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Bearstin wrote:I’ll be Canada under an authoritarian communist dicatator because the land of make believe is sick

I will nuke you.

Ruskland-preuben

I’ll be Mexico under a Trump-like administration and they’ll be sending immigrants up north to borrow monet for a wall because the land of make believe is amazing d00d.

I'll be the Songhai

I'll be South Korea. I always wanted to intefer in a war that is only tangentially related to me!

Ruskland-preuben wrote:I guess I’ll be the Vietnamese.

Rusklandian Vietcong sound horrifying.

Bearstin, Kaitani, Rannoria, Shahinay, and 1 otherRuskland-preuben

The Manticoran Empire wrote:I will nuke you.

Zombie Canada?????

Immobilia I got that issue but sadly it only restored 5.4% of my defense forces

Bearstin wrote:Immobilia I got that issue but sadly it only restored 5.4% of my defense forces

Percentage doesn't matter. Overall expense compared to size does.

Bearstin wrote:Immobilia I got that issue but sadly it only restored 5.4% of my defense forces

this is a sad moment im cryihng rn........

Can we hit 5 likes for this guys??

Bearstin, The Manticoran Empire, Shahinay, and Ruskland-preuben

Rannoria wrote:this is a sad moment im cryihng rn........

Can we hit 5 likes for this guys??

And maybe sauce me an F in chat if you cried ;(

Bearstin, your defense budget (based on NS Government Expenditures) is $52,353,000,000,000. Depending on how large your military is, this could be a VERY generous budget. Assuming that 1% of your population serves (70,120,000), that is $746,620.07 per soldier, which can then be spent on training, equipment, wages, etc. If we use the US DOD as a baseline, then 31.8% of your budget ($16,648,254,000,000) is for your army, 4% ($2,094,120,000,000) is for your Marine Corps (or equivalent formation), 17.8% ($9,318,834,000,000) is for your Navy, 22% ($11,517,660,000,000) is for your Air Force, which leaves ~18.8% ($9,842,364,000,000) for other projects and expenses. With these assumptions, you aren't too bad mate.

As a comparison, my own defense budget sits at 44.3% of government spending (according to NS). In dollars that's $54,046,000,000,000 for a military of (assuming 1% population involvement) 61,950,000. Of course, my military isn't that large. In my FT setting, where my NS stats semi matter, my military is about 1/3 that size but my point remains the same. The percentage you spend seems small but you almost meet me, who spends twice the percentage of my budget on defense.

Rannoria

The Manticoran Empire wrote:Bearstin, your defense budget (based on NS Government Expenditures) is $52,353,000,000,000. Depending on how large your military is, this could be a VERY generous budget. Assuming that 1% of your population serves (70,120,000), that is $746,620.07 per soldier, which can then be spent on training, equipment, wages, etc. If we use the US DOD as a baseline, then 31.8% of your budget ($16,648,254,000,000) is for your army, 4% ($2,094,120,000,000) is for your Marine Corps (or equivalent formation), 17.8% ($9,318,834,000,000) is for your Navy, 22% ($11,517,660,000,000) is for your Air Force, which leaves ~18.8% ($9,842,364,000,000) for other projects and expenses. With these assumptions, you aren't too bad mate.

As a comparison, my own defense budget sits at 44.3% of government spending (according to NS). In dollars that's $54,046,000,000,000 for a military of (assuming 1% population involvement) 61,950,000. Of course, my military isn't that large. In my FT setting, where my NS stats semi matter, my military is about 1/3 that size but my point remains the same. The percentage you spend seems small but you almost meet me, who spends twice the percentage of my budget on defense.

And maybe double it bc of that issue haha. How did you figure out these stats, that’s pretty cool

Bearstin wrote:And maybe double it bc of that issue haha. How did you figure out these stats, that’s pretty cool

I took the budget you have in your NS tab (189 trillion), multiplied it by the Defense Budget Percentage (27.7%) which gave me the total Defense Budget. I then googled the US Defense Budget and used the percentages given for each branch to determine a rough baseline for your expenditures by branch. A calculator and the Internet is very useful.

And honestly, you need to loosen your business regulations. The black market in your nation is MASSIVE! And, on top of that, my GDP is about 300 trillion dollars bigger than yours.

Rannoria

Starting Sunday I will be rather inactive until the end of the month.

Kaitani

Arengin Union wrote: Correction. Arengin was never fully occupied. It was only the north, the government and army remnants moved to the South and with the help of allies and Resistance fighters after defeating Bearstin kicked the Aydinirans out. You can say you retreated on your own behalf, but that's the same thing the USA said in Vietnam. :^]

Yeah, I have never say that my forces conquered whole Arengin. Just all parts that mattered, including the capital, industrial core and bredbasket of nation :P Your ressistance and remnants of army held position in the southern, most remote forests and Manticorian support from across the border prevented me from capturing your foothold. And retreat was tactical, without any decisive battle to force that upon me and was necessary to defend my homeland, preventing any barbarion from even setting foot on holy Aydinirian land!

So in general, we agree to the facts, but let's say propaganda of our nations have slightly different views on their interpretation XD

Arganuta wrote:There is only one nation that directly follows divine will and not the musings of insignificant humans.

Emperor's will is divine will

Arganuta wrote:Any Faith that does not have elimination of life as it's endgoal is not a real religion and probably a conspiracy by democratic crypto-secularists.

Your existence must be miserable if you hate life so much. Poor mad-priests of Arganuta, how I pity you. Life is divine work of art and Creation is sacred. It is meant to experience, to feel, to learn during all your lifes in many incarnation. It is meant for self-development and self-improvement. And at the end, when you will learn, experience, feel, self-develope and improve enough, you shall not reincarnate again but shall be summon Beyond, by Érush - the First Cause.

But you, you have lost the Golden Path, way of ballance. You have lost Order, plunged in lunacy.
The Empire will bring you the Divine Order

Btw, when Saruzhan Kingdom was overthrown and your mad-priests cult took power, what happened to the royal family? Could they be amongst those few Saruzhans who ended in Aydinir?

Shahinay wrote:Yeah, I have never say that my forces conquered whole Arengin. Just all parts that mattered, including the capital, industrial core and bredbasket of nation :P Your ressistance and remnants of army held position in the southern, most remote forests and Manticorian support from across the border prevented me from capturing your foothold. And retreat was tactical, without any decisive battle to force that upon me and was necessary to defend my homeland, preventing any barbarion from even setting foot on holy Aydinirian land!

So in general, we agree to the facts, but let's say propaganda of our nations have slightly different views on their interpretation XD

It's Manticoran. NOT Manticorian. Why does everyone get that wrong?

God, rewriting my factbooks is so frustrating.

Shahinay wrote:Yeah, I have never say that my forces conquered whole Arengin. Just all parts that mattered, including the capital, industrial core and bredbasket of nation :P Your ressistance and remnants of army held position in the southern, most remote forests and Manticorian support from across the border prevented me from capturing your foothold. And retreat was tactical, without any decisive battle to force that upon me and was necessary to defend my homeland, preventing any barbarion from even setting foot on holy Aydinirian land!

So in general, we agree to the facts, but let's say propaganda of our nations have slightly different views on their interpretation XD
Emperor's will is divine will
Your existence must be miserable if you hate life so much. Poor mad-priests of Arganuta, how I pity you. Life is divine work of art and Creation is sacred. It is meant to experience, to feel, to learn during all your lifes in many incarnation. It is meant for self-development and self-improvement. And at the end, when you will learn, experience, feel, self-develope and improve enough, you shall not reincarnate again but shall be summon Beyond, by Érush - the First Cause.

But you, you have lost the Golden Path, way of ballance. You have lost Order, plunged in lunacy.
The Empire will bring you the Divine Order

Btw, when Saruzhan Kingdom was overthrown and your mad-priests cult took power, what happened to the royal family? Could they be amongst those few Saruzhans who ended in Aydinir?

Nah, we kicked you out. I never agree that you just left on your own accord. But lets just say there is no real official account so we can both save face ;)

Rannoria and Shahinay

Shahinay wrote:Yeah, I have never say that my forces conquered whole Arengin. Just all parts that mattered, including the capital, industrial core and bredbasket of nation :P Your ressistance and remnants of army held position in the southern, most remote forests and Manticorian support from across the border prevented me from capturing your foothold. And retreat was tactical, without any decisive battle to force that upon me and was necessary to defend my homeland, preventing any barbarion from even setting foot on holy Aydinirian land!

So in general, we agree to the facts, but let's say propaganda of our nations have slightly different views on their interpretation XD
Emperor's will is divine will
Your existence must be miserable if you hate life so much. Poor mad-priests of Arganuta, how I pity you. Life is divine work of art and Creation is sacred. It is meant to experience, to feel, to learn during all your lifes in many incarnation. It is meant for self-development and self-improvement. And at the end, when you will learn, experience, feel, self-develope and improve enough, you shall not reincarnate again but shall be summon Beyond, by Érush - the First Cause.

But you, you have lost the Golden Path, way of ballance. You have lost Order, plunged in lunacy.
The Empire will bring you the Divine Order

Btw, when Saruzhan Kingdom was overthrown and your mad-priests cult took power, what happened to the royal family? Could they be amongst those few Saruzhans who ended in Aydinir?

After the beginning of kaitani's revolution/civil war.It was started by saruzhan democrats emboldened by the successes of democrats there (and the decision of the monarch to curtail what little democratic freedoms existed).

The royal family itself was already in a bad condition before.After the previous King had died without male heirs a foreign noble was invited and married a female heir.The deeply unpopular (childless) royal couple was assassinated later in the civil war, leaving the throne with no valid heir and a coup by nationalist generals happened suprisingly fast.

Because of this saruzhan nobility that managed to flee includes some from the royal house, but none of them have a "legitimate" claim to the (now non-existent) throne.This leads to some of them still fighting over who gets to call themselves King in Exile.

Bearstin, Kaitani, Rannoria, and Shahinay

Arganuta wrote:After the beginning of kaitani's revolution/civil war.It was started by saruzhan democrats emboldened by the successes of democrats there (and the decision of the monarch to curtail what little democratic freedoms existed).

The royal family itself was already in a bad condition before.After the previous King had died without male heirs a foreign noble was invited and married a female heir.The deeply unpopular (childless) royal couple was assassinated later in the civil war, leaving the throne with no valid heir and a coup by nationalist generals happened suprisingly fast.

Because of this saruzhan nobility that managed to flee includes some from the royal house, but none of them have a "legitimate" claim to the (now non-existent) throne.This leads to some of them still fighting over who gets to call themselves King in Exile.

STOP MAKING ME REGRET MY DECISIONS EVEN MORE *sobs*

Arganuta, Bearstin, Rannoria, and Shahinay

Arganuta

Kaitani wrote:STOP MAKING ME REGRET MY DECISIONS EVEN MORE *sobs*

If it's any consolation the civil war would've probably happened sooner or later anyway.Saruzhan had too many problems and too many different factions that despised each-other to just reform.

Btw. would it be ok, if at the end of the civil war the saruzhan navy (or at least like 70% of it) defects to you (and maybe shah) ?

The navy was strongly republican from the beginning of the civil war and basically took the most important remnants of the democratic side that were left with them, to flee from the advancing arganutans.

One of the reasons Arganuta has a such a weak navy, is the distrust of the navy created by this.

Kaitani and Shahinay

Arganuta wrote:If it's any consolation the civil war would've probably happened sooner or later anyway.Saruzhan had too many problems and too many different factions that despised each-other to just reform.

Btw. would it be ok, if at the end of the civil war the saruzhan navy (or at least like 70% of it) defects to you (and maybe shah) ?

The navy was strongly republican from the beginning of the civil war and basically took the most important remnants of the democratic side that were left with them, to flee from the advancing arganutans.

One of the reasons Arganuta has a such a weak navy, is the distrust of the navy created by this.

Sure but it still took a couple years for Carinia to get back on its feet after the Revolution

Arganuta

The Manticoran Empire wrote:It's Manticoran. NOT Manticorian. Why does everyone get that wrong?

Hmmm, I didn't know it should be "Manticoran", I suppose "Manticorian sounds better in my ears. But from now on I will use "Manticoran"
Honestly, nation's adjectives are a real pain in the ass, for exapmle I never know what to write about Rusk. Rusklandian? Rusk? Ruskish? Rusklandr? Or abour Bearstin - Bearstinian or Bero? HLP
On the wiki, when there is a list of nations, there should be also some 2-3 sentences short introduction, with proper adjective stated

Btw Manticore, you are writing your factbook on Nationstates? 'Cause we have our own wiki
https://federation-of-allies.wikia.com/wiki/Federation_of_Allies_Wiki

Arengin Union wrote:Nah, we kicked you out. I never agree that you just left on your own accord. But lets just say there is no real official account so we can both save face ;)

Business with you is always a pleasure, my friend! xD

Arganuta wrote:After the beginning of kaitani's revolution/civil war.It was started by saruzhan democrats emboldened by the successes of democrats there (and the decision of the monarch to curtail what little democratic freedoms existed).

The royal family itself was already in a bad condition before.After the previous King had died without male heirs a foreign noble was invited and married a female heir.The deeply unpopular (childless) royal couple was assassinated later in the civil war, leaving the throne with no valid heir and a coup by nationalist generals happened suprisingly fast.

Because of this saruzhan nobility that managed to flee includes some from the royal house, but none of them have a "legitimate" claim to the (now non-existent) throne.This leads to some of them still fighting over who gets to call themselves King in Exile.

Arganuta wrote:If it's any consolation the civil war would've probably happened sooner or later anyway.Saruzhan had too many problems and too many different factions that despised each-other to just reform.

Btw. would it be ok, if at the end of the civil war the saruzhan navy (or at least like 70% of it) defects to you (and maybe shah) ?

The navy was strongly republican from the beginning of the civil war and basically took the most important remnants of the democratic side that were left with them, to flee from the advancing arganutans.

One of the reasons Arganuta has a such a weak navy, is the distrust of the navy created by this.

Hey, I have an idea. Events in our three countries happened more or less in the same period of time:
- in 1902 Unificationists stated a coup and took power in the Kingdom of Ezhid, proclaiming the Empire of Shahinay
- then Kaitani's revolution happened (pardon me, but I forgot the exact date)
- in 1918 the Unification War ended, Shahinay conquered all of Aydinir - proclamation of the Second Aydinirian Empire
- in 1919 The Great Divide in Saruzhan happened
- in 1928 Proclamation of Arganuta happened

We could somehow intertwine those events. Unification of Aydinir and collapse of Saruzhan are only one year apart, so victorious Emperor Zhisūdris could personaly invite Saruzhan refugees, seing how revolution spreads through your country. And bloody, chaotic revolution was exactly the thing Emperor Zhisūdris tried to avoid. Aydinir would be most willing to take monarchists, nationalists and aristocrats, maybe some republicans as well. Aydinir could be seen as a safe harbour for them. Kaitani from the other hand, would be seen as harbour from all those democrates, revolutionaries and liberals, those who started revolution in the first place. Kaitani for them would be a place where their ideals triumphed.

So giving that Saruzhan navy was rather pro-democratic, Kaitani would get most of it, and smaller part would defect to me. And to Aydinir escaped most of Saruzhan aristocrates nad many of experienced Saruzhan generals, who fought for the nationalists. Saruzhan fleet and generals could play an important role during first Aydinirian-Arenginian war and the Great War.

Also, during the reign of Emperor Zhisūdris, who had a strange sympathy for Saruzhans, Aydinir would not interfere in internal disputes of Saruzhan minority, as long as they remained loyal to The Empire. But when Empress Cifrinah took power and started even bigger centralization of the state, title of the King in Exile would be given to the members of Saruzhan Royal Family by the Emperor/Empress of Aydinir

What do you think of that?

Shahinay wrote:Hmmm, I didn't know it should be "Manticoran", I suppose "Manticorian sounds better in my ears. But from now on I will use "Manticoran"
Honestly, nation's adjectives are a real pain in the ass, for exapmle I never know what to write about Rusk. Rusklandian? Rusk? Ruskish? Rusklandr? Or abour Bearstin - Bearstinian or Bero? HLP
On the wiki, when there is a list of nations, there should be also some 2-3 sentences short introduction, with proper adjective stated

Btw Manticore, you are writing your factbook on Nationstates? 'Cause we have our own wiki
https://federation-of-allies.wikia.com/wiki/Federation_of_Allies_Wiki
Business with you is always a pleasure, my friend! xD

I think what adjective you use depends on your nation reallt, both work for me. I myself you whatever one comes to my head first

The Manticoran Empire wrote:I took the budget you have in your NS tab (189 trillion), multiplied it by the Defense Budget Percentage (27.7%) which gave me the total Defense Budget. I then googled the US Defense Budget and used the percentages given for each branch to determine a rough baseline for your expenditures by branch. A calculator and the Internet is very useful.

And honestly, you need to loosen your business regulations. The black market in your nation is MASSIVE! And, on top of that, my GDP is about 300 trillion dollars bigger than yours.

I like being top 1% in the world for black market lol

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