The Land Of The Free: An American Political Roleplay (OOC)

by **New Cobastheia** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:24 pm

I think I already said I've always wanted to do a political RP based in/on Israel, but due to it being Israel that's never gonna happen

by **Main Nation Ministry** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:24 pm

The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:
Main Nation Ministry wrote:You mean America?

More like the TV show Years and Years, if you've heard of it or seen it? It was (and still is) on the BBC, and I think it did a bit on HBO as well.

I watched the trailer.
So... Black Mirror mixed with the Mandibles?

by **The World Capitalist Confederation** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:26 pm

Velahor wrote:
The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:I want one in an unstable country, where shit would go down. Riots, violence, threats of walkouts, extremism, and soon enough parties working outside the law, perhaps even collapsing into civil war.

I like that idea, maybe a former Soviet state.

I did have one in the USA slightly into the future, with martial law and stuff after a major attack on DC which killed everybody in the line of succession along with a few thousand civilian casualties.

Corona worsened, 30 million got infected, they did electronic elections, it got hacked by some unknown terrorist organisation (or maybe one of the parties themselves, who knows?) and everyone went into an uproar. Donnie Trump won, but not without left-wing opposition. It was still Trump v. Biden, with Trump winning a close margin, of course, but then in 2023 or so the aforementioned terrorist attack happened and a new temporary government was set up in New York City, with the blame falling on a "sore loser left" and a right-wing government taking power.

Of course, that's not to say all the right supported the government. Both libertarians and the left rose in opposition, but were crushed. Both major parties exist, and are prepping for the first election since 2020...The 2024 election was indeed cancelled, but the incumbent President moved aside for the Speaker of the House, who is running in 2028 as a Republican, with primaries ready on both sides.

by **The World Capitalist Confederation** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:27 pm

Main Nation Ministry wrote:
The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:More like the TV show Years and Years, if you've heard of it or seen it? It was (and still is) on the BBC, and I think it did a bit on HBO as well.

I watched the trailer.
So... Black Mirror mixed with the Mandibles?

Never heard of the Mandibles. I think it's more like a political Black Mirror, the slow descent of society into hell.

Written by the guy who did the 9th and 10th Doctors, with the same guy doing the music.

by **Main Nation Ministry** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:30 pm

The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:
Main Nation Ministry wrote:I watched the trailer.
So... Black Mirror mixed with the Mandibles?

Never heard of the Mandibles. I think it's more like a political Black Mirror, the slow descent of society into hell.

Written by the guy who did the 9th and 10th Doctors, with the same guy doing the music.

The Mandibles is a novel that deals with an economic dystopia in the United States so massive that the country slowly turns authoritarian from the collapse. It's similar to Years and Years for how a simple family tries to survive it out among the harsh realities of the world.

by **The World Capitalist Confederation** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:32 pm

Main Nation Ministry wrote:
The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:Never heard of the Mandibles. I think it's more like a political Black Mirror, the slow descent of society into hell.

Written by the guy who did the 9th and 10th Doctors, with the same guy doing the music.

The Mandibles is a novel that deals with an economic dystopia in the United States so massive that the country slowly turns authoritarian from the collapse. It's similar to Years and Years for how a simple family tries to survive it out among the harsh realities of the world.

Oh yeah, definitely sounds like it.

by **Agarntrop** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:34 pm

now watching only like a few minutes of years and years i know who porter is based off of...

by **Agarntrop** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:35 pm

but with a dick, ofc

by **The World Capitalist Confederation** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:36 pm

Agarntrop wrote:now watching only like a few minutes of years and years i know who porter is based off of...

He's closer to a hybrid of Berzelius Windrip and Peter MacLeish than Viv Rook, tbh.

by **Agarntrop** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:37 pm

The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:
Agarntrop wrote:now watching only like a few minutes of years and years i know who porter is based off of...

He's closer to a hybrid of Berzelius Windrip and Peter MacLeish than Viv Rook, tbh.

who now

by **Sanabel** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:39 pm

We should bring back the Eblanca RP, I hate that I had to leave due to Uni making me busy

by **The World Capitalist Confederation** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:40 pm

Agarntrop wrote:
The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:He's closer to a hybrid of Berzelius Windrip and Peter MacLeish than Viv Rook, tbh.

who now

Berzelius Windrip is from the book It Can't Happen Here by Upton Sinclair, a violent demagogue who rises to power through large promises of welfare and traditionalism. He already seemed authoritarian before being elected, but he went much further than expected: effectively trashing the 1st Amendment, setting up paramilitaries and built concentration camps.

Peter MacLeish was a war hero from Designated Survivor, built as a front for far-right nationalists to "reclaim their country". He was comparatively young, had high support and slanted to the right. Despite his views, he had a conscience for what he did and regrets it. He gained power for a while, sabotaged the White House to save his co-conspirators.

by **Agarntrop** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:41 pm

Sanabel wrote:We should bring back the Eblanca RP, I hate that I had to leave due to Uni making me busy

now that is something i can get behind

by **The World Capitalist Confederation** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:41 pm

Sanabel wrote:We should bring back the Eblanca RP, I hate that I had to leave due to Uni making me busy

Escarnas-Burns was an amazing character. I tried to imitate him with Porter, but in a different light, but ehh...

by **Sanabel** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:43 pm

Eblanca 2 Civil War

by **Jovuistan** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:43 pm

Sanabel wrote:We should bring back the Eblanca RP, I hate that I had to leave due to Uni making me busy

YES

by **Agarntrop** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:44 pm

Jovuistan wrote:
Sanabel wrote:We should bring back the Eblanca RP, I hate that I had to leave due to Uni making me busy

YES

Especially considering NSP looks ... unpromising.

by **Main Nation Ministry** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:47 pm

Sanabel wrote:We should bring back the Eblanca RP, I hate that I had to leave due to Uni making me busy

What's Eblanca?

by **Meelducan** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:48 pm

Main Nation Ministry wrote:
Sanabel wrote:We should bring back the Eblanca RP, I hate that I had to leave due to Uni making me busy

What's Eblanca?

^^^

by **Main Nation Ministry** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:50 pm

Meelducan wrote:
Main Nation Ministry wrote:What's Eblanca?

^^^

Sorry. :V

by **Federal States of Xathuecia** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:52 pm

Agarntrop wrote:
Jovuistan wrote:YES

Especially considering NSP looks ... unpromising.

NSP?

by **Agarntrop** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:56 pm

Federal States of Xathuecia wrote:
Agarntrop wrote:Especially considering NSP looks ... unpromising.

NSP?

Nationstates parliament.

by **Agarntrop** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:56 pm

Meelducan wrote:
Main Nation Ministry wrote:What's Eblanca?

^^^

ask gord im too tired to explain now

by **Velahor** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:01 pm

So bored...anybody wanna start a Twitter battle?

by **Bruke** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:02 pm

Velahor wrote:So bored...anybody wanna start a Twitter battle?

Such is life

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