NationStates
POSTED BY: cozen
UPDATED: Friday, March 24, 2006 21:43
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I also noticed that people keep plagerising my Zombie idea, I was there first! A pox! A pox on all your houses I say!
I'm surprised with the caption competition, with the exception of my two captions that questioned the plastic dinosaur content of Wash's Pee-gu the captions of mine that have won or been nominated I really thought weren't my best...
Which gives me a thought, how about:
Not being a regular crew member YoSafBridge forgot the golden rule - When sitting down in the cockpit always check where all Wash's Dinosaurs are...
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You should never give powers to a leader you like that you’d hate to have given to a leader you fear
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Ironic, isn't it, how I start a thread with the explicit purpose of keeping NSjunky crapola off of the Randomthreads, and see ^ what happens.
There's just no taming the peasants.
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My economy is... weak.
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point being that I wanted to set up a country populated by chavs and just do the meanest nastiest things I could think of to them.
But I feel bad for wanting to...
but look out for it. It'll be the country with the most venomous spider alive as its national animal, frolicking freely EVERYWHERE
How about mandatory sterilization as a prerequisite for any of the following: Employment, dole benefits, health care, housing. The only people who be breeding will be pikeys. Not that I have anything against pikeys, yet.
Question: Could the crew of the Serenity be considered pikeys in a loose interpretation? They are itinerant and shifty.
Scorpion Regent
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The latest updates on my thriving country:
The Most Serene Republic of Y Tineres is a small, safe nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its intelligent population of 8 million love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 47%, but much higher for the wealthy. A tiny private sector is dominated by the Retail industry.
Voting is voluntary and it is a crime to offend someone's religious beliefs. Crime is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Y Tineres's national animal is the puffin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the serena.
Y Tineres is ranked 1998th in the region and 36,393rd in the world for Most Devout Nations.
I haven't ruined my nation yet! Yay!
Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
President of the Juggled Gosling Chatroom
I have a live journal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/callmeserenity/
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Most...not...give...in...
Aw, crap.
The Holy Empire of Sangre de Angeles
"When in doubt...keep doubting?"
Location: the South Pacific
The Holy Empire of Sangre de Angeles is a tiny, socially progressive nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 5 million enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.
The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 27%. A substantial private sector is led by the Cheese Exports industry, followed by Door-to-door Insurance Sales and Woodchip Exports.
Crime is moderate. Sangre de Angeles's national animal is the falcon and its currency is the bloody feather.
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Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree, Captain of Destiny.
Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
http://havenofsouls.livejournal.com/
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The Oppressed Peoples of Chavislandia
"'ey luv, gis' a quid"
UN Category: Authoritarian Democracy
Civil Rights: Some
Economy: Developing
Political Freedoms: Excellent
Location: The North Pacific
The Oppressed Peoples of Chavislandia is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5 million are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Religion & Spirituality, and Defence. The average income tax rate is 46%, but much higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Information Technology.
Crime -- especially youth-related -- is well under control. Chavislandia's national animal is the vorpal rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the quid.
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no. no... not nearly horrible enough. Going to have to get down to some serious foobar-ing. Plus we need to get some one in to train those rabbits to attack, or we're going to need to get in black widows or something.
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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. O.W.
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Fruity Oat is a member of the United Nations. I'm beginning to realise that since a nation is beholden to all of the restrictions inherent in abiding by UN laws that its development is largely restricted in a commensurate manner. And it's well nigh impossible to determine what all of the UN laws are, given the game has been running for about 3 years.
Thats suck point #1.
Poking around, I see that one delegate has somehow managed to amass 341 member votes, another has 260+. Suck point #2.
Oops on me, eh?
Time to resign the UN.
All that, and it takes forever to develop one's nation. Yep, I can see becoming bored with this soon, as opposed to not so soon.
Elemdee: ya owes me a scotch. Single malt. Double. Straight up.
Where's the Alliance when ya need it, eh?
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I'm so gorram cheap....
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The Republic of Poena Letum
"Vote Fascist for another year of total law enforcement"
Civil Rights: Unheard Of
Economy: Good
Political Freedoms: Outlawed
The Republic of Poena Letum is a small, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 12 million are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. The average income tax rate is 22%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales industries.
Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, snakes are considered a delicacy, and citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Poena Letum's national animal is the snake, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the poena.
Poena Letum is ranked 337th in the region and 75,816th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens.
Edit:
Poena Letum has a new flag:
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Grrr. I'm annoyed at NationStates. I had an issue. Thus:
"I quite enjoyed the book, until I got to the part where Harry summons evil demons to do his bidding," says religious leader Zeke Longbottom. "Now that's just wrong. We need to restore some sense to this debate, by which I mean we should remove this book from the shelves, salt it thoroughly, and burn it."
[Accept]
Teachers union President Beth Jones says, "Come on, the book is fantasy! And it's a damn good read. I'd like the government to issue a statement of support for our teachers and librarians, so kids can enjoy good books without interference from religious wackos, like Christians."
[Accept]
Now I was all set to accept the second choice, until I got to the very end. If they had just left it at "religious wackos" I would have been fine. I'm not a religious wacko, I read Harry Potter and I know it's just fantasy. But they had to add that "like Christians" thing at the end and now I'm just insulted and annoyed and I had no choice but to dismiss the issue, since I wasn't give a nice middle of the road 3rd choice.
Grrrr.
That is all.
"I think so, Brain, but wouldn't the wings get in the way?"
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All religions have their wakos, *COUGH*Michael "I want Christian led global war" Evans*COUGH* and all though atheism isn't really a religion it has it's own fanatics. The destory all religions band rather than the destroy all other religions band...
Lets see now:
Islamic Fundementalists want to destroy all non-Muslims.
Christian Fundementalists want to destroy all non-Christians.
Hard core (Fundementalist) Atheists want to destroy all religions.
...Net result, normal moderate people who just want to get on with their lives end up dead because the above wakos want to rule the Earth, erm I mean do gods bidding, or not, as the case maybe.
My life lesson for today, religion (or the lack thereof) aint the problem. The problem is that Fundementalists are, by and large, the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever dared to suck.
Amen.
(This outburst brought too you by the Citizen has had a bad day and is going to go play on the RWED for a bit fund)
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