that I must bow so low?
Only a cat of a different coat,
that's all the truth I know.
In a coat of gold or a coat of red,
a lion still has claws,
And mine are long and sharp, my lord,
as long and sharp as yours.
Story
The year is 2045. It has been almost three decades since the Middle East had torn itself apart in war, leaving empty countries littered with bones and ruins of once bustling cities. The other countries— both world powers and weaker nations—now continue on with their everyday lives. Even though they have not made many technological advances, life is somewhat easier than before. Water powered cars zoom down streets and most people contact each other via holograms.
The world’s population is keeping itself busy by fiddling with its gadgets, but the nations are growing tense with one another. They blame each other for bankruptcy, for outbreaks… and especially for what happened in the Middle East. Countries who are tired of being pushed around cry for war, eager to redeem themselves and prove themselves as strong as, or even stronger, than major nations like America or England. Threats are being made and nations are being labeled as friend or foe. A whole new war is about to break out—but whose side will you be on?
Plot
World War III is about to begin and nations are already taking up arms. They will aim their weapons at each other with one more tiny push, and when that happens… no one will be safe.
Three alliances will be made; what these alliances will be called or who will join them is up to the RPers.
Types of Playable Characters
Countries: taking on a humanoid shape and able to live for eternity, countries are the strongest beings in the world. They represent their nation’s people by brandishing several stereotypes—for instance, England is a gentleman who loves tea and France is a romantic man who chases after women. How countries are born remains a mystery to everyone; all that is known about their birthing process is that they randomly appear as children roaming around their land. Countries stop aging visibly after a certain amount of time, appearing as twenty or thirty year olds while they are really hundreds or thousands of years old. They are five or six times stronger than a human being—thus, they are not able to die easily. A random person wielding a gun cannot murder a nation unless they are a part of a powerful organization, such as the mafia or the government. Nations also cannot die of old age—they can only die if they are killed, of disease, or if they cannot function anymore. If they die, they have a high probability of being reborn as a child, but only if their country is being rebuilt. Countries reflect what is going on in their land as well—they undergo severe pain and/or illness if a natural disaster struck, an attack occurred in their land, etc. This may range to throwing up blood, ash, and shrapnel in response to a nuclear attack, or a simple cold if their economy is having trouble.
Before, nations were thought to be barren and could not reproduce. This has been proved wrong, however, due to the proof of micronations successfully marrying humans and nations alike and having children with them. Though, most countries avoid relationships with humans and even other nations, as this causes too much strife. Humans last too short of a time and the country they love may be their enemy one day.
Nations fall under the command of their Boss, or whoever runs the nation (such as the President, Dictator, etc).
Micronations: they are almost exactly like nations, but much weaker as they are smaller. They are younger than other nations and, more often than not, are ignored by them as well since they are not taken literally.
Cities and States: [NOT YET AVAILABLE] cities are, again, just like nations, but weaker than them and micronations. However, they are around the age of their nation, and are considered like brothers to them.
List of Available Countries and Micronations
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Canada
China [claimed by Nerevarine]
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark [claimed by Chicogal]
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France [claimed by Chicogal]
Germany [claimed by Dragon]
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Hutt River
Iceland [claimed by Pudding]
India
Italy (North) [claimed by Goldfish]
Italy (South) [claimed by Dragon]
Japan
Kugelmugel
Ladonia
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Moldova
Molossia
Monaco
Mongolia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nikko Nikko Republic
North Korea
Norway
Poland
Portugal [claimed by Nerevarine]
Prussia [claimed by Pudding]
Romania
Russia [claimed by Dragon]
Scotland
Sealand
Seborga
Seychelles
Slovakia
South Korea
Spain [claimed by Goldfish]
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Tibet
Tonga
Turkey
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Ukraine
United Kingdom [claimed by Pudding]
United States of America [claimed by Dragon]
Vatican City [claimed by Goldfish]
Vietnam
Wallachia
Wy
Rules
- Basic RPG rules apply. This means no flaming, godmodding, etc.
- Keep this PG-13—a little bit of gore and extreme violence is allowed, but please skip over the sexy times.
- This is semi-lit, thus one paragraph should be written per character.
- Use good grammar and no chat speak.
- I make and thus can change the rules. A co-GM will be chosen later on.
- Players can only play cities and states that belong to the countries they play.
- You must make your character from scratch—you can only copy some of their personality from the anime.
- You must be active.
- Put your character’s catchphrase in the “Other” part of your form as the pass phrase!
- History is left out of the forms because of obvious reasons. History will be mentioned as time goes on.
- Meetings and conferences will be held every so often.
- Have fun!
Form
Username:
Country Name: [America, etc]
Human Name: [Their real name; you can make it up, but do not use “Tsuna Ubetashi” for a character who is not Japanese, and so on]
Age: [How old they look like]
Gender:
Birthday: [When they declared independence or have appeared in history]
Appearance: [Link or description, keep stereotypes in mind!]
Personality: [Again, keep stereotypes in mind!]
Weaknesses: [No less than three]
Strengths: [No more than two]
Likes:
Dislikes:
Other: [Anything else you would like to add, and the pass phrase]