See: "Freie Stadt" for Riga). For example, "Freistaat Schleswig-Holstein", the oldest non-Monarchial Federal state in North Germany set the precedent for other future non-monarchial federal North German states -primarily outside of Europe- to take the same pretitle, similarly all federal states in South Africa are Free States.

[New Wolvers]

That is what would Germany have done before the wars if it still was a Monarchy and was your nation. Seriously.

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The original Jelenia 173 (This the picture of the Jelenia 173) by Jelenia Motors was a car built under the purpose of a compact muscle car, but due to some mistakes by the engineers themselves, it got the nickname "necksnapper". The car, being built on a very hard body with a powerful engine, was built first at 1973, and initially it gained its popularity due to the movie "Hearts of Muscle Cars" starring "Long" John Lover as the main character Pietr Fernand, a Neo Wolverian undercover cop who had to bust a human trafficking ring by competing with muscle cars, and was acclaimed as the best movie of 1973.
However, reports of the car being dangerous arose three years later, after various people either collided or were driving a 173 during the accident. So, it had to be recalled, and the Mark II was build, but nowadays the Necksnapper is a rare car, found in both New Wolvers and the Principate of Aterno.

[The Brytish Isles]

Whilst that’s well and good ‘n’ all, but I don’t really follow. What was so bad about the French Republic? I get it was tyrannical for a time but it did work out in the end. That and France looks weird with a monarchy.
AN: I don’t really get cars as much as most, I don’t see why they’re interesting — with the exception of more vintage models. But that’s cool I guess.

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In order to safeguard Brytish interests in the Horn of Africa and in honour of Anglo-Ethiopian ties, the Isles fervently aided Ethiopia against the communist insurgents. It supplied arms, materials, financial aid and much more to Ethiopia during this time. Without such extensive help, Ethiopia would’ve fallen to communism.

[North German Realm]

Whilst that’s well and good ‘n’ all, but I don’t really follow. What was so bad about the French Republic? I get it was tyrannical for a time but it did work out in the end. That and France looks weird with a monarchy.
AN: I don’t really get cars as much as most, I don’t see why they’re interesting — with the exception of more vintage models. But that’s cool I guess.

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In order to safeguard Brytish interests in the Horn of Africa and in honour of Anglo-Ethiopian ties, the Isles fervently aided Ethiopia against the communist insurgents. It supplied arms, materials, financial aid and much more to Ethiopia during this time. Without such extensive help, Ethiopia would’ve fallen to communism.

France was a monarchy for almost the entirety of its history. It's only been continuously a republic for the last 140 years, compared to entire centuries of monarchist history. The reason "The French Republic" is hated in our world is kinda due to the Napoleonic and the Revolutionary wars, and the fact the Bourbon restoration did everything it could to stamp out republicanism, something the July monarchy continued to a lesser grade, and one that the Second Empire -current France- perfected. Heavy propaganda to make it look like it was the republic that "stood against democracy, liberty, equality, and freedom", blah blah blah. /skip

[A m e n r i a]

Whilst that’s well and good ‘n’ all, but I don’t really follow. What was so bad about the French Republic? I get it was tyrannical for a time but it did work out in the end. That and France looks weird with a monarchy.
AN: I don’t really get cars as much as most, I don’t see why they’re interesting — with the exception of more vintage models. But that’s cool I guess.

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In order to safeguard Brytish interests in the Horn of Africa and in honour of Anglo-Ethiopian ties, the Isles fervently aided Ethiopia against the communist insurgents. It supplied arms, materials, financial aid and much more to Ethiopia during this time. Without such extensive help, Ethiopia would’ve fallen to communism.

Doing the right thing for all the wrong reasons. That's proof enough of an incompetent leadership. Imo it's better for African nations to embrace communism than be subjects of western imperialism.

Cheonsa's fighting style when he was a human is vastly different from now. As Karma, he uses acrobatic moves, flinging himself across the battlefield with slides, jumps, and flips while stabbing, slashing, pulling, or restraining foes with his custom-made knife, with a line-attached blade that can be launched like a ballistic knife. His expertise of urban combat and his agile maneuvers earned him the nickname "Feral Cat of the South" in Chinese media around 2018. He fights like this because he is small and lacks the muscle power needed for raw kumite and that his petite form gives him the speed that supports this style. From an OOC point of view, development of his fighting style was inspired by Batgirl and Catwoman from DC Comics, Goro Majima from the Yakuza series, and Yagami from Judgement.

[Vespertia]

He was a pretty deadly fighter prior to his transcendence. Scary to think he will likely win almost every single duel.

The CHMG Commander of the Guard is given a two-handed sword. This sword once belonged to the Grandmaster of the Vanguards, an ancient religious knight order, and is now an heirloom of sorts of the CHMG, passed down from CotG to CotG.

[The Brytish Isles]

Whilst that’s well and good ‘n’ all, but I don’t really follow. What was so bad about the French Republic? I get it was tyrannical for a time but it did work out in the end. That and France looks weird with a monarchy.
AN: I don’t really get cars as much as most, I don’t see why they’re interesting — with the exception of more vintage models. But that’s cool I guess.

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In order to safeguard Brytish interests in the Horn of Africa and in honour of Anglo-Ethiopian ties, the Isles fervently aided Ethiopia against the communist insurgents. It supplied arms, materials, financial aid and much more to Ethiopia during this time. Without such extensive help, Ethiopia would’ve fallen to communism.

Doing the right thing for all the wrong reasons. That's proof enough of an incompetent leadership. Imo it's better for African nations to embrace communism than be subjects of western imperialism.

Ethiopia has only been worse off since the Communist regime and its cabal of war criminals. The extermination of the communists was in the best interest of not just Brytain and Ethiopia but humanity as a whole.
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[Wawakanatote]

The CHMG Commander of the Guard is given a two-handed sword. This sword once belonged to the Grandmaster of the Vanguards, an ancient religious knight order, and is now an heirloom of sorts of the CHMG, passed down from CotG to CotG.

I suppose the only question left to ask is: How many people have assumed the role of the "Commander of the Guard"? I assume a lot as it does originate from an ancient figure. Also how long do people stay at this position? Is it a lifelong venture? Are term limits enabled?

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(From Dispatch: Song Liyuan | Chairwoman of the Council of Democrats)
Song Economic Model - 21st Century Socialism
A proposed adaption to the socialist market economy of the SUSR, which would establish a "computer-managed and pragmatic market socialist economy". According to Song, the distinctions between the "public" and "private" sector will be "merged" into one unit through a process of economic socialization, political democratization, and greater advancements in cybernetic technologies.

[A m e n r i a]

Doing the right thing for all the wrong reasons. That's proof enough of an incompetent leadership. Imo it's better for African nations to embrace communism than be subjects of western imperialism.

Ethiopia has only been worse off since the Communist regime and its cabal of war criminals. The extermination of the communists was in the best interest of not just Brytain and Ethiopia but humanity as a whole.
/skip

Right...that sounds rather strange but it's your timeline, so sorry, my bad

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[North German Realm]

A proposed adaption to the socialist market economy of the SUSR, which would establish a "computer-managed and pragmatic market socialist economy". According to Song, the distinctions between the "public" and "private" sector will be "merged" into one unit through a process of economic socialization, political democratization, and greater advancements in cybernetic technologies.

Eh. The inevitable result of command economy is to leave the "commanding" to the AI, or at least computer programs. Iirc, Allende had similar ideas before Pinochet. I'm not quite sure if it's a good idea, to be honest.


While the term "Republic" is used easily and shamelessly in the New World, it is generally not used in the Old World, mostly due to its connections to the French Republic, which is almost universally hated -in many ways due to propaganda from France itself- and so is not used, even by Republicans, to refer to what we in the modern world mean by "Republic". The Anglosphere generally uses the term Commonwealth -which has its own dark history, especially in Britain itself, while the Germanic cultures prefer "Free State" or terms similar to it (See: "Freie Stadt" for Riga). For example, "Freistaat Schleswig-Holstein", the oldest non-Monarchial Federal state in North Germany set the precedent for other future non-monarchial federal North German states -primarily outside of Europe- to take the same pretitle, similarly all federal states in South Africa are Free States.

[The Great-German Empire]

Heh, I guess that's fair enough. Belgium is a 'Free State' in our world, after the Germans banished the Saxe-Coburgs and found that no German monarch would be accepted; the animosity towards Republics is long gone by now, however.
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But 'Commonwealth' for Britain? Never thought their republics would go all Cromwellian. I thought they'd hate something like that.

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In our world, "Nigerian" is a multilingual adjective which means 'inefficient', 'self-destructive' or just plain 'useless'. That's because the People's Republic of Nigeria, a socialist-bureaucratic state in Africa which appeared after the country was granted independence by a very apologetic Britain during decolonization, is the epitome of political, social and administrative inefficiency. The political and scientific class argues over whether it would be racial submission to copy Western tech while the people starve and subsist in self-constructed slums as government relief repeatedly fails to get to them due to being snatched up by commissars and the like. Despite the country being a card-carrying Fifth Internationale member, its whole internal structure is so messed that their more well-off 'comrades' in South America don't want to consider them a fellow socialist nation, while even the most zealous Western anti-communist pundits agree that it's too low-hanging a fruit to swing at anymore.

[North German Realm]

Heh, I guess that's fair enough. Belgium is a 'Free State' in our world, after the Germans banished the Saxe-Coburgs and found that no German monarch would be accepted; the animosity towards Republics is long gone by now, however.
...
But 'Commonwealth' for Britain? Never thought their republics would go all Cromwellian. I thought they'd hate something like that.

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In our world, "Nigerian" is a multilingual adjective which means 'inefficient', 'self-destructive' or just plain 'useless'. That's because the People's Republic of Nigeria, a socialist-bureaucratic state in Africa which appeared after the country was granted independence by a very apologetic Britain during decolonization, is the epitome of political, social and administrative inefficiency. The political and scientific class argues over whether it would be racial submission to copy Western tech while the people starve and subsist in self-constructed slums as government relief repeatedly fails to get to them due to being snatched up by commissars and the like. Despite the country being a card-carrying Fifth Internationale member, its whole internal structure is so messed that their more well-off 'comrades' in South America don't want to consider them a fellow socialist nation, while even the most zealous Western anti-communist pundits agree that it's too low-hanging a fruit to swing at anymore.

(It's not that their "Republics" are Cromwellian. It's that outside of the New World, people don't use the term "Republic" to refer to a, well, republic. In real life, the Brits did use "Commonwealth" to refer to a republic prior to the popularization of the term in both the American and later French revolutions. Imagine that the "popularization" didn't exactly happen in this timeline. /skip

[Wawakanatote]

In our world, "Nigerian" is a multilingual adjective which means 'inefficient', 'self-destructive' or just plain 'useless'. That's because the People's Republic of Nigeria, a socialist-bureaucratic state in Africa which appeared after the country was granted independence by a very apologetic Britain during decolonization, is the epitome of political, social and administrative inefficiency. The political and scientific class argues over whether it would be racial submission to copy Western tech while the people starve and subsist in self-constructed slums as government relief repeatedly fails to get to them due to being snatched up by commissars and the like. Despite the country being a card-carrying Fifth Internationale member, its whole internal structure is so messed that their more well-off 'comrades' in South America don't want to consider them a fellow socialist nation, while even the most zealous Western anti-communist pundits agree that it's too low-hanging a fruit to swing at anymore.

So...like nothing changed? "Wonderful!"

Also this sounds like a socialist government which failed to suppress dogmatic ideology. Perhaps they should adopt the systems of China and Vietnam to build their way up towards socialism. Too bad the people are stuck with this ultra-left government.

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(From the factbook: Song Liyuan | Chairwoman of the Council of Democrats)

Consolidation of Power
Political observers have called Song the third most powerful leader of the SUSR in history, behind Vladimir Salas (2035-2050) and Voslavic Laxim (1935-1945). Her rise through the ranks began in 2057, when she became the most powerful Vice Chairperson in history as she took a more direct role in the governance of the SUSR. Since then, her policies have paved the way to remove corrupt officials, bourgeois reformists, ultra-revolutionaries, and reactionary political figures from positions of authority. Many pundits have considered these moves as a "power grab" and a "return to the Salas era"; however, she has denied those allegations by noting the benefits of her policies which have taken great efforts to oppose political and economic corruption, interventionism, neoliberalism, and market manipulations. One of her major accomplishments has been enacting a mandatory retirement for elected officials over the age of 75; however she has also opposed term limits on all governmental positions.

[Soleos]

Depending on life expectancy, lets assume 95, 75 is too old and is a cause of stagnation. I'd suggest limiting the age to 60 to hold high offices.

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The only Terran dish that's well preserved in its traditional form is, surprisingly, the Greek Yogurt. However, it's often made plain and flavored with fruits, honey, granola, chocolate, and others depending on the taste of the person. In New Terran, it's called "Xiyog" comes from the Mandarin word 'Xi' from 'Xifang' (West) and 'Yog' from the English 'Yogurt' as Mandarin and English are the only surviving Old Terran languages still spoken. In Old Terran it's called "Baizhanting suannai" or "Byzantine Yogurt". Nothing in the Xiyog has any Sino-Indosphere influence. The way it's made depend on region. Some planets grow different native fruits, so they use that instead, and also using different forms of milk if available. But on Earth & Mars, the standard Xiyog is a plain Greek yogurt topped with granola and nuts. It's then layered with fruits; often blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, honeydew, cantaloupe, dates, raspberries, blackberries, and/or pineapple. Honey is then layered on top of it all. Each ingredient is placed as a layer instead of a 'potluck' of ingredients, so when a spoon goes through it, it feels like you're cutting through the fruits and granola and scooping up a spoon that, with each bite, is a different fruit with the granola and honey. Some people also like to add chocolate.

It's often the food of bodybuilders and growing children given the nutritional value of nuts, grains, yogurt, and fruits being in one bowl. Some people even make the following ingredients into frozen treats. Even Chinese dishes have been mixed and influenced by other cultures, the Mapo Doufu for example, already draws Korean and Indian influence with different spices and sauces used in its making. The Xiyog is the only dish that can be eaten in its original form as foreign influences are just 'optional'. You can eat the yogurt by itself without any toppings.

Unfortunately, Ice Cream didn't manage to compete against Yogurt, it's an alternative, sure, but never as big in popularity as yogurt is in the 'sweets' department. It's eaten with Bagels, it's frozen as treats, it's used in Fruit Salad bowls, it's mixed into smoothies, etc. The Technocracy tried, and failed, to preserve the Greek and Turkish language over yogurt.

[The Brytish Isles]

It is quite disappointing how much human culture has merged and mixed. The different cultures of Earth — their customs, languages, foods, etc — are the heart and soul of humanity. It’s an honest shame but not surprising.

At least something had survived the ferocious sinification of the 21st century and later, even if it is something so insignificant.

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It is illegal to set fire to the Brytish flag, poppies, effigies/portrayals of the royalty/cabinet and other Brytish objects of patriotism. Those who do this — or vandalise statues/portrayals — generally end up in prison or in pain. Occasionally it’s both.

[A m e n r i a]

Understandable. Any nation would punish traitors, some for even minor acts.

WWIII created uneasy alliances between nations and factions such as China with Japan and Taiwan, the human supremacist Vatican Order of Paladins with the vampires of the Volterran Order of Death Knights and the British Hellsing Institute, and the heretics of ISIL with true Muslims. This is because ultimately, life transcends trivial differences, especially ideologies and the economy. Of course, many of these alliances didn't last after the war, with the heretics causing trouble again before being amnihilated by true Muslims, the Vatican persecuting vampires all over the globe, and other examples.

[The Great-German Empire]

An 'uneasy alliance' is, in the end, only one in name. The enemy of my enemy is the enemy of my enemy, and nothing more.

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The German main combat rifle, the G8, is notable for having a heavier caliber than most in its class - namely, 6.5x47mm, which is comparable to .308 Winchester in cartridge dimensions and kinetic energy. Before that, the G6 - chambered in the ancient 7.92x57mm Mauser - was even harder on the individual soldier. Both rifles defeat all foreign-made standard infantry weapons in terms of range and lethality, but have also made the German Army 'no country for small men'.

[Federal Spanish States]

Is that one of our CETME's but using a non-standard cartridge?! What are you doing?!

The FSS, contrary to popular belief, has got 2 capitals. Badajoz (de jure) and Vigo (de facto). Badajoz has most of the Ministries' Central Offices, alongside the Presidential Building, while Vigo has most of the "Direcciones Generales" (such as the Dirección General de Tráfico, the organism responsible for regulating transport within the FSS), and the "Academias Federales" (such as the "Academia Federal de la Lengua Española", the organism responsible for managing Spanish within the FSS, and, in a small part, within Navarran Highlands).

[Hazukenia]

That's cool. Hazukenia has centralised everything in a nondescript building.

The reason for Hazukenia's abysmally poor human rights record:

"I believe that most, if not all personal freedoms is a threat to the stability to Hazukenia and the future of the country as a whole".
~ David Urgill's personal memoirs, dated 23 November 1976