Nation States - The Great Continent of Entmoot

[Nurvingiel]

Good points JD, it could even be inset into the General Messages forum like the Silmarillion Project one is.


I have two annoying problems with NationState. The important one is that I've set my decisions to two issues a day and I'm still only getting one.
The not a big deal is I can't change my custom flag.

[Elf Girl]

It will change to two issues per day after midnight.

[jerseydevil]

I sent the request for the Forum to SGH - she's going to post it in the Moderator forum.

[Dúnedain]

Originally posted by Nurvingiel
Good points JD, it could even be inset into the General Messages forum like the Silmarillion Project one is.


I have two annoying problems with NationState. The important one is that I've set my decisions to two issues a day and I'm still only getting one.
The not a big deal is I can't change my custom flag.

Yeah I have/had the same problem. I switched to 2 issues per day yesterday and it still hasn't updated. It also took me forever to find a file that worked. May I suggest using a .gif image as they are typically smaller. I know it says to use .jpeg images, but it accepted my .gif file :D

[gimli7410]

is everyone in our continent from entmoot?cuz i just added a whole bunch of people to my dossier and i didnt know who half of them were

[Lady Ravyn]

cool! i didn't know you could do that until i read dunedain's post; but what do they mean by "not flag-like" or whatever? does that really matter, or are they just saying that to deter people from using weird flags?

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by gimli7410
is everyone in our continent from entmoot?cuz i just added a whole bunch of people to my dossier and i didnt know who half of them were
Yes - everyone is from Entmoot or at least should be. We have the password there to keep non-mooters out.

Not all the countries are obvious as to who the mooters are and I haven't updated the list yet with the new countries.

[gimli7410]

oooh. did you see my flag?;)

[Dúnedain]

Originally posted by Lady Ravyn
cool! i didn't know you could do that until i read dunedain's post; but what do they mean by "not flag-like" or whatever? does that really matter, or are they just saying that to deter people from using weird flags?

I think they are just saying that...and i'm glad that I helped you :D

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by gimli7410
oooh. did you see my flag?;)
Yes - I saw your flag. Very interesting. :p

[gimli7410]

i thought it suited me,my nation and canada all in one:p

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by gimli7410
i thought it suited me,my nation and canada all in one:p
As well as your favorite form of enjoyment too.

[gimli7410]

yes well it is thebetter side of all the things i listed:D

[jerseydevil]

Great news!!!! With the help of SGh we have managed to convince Ben to give us our own forum. As you can see it's a sub-forum off the RPG forum.

Please don't go crazy creating threads just yet. I'm the mod for this forum and all entmoot rules will apply. I know we have some discussion elements from this thread which should be made into threads though.

[Arien the Maia]

Originally posted by Valandil
I think we should wait just a bit before turning this into a separate forum. Sure, it has taken off at first... but will we all stay this interested for the long run? Maybe yes, maybe no... but it's hard to say right now.

As for a map, since it is Entmoot, and therefore Middle Earth, which binds us together, I think it would be best (and most fun) to use the Middle Earth map. Or at least try that and see if we can do it without too much dissent. (right now the only contention is between myself and Dunedain over Annuminas - and, off the record, that's all only in good fun! :D ) We could limit square mileages to something reasonable - maybe 40,000 square miles max. (that's about 102,500 sq. km for metric users - we could even say 100,000 sq km max for all...) We COULD even add a mirror-image of New Jersey appendage to the western edge of the ME map someplace...:)

Good idea! my country can be in Aman..since that's where Arien is from ...heheh;)

[Nurvingiel]

This is super. Way to go JD! :) And now you're a moderator, nice work!

Maybe we can use this thread to discuss which threads we should open there, so we don't clutted up our new subforum. If this thread is moved to that forum (which would make sense), then this could be a general discussion thread for our fine continent.

Edit: Oh, I see it has already been moved. So this should be our "General" thread.

[Millane]

I think Millane has this covered. (with his iron fist. ) thats right :p i will keep everyone in order *shakes iron fist at free thinkers*:mad: ;)
hahahaha who said the UN didnt accept curropt dictator God's, only problem is my email wouldnt work:(

[Jonathan]

Originally posted by jerseydevil
Great news!!!! With the help of SGh we have managed to convince Ben to give us our own forum. As you can see it's a sub-forum off the RPG forum. Wow, I didn't expect all of this to happen when JD and I started up The Great Continent of Entmoot :)

[Nurvingiel]

You've created Entmoot history! :D

[gimli7410]

Originally posted by jerseydevil
Great news!!!! With the help of SGh we have managed to convince Ben to give us our own forum. As you can see it's a sub-forum off the RPG forum.

Please don't go crazy creating threads just yet. I'm the mod for this forum and all entmoot rules will apply. I know we have some discussion elements from this thread which should be made into threads though.



looks like you sold out. you are finally a mod:rolleyes: lol jk:p

[brownjenkins]

as long as JD isn't allowed to mod the movie forum, i think it's a good idea ;)

[Valandil]

The UN is currently passing a proposal to legalize prostitution in all member nations.

[Dúnedain]

Originally posted by Valandil
The UN is currently passing a proposal to legalize prostitution in all member nations.

Well if that's the case, then I am all about joining the UN!! WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO! :p

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by gimli7410
looks like you sold out. you are finally a mod:rolleyes: lol jk:p
I did not sell out. I am manager of this forum - not really mod anyway. :p

BrownJenkins - I am planning on modding the movie forum. My plans for that is that only negative criticisms of the movie and jackson will be allowed. :)

[brownjenkins]

BrownJenkins - I am planning on modding the movie forum. My plans for that is that only negative criticisms of the movie and jackson will be allowed.

:D :D :D

[Nurvingiel]

I noticed your new title JD, very nice. But a bit wordy don't you think? :p :D

[jerseydevil]

Well I would have rather had it - "Supreme Overlord and Ruler of Nation States" but oh well. :p :D

As I said though - it's more like I'm managing the forum.

[Fat middle]

Originally posted by jerseydevil
I did not sell out. I am manager of this forum - not really mod anyway. :p

BrownJenkins - I am planning on modding the movie forum. My plans for that is that only negative criticisms of the movie and jackson will be allowed. :)

Well, well... that sounds... promissing. We can talk about it:D

[webwizard333]

I've created the Empire of Esrom and joined up.

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by webwizard333
I've created the Empire of Esrom and joined up.
What title do you want to use...

Emperor WebWizard333, president, king, etc?

And welcome to the Great Continent of Entmoot.

[gollum9630]

Originally posted by Dúnedain
Well if that's the case, then I am all about joining the UN!! WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO! :p

yes, you would need that, wouldnt you;) :p

[Finrod Felagund]

AUGH! It's blocked from the school computers!

[Sicirus]

I have joined in and created a country. I still have to move into the Great Continent Of entmoot"

we are Democratic Republicans Of the Noble Blue Llama.

civil rights : good
economy: strong
political freedom: Excellent

The Democratic Republic of The Noble Blue Llama is a tiny, pleasant nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent 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 devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Law & Order and Commerce receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 19%. An almost nonexistent private sector is dominated by the Retail industry.

Crime is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. The Noble Blue Llama's national animal is the llama and its currency is the notes.

[Falagar]

Falagstania has arrived.

The Empire of Falagstania is a tiny, pleasant nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working 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 small government devotes most of its attentions to Law & Order, with areas such as Social Welfare and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 7%. A healthy private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Basket Weaving and Woodchip Exports.

Crime is a serious problem. Falagstania's national animal is the wolf and its currency is the Falcoin.

[Valandil]

You know... on all the issues we address, it seems like what actually gets carried out is one step beyond the course of action we approved. Keep this in mind when making your decisions everyone. Remember the words of Ross Perot in '92: "The Devil is in the Details!" The implementation of an apparently good idea may not be so great. I think we all have over-zealous executive staff members! ;)

[Elvellon]

Yup. I allowed nudism on the beaches, now they are going around naked everywhere…:rolleyes:

Well, at least I’ve the number one most liberal nation. :D

[Valandil]

I had the issue, "Term Limits" for senators yesterday. I didn't start a thread on it - and I thought it sounded familiar from somebody else... but now I don't see a thread and don't have the issue to post (oh - maybe I can check my 'dossier'... I've never really done that!).

Anyway, I took the term limits... one change I've seen is that though my government is still described as 'enormous' (and I only have a 22% income tax rate) - the word 'corrupt' has been dropped from the description.

I've got very good marks for economy and political freedoms - but 'below average' for civil rights (which I'd think would be linked to political freedoms). Still looking to bring that one up.

Got 'cannibalism' today - and chose to reject rather than dismiss. What effects have some of you had from rejecting it?

(EDIT: oh yeah... 'dossier' is something else... is there anyplace where you can see a record of your actions? Or view all the issues you've faced?)

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

The Empire of the Spider People

King is Last Child of Ungoliant

[jerseydevil]

You are welcome to join our continent. The password is on the first post.

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Originally posted by jerseydevil
You are welcome to join our continent. The password is on the first post.

Thank You
I have now successfully moved The Empire of The Spider People
to The Great Continent of Entmoot

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

The Incorporated States of The Spider People
"Defy Me? Then Die by Me!!"

UN Category: Compulsory Consumerist State
Civil Rights: Good
Economy: Very Strong
Political Freedoms: Outlawed

Location: The Great Continent of Entmoot

Flag Represents the Red blood of the people, The green grass of the land, and the blue of the sea.
It also shows the royal crest of the Ungolianian Royal Family
Unit of Currency - Ungolania
National Animal - Oliphaunt

Head of State: Last Child of Ungoliant (Emperor)
Head of Gov't: Sauron the Great (Supreme Chancellor)

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by Last Child of Ungoliant
Thank You
I have now successfully moved The Empire of The Spider People
to The Great Continent of Entmoot
Welcome to the Great Continent of Entmoot. Hope your stay is an enjoyable one. :)

Founder and President of Great New Jersey.

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Originally posted by Valandil
(EDIT: oh yeah... 'dossier' is something else... is there anyplace where you can see a record of your actions? Or view all the issues you've faced?)

yes, on the left hand index window, under your naion name, there is a link which says 'Issues'
that's the one you want

[Valandil]

Originally posted by Last Child of Ungoliant
yes, on the left hand index window, under your naion name, there is a link which says 'Issues'
that's the one you want

Do you get your history of all issues there? All I show is the current issue and an option to dismiss all issues. :confused:

[Valandil]

Originally posted by Last Child of Ungoliant
The Empire of the Spider People

King is Last Child of Ungoliant

Haa... sounds like an old B movie from the 1950's! :p :D

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

i dont know then
i assumed it showed all issues u had had

edit: i never thought like that, valandil, i just had the idea
that if ungoliant and shelob had country, it would be for all
great spiders...........

[Beor]

Hey, I dont want to brag or anything, but....I finally dragged my people into the dirt while keeping a good economy. My stats have been at:

Civil Rights: Unheard Of
Economy: Good
Political Freedoms: Unheard Of

YEE-HAW!

[Janny]

hmm, I need a password to get into your great continent! Hilf mir!

[Jonathan]

Check out the first post in this thread, there you will find the password.

[Lalaith_Elf]

Originally posted by Beor
Hey, I dont want to brag or anything, but....I finally dragged my people into the dirt while keeping a good economy. My stats have been at:

Civil Rights: Unheard Of
Economy: Good
Political Freedoms: Unheard Of

YEE-HAW!

My Political Freedoms are going that way too. Though my Civil Rights are superb apparently. Shows what good Politics does!;)

[Twista]

Btw, i just keep dismissing my issues... is that a bad thing? lol

[Nurvingiel]

It just won't have any effects on your country at all - boring! Take a risk or two, it's more fun.

I abolished prisons and my crime rate only increased a small amount. So in a later issue I increased my police force.

[ethuiliel]

The Queendom of the Bookworms
"Books are Good for your Soul"
UN Category: New York Times Democracy
Civil Rights: Below Average :confused:
Economy: good
Politcal Freedoms: Superb
Location: the South Pacific, until we all got on boats and sailed to the Great Continent of Entmoot, a pod of dolphins in our wake.
Currency: the golden leaf
Animal: the dolphin

The Queendom of The Bookworms is a tiny, safe nation, notable for its burgeoning dolphin population. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5 million enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, corrupt government concentrates mainly on Social Welfare, although Healthcare and Education are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 26%. A large private sector is led by the Furniture Restoration, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales industries.

Crime is relatively low. The Bookworms's national animal is the dolphin and its currency is the golden leaf.

[Valandil]

Is it on purpose that my default for this sub-forum now shows thread posted to within the past 30 days - instead of the Entmoot standard of 100 days?

It also looks like Entmoot Continent Nations are starting to drop like flies! :)

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Originally posted by Valandil
Is it on purpose that my default for this sub-forum now shows thread posted to within the past 30 days - instead of the Entmoot standard of 100 days?

It also looks like Entmoot Continent Nations are starting to drop like flies! :)

dont know bout the 30 days thing,
but i can assure you,
The Incorporated States of the Spider People is going NOWHERE:D

[Valandil]

Originally posted by Last Child of Ungoliant
dont know bout the 30 days thing,
but i can assure you,
The Incorporated States of the Spider People is going NOWHERE:D

Is YOUR spider the one who's EATING all those flies? :p

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Originally posted by Valandil
Is YOUR spider the one who's EATING all those flies? :p

nope, we are far too big to eat flies,
we eat orcses and elveses and HUMANSES and hobbitses
<gollum, gollum>

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by Valandil
Is it on purpose that my default for this sub-forum now shows thread posted to within the past 30 days - instead of the Entmoot standard of 100 days?

It also looks like Entmoot Continent Nations are starting to drop like flies! :)
It's because people haven't been going into nation states.

I still think we should make it more interesting. byt trying to form a government and actually do some role playing. All we are doing is just discussing the issues. I am finding it somewhat boring at the moment and only check my country once in a while.

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

form our own inter-nation league of nations, JD?

each person 'representing' their nation

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by Last Child of Ungoliant
form our own inter-nation league of nations, JD?

each person 'representing' their nation
yes - that was my initial idea when I asked SGH to help convince Ben to give us our own forum. I thought it could be like the United States and the EU. But then no one was interested in it. BoP left in a huff without even saying anythign - but came back and made comments that that was one of the reasons she left. So I just dropped the idea. But to put it truthfully - what is going right now with the Great Continent is frigging boring and it doesn't keep people's interests.

[Valandil]

For my part, it's hard to justify the additional time of a more active role in 'Nation-States'. Maybe it's not so with others, but that's why I prefer to just 'dabble' and respond to daily issues.

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Originally posted by jerseydevil
yes - that was my initial idea when I asked SGH to help convince Ben to give us our own forum. I thought it could be like the United States and the EU. But then no one was interested in it. BoP left in a huff without even saying anythign - but came back and made comments that that was one of the reasons she left. So I just dropped the idea. But to put it truthfully - what is going right now with the Great Continent is frigging boring and it doesn't keep people's interests.

i'm behind you with this one, we could discuss real issues, or fictional issues,
get everyone's views then

[Lalaith_Elf]

I'm behind everyone as well. Discussing the issues etc, would make it a bit more interesting. At the moment I just go on to check my issues, lodge the occasional message and thats all. Unless I'm really bored, thats when I'll take a trip to the Nation States own forum, to discuss issues. But it's not that good a forum. I'd much rather do that on Entmoot.:)

[Valandil]

I'm not sure what's happening, but I think I'm only getting an issue every other day, instead of every day, as I kept the settings. *sigh* I may stop playing myself soon and let my country eventually drop out of existence (I expect our continent to be much smaller in 28 days anyway). So many of the issues are weird - and the proposed directions are goofy - and I end up dismissing more and more of them. Fun quotient is definitely dropping.

I wonder if there's any way to request improvements to the game... ie, select catagories for issues, be able to re-visit issues which have come up before and make alterations, etc...

[brownjenkins]

i've been letting snicker-snack go to seed for quite a while... better check in on it :p

[Radagast The Brown]

Wow... I forgot about my nation. Too bad for the citizens. :p

My nation's situation is awful. Corrupt dictatorship again. *sigh* Well, the game is kinda boring after a few weeks, don't you agree? The issues repeat themselves, and as Valandil said quite weird.
Seems like many weren't active lately.
Brownjenkins - you do know your nation has ceased to exist right?

[Andúril]

The Holy Republic of Half-Dwarf

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/st_lucia--54.jpg

"Meep!"

UN Category: Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
Civil Rights: Very Good Economy: Reasonable Political
Freedoms: Below Average

Location: The Great Continent of Entmoot

The Holy Republic of Half-Dwarf is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its burgeoning Dwarf 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Social Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 24%, but much higher for the wealthy. A small private sector is led by the Retail industry, followed by Beef-Based Agriculture and Trout Farming.

Crime is moderate, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Half-Dwarf's national animal is the Dwarf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Half.

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by Valandil
I wonder if there's any way to request improvements to the game... ie, select catagories for issues, be able to re-visit issues which have come up before and make alterations, etc...
You can request things and also submit your own issues. They were working on a more robust version of the game - but the one version, which was going to allow war, was going to probably cost money.

Welcome aboard Anduril. :)

[Valandil]

Who is still playing, and how many countries are left in the continent. I haven't played for a little while and just checked back today. My auto-login didn't happen and I forget my password. Can anyone tell me if 'Ara-Norr' has ceased to exist? :)

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by Valandil
Who is still playing, and how many countries are left in the continent. I haven't played for a little while and just checked back today. My auto-login didn't happen and I forget my password. Can anyone tell me if 'Ara-Norr' has ceased to exist? :)
Yes - you still exist and the Continent has 30 countries.

[Valandil]

Thanks. I went ahead and sent in the request for a new password. :)

[mithrand1r]

Here is something funny (IMO) that occurred.

I haven't looked at my nation in over a week and had some issues in the queue.

If you look below, you can see that I have two of the same issue waiting in the queue.

The following issues are before the Parliament of Lefka Ori:

Oh, the Angst! [legislation pending]
When KriKris attack! [legislation pending]
More Police Needed [unaddressed]
When KriKris attack! [legislation pending]
Raise Duel Standards, Say Fencers [unaddressed]
Or: dismiss all issues.


Has this occurred to anyone else?

[ethuiliel]

I haven't quite had that happen, but I do often get the same legislation two days in a row...it's kind of annoying.

[Valandil]

Oooo... lots of countries biting the dust now. We're down to 24 after losing 4 countries all at once 12 hours ago. :(