Hey, have you guys heard of this game? It looks pretty dope. I'm actually considering supporting it on kickstarter, but idk yet. It was one of the last games to go through steam greenlight.

https://ancient-cities.com/

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f...=854046403

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...ent-cities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvWJP6g5QXM

ANGIRISIAN EMPIRE

NATIONAL ELECTION 1584

It is that time again. The great dance of democracy, the day where millions of Angirisians go to their polls to vote for the representatives, senators and Chancellor of the Angirisian Empire. This year, though, the stakes are even higher as they have been for the last four cycles.

Now, three major national bodies are up for grabs between the four major parties. The Senate and the new House of Delegates - now combined in a new Imperial Congress - are complete tossups. Republicans are leading in the race for the Imperial Senate, but the Democrats are holding the line in the race for the Imperial House of Delegates. The Republican candidate for Chancellor, Petri Belisarius, is leading the polls but Democratic candidate Artemis Demetrios and Independent candidate Adrianna Almeda Alva are right on top of him, leaving the probability of a run-off elected ever more likely.

To win the race for the 375-seat House of Delegates, one of the four parties has to attain 188 seats for a majority. The likelihood of that happening doesn't look particularly good, though, so it would come down to some sort of a coalition to form a working majority in the lower house. For the 75-seat Senate as always, it takes 38 seats to win a working majority and that has not happened for nearly a decade. The race for Chancellor can be won with a simple majority, but in the event a simple majority is not attained then the race moves to a runoff round.

So... who will win? We'll find out by the end of this night! Stay tuned.

"My Russian salad is annexing the entire refrigerator now."

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Ikar has been suckered into has valiantly volunteered to save us from my laziness ourselves and take over NS recruitment efforts. He will be rewarded handsomely for his service to the Community. PAY PRAISE AND RESPECT UNTO HIM. >

PS: Thx Ikarius.

(Before anyone asks this is sanctioned by Lines so.)

So, Lines'll be posting an announcement about some stuff later but I wanted to go ahead and get this discussion started up as it relates to recruitment. I'm usually really over the top but I'm keeping this brief.

In short, a new recruitment campaign is being organized. And part of this campaign has to do with coming up with a slogan, because every brand has a slogan! McDonald's has "I'm loving it", Subway has "Eat Fresh" and we don't have anything. But we should. Because we need to really get our recruitment machines in order and this is a proper step towards doing this.

So how this will work is we're going to make a list of suggestions from the community and compile them together. Then we'll have a vote on which ones we like the most and that will become our new slogan. Keep in mind we need to go with something catchy and it should have the word Eternity in it at least.

List so Far:
Eternity RPC: Where the choices are infinite
Eternity RPC: Infinite Choices
Eternity: To Infinity
Eternity: Beyond Infinity

Or, this thing from ages ago. I am determined to make that land mine. >

Blac, Flo, are you two still interested in fighting me over me? I recall we planned something along the lines of Valland fighting the HLE over island, with Oslanburg definitely getting involved, and maybe Floland too. I forgot Flo's role. <_<

The following list will be non-inclusive and may be amended at any time. A link to RP-flavored text will be included where available and additionally details will be added where possible.

Magentina 1585 National Assembly Elections

The Republic of Magentina's 333-member National Assembly (Lower House) elects both the Prime Minister and the President of the Republic (the latter along the Senate), supervises the work of the government and passes all laws. It was a mixed electoral system, 150 MPs are elected through a winner-takes-all system, while the other 183 MPs are elected through a national proportional representation system of political parties.

You will elect those 183 MPs elected through a national list for the 1585-1589 term. You have 2 votes.


Background

Emiliano Lafuente, Liberal Party leader, has been Prime Minister since 1578, and the current national government, following the 1582 elections, is formed by a right-wing minority government formed by a coalition of the Liberal Party, Action for the Republic, and the Conservative Party. In the last months, allegations of corruption and tax evasion have tainted the government and former officials, including several Lafuente's relatives. The opposition has demanded Lafuente resignation, and protests have called for stronger anti-corruption legislation and new elections.

The National Assembly failed to agree a new president -as the current president Clemente Aguafuertes ended his term in Alvan 1585- and therefore, as the constitution established, snap elections were called. As consequence, for first time since 1562, a new president and new Prime Minister could be elected at the same time - in case Emiliano Lafuente hasn't enough support to be reelected Prime Minister.

This election is taking place IC on late Alvan 1585, when the poll will be officially closed.

Alvan 21, 1584

“I will not stand idly by while a foreign state meddles in our internal affairs,” the new chancellor declares before a huge crowd. “In our new administration, we will not allow foreign money, arms, and propaganda to support terrorism within our own borders. Look at Carruth! Look at St. Guthbert! Look at Hwearftun! These radical separatists, these despicable terrorists murder innocent men, women, and children to serve their disgusting agenda.

“These are the kinds of people that Brymme supports! For this, we must draw a line in the sand.” Dunstan looks straight into the camera. “Republic of Brymme! You must cease and desist your illegal, inhumane aiding and abetting of separatist elements in the Kingdom of Arrenland. Failure will result in severe consequences. No more!” He swiped the air with his arm and the crowd broke out in a deafening applause.

Quartyr 12

St. Guthbert was the capital and largest city on the island of Carruth, the largest overseas domain of the Kingdom of Arrenland. A vestigial remain from Arrenland’s colonial empire, Carruth was the first island south of the Brymmish Principality to be settled by Arrenland. Over time it became a prosperous, valuable asset. Sugarcane, indigo, coffee, and rice were grown in abundance on the large plantations throughout the island. Carruth made many a landowner extremely wealthy. Their wealth was built upon the backs of hundreds of thousands of indentured servants and Ostaran slaves. It was heavily invested in, with hundreds of millions of modern shillings-worth of infrastructure, settlement building, and fortification.

Today it remains in Arrenlander hands, and still retains millions of Ostarans - descendants of slaves - and the descendants of Arrene and Brymmish indentured servants and settlers. One of those Ostaran descendants walks into the second-busiest mall in St. Guthbert. He wears a long, dull-colored coat. Concealed within was a short submachine gun with several loaded magazines. The police would later identify it as a Tieguan knockoff of an old Socialist Union model. It could be traced back to gun runners in the mountains of Nabatho, but no further. Also hidden in his pockets were three old Kolhari grenades.

Seeing that he was being eyed suspiciously by a pair of mall security guards, the man decided it was time. He threw aside the coat and leveled his weapon at the two guards. He released a long burst, hitting both of them several times in a diagonal pattern. Immediately, panic struck. People were running and shouting, all the while the terrorist opened fire indiscriminately. At one point he noticed several people hiding inside a store, so he tossed one of his grenades in. The whole thing went on for only a short while before mall security and local police ended the massacre in a hail of bullets going the opposite direction, but it wasn’t short enough. Initial reports showed over twenty dead and at least forty wounded. Witnesses reported that the terrorist was shouting “Free Carruth!” and other popular separatist slogans.

Within a week, it was revealed that the man had been placed under surveillance by the intelligence and counterterrorism services due to his communications with known members of a radical separatist group, the Ostaran Liberation Party. Inexplicably, however, the government had lost track of him. He had disappeared, only to reappear weeks later at the mall in St. Guthbert. Several arrests followed, mostly separatists, especially Ostaran racial nationalists.

By the end of the second week, the Carruth Constabulary and the Royal Counterterrorism Task Force announced that they would be holding a joint press conference, one which the chancellor himself would be attending.

(06-11-2017, 04:45 AM)Jamzor the Jaxxor Wrote: Directorate Use Only
Expanding Country: Arrenland
EC.'s Government Type: Constitutional monarchy

Campaign Setting: 1584 - 1585
Campaign Goal:

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Informational Links: Arrenland wiki

When did you last have an Expansion? March 2017
When was the Expanding Country's last military conflict? Arrenland hasn't had any major conflicts in recent history.
Why do you seek to expand? IC: Arrenland and Brymme have been going at it for a long time now. Brymme was formerly under Arrenlander control until about 70 years ago. The new government of Arrenland is notably aggressive with a firebrand chancellor who wants to turn Arrenland into a world power. Conquering an old rival and solidifying control over the eastern Kvaennan waters would fit nicely into that goal.

OOCly: I've wanted those islands for a good while now. Also my hopes for mainland conquest have been all but crushed by certain uncooperative parties.

Campaign Plot
The Brymmish people are the descendants of a mixture of Arrenes and Taeunasians, and today Brymme is an independent republic. Brymme was once an Arrenlander vassal state, with its own ruling prince who swore fealty to the king, even after traditional feudal vassal-liege relationships had been abandoned in Arrenland. This was a special concession to the Brymmish, allowing them to maintain a degree of autonomy.

Starting around 1506, at the same time as republican insurrections plague Adwest and fifty years after the republican revolt in the southern United Provinces led to the establishment of an independent Taeunasian Republic, there is a surge in republicanism and anti-Arrenland sentiment in Brymme. Many see the Prince of Brymme and the aristocracy as Arrenlander puppets. In 1510, a republican protest in the city of Brocctun turned into a riot, which turned into a revolt. The revolt spread rapidly throughout the island, and many nobles, alleged “collaborators,” and ethnic Arrenes were murdered. Without going into too much detail, Brymme eventually threw off Arrenlander sovereignty and became an independent republic.

There has been some tension between the two states in recent years. Most recently, Brymme has been accused of supporting separatist groups in Arrenland’s remaining overseas territories, particularly the island of Carruth, and there have been some near-miss incidents between naval patrol vessels of both countries.

After the firebrand new chancellor takes office, he takes a hard stance against Brymme. He demands that the Brymmish government immediately end all support for separatist groups in Arrenlander territory. The Popular Party-controlled parliament passes a bill banning any organization operating in Arrenland from taking funds from Brymmish government or private sources. When a separatist group with alleged ties to Brymme commits a terrorist attack in Carruth, the chancellor orders the seizure of all Brymmish financial assets in Arrenland. In addition, he orders more aggressive patrols of territorial waters, leading to a violent incident between two naval vessels. The exact details of the incident are not clear, but both sides blame the other.

Eventually, one thing leads to another and a shootin’ war breaks out.

The Arrenlander government will attempt to justify the annexation of Brymme as a return to the old order before the bloody and illegal republican uprising. The family of the last reigning prince of Brymme still lives in Arrenland, and they will probably be put on the throne.


Potential for Other Player Involvement
A war between two nations? Plenty of opportunity for the usual involvement there. The Taeunasians might decide that they have a special interest in intervening, considering their proximity to the islands in question.

How your country may evolve from success
After decades of idleness, Arrenland may come out of this conflict with a feeling of pride at their accomplishment, and a wave of support for Dunstan's ideas of turning Arrenland into a world power, thus leading to more international involvement (of the aggressive kind) in the future.

How your country may evolve from defeat
The people's opinion of Dunstan might drop significantly if he returns home in defeat, so to speak. He campaigned on aggressive, glory-seeking, power-building rhetoric, and he can't even manage the old rival Brymme? Arrenland's future imperialist prospects might not look so good.