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[DarthShady]

You have insulted the honor of Emperor Shady, and his great Shadow Empire. I demand an apology.

President RogueIce of the Shinra Republic is prepared to make a full apology to Emperor Shady of the Shadow Empire, in exchange for a treaty stipulating that the Shadow Empire not engage in any aggressive actions towards the Shinra Republic or its Allies.

OOC: You know, this might not make such a bad STGOD topic I suppose. Though we'd have to firm things up of course.

The wise Emperor Shady is willing to sign a treaty with RoqueIce of the Shinra Republic, and will accept his formal apology.
The great Emperor Shady would also like to propose trade agreements and mutual defense pacts to RoqueIce of the Shinra Republic.

Emperor Shady would like to express his interest in The Technoutopian Confederation's new projects, and would gladly provide resources and manpower in exchange for access to these technological marvels.

[Oskuro]

Reports from the Technocratic Order of Young States indicate that, due to the mindless production of killer robots, ostracized sectors of the population have degenerated into religious cults, skeptical solipists, or bothersome pseudoscientists, all opposing the government's policies.
Due to the futility of their attempts, said groups have migrated to other, more prosperous countries, expanding their venomous fallacious drivel, sprouting support groups, pro-creationism websites, infomercials, televangelists, internet meme-sites, and retarded TV shows that suck in the lonely into cult-like organizations bent on spreading perma-virginity as a way of life... and thus hampering the operation of nations all across the SD.net World.

Those blaming this on the Order, often point at high-level education degrees offered there, like "TV Show Hosting", "Biased Manipulation Studies", "Bible-Thumping Degree", "Modern History of Star Trek" or "Applied Telemarketing Engineering".

Order diplomats have expressed their regret for such events (in their native toungue, wich sounds, suspiciously, as fits of hysterical laughter), and have made the announcement of their consumer electronics and robotics market (with their infamous "No EVIL switch, or your funeral expenses back" guarantee) opening to international interests.

[DarthShady]

The great Emperor shady would like to announce that the Shadow Empire has began construction of New Littoral Combat Ships which shall be used in defence of The Empire and will also be available for international trade.

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is the Shadow Empire's newest surface combatant class. Optimized for shallow seas and operations within 100 miles of shore, but deployable across the ocean, LCS ships are a centerpiece of the Shadow Wmpire's new focus on littoral warfare. They will help to counter growing “asymmetric” threats like coastal mines, quiet diesel submarines, global piracy, and terrorists on small fast attack boats. They will also perform intelligence gathering and scouting using helicopters and UAVs, offer some ground combat support capabilities, and share tactical information with other Navy aircraft, ships, submarines, and joint units. Swappable “mission modules,” UAV robot aircraft, and robotic UUV and USV vehicles will give these small ships the specialized capabilities they require for each of these roles – and the quick-replace adaptability they need to keep up.

[Tiriol]

The League of Extraordinatry Gentleman Nations and its founding member, the kingdom of Tiriola, offers the technical readouts of new, nuclear submarines of Poseidon-class for sale. Easily modified, sturdy and, most importantly, capable of long-range solo missions.

The II Republic would be interested in acquiring diesel-electric submarines for coastal patrol, shipping interdiction and missile targeting duties. Due to our non-existant nuclear infrastructure, we are not currently interested in nuclear submarines.

Next year's budget will allow us to purchase four submarines with displacement of about 2500-3500 tons and their weapon systems. Any bidders are welcome.

In the interest of good will between our two nations and of the Leagues, His Majesty's government makes known that the Ministry of Commerce and Trade and the Ministry of Defense are ready to sign a trade treaty concerning diesel-electric submarines. Although Poseidons are intended for nuclear energy use, our engineers and scientists of the Academy of St. Runeberg are capable of modifying the existing readouts for other energy types and our naval construction facilities can produce the desired amount of submarines, if the treaty is signed.

For this time only we are willing to give a sizeable discount concerning the required modifications and extra work hours.

At the same time His Majesty's government wishes to approach the LUN as a member candidate to make more diplomatic connections and to join the mutual peace efforts across the globe.

The LUN is ready to sign a mutual trade pact with the LEGN, and expresses the will to enter some form of military alliance in the future.

The Kingdom of Tiriola is, of course, welcome as a member of the LUN, provided it allows for free movement of people, goods and services from all LUN states and enter a mutual protection treaty with all other LUN countries. All these provision apply to LUN member states towards Tiriola, of course.

His Majesty's government considers the above conditions and rules fair and just and have recommended that His Majesty sign the application. His Majesty King Tiriol has given his blessing for this application and military alliance, although reminding that the sovereignity of Tiriola and its military remain and that the Commander-In-Chief (His Majesty) retains the highest authority over the brave soldiers of the Royal Defense Forces of Tiriola.

[Starglider]

The great Emperor shady would like to announce that the Shadow Empire has began construction of New Littoral Combat Ships

I see that you're not a member of the HAB, where the utility, cost-effectiveness and general sanity of the LCS concept has long been riddiculed.

[Mr Bean]

The Foreign Trade Ministry has updated it's Wiki with the following information about the Kingdom of Blackadder

Basic facts:

Land Area: 89 thousand square kilometers
Population: 54.9 million, 1nd world living standards
GDP: 2.1 trillion US dollars/year

Army:

Universal Draft military with 3 years of mandatory service, Naval service is voluntarily with a mandatory eight year stint in the Navy at a half again higher pay. Service begins at 17 years of age with a year or less stint in a National Reserve type outfit. At 18 years of age they can remain in the Reserves for the rest of their three years or enlist in the Royal Guards Airforce, the Royal Marines or His Majesties Navy.


Navy:(I did lots of trading)
52 Halifax Class Frigates
30 Arleigh Burke-class Destroyers
12 Ticonderoga CG
6 Nimitz class Carriers
20 Subs
Over 1000 Planes of various types, Carrier Fighter wings are made up of F-35C(4x) with bomber rolls being handled by F/A-18F Super Hornets(2x) and EW rolls handled by the EA-18G(Half Squadron) along with misc refueling and ASW planes.

The Navy always gets top billing in each years budget for mainting the decisive tech edge.

Army
The Kingdom's army is made up of Reservists who train regularly with small arms, anti-tank and anti-air MANPAD style weaponry. Gifted draftee's are chosen to cross-train in heavy AA or coastal craft. The who excel during mandatory service are offered the chance to join the Royal Marines which maintain a standard first world ground force with high emphasis placed on Armored protection(Ala-The Israeli's) over speed and similar concerns.

Economy:

GDP:2.1 Trillion dollars US dollars/year, focused along high-tech lines with a heavy investment in undersea mining and off-shore oil drilling.

Main industries:

Natural resources: Iron Ore, Bauxites, Large oil deposits(Offshore), Gold and zinc are present in large amounts in the mountains of the island, diamond, small amounts of uranium,copper, silver, nickel.

Exports: Iron Ore, Oil, Gold, Diamonds

Map:
Classified for National Security reasons(And my terrible map-making skills)

Government
The Kingdom is ruled along British lines except the Monarch has both the right off Veto and final say on any decelerations of war. The Monarchy is charged first and foremost with overseeing the long-term heath of the Kingdom and can only be removed by death, mental heath reasons or a super-majority in the House of Lords(Super Majority defined as 70% or more) years of benevolent rule and a mostly hands off approach have resulted in high stability and a public love of the King who is content to guide his nation rather than to drive it.

In recent years the stars have called and the King has ordered Parliament to begin heavily investing in space exploration and satellites.

[Starglider]

Shroomania expresses hope that the Technoutopian Confederation will be willing to export these radical weapons designs to other nations as well, to form a mutually beneficient protective umbrella

Regrettably, due to the potential, unavoidable and unfortuante offensive utility of these concepts, their proliferation will have to be tightly controlled to only the most 'reliable' (and well paying) allies.

In light of this, Shroomania shall create a elite institute that will serve as an academy for the nation's top gun maverick aces. The air forces of allied nations are welcomed to partake in this elite training regimens.

We support this plan on the condition that the facility be equiped with an atomic self-destruct device set to activate automatically on detection of an overwhelming level of anime cliches, or any hint of mecha corruption.

Now, now, now, play nice, children. If you don't, I'll throw small asteroids at your islands. Smile

I do believe that the Technoutopoian Confederation is uniquely equipped to deal with that threat.

[Mr Bean]

Further note
The Kingdom of Blackadder has sent one of her Carrier groups to the seas near Zoria as a representative of the Omsk Pact and not in any way the first step in some nefarious scheme.

In other news the Kingdom celebrated the launch of the 1st and 2nt satcom since their space program began

[Zixinus]

I hearby propose to my allies these two projects:

1. The ENFFBP (Experimental Nuclear Fission Fuel Breeded Project)

A facility that would investigate and develop new methods to purify and/or breed fuels for coming nuclear programmes. Primary interest is thorium for reactors.

2. SeaSnail project: R&D for creating technologies that can ,in a non-invasive manner so it won't damage the environment, scrub the sea floor for precious heavy metals and high-z fuels for future nuclear projects.

Now if you lot excuse me I have a few beautiful, naked women waving at me and smiling. I must investigate this matter. Closely and privately.

Due to the futility of their attempts, said groups have migrated to other, more prosperous countries, expanding their venomous fallacious drivel, sprouting support groups, pro-creationism websites, infomercials, televangelists, internet meme-sites, and retarded TV shows that suck in the lonely into cult-like organizations bent on spreading perma-virginity as a way of life... and thus hampering the operation of nations all across the SD.net World.

I shall create supporting sceptic groups of high intellect and excellent debating skill to counteract this movement and nudge my television channels to ridicule these people for what they are and to favour other, more sophistaced shows above them if not file them under 18+ (in my little nation, anything rated 18+ can only be shown after 22:00). I shall also create pamphlets that warn againts the invading policy of these cults.

Any potential member of such cult shall be closely monitored by my secret service, but without any interference to their activity until they remain legal.

There shall be no tax-exception to these groups unless their billing is subject of public access and investigation.

[DarthShady]

The great Emperor shady would like to announce that the Shadow Empire has began construction of New Littoral Combat Ships

I see that you're not a member of the HAB, where the utility, cost-effectiveness and general sanity of the LCS concept has long been riddiculed.

I am not a member. But i am intrigued as to why has it been ridiculed.

Perhaps the Shadow Empire should delay the construction until further information is obtained.

[Shroom Man 777]

Due to the futility of their attempts, said groups have migrated to other, more prosperous countries, expanding their venomous fallacious drivel, sprouting support groups, pro-creationism websites, infomercials, televangelists, internet meme-sites, and retarded TV shows that suck in the lonely into cult-like organizations bent on spreading perma-virginity as a way of life... and thus hampering the operation of nations all across the SD.net World.

Shroomania has regrettably come to access to new information in light of these disturbing developments (goddamn I love my alliterations) - information procured by means of communications surveillance by the flag mothership submarine Yer Mom of the Mushroom Military's Navy.

It seems that these degenerates of the Order have immigrated and ruined the Voluntaryist Libertopia, causing it to fall prey to wanton anarchy and warlordism.





Shroomania has evacuated all its persons on that stricken country and anxiously watches the worsening situation. Due to its commitments to the peacekeeping of Syndromia, Shroomania cannot outstretch its forces in an attempt at pacification and must implore other members of the international community for an intervention.

[Zixinus]

It seems that these degenerates of the Order have immigrated and ruined the Voluntaryist Libertopia, causing it to fall prey to wanton anarchy and warlordism.

[snip pic]

Shroomania has evacuated all its persons on that stricken country and anxiously watches the worsening situation. Due to its commitments to the peacekeeping of Syndromia, Shroomania cannot outstretch its forces in an attempt at pacification and must implore other members of the international community for an intervention.

You made that up just to use the picture again, didn't you?

[Shroom Man 777]

You made that up just to use the picture again, didn't you?

Yes. We also needed a Somalia.

[Crossroads Inc.]

The Lord High CEO of Crossroadia is pleased with the swift and decisive action taken against the Tith'combineand is hopeful that such action is a sign of things to come in maintaining peace and keeping the more brazen nations inline.

It however is postualted that, while the having such discussions can be done over the Internet, a formal, neutral Headquarters be established on a neutral site. Several such Nations have already declared themselves as neutral, one of these nations should be picked to establish a United SD.Net Nation Forum for the purposes of sending ambassadors so none of us actually have to go to the meetings they will inverable have.

With this on the table for consideration, I will also put forth to the "ANNSR" Nations that our first porder of bussines be the construction of a new Global Position System to better aid our new world.

Other nations building SuperWeapons and Ultraships is all fine and dandy, but we need to get to work on something more useful

[Edit] yeah this is WAY better then modle UN,

[K. A. Pital]

The Foreign Ministry of Red Technocracy released brief country stats:

Coat of Arms and Flag:


Basic facts:

Land Area: 224 022 km²

Population: 28,4 million, 1st world living standards

Army and Airforce: universal draft since 18 year old with one year service for all branches of the military. Armor types for Army and Airforce machine types will be detailed later.

Navy:
2 Ulyanovsk-type CVNs (pr 1443.7): RTS Ivan Drago and RTS Ivan Danko (traded for 8 Destroyers), both with full air wings and Yak-44 AEW planes.
3 Kirov-type CGNs: RTS "Cog", RTS "Atom" and RTS "Rocket" (traded for 6 Destroyers)
16 Admiral Chabanenko-type Destroyers (pr 1155.1 FREGAT - AB-class Destroyer equivalent)
20 Neustrashimy-type Frigates (pr 1445 - Halifax class equivalent)
20 Lada-type submarines (pr 677)

Special Branch: Space Forces, 10-20 billion annual investment in the SPIRAL orbital plane program.

GDP: $500 billion USD

Main industries: energy (thermal, nuclear, hydro), construction, resource extraction (oil, gas, mineral deposits: metal ores, diamonds, uranium), agriculture.

Exports: feed grain, oil, ores, diamonds

Map:


Government:
The Red Technocracy is commanded by the Secretary General. It is rumored however that upon the completion of ECSOC, a giant supercomputer, it became sentient and runs most administration tasks, while the Secretary remains a mere figurehead.

Membership:
OMSK Pact,
APCS (Allied Peacekeeping Commitee on Syndromia) - see occupation zones map

Currently accomplished:
Launched AI system.
Assisted in joint peacekeeping mission in Syndromia (ongoing)
Initial investment into SPIRAL programme.

[Oskuro]

... during the latest summit, the TOYS representative was heard regretting the ongoing situation on Libertopia, but made no comment on the perceived hostility towards TOYS emigrants on other countries, instead just brandishing a sarcastic smile.


On other news, reports on the deployment of experimental jamming technology on part of the TOYS military have neither been confirmed nor denied. According to some unnamed naval officer, the system consists of looping broadcasts of the Zero Wing Engrish intro, in text, audio and video format. The officer stated that "there should be a Geneva convention to ban these atrocities".

Other analysts conclude, that, along with the experimental Hello-Kitty UAVs and the self propelled Furby HE Charges, theres enough evidence that TOYS leadership is, indeed, stark raving mad.

[Zixinus]

On behalf of the Alliance for Advanced Nuclear and Austronatical Development, I am proud to present the Rambler project:


While the fuel materials and laboratories are still being built, the Rambler will provide highly efficient and compact source of nuclear power.

[Vohu Manah]

Qudlivun

The Qudlivun Free State is a small, socially progressive nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed population of 250 thousand have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often. A robust private sector is dominated by the Information Technology and Banking industries.

Geography
Land Area: 665 square kilometers (same size as Bahrain)
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 161 km
Maritime Claims: 12 km territorial, 24 km contiguous
Climate: arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
Elevation extremes: 0 m at ocean, 380 m at Sanctuary Fortress
Land Use: 4% arable land, 8% permanent crops, 90% other uses

People
Population: 250,000
Population growth rate: 1.392%
Birth rate: 17.53 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 4.21 deaths/1,000 population
Nationality: Qudlivun (singular and plural, noun and adjective)
Literacy: 99% total population

Government
Official Country Name: Qudlivun Free State
Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy
Capital: Niihama City
Administrative Districts: 5 prefectures; Niihama, Indra, Chumong, San-qing, Hwanin
Independence Day: 02 April, 2008
National Holiday: WTF was Zor thinking Day, 02 April (2008)
Suffrage: 18, Universal
Legal System: Civil law system influenced by customary law; judicial review of legislative acts, except with respect to federal decrees of general obligatory character
International Agreements: Party to: Law of the Sea
International Organization Memberships: None, however the government is open to hosting international, non-profit NGOs (such as the Red Cross).

Economy
Economic Overview: Qudlivun is a peaceful, prosperous, and stable modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labor force, and a per capita GDP larger than almost any other nation of its size. Qudlivun is a safehaven for investors, because it has maintained a degree of bank secrecy and has kept up the hotei's long-term external value.
GDP: equivalent to $6.25 billion USD
Public Debt: no higher than 20% of GDP
Current Account Balance: equivalent to $1.48 billion USD
Currency (Code): Hotei (FSH)
Fiscal Year: Calendar Year

Communications
Telecommunications System: domestic: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile-cellular telephones
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat, fiber-optic submarine laid cable link for near nations
Radio Broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 4, Shortwave 1
Television Broadcast stations: 6
Internet country code: .qfs

Transportation
Airports: 3, all paved with runways greater than 3 km
Heliports: 5 military, 3 civilian
Ports and Terminals: Niihama City, Indra City, Chumong City, San-qing City, Hwanin City

Military
Military Branches: Qudlivun Ministry of Defense (MoD), Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF), Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF)
Military service age and obligation: 19 years of age for universal compulsory military service; 17 years of age for voluntary military service; the Qudlivun Constitution states that "every Qudlivun citizen is obliged to do military service"; every Qudlivun citizen has to serve for at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training over the next 10 years.
Major Deployable Military Assets: 6x Kilurki class patrol boat, Several variants of the SH-60 Seahawk are used from land bases.
Military expenditures as percent of GDP: 1.5%

Transitional Issues
Disputes - International: None
Illicit Drugs: offshore financial center


EDIT 1: Expanded several fields and added more information (more inline with CIA World Factbook entries). Entries are a mixture of CIA World Factbook entries of Switzerland, Bahrain and Japan.
EDIT 2: Added International Agreements field and noted that I am a party to Law of the Sea.
EDIT 3: Final edit, all future revisions have been moved to the official info thread.

[K. A. Pital]

The first attempt to visualize the scale of various nations (those which have maps at least):

[Starglider]

An example of the omnipresent inspirational posters that decorate every public space in the Technoutopian Confederation, reproduced from memory by TheMuffinKing ;

[Mr. Coffee]

FUCK YEAH Trade Organization
CaptainChewbacca: Part of the FYTO
Shroom Man 777 (Large Nation) Part of the FYTO
Zor (Medium Nation) Part of the FYTO
That NOS Guy: (Small Nation) Part of the FYTO
Lord Pounder(Large Nation) Part of the FYTO
Shinn Langley Soryu: (Tiny Nation) Part of the FYTO
Civil War Man: (Medium Nation) Part of the FYTO
Invictus ChiKen: Looking to join the FYTO
Scottish Ninja: Looking to Join the FYTO


Wow, so as this shit stgrands, I'm the King Motherfucker Of Bitchslap Mountain.

I'll be cool, Make a Mutual Awesome Aliance with us or we rape you fuckling nation as a single entity. Thus spaketh the Lord Of AWESOME, fuckers. Yeah, a few small nations can pool together and become a motherfucker of a bitch to kill.


Failing that shit, then we reverety to the PRFYNAFBTFC and proceade to fuck wityh you untill you love us and want to be onje with the AWESOME.

[Surlethe]

Now, now, now, play nice, children. If you don't, I'll throw small asteroids at your islands. Smile

I do believe that the Technoutopoian Confederation is uniquely equipped to deal with that threat.

Well, shall we work together, then?

[Shroom Man 777]

Toadstool Tod of Shroomania's Ministry of Information's Tourism Department publicates the following information for better international understanding and to educate those who are curious about the:

The Sovereignty of Shroomania

Land Area: Greenland

Population: 18 million

The Mushroom Military: Volunteer military though the public's secondary schooling includes some training

Navy:
2 Yer Mom class mothership submarines: the SSMMNs Yer Mom and the Yer Face - very very large and very very advanced submarines that can deploy recon UCAVs, special forces teams, or cruise missile strikes. As Shroomania is a peaceful nation, the Yer Moms have not been equipped with nuclear weapons, although that is an option. They do, however, carry MIRV MOABs.

20 Dolphin-class Diesel submarines

20 Arleigh Burke-class Destroyers

60 Halifax Class Frigates

Airforce:
The Shroomanian Airforce is composed of 300 modern jet fighters of various makes and models (American, Russian, European). The pilots are extremely competent as they are given ace training in a Top Gun air combat institute.

Hypersonic stealth aircraft are being researched and developed.

Army:
Roughly 100,000 volunteer soldiers with weaponry and training comparable to that of the Royal Army.

Special Branch: Cyborg Dinosaur Derivative Weapons Platforms

GDP: $450 million USD

Main Industries: agriculture and fisheries (major food exporter to the FUNGAL AXIS nations), minerals (from the mountain ranges), geothermal energy (also from the mountain ranges), construction (working together with the Red Technocracy to develop smaller nations, such as FUNGAL AXIS constituents), cyborg (dinosaur) technology, and medicine

Map:


Government: Parliamentary with socialist tendencies, current leader is Prime Minister Shroom the Seven Hundred Seventy Seventh, there are no term limitations.

Membership:
FUNGAL AXIS - the small nations of the world are welcomed to join!
FYTO (Fuck Yeah Treaty Organization)
APCS (Allied Peacekeeping Committee on Syndromia)

Currently accomplished:
Weaponized Cyborg Dinosaurs
Pacification of the Shadow Empire
Creation of a class of advanced mothership submarines - the Yer Mom
Assisted in joint peacekeeping mission in Syndromia (ongoing)
Investment in space projects with the Red Technocracy and the Technocratic Greater Co-Prosperity Alliance (also known as the Alliance of Advanced Nuclear Research and Space)
Establishment of friendly relations with many of the great and small nations in the world
Raising awareness on the dangers of rogue aggressor states

[Vanas]

Fufilling our duty as a member of the LUN, the Grand Duchy of Vanaheim is dispatching peacekeeping forces to southern Syndromia in the form of a trio of patrol ships, and 1,500 men. May we be magnanimous in victory.

Peacekeepers pose before departure.


VNS Vanguard leaves port



We further applaud the creation of the Alliance of Advanced Nuclear Research and Space, and will gladly seek to join this noble endeavour.

[Zixinus]

To all my allies:

I have just received news from my university researchers. It appears that some grad students took spare elements off the Sabre project and were able to make a prototype jet engine that runs purely on hydrogen! Upon finding that the prototype runs better then expected, more serious effort was made as the original prototype was made out of aluminium beer cans and packages of Delight-Bits(tm) boxes, using Chaper packages as sealing material. Several of the students were also intoxicated during assembly and made repairs the day after.
However, the prototype engine works regardless. For this, the students are rewarded and excused from disciplinary action. The same people have greatly attracted interest from the local tabloids and not primary due to their intellectual behaviour. Regardless, I have set aside some spare funding for these people to further develop the mentioned jet engine.

While the engine still has a few kicks to fix and there is still the issue of hydrogen storage that we await more results from Starglidera's Academy of Science and Engineering Material Science department for better materials, the jet engine appears to be workable concept for commercial usage.

As a sign of goodwill, I hereby deliver the complete plans and documentation of said jet engine and will still supply updates on the issue.