What question do you want to ask AU?

[The Near Islands]

~Snip~

1) Where do u think the Other Near-Islandverse Nations be located in?
2) Why aren't there any Canadian influences Near Islander culture mentioned? Would be plausible enough if Americans decided to settle there.
3) Why didn't America spend as much money as they did spend in Japan and Europe rebuilding TNI if it was so important before the Cuban crisis?
4) How were the Russians treated in TNI during the Cold War, especially by American soldiers?

BN: ooo meesa hasa madea newa factbooka ooooo

1. Dunereai is in Europe, specifically, it takes place along the coast of OTL Romania. Suhwir is in Libya, with Misrata being its Capital. Toyoko is in Northern Malawi, and despite its name, has no relationship to Japan's capital of Tokyo.

2. Canadians did influence The Near Islands, actually. Not to as great of an extent as Americans and British settlers, but there are still some influences. Settlers from Newfoundland and the Maritime Provinces did settle in the region as early as 1850 - which many TNI Maritimers are descendant from, and further Canadian influence comes from the settlement of around 20 Victorians in 1910. However, Ontario/Qubecios Canadian has left little impact on the region.

3. They did - well, Kind of. When TNI became independent, US military officials quickly realized that TNI's infrastructure could not support the compartively large supply trains needed to protect the Islands. As such, they built the Attu Island beltway and helped turn an airbase into what is now Itchaygchnit International Airport. However, not a lot of attention was placed on it until the missile crisis. Nobody saw it coming, despite TNI being so close to Russian soil, but when it did happen - you can imagine the US and local government put a lot more emphasis on building new infrastructure for both civilian and military purposes.

4. TNI Russians were not treated well by American Troops, but the local government made sure that they weren't too abused. While they were Russians, at this point, most Islanders considered the Russians on the Island to be their Russians - not Russia's Russians. As such, there was a lot less distrust between the Russians and Other Islanders as their otherwise would be.

While these are decent questions, next time, please don't double post - even if it has been a few hours.

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[Andocara]

@ Perikuresu, how powerful is your military? As in, how many people are in it and how well trained they are? Would they be (hypothetically speaking) a formidable opponent against Australia if they went to war?

[Aerlanica]

Hello there Andocara. Just a question...what was Andocara's involvement (or lack thereof) in WW1 and WW2?

[Andocara]

Hello there Andocara. Just a question...what was Andocara's involvement (or lack thereof) in WW1 and WW2?

In WW2, Andocara was more or less the sidekick of the U.S in the Pacific war. There was also a little bit of involvement in Europe as well. Andocarian troops staunchly supported the US and the UK. There aren't any significant things Andocara has done in the World Wars, but they were more or less sidekicks of the US and UK.

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[Sherechia]

Questions for Aerlanica

So The Farnham Heights is basically a plateau.

Do the native inhabitants of The Farnham Heights have better high altitude resistance, able to breath better in low oxygen environments? Just like Tibetans?

What caused the land to uplift and form the The Farnham Heights?

What animals are common in The Farnham Heights?

[Kors]

You still want a magharita inogo?

[Perikuresu]

@ Perikuresu, how powerful is your military? As in, how many people are in it and how well trained they are? Would they be (hypothetically speaking) a formidable opponent against Australia if they went to war?

That's confidential information, though we'd be a formidable opponent... After we've been run over by Australia.

While these are decent questions, next time, please don't double post - even if it has been a few hours.

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I'm pretty sure it doesn't count if one of the messages was me answering a question and saying /skip (I could've easily edited the message, idk why I didn't)

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[Silver Commonwealth]

What would I want to ask the AU? How did you came up with the name of your card collection which has three cards in it - was it random, or was there some meaning behind it?

[Kors]

Answer: XKI is the abbreviated form of 10000 islands. the region I make my home in.

Why is your flag a dumpster?

[Zitravgrad]

What would I want to ask the AU? How did you came up with the name of your card collection which has three cards in it - was it random, or was there some meaning behind it?

1) Any more plan for SC or are we both sinking with our ships?
2) In SC lore, what is happening in our respective IRL countries of Latvia and Thailand?
3) What's the plan for N-day? I know it's some time away buuuuuuut.

Answer: XKI is the abbreviated form of 10000 islands. the region I make my home in.

Why is your flag a dumpster?

Sweetheart, what's the deal with margarita?

[Kors]

Sweetheart, what's the deal with margarita?

Want any?

[Zitravgrad]

Why is your flag a literal meme

I have this thing called "canon flag" which is inside my overview, and is the actual flag of the nation. This meme is just what I feel like using to represent myself on the forum for now... because my memes are fire.

1. why are you bnuy

Why not? Bnuuy gud. Bnuuy sped. Bnuuy smol and coot. And if you watch Monty Python you will see why. :troll:

Is Miroslavsky still a legit sociopath or is he doing things for shits and giggles? Both?

I'm saying both, tbh. Like his mental health deteriorated over time and it led him to do the funni, at first out of necessity and later less necessity but more because he could. He still doesn't really do it for "fun" but he will sure as hell never regret anything he has done and might even slightly enjoy certain scenes of carnage he witnessed, especially when it was his enemies that suffered. He still regards the suffering and hardship of people on his side, if that helps.

How radioactive is the outside world? S.T.A.L.K.E.R. level or Metro 2033-level?

The world outside Zitravgrad is usually not radioactive. I said that because there are nuke sites -- these sites are where the nukes were dropped and got ruined for the next century or so. There are some in Zitravgrad, some in Atlanzia (the Americas), and some more in the Occidental (Africa) and some more in the Oriental (Asia) and welp... a few here. The radioactivity is usually contained in those sites and if I have to put it, they are S.T.A.L.K.E.R. level of radioactive.

WHY IS MIRO OUSTIDE MY DOOR

OH NO WHAT DID YOU DO DID YOU CALL HIS MOTHER POLISH AGAIN?

1. This might sound like a shitpost, but it genuinely isn't: Under how much C&C logic does Zitravgrad's military operate under? I know that you do use a significant part of the Soviet arsenal from RA2 (from the Tesla Tank to even the goddamn squids). can't believe you didn't take anything from RA1 : pensive :

I'm expanding my military to include things from RA1 and RA3 too... I just need to be more productive. :troll: But yeah I try to maintain a reasonable level of realism to the point that I don't leave too big an opening in the plot. Say, a battle is not easily waged and I definitely am not implementing MCV and base building, which means logistics still plays a massive part. And of course, I don't really feature any wonder commando that can easily weed out half an army or bomb buildings in seconds. But am I featuring EVA and battle control? Hell yeah. With all the techs opening up for this, I think the radar and communication technologies Gaia has will allow for more real-time command.

2. How similar was Zitravgrad's avant-garde movements to OTL Russia's (and Ukraine's, since, you know, "Zitravgrad is big evil Ukraine")? Was something like Zaum a thing?

Zitravgrad's current avant-garde movement is trying to match what it used to be in 1920s. Say, they have become much less natural in their ways of thinking, always expecting reactions and specifically engineered their works for reactions. By trying so hard to create a new avant-garde movement, they are actually a bit more conformist than they expected, restricted in what the big names say is avant-garde. It is an attempt to replicate that glory. How successful they are is another story. Welp, if Zaum had happened in Zitravia before the Revolution, it would be rather dead because since communist revolution never happened, the imperial government would have suppressed culture in a different way. The empire would prefer you write another opera, you see.

Why is Miroslavsky with a phone standing outside my house, help How many times has Mirov had to go to the World Court? Given that one of the captions puts an emphasis on the again...

Twice... only twice. It was not clear the first time since the Kozavian Empire appealed for a consideration (and they were negotiating a treaty too, so the World Court had to step in...) OH NO NOT YOU TOO RUN RUN RUUUUUUN

Why exactly is Feo... that subordinated to Kazimir? Was it due to Naukograd's general atmosphere combined with some other traumatizing or otherwise memorable events?

Shit, man. You opened a Pandora's box. Expect an essay -- but I could break this in steps, I think. I should try.
> The Naukograd's atmosphere has been depressing and not optimal for having a childhood. The kids spent their childhood getting told off by Zitravian gendarmes, then for their primary school years, they studied with the officers who drilled discipline and obedience in their heads -- along with how to hold guns. Feo was very sheltered by her protective parents, and when she was going to university, she had to have a patron and a scholarship from Zitravian High Command. She had to be on the best behavior and under someone's wing. Fortunately, she was a smol coot thing and loved by every teacher. (This is also a reason she is more attractive/attracted to older men.)
> When she first met Miroslavsky, she was actually a lot more standoffish until she was pursued, which scared her because she had never actually been chased. So when the relationship got serious, she realized she was just moving from under someone's wing to another. She also could not speak out much in front of Miroslavsky's conservative, patriarchal family.
>There were also the Revolution and the Collaborators' Civil War, right? Feo did a great deal in it, but always under Miroslavsky's command or in his support. (Hence the joke "no one remembered the napalm incident.) Miroslavsky was naturally protective of her -- not only her physical and emotional safety, but also her honor and reputation. Everything she did during the war was written off as his actions. Now though, Feo had mostly been in technical/intel positions. She was understandably shaken by the war, and she did not understand how Miroslavsky remained dead calm through it all. It might or might not contribute to her clinical depression.
> The life in the Kremlin broke her down -- the lack of privacy, the dead tight security, the pomp and circumstance. Despite her lavish, fashionable appearance, Feo is not that sociable or energetic. Now tell her that she needs to meet some diplomats she can't care about after a day of work. Of course, she cannot argue much, but finds it much more convenient to follow along and say nothing, which gives off the subordinated vibe. Her own career does not advance because people will suspect that it's just because she is the Premier's wife. What do? Just... don't do anything. Life is just holding someone else's hand and walking behind them for her anyway, and Miroslavsky has been quite reliable so far.

Do the C&C games, or any equivalent, actually exist in the Gaiaverse? If so, has anything about their history changed in comparison to OTL?

Ngl I haven't thought much about it apart from "yeah most video games I like might exist in Gaia lol". So I'd say... yes? If they do, they will take a severe imperialist turn because the hero of the free world is actually the Bri'ish knockoff -- the Anglicaen Empire. Meanwhile, communism won't even be the main ideology of Kozavia, the backwater serfdom of the east. Sounds like fun, I guess? Also, I talked with Ham about Gaians making video games about GW3 a week ago and... I think yeah there might be video games about GW3, but released only twenty years after the actual war because... yeah.

Thanks for the questions, gentlemen. This has been very long lmao.

[Kors]

Why is your flag a literal meme

[UNSPDC]

No
/stillme

• 1. why are you bnuy
• 2. Is Miroslavsky still a legit sociopath or is he doing things for shits and giggles? Both?
• 3. How radioactive is the outside world? S.T.A.L.K.E.R. level or Metro 2033-level?
  
• WHY IS MIRO OUSTIDE MY DOOR

[Foehn Paramilitary Regions]

Zitravgrad:

-snippé-

1. This might sound like a shitpost, but it genuinely isn't: Under how much C&C logic does Zitravgrad's military operate under? I know that you do use a significant part of the Soviet arsenal from RA2 (from the Tesla Tank to even the goddamn squids). can't believe you didn't take anything from RA1 : pensive :
2. How similar was Zitravgrad's avant-garde movements to OTL Russia's (and Ukraine's, since, you know, "Zitravgrad is big evil Ukraine")? Was something like Zaum a thing?
3. Why is Miroslavsky with a phone standing outside my house, help How many times has Mirov had to go to the World Court? Given that one of the captions puts an emphasis on the again...
4. Why exactly is Feo... that subordinated to Kazimir? Was it due to Naukograd's general atmosphere combined with some other traumatizing or otherwise memorable events?

5. Do the C&C games, or any equivalent, actually exist in the Gaiaverse? If so, has anything about their history changed in comparison to OTL?

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UNSPDC:
1. How exactly did shipgirls come to be in the UNSPDCverse? Was it the result of genetic experiments gone horribly wrong?
2. Actually... what causes them to be deemed as valuable, if not more valuable than, say, regular ships? Is it speed?
3. How did the Empire exactly find out about Earth's existence? And why did they decide to invade it in the first place?
4. Speaking of, how exactly did the Abyss even enter Earth in the first place? Was it always there, even before humans were a thing?
5. Where is the McRib? What exactly is going on with the non-aligned countries? Why have they decided to not join yet, considering that their existence could very well be wiped out?

6. How many bombs has Condor Legion dropped? And where?
7. Which naval vessel is better: USS Placeholder (Placeholder-class aircraft carrier) or Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Zapolnitel (Placeholder but in Russian)?

[UNSPDC]

Zitravgrad:

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UNSPDC:
1. How exactly did shipgirls come to be in the UNSPDCverse? Was it the result of genetic experiments gone horribly wrong?
2. Actually... what causes them to be deemed as valuable, if not more valuable than, say, regular ships? Is it speed?
3. How did the Empire exactly find out about Earth's existence? And why did they decide to invade it in the first place?
4. Speaking of, how exactly did the Abyss even enter Earth in the first place? Was it always there, even before humans were a thing?
5. Where is the McRib? What exactly is going on with the non-aligned countries? Why have they decided to not join yet, considering that their existence could very well be wiped out?

6. How many bombs has Condor Legion dropped? And where?
7. Which naval vessel is better: USS Placeholder (Placeholder-class aircraft carrier) or Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Zapolnitel (Placeholder but in Russian)?

AMONG US IN REAL LIFE SUS SUS SUS

• 1. Well, let me answer that by saying that they've always existed. They were a technical fundamental part of this universe, and you can't simply just 'dislodge' the shipgirls from the SPDCverse. The only reason they weren't there for the longest of times was that the human race simply forgot that they existed. Yeah, Shipgirls sorta 'CTEd' for a bit because Humanity neglected the fact that they have literal magic that could summon boats, tanks, and planes as human beings with more gun.
• 2. The United Nations saw the potential in Shipgirls the moment the Japanese summoned them. Walking, talking, and angry mobile artillery platforms are going to get you everywhere when you start pointing them at everyone that disagrees with Security Resolution number 231313. The weight may be heavy, but eh, it's a ship. So the UN's accepted them into the military because they have strategic and tactical advantages. Remember, the USS Iowa can launch nuclear shells. Now imagine her doing that from land
• 3. The Aliens kind of knew Earth existed because of the Iceland incident. The ship managed to get one last transmission, albeit garbled, out to their home empire. So now the UN has to deal with their space bullshit. During the Planetary War, they tried to bumrush Earth, but that got them blown up by the UN's elite F-17 Condor fighter craft. (POV: You are an Alien and an F-16 comes barrelling straight towards you.)
• 4. It was always there chief. The Abyssals, in this universe, actually form a fundamental part of this universe's earth. They're cosmic beings who've latched onto this earth and now form a permanent part on it. They're basically the naval equivalent of the legions of hell. But they can be friendly towards humans.
• 5. There is no McRib. Die.
  On a serious note, the non-aligned countries are basically not interested in sending their men to fight a long, drawn-out war. Especially since Vietnam was fresh on the public's mind. That, and many nations simply can't join the UNSPDC because of a lack of military, a lack of willingness, or hell, even a lack of a coordinated government to agree on joining the UN. Case in point; Spain. After Franco died, Spain was in total anarchy and is now trying to transition towards democracy, but due to this anarchy (things got worse in this timeline due to public fears of aliens) Spain's gonna take a long while before they join NATO, or even the UNSPDC.
• 6. yeah.
• 7. bro idk about you but JMSDF ship プレースホルダー is better imho

/SKIPME

[Zeloria]

Dear FPR, I have a few questions for you?

1. How much Foghen history did you made up, and how much is actually canon.
2. How does Yunru protect herself from brainwashing? Does she protect herself from brainwashing?
3. For how long do they need to survive until the world is livable again? Do they have any plans if Yuri actually wins?
4. How many antics has been pulled on Bunru What happens if Yunru dies, will the whole paramilitary regions just fall apart?
5. What about the Allies and Soviets? Are they still around? Are they deader then Bunru's sanity?

[The Jamesian Republic]

I have one but I know it seems kind of generic.


What inspired you to make this nation?

[Foehn Paramilitary Regions]

Dear FPR, I have a few questions for you?

1. How much Foghen history did you made up, and how much is actually canon.
2. How does Yunru protect herself from brainwashing? Does she protect herself from brainwashing?
3. For how long do they need to survive until the world is livable again? Do they have any plans if Yuri actually wins?
4. How many antics has been pulled on Bunru What happens if Yunru dies, will the whole paramilitary regions just fall apart?
5. What about the Allies and Soviets? Are they still around? Are they deader then Bunru's sanity?

1. Let's see... well, a lot of the background lore was already inherited from Mental Omega and Red Alert 2, but stuff like, say, the 2nd Combined Army ransacking Kashmir; or Romanov's smokescreen? Yeah, I made all of that up. As for the history of Foehn itself? Well, it's completely original (barring the starting point and maybe where the March went through).
2. She protects herself from, not just brainwashing, but also all forms of danger (remember, at this point, she does see herself as the most critical part of the Paramilitary, which, ironically enough, is a self-fulfilling prophecy at this point), by isolating herself from the outside world (AKA anything that isn't the Alaskan base). Given how Yuri never put any Beacons in Alaska, and his fucking depression, it's unlikely that he'd go up there to place anything there. Also doesn't help that she's a bit of a... dirty coward.
3. Well, assuming that a return to civilian life is really even a possibility (I've not decided on that yet), quite a bit (probably at least a few years), simply because they still need to build up against Epsilon. As for plans? Well, I wouldn't be surprised if by this point she'd instantly try to switch the Paramilitary's purpose from "defeat Yuri" to "remove whatever remnants of Epsilon there are". Which leads me to...
4. bro wrong universe It depends on when exactly she dies. If it's at this very moment, it'll all depend on whether the Guard manages to find a successor to her. If it's a few years later, though... it'll completely collapse, simply because, let's just say... the Guard won't be exactly looking for a successor at this point, if you know what I mean.
5. Haven't completely decided yet, but, apart from them getting into the Paramilitary, what's most likely to happen is that they either hand themselves over to Epsilon (more likely if they're Allied, given the entire Antarctica shebang I've not written about yet) or they set up free territories, which act as either a form of continuation of their old factions (i.e: a planned free territory is essentially a continuation of the USSR in Volgograd, which was retaken in the latter weeks of the war, as a result of the Kremlin recalling what garrisons the Soviet Army still had on Europe, and ordering them to strike the city, which would serve as a new Kremlin of sorts).
Apologies if the answers weren't really detailed. Hell, I wish I had more to say, but quite a bit of this is either stuff I've not quite planned out yet, or would get into spoiler territory for stuff I'll be working on eventually.

/skipme

[Zeloria]

I have one but I know it seems kind of generic.


What inspired you to make this nation?

Yes its very generic, but don't worry, I have an even more generic answer: I wanted to make an FT nation because I like sci-fi, so I made one. I wanted to make a sci-fi universe that has elements of both hard and soft sci-fi. One that largely obeys the real life laws of physics, but still has the fun stuff of sci-fi like FTL and plasma cannons.

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[Aerlanica]

Questions for Aerlanica

So The Farnham Heights is basically a plateau.

Do the native inhabitants of The Farnham Heights have better high altitude resistance, able to breath better in low oxygen environments? Just like Tibetans?

What caused the land to uplift and form the The Farnham Heights?

What animals are common in The Farnham Heights?

Yep.

Well, since I'm reworking the Aerlanican Civil War, I'm also reworking the geography a little tiny bit.

But pretty much; yes, the inhabitants of the Farnham Heights, known as the Farnham (creative name, I know) would obviously have a better ability to breath in low oxygen environments. But, I'm thinking of making the Farnham Heights about...4000 meters on average above sea level to make it more believable that they would have that ability. In reality, I modeled the Farnham Plateau off of the geography and biology of the Tibetan one, which means some forests, shrublands, tundras with wolves, yaks, snakes, buffalo and leopards.

Think of the Farnham Plateau as...the Tibetan environment mixed with the Canadian people. Sorta like how the golden fields (Soon to be named Hartia) is very obviously the Great Plains.

I'm very creative as you can see lol.

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[Perikuresu]

I have one but I know it seems kind of generic.


What inspired you to make this nation?

1) Is there any canonical reason on why America is called Jamesia in ur world?
2) How are nations like West Aprica and Neuva Grande still able to keep themselves united without collapsing?
3) Did u have any reasons to combine certain states together in ur US state map/combine several nations in world map?

[Atheara]

An island in the pacific that's primarily a melting point of Pacific Islander, East Asian and "Mediterranean" cultures.

How did mediterranean culture even reach the pacific?

[Perikuresu]

An island in the pacific that's primarily a melting point of Pacific Islander, East Asian and "Mediterranean" cultures.

How did mediterranean culture even reach the pacific?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_c ... e_Americas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution ... ese_Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_F ... d_colonies
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[The Jamesian Republic]

I have one but I know it seems kind of generic.


What inspired you to make this nation?

1) Is there any canonical reason on why America is called Jamesia in ur world?
2) How are nations like West Aprica and Neuva Grande still able to keep themselves united without collapsing?
3) Did u have any reasons to combine certain states together in ur US state map/combine several nations in world map?

1. Yes, this an alternate universe where everyone and everything has different names. In this universe there was an explorer named Claude James who like his IRL counterpart Amerigo Vespucci had his name used for the continent’s name.
2. In this timeline Nueva Grande which is made up of all the nations Simon Bolivar helped establish in our timeline. This timeline’s Simon Bolivar did the same thing. So in a way it’s mostly because of that bond. As for West Aprica, like Africa in our timeline it was owned by foreign powers. After they got independence in the 1960s they united in the common struggle against colonialism and also due to language as well. Also the country like Aprica itself was able to rebound from colonialism.
3. I like the 48 star flag of our timeline and also the Dakotas don’t really need to be split up and New Mexico and Arizona were once a territory together. As for the world I wanted a specific number of nations which was 90. However I think I will change it to 120 soon.

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