NationStates - Page 5

CaliforniaMama · 11-24-2006, 12:24 AM

Have all the UN members voted on the wage proposal? If not, get in there and vote!!

Hippikos · 11-24-2006, 09:31 AM

Oh damn, 3 issues to solve....

* Uranium Mining Workers Strike! Break it
* Cash for Colons? A good heart is hard to find
* Should Democracy Be Compulsory? No fecking way!

wolf · 11-24-2006, 12:55 PM

I just sold my political soul to the corporations. I got a good price, though, and taxes are on their way down.

Tonchi · 11-25-2006, 03:18 AM

The Principality of North Elasia
"It is your privilege to serve"

UN Category: Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
Civil Rights: Average
Economy: Reasonable
Political Freedoms: Some

Location: Cellarious; Regional Influence: Minnow

The Principality of North Elasia is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its burgeoning forest cat population. Its compassionate population of 5 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government appears to have no policy direction whatsoever. The average income tax rate is 22%, but much higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Soda Sales and Arms Manufacturing.

Crime is moderate, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. North Elasia's national animal is the forest cat and its currency is the kibble.

Stormieweather · 11-25-2006, 06:30 PM

My SO has joined us, his country is The Dictatorship of Free-Willed Socialism

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11-26-2006, 04:54 PM

I'm so proud! "Island in the Sky is ranked 16th in the region and 51,150th in the world for Most Extreme Nations."

CaliforniaMama · 11-26-2006, 07:37 PM

Well, I didn't like the wage decision of the UN so I left.

But, how will our region build influence if we aren't part of the UN?

Tonchi · 11-30-2006, 05:28 AM

I'm beginning to think there isn't much point in this game. Our status and condition is being changed arbitrarily by the system, with no relationship to the issues choices we select. They also arbitrarily designate the results of the decisions, which often skews the way you are defined as a nation in the next update, usually in a completely different direction than what you intended by the choices. I set up my nation as a principality, intending it to be like Monaco, and this game as warped it into a corrupt dictatorship instead.

Ibby · 11-30-2006, 08:26 AM

The game warped nothing. It gave you choices for how to run your government, and you picked the one you agreed with.

Happy Monkey · 11-30-2006, 09:02 AM

Here's a similar game with more options, including interaction and war.

glatt · 11-30-2006, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ibram

The game warped nothing. It gave you choices for how to run your government, and you picked the one you agreed with.

Nah, it warps stuff. I came down on one side of an issue, prohibiting corporations from donating money to politicians. My country now outlaws all campaign contributions, including from individuals. That's not what I agreed to.

Ibby · 11-30-2006, 07:15 PM

Its in extremes, of couse...

Griff · 11-30-2006, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

That's not what I agreed to.

Sounds like a regular old democrazy.

Tonchi · 12-01-2006, 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ibram

Its in extremes, of couse...

It's NOT "extremes", it totally changes everything to suit the designer of the game. I have had 2 industries totally erased and gained 5 million people and become a totalitarian dictator by answering 3 questions: eat the cats or not, try to reform criminal behavior, whoops! I just gained another two million residents overnight, after passing on regulating divorce and/or gay marriage. Suddenly I am juggling Religion & Spirituality, when there has been nothing whatever stated about it before. Excuse me, this is WARPED. There are sinister powers behind the scenes that are manipulating us...........

This also reminds me of a game they made us play at one of our teamwork classes with IBM, must have been 30 years ago, where we had to "order" certain hypothetical supplies and services and "build" houses. The object was to see which team was the most successful at problem solving. Well, after the results were posted the first round, I saw something was wrong with the way the calculations had been done. The figures my team had submitted had been used to build a certain number of these houses alright, but then the program wiped out the rest of the inventory completely, so the calculations you submitted the second round could not possibly reflect your status and all your orders would be inadequate. We hunted down the instructor, who was in the bar getting smashed as all good IBMers do after work, and pointed it out to him. He said I was mistaken. I pulled out all my diagrams on yellow legal pads and showed him item by item what was happening. He said, doesn't matter, we have been using this program for years now and nobody ever had any problem with it. I said You have been miscalculating a mathematical exercise for years now and nobody in IBM ever NOTICED???? What are you going to do now? I asked. Keep on using it, he said. My deep contempt for IBM middle management was solidified at this point, and eventually I began to identify more with my customers than with my employer. I had always thought the object was to get things right, silly me.

I suppose these people intend to keep raising my population numbers until we are suffering from overcrowding and malnutrition and then they will try to get me to eat the cats again. Never!!

lookout123 · 12-01-2006, 07:43 AM

your population increase every day that you exist regardless of your decisions.

11-24-2006, 12:24 AM	#61
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	Have all the UN members voted on the wage proposal? If not, get in there and vote!! __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear.

11-24-2006, 09:31 AM	#62
Hippikos Flocci Non Facio Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In The Line Of Fire Posts: 571	Oh damn, 3 issues to solve.... * Uranium Mining Workers Strike! Break it * Cash for Colons? A good heart is hard to find * Should Democracy Be Compulsory? No fecking way! __________________ Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

11-24-2006, 12:55 PM	#63
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I just sold my political soul to the corporations. I got a good price, though, and taxes are on their way down. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-25-2006, 03:18 AM	#64
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	The Principality of North Elasia "It is your privilege to serve" UN Category: Inoffensive Centrist Democracy Civil Rights: Average Economy: Reasonable Political Freedoms: Some Location: Cellarious; Regional Influence: Minnow The Principality of North Elasia is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its burgeoning forest cat population. Its compassionate population of 5 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often. The medium-sized government appears to have no policy direction whatsoever. The average income tax rate is 22%, but much higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Soda Sales and Arms Manufacturing. Crime is moderate, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. North Elasia's national animal is the forest cat and its currency is the kibble. __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

11-25-2006, 06:30 PM	#65
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	My SO has joined us, his country is The Dictatorship of Free-Willed Socialism . __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

11-26-2006, 04:54 PM	#66
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	I'm so proud! "Island in the Sky is ranked 16th in the region and 51,150th in the world for Most Extreme Nations."

11-26-2006, 07:37 PM	#67
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	Well, I didn't like the wage decision of the UN so I left. But, how will our region build influence if we aren't part of the UN? __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear.

11-30-2006, 05:28 AM	#68
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	I'm beginning to think there isn't much point in this game. Our status and condition is being changed arbitrarily by the system, with no relationship to the issues choices we select. They also arbitrarily designate the results of the decisions, which often skews the way you are defined as a nation in the next update, usually in a completely different direction than what you intended by the choices. I set up my nation as a principality, intending it to be like Monaco, and this game as warped it into a corrupt dictatorship instead. __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

11-30-2006, 08:26 AM	#69
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	The game warped nothing. It gave you choices for how to run your government, and you picked the one you agreed with. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

11-30-2006, 09:02 AM	#70
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Here's a similar game with more options, including interaction and war. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-30-2006, 07:15 PM	#72
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Its in extremes, of couse... __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

12-01-2006, 07:43 AM	#75
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	your population increase every day that you exist regardless of your decisions. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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