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

[Sicanar]

Why was the Philippines Dutch though?

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Nepotism was rampant before the new leader took control of the Overworld and the State as a whole

"Nepotism is a great ill, unjust and anti-meritocratic. I take it that this new leader tacked this problem? I applaud him for this."

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Between 1951 and 1975, Sicanar, then a banana republic, went through four revolutions, two coups, five uprisings and countless riots. Eventually, the country collapsed altogether, leading to the Sicanarian Civil War, a brutal decades-long conflict involving dozens of factions. The civil war only came to an end with the emergence of Augusta and her Order of the Vision in 2009, resulting in her victory and subsequent founding of the modern Dominion of Sicanar two years later.

[The Brytish Isles]

I don't think that's a good idea. It creates a bifurcation and a clearly-drawn cultural line that -in real life- would only result in trouble.

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Yeah, I didn’t think that through. Dang.

Why was the Philippines Dutch though?

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Nepotism was rampant before the new leader took control of the Overworld and the State as a whole

"Nepotism is a great ill, unjust and anti-meritocratic. I take it that this new leader tacked this problem? I applaud him for this."

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Between 1951 and 1975, Sicanar, then a banana republic, went through four revolutions, two coups, five uprisings and countless riots. Eventually, the country collapsed altogether, leading to the Sicanarian Civil War, a brutal decades-long conflict involving dozens of factions. The civil war only came to an end with the emergence of Augusta and her Order of the Vision in 2009, resulting in her victory and subsequent founding of the modern Dominion of Sicanar two years later.

Damn. The Sicanarians really have been through hell, huh? That’s quite unfortunate, but at least they once again have order and security. I’m personally not particularly supportive of the regime, though, and would rather it reform to be less totalitarian. But if the people are happy and honestly support it, then I suppose good for them. Just... don’t be overly aggressive and expansionist.

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The UK government is currently trying to create an efficient database of citizens, with ratings and biometric information. This system is very easily comparable to the "Social Credit System" being developed by the government of the People’s Republic of China.

[Granluras]

]The UK government is currently trying to create an efficient database of citizens, with ratings and biometric information. This system is very easily comparable to the "Social Credit System" being developed by the government of the People’s Republic of China.

Pretty sure the real UK government is doing that anyway, so it’s not too surprising, but the technology is interesting.

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Granluras is one of the most Catholic and religious countries in the Western world/world. <82% of the population is Roman Catholic, 86% considers religion to be very important to it, and up to 43% of Granlurasians state they align with Catholic social teachings more than their own views or what the media says.

[Walkerfort]

religion.... honestly neutral on it
Also.... that is a lot of Catholics
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walkerfort is considering the reintroduction of mustard gas and banned weapons to make the military stronger, However there's been a lot more resistance to this move and the government is forced to replace half of their Scientists which is delaying the banned weapons reintroduction

[Valentine Z]

Good to have a devotion, though of course, it's also good to not get overzealous while we are at it.

AN: Well, your populace is much more sensible than the government, that much is true. Would be crazy to have your people supporting it too.

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General Valentijn never intentionally kills someone unless there is sufficient threat to himself, and trust us, that's A LOT of threat to take someone like him down.

Other times, various peoples and enemies have crossed him, wanting to challenge him, kill him, anything. Given his size, he would usually reign victorious but if the battle is not in his favor, he would simply accept defeat and let them kill him if they want to.

If the opposite happens, Valentijn would stop hurting his opponent further and will simply sit beside them or carry them in his palm, with his healing radiation nursing them back to health.

[Tetradimensional Overworld]

Well, generals should be more like Valentijn -- give them a second chance.

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Over 90% of the adult population of the Tetradimensional State are reserve personnel for the military.

[North German Realm]

There is no way I can see that going wrong. Nosiree bob.

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When the Great War Ended, Japan and the Dutch Empire fell into a crisis. Originally, Japan had joined the war, obeying the treaties it had signed in the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, and had helped the Alliance win multiple strategic battles, especially in Kaiser-Wilhelmsland and French Indochine. During this war, they quickly occupied Dutch Philippines and was on its way to take over Dutch East Indies as well. By 1910, the Dutch had liberated Mindanao and were on their way to take back Visayas as well, but at that time, a Chinese attack on Fujian, a Japanese Colony, and then the refusal of the Alliance to condemn this action done by one member of the Alliance to the other, forced the Japanese to break their Anglo-Japanese Alliance, sign a treaty with North Germany, and join in against them. When the Great War Ended, Japan simply refused to leave The Visayas (which it had occupied prior to turning coat and just hadn't left afterwards), claiming that by the principle of effective occupation and the fact there were no Dutch flags in the formerly-Spanish colonies, there was simply no proof that Visayas were not Japanese anyway. The Fact the Great Powers were in no mood to go to war with Japan when their soldiers had been battered and navies nearly broken (while Japan had only invested 250,000 soldiers throughout the war and its navy was both intact and quickly surpassing both Britain and North Germany) forced them to accept this from Japan, resulting in both a Dutch-Japanese feud and a cooling of relations between The Dutch and the members of the Pact.

[The Great-German Empire]

Heh, the Japanese at that time were similar to 1860s Prussia - ruthlessly and relentlessly carving out their place in the world. I can dig that.

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The German Conservative Party's 2018 makeover marked both the most comprehensive ideological rehash of the party since the 1930s and a marked return to the rural-suburban middle class roots of the party. Before the 2018 switch, the conservatives used to be similar to the (OOC British Conservative Party) with a program of comprehensive bureaucratic management of the country, with business overseen by rigid standards authorities, many national services such as the education system and television, social regulation through speech legislation and total monitoring of public spaces, etc. The current program is more akin to the (OOC German AfD), focusing more on family values, national interest and military strength. Another important point of the Conservative manifesto is 'popular will', which states that because of the need of more advanced representation of people's views, local and federal referenda as well as more devolution are key to the development of modern German democracy. In general, the Conservatives' new agenda is a centrist nationalist democracy with a mixed-to-free market outlook and a strong army. A Conservative-led government would still spend considerably more than the current Liberal one because of their insistence on higher family grants and more interventionist economic ideals.

[Alpes a Septentrionali Imperium]

what caused the conservative party to give itself a massive makeover

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Alpes a Septentrionalis was founded by a break-away part of the Kingdom of the Burgundians in the area of Geneva. They eventually conquered the Burgundians and established there reign in the Alps. One of these kings by the name of Froid Gundowech declared that his kingdom was the successor of the Roman empire and started his conquests. But seeing that his neighbors to the south and east where too powerful he started his conquests to the north and west with the Alemanni and Visigoths in Aquitania. Froid is still the name of the imperial house to this day.

[Wawakanatote]

Oh great! Another state that sees itself as the successor to the Roman Empire!

Hopefully the modern version of the House isn't like the original, in that they still uphold imperialism to this day. Because if they do - and if they were apart of this world - that would be a pretty big problem.

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Under the rule of Oyana I of the Wawakanise Empire between 1389 and 1453, the Empire had many complications and battles between different groups - specifically among the Romans, English, and Native Americans.

Against the Romans, the Wawakanise Empire finally succeeded against them and puppeted the eastern half of the Roman Empire after its collapse.

Against the English, the Wawakanise Empire failed multiple times to secure a stronghold within the region and ultimately gave up their imperial aspirations - though they would still look to form close relations with the island in other ways.

Against the Natives, the Wawakanise Empire practiced both cultural assimilation and ethnic cleansing among the populations - specifically in Alaska. Afterwords, the Wawakanise established a personality cult around Oyana as a "Savior of Savages".

[Vespertia]

The English have always been a stubborn bunch, hence, why they couldn't be conquered since 1066. They even conquered a quarter of the world.

Vespertia was initially neutral during the Cold War, but all that changed during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, due to its important Floridian exclave being threatened. It then sided with NATO, but decided against joining. It remains a non-NATO ally today.

[A Crimson]

Oh wow. A cold war neutral, then a missile crisis, and then sided with NATO and didn't join? interesting.



Our nation outlaws meat.

[Vespertia]

Our people won't like that.

Vespertian tourism to the Empire of Silvein is at 0. This is because the Empire outlaws the consumption of meat.

[Inkopolitia]

Yes, I know why tourism is at 0%. Vampires are carnivores.

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Queen Surume's twin sister, Yako, fleed Inkling civilization shortly after she and her peers laid out the basics of Devoratrix Atramento (The ink-eating bacteria that is the cause why Ink goes away after Turf War battles). Two months passed, and she was declared dead.

Surume, being the leader of Inklings Without Frontiers, sesrched for Yako independently, rejecting funding from IWF, arguing that the funding should be used to benefit the masses. Unfortunately, Surume didn't find Yako.

However, after 4 years of her being declared missing, Inkling Internet surveillance organizations have shown that she is the lead of a newly-founded terrorist and national syndicalist organization.

[Diarcesia]

Yako is good at faking her death. I wonder what Surume will do next.

The Metacinesis Draco, the third top-selling car in Diarcesia in 2017, looks like this.

[Alpes a Septentrionali Imperium]

That car is nice looking but too boxy.

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There is a genetic condition in Alpes a Septentrionalis that causes people hair to go gray or white at young ages. Most with this condition go gray by the time there 35 but there is a record of a boy who went gray at 5 years old. It is estimated that 1.2-2 million have this condition with the current emperor having it.

[Rp Genosha]

That car is nice looking but too boxy.

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There is a genetic condition in Alpes a Septentrionalis that causes people hair to go gray or white at young ages. Most with this condition go gray by the time there 35 but there is a record of a boy who went gray color at 5 years old. It is estimated that 1.2-2 million have this condition with the current emperor having it.

Peculiar but cool.
OOC: I know of Tibetans in my city (Toronto) that have golden or silver hair specks

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Genoshan Natives (Somali) are experts at mass conspiracy
The Portuguese to the Ottomans to the French to the Dutch to the British to even David Moreau and Magneto all have noted the ability for the clans to keep secrets from everyone else. Literally hundreds of thousands of people could be involved and no outsider, colonist or not, could know.

An example of this would be the colonisation effort the British embarked on in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The British Colonial Government attempted to usurped the language by forcing children to go to English Speaking Schools and only speak English in Government functions. The Clans, who met in the catacombs then sent notes to everyone who could not attend, anticipated this and set forth a plan for dominance.

The entire Single population started to work in the sex trade, pressuring the government to legalise it. Children born were taken using Clan law, and while taught English in official schools, were exposed to only Somali at home and in the street, creating fully bilingual children. Culturally, Genoshan Somalis are extremely liberal, not caring about religion and sexuality. An increasing segment of the population became Athiest and many were in open same sex relationships. By 1910, every single Genoshan born resident spoke Somali fluently, practiced genoshan customs and exerted pressure on the Colonial Government, who tried to crack down on this. Other examples include the Genoshan mutant Underground Railroad, mainly financed and operated by native genoshans, and the Genoshan Civil War, which saw ever increasing amounts of genoshan natives declaring neutrality, followed by Native mutant elements. By 1995, the civil war ground to a halt, as literally no one fought and acted as everyday citizens.

[Las Palmeras]

We know how dishonorable the sex industry can be in terms of pride and international reputation. How unfortunate. Your authorities should legally crack down on 3rd party beneficiaries to sex work to at least break oppressive and abusive work standards or organized crime's earnings.

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The Microprocessor Miracle was a period where manufacturing cutting-edge electronics became a norm for Las Palmeras after 1969. It has it's origins in the old ruling class' fondness for computing, but some conspiracy nuts claim it was due to us uncovering advanced ancient neko technology in archaeological digs. Spearheaded by Shinahari Industries, later Shinahari-Hispania (after it absorbed a Spanish shipyard in 1986), it has since become a representative of our nation.

The Miracle paved way for Cold War dynamics between the USSR and ourselves to switch the tables- instead of us being dependent, we became co-dependent. By the 1980s, the USSR was more or less dependent on spying on the West and on trade deals with Shinahari Industries to keep up in the IT and Automotive sector. SI's importance became so big on it's industrial sector, that SI "office salary slaves" and "keyboard jockeys" were sent to the USSR in the thousands to oversee software upgrades and provide tutelage to Soviet workers. The USSR basically shipped tons of cheap oil and cereals to the Palmeran Isles in return, along with mineral raw supplies for our electronics.

Despite our informal alliance, an economic rivalry (which the USSR lost in terms of cutting-edge technologies) occured. It surprisingly mirrored the USA's own contemporary trade dispute with its major ally, Japan. Geographically the analogy fit in. If Japan was a foreward position for the USA against the USSR, the Palmeran Isles were ready for that purpose for the USSR against the USA.

[Inkopolitia]

So, Las Palmeras actually played a big role in the Cold War, and Shinahari Industries was used as a base for Soviet spionage?

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Yako Ceph is the middle sibling of the Ceph-Mahi family, being born 30 seconds later than Surume, the current queen of Inkopolitia.

She always felt rage, anger and jealousy towards her big sister, Surume, as she was more sociable and had more friends, while Yako didn't have any meaningful social interactions in her life. As she went to the Central University of Inkopolis, she decided to take an extended course in biology. After finishing the course, she and her team laid out the basics of Devoratrix Atramento, the ink-eating bacteria that is the cause why ink "vanishes" after Turf War matches. All of this happened while Surume moved up within the ranks of the Inkling Defense Forces and Inklings Without Frontiers, which gave Yako even more jealousy towards her big sister.

After finishing her paper about Devoratrix Atramento, she inmediately fled modern Inkling civilization, which caused her to be marked missing. Surune searched for Yako independently with her own funds instead of the funds of IWF, which offered their help to fund Surume's search. Surume denied these funds and mandated for them to be used in projects which would benefit the people.

After 4 years of Yako being declared dead by Inkling authorities, recent signals captured by Inkling Internet Surveillance Organizations (IISOs) have revealed that Yako is indeed alive, but she has now become a psychopatic and narcissist monster. Yako and her organization, the Andean Liberation Front, aim for independence of Peru and Bolivia under a technocratic, national syndicalist dictatorship under her rule. Yako thinks of herself as the embodiment of Everything Great and Grand.

[Wawakanatote]

Well, that escalated. What does Surume personally think of the situation? Though I'm sure my first guess is correct.

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As the modern year stands (2062), there are officially three major superpowers at the moment. Officially these are:

1) United States (Has maintained its status despite numerous shakeups and political instabilities, some observers suggest that in ten to twenty years they could lose this status)
2) Soviet Union (Most of its influence is coopted from China and its place within the hierarchy of the Supranational Union)
3) Spain (though some suggest that they could lose this honor in ten to fifteen years)

Behind these countries exists a subset of "Great Powers" who could push through and challenge the status of the above group. Officially these are:

4) China (Though some would argue their influence actually exceeds that of Spain)
5) Canada (Could potentially replace the US as the top power representing the UN)
6) Scandinavia (since early 2040s - though, officially, the government does not seek to be a superpower but observers have consistently discussed the possibility)

[Wyesburgh]

Not exactly a plethora of choices, but that’s understandable. From personal OOC bias, I favour Scandinavia or Canada as a world-power. But considering how different YN’s world is, I’m actually on the fence. I suppose I can only hope whoever replaces the USA is benevolent and honest.

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English and Elvish are the official languages of Wyesburgh. Most Wyesburghers are bilingual, speaking one of these languages and another — usually the other official language.

Other languages in Wyesburgh include Ænglisc, Swedish, French, Spanish, Breton and Irish. Moroccan is one of the largest non-European languages in Wyesburgh.

[Wawakanatote]

Not exactly a plethora of choices, but that’s understandable. From personal OOC bias, I favour Scandinavia or Canada as a world-power. But considering how different YN’s world is, I’m actually on the fence. I suppose I can only hope whoever replaces the USA is benevolent and honest.

Well, in that case, you definitely don't want Spain. ///skip///

[Cayenne-]

Not exactly a plethora of choices, but that’s understandable. From personal OOC bias, I favour Scandinavia or Canada as a world-power. But considering how different YN’s world is, I’m actually on the fence. I suppose I can only hope whoever replaces the USA is benevolent and honest.

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English and Elvish are the official languages of Wyesburgh. Most Wyesburghers are bilingual, speaking one of these languages and another — usually the other official language.

Other languages in Wyesburgh include Ænglisc, Swedish, French, Spanish, Breton and Irish. Moroccan is one of the largest non-European languages in Wyesburgh.

Multilingualism is a definite useful skill, i hope this continues

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Triumvir Adil Ahmed Murridi is technically royalty in the Puntite Sultanate (now part of the Federation of South Sotoa and Union of Sotoa). His parents, father a Prince, and mother a Princess, along with their entire family, were exiled from the Puntite Sultanate 110 years prior to Erusea, where they became very influential and respected members of society and the Erusean Government and Military. A feud between the then Sultan in Exile and Adil’s parents forced them to flee Erusea and take up residence in Cayenne, where they became pilots in the Air Force. Adil has made contact with his “family” in Farbanti after the Lighthouse War, but relation remain tense due to his allegiance to (and position as Triumvir of) Cayenne, his sexuality and his marriage to his two husbands.

[Soleos]

So even in your nation, political intrigues between royalty over sexuality and drama persists long after the original feud? Unfortunate, family should stick together, not go through such juvenile drama.

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Even though the flag of the Technocracy is Black (The Darkness of our past), White (The Light of a bright future that destroys the darkness), and Blue (The color of Technocracy, who opposed the Red Communist Party of China that went against Gao Shuhai), Purple, Red, Blue, and Yellow variants are the most adored colors. Despite the flag consisting an Eagle, and its Coat of Arms being Mesopotamian in Origin (Sun Disk), flowers and other botanical imagery is more commonly used to define humanity than the political symbols chosen by the Technocracy. Other colors are also used, but often with one of the four colors mentioned above. This is due to a mix of cultural standards of beauty ranging from Western (where Purple & Blue are considered the color of royalty) to Eastern (Yellow & Red). European, African, Middle Eastern, and Native American fashion have either been Sinicized/Indianized or fell out of fashion as the global hegemony shifted from North America/Europe to Sino/Indosphere. While European and African dresses and fashion are still alive in various regions of Earth & Mars (and modified based on climate in other systems), it has, like non-Western culture in the 19th - late 21st century, been modified to fit the current hegemony.

In fact, walking into any tea shop from New Berlin (Rising ocean levels drowned most of Northern Germany, making the leftovers of Berlin and new areas built around it Venetianesque) you'd see Asian style art involving botany and nature. Old Terran artwork written in German (in a calligraphy style) like 'Ein welt und Ein Volk unter unser Technokratie' is also adorned with flowers, mountains, rivers, etc.

Terran Traditional dresses consist of 5 styles: Qipao (Chinese), Hanbok (Korean), Saree (Indian), Ao Dai (Vietnamese), and Kimono (Japanese).

[Oozeki]

So even in your nation, political intrigues between royalty over sexuality and drama persists long after the original feud? Unfortunate, family should stick together, not go through such juvenile drama.

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Even though the flag of the Technocracy is Black (The Darkness of our past), White (The Light of a bright future that destroys the darkness), and Blue (The color of Technocracy, who opposed the Red Communist Party of China that went against Gao Shuhai), Purple, Red, Blue, and Yellow variants are the most adored colors. Despite the flag consisting an Eagle, and its Coat of Arms being Mesopotamian in Origin (Sun Disk), flowers and other botanical imagery is more commonly used to define humanity than the political symbols chosen by the Technocracy. Other colors are also used, but often with one of the four colors mentioned above. This is due to a mix of cultural standards of beauty ranging from Western (where Purple & Blue are considered the color of royalty) to Eastern (Yellow & Red). European, African, Middle Eastern, and Native American fashion have either been Sinicized/Indianized or fell out of fashion as the global hegemony shifted from North America/Europe to Sino/Indosphere. While European and African dresses and fashion are still alive in various regions of Earth & Mars (and modified based on climate in other systems), it has, like non-Western culture in the 19th - late 21st century, been modified to fit the current hegemony.

In fact, walking into any tea shop from New Berlin (Rising ocean levels drowned most of Northern Germany, making the leftovers of Berlin and new areas built around it Venetianesque) you'd see Asian style art involving botany and nature. Old Terran artwork written in German (in a calligraphy style) like 'Ein welt und Ein Volk unter unser Technokratie' is also adorned with flowers, mountains, rivers, etc.

Terran Traditional dresses consist of 5 styles: Qipao (Chinese), Hanbok (Korean), Saree (Indian), Ao Dai (Vietnamese), and Kimono (Japanese).

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the long version of the history was interesting
but the thing that interests me about the tl'dr version are
sentient robot waifus