What things are normal in your nation that aren't in others

[Kwadai]

Exactly as the title says

In KwaDai most things are qdifferent except from Arab Nations

[Conscentia]

Exactly as the title says

How about you answer first?

[Maraque]

Everything?

[Calorax]

Lots

[New Pyrrhius]

Well, I imagine many nations have things that aren't trying to kill you. Not here.

[Towson]

Celebrating April Fools Day as a National Holiday.

[United Timelines Outpost Number 99999999]

Where to start?
How about the part that we broke reality. Thus, sporks are sapient, so we kill them and make their corpses into currency backed by living sporks. Due to the inflation caused, touching a duck will make your left hand become sapient just long enough to stare deep into your soul and ask "why?' as it stops existing. In order to stem the tide of left hand disappearances the Self-Replicating Office Appliance Union established arcologies made of anticheeze-whiz. It's like cheeze-whiz, but antimatter.

[Rumostan]

Slavery and many other things, we have modern technology but we have....traditional views on things.

[Troll Alliance]

Eating children

[The Legion of War]

Well, I imagine many nations have things that aren't trying to kill you. Not here.

Have you met Australia?

Anyways, here in the Legion we have drills to prepare for alien invasions. Mainly because it's happened before.

[New Cinoth]

Let's see....
Murder is legal
Everyone has killed someone by the age of twelve
Entire nation is covered in mushrooms
always misty and dark (eternal twilight sort of thing)
Our National animal is big enough to eat buses whole

[Central Kadigan]

The most abnormal thing in our nation is our monarchy (and the rest of the "nobility") - who are philosophers who have taken vows of chaste celibacy and of poverty.

[The God-Emperors Terran Empire]

Absolutely everyone is mentally disturbed, or downright insane. Nobody bats an eye at this, presumably because they're too loony to give a damn about their mental condition.
This craze is caused by overthinking Quantum Reality, which sooner or later everybody does...

There is planet Earth, where we live (obviously). Humanity evolved on Earth, over the course of approximately 2 million years. But according to quantum physics, like the String theory and Many Worlds theory, there is a separate timeline for every outcome of every variable; and where one outcome may not be possible at all in any timeline in our universe, it will be possible in another universe. The difference between "timelines" and "universes" is that every universe contains many timelines. Each universe has a set of "constant" factors, such as material make-up (matter or antimatter, solid matter or energy, or a combination, et cetera); and a universe's timelines have the same factors - if the factors are different, the timeline is part of a different universe. Universes and timelines are interconnected on both macro- and microscales; and while the effect they have on each other aren't measurable by us yet, I'm assuming they are there. Now, timelines diverge upon every decision, every possible outcome of a variable. There is a timeline wherein everything is exactly the same as ours, only two atoms in a drinking glass are switched around. Or one where humans never evolved, life on Earth doesn't exist (or Earth itself isn't there) and the dominant species is a type of giant octopus. Our timeline has also diverged many times. There is an alternate timeline wherein the United States never declared war on the Empire of Japan, allowing them to conquer China; wherein the Czarists triumphed over the communist revolutionaries; wherein Neanderthals outlived our ancestors!

Is there a God? There are gods out there, no doubt about it. Almighty or with limited power, as Creator or as Overseer (or both); as a person or as a pseudo-intelligent force. There are universes with only one God, and there are ones with 8000 gods. I do have to say that the existence of deities is probably a cosmic constant: if one universe's timeline doesn't have a God, none of them do. But there are also universes that came to be naturally; wherein life evolved on its own, and will eventually die of old age, to make way for a young, new universe to take its place in existence. So in that line of thought, perhaps somewhere near us, the Abrahamic God did create a universe (or a part of it), but he also created evolution to make sure the changing world doesn't kill them off. (for example)

As Epicures once said:

"The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not, or, being willing to do so, cannot; or they neither can nor will, or lastly, they are both able and willing. If they have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not omnipotent. If they can, but will not, than they are not benevolent. If they are neither able nor willing, then they are neither omnipotent nor benevolent. Lastly, if they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, how does it exist?"

I don't think our timeline has a God, simply because it doesn't make sense (Consider all the ciontradictions in the Bible. For such a benevolent being, God sure wants to kill a lot of people!). There is absolutely no proof at all God exists, and given all reason he simply can't exist! There is plenty of evidence confirming the Big Bang (Like cosmic background radiation), and evolution has been proven true time and again. So the question shouldn't be "does God exist?", but "where does God exist?".

What happens after death has a whole different explanation altogether; I've forgotten the name (something with pathology) but remember the story behind it: Since death is the seizing of bodily function, it doesn't include "destruction of the self". Because of the theses of quantum reality, what happens to someone after they die depends on the person. Whatever the person believes happens to them, happens. If you believe in Abrahamic Heaven or Hell, you go there. If you believe in reincarnation, you're reincarnated. But though you might end up in an empty void, you're never truly gone - since the human brain cannot comprehend total nonexistence. Because all minds are linked up (since all matter is connected, and the mind is energy, and energy is matter as well), it's a great example of "your mind makes it real". The existence of souls depends on the universe, but for something to be considered "alive", it has to have a mind. One could say that the concept of "soul" is a mainfestation of the mind.

I know what you are thinking: You just cracked down on the existence of God, but further back you confirmed His existence? Hear me out, I never said that God doesn't exist, I merely said that he doesn't exist here! But let's look at this from inside another universe, one that does have a Creator God. Everything there, too, can be explained with science and logic:

DNA is information. The amount of information encapsulated in a single strand of human DNA would fill 400 volumes the size of an Encyclopedia Britanica, and this information contains an exact blueprint for creating a human being. This information did not write itself. The creation of information requires intelligence. The creation of an encyclopedia requires an author - a creator. God is the creator of the information in DNA.

Look at how amazing and complex life is. Look at how intricate the human eye is, and the human brain. There is no way that the human eye and the human brain arose spontaneously from the mud. In the same way that a watch cannot appear without a watchmaker, there is no way that all this complexity arose without an intelligent creator.

[Auzkhia]

We are a fantasy tech nation, so lot can be said about that. However are culture is similar to RL nations that Auzkhia encompasses but with a few differences for the sake of fantasy.
-Half of our population is human.
-Small colorful talking magical horses are given equal rights as humans.
-you can get a degree in magic.
-RL laws of physics don't work here.
-soldiers don't wear camouflage.
-We sit in the middle of europe and drive on the left
-Cars have the steering wheel on the right.
-We have relatively low drinking ages.

[Yaie]

All the magical bits of our nation (Magi/FanT). The fact that everyone has to learn some form of magical or artistic skill is the norm here.

[New Pyrrhius]

Well, I imagine many nations have things that aren't trying to kill you. Not here.

Have you met Australia?

Anyways, here in the Legion we have drills to prepare for alien invasions. Mainly because it's happened before.

Does Australia have napalm-spitting T-rexes with bigger arms? We're pretty sure they don't have Tarrasques. Or building-sized sand worms that can fly and have monofilament teeth constructed by alien nanobots. Or alien nanobots.

[Conscentia]

Absolutely everyone is mentally disturbed, or downright insane. Nobody bats an eye at this, presumably because they're too loony to give a damn about their mental condition.
This craze is caused by overthinking Quantum Reality, which sooner or later everybody does...

There is planet Earth, where we live (obviously). Humanity evolved on Earth, over the course of approximately 2 million years. But according to quantum physics, like the String theory and Many Worlds theory, there is a separate timeline for every outcome of every variable; and where one outcome may not be possible at all in any timeline in our universe, it will be possible in another universe. The difference between "timelines" and "universes" is that every universe contains many timelines. Each universe has a set of "constant" factors, such as material make-up (matter or antimatter, solid matter or energy, or a combination, et cetera); and a universe's timelines have the same factors - if the factors are different, the timeline is part of a different universe. Universes and timelines are interconnected on both macro- and microscales; and while the effect they have on each other aren't measurable by us yet, I'm assuming they are there. Now, timelines diverge upon every decision, every possible outcome of a variable. There is a timeline wherein everything is exactly the same as ours, only two atoms in a drinking glass are switched around. Or one where humans never evolved, life on Earth doesn't exist (or Earth itself isn't there) and the dominant species is a type of giant octopus. Our timeline has also diverged many times. There is an alternate timeline wherein the United States never declared war on the Empire of Japan, allowing them to conquer China; wherein the Czarists triumphed over the communist revolutionaries; wherein Neanderthals outlived our ancestors!

Is there a God? There are gods out there, no doubt about it. Almighty or with limited power, as Creator or as Overseer (or both); as a person or as a pseudo-intelligent force. There are universes with only one God, and there are ones with 8000 gods. I do have to say that the existence of deities is probably a cosmic constant: if one universe's timeline doesn't have a God, none of them do. But there are also universes that came to be naturally; wherein life evolved on its own, and will eventually die of old age, to make way for a young, new universe to take its place in existence. So in that line of thought, perhaps somewhere near us, the Abrahamic God did create a universe (or a part of it), but he also created evolution to make sure the changing world doesn't kill them off. (for example)

As Epicures once said:

"The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not, or, being willing to do so, cannot; or they neither can nor will, or lastly, they are both able and willing. If they have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not omnipotent. If they can, but will not, than they are not benevolent. If they are neither able nor willing, then they are neither omnipotent nor benevolent. Lastly, if they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, how does it exist?"

I don't think our timeline has a God, simply because it doesn't make sense (Consider all the ciontradictions in the Bible. For such a benevolent being, God sure wants to kill a lot of people!). There is absolutely no proof at all God exists, and given all reason he simply can't exist! There is plenty of evidence confirming the Big Bang (Like cosmic background radiation), and evolution has been proven true time and again. So the question shouldn't be "does God exist?", but "where does God exist?".

What happens after death has a whole different explanation altogether; I've forgotten the name (something with pathology) but remember the story behind it: Since death is the seizing of bodily function, it doesn't include "destruction of the self". Because of the theses of quantum reality, what happens to someone after they die depends on the person. Whatever the person believes happens to them, happens. If you believe in Abrahamic Heaven or Hell, you go there. If you believe in reincarnation, you're reincarnated. But though you might end up in an empty void, you're never truly gone - since the human brain cannot comprehend total nonexistence. Because all minds are linked up (since all matter is connected, and the mind is energy, and energy is matter as well), it's a great example of "your mind makes it real". The existence of souls depends on the universe, but for something to be considered "alive", it has to have a mind. One could say that the concept of "soul" is a mainfestation of the mind.

I know what you are thinking: You just cracked down on the existence of God, but further back you confirmed His existence? Hear me out, I never said that God doesn't exist, I merely said that he doesn't exist here! But let's look at this from inside another universe, one that does have a Creator God. Everything there, too, can be explained with science and logic:

DNA is information. The amount of information encapsulated in a single strand of human DNA would fill 400 volumes the size of an Encyclopedia Britanica, and this information contains an exact blueprint for creating a human being. This information did not write itself. The creation of information requires intelligence. The creation of an encyclopedia requires an author - a creator. God is the creator of the information in DNA.

Look at how amazing and complex life is. Look at how intricate the human eye is, and the human brain. There is no way that the human eye and the human brain arose spontaneously from the mud. In the same way that a watch cannot appear without a watchmaker, there is no way that all this complexity arose without an intelligent creator.

This is not the place for thy religious propaganda.

[New Event Horizon]

Our nation is a mobile McKendree Cylinder built in nine layers.

Absolutely everyone is mentally disturbed, or downright insane. Nobody bats an eye at this, presumably because they're too loony to give a damn about their mental condition.
This craze is caused by overthinking Quantum Reality, which sooner or later everybody does...

There is planet Earth, where we live (obviously). Humanity evolved on Earth, over the course of approximately 2 million years. But according to quantum physics, like the String theory and Many Worlds theory, there is a separate timeline for every outcome of every variable; and where one outcome may not be possible at all in any timeline in our universe, it will be possible in another universe. The difference between "timelines" and "universes" is that every universe contains many timelines. Each universe has a set of "constant" factors, such as material make-up (matter or antimatter, solid matter or energy, or a combination, et cetera); and a universe's timelines have the same factors - if the factors are different, the timeline is part of a different universe. Universes and timelines are interconnected on both macro- and microscales; and while the effect they have on each other aren't measurable by us yet, I'm assuming they are there. Now, timelines diverge upon every decision, every possible outcome of a variable. There is a timeline wherein everything is exactly the same as ours, only two atoms in a drinking glass are switched around. Or one where humans never evolved, life on Earth doesn't exist (or Earth itself isn't there) and the dominant species is a type of giant octopus. Our timeline has also diverged many times. There is an alternate timeline wherein the United States never declared war on the Empire of Japan, allowing them to conquer China; wherein the Czarists triumphed over the communist revolutionaries; wherein Neanderthals outlived our ancestors!

Is there a God? There are gods out there, no doubt about it. Almighty or with limited power, as Creator or as Overseer (or both); as a person or as a pseudo-intelligent force. There are universes with only one God, and there are ones with 8000 gods. I do have to say that the existence of deities is probably a cosmic constant: if one universe's timeline doesn't have a God, none of them do. But there are also universes that came to be naturally; wherein life evolved on its own, and will eventually die of old age, to make way for a young, new universe to take its place in existence. So in that line of thought, perhaps somewhere near us, the Abrahamic God did create a universe (or a part of it), but he also created evolution to make sure the changing world doesn't kill them off. (for example)

As Epicures once said:

"The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not, or, being willing to do so, cannot; or they neither can nor will, or lastly, they are both able and willing. If they have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not omnipotent. If they can, but will not, than they are not benevolent. If they are neither able nor willing, then they are neither omnipotent nor benevolent. Lastly, if they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, how does it exist?"

I don't think our timeline has a God, simply because it doesn't make sense (Consider all the ciontradictions in the Bible. For such a benevolent being, God sure wants to kill a lot of people!). There is absolutely no proof at all God exists, and given all reason he simply can't exist! There is plenty of evidence confirming the Big Bang (Like cosmic background radiation), and evolution has been proven true time and again. So the question shouldn't be "does God exist?", but "where does God exist?".

What happens after death has a whole different explanation altogether; I've forgotten the name (something with pathology) but remember the story behind it: Since death is the seizing of bodily function, it doesn't include "destruction of the self". Because of the theses of quantum reality, what happens to someone after they die depends on the person. Whatever the person believes happens to them, happens. If you believe in Abrahamic Heaven or Hell, you go there. If you believe in reincarnation, you're reincarnated. But though you might end up in an empty void, you're never truly gone - since the human brain cannot comprehend total nonexistence. Because all minds are linked up (since all matter is connected, and the mind is energy, and energy is matter as well), it's a great example of "your mind makes it real". The existence of souls depends on the universe, but for something to be considered "alive", it has to have a mind. One could say that the concept of "soul" is a mainfestation of the mind.

I know what you are thinking: You just cracked down on the existence of God, but further back you confirmed His existence? Hear me out, I never said that God doesn't exist, I merely said that he doesn't exist here! But let's look at this from inside another universe, one that does have a Creator God. Everything there, too, can be explained with science and logic:

DNA is information. The amount of information encapsulated in a single strand of human DNA would fill 400 volumes the size of an Encyclopedia Britanica, and this information contains an exact blueprint for creating a human being. This information did not write itself. The creation of information requires intelligence. The creation of an encyclopedia requires an author - a creator. God is the creator of the information in DNA.

Look at how amazing and complex life is. Look at how intricate the human eye is, and the human brain. There is no way that the human eye and the human brain arose spontaneously from the mud. In the same way that a watch cannot appear without a watchmaker, there is no way that all this complexity arose without an intelligent creator.

We once overthought Quantum Reality. It was interesting, we suppose.

[New Vihenia]

It's a normal sight in VIhenia to see woman breastfeeding both her son and his husband, sister breastfeeding both of her brothers ..and other lactating behaviors. Vienian female fighter pilots are known to experience something referred as "G force induced lactation" which practically boost their milk production about two or three times above normal woman. Thus latest design of G-suit includes special bladder mounted around chest to help containing excessive milk which later can be either disposed or simply consumed by the pilot.

However most fighter pilot prefer to keep the milk in her breast (although this could be painful especially for already big breasted pilot) For someone she loved... it could be her husband, her relatives or even her mechanics that maintain her planes.

Vihenian woman is known to begin lactating as early as age 16 and having her breast growth to size of D cup as early as 13, cause of this phenomenon is unknown.

[Republic of South Carolina]

94 in 100 Citizens legally own Firearms.
55 in 100 Citizens legally Selective fire Weapons.
90 in 100 Citizens 18 and older have a Concealed Weapons Permit.
Decommissioned Military Vehicles are legal to own, their weapons are included in sales price, exception is for Artillery over 122mm. Which requires a 6 month background check, a RSC£13,500(NS$12,420) tax stamp, and permission from National Law Enforcement.

[Saurisisia]

Quite a lot, really. We aren't in the mood right now to get into details.

[Confederated Southern States]

Owning an assault rifle is seen as a valient thing, and gun crimes are viewed as beyond despicable.

[The God-Emperors Terran Empire]

This is not the place for thy religious propaganda.

It's supposed to be anti-religious, and it's a scientific hypothesis, not propaganda. I'm not trying to force my "beliefs" onto anyone.
Also, who in the world still uses "thy"?!

[Lukquarel]

When people cross a state border, they stop, blow a kiss to their home state, and continue on. This has become tradition since our founding citizens started it. This shows respect to the state that you live in.

[Durkmoor]

Steampunk nation...so there's obviously a bit, but here's some:

- Watsonian Divergent Propulsion Physics (developed by Edgar Watson); which enables airships to hover/fly for an indefinite period of time, with the help of an abundant mineral in Durkmoor called Surgentium

- It is seen as rude for a woman to not to bear tattoos

- (don't know how different this is) Polygamy is a very legal and socially excepted marital excersise, with a maximum of 3 spouses. One of your three spouses could have up to three spouses of his/her own.

- Werewolves and Dragons and some other supposedly "mythical" creatures exist.

- Steampunk robot-like Automatons take the place of normal robots, and are much more efficient and advanced.

- Alchemy is a real and accepted science.