Nationstates

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:03 pm

Od course you can.Just go to settings.
And join the UN.

Post by **CPT Worm** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:18 pm

I joined the Region of Canada. It's pretty badass.

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:22 pm

Changed national coin; Aplied request to join UN(earlier this day); Changed option to receive to [thinghies] each day.

And why is Canada badass?

[edit]: emmzee lets see YOU rule a country of you'r own!

Post by **CPT Worm** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:29 pm

You've obviously never been to Canada.
YOU CAN BUY MILK IN A BAG. AND KETCHUP-FLAVOURED POTATO CHIPS!!

Yeah, that's right. I totally added an extra "u" to flavor.

Besides, the people of this region are very active.

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:35 pm

But we're calm pacifist small unknown countries.

[what??? u say a worm atacked our eon-midget? It did WHAT?]

Attention all battle stations. Aim all availeble nukes at The Grand Worm Islands! SET! FIRE!!!

[huh?!?

What do you mean "WE DON'T HAVE ANY NUKES"? Well for midget's sake start makin some!!!]

WAR!!!!

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:48 pm

HEy who say we are pacifists!

My country is an Armed Republic!

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 1:01 pm

Armed with sticks that is

Just look at his status

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 1:23 pm

Well go home!

The Armed Republic of Mrzljaki
"All your base are belong to us!"

UN Category: Democratic Socialists
Civil Rights:
Some Economy:
Reasonable Political Freedoms:
Some
Location: Sweet Lake

Regional Influence: Dealmaker
Mrzljaki is a UN Member

The Armed Republic of Mrzljaki is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed population of 6 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Defence and Healthcare are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 33%, but much higher for the wealthy. A small private sector is dominated by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry.

Voting is voluntary. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force. Mrzljaki's national animal is the kuna, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Kn.

Mrzljaki is ranked 2nd in the region and 50,001st in the world for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector.

Gamer_V · Post by **Gamer_V** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:22 pm

The Issue

Citizens, politicians, and businessmen have been campaigning for the government to keep a tighter rein on the media after several well-respected newspapers printed false articles with contents ranging from claims that the capital city had been stolen by a UFO to erroneous share prices which led to job-losses and a stock market decline.
The Debate

1. "Over a thousand jobs lost!" clamours Konrad Barry, angry protester and ex-employee of Dreddmax Incorporated. "And why? Because the press isn't concerned about the truth anymore; all it wants is higher sales! We must forbid these rags from lying to the people and dish out heavy fines to those who try! This so-called 'free press' has a dark side, you know. We learnt that ever since we discovered it wasn't cottage cheese they were mining up north!"
[Accept]

2. "This is censorship!" says May Silk, editor-in-chief of The Hebdomadal Gabfest while carefully noting everything you say in a notepad. "We speak for the people! Admittedly some newspapers didn't check all of their facts before they published, but that doesn't merit such draconian measures at all! If we're only allowed to print the absolute truth then how soon before we're getting constantly sued by politicians for libel? What about our rumour columns? It'll totally destroy the business! The government must have no part in repression of the media!"
[Accept]

3. "You know that no matter what we decide we're going to make people mad," points out Thomas Broadside, your Minister of Public Relations. "But the best way to control public opinion is to tell the public what their opinions are. I suggest nationalising all the newspapers and putting them under government control. Then we can tell them whatever we like! After all, we're much more trustworthy than some profit-driven media moguls, right? At least we won't have to issue ANOTHER public statement to tell everyone you're not a hyper-intelligent aubergine."
[Accept]

Who needs free speech?

(Well, my country, but that's not the point, is it that is it not, is it so, not it is?)

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:18 pm

I would chose number 2.

Post by **CPT Worm** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:03 pm

Go with choice number one.

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:57 pm

Well for the sake of argument: Choose 3!

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:29 am

Go for the dictatorship,believe me it is good.For now.
I will go for it because my people have relaxed too much!

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, nudity is frowned upon, military spending is on the increase, and young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables. Crime is moderate. Mrzljaki's national animal is the kuna and its currency is the Kn.

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:37 am

The Issue

Lafferoria's TV soaps--famous around the region--have come under fire for their lack of ethnic diversity.
The Debate

1. "Every night my family and I sit down to watch 'The Brash and the Backstabbing'," says Roger Frederickson. "But where are the Liliputians like myself? Where are the Bigtopians? The Marche Noirians? People from those cultures can be just as brash and backstabbing, but we never see them on the screen. The government must act to remove this silent apartheid from our TV screens."
[Accept]

2. "Those Liliputians don't know how good they have it," says Falala Falopian, spokesperson for the Tasmanians Against Ethnic Stereotyping. "Tasmanians are on television all the time, but always in crude, stereotypical roles. The answer is not to enforce ethnic quotas, but to award government prizes for the positive portrayal of minorities. That'll work better, and be cheaper, too."
[Accept]

3. "The government should do what now?" says TV studio executive Sue-Ann Trax. "You've got to be kidding. We make soaps here, not documentaries. I should be able to put whichever characters I want into my shows. Quotas! Government prizes! God save me! Hasn't the government got anything better to do? Why don't they just back off and let society work out these things on its own?"
[Accept]

I just wanted to point that out

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:01 am

Yeah,i got that too.

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:06 am

Yeah but it's not one of your weaknesses

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:50 pm

What should that mean?

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:53 pm

Liliputians=Midgets.

Midgets ----> One of my SuperHero alter-ego's weaknesses.

That should that mean!

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:21 pm

Oh,ok now i get it!

Gamer_V · Post by **Gamer_V** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:35 am

The Issue

After a series of bloody wars between the nations of Maxtopia and North Bigtopia, fights have broken out in the streets between immigrants in 1337 Skill who came from the warring nations.
The Debate

1. "Foreigners are a major cause of civil disturbances," begins Buy Mombota, whose opinions form the book '101 Arguments FOR Slavery'. "What we should do is make all immigrants, foreigners, and non-native 1337 Skill folks slaves! I mean, who in 1337 Skill wouldn't like a minority slave group to do his bidding? Imagine! People could be bought and sold over the Internet!"
[Accept]

2. "I am shocked and appalled at what my colleague is suggesting!" exclaims Clint Utopia, President of the Civil Rights Union of 1337 Skill. "Slavery? We should punish these offenders, yes, but send them to rehabilitation centres instead! As for the ethnic squabbles, programs in school should begin to stop these racist attitudes in childhood! All it will take is some slight fortification to the education budget!"
[Accept]

3. A quiet old man stands up to speak. "Now, I may be a quiet old man, but I believe that these ethnic disputes are none of the government's business. It's not our war anyway, so it's not our problem. I'm sure if you leave it alone, it'll work itself out. Just think of the money that would be saved if the police don't have to be paid to deal with this!"
[Accept]

4. "It's not our war? It's not our war?" cries (in)famous 1337 Skill-born fascist Sue-Ann Shiomi. "Well maybe it's time it became our war! 1337 Skill should take a more active, and by 'active' I mean 'hostile', role in international politics! This ethnic squabbling will be over when the war is over, and WE can end that war and purge the impure! Please don't kick the sheep.! Sieg 1337 Skill!"
[Accept]

I lol'ed at answer number 4. My country's slogan abused by fascists. :')