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[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

ive been wondering, how do you change your nation's name?

You cant, you need to start a new nation.

[Kylarnatia]

ive been wondering, how do you change your nation's name?

As USSR said, you can't, but to save you the hassle of creating a new nation, you can just put 'IC Name <Name Here>' in your signature :)

[Grand America]

ive been wondering, how do you change your nation's name?

You can't. I know, it's a bit inconvenient. I've faced the same problem as well; in fact, this nation is the second one I've made, to replace the name of my previous nation.

Unfortunately, you can't bring along population, accolades, and all the other cool little details each nation has, but, RP-wise, you can assuredly use them. Earlier, people on this page have told me that it was "frowned upon," though I'm not entirely sure how that would work, as RP populations are accepted, and it's the same thing...

Anyway!

[Spooty]

ive been wondering, how do you change your nation's name?

There's no real hard-and-fast way to change your nations name, what you can do is log-out, click create a nation and make a new nation with the name you want, unfortunately this means you'll be starting again from scratch and the name you want might already be taken.

Alternatively, you can roleplay your nation as having a different name, which plenty of people do, for example my name is Spooty but in roleplays I'm Saartie.

[The Greater Aryan Race]

How exactly does one archive a thread? Or at least send it to the Archives Forum?

[Maltropia]

How exactly does one archive a thread? Or at least send it to the Archives Forum?

Ask in the Moderation forum and they'll do it for you.

[The Greater Aryan Race]

How exactly does one archive a thread? Or at least send it to the Archives Forum?

Ask in the Moderation forum and they'll do it for you.

Ah thanks Maltropia!

[Stalinst Britain]

Libertarian Police State?

What exactly is a Libertarian Police State?

[SquareDisc City]

On Nationstates, one with a strong economy and extensive civil rights, but no political freedom and no tolerance of criticism of the way the country is run.

[Stalinst Britain]

On Nationstates, one with a strong economy and extensive civil rights, but no political freedom and no tolerance of criticism of the way the country is run.

Oh it just seems strange because libertarians wouldn't believe in a police state they believe in criticism of every ideology or am I wrong? OOC: I consider myself a libertarian I would welcome any criticism of the libertarian ideology.

[Tergnitz]

On Nationstates, one with a strong economy and extensive civil rights, but no political freedom and no tolerance of criticism of the way the country is run.

Oh it just seems strange because libertarians wouldn't believe in a police state they believe in criticism of every ideology or am I wrong? OOC: I consider myself a libertarian I would welcome any criticism of the libertarian ideology.

A discussion about the principles or limitations of RL libertarianism is more the realm of NSG my friend. But if you are talking about how a NS nation could be described as that; the categorizes are intentionally exaggerated and are sometimes misleading, its all part of the fun.

[Former Wellboneland]

I need help roleplaying my independence. I have not done it and now that I am better I can carry it out, but I need help.

[Kylarnatia]

I need help roleplaying my independence. I have not done it and now that I am better I can carry it out, but I need help.

Drop me a telegram and give me some of the details ;)

[SquareDisc City]

A realism question: If a television news channel is arranging to interview someone on a topic, would they agree in advance that certain questions aren't to be asked?

[Santheres]

A realism question: If a television news channel is arranging to interview someone on a topic, would they agree in advance that certain questions aren't to be asked?

Yes. This happens all the time.

[Grand America]

I have a question to ask. I want to make this clear: this is not for me. I simply wish to have a point of reference.

In an RP, who cares about realism?!?!?!?!

[SquareDisc City]

I do, at least in terms of my own stuff. When things are clearly going to be unrealistic - FTL travel, magic, that kind of stuff - I just go whatever and roll with it. But if I feel I can reasonably handle something realistically, whether it be someone's personality, how a business is run, or even the behaviour of certain space weaponry, then I do try and handle it realistically.

In terms of other people's stuff, I'm not bothered about open unrealism. If you want to use something that's impossible IRL then IMHO as long as it's not a GM go with it. What can bother me though is if it seems like another person isn't actually aware their stuff is unrealistic. Excessively large planets with Earthlike surface gravity, incorrect treatment of orbital mechanics, using the Newtonian kinetic energy equation for a relativistic projectile, that kind of stuff. I am perhaps a bit too quick to point such errors out.

[Spooty]

I have a question to ask. I want to make this clear: this is not for me. I simply wish to have a point of reference.

In an RP, who cares about realism?!?!?!?!

That's an incredibly long answer that involves Romanticism, Oscar Wilde, the Industrial Revolution and ends with JRR Tolkein taking all your things and moving swiftly onto Genre-Fiction.

Put bluntly: Unfortunately NS without Realism kinda defeats the purpose, seeing as it's supposed to be a play about nations. However, if you can get people to agree to it just about anything is viable, look at some of the nations here that have gained huge popularity, like Kraven or AMF, you think either of those are cemented in realism?
If someone is focusing their RP's on realism rather than depth or storytelling I urge them to re-evaluate just why they're here in the first place, encyclopaedia's exist for all your realist needs, fiction is about the escapism.

[Grand America]

I have a question to ask. I want to make this clear: this is not for me. I simply wish to have a point of reference.

In an RP, who cares about realism?!?!?!?!

That's an incredibly long answer that involves Romanticism, Oscar Wilde, the Industrial Revolution and ends with JRR Tolkein taking all your things and moving swiftly onto Genre-Fiction.

Put bluntly: Unfortunately NS without Realism kinda defeats the purpose, seeing as it's supposed to be a play about nations. However, if you can get people to agree to it just about anything is viable, look at some of the nations here that have gained huge popularity, like Kraven or AMF, you think either of those are cemented in realism?
If someone is focusing their RP's on realism rather than depth or storytelling I urge them to re-evaluate just why they're here in the first place, encyclopaedia's exist for all your realist needs, fiction is about the escapism.

Allow me to elaborate.

The unrealism that I am currently facing is two Rpers that wish to amass armies of 90 million troops.
Modern tech troops.

[The Black Plains]

I have a question to ask. I want to make this clear: this is not for me. I simply wish to have a point of reference.

In an RP, who cares about realism?!?!?!?!

I'm going to answer the question I THINK you were asking... Not everything has to be completely realistic. People can employ suspension of disbelief without breaking anything. 90million armies are kind of silly, not to mention unwieldy and hard to RP with. No nation would send 90million people off to die. Honestly? Tell them to scale it down.

[Spooty]

That's an incredibly long answer that involves Romanticism, Oscar Wilde, the Industrial Revolution and ends with JRR Tolkein taking all your things and moving swiftly onto Genre-Fiction.

Put bluntly: Unfortunately NS without Realism kinda defeats the purpose, seeing as it's supposed to be a play about nations. However, if you can get people to agree to it just about anything is viable, look at some of the nations here that have gained huge popularity, like Kraven or AMF, you think either of those are cemented in realism?
If someone is focusing their RP's on realism rather than depth or storytelling I urge them to re-evaluate just why they're here in the first place, encyclopaedia's exist for all your realist needs, fiction is about the escapism.

Allow me to elaborate.

The unrealism that I am currently facing is two Rpers that wish to amass armies of 90 million troops.
Modern tech troops.

If they have a population of 9bil+ then it's not against the generally accepted regulations, however, it's gonna be a logistical nightmare.

[Grand America]

I have a question to ask. I want to make this clear: this is not for me. I simply wish to have a point of reference.

In an RP, who cares about realism?!?!?!?!

I'm going to answer the question I THINK you were asking... Not everything has to be completely realistic. People can employ suspension of disbelief without breaking anything. 90million armies are kind of silly, not to mention unwieldy and hard to RP with. No nation would send 90million people off to die. Honestly? Tell them to scale it down.

Perhaps. But, RP-wise, it is not possible. The costs of sending 90 million soldiers to a war is astronomical; almost twice the entire Iraq War. And this is in, at tops, a few weeks.
How would their economy remain powerful enough to last the entire war?

This is also assuming mobilizations costs are next to nothing.

[SquareDisc City]

Is everyone in the RP cool with it? If so, fine.

If not, do the OP, and other RPers, seem to be placing much emphasis on realism, or have they been playing fast and loose and numbers spamming from the start? If the latter, fine.

If the 90 million deployment is clearly jarring, then it wants reconsidering I think.

That's the principle I hope to adopt, try not to jar with what others are doing in terms of theme and scale. In a thread with modest numbers and hundred light-year distances, I'm going to think twice before I send a 100,000 strong space fleet over from the other side of the galaxy. Really it seems like just an extension of sticking to the tech level.

[Spooty]

Perhaps. But, RP-wise, it is not possible. The costs of sending 90 million soldiers to a war is astronomical; almost twice the entire Iraq War. And this is in, at tops, a few weeks.
How would their economy remain powerful enough to last the entire war?

Ah, but where the population scales up, so does the economy, so the cost of the Iraq war and over would be trifling by comparison to even a simple logistical operation in NS terms.

[Lubyak]

Remember, 'This is NS' does apply to a few things...such as how most nations in NS cover hundreds of millions of square kilometers, with population's ranging from the high hundreds of millions to the billions, and--perhaps more importantly in comparison to real life--there's no global hyperpower controlling everything. Things that would make people balk in the real world are a dime a dozen on NS, half the time simply thanks to the scale.