What do you think the origin of AN's name is?

[Empth]

It's exactly what it sounds like, list what you think the origins of AN's name is.
Feel free to say something utterly ridiculous and insane, we aren't serious here!

[I am a Toaster]

It looks like empath, but I'm not sure if that's it, maybe they keysmashed until they got this :>

[Geraluden]

This may be going out on a limb, but I think they might be some form of bread-cooking machinery.

[Empth]

AN's job involves geriatrics (gera-) and they really like to play (-luden), hence the name Geraluden.
Unfortunately, Geraluden was fired for gambling on the lives of the elderly, and is now unemployed, running a back alley casino where they get people to bet on NationStates.

[Karazicu]

I figure it's realted to a shortening of "empath." Or maybe just putting it in a way to sound a bit like a number?

[Statesburg]

It feels like it was named after some Serbian war criminal whose name I can't think of.

[G-Bass]

they wanted to name their country but it sounded like a city

prob misspelled stateberg or something like that.

B.N, this should be really obvious

[Barks Nivvlla]

G-man from half life and bass the type of fish?

[Statesburg]

they wanted to name their country but it sounded like a city

prob misspelled stateberg or something like that.

B.N, this should be really obvious

Actually, it wasn't supposed to be a city or a typo. Though Stateburg, South Carolina does exist.
/skipme

[Ethensia]

maybe some fans of nirvana were barking in a place called nivvlla, which they thought sounded similar to nirvana so they started barking for the band to come?

[Statesburg]

Apologies for the doublepost. I think Ethensia could’ve been named by Ethernet enthusiasts who just wanted to make it sound like a country.

BU: You can use Statesburg and/or Voškija.

[Yunogaku]

I assume they are making a alt for their main nation, but once the main nation cted they do a few posts in the alt account. Though for some reason AU decide to go along with the flow and stuck with the alt account, hence their name is Statesburg

[Gayk]

Seems like a perfectly well-versed speaker of Japanese creating a feminine name.

[Welves]

They wanted to be named "Gay", but it was already taken so they simply added the "k".

[Allhome]

Sounds like Wales or Wolves. Perhaps it's a portmanteau?

[Shangtianhua]

Despite the name, I have a feeling it's not meant to simply be All Home without the spacing but rather a reference to a TV show or video game I'm not aware of.

[The Dovahkiin Caliphate]

Its pinyin of 上添花 without the tone markers or spaces. idk what the icing is supposed to be on tho.

it could also just be an attempt to make a Chinese-sounding name and invoke imagery of Shanghai

[Azeirf]

Searched this up possible reference to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in this case the word meaning Dragon-Born as “Dovah”means dragon and “Kiin” means born and Dovakiin is the protagonist of the game and then Caliphate becuase it’s a Caliphate and AU/AN is presumably Muslim? I don’t want to assume on that stance though.

[Potato Gun]

All I can find is some random musican so you probably just put down whatever happened to pop into your head.

[The Sernetian Empire]

pioneers found virgin lands, local indigenous population had guns which shoot potatoes

[Potato Gun]

pioneers found virgin lands, local indigenous population had guns which shoot potatoes

Except THE GUNNIC SETTLERS WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO EVER SET FOOT UPON POTATO GUN.
/skip

[Ibito Yama]

Cant think if a possible origin for the name that feels right. first things to come to mind are CERN, the internet and Samaria.

Looking it up is just some German tech company, so ill say it was mostly random.

[The Cool Zone]

An attempt to make a Japanese-sounding name?

[The Sernetian Empire]

penguins in antarctica established a nation and named it "the cool zone"
and so we have AN

[Neo Lunatea]

Sernet sounds like a name you made up with no reason or meaning behind it.