What have you learnt after reading the AN’s factbooks? III

[Continental Free States]

The world of Isli Fogifae has not just magic but also a wide variety of folklore creatures like the fae and spirits, and most of its humans are descended from mages who escaped Christian and Muslim persecution in Eurasia.

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[Greater Morvonia]

The world of Isli Fogifae has not just magic but also a wide variety of folklore creatures like the fae and spirits, and most of its humans are descended from mages who escaped Christian and Muslim persecution in Eurasia.

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Its basically a better version of IRL United States, with less states

Also cursed borders and German Empire

[Continental Free States]

(I've literally waited ~14 hours for this response? holy shit) /skip

[Makko Oko]

(I've literally waited ~14 hours for this response? holy shit) /skip

I've got you. So this nation is literally America in another dimension, with World War 2 having America's participation, but not after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, after the invasion of Alaska by Russia, so Pearl Harbor never happened in this dimension. Additionally, America is a Constitutional Monarchy in this dimension, having an Emperor and a President. The Emperor can remove Supreme Court justices, the President himself, and many other public officials with parliamentary approval.

Unlike the US Constitution, this other dimension America, has an article within its constitution that helps protect the government and the public from issues of national significance such as abortion:

If constitutional controversies arise within a province, for the decision of which there is no competent court, or should controversies of a public nature arise between different provinces or between the Union and a single province, the Supreme Court of the American Empire shall decide the controversy on the appeal of either of the contesting parties if no other court of the Union is component. The federal government shall execute the decision of the Supreme Court.

Additionally, the Emperor of this America is limited much like the RL UK monarch is, except oddly enough, it's Constitution establishes an article that states a "national hereditary law" is to exist and to define heirs to the throne of the Emperor, and that is odd, because why can't the Constitution establish it itself, as well, if the Constitution states this, and it is not established, then the government is illegitimate against its own founding document.

The Emperor's constitutional powers are hereditary through direct, natural, and legitimate descent by order of primogeniture.

That descendant shall be deprived of his rights to the crown who marries against the consent of the Emperor or the Parliament, but may also be reinstituted by the same in the event of agreement on the part of both chambers of the Parliament.

In the absence of a valid heir, the Emperor may elect a successor, with the approval of both of the Chambers of the Parliament.

In case of a vacancy of the throne, the Parliament or the Federal Council may enthrone a new Emperor

Detailed regulations shall be proscribed by national inheritance law.

Finally, the Emperor is limited in powers, but by the Constitution, can essentially do whatever they want, as long as they have the signature of the Federal Council (the Parliament) and if they refuse, they can dissolve the Parliament and do it anyways, which would be an abuse, but not against the Constitution:

Article 27. The Emperor has no powers other than those formally attributed to him by the Constitution or by specific laws established by the virtue thereof. No actions of the Emperor may take effect without the countersignature of the Federal Council who, in doing so, takes the responsibility upon itself.

Article 28. The Emperor

as the Supreme Commander of the Imperial American Armed Forces may bestow ranks within the armed forces.

establishes regulations and decrees required for the execution of the laws, may suspend a law or dispense from its execution;

sanctions and promulgates laws, and may elect with withhold his assent;

has the right to annul or reduce sentences pronounced by judges;

may give military or civil orders, medals, and decorations within the limits prescribed by the law;

may confer titles of nobility, while remaining unable to attach privileges to the latter without the consent of the Parliament;

opens the Parliament and can form, dissolve and reinstate both chambers of the same;

appoints the secretaries of the Federal Council, including its President.

[The Unfounded]

In their legal code, farting in public is treated as a misdemeanor crime. Is it the noise or the smell that brings the poopoo— er, po po? Can someone be arrested for a Silent-But-Deadly?

Is ‘He who smelt it, dealt it’ a viable defense in court?

The implications are massively multitudinous!

[Continental Free States]

The most predominant capability of the Servants is the Will, a set of powers wielded by those who follow the teachings of Samma Kir'Shissar, which allows them to -if they believe in something the 'right' way- literally shape the world in their image.

[Yenoia]

That they rewrote the U.S. Constitution in 1933, with new signatory States.

[Wip3d Out]

Yenoia is a Pokémon based nation, which seems to be governed by the environmentalist Aqua-Magma Party. Interestingly, one of their nation's starter Pokémon does away with the usual fire, grass, water combination, by being a Psychic type instead.

[The Unfounded]

Apparently their racetracks are modified maglev train tracks, in order to produce as frictionless an environment as possible at ground level. I wonder if they need a dedicated powerplant for each track...

[Meadowfields]

Lydia Amélie Belmondo II is the current Grand Commissioner of Wip3d out, which is an anti-gravity league. She was a very smart student and showed aptitude in applied mathematics and technical design. She was an inspiring anti-gravity pilot since she was young, and was the youngest candidate to be enrolled at the Centré de Recherché d'Excellence anti-Gravité d'Aubervilliers. She easily passed its training program.

Ninja'd

A long time ago, extremely powerful and extremely advanced race named the An'Kazar ruled the galaxy. One of them, Samma, who was a minor planetary ruler, spent most of his time studying the fabric of reality. He noticed that the very basis of reality was a thought pattern, and after some research, he found out that the pattern changed depending on others nearby, who could also affect the pattern using their moods. He also knew that he could manipulate this, but he didn't know how to accomplish it until he went far away from any civilization and turned a blue cup into red with extreme concentration. He showed this to some others, and this caused the birth of the True Way of the Will.

[Yenoia]

@The Unfounded: 6.5, Your characters are interesting, but I feel a super-powerful and ancient space civilization is very common on NationStates.

Ninja'd

@Meadowfields: 8, the religion for your country, the climate you went with, and the recent revolutionary history, all together create a very unique mix.

Wrong Thread: I thought I was on the thread about originality

/skip

[Waisnor]

Meadowfields City is the capital of Meadowfields with a total population of 42 million people. They seem to be pretty chill town with average temperature of 1°C.

[Murazgora]

After the social democratic party won the election in 2008, members of the opposing democratic and grogress parties spread heresay about the party's politices being a slippery slope for communism. This resulted in a massively publicized scandal called the "battle of the legislators" where the parties physically fought eachother in congress. Also, the nation has a large demographic of peope who enjoy tv media, from gravity falls, to telenovelas, to Generator Rex.

[Kahekordne Union of Spib]

At one point in their history they were ruled by an anime girl.

[Aegeonia]

They essentially worship flatworms as gods, which is very strange

[Continental Free States]

Aegeonia in effect looks like if Megali-idea Greece had lost Epirus and Corfu. Oddly enough though the Turkish areas (including, oddest of all, Istanbul) retain their Turkish names and not their actual indigenous Greek names.

[Free Ravensburg]

Instead of the our US constitution being ratified in 1787, bringing in a presidential republic, a monarchy was instituted by John adams and Alexander Hamilton, having George Washington as king of the new Kingdom

[Hintuwan]

Ravensburg underwent a period of fanatical rightism during the height of the Cold War but gradually liberalized after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

[Makko Oko]

Hintuwan has had many wars, at one point the old government conceding and recognizing a portion of Hintuwan as an unofficial self-autonomous state. Democratic rights were suspended for a long period between 1972 and 1986 when the Green Revolution hit. Wars still plague the nation to this day, with an active and ongoing islamist insurgency. Additionally, the government is known for committing nepotism when it comes to holding public office.

Finally, the constitution guarantees that any citizen of the Commonwealth may file candidacy for such positions if they so choose - there is no age limit, nor restrictions based on race or sexual orientation. This means that a baby could technically run for President and win.

[Continental Free States]

Makko Oko unironically started a civil war against the government specifically because it gave people too many right and this was something they wanted to fix... which honestly might be the only such event to ever happen in history. The ensuing war had over 2.5 million military and 4 million civilian casualties, which they describe as a 'decimation' despite the country have a population in billions.

[Makko Oko]

Makko Oko unironically started a civil war against the government specifically because it gave people too many right and this was something they wanted to fix... which honestly might be the only such event to ever happen in history. The ensuing war had over 2.5 million military and 4 million civilian casualties, which they describe as a 'decimation' despite the country have a population in billions.

Think about it in a historical manner, the population wasn't anywhere near what it is now, it was like maybe 20 or 30 million back then. /skipme

[Hintuwan]

America in AN's alternate universe is much more anti-European, belligerent opposing what it sees as "imperialist" influence wherever it can be seen. This especially manifested in how it chose to help several European colonial holdings in Southeast Asia gain independence.

At one point, they also nuked Vladivostok which is uhh... Unnerving to say the least. Ultimately it seems this America is much more interventionist and seeks to separate itself from European interests as opposed to our universe where America shares them.

[Continental Free States]

/bump

[Emneshire]

Hintuwan's head of state is known as a Lakan if male, but a Dayang if female. This individual is chosen from the Luntian Royal Family and serves as head of state for life barring abdication.

[Chrysanthemum State]

Emneshire is a small island off the southwest coast of Wales. There is a local language, "Emnian", which is Semitic (like Maltese).