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A roleplay about a world that's not so unlike ours. A roleplay about the history of that world, about everything that's ever happened there. Well, everything that was interesting enough to write down, at least.
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Last updated 22/6/2016 UTC
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Time
Current Year - TBFO
Current Rate of Progression - 50 years a day at most
ManagementDirector - Damverland | Vice Directors - VACANT | Managers - VACANT
Head Researcher - VACANT | Researchers - Togeria
Head Documenter - VACANT | Documenters - VACANT | Head Mapmaker - VACANT | Mapmakers - VACANT
Head Enforcer - VACANT | Enforcers - VACANT
Introduction
Welcome everyone, to Recorded History 2. Back in Janurary, the first Recorded History was created by Alleniana, but unfortunately, due to inactivity, it dated later on. But now we have rebooted the game into a second installment.
Recorded History is a roleplay set on planet Earth, and maybe a bit beyond, that will see roleplayers lead nations and states through over three thousand years. It begins at a time roughly equivalent to our world's 1000 B.C.E., though this world's history has been different for many thousands of years before that. Players create and design through their applications the entities they would like to take on, and decide their history before this point. From there on in, everything goes: conquest, migration, monuments, genocide, discovery, the evolution of languages, conversions to religions, the founding of cities, the invention of machines, the building of mighty countries. Though, this is not to say that you cannot join after we have begun, this is just where the fun begins.
If this interests you and you would like to join or inquire about joining, refer to the God Box above, so called because it is omnipresent on this RP's threads and because it has all the most vital and important information in it, or linked to it. You will need to read, or at least skim the Regulations section, which is linked to the God Box, as it provides details about the RP's operation and function that you will need to know to participate, or perhaps even understand what is going on. After that, if you wish to apply, refer to the Maps & Rosters and the Wiki to find out about the world; you need to know at least where other RPers are, so that your land doesn't overlap theirs. Once you know where and what you want to apply as, then copy and paste and fill out the application, which can be found below, or accessed through the link in the God Box. If you don't have time to apply right away, then fill out a reservation, also located below or accessible from the God Box. Any application, even an unfinished one, is also automatically a reservation so long as it specifies territory, but is subject to the same rules as a reservation. Consider using the Resources, linked from the God Box, to help complete your app realistically.
Application & Reservation
Delete everything in brackets. Questions posed in the brackets are only examples of what you need to address in each field; filling in the application does not mean just answering each of the example inquiries.
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[box][size=150]Application[/size]
[b]Poster:[/b] (Please put your full NS nation name as it appears on the forums here; this is so I can search "429 <nationname>" and find your application without knowing anything but your name and that you've applied)
[b]Name:[/b] (All forms of the name of your IC state, the demonym, and related words, for example, Italy today would be "Italy, Italian Republic, Italian, Italians, [i]Italia, Repubblica Italiana, italiano, italiani[/i]")
[b]Symbols:[/b] (Things such as flags, coats of arms, anthems, official animals/birds/plants/flowers/foods/sports, and just other abstracts associated with your state)
[b]Territory:[/b] (A description or map, preferably a map, of your state's territorial occupation, ownership, influence, divisions, claims, etc.)
[b]Government Structure:[/b] (A description of how your state's government runs; for example, answer questions such as, is it a republic, a monarchy, a theocracy? Is it democratic, autocratic, oligarchic, aristocratic? If there is voting, how does the voting system work? If there is hereditary power, how does inheritance work? What checks and balances exist, if any? Is it federal or unitary?)
[b]Ideology/Policy:[/b] (What ideas and concepts does your government, and do your people endorse, and carry out? Mercantilism, interventionism, secularism, expansionism, communalism, racism?)
[b]Leaders:[/b] (Put a name, title, and maybe even short description to the people who run the show in your country - or, maybe just the people who run the show slightly more than everyone else)
[b]Foreign Relations:[/b] (How does your state interact with other nations and states? What does it think of them? What do they think of you? How does your state want to think of them, and to be thought of by them? How successful has it been at influencing and carrying out its goals with regards to those beyond its borders?)
[b]Capital:[/b] (What is the seat of your state's government, if one exists? Where is it, and how is it? If necessary, elaborate on these fields, and the status of the capital; is there more than one, or maybe the capital is only capital in name?)
[b]Demographics:[/b] (How many people live in your country? How many are slaves, how many citizens, how many foreigners? Where do they live, generally? Are they urbanised much? Are they mostly old or young, male or female? Are there any significant trends in wealth distribution, gender, sexual orientation, and all of these against location? Are there any genetics useful to know with relation to your people? In general, describe the demographic makeup of the state)
[b]Ethnicity:[/b] (What ethnic group, or groups are they part of? Are they perhaps a mix, a new group formed from a mix? Are they an isolate? Who are they related to? Are there any particular characteristics to this ethnicity, either physical or behavioural? How are the people divided in ethnic terms; are ethnic divisions particular prominent, or less so? Consider working with other RPers to answer: What larger ethnic group are the groups part of?)
[b]Language:[/b] (What language is, or what languages are spoken? What language is written? Is there more than one, are there many dialects? What relations to other languages and dialects do these languages have? What legal or political status do various languages have?)
[b]Religion:[/b] (What religion, rather, religions, do people follow, if any? Does the state have a view on it? How are adherents to different religions, cults or lack thereof distributed, geographically and demographically? Describe, also, the practices, traditions and rituals of relevant religions and cults)
[b]Military Organization:[/b] (How is the military organised? Is there conscription? Who can serve? How good is the pay? Is it standing, or mostly reserve? Who leads it, and how do they acquire that responsibility? Explain broadly how the military is organised)
[b]Army:[/b] (How big are your land forces; how many soldiers, tanks, cavalry, horses, noncombatants who help? How is their technology, logistic, weaponry, armour? Who leads them? How do they fit into the military as a whole? How good are they? How do they recruit? How are they organised, in general?)
[b]Navy:[/b] (How big are your seaborne forces; how many ships of each type, sailors, officers? How well built are the ships, how well-trained are the sailors? Who leads them? How do they fit into the military as a whole? How good are they? How do they recruit? How are they organised, in general? Does a navy exist?)
[b]Air Force:[/b] (How big are your airborne forces; how many planes of each description, pilots, officers, ground-based staff? How well built are the planes, how well-trained are the pilots, in dogfighting and formations, etc.? Who leads them? How do they fit into the military as a whole? How good are they? How do they recruit, if at all? How are they organised, in general? Does an air force exist?)
[b]Space Fleet:[/b] (How big are your extraterrestrial forces; how many spaceships of what types and functions, how many people on them? How well built are the spaceships and their weapons, how good are they at their manoeuvres and firing? Who leads them? How do they fit into the military as a whole? How good are they? How do they recruit, if at all? How are they organised, in general? Does a space fleet exist?)
[b]Economy:[/b] (How is the state's economy? Describe wealth inequality, unemployment, net worth, etc. Describe the government's role, the people's attitude, and everything else relevant to the current economy as a whole)
[b]Infrastructure:[/b] (How well are things built? Consider roads, railways, canals, airports, government buildings, walking paths, architecture, building codes, urbanisation, building materials)
[b]Trade:[/b] (What are some imports, what are some exports? Who does the state tend to trade with? Does it have a trade surplus or trade deficit? What is the government's policy, taken actions, and effects on trade? How is all of this in relation to internal trade, or even trade between colonies and the homeland? How is trade conducted, in terms of business, transport, even culture; perhaps there is much corruption with regards to customs, duties, tariffs and the like? What trade routes are use?)
[b]Currency:[/b] (What currency, if any, is the main method of transaction in your country? What is the money? Explain subdivisions and conversion rates if relevant. Also explain what type of money it is; bullion? Fiat? Pegged to a metal or another currency?)
[b]History:[/b] (Tell the story of the nation, the state, the country, everything that has happened and is relevant to the above, whether resulting in it or despite it)
[b]Miscellaneous:[/b] (Anything else that needs to be said that doesn't fit in an above field?)
[b]429[/b] (This is used to mark this as an official application. If this is not present, I can't search "429" and find this application) [/box]
Delete everything in brackets. You are allowed to reserve a bit more than you intend to apply for, if you are unsure of which area within the reservation you wish to apply for at the time of reservation.
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[box][size=150]Reservation[/size]
[b]Poster:[/b] (Please put your full NS nation name as it appears on the forums here; this is so I can search "429 xxx" and find your reservation without knowing anything but your name and that you've made a reservation)
[b]Name:[/b] (A name that I can put down as having land reserved for it)
[b]Territory:[/b] (A description or a map, preferably a map, of the land you wish to reserve as yours to apply for)
[b]429[/b] (This is used to mark this as an official reservation. If this is not present, I can't search "429" and find this reservation)[/box]
