International Freedom Coalition (SignUp2/OOC)

[Valdiu]

Is TGAOFN still alive?

[Roski]

Is TGAOFN still alive?

I'm not sure whether or not to kill it, or whether or not to save it.

For the time being, could you administrate it?

[Valdiu]

Is TGAOFN still alive?

I'm not sure whether or not to kill it, or whether or not to save it.

For the time being, could you administrate it?

I could TRY, but I wanted to know because then I would have alliance conflicts for the war.

[Roski]

I'm not sure whether or not to kill it, or whether or not to save it.

For the time being, could you administrate it?

I could TRY, but I wanted to know because then I would have alliance conflicts for the war.

I'm not actually going to push military conflict between the IFC and UL.
It was a joke. :3
Besides, my membership in the PCP restricts such conflict.

And I am still wondering on whether or not to turn TGAOFNs into a diplomatic or economic alliance, as opposed to military.

[The High Lords]

I could TRY, but I wanted to know because then I would have alliance conflicts for the war.

I'm not actually going to push military conflict between the IFC and UL.
It was a joke. :3
Besides, my membership in the PCP restricts such conflict.

And I am still wondering on whether or not to turn TGAOFNs into a diplomatic or economic alliance, as opposed to military.

First, though, I think it needs a better acronym.

[Roski]

I'm not actually going to push military conflict between the IFC and UL.
It was a joke. :3
Besides, my membership in the PCP restricts such conflict.

And I am still wondering on whether or not to turn TGAOFNs into a diplomatic or economic alliance, as opposed to military.

First, though, I think it needs a better acronym.

I was thing TGAN, the Grand Alliance of Nations. Then EAN, Economic Alliance of Nations. Or DAN, Diplomatic Alliance of Nations.

[The High Lords]

First, though, I think it needs a better acronym.

I was thing TGAN, the Grand Alliance of Nations. Then EAN, Economic Alliance of Nations. Or DAN, Diplomatic Alliance of Nations.

You really don't include the "the"... The United Left isn't TUL (though it should be)

[Roski]

I was thing TGAN, the Grand Alliance of Nations. Then EAN, Economic Alliance of Nations. Or DAN, Diplomatic Alliance of Nations.

You really don't include the "the"... The United Left isn't TUL (though it should be)

GAN looks weird though.

[Furry Alairia and Algeria]

I was thing TGAN, the Grand Alliance of Nations. Then EAN, Economic Alliance of Nations. Or DAN, Diplomatic Alliance of Nations.

You really don't include the "the"... The United Left isn't TUL (though it should be)

God no.

This is not UL chat though

[Aigeantir]

Thanks! was afraid I was rejected there due to my default NS population

By the way, I am capping my population to 4.5 million people when I roleplay with others who cap their population to very small number too, so that shouldn't be a problem or be in the way of me interacting with other members of this alliance who cap their population

Wow that's actually lower than mine and I'm an island nation!

Also I vote No for moving the apps and ooc to separate threads

[Babylatia]

Basics:
Formal Nation Name: The United Pachy of Babylatia
Capital city: Mana
Head of State: The Prime Minister of Mana
Head of Government: The Bytaen (Kaeto Ashwar)
Form of Government: Parliamentary Bytaendom
Economic System: Free Market Capitalism
Military Size (Active Personnel): 27394538
Nuclear Arsenal (if any): 1405
What other military alliances are you a part of: Null
Language: English [Main]/Common/Ashwari
Demonym: Babylae adj, Babylae sing n, Babylae'i plur n
Very Brief History of your nation: Babylatia originated during the Fall of Babylon. The Fall of Babylon was when the then Head Alchemist, Lord Skarentel, was perfecting Alchemy, when he ran into the Alchemists curse. It ruined Babylon, and when Skarentel solved it, there was not much left. Quickly savages invaded Babylatia, and the colonies revolted, led by Babylatia and won. Not long later, the Colonies succeed from Babylatia.

Does your nation have...
Freedom of speech: Yes
Freedom of conscience: Yes
Freedom of assembly: Yes
Freedom of religion: Yes
Freedom of movement: Yes
The right to a fair trial: Yes
Universal adult suffrage: Duh
Racial discrimination: Any soft of discrimination leads to fine.
Religious discrimination: " "
Gender discrimination:" "
LGBT discrimination:" "
Laws to prevent racial/religious/gender/LGBT discrimination:" "
Slavery: No slavery.
Is your Government by the people (exercised either directly or through elected representatives)? Yes. People have the right to override their representatives vote if so chosen.
How do you describe the political atmosphere of your state? (Far-Left/Left/Center-Left/Center/Center-Right/Right/Far-Right): Center-Right

Name of Military: Babylae Armed Forces
Branches of Military: Navy, Army, Defense Net

Does your nation have an IIwiki page as of yet? Not really.
RP example: Never really had a good chance.
Reason for Joining the IFC: We in Babylatia, like to stand for their beliefs, and help others stand for theirs.

Name of Ambassador to the IFC Council: Vyan Haer
Do you hereby agree to abide by the terms and conditions set forth by the IFC's Charter?

**IFCAPP**

Yes.

[Aigeantir]

Well, not so much that, as the omission of the prefix. Unless both the referrer and the referree (terminology, dammit) are both IN the Dominion or FROM the dominion, you use some prefix (I've yet to determine they are. One of them is Lord, obviously). If that requirement isn't met, you don't call them any prefix. Just the last name. It's considered rude to use a prefix, since it's reserved for certain people and the general populace of the Dominion.

It's not written in law, of course, but hundreds of years of customs have made it that way. We're pretty tolerant of others doing the wrong thing, since, you know, people are ignorant

um

Not that I'm going to get into it at all, but if anyone wants to spell my country's name right, here's a real easy way:
Type A, i, g, hold ALT, press 0, 2, 2, 3, release ALT, press a, n, t, i, r ...

It's easy to put in an accent egu (é) into the text even when you're doing it quickly... just saying

Also, yes I'm aware that there is no accent in the name according to NS, but NS didn't allow me to have the accent so I had to go with the flow ... if you want some incentive for taking 1 second extra to spell my name right, I will start issuing "Freedom Tokens" for everyone that upholds freedom by spelling my name correctly

[The High Lords]

um

Not that I'm going to get into it at all, but if anyone wants to spell my country's name right, here's a real easy way:
Type A, i, g, hold ALT, press 0, 2, 2, 3, release ALT, press a, n, t, i, r ...

It's easy to put in an accent egu (é) into the text even when you're doing it quickly... just saying

Also, yes I'm aware that there is no accent in the name according to NS, but NS didn't allow me to have the accent so I had to go with the flow ... if you want some incentive for taking 1 second extra to spell my name right, I will start issuing "Freedom Tokens" for everyone that upholds freedom by spelling my name correctly

Windows is stupid. Its so much easier on a mac. Or a phone.

[Aigeantir]

Not that I'm going to get into it at all, but if anyone wants to spell my country's name right, here's a real easy way:
Type A, i, g, hold ALT, press 0, 2, 2, 3, release ALT, press a, n, t, i, r ...

It's easy to put in an accent egu (é) into the text even when you're doing it quickly... just saying

Also, yes I'm aware that there is no accent in the name according to NS, but NS didn't allow me to have the accent so I had to go with the flow ... if you want some incentive for taking 1 second extra to spell my name right, I will start issuing "Freedom Tokens" for everyone that upholds freedom by spelling my name correctly

Windows is stupid. Its so much easier on a mac. Or a phone.

I won't even dignify that with a comment

My faith in Apple has disappeared since I've had to replace my iPod every year at exactly a year because the damn thing wouldn't hold much of a charge.... and shit, you made me comment anyways

[New Chilokver]

Windows is stupid. Its so much easier on a mac. Or a phone.

I won't even dignify that with a comment

My faith in Apple has disappeared since I've had to replace my iPod every year at exactly a year because the damn thing wouldn't hold much of a charge... and shit, you made me comment anyways

What blasphemy! Everyone knows Apple is perfect!

[Kranstentistan]

Thanks! was afraid I was rejected there due to my default NS population

By the way, I am capping my population to 4.5 million people when I roleplay with others who cap their population to very small number too, so that shouldn't be a problem or be in the way of me interacting with other members of this alliance who cap their population

Wow that's actually lower than mine and I'm an island nation!

Also I vote No for moving the apps and ooc to separate threads

I salute you both. It's tough having a modest population in an RP community filled with nations usually having populations ranging from the hundred millions to the billions.

[Yohannes]

I salute you both. It's tough having a modest population in an RP community filled with nations usually having populations ranging from the hundred millions to the billions.

Hey!

There are different way that people like to roleplay their nations. None is right or wrong, unless you're harming other people's OOC interest by doing so. The majority of people roleplay with their full NationStates population because that has always been the way it is. Other section of the communities prefer realism, and that is cool too. Live and let live, so long as we are working together to write stories in this wonderful fictional world then it's all gud ae

And my default population is my NationStates population. I only use 4.5 million when I roleplay with people who are more into capping their population, more into realism or more into diplomacy and cultural writing instead of power gaming. Again, there is nothing right or wrong about which side of the game you like to play, just individual preference really. The established roleplaying communities have had quite a long discussion about it (I was the opening poster of the thread containing our discussion, with another account that I controlled back then which had a much higher gameplay population than this one) and from my personal experience, at the end of the day, so long as the majority of the thread participants are willing to compromise a little bit for the sake of the thread or the story, then it'll be okay, no matter whether your population is small or not, or whether you are roleplaying a strictly human society or not

[West Aurelia]

Name of Military: RNPC Mercenary Forces

The President General sends a letter to everyone in the Usean Federation offering the services of his military for the right price and leaving it open to negotiation.

Seems legit.

[Emmerian Republic]

Name of Military: RNPC Mercenary Forces

The President General sends a letter to everyone in the Usean Federation offering the services of his military for the right price and leaving it open to negotiation.

Seems legit.

Private Military CompanIes. I need to make my own PMCs in interventions in warfare. And Where's the link?

[Kranstentistan]

I salute you both. It's tough having a modest population in an RP community filled with nations usually having populations ranging from the hundred millions to the billions.

Hey!

There are different way that people like to roleplay their nations. None is right or wrong, unless you're harming other people's OOC interest by doing so. The majority of people roleplay with their full NationStates population because that has always been the way it is. Other section of the communities prefer realism, and that is cool too. Live and let live, so long as we are working together to write stories in this wonderful fictional world then it's all gud ae

And my default population is my NationStates population. I only use 4.5 million when I roleplay with people who are more into capping their population, more into realism or more into diplomacy and cultural writing instead of power gaming. Again, there is nothing right or wrong about which side of the game you like to play, just individual preference really. The established roleplaying communities have had quite a long discussion about it (I was the opening poster of the thread containing our discussion, with another account that I controlled back then which had a much higher gameplay population than this one) and from my personal experience, at the end of the day, so long as the majority of the thread participants are willing to compromise a little bit for the sake of the thread or the story, then it'll be okay, no matter whether your population is small or not, or whether you are roleplaying a strictly human society or not

I'm not bagging on those who prefer to have a large population, I'm just saying. When you have a population of 42 million like me, and you enter RPs in International Incidents you end up going against said nations and then the problem becomes clear. A high level of realism and NS' level of realism do not go together well, and I'm not the only one who has complained about this before.

I do not hate people who go RPing the way as described here, but at the same time I wish there were more humble sized nations to play around with, so that my nation doesn't have the equivocal military and economic power of Bhutan and every event wouldn't be so massive.

[Libraria and Ausitoria]

I myself find it rather impractical to cater alternatively to the wishes of the large nations and the realistic nations. It is very annoying to have to switch your nation's size between RPs and rather inconsistent. Hence I tend to try (for internal consistency) to bridge the gap between them by trying to go for not-entirely-unreasonable but not-entirely-reasonable populations on the order of a billion; a policy which is generally that of my region, Hemithea.

I wonder what IFC nations make of this policy?

[West Aurelia]

I myself find it rather impractical to cater alternatively to the wishes of the large nations and the realistic nations. It is very annoying to have to switch your nation's size between RPs and rather inconsistent. Hence I tend to try (for internal consistency) to bridge the gap between them by trying to go for not-entirely-unreasonable but not-entirely-reasonable populations on the order of a billion; a policy which is generally that of my region, Hemithea.

I wonder what IFC nations make of this policy?

I RP with a population of 119 million. I don't care about the population of other nations, I care about their military size. Anything over 2 million active personnel is excessive.

[New Chilokver]

I myself find it rather impractical to cater alternatively to the wishes of the large nations and the realistic nations. It is very annoying to have to switch your nation's size between RPs and rather inconsistent. Hence I tend to try (for internal consistency) to bridge the gap between them by trying to go for not-entirely-unreasonable but not-entirely-reasonable populations on the order of a billion; a policy which is generally that of my region, Hemithea.

I wonder what IFC nations make of this policy?

I RP with a population of 119 million. I don't care about the population of other nations, I care about their military size. Anything over 2 million active personnel is excessive.

Personally, I find that roleplaying with a smaller population is easier, since you don't have to put so much effort into naming, detailing etc. forces- I personally RP with a population of 193 million, an active military of 900,000 and a total reserve personnel of 300,000. If you do ever get attacked by another nation that's larger and more powerful, that's what alliances are for. There really shouldn't be a problem with people RPing with large populations or militaries, since a limit on the maximum number of personnel deployed easily solves the problem.

[West Aurelia]

Personally, I find that roleplaying with a smaller population is easier, since you don't have to put so much effort into naming, detailing etc. forces- I personally RP with a population of 193 million, an active military of 900,000 and a total reserve personnel of 300,000. If you do ever get attacked by another nation that's larger and more powerful, that's what alliances are for. There really shouldn't be a problem with people RPing with large populations or militaries, since a limit on the maximum number of personnel deployed easily solves the problem.

You do have a point there. It's just that if you have an excessively large military, it would be very expensive to manage and most of your troops will never be deployed. The US has 1,369,532 active personnel and they are able to effectively deploy anywhere in the globe. China has 2,285,000 active personnel and most of them are never used.

[Novo Wagondia]

I myself find it rather impractical to cater alternatively to the wishes of the large nations and the realistic nations. It is very annoying to have to switch your nation's size between RPs and rather inconsistent. Hence I tend to try (for internal consistency) to bridge the gap between them by trying to go for not-entirely-unreasonable but not-entirely-reasonable populations on the order of a billion; a policy which is generally that of my region, Hemithea.

I wonder what IFC nations make of this policy?

I personally RP with a population of about 1.15 billion, simply because I'm RL based, and the RL sum of all of my territorial populations is about at that number, and it works for me. But even that is pushing the upper ceiling of what I'm comfortable with