International District [OOC, TWI]

[Oflia]

Hello! The kingdom of Oflia is a new nation in this region looking to make alliances and expand when the opportunity comes. Meaning if there is a war that my nation can influence then my nation will most likely will. My nation isn't really a democracy as it is ruled by an iron fist abolute monarch.

[Wangano]

Hi my Nations Name is Wangano and we are on two Islands and is very unique my country is also very new Here’s Some Facts
Wangline Is the National airline of Wangano
Most Cars in our Country are ALXAs
Wangano has a absurd political program which is so unique
There are a lot of timber chopping businesses

[Ycre]

Hi everyone!

I just joined this region today, and I've filed my application to join TWI's map. If all is well, I'll occupy a little plot of land south of Hdisar, in the eastern sections of the Southern Sea.

Now, I haven't really decided on anything about my nation yet. The name is (quite obviously) something I won't change any time soon, and I've grown quite fond of my flag, which some of you guys have been kind enough to compliment, thanks again (:

Now, to those of you who soldiered on through necessary pleasantries and resumed reading this post, I'd like to offer up two worldbuilding opportunities for you to engage in, helping me in transforming a bunch of vivid yet still-airy dreams into an involved nation state that plays a cohesive part in this wonderful region.

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Firstly, I'm looking for nations who might have had Ycre as a former colony. As mentioned previously, I haven't settled on anything concrete for my nation's history, so anything and everything can be discussed and optimised to your liking. As far as I'm concerned, Ycre could have been any country's colony at any given time, so long as the circumstances of that colonial period are at least somewhat realistic and feasible.

If your nation is an ex-colony of a state that doesn't feature in the Western Isles, like the Netherlands, France or the UK, feel free to reach out to me as well; your former overlord could have used its main port in your country as a staging ground for an invasion of my country, and our countries could have historical, as well as possible ethnic and cultural ties to one another.

To those of you who are curious as to why I would pawn off my country's historical sovereignty: I'll be playing a nation on The Western Isles' periphery, and I'm not intending to build a perfect state with an inconquerable army. Actually, I'm looking to introduce several weaknesses that would fit my nation's status as a remote, somewhat far-removed part of the region. By having a shared past with another country, I get to work on cooperative worldbuilding, which is something I'll happily sacrifice my national sovereignty for (:

Secondly, I want to host a large, international festival in my capital, and you're all invited!

Whether that be the centenary celebrations of independence, New Year celebrations of some kind of Ycran calendar, the commemoration of an important historical event in Ycran history, some kind of special religious holiday, or any other reason to get the people together and throw a big party, I have yet to decide. I'm meaning to do this, so that heads of state, diplomats and other influential people from abroad can swing by, have a couple of pints and get familiar with Ycran culture and society. It'll kind of be the equivalent of having the new neighbours invite you over for dinner; you'll get an opportunity to have your country's characters visit other countries, and I'll introduce Ycre to the world stage in an engaging and playful manner.

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If you're interested in either of these, or if you'd just like to show support or give advice, don't hesitate to reach out to me or leave a reply in this forum. Thanks for reading guys (:

[Vyasa]

Hey, I'm vyasa

[Verska]

Hi all,
I am Verska. to sum up my nation: Verska is a nation that focus on its maritime side, democracy exists but not on every level of government, and Furniture restoration is the leading industry of the nation. Although I have to say that the factbook and this nation's story is still a work in-progress.

I don't have much roleplay experience. I have done it in the past, but that was several years ago. Regarding my writing, I have plenty of mistakes, especially on tenses and that sort of stuff. For activity, I cannot guarantee to be online every day and everytime, but I do check once in a while (Like one every two days, sometimes every day, but sometimes only go online around two times in a week). I do sometimes got bored, in which it made me not visit Nationstates for several days; but in case I got interested, I usually got online quite often.

I think that's all, thanks for reading!
Verska

[Lynnerch]

I just joined TWI. I'm a small devloping nation that produces natural products, agriculture goods, and manufactored metals goods looking for forigen relations and trade deals. Telegram me if interested.

[Batur]

Hi, I'm Batur. Posting this for my map application.

[Luzianne]

Anyone interested in forming a trade partnership together?

[Costavozka]

Anyone interested in forming a trade partnership together?

That entirely depends on what you have to offer.

[Federation of Rodinia]

Hey. I'm rodinia. Most information I told people
I delved out through discord.

[Exarkyon]

Hello. I am Exarkyon. I joined the region quite recently. I have a bit of RP experience from when I occupied my own single-nation region for awhile, but that became boring so here I am.

Right now, a LOT about my nation is TBD. I decided to decanonize my previous RPs and shove them in the box labeled "Exarkyon I" and create a new canon from scratch. It uses some of the same themes, but it is overall different. And (in my opinion) more realistic to something that would actually happen.

I still have stuff to decide before I can RP properly, but the overall idea is that Exarkyon was a tyrannical state that indulged in some religious persection, leading to a massive revolt and a collapse of the government. The original tyrannical state (a French Revolution-esque "republic") was also a result of a revolt, and the monarchy it revolted against was also the fruit of a revolt against a foreign empire. As one could guess by that, the place is quite unstable.

Here we have the new revolutionaries struggling to try to end the cycle once and for all. With holdouts from the tyrannical state, monarchists around, foreign actors trying to make the whole thing benefit them, and entirely new things like communists showing up, that is not an easy thing to do.

Of course, this sort of thing tends to attract foreign involvement, so anyone interested in an RP about it once I've got some more numbers decided can either TG me or reply here.

And any good resources to help me out with figuring out numbers (mostly money related numbers) would be appreciated.

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EDIT ADDITION:

I've been writing my history, and I have found two slots to open for other TWI nations to fill:

• <Empire>; this nation was once an empire that held Exarkyon in the 1700s for about 50 years. If the actions of <Empire> in the history section of my compact overview factbook (Main > Exarkyon II > Compact Overview) line up with what you think your nation was doing during that time, then you could take the slot. This Empire must have been Catholic majority at the time of the conquest in order for parts of Exarkyon's story to make sense.
• <Ally>; this nation was an ally of the colonists in Exarkyon during the 1700s. Preferable also a colony that ended up rebelling against its empire, or at least one that was not completely loyal. Ideally similar in size and strength to Exarkyon at the time. If this sounds like you, you may take the slot. The alliance does not need to continue into the present unless you want it to.

[Satavahan]

Hello everyone, this is Satavahan, a new nation that has arrived in the Western Isles. The nation is quite fresh, and has barely any rp related to the previous region it resided in. Hence there will be a few nations we will interact with in a shared history and diplomacy. And i've been looking forward to this kind of in depth political RP. It is also to note i'm very interested in story writing, political structures, histories of countries, linguistics, religion, and oddly enough, sports. So i would also love my nation to be rich in history and culture, inspired by historic India, have a complicated political system, that of a constitutional monarchy, have a vast array of languages, fictional and RL based, have multiple abrahamic and classic religions and also be adept in sports.

As for my location, I would like to be in a place with a bit of variation in terrain, not too much, preferably a chain of island, biggest one being a middle sized island. I would also like the geography to be football and cricket friendly, as these two are the biggest sport in Satavahan, followed by field hockey and basketball. As for the history, Satavahan was colonized for most of the 18th, all of 19th and a bit of 20th centuries for approximately 150 years. And this "colonizer" is open for debate, but most prolly colonized for spices. Apart from that, guess I'll just keep creating on the way. Have a bit of a gardener approach in writing. Anyway. Hope to be treated well!

[Kilomire]

As stated in the RMB, I am going to try and make a Poland-esque nation in international situation, but obviously not a Poland. It's gonna be a weak nation with a strong identity. How we hold that together amidst adversity is going to be the whole center of it. So, hi

[Bragenn]

Good Evening, and Happy New Year. I recently started the nation of Bragenn looking forward to starting over after my old nation. My hopes for this nation are to transform it into an economic powerhouse with major inspiration from Germany and some Scandinavian nations. Also, I really want to form a system of sports leagues in my nation like those in America, and have weekly/monthly schedules and fixtures. Thanks!

[Valnia]

Hi, I'm Valnia, a Croatian-themed republic in Argus (or at least where I plan on being) under a de facto dictatorship. Hope to meet you all!

[Aichoghnu]

Hello!
I'm Aichoghnu. My old nation from a while back used to be in TWI and I quite liked it so that's why I joined. Not angling for a map spot because my nation is meant to be based in the real world, so probably won't be doing TWI RPing. I will do RPing in general though.
Aichoghnu is a tiny archipelago trying to shake off a traumatic Soviet history, where the indigenous people (completely uncontacted until 1970) were forced to assimilate to Russian culture. I'm very interested in linguistics and anthropology, but also a massive procrastinator, so you might not see any factbooks for quite a while. Anyway, Aichoghnu gained independence while the USSR was maybe possibly going through a bit of a hard breakup, and is now trying to reconnect with old ways while getting used to the rest of the world existing.
In terms of territory we're pretty big with very little actual land area, some islands being dozens of miles away from any other land, others being so close you could (literally) jump between them.
In terms of climate, summer temperatures range from 8 degrees Celsius in the north to 18 degrees in the far south, winter temperatures anywhere between -20 and -40.
There are roughly 18+ languages spoken, depending on how you split up the various dialect continuums and creoles and such. This list doesn't include the multitude of immigrant languages spoken either.
Sadly before the Soviets arrived, there used to be dozens more native languages spoken, but many of these are now extinct, some with not even a word list. The same goes for different ethnic groups and cultures, which used to co-exist but very separately, but many of which merged eventually.
Today there is a rich culture and a strong sense of community among the 8,000 or so residents, as well as the groups of visiting research scientists to the northernmost islands, who are always welcomed back at the start of summer like visiting relatives (often being called brother, sister, auntie, uncle, by the islanders)
It's by no means a superpower and never will be, but it's chugging along just fine and has freedom and happiness to rival their Scandinavian neighbours.

Visitors are welcome, if you don't mind being invited into a dozen people's houses for tea.

[Bratvashan]

I believe I was role-playing in this region about 1 or 2 years ago, and I've decided to return with a new nation. The nation I've conceptualized will take on the role of a small yet influential dictatorship in a region populated by democratic nations and societies. I will be exploring themes such as human rights violations, illegal migration, and propaganda in the role-play.

[Renet]

I believe I was role-playing in this region about 1 or 2 years ago, and I've decided to return with a new nation. The nation I've conceptualized will take on the role of a small yet influential dictatorship in a region populated by democratic nations and societies. I will be exploring themes such as human rights violations, illegal migration, and propaganda in the role-play.

Welcome back!

[Nabari]

Just saying hello and introducing Nabari to the region.

[Schwehrlund]

Hi there, I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Ruben, I have been a long time NS user but recently returned from a hectic real life schedule. I noticed the Western Isles news and Twitter feeds and wanted to find a realistic RP/Nation building region. I hope it's okay to join. I thought I would start afresh with a new nation called Schwehrlund, a nation which was formally a German Empire outpost who gained independence after World War One. I look forward to meeting you all, and hope I can find a place here among you all.

Ruben.

[Eldorun]

Hey everyone, it’s Eldorun! I’m here to cook up some awesome history, set up a cool government, and make sure we all have a blast in our region. Let’s make some memories together!

[Jamgen]

Im working on a peace keeping force using my large millitary and also using this to insure safety of maritime trade

[-Platina]

Hello i'm Platina

My main inspiration for Platina Is South America, especially Argentina and Chile, i'll try to make Platina a better place reducing economic inflaction and modernizing the country