Countries as People iCheck

[Bluetommy]

Countries as People: The Game: The Movie: The RP

Hello, thanks for stopping by and all that shiz.

Anyway, I've had a hankering for something like this for some time. We take a country, personify it, and then have them interact, pretty frickin' simple, right?

Well, yeah, but I'd have to set some ground rules so things don't get too... angry, I have a list for if and when the OOC goes up, but basically it would be "Don't be a dick and don't get too political", stereotyping is perfectly okay, in fact, I think that's what you're here for.

I have a few ideas for where we could go with this, five to be exact.

1: MEDIEVAL TIMES! I'm not going into too much detail here because this is such a large time frame, but if I had to choose, I'd probably prefer the 13th century myself, the very end of the medieval era, SO MUCH IS HAPPENING!

2: WW1! The end of an era, the era of monarchies, European empires, and awesome mustaches (Not colonialism YET, that would still take another few wars and even then the US and Russia are getting a little touchy-feely, but I won't get into that)

Our main players would be The ENTENTE (I love that name), The CENTRAL POWERS (I love their fashion sense), The UNITED STATES (I love their pseudo-neutrality), and RUSSIA (They explode, so I'm not putting them with the ENTENTE, and yes that needs to be capitalized every time.)

Other countries that may be interesting to screw around with could be BELGIUM, SPAIN, TURKEY (The Ottomans' rebellious teenage son/daughter), or CHINA.

3. WW2! Oh boy, the big one, let's just say we owe everything to this right here, and don't say we don't because we really do.

Our main players would be The ALLIES (The playable characters in every WW2 game, EVERY. ONE.), the AXIS (TREAD CAREFULLY HERE), and RUSSIA (Yes yes, they're technically with the allies, but every newspaper I've seen from the time says something like "GERMANY SURRENDERS TO THE ALLIES!... and Russia too I guess.)

Some interesting others could be SPAIN, CHINA, AUSTRALIA (I'm not kidding, they fought the Japanese pretty hard.), or POLAND.

4. THE COLD WAR! Duck and Cover, kiddies! It's nuclear war right on the bloody doorstep!

Main players are pretty clear: NATO ('MURICA AND FRIENDS PARTY-TIME ADVENTURE!), and the WARSAW PACT (Sojus njerushimyy rjespublik svobodnjkh Splotila navjeki Vjelikaja Rus’! Da zdravstvujet sozdannyy voljej narodov Yedinyy, moguchij Sovyetskij Sojuz!)

Other interesting players could be literally anywhere in AFRICA (It's a shit-show at this point.), CHINA (They weren't exactly the Soviet's biggest fans despite both being communist), Cuba (Not part of the Warsaw Pact so I can put them in others and you can't stop me!), ALBANIA (This is a fun story to read about), POLAND (Part of the Warsaw Pact but I want to draw special attention to them... for no reason in particular... *COUGH* MARTIAL LAW *COUGH*), and... fuck it, everybody's got something interesting going on.

5. MODERN DAY! Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love everything being on fire. Wacky shit happens here, this is probably going to be the least serious scenario if we choose it because every country is absolutely fucking insane (Except for Switzerland, he's a casualty.)

The top goofsters could be The USA (Fuckin' duh), RUSSIA (Also fuckin' duh), [REDACTED], ALL OF AFRICA (Nothing's changed), GERMONEY... Sorry, GERMANY (They got mad Euros), The UK (HAHA, just kidding, they don't matter anymore (ALSO KIDDING)), SCANDINAVIA (Europe's own little group of rich kids who have their shit together), and NORTH KOREA (Because insanity).

So that's all I've got, but remember, if you have a Russia problem, call 1-800-FIN-LAND and we'll handle it.

But in all seriousness, if you are interested but think my ideas are stupid, please tell me, I might listen... maybe.

[TalijaKey]

So hetalia, but our own take on it. I like it.

One of my history sweet spot are the balkan/yugoslavia/serbia.
What ever era you pick its madness. Serbia is a social butterfly

But if it is prefered something more mainstream. I wouldn't mind trying russia or something else that is needed.

[Bluetommy]

@TalijaKey awesome! The Balkans are always fun, no matter where you are in history.

I've never seen hetalia but i have heard a lot about it, i was more inspired by a webcomic called Scandinavia and the World, but it's not like the idea's exactly new.

[DepressedSoviet]

@bluetommy2I'd be interested in this. I need another something a bit less serious in my list of current RPs.

[Bluetommy]

@DepressedSoviet "Less serious" Is a bit of an understatement

[TalijaKey]

@bluetommy2 Ah I saw them a few times around XD

Hetalia is quite nice, a bit heavy on stereotypes + cute, but eh. The fandom has the heavy history buffs to balance it all out.

Funtimes hooray!

[DepressedSoviet]

@TalijaKey@bluetommy2So as far as time period is concerned, I personally think World War 1 is the way to go. It's close enough to modern day for us to still be pretty relatable, but it's also enough in the past to get plenty of those sweet, sweet history jokes we all came here for. Plus, I like stealing an idea from Hetalia, where annexed/conquered nations(such as the Balkans) live under the rule of whoever annexed them(IE Austria-Hungary). It gives us plenty of NPCs to work with, and it's a great midpoint setting between too historical and too recent.

[Bluetommy]

@DepressedSoviet good points! Ww1 is my favorite as well but my vote doesn't count.

You also raise a good point on who is personified, should a country's age be based on the advent of its current form or on its formation as a sovereign state? Should organizations such as the league of nations be personified? Should unions like austria-hungary be one person or two? I'd like to hear your opinions before i make a choice.

[DepressedSoviet]

@bluetommy2I'll go ahead and break down my answers to your questions: For starters, I see a country-representation's physical age as being based on the IDEA of that nation's age. For example, during WW1, traditionally Polish land is divided between Russia and Germany, however the IDEA of Poland still exists, and is significantly aged, so I think that a Poland character in the WW1 timeline would be represented by an Adult.

As for international organizations being personified, I think that they should, but it should be shown that this personification cannot act on their own, especially in the case of the League of Nations. Basically using them as a kind-of joke character, who often request or demand that things be done, but are routinely shot down by their member nations.

Lastly, for unions, I think they should be two-nations, but seen almost like a marriage or romantic situation. If you use Scandinavia and the World as the example, where each nation has a male and female representation, you could say that Male Austria is married to Female Hungary, and possibly vice-versa(depending on how weird you want things to be).

[Bluetommy]

@DepressedSoviet I was having a really good idea for the League of Nations where he's really ill, and every time he tries to tell Italy or Japan to knock off their conquesting he just starts coughing, it gets so bad that he just passes out. He would live with France and Germany would absolutely terrify him. His death would have been the big "Oh shit, things are serious" moment, though everybody would have been like "I knew that would happen". I dunno, fun idea I suppose :D

I'll stay my hand on any big decisions until we get more people, though I'll start thinking about a character sheet, not start work on it just yet, just think about it.

[TalijaKey]

@bluetommy2@DepressedSoviet I like the WW1 as well for the period. I totally on board the idea of alliances to be similar to relationship.

The idea of having both female and male for each nation is nice as well. I would ask how we going to go about family. Like nation that come from the same origin would they be siblings? Or how are we going about a nation coming to be or into existence? Would it be connected to the people self identity? The nation poping into existence just one day?

Or are we thinking along some other way for them to come be?

Or are we ignoring that aspect, because its not that important for the time period.

[DepressedSoviet]

@TalijaKey@bluetommy2I have to agree with the idea of having nations from the same origins be siblings(IE Germany and Austria) As for nations just coming into existence, if they were created by an older nation, they might see that nation as a family member, but if they're like Poland(a previously-existing nation who was occupied by others), they probably wouldn't have too much emotional attachment to the nations that formed or re-formed them.

I also like blue's idea for the League, assuming we get that far into the timeline.

[Bluetommy]

@DepressedSoviet i like the idea of countries being siblings if they have similar origins, i also like the idea of former colonial nations being the children of their former overlords. If it's just a new country formed out of someone else's lands then no there shouldn't be any attachment.

I was thinking that the united states' parents would be England and France, as would be Canada's, Japan would be a very distant cousin to China and England would be Norway's kid, those are just the ideas i cane up with, we'll see what ends up happening in that area.

If we're doing WW1, then we'll probably have to start before the war, like 1913 or around that, just so we can start off before everyone hates each other.

[DepressedSoviet]

@bluetommy2That seems to match up pretty well, so I agree that that's the way we should go. As far as starting before the war, that gives us a good place for some exciting interaction at the start of the disputes that lead to the war.

[Bluetommy]

it'll be fun to see austria and Germany's relationship, considering they've hated each other for the last hundred or so years but now they're forced into an alliance. Same with Austria and the Ottomans... Austria was never the friendliest was he?

[Bluetommy]

Any more interest? This may be difficult with only three people.

[Nerevarine]

I'm game

[Zahir]

This seems intriguing to me. As I see you, three seem to be picking WW1 as the starting base. Glad, I know a decent amount of history on that. I don't know what country I would play, though...only problem...I'll figure that out, though...

ADD-ON : I can play any country really if you need/want me to play one speak now please.

[OfWindAndRain]

[Bluetommy]

I go to bed, have a lovely dream about one person expressing interest, wake up, and there's two interested and a meme.

I mean i wanted this but my poor young body can only handle so much.

@Zahir right now we're just getting set up so it's too early to worry about roles.

I'll get to work on a sheet if that's all good.