Your opinion on a interesting fact about the AN (II)

[Grand Celestial Domain]

Maybe that would make criminals productive but violence cannot be done away with as it responds to natural imbalance of creation and destruction, the Cosmos demand blood to make life.

AN/Karamiko: ¿Pues...casi cómo en español?

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According to the European Space Union our ancestors lived in a hedonistic and atheistic society in the style of Brave New World, but after the gravy train stopped desperation and a religious militarism as a means of survival and as an ethos took hold. Of course previous emperors may have erased this in our history and thus only our apparatchiks in the EU know.
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If true it also leads to the implication that the GCD's religious obsession with life cycles (life-death, peace-war, rearing children as a mother vs. taking lives as a soldier, material world-afterlife, etc.) and abnegation are all a fanatical rejection of what was supposedly the past's moral system. The current Empress considers the claim to be fake propaganda either way.

[Karamiko]

Maybe that would make criminals productive but violence cannot be done away with as it responds to natural imbalance of creation and destruction, the Cosmos demand blood to make life.

AN/Karamiko: ¿Pues...casi cómo en español?

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According to the European Space Union our ancestors lived in a hedonistic and atheistic society in the style of Brave New World, but after the gravy train stopped desperation and a religious militarism as a means of survival and as an ethos took hold. Of course previous emperors may have erased this in our history and thus only our apparatchiks in the EU know.
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If true it also leads to the implication that the GCD's religious obsession with life cycles (life-death, peace-war, rearing children as a mother vs. taking lives as a soldier, material world-afterlife, etc.) and abnegation are all a fanatical rejection of what was supposedly the past's moral system. The current Empress considers the claim to be fake propaganda either way.

Sí, los nombres españoles eran una inspiración para la idea.

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[Knessniet]

Well, that's some theory. No one may ever know what actually happened.

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Knessian News Network is the only authorized news agency in the nation. It is your traditional state propaganda bureau. However, it covers many more subjects than the usual agency, and it actually puts forth an effort to make it interesting.

[Mann Co Heavy 1]

"Is bad. Me and Sasha will make own TV show in Knessniet, and tiny military cowards won't stop me."
-Heavy Weapons Guy

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Our nation beats the U.S and Australia as the most obese nation in the world.

[The New Panem State]

"Is bad. Me and Sasha will make own TV show in Knessniet, and tiny military cowards won't stop me."
-Heavy Weapons Guy

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Our nation beats the U.S and Australia as the most obese nation in the world.

That's pretty impressive, I gotta say.

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In his youth, Gallow was brought up by his father to be fiercely loyal to the Capitol. It wasn't uncommon for him to beat up classmates who complained about the Games, the lack of food, or any other number of things.

[A m e n r i a]

That's worrying.

Dwipantara (check sig) has a species of large, flying reptilians known as skytigers. These animals are thought to be descendants of dragons who lost their sentience and gained wings.

[Ungvarnfjall]

Remind me to NEVER GO THERE.
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Great Sjonir Hold has a higher population than the Capital and an army that is 1/4th the size of the High Jarldom's very own army.

[Empire of Antarctica]

Interesting

In an attempt to combat climate change in Antarctica the government passed the Free Emissions Act in 1980. The act requires all engines, motor, processes, or other energy sources entering Antarctica to emit no pollution or be fitted with a pollution filter. As of June 2007 Antarctica has achieved a zero carbon footprint.

[The Zravvisk]

Impressive.

The Armada recognizes our warriors' right to loot. However, there are quite a few rules surrounding how to loot. First, looting can only happen after the Chief announces it after a battle or war. Then you have three days to make time for a looting trip, of which you only get one. After the third day, tough luck. Third, you can't use excessive force against civilians, while their propriety may be forfeit, their lives are not. Fifth, sapient creatures will never be valid loot. And lastly, you can only loot what you can carry. If you want to loot something heavier or bigger than you can carry by yourself, you have to convince someone else to use their looting trip to help you. There's also the unofficial don't mess with graves or memorials, its just bad taste.

[Hiachijan]

Pretty noble for void-born creatures of such power.

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We still use boomboxes. Despite our technological prowess, anything that produces music hardly ever goes out of style for us.

[New Periapsis]

That's fair.

We started off as a sociology project.

[Ungvarnfjall]

That's actually terrifying.

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It is believed that the Vinir people are descendants of Precursors that may still survive far south of Jormundngarvr, but such has yet to be proven.

[Soleos]

We all come from somewhere.

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Extreme religiosity in the Americas (especially the USA, Brazil, and Mexico) and Eastern Europe are pretty much the majority of the reason why the Technocracy massacred billions of Christians to remove "Defectives" from an "Efficient Society" but the Technocracy stated it was just coincidental that a large portion of Defectives just so happen to be from Christian and Muslim majority countries (who also sided against the Technocracy in World War III, which is also another reason why they were massacred by the Hindu-Agnostic-Atheist-Chinese Folk dominated Technocracy). The only reason why Lutherans are spared is because Scandinavia sided with the Technocracy, and they themselves were massacred by the United Nations when German, French, British, and Russian forces swamped Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo, and Copenhagen.

[The Islands of Versilia]

I can’t say I am at all pleased by that. That is too much of a sacrifice to create a technocracy. I’d prefer it begin by a vote.

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Vampire offspring often play-fight with one another. This is part of their maturing and helps them home their reflexes and strength. It isn’t at all rejected, and there are a great many clubs where fledgelings can go and play-fight in safe environments.

[Karamiko]

As long as nobody's seriously hurt, that sounds like quite a healthy thing to do.

Our nation is decentralized and unitary at the same time. This is because, although each of our 28 prefectures provides public functions in place of the national government, the ultimate authority to do so rests with the Grand Council. If necessary, it can take that privilege away from the prefectures and back to itself.

[Zitravgrad]

First rule: You do not talk about the fight club. (XD)

AN: Ah! Interesting way to work it.

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The trend of owning a dacha (a second home outside the city) greatly declined since 1995 due to the limited space and the climate that had worsen since. Moreover, the socioeconomic needs drove people into larger cities.

Recognizing that dacha is a major part of Zitravgradian lifestyle, the state took over this matter and now there are dachas for rent and for purchase offered by the state in safe areas. But the demand for it has been rather stagnant as the newer generations would rather stay in the city all-year round.

Extra: He is known to still having friends and ambassadors visiting his house (though much less common than meeting at the Kremlin) but being invited to the Chairman's summer dacha would mean that you are in for something very important and most likely a secret.

[The Atlantean Islands]

I wonder what will happen to that facet of Zitravgradian culture...

San Giuseppe, an island district of the Soleanna Metropolitan Area, is known to celebrate Christmas as early as September and end no sooner than the first week of January of the next year. It is said that it began with some Filipino expats living there celebrating Christmas on September 1988 or 1989. The locals eventually thought it was a good idea, perhaps to "help give an identity to 'San Giuseppian culture'," and have adopted it into their culture.

This practice of celebrating Christmas starting on September is seeming to creep onto the nearby areas of Soleanna.

[Wawakanatote]

Well, I suppose there's no harm in being different. Whatever makes them happy, makes me happy. Just don't get offended by the cups or people shouting,"Happy Holidays".

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Socialist/Left Neoconservatism: A political trend of left-wing activists characterized for their support of the promotion of democracy, socialism, and SUSR international interests through foreign interventions by the means of aggressive military force. Members of this group generally have a disdain for capitalism and right wing radicalism, along with this they oppose the market system. Proponents of this thought get their name for their similarities to American Conservatives of the former Republican Party of the early 2000s. The most widely known example of a socialist neocon is the Vice Chairman, Lev Bronshtein.

Pragmatic Socialists: A political trend of socialist activists who believe in a more realistic approach to socialism. Proponents of this thought generally believe that the government needs to adopt capitalist reforms in order to aid in society's overall progression within the primary stage of socialist construction. People here generally don't support aggressive military campaigns against foreign nations, instead they propose a system of "win-win cooperation" to promote international solidarity between small and big nations alike. Some examples of Pragmatic Socialists are Song Liyuan and Bela Mehic.

[Folknoren]

Nordbo Socialism: Everything belongs to the state which will redistribute it as it wishes so. Democracy is anti-socialist and revisionist, and dissent is punished violently. Believe it or not, Chairman Orsavo actually mellowed a lot of the laws down.

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Since fairly recently, names as identification have been abolished and declared illegal to use in public. Instead, numerical identification codes have been assigned for everyone, according to their district, city, and neighborhood and their occupation.
For example, Chairman Orsavo's official designation is 0100100100.

[A m e n r i a]

That really weird and stupid. No offence.

At early stages of development, Cheonsa was planned to be a mysterious, questionable, but ultimately benevolent mentor figure. His player thought this idea might be a bit boring, so he was given some silly and cute traits that one wouldn't expect from a leader of an authoritarian state.

[Zitravgrad]

You could have put this in the other thread: the OOC fact thread. But nevermind...

...it's not that cute for me. I'm more into mature men.

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There is no denying that people of Zitravgrad or studying Zitravgradian history and culture will confuse Mother Zitravia with Snegurochka because let's face it some artists drew a picture of Snegurochka and threw some nationalist elements into the picture then... Boom!

Most art historians would say that there are a few attributes that make it easier to tell which picture is Mother Zitravia or Snegurochka, out of pictures of women in blue dresses sitting in the snow. First thing first, if there is Ded Moroz in the picture, it's Snegurochka. Secondly, if she appears with a wolf, it's more likely Mother Zitravia. Thirdly, Mother Zitravia would sometimes be depicted with socialist symbols or with motivating mottos that have nothing to do with seasons or holidays, while Snegurochka is associated with Christmas. Fourthly, if there is no other hint at all, you may assume from the theory that Snegurochka is a young woman while Mother Zitravia is usually depicted to be more mature and serious.

[Omega State]

You could have put this in the other thread: the OOC fact thread. But nevermind...

...it's not that cute for me. I'm more into mature men.

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There is no denying that people of Zitravgrad or studying Zitravgradian history and culture will confuse Mother Zitravia with Snegurochka because let's face it some artists drew a picture of Snegurochka and threw some nationalist elements into the picture then... Boom!

Most art historians would say that there are a few attributes that make it easier to tell which picture is Mother Zitravia or Snegurochka, out of pictures of women in blue dresses sitting in the snow. First thing first, if there is Ded Moroz in the picture, it's Snegurochka. Secondly, if she appears with a wolf, it's more likely Mother Zitravia. Thirdly, Mother Zitravia would sometimes be depicted with socialist symbols or with motivating mottos that have nothing to do with seasons or holidays, while Snegurochka is associated with Christmas. Fourthly, if there is no other hint at all, you may assume from the theory that Snegurochka is a young woman while Mother Zitravia is usually depicted to be more mature and serious.

Introduce facial recognition in your nation: problem solved.

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Our nation lives in a "dead" star system. Our "sun" Apollo exploded, becoming a white dwarf. This fact helped Omegum (the planet where we live) became habitable.

[The Atlantean Islands]

That sounds cool.

The largest lottery win in Atlantean history is 1,825,000,000 den (or approximately US$985,500,000). This was won by Teodor Yola, a 9-to-5 office worker in Antillia. This happened on July 2013.

Yola now lives a lifestyle similar to an average middle-class citizen, opting not to work.

[Wawakanatote]

Good for her I suppose, at least she's (sounds like a woman's name) spending it reasonably and not liberally throwing money around.\ buying expensive stuff and everything.

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The 2003 invasion of Iraq was supported by the then President of the Socialist Republic of Wawakanatote (not entire SUSR), Abram Leskov. The conflict ended in the removal of Saddam Hussein and destruction of the baathist regime, and in place the country of Iraq was split between NATO US (west) and SUSR Wawakanatote (east).

[A m e n r i a]

The worst thing you can do to a Middle-Eastern country is to put it under the control of degenerate westerners. What the hell, hero?

A fun little fact about our universe:

To protect Christians around the world, the Caliph of Earth gives The Vatican permission to have a military consisting of Christians of various nationalities. This makes The Vatican's military the most racially diverse one on the planet and the second one to have the most foreign bases after the Neo-Ottoman Empire.