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Region: 10000 Islands

Hex enduction hour wrote:How do I become more creative in forming new nations? I don't spend so much time on the forums and prefer to play about with the issues instead and see what monsters I can make from them.

At the moment, I've got this nation, which is my main, and is more or less a decent representation of the things I support. Next, I have Ilocano-japanese race-mixing country. I'm not really sure on what I want to achieve with it but I've made nudity compulsory there and outlawed marriage. It came from my thoughts on seeing Hawaii's demographic make-up and decided to make some sort of thing. I also have Pooptelecom which is my take on Mao-era China/pre-90s communist African nation/Khmer Rouge-era Cambodia.

I recently made 61keys teaching-type electronic keyboard. I'm thinking of it becoming a country with a very large focus on scientific advancement even if it is inhumane.

Help is very much appreciated :)

Some methods I've used: simply coming up with the name (Vivolkha); typing the first thing that came through my head (Karalkalkarakara); cardinal direction + name, especially if the name you want is taken or you want to create two opposing counterparts (South aurora); literally just mashing the random button until I see something I like or I get inspired (Plaetopia was literally a random suggestion iirc); basing it of real things that are completely unrelated, yet sound good (Zyrkon, from the element zirconium); basing it off real things that are actually related (the defunct Southern tesseract had the same goal of focusing on scientific advancement no matter the consequences); basing it off another nation I controlled (Saertland -> Saert, sadly this one was lost in a computer permadeath)

Pyles tis kolasis

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