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Arcanium of mars wrote:

Stop what?

With this Blurting about Random food items and replying with random food items and such.

If it offends you that much, I won't say anything.

Helvetea wrote:

There is a human element o my nation, including a god.

All I'm seeing on your factbook is a bunch of anime-style humans. No mention of any sort non-human population or supernatural elements, not even a humanoid deity.

Is your god cute?

Helvetea wrote:

So, how many gods are present in the region as of yet?

Well, do you consider alicorns to count as gods?

I don't think it's possible to give a hard number since not all nations in this region are equally active in roleplay, or fully fleshed-out, but we probably have a few.

Globalcontrol wrote:

Hey. I just want to see who can figure this out.

% + % = !) + @ + # = !%

If you crack it you get a cookie.

Well, the obvious idea is if you just typed everything while holding shift. This gives:
5 + 5 = 10 + 2 + 3 = 15
which is not accurate, though it would be if you see it as two equations, "5 + 5 = 10" and "10 + 2 + 3 = 15" (calculator logic works like that: you type "5+5=" and get "10", then type "+2+3=" and get "15").

It can't be made perfectly accurate through a simple substitution cipher (ignoring the middle part, "% + % = !%" is not possible). Except... if you also substitute plus with times. "% * % = !%" is true for %=5,!=2 and %=6,!=3. But it's impossible to get this to play nice with the middle term, "!) * @ * # = !%" is just not going to work out.

It can't be that the equals sign is substituted. If read as "% = % + !) = @ = # + !%", it would imply that "% = @" and "!) = 0" (or 1 if multiplying), which is a non-starter.

So I'm going to stick with my first guess and assume that you fail at math.

That, or you just have a foul mouth.

Helvetea wrote:

So, how many gods are present in the region as of yet?

In my realm we have a few gods but I have not written it down yet as I am writing out the religious military orders in the Theocracy. Regarding Alicorns they are all considered Saints in the Church of Harmony.

Charnea wrote:

That seems like an unnecessarily complex analysis...

Well, it was an unimpressively simple puzzle. I have to show that I can handle better!

Urmanian wrote:

The Four Alicorns (Celestia, Luna, Cadence and Twilight), for starters. There are established religions followed by billions dedicated to them and they have been written as possessing divine powers, traveling to the realms of other gods and granting spells to their clerics DnD-style.

Then you have a bunch of gods followed by other, lesser religions. There are too many to list, but not every god has a (meta)physical presence in the region. In different nations we have a bunch of religions imported from Mystria and Hellenistic worship as well.

Also my nation's legislature can alter fundamental reality with their laws. They don't realize it and none does, but still. They probably count as a god.

DnD? What does that mean?

Squeeheart and Changelitonia are both the top of the Pony Lands census for nudity. These nations are also under my control.

Deminis wrote:

wait... Do a majority of you have deities for your nations?

And if you do, do you suggest i create one or two?

If a queen for a changeling pony nation qualifies as a deity, then yes.

For Squeeheart though? No.

Deminis wrote:

unless she is actually considered a god by the people, I'm pretty sure that's a monarch

No, a monarch is a sovereign ruler over a state.

Squeeheart wrote:

No, a monarch is a sovereign ruler over a state.

Thus the term queen