Just popping in to check up on things! Turns out I'm off to my dad's house this weekend, a place plagued with horrible internet connections. So my responses to questions will be considerably short. I just can't stand typing on a phone. 

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Can I play a merc company funded and equipped by a private arms contractor stationed within an existing nation?
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PM me the details of what you have in mind and I think we might be able to work something out. Sounds interesting enough

As for the origins for the Standard Dating System......... I feel like it came about the same way the universal "Smoky" language came about. There was a need for a universal dating system and common language in order to make international trade and politics much more efficient and simpler. The exact details I really haven't thought of, but if oyu guys really want some sort of elaborate backstory for these things I'm all ears to your ideas. I sort of like the idea of a preexisting empire that sort of set the standard, but really am game for anything.

Like I said though, I must ask the question: 

Do you guys really want that much of a backstory for the common language and dating system? (lazy tone not intended XD)