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Thanks mate
The map is on the northern hemisphere though, so for your Hong Kong on ice setting, a spot in the north would be good.
So, if I were to join a military alliance, they wouldn't be able to assist me if I had an issue on the mainland? wait nvm
Plenty of cold regions to make what you are looking for for a
Heavy breathing ...colony
Speaking of colonies I need like one or two more of those
Rule Brittania intensifies
If you were looking to make a Hong Kong type nation, I'd be happy to cede a small bit of my northern land to you.
http://dulminis.nl/nhoor/serpensland.svg (Northland and Camridia are pretty cold places)
Are they both similar in development? btw, the map looks really good. Did you use MS Paint?
Camridia is more developed than Northland, having triple the population.
Alrighty, just to clarify, are you are offering me both or one or the other? If it is the Later, I would like Camridia.
Trying to work out where I want Massie to be on the map... I imagined that it's a country with a rather cold climate. Does anyone want to be neighbours with me? Ideas for shared history and rivalries?
You can have a roughly Hong Kong sized piece of land or island in either of those places. Serpens Land has a land area of 461,385 km², you can just do a rough estimate of the area you want. Once you find somewhere that you would like, just circle it on my map, and send it to me. You'll still have to apply for a spot on the map. The map rules and application can be found here:
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Generally, More north is more cold, but climate is completely up to you so it doesn't really matter.
I'm getting there. I feel like I'm gluing my heart back together piece by piece with a glue stick but this has had some positives. After two years of putting off my depression and anxiety I've finally scheduled an appointment with a therapist and I think a psychologist to see if I need meds because I have family history of all this sh*t. Plus I've been making an effort again to see friends (Played drunk lasertag last night) :)
At the end of the day we all gotta get through life day by day.
I hope everyone in your family is okay and safe, it sucks to hear about the trees, those don't just regrow over night.
Make sure y’all talk to Van about this
Nhoor and Serpens land
For those who recently joined: Van is 
Vancouvia, the one resðonsible for the map :)
Yes I do! Where do I sign?
Elon feels the same.
Am I right in suspecting that the summer holidays are over for a lot of people?
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Athara magarat, Townside, and Livastonia
Yep
Yeah :(
Although for me in the southern hemisphere it was my winter holidays that just ended.
I did forget to show off here what I was working on for some of the holidays though:
Overview | History | Geography | Culture | Politics | Law | Religion | Military | Economy | International | Trivia
Overview
Land of the Town Beside the Sea
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...Royal Union Flag | ...Townsider Blue Ensign | Commonwealth Flag |
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Coat of Arms |
Motto | Nulli expugnabilis hosti |
Royal Anthem | |
National Anthem |
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Map of Townside and neighbours... | Detailed map of Townside...... |
History | |
British control (Colony) | 1786 |
Responsible government | 1854 |
| 1899 |
| 1940 |
Capital | Townside Borough (city-state) |
National language | English (de facto) |
55.9% Townsider | |
84.36% Christian | |
Demonym | Townsider |
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | |
Monarch | HM The King |
Governor | Admiral Sir Norwood Williams |
Lieutenant Governor | Chief Justice Warwick Huntingdon-Stafford |
Premier | Benjamin Chancellor |
Legislature | |
Upper house | |
Lower house | |
Area | |
Total | 18,448 km2 |
Water (%) | 0.11 |
Highest elevation | 2,935 m (9,629 ft) |
Population | |
July 2023 estimate | 323,981 |
July 2022 estimate | 319,856 |
Density | 17.6/km2 |
GDP | |
2022 estimate | $19.439 billion |
Per capita | $60,000 [Permission granted] |
Gini (income) | 28.2 |
Gini (wealth) | 0.902 |
HDI | 0.976 |
Currency | Townsider pound (TSP; £) |
Time zone | Penrith Mean Time (PMT) |
Summer (DST) | PMT+01:00 (PST) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
Driving side | left |
Internet TLD | .ts |
Townside has a temperate climate, with mild summers and cool winters. Its climate also exhibits oceanic features similar to other coastal areas in the Northern Hemisphere, with moist air from the ocean ensuring relatively high humidity and stabilising temperature.
The capital is the Borough of the Town Beside the Sea (Townside Borough), which is the country's only urban area, located on the north of Deliverance Island around the mouth of the Everflow River. The borough was named after its literal geography, and lends its name to the country as a whole. The rest of the country beyond the borough is known as Lafonia. The island has been permanently inhabited since 1786 when the British settlement was established. Forming part of the British Western Isles, Townside was governed under royal charter until 1856, when it became a crown colony. The first labourers were taken to Townside between 1786 and 1800 in what were known as the First, Second, Third, and Fourt Fleets, but a full plantation economy did not develop, and the immigration largely ceased by the end of the 18th century. The economy instead became maritime-focused, with the colony serving as a base for merchants, privateers, and the Royal Navy. Its proximity to Gael resulted in it becoming an Imperial fortress, an important British naval and military base in the Western Isles, with vast funds lavished on its Royal Naval Dockyard and military defences.
While the defence sector still contributes a sizeable 10% to the national economy (kept alive by the ongoing sovereignty dispute with Najimam), the "twin pillars" of the country's modern economy are offshore financial services (40% of GDP) and tourism (30% of GDP). Tourism has been a significant contributor to Townside's economy since the 19th century. Meanwhile, the country only became a prominent major regional offshore financial centre and tax haven for regional businesses and wealthy individuals after [World War II], largely as a result of the state not charging taxes on any income earned or stored.
Townside is a unitary parliamentary democracy with a bicameral parliament located in Townside Borough. The House of Assembly (the lower house of Parliament) dates from 1854 when it first met after the colony achieved responsible government. The Island Council (the upper house of Parliament) and the Executive Council (the formal meeting of the Cabinet) were formed in 1824 when they were split from the Governor's Council. The premier is the head of government and is formally appointed by the governor and lieutenant governor jointly. The governor and lieutenant governor are appointed by The King to be his joint-representatives in the country. Townside does not have a single independence date. Rather, Townside's sovereignty developed over time. Townside achieved responsible government in 1854, was declared a self-governing British Dominion in 1899, and in 1940, the Townsider parliament adopted the Statute of Westminster, which removed nearly all of the British Parliament's authority to legislate for the Dominion, and effectively made Townside a largely sovereign nation in its own right.
With a GDP per capita of $60,000, Townside has the highest GDP per capita in the Western Isles, but the country is wracked by extremely severe wealth inequality and a deeply entrenched social class divide, with a handful of influential individuals (the so-called “Four Families”, or the “Bunyip Aristocracy” according to detractors) holding outsized influenced over a country often termed to be the personal playground for the rich and powerful. Additionally, the country's idyllic image and safe, clean streets hides a regional underground centre for organised crime and black market activity, known as Townside's "Underbelly". Nevertheless, the country's apparent economic success and outwardly peaceful appearance attracts many unwitting workers from around the region. Immigrants from almost every country and territory in the Western Isles reside in Townside.
The old that is strong does not wither.
Not all who wander are lost.
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
The crownless again shall be king.
Better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace
Conquered by no enemy.
In the long run we are all dead.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step
From such trivia, I believe my soul was born
Tried to make my dispatches prettier. I split my once dense overview factbook into eleven different dispatches, while consolidating other smaller, less complete dispatches into these eleven dispatches. Feel free to click around the links and let me know if something doesn't work. The information is more or less up to date, while at the same time being hopelessly outdated in some parts. Also still a lot of empty spaces and OOC annotations so will probably have to fix that when summer holidays roll around for me at the end of the year.
Credits for both formatting and substantive contents can be found in the Trivia section, so look there first before anybody reports me for plagiarism!
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