NationStates

North German Realm wrote:I mean, I can understand why 79% would be irreligious, but I don't think that a Polish Space Colony would adopt Japanese culture so hard more of its population would adhere to Shintoism than they do to Roman Catholic Christianity.

The vast majority of Shintoists are Yamato, descendants of the Japanese settlers. Yamato make up 21% of the country’s ethnic demographic.
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"Peacekeepers" yea right. I don't understand why you would have so many people in the paramilitary organization instead of just adding them to the real military. If I were you, I'd build as large an army as possible in case a big good shows up and storms your least defended area, but you do you. The kingdoms of Livonia and Ruthenia are curious though. Is that one nation like Bosnia and Herzegovina or two, completely seperate countries?

When creating the Starchild Sorority, a team of Cheonsa's daughters from his concubines, RMD decided that all of them should have powersets that somehow "cheat" the universe, but also a big weakness to balance the powersets. In theory, each of them are powerful enough to kill their father with various degrees of effort. Styx, who could create and control poisons, could create a toxin based on his weaksauce weakness and use that to finish him. Compound, who could create any mineral she knows, could create enough of said weaksauce weakness. Lady justice could simply will him out of existence by creating a law that says he just doesn't exist anymore.

You could've just called the SCP Foundation to help keep those creatures secret

A m e n r i a wrote:"Peacekeepers" yea right. I don't understand why you would have so many people in the paramilitary organization instead of just adding them to the real military. If I were you, I'd build as large an army as possible in case a big good shows up and storms your least defended area, but you do you. The kingdoms of Livonia and Ruthenia are curious though. Is that one nation like Bosnia and Herzegovina or two, completely seperate countries.

This is purely OOC, as I haven't reached that part of my story yet, but those paramilitaries were essentially promised that if they managed to end the civil war on North Germany's orders (as in, help "Livonia" and "Ruthenia" defeat the native and Russian forces in each of the two countries (the former is Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, and the northern half of Belarus. The latter is the southern half of Belarus)) they'd be allowed to settle there as landed nobles or something of the size, as both Livonia and Ruthenia were supposed to have North Germans on their thrones, with their native Germans (in particular, Baltic Germans and North Germans) as the "preferred" caste. Of course, the eventual result was nowhere like this, especially as both Ruthenia and Livonia ended up abandoning the planned apartheid almost immediately, forming their own national identities in the Interwar and later the Cold War Era, so their Germans were assimilated into the artificial Livonian and Ruthenian identities along with all the other people in the two kingdoms).

The reason why these paramilitaries did not join the Army (Which is the third largest in our world at this point (1908)) is because the Army is being demobilized after a victorious war.
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I hope they do get rid of him, and then themselves. They’re dangers to humanity and the progression of the species. That, and I find all the superhero stuff boring and bland. But you do you, I guess.

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The Principality of Riga, or simply Riga, is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy encompassing the nations of Latvia and Estonia. It is practically a puppet of the Intermarium, and always sides with it when the Intermarium and Muscovy stare each other down.

The Baltic Germans are also much smaller in number than in IRL, as the Baltics have been dominated by their natives, aligned with the Intermarium.

That's interesting. I'm pretty sure you know by now, but our own version of the Baltic States is called "Livonia". Controlling the Baltic States and in addition some bits of what is modern Northern Belarus, Livonia was originally carved out of part of the Ober Ost, designed to be a "settling area" for North Germans but eventually ended up being its own independent Nation-State with surprisingly well-placed identity (that ended up assimilating the North German "Settlers", the Baltic Germans, and the native people of the area into the "Livonian" identity) after a constitutional convention ended up forming the new state's laws after that of the surprisingly liberal Free City of Riga.

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During the early "Cold War" era, North Germany went through a period known in home as "Deprussianization", which is nowhere as hostile as it sounds like. Essentially, Kurt Schumacher, a Hanoverian Social Democrat who generally had a hate boner for Prussian Reaction -and its domination of North German Affairs- pushed through a series of reforms in his tenure as Reichskanzler that were aimed at "Declawing" Prussia. These include giving independence to Prussia's West German provinces as member-states of the North German Confederation (effectively limiting Prussia to Brandenburg, West and East Prussia, Silesia, Posen, and Pomerania), and decreasing the number of Prussian representatives to the Bundesrat. Helped by an uncaring Kaiser Wilhelm II who simply signed everything put in front of him during his short reign (1945-1947), Prussia stopped being the most powerful North German State by his hands... and instead turned into the most dominant.

I thought that then Reich were, not Prussia.

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The People's Commonwealth of the Five Nations is located on Kepler 22-b. This planet circulates the star Kepler-22 in 290 days but the colonizators of this planet (Poland, Korea, Bulgaria, Hungary, Lusatia) used the earth calendar (365 days) and the same way to measure time (one day 24 hours). This way to measure time to keep up to today.

Five Nations wrote:I thought that then Reich were, not Prussia.

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The People's Commonwealth of the Five Nations is located on Kepler 22-b. This planet circulates the star Kepler-22 in 290 days but the colonizators of this planet (Poland, Korea, Bulgaria, Hungary, Lusatia) used the earth calendar (365 days) and the same way to measure time (one day 24 hours). This way to measure time to keep up to today.

The North German Confederation, like OTL German Empire, is an asymmetrical Federation of multiple states, the largest of which is Prussia. /skip

That admittedly doesn’t make sense, as the Gregorian calendar can only be applied to Earth and Earth’s orbit. I’m afraid it’s difficult to consider them in any way smart when they use an inaccurate calendar.

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North America is occupied by four nations: Commonwealth of Canada, Kingdom of Louisiana, Empire of Mejico and the USA. Canada occupies RL Canada + Alaska, Louisiana occupies Louisiana before its purchase by the USA + the Northwestern territories, Mejico holds the lands the Mexican Empire held at its highest and the USA is almost solely the Eastern Seaboard.

So, America didn't colonize more lands after the Independence War, right?

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Prince Czesław, son of the princes' Wojmir and Veronika, and grandson of the King Piast II is really a zombie but not harmless. He lived 8 years. Czesław died because all developmental and genetic defects accumulated in him. Only after death he could feel safe, so that's why his family didn't want to ressurect him. He has a hole in his head because he hit it on terrazzo. Czesław is very sensitive and extremely polite. He loves flies. He can tame them and give them names. He has many physical, psychological and genetic defects: inter alia, delayed development, dyslexia and spinal defect (hump). Sometimes he shows his great strength. He can also eat several times more than normal children. He has 70 IQ.

they look like the setting of V for Vendetta based on their policies

Logikie wrote:they look like the setting of V for Vendetta based on their policies

Ninja'd

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He seemed to be a genetic mess, and it is probably better that he stays dead

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Alpes is the main Imperial kingdom and the most important part of the imperium. It was founded in its current form in 1101 with the second creation of the title Imperator Septentrionali and has stayed around since. It’s takes up the OTL kingdom of Burgundy/Arles, the Duchy of Burgundy, modern day Switzerland, and the Italian Alps. Alpes is currently we’re most government functions happen and where the imperial senate meets. But it is not where the emperor or parliament meet with them headquartered in Gaul(France).

So why's the Emperor in France? Alpes sounds like a much better place. Then again, perhaps culture developed very differently in your world.

Logikie: You are not doing this right! Read the OP or in fact any of the other people's posts here - that's how you are supposed to post in this thread. Response to the fact written by the above nation, then your own fact after that.

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Germany and Japan's relations have changed dramatically over the course of the last century. Back in 1919 they were at war, and Japan was holding Germany's colonies in East Asia under occupation while Germany herself was busy fighting Britain. Once the war in Europe was over with a German victory in 1921, the German Emperor declared that he would not accept the loss of any pre-war territory. Following numerous naval scuffles over the 1920s, Germany got its colonies back after promising not to interfere with Japanese business in mainland China. After the end of the Second Great War, Germany and Japan broke relations for a while as the latter decided to try and settle scores with the United States after the latter was locked in a war with the British Imperial Federation, but that venture turned sour and Japan had to use Germany's diplomatic assistance to be bailed out of a possible balkanization, ending the 70-year friendship of Japan and Britain. Germany and Japan have since cooperated in space, with both reaching the moon, and were the creators of the European and East Asian regional wireless webs, later cooperating with the US to create the Worldwide Web - the Internet.

It's nice that Germany and Japan can overcome bad History in the name of science.


Both the Chief Justice of The Eirian High Court and the Chancellor are Gay/Bi.

Ashak protect them. Gay people in government never get it easy. I wish them the best!!!

In Ashakad, many cities have gigantic Pyramids that have varieties of functions-including being a marketplace, temple, or seat of the local ruling elite.

The Great-German Empire wrote:So why's the Emperor in France? Alpes sounds like a much better place. Then again, perhaps culture developed very differently in your world.

Logikie: You are not doing this right! Read the OP or in fact any of the other people's posts here - that's how you are supposed to post in this thread. Response to the fact written by the above nation, then your own fact after that.

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Germany and Japan's relations have changed dramatically over the course of the last century. Back in 1919 they were at war, and Japan was holding Germany's colonies in East Asia under occupation while Germany herself was busy fighting Britain. Once the war in Europe was over with a German victory in 1921, the German Emperor declared that he would not accept the loss of any pre-war territory. Following numerous naval scuffles over the 1920s, Germany got its colonies back after promising not to interfere with Japanese business in mainland China. After the end of the Second Great War, Germany and Japan broke relations for a while as the latter decided to try and settle scores with the United States after the latter was locked in a war with the British Imperial Federation, but that venture turned sour and Japan had to use Germany's diplomatic assistance to be bailed out of a possible balkanization, ending the 70-year friendship of Japan and Britain. Germany and Japan have since cooperated in space, with both reaching the moon, and were the creators of the European and East Asian regional wireless webs, later cooperating with the US to create the Worldwide Web - the Internet.

The emperor is currently not in Alpes because of personal choices. In Alpes a Septentrionali the emperor can choose which kingdom that they want to rule from. The current emperor choose to rule in France because it’s more populous, industrialized, and is where parliament usually meets. He also chose it as France is easier to move through when compared to Alpes which is filled with mountains as opposed to France which is more flat and easier to move through and transmit messages through. But in times of war the emperor is required to stay in Alpes as it is easier to defend from.
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That's amazing! Why we didn't think about it?!

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A Commonwealthian can pay voluntary health contribution. For example if he/she will die, the ressurection of him/her will be funded by CHF (Commonwealthian Health Fund).

You pay for health care? That just seems wrong.

The Armada is a highly socialist nation. Every means of production and resource is owned by the government and distributed so that every citizen gets their basic needs for no cost. Healthcare, enough food to satisfy basic needs, education, and more is able to everyone with for free. The government also issues no taxes since they don't really make sense when the government already owns everything needed for economic activity. To maintain productivity however, we do issue a currency based on your work that can be used to buy luxury products. Luxury products include stuff such as extra servings of food beyond basic needs, food that isn't bland, art, games, etc. The government is also not against citizens borrowing the means of production for whatever as long as they use them responsibly and there are no shortages of anything giving the Armada somewhat of a free market.

Well hopefully the government doesn’t mix anything up in production.

John Henry Eden has put government funding into the “adult animation” industry at least three separate times.

That's not school appropriate, friend.

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We don't say bubble thoughts, friend. Bubble thoughts can hurt feelings, friend.

Uh... Okay? bubble thought

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The Octoling Migrant Crisis is a period beginning in 2036, characterized by the Octoling diaspora from the Grand Octoling Republic. Read more here...

I guess I am happy about the Inklings' compassionate response to the crisis. That being said, that new mayor's inauguration is not as impressive as her party nomination, considering she was fielded by the dominant Mon-Libs. Besides, it appears the two nations aren't too far apart in terms of culture anyhoo.

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The German government is not a collegiate one. The Secretaries of State (ministers) don't have any legal weight in the Chancellor's decisions, and don't have grand cabinet meetings with the Chancellor, with most of his directives to them being delivered individually. In fact, as long as a Secretary does their job well and is ready to follow the sitting Chancellor's agenda, they might even be kept around despite an opposition party affiliation. This is most likely a remnant of the early days of the German empire, when everybody was still appointed by the Emperor at his own whim.

The Great-German Empire wrote:I guess I am happy about the Inklings' compassionate response to the crisis. That being said, that new mayor's inauguration is not as impressive as her party nomination, considering she was fielded by the dominant Mon-Libs. Besides, it appears the two nations aren't too far apart in terms of culture anyhoo.

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The German government is not a collegiate one. The Secretaries of State (ministers) don't have any legal weight in the Chancellor's decisions, and don't have grand cabinet meetings with the Chancellor, with most of his directives to them being delivered individually. In fact, as long as a Secretary does their job well and is ready to follow the sitting Chancellor's agenda, they might even be kept around despite an opposition party affiliation. This is most likely a remnant of the early days of the German empire, when everybody was still appointed by the Emperor at his own whim.

Seems quite like an office manager kind of job more than a politician kind of job. Take orders from a higher up and give orders to anyone below you.

Until the 2000s, much of the New Transeurasian population was quite poor. The huge GDP for a poor majority had created a huge wage gap between the poor and the rich, and the middle class had only existed in the largest cities. Many things in New Transeurasia still reflect on this, meaning almost everything is affordable. New cars, even in the 2030s, go for the equivalent of around N$D 13000. Almost every product is environmentally friendly since NT had essentially banned industrial carbon emissions and high-polluting cars in the 1980s.The price for a box of cereal at a store in NT averages around the equivalent of N$D 0.45. Even pieces of technology that are expensive elsewhere cost very little. An iphone XS which would cost N$D 730 costs around the equivalent of N$D 240 in New Transeurasia. The reason everything is still so cheap in NT is because it reaches a much, much larger audience, since many millennials and gen z are poor(though healthy and educated because unlike the US, NT has had a functioning education system since the 1990s and a functioning cheap healthcare system since the 1980s). Millennials and Gen Z are the largest age demographics in NT, making up a total 2.7 billion people, or 64% of the population.

How did you lower the prices though. Unless it was forcibly and artificially, I find it unlikely for a bunch of corporations to intentionally lower prices like this. It just doesn't happen in real life that often.

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Weaponry in The Commonwealth is of relatively higher quality than most of the Wasteland. Boston and the New England Commonwealth was the site for a great number of military R&D projects which resulted in entire military bunkers and factories full of energy weaponry, while the Institute which used to exist below the Commonwealth also had its own lines of production. Due to this, it is not very surprising to see some random scavver strap a Laser rifle on his back, and ever since 2173, homemade Laser Muskets (that is to say, a standard laser rifle housing with a minimum of two metal-ringed lenses atop a metal rod extending from a Rifle stock that surprisingly works) has been the "primary" weapon in hands of many Commonwealth Hicks who wouldn't logically even see a laser weapon anywhere else in the Wasteland, much less own one.