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Dragoria wrote:

I mean, lets be honest, raiding a tiny, half-dead pony region would get them what, exactly?

Raiding tiny, half-dead regions is pretty much the only thing the Black Riders ever do.

And then they don't bother to even try to hold them, just spray graffiti on the regional factbook and see how long it takes until someone cares to fix it.

They're too wussy to ever try to accomplish anything significant, they just want to make a ruckus and annoy people.

Zebrabwe wrote:

Periodically we see embassy closures from random pony regions they upended for seemingly no reason that barely even had any RMB activity to begin with.

They upend them because they had no RMB activity to begin with. Regions that are actually reasonably active would take actual work to raid, rather than just BULLY SMASH and juvenile taunting.

They'd have to be feeling unusually bold to try to take Equestria. It's possible, but unlikely. A 21-endorsement delegate is not nearly dead enough to attract carrion-eaters.

I'm assuming that, as a child, the leader of the Black Riders went to the beach. While there, like most children, they decided to play in the sand and build a small castle. However, a wave came by (as waves often do) and knocked it down. This leader swore vengeance in the ocean, saying that one day THEY would destroy all water. They then realized that they were 70% water and that task was way too hard to be worth doing. Instead, they decided that it was the sand castle's fault for having existed, and they would prevent anyone else from experiencing the same pain they had felt.

And then several misinterpreted metaphors later, we get the Black Riders.

Unicronland is pleased to have ventured forth from The Pacific to be with fellow Unicrons and Pegaseses.

Unicronland wrote:

Unicronland is pleased to have ventured forth from The Pacific to be with fellow Unicrons and Pegaseses.

Welcome to Equestria where everything here is filled with casual fun and inconsistency. I'm Conexus and I like to sell my wares at a reasonable price or offer discounts.

Here take a muffin, it's on the house, and we hope to enjoy your stay!

Unicronland wrote:

Unicronland is pleased to have ventured forth from The Pacific to be with fellow Unicrons and Pegaseses.

Hello, I'm Lysset and I'm generally seen more in the Pony Thread than on here.

Unicronland wrote:

We don't have their kind in Unicronland.

I am pleased to see that our tough stance on crime has made Unicronland's drug usage the lowest in the region.

Why don't you have Earth Ponies. Also, good job managing to beat the my reactionary authoritarian theocratic corporatist puppet nation in least amount of drug use.

Dragoria wrote:

Not even top ten for nudest? This is a sad day.

It's fall. Nudity is hard.

Grr. The solstices/equinoxes are the midpoints of the seasons, not the beginnings.

And yeah, the only way to get a high nudity score is to make it compulsory. If you endeavour to legalize nudity in every form at every chance you get but still allow fillies to wear ribbons in their manes, then you're nowhere near nudest. It's silly.

But then, the game never really expected your nation to consist of ponies (and/or donkeys and/or mules and/or dragons and/or etc.). I suppose humans would be more inclined to wear lots of redundant clothing even when they don't have to. They're bashful like that.

Quintolania wrote:

That brings up a good question. If I wear nothing but a pair of sunglasses, am I nude? I mean, I'm wearing an item of clothing.

And that's one reason why I think a compulsory nudity law is silly, even in a nation that's meant to be oppressive.

It's a lot easier to define certain parts of the body that are meant to be covered and forbid outfits that fail to cover at least that much, than to define a minimum portion of your body that must be shown. If you just turn typical anti-nudity laws upside down, then you could meet those laws by wearing a thick coat that covers almost your entire body but leaves a small window over your not-so-privates.

Or what if you're wearing nothing, but you're hiding behind a curtain so nobody can see you naked? That isn't clothing. What about a bedsheet? That's in direct contact with you, unlike the curtain, but still not generally considered clothing.

And does the law make an exception for protective equipment that's a necessary accomodation for a hazardous work environment? Do you need to file paperwork to prove your safety concerns are legitimate, and take your suit off immediately anytime you leave the worksite for a break?

At least according to issue #295, it's implied that NationStates compulsory nudity laws prevent the wearing of anything with pockets (including, say, a jacket, that doesn't reach to your lower parts and can be left open to expose your front too), but does allow purses (which presumably have at least a strap that's in contact with your skin, or fur/scales/feathers/chitin as appropiate).

...Though... Trotterdam does have the "minimum region that's supposed to be left uncovered, even if you're clothed anywhere else" thing, though as tradition rather than law, and with sensible exceptions. Ponies who wear clothing concealing their cutie marks tend to be viewed as untrustworthy, because they're hiding their true nature. Exceptions are made for uniformed professions such as the military (where the uniform itself carries prestige), and actors in costume (or anypony in costume, on Nightmare Night and similar social occasions), so really, not a hard rule at all, just something to keep in mind if you want to make a good impression on people. Of course, the same part of the body that we prefer to be visible is also the one humans tend to be most fussy about covering...

Humans are pink and squishy and kinda' silly lookin'. If I looked like that I'd probably want to wear clothes too.

Deadpool pony wrote:

"Buy our album, we're Nivana"!

Nope I don't Wanna.