Gandoor National Q&A [READ OP]

[Skyhooked]

"Alcohol and booze, do your people love it? Do they hate it? Or maybe, they are neutral about that?"-Stan Dixon

"I still remember, how we were led to battle by Stan Dixon, that was a hell of a fight, I tell ya'! I wonder, if it's necessary, can you personally lead your people to battle, or maybe give them a badass speech, which will inspire to fight to the death? I personally do belive you can."-Man-at-arms.

"Your stance on sapient artificial intelligence? Does this unit have a soul?"-John Walker AI

[Gandoor]

"Alcohol and booze, do your people love it? Do they hate it? Or maybe, they are neutral about that?"-Stan Dixon

"I still remember, how we were led to battle by Stan Dixon, that was a hell of a fight, I tell ya'! I wonder, if it's necessary, can you personally lead your people to battle, or maybe give them a badass speech, which will inspire to fight to the death? I personally do belive you can."-Man-at-arms.

"Your stance on sapient artificial intelligence? Does this unit have a soul?"-John Walker AI

1. I suppose the people of Gandoor are neutral when it comes to alcohol. Certainly you can go to a store and buy some beer or order some wine when you're out eating and no one will bat an eye, but we don't really have a major drinking culture and drinking is often regarded as something done during special occasions.

2. I'm a pacifist, so I'll have to answer 'no' to that. Even aside from my own personal views of violence, we are a peaceful nation that maintains neutrality in most international affairs, I can't even think of any situation where we'd be involved in a battle or war.

3. If something acts like it is alive and aware of its surroundings and one can engage in conversation with it, I would consider it sapient. Of course, I could be wrong and it could be clever programming, but c'est la vie.

[Gandoor]

Does anyone have any further questions for our Prime Minister?

[Las Palmeras]

Do you have any committee or government protocol similar to that of the UNOOSA (UN Office of Outer Space Affairs)? -Eccentric individual

Do or have your air defense forces taken any serious consideration to UFO sightings? -that same individual

[Luminumbra]

How can your nation claim to be a democracy when one of your major parties is a communist party, which history will show are opposed to democracy?

'History' will show you that there are numerous communist parties that both did and do participate within the confines of the democratic system, of course I wouldn't expect a country such as yours to be able to understand anything that shatters your Cold War-era propaganda and viewpoints.

I mean even aside from that utterly simplistic nonsense about 'communist parties don't support democracy', the Gandoor Communist Party is not a communist party outside of the name, they are a democratic socialist party. But I expect you to think that 'democratic socialism' is the exact same thing as 'communism'.

Damn right son, That's how you show 'em.

What fetishes does your prime minister have?

[Gandoor]

Do you have any committee or government protocol similar to that of the UNOOSA (UN Office of Outer Space Affairs)? -Eccentric individual

Do or have your air defense forces taken any serious consideration to UFO sightings? -that same individual

1. There is the Gandoorese Space Administration, which was established in 1986. Not fully identical but it does share many of the same goals and missions as the UNOOSA, including peaceful usage of outer space amongst the various nations of the world.

2. As far as I am aware, the National Air Force does not and has not taken any serious consideration into any sightings of alleged UFOs.

'History' will show you that there are numerous communist parties that both did and do participate within the confines of the democratic system, of course I wouldn't expect a country such as yours to be able to understand anything that shatters your Cold War-era propaganda and viewpoints.

I mean even aside from that utterly simplistic nonsense about 'communist parties don't support democracy', the Gandoor Communist Party is not a communist party outside of the name, they are a democratic socialist party. But I expect you to think that 'democratic socialism' is the exact same thing as 'communism'.

Damn right son, That's how you show 'em.

What fetishes does your prime minister have?

I am refusing to answer such a question, due to fairly obvious reasons.

[Luminumbra]

Okay well, what's your prime minister's favorite cheese?

[New Wolvers]

[REDACTED]

[Gandoor]

Okay well, what's your prime minister's favorite cheese?

Casu marzu, love maggots in my cheese!

Nah, just kidding. Suppose I'm more a fan of a nice sharp cheddar than anything else, really? Don't really think about my favourite but if that's an option, I'll get it over any alternatives.

What does the prime minister think of New Wolvers?

Please read the OP, specifically the OOC note at the beginning.

[Adab]

Does the Prime Minister have a family?

[Gandoor]

Does the Prime Minister have a family?

Indeed I do, I have my lovely wife, Yukiko, who I met while attending the University of Osaka in 1984. We started dating in 1985 and the two of us got married in 1994. She currently works as a teacher at a secondary school here in Gandoor City.

There's also our children; there's our son, Nikon, and our daughter, Yukari. Nikon was born in 1998, only a few months before I became Mayor of New Yordin City, my hometown, and is currently attending college at the New Yordin City University. My daughter, Yukari, on the on other hand, was born in 2001 and still lives at home with us. She's recently turned 22 (our son is turning 25 next week, for the record) and currently works at a grocery store. Some may say 'That's not a job for the daughter of a Prime Minister' but who am I to complain if she's out there getting work experience and some money of her own to spend?

[Bashtosa]

Is your nation open for any alliances? I have a military force called BEAR that cleans up any countries that need some...order

[Gandoor]

Is your nation open for any alliances? I have a military force called BEAR that cleans up any countries that need some...order

Read the OP

[Bashtosa]

Is your nation open for any alliances? I have a military force called BEAR that cleans up any countries that need some...order

Read the OP

Right...sorry
But I have a question: do you believe in aliens?

[Australian rePublic]

How did your country come to be fascinated with Japan?

[Garden at 6th Mile Road]

I wouldn't really know how many, obviously we have quite a large number that operate in factories and a fairly large number of household robots of various types, granted many household robots are glorified vacuum cleaners. We do have some more 'humanoid' robots as well, but those are generally used for demonstration and development and not much else yet.

Sorry that I can't actually give a proper answer to this question!

Ooh, that's okay! Well, the point is that you have quite a few robots in your nation, and I am all right with that. I myself met this huge but kind and cute robot before. It was simply because I couldn't really maintain the robots in my nation, given the temperatures. Some will love it because it makes them superconduct, but... I am not just into technology.

Anyway, enough about me. Well, last question... would you like a visit to my dimension sometime? I know I am wary against strangers, but you seem and sound like a kind soul to me. It's a constant 10 deg. Celsius, everything is made of light, and there's no food (so you might need to bring your own).
- Stralend en Wonderbaarlijk Licht Koningin Holly Aurora Symantha Vreugde Lavender Astrid Lilac Marlie Nova Radiant Starlight

OOC: On a side note, your flag now reminds me of Ronald McDonald. It's that pose that he makes.

[Gandoor]

Read the OP

Right...sorry
But I have a question: do you believe in aliens?

I suppose I do, considering how vast the universe is, I consider it more likely than not that some other life exists on another world. However, I do not believe that there has been any form of communications with extraterrestrial life or that beings from another world have landed on ours and abducted anyway, that's something for the realm of science-fiction stories, which I will admit to enjoying, but not fact.

How did your country come to be fascinated with Japan?

I wouldn't say we're 'fascinated' with Japan at all, 81 million of our citizens are of Japanese ancestry (accounting for over 34% of the total population) and we've historically had very good relations with the country, I wouldn't say it's unusual for some aspects of our culture to become influenced by theirs, especially considering that Japanese immigration to Gandoor began in the late 1850s, so over 160 years ago.

I wouldn't really know how many, obviously we have quite a large number that operate in factories and a fairly large number of household robots of various types, granted many household robots are glorified vacuum cleaners. We do have some more 'humanoid' robots as well, but those are generally used for demonstration and development and not much else yet.

Sorry that I can't actually give a proper answer to this question!

Ooh, that's okay! Well, the point is that you have quite a few robots in your nation, and I am all right with that. I myself met this huge but kind and cute robot before. It was simply because I couldn't really maintain the robots in my nation, given the temperatures. Some will love it because it makes them superconduct, but... I am not just into technology.

Anyway, enough about me. Well, last question... would you like a visit to my dimension sometime? I know I am wary against strangers, but you seem and sound like a kind soul to me. It's a constant 10 deg. Celsius, everything is made of light, and there's no food (so you might need to bring your own).
- Stralend en Wonderbaarlijk Licht Koningin Holly Aurora Symantha Vreugde Lavender Astrid Lilac Marlie Nova Radiant Starlight

OOC: On a side note, your flag now reminds me of Ronald McDonald. It's that pose that he makes.

[OOC - I do appreciate these posts but yeah I don't do 'visit to other nation' RP stuffs or answer questions like this because they don't fit my nation's canon as existing on RL Earth, sorry! Also, I can't tell if you're saying that the character in my flag is a male or not, but just in case, she's a girl, for the record]

[Garden at 6th Mile Road]

OOC - Ah, it's cool! No worries about it. Oh yeah, I know that it's a girl, but the pose is similar to how Ronald would do his arch thing with his hands.

[Gandoor]

Does anyone have any further questions for our Prime Minister?

[Bashtosa]

Does anyone have any further questions for our Prime Minister?

Have you ever been in a Great Depression before in your economy?

[Gandoor]

Does anyone have any further questions for our Prime Minister?

Have you ever been in a Great Depression before in your economy?

Aside from the actual Great Depression, which only had a minor effect on our economy (and we were, along with Sweden, one of the first countries to recover from it), there is the Post-War Economic Crisis, which began in November 1957.

The crisis began as a result of both the then-recent Gandoor Civil War (which lasted from 1953 until 1957) and the economic policies of Prime Minister Petrikov from 1940 until his death in 1951. Unemployment reached a peak of 22% in 1961, our GDP fell by 23% by 1960, and 55% of the population was classified as 'poor' by the government in 1962.

The Post-War Economic Crisis ultimately lasted until 1972, but our economy wouldn't reach pre-civil war levels until 1985.

[Bashtosa]

Have you ever been in a Great Depression before in your economy?

Aside from the actual Great Depression, which only had a minor effect on our economy (and we were, along with Sweden, one of the first countries to recover from it), there is the Post-War Economic Crisis, which began in November 1957.

The crisis began as a result of both the then-recent Gandoor Civil War (which lasted from 1953 until 1957) and the economic policies of Prime Minister Petrikov from 1940 until his death in 1951. Unemployment reached a peak of 22% in 1961, our GDP fell by 23% by 1960, and 55% of the population was classified as 'poor' by the government in 1962.

The Post-War Economic Crisis ultimately lasted until 1972, but our economy wouldn't reach pre-civil war levels until 1985.

It must’ve been painful
Bashtosa has also witnessed two events over the past weeks.
I’ve currently blockaded one of my major cities because the Cordyceps virus.
And we got attacked by terrorists.


We need some support for the infection and stopping it
But thank you for responding

[Gandoor]

Does anyone have any further questions for our Prime Minister?

[Natishna]

Two questions for you, Mr Prime Minister:

1. How long would you like to stay in office?

2. What are your religious beliefs?

[Gandoor]

Two questions for you, Mr Prime Minister:

1. How long would you like to stay in office?

2. What are your religious beliefs?

1. It doesn't matter how long I'd like to remain Prime Minister, I can only serve two terms. Being as it's currently the last year of my first term and next year is a National Election, I'd like for my party to retain its majority in the Forum so I can become the first Prime Minister from the New Democratic Party to serve two full terms.

2. I'm atheist, didn't grow up in a religious family and that reflects who I am now.