# Do you Nation State? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132 "2006-03-13T04:01:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/61 "2006-04-05T03:56:59Z")
What the hell? I’ve tried 5 different names (which all passed the “check name” test,) and carefully excised anything even marginally offensive, and I’m still getting kicked back to the start page. Is this a Firefox issue or something? ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/62 "2006-04-05T04:02:31Z")
The Grand Duchy of Chalken is now in the Sea of Cecil. I used firefox and it gave me no problems with creating a nation. ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/63 "2006-04-05T21:58:26Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > Wait a frickin’ minute–how the heck did I get kicked out of the Sea of Cecil? > > Dr. Rieux, Moderator of Termagar I suspect you were booted by the wolf raiders. They booted me twice. But when they left, I ended up as the UN Delegate. You’re welcome to come back, and I’ll endorse you when you show up. ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/64 "2006-04-05T21:59:30Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Well, you’re now up to three. Thanks, Hal. I got your back, too! ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/65 "2006-04-05T22:03:42Z")
> [@Green Eyed Stranger](#): > > I’ve moved the newly created [Republic of Strangionia](http://www.nationstates.net/stragionia) to the Sea of Cecil. What do I need to do to help keep the raiders from causing problems again? > > GES Apply to join the UN. Once you become a member (which is a given as far as I can tell), you can endorse other nations in the region and other nations can endorse you. The nation with the highest number of endorsements in a region is the UN Delegate for that regions. When the raiders came in, they all endorsed one of their own so that nation became the UN Deleagte. Then she or he started booting other countries out. We gotta stop that! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/66 "2006-04-05T22:16:54Z")
I’m the founder of the region of Zion. My founding nation was pretty big for awhile there, but eventually I got bored and it died, leaving my region to whomever my successor was at the time (I gave him my password to co-manage the region). I doubt the mods there would reactivate my founding nation after all this time. But I just checked and my region is still there, almost the same as I created it! ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/67 "2006-04-05T23:47:53Z")
It looks like most Doper nations aren’t UN members, including mine. Ya know, joining the UN kinda goes counter to the ideals of autonomous totalitarianism. but if raiding can only be prevented by a UN Delegate, and only UN members can make or break a Delegate, maybe we should all join. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/68 "2006-04-06T01:00:04Z")
I have carved out the [The Jingoistic States of Eyergoff](http://www.nationstates.net/eyergoff), and am ready to have my subjects languish under the iron fist of my short attention span. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Eyed\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Green\_Eyed\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Eyed_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/69 "2006-04-06T03:30:58Z")
> [@milquetoast](#): > > Apply to join the UN. Once you become a member (which is a given as far as I can tell), you can endorse other nations in the region and other nations can endorse you. > > The nation with the highest number of endorsements in a region is the UN Delegate for that regions. When the raiders came in, they all endorsed one of their own so that nation became the UN Deleagte. Then she or he started booting other countries out. We gotta stop that! Okay, I’ve applied, and supposedly I’ll have my telegram “withing 24 hours”. Any idea on how many endorsements you’ll need to stop future raiders? Even three (or four) seems kind of low. GES ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/70 "2006-04-06T06:26:48Z")
I was looking at the UN Resolutions and saw that they have a Strength rating. How exactly does this rating affect the resolution in question and its effect on member nations? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Clam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/71 "2006-04-06T10:27:19Z")
All hail the Community of Psycho-Deliria! Join us as we sing our national anthem: “Wibble! Wibble wibble wibble Wibble wibble, wibble wibble. Wibble! Wibble wibble wibble Wibble; wibble wibible. WIBBLE!” (Just use whatever tune you want; everyone else does. I prefer to sing the first two lines to the beat of “Radio Gaga”, then seamlessly segue into “God Save the President” to finish off.) Yes, Psycho-Deliria, happy home of the snark, only exporter of flibbertigibbets in the known universe, and, I’m reasonably sure, the only nation-state to be ruled by a President with multiple personality disorder (simulated by the roll of a dice). We somehow ended up a liberal socialist democracy while we were created- the liberal and the communist personalities ganged up on the facist, the libertarian, the theocrat and the feminist to create some sort of idealised state. Hmmph. ---
**Author:** ![rainwalker78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rainwalker78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainwalker78)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/72 "2006-04-06T14:19:53Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > What the hell? I’ve tried 5 different names (which all passed the “check name” test,) and carefully excised anything even marginally offensive, and I’m still getting kicked back to the start page. Is this a Firefox issue or something? I had no problem in Firefox. [The Dominion of BiblioLand](http://www.nationstates.net/Biblioland) has been created and and moved to the sea of cecil. I have applied to the united nations. > [@sturmhauke](#): > > I changed my flag a little. The comet is centered better and I made the tail longer. [Check it out.](http://www.nationstates.net/the_order_of_starfall) And if anyone wants a custom flag made, I might be willing to do one if it’s not too complicated. How 'bout something with a book on it? or a scroll? I am not too picky. My favorite colors are gray, blue, and green. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/73 "2006-04-09T10:33:08Z")
> [@rainwalker78](#): > > How 'bout something with a book on it? or a scroll? I am not too picky. My favorite colors are gray, blue, and green. [One flag, as ordered.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/sturmhauke/bookflag.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![rainwalker78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rainwalker78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainwalker78)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/74 "2006-04-11T00:35:42Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > [One flag, as ordered.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/sturmhauke/bookflag.jpg) Thanks!! Biblioland now has a flag!! ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/75 "2006-04-12T09:59:34Z")
I’ve decided to join the UN so I can convince other nations of the rightness of totalitarianism. We can’t let the rabble decide how to live their lives, they can’t see the big picture. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/76 "2006-04-12T11:33:10Z")
> [@Happy Clam](#): > > All hail the Community of Psycho-Deliria! Join us as we sing our national anthem: > > “Wibble! Wibble wibble wibble > Wibble wibble, wibble wibble. > Wibble! Wibble wibble wibble > Wibble; wibble wibible. WIBBLE!” Does the National Costume invovle wearing underpants on one’s head and having pencils up your nose? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132.md?page=3)