Culture Shock the Above Nation(Mk 4)

[Gigaverse]

We aren't "Fifth". We don't even need a Second.

[Haja-Mishu]

Everyone here hates rap music with a passion.

[Ashkera]

Everyone here hates rap music with a passion.

Frequent topics for rap music include feudal warlords, cybernetic dystopias, black ops, renaissance poetry, and forestry. "Gangasta Rap" is some niche foreign genre no one listens to, since rap was introduced to Ashkera by Futur Soldat et La Guerre (Ghost in the Shell).

[Eclius]

We aren't "Fifth". We don't even need a Second.

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[Ashkera]

We aren't "Fifth". We don't even need a Second.

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The Fifth Empire of Ashkera
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[Eclius]

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The Fifth Empire of Ashkera
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[Democratic East-Asia]

Everyone here hates rap music with a passion.

Frequent topics for rap music include feudal warlords, cybernetic dystopias, black ops, renaissance poetry, and forestry. "Gangasta Rap" is some niche foreign genre no one listens to, since rap was introduced to Ashkera by Futur Soldat et La Guerre (Ghost in the Shell).

Underground cities have been built within the last 30 years in preparation for the final war against America. Space research is also speeding up.

[Ashkera]

Frequent topics for rap music include feudal warlords, cybernetic dystopias, black ops, renaissance poetry, and forestry. "Gangasta Rap" is some niche foreign genre no one listens to, since rap was introduced to Ashkera by Futur Soldat et La Guerre (Ghost in the Shell).

Underground cities have been built within the last 30 years in preparation for the final war against America. Space research is also speeding up.

The current arrangement in Northeastern Xawin is similar to how things were around one thousand years ago, near the peak of the Third Empire, with the exception of West Gohyang (North Korea).

Speaking of empires, the financial sector in Ashkera has benefited substantially from the GX development model. The rapid stabilization and cleaning-up of underdeveloped countries admitted to GX allows them to flood those countries with financial capital, then gain a massive return-on-investment as the country undergoes industrialization. Financial planners within the government are worried that the public may become too used to these high returns and not invest properly.

[Nusaresa]

It is considered perfectly normal for one to wear outrageously styled hijabs in Nusaresa. The attire associated with devoutness has become a new medium for designers and artists alike to showcase creativity in cloth.

Although to a foreigner, they might as well be looking at something that came out of the most bizarre of Haute Couture.

[Numoland]

Hijabs, crosses, stars of David, "Burkinis" and other religious symbols may not be worn in public.

[Ashkera]

Hijabs, crosses, stars of David, "Burkinis" and other religious symbols may not be worn in public.

Political dissidents are used for experiments... in voting algorithms and election procedures.

[The Islands of Versilia]

We almost never imprison our people because of their political beliefs. The only time we did on a large scale, was during WWII, when Versilian nationalists were advocating for Versilia to join the war on the side of the Axis.

[Skyhooked]

Before the revolution, our governemnt widely used tortures on prisoners.

[The Uncle Happy]

Uncle Happy has always been revolution-free.

[Ashkera]

Uncle Happy has always been revolution-free.

The single most catastrophic event in the country's history was the result of a failed coup attempt.

[Troperia]

We have natural disasters every day.

[The Uncle Happy]

Uncle Happy has public floggings and stonings for moral crimes. But those punishments are only the "tip of the iceberg".

[Libertarian Paumanok]

We have no punishment for victimless crimes.

Murder or rape a Paumanokian citizen however, and you will receive the death penalty.

[Chzeng]

Murder was not in our penal code until the communists came to power and even then it was poorly enforced; lethal power struggles is embedded in our culture.

[Ashkera]

Murder was not in our penal code until the communists came to power and even then it was poorly enforced; lethal power struggles is embedded in our culture.

There is a popular book series about a hypothetical universe designed by God to maximize Grim Determination.

The ruler determined that ideology itself was extremely dangerous and potentially supernaturally evil, and thus decided to heavily suppress it, particularly the damaging ones.

Quinoa is a popular food ingredient.

[Astostiska]

People in our nation believe very strongly in human supremacy, and the government occasionally wipes out entire species to demonstrate human power.

[Eclius]

Social Darwinism is considered one of the foundations of Eclisian ideology

[Celistiant]

We have The Celistiant Mental Asylum Party.
Just because.

[Skyhooked]

We have morals of Sweden and gun laws of Somalia.

[Paradisiam]

All Inmates in Paradisiams penal system work a 9-5 with guaranteed jobs and opportunities for advancements in various fields including management and general labor of electric companies, produce factories, and sales advocates for major corporations.

Giving a man sentenced to life for murder a management position in a soda factory generally gives him a new outlook on life that second chances are sometimes right around the corner.

Prisoners order their groceries online and have to pay taxes on the properties they rent while on the inside.