[OOC] The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

[Voltus_Ventus]

I'm working on an NS right now, and two things came to mind:

1) Should we have claims on "unique" minerals and what they can do?

2) Anyone want to have history with samurais with rifles?

@ClocktowerEchos

Everyone might have a special material but leave space for generic things.

I also think that there should be a mineral that provides energy, like coal and oil, that is heavily contested.

[Willy Vereb]

Petrochemical derivatives (oil) in general should be a highly valued material in this world, indeed.
It's a fuel source for motors, important mechanical lubricant and the source material of various other chemicals already in use by the 40s.
Its importance might not be as huge as it'll be in the cold war era or our modern world but it's still one of the things nations should be fighting for.
@Voltus_VentusBTW, are my elves accepted for now?
I'm already working on their profile in the character page.

[Voltus_Ventus]

Petrochemical derivatives (oil) in general should be a highly valued material in this world, indeed.
It's a fuel source for motors, important mechanical lubricant and the source material of various other chemicals already in use by the 40s.
Its importance might not be as huge as it'll be in the cold war era or our modern world but it's still one of the things nations should be fighting for.
@Voltus_VentusBTW, are my elves accepted for now?
I'm already working on their profile in the character page.

@Willy Vereb

Yeah sure, finish your elves an let me see them in all their point eared glory.

[Willy Vereb]

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Yeah sure, finish your elves an let me see them in all their point eared glory.

@Voltus_Ventus

Just finished my map.
Hope my territory claim isn't anything too excessive.

My Hider

Cyan green = Elven mainland
Purple = colonies/provinces

I tried to link my borders to crossings, large bodies of water and mountains.
Unfortunately this also made my territories slightly larger than I initially intended.

[Voltus_Ventus]

@Willy Vereb That's great! I can't wait to see someone put their nation adjacent to your colonies and get all aggressive.

[Willy Vereb]

@Willy Vereb That's great! I can't wait to see someone put their nation adjacent to your colonies and get all aggressive.

@Voltus_Ventus

Yup, my colonies are all potential kegs of gunpowder.
I kinda added them with that intention. Plus because we're pretty much in that age.
Actually, I don't even mind if somebody picks the territory of my colonies as their own. So long they don't mind playing the role of my province. (and then most likely rebel against me to earn their freedom).

another issue my elves have is that gradually they're becoming a minority in their own empire. Humans and some other races reproduce faster and generally the empire stretched way past of their original borders. Regardles, elves look down on everybody else as lesser races but at least their treatment became nicer. Few hundreds of years ago the elves never viewed humans any more than their slaves.
Things changed as the elves lost some of their power. Albeit your usual elf is so arrogant he'd never admit it.

[Voltus_Ventus]

@Willy Vereb So a colonialist, Apartheid nation governed by a minority, I sense problems in your future.

[Cyclone]

@Voltus_Ventus

I recall you saying that you might allow one China blob. Well, I'll ask for that honor.

Can I have this land?

Tin

I realize that's an absolutely massive sized country and would be willing to relinquish large swathes of it if we run low on space (or if you just see it as too much) but the idea is that Tin would have a ton of land, but it would be relatively poor and sparsely populated land. Steppes, deserts, mountains, plains, badlands. Not an abundance of water or resources in most regions, leaving them useful for little except ranching. It makes sense considering the history I plan to write for my nation, because I intend for the Tinites to be the settled (and slightly civilized) ancestors of nomadic pastorialists.

And by the way, the archipelago with the lines through it is meant to represent a claimed land in the process of colonization. I figured oppressing the natives would give me something to write about. If anybody else wants that island, I could give it up because I don't want it that badly.

[Voltus_Ventus]

@Cyclone If you can relinquish the island colonies and that tail hanging off the right side of the map, I'd be more comfortable but if not, just the tail will be good.

Also, I'm dying for someone to make a USSR type country that supports revolutions everywhere.

[Cyclone]

Alright, how about redrawing the borders to just include that range of mountains separating the mainland from the tail?

I'd like to keep the islands unless someone else specifically wants them.

[Voltus_Ventus]

Alright, how about redrawing the borders to just include that range of mountains separating the mainland from the tail?

I'd like to keep the islands unless someone else specifically wants them.

@Cyclone

That'd be perfect, i hope your people are ready for "Free" investments.

And by the way. Yes! you took that peninsula by the straight, that could lead the way to a trade conflict!

[Cyclone]

Yup. And I imagine having an archipelago full of angry and suppressed natives would give other nations an excellent way to try sabotaging Tin. Arm the people over there, point them out the Tinite colonists that they outnumber, and laugh as the Sultan has to send an entire army to try reclaiming control of the islands.

[Voltus_Ventus]

Yup. And I imagine having an archipelago full of angry and suppressed natives would give other nations an excellent way to try sabotaging Tin. Arm the people over there, point them out the Tinite colonists that they outnumber, and laugh as the Sultan has to send an entire army to try reclaiming control of the islands.

@Cyclone

Again! We need a USSR! I might have to make an NPC of them.

[Willy Vereb]

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Again! We need a USSR! I might have to make an NPC of them.

@Voltus_Ventus

Make them dwarven.
Soviet dwarfs fighting for the rights of the proletariat!

[Voltus_Ventus]

@Willy Vereb Maybe, maybe...

[Voltus_Ventus]

Need to advertise this more. Shamelessly.

[Cyclone]

I'll update my signature then.

[Voltus_Ventus]

Gold star for you!

[Voltus_Ventus]

Well ladies and gents, due to my obscure time zone and exams tomorrow, I'm hitting the sack. Feel free to talk amongst yourselves and if you need to ask anything, drop me a question here and I'll get back to you when I wake up.

Night all.

[Cyclone]

Here is my new and improved map. Since this one is more permanent I went along and marked the capital. I also labelled some of the landforms in Tin so that I don't have to just say 'that big desert' and such.

Tin