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Thank you. :) Designing flags has always been my primary reason for creating nations on here.
Einswenn, Jutsa, Canaltia, Northern Wood, and 4 othersZerphen, Ardelark, The Forest of Aeneas, and Furilisca
Hey there! Astronomically, it's Summer! :D
The second edition of the GreenCup is finally here! Taking place from 21 June to 20 July here in Ardelark.
If you'd like to take part, Please take a look at the Factbook to know more about the tournament.
It's still in progress, but you can visit anyway.
Ardelark
Einswenn, Frieden-und Freudenland, Jutsa, Northern Wood, and 3 othersPhillip isle, The Forest of Aeneas, and Vung len
has anyone seen someone in nationstates with a purple flag? (excluding me)
I just designed a bunch for Rakavo's States but I didn't consider purple. I must say that I am conservative in general with flag colours and in case of Rakavo it wouldn't be thematically correct (with the word 'emerald' popping up in several national institutions). My other nation Nhoor has some provincial flags that contain shades of (light) purple though.
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Dydw i ddim yn mwynhau'r gwiberod du yn y swyddfa
General information
Nhoor has 32 provinces. The provincial governments enjoy some power over provincial and local affairs, although in general it is the national parliament and/or government that decide which powers are devolved and for how long. The people elect the provincial parliaments once every four years, usually shortly before the members of the provincial parliaments will elect the members of the national parliament, although this is not mandatory.
The executive power of the provinces is formed by the Provincial Councils, which consist of a First Councillor and a random number of Councillors. Like the national government, these institutions are self-regulating, which means that the incumbent members decide who joins and leaves the Council and who will be responsible for which portfolio. The parliament can however issue a binding advice on the appointment and removal of Council members if this is considered in the best interest of the province.
Provincial flags (incomplete)
 Amwcōmh |
Bavoraqh |
Canhirt |
Capāylenh |
Carunwch pw Cōmh |
Carunwch pw Zascheronha |
Chur |
Cōsō pw Camhɵrlanh |
Ersuna |
Gehermhach pw Ta̦rleqh |
Gwmen pw Camhɵrlanh |
Heyna |
Hīllos |
Īnōsy |
Īrto̦ch pw Cōmh |
Īrto̦ch pw Zascheronha |
Jōnsoch pw Ta̦rleqh |
Lod |
Manda |
Orleqh |
Pāla |
Rere pw Nhōr |
Sa̦ā̦qh |
Sārruc |
Sīron-Onharh |
Sola |
Tenda |
U̦mhach |
Unnō pw Camhɵrlanh |
Vaqtwch |
W̦nasy |
Zōnujy |
Overview
Province |
English/Anglified name |
Inhabitants |
Capital |
First Councillor (since) |
Amwcōmh |
Inner Coove |
614,420 |
Esytamhir |
Jī̦rinhod Chīsunwn (2015) |
Bavoraqh |
Bavorakh |
256,940 |
Colīnh |
Ayno Mwr (f) (2017) |
Canhirt |
Cart |
210,195 |
Edīrma |
Morhastir Ōnwrīmedy (2016) |
Capāylenh |
Capaylee |
605,432 |
Īpos |
Ede̦tir Setɵrheqh (2013) |
Carunwch pw Cōmh |
North Coove |
1,110,773 |
Oynaro |
Darhīo̦ Mensy-Heluva (f) (2013) |
Carunwch pw Zascheronha |
North Zazcheïd |
485,577 |
Barcwrruc |
A̦qwch Benhirren (2021) |
Chur |
Khoor |
2,659,998 |
Chur |
Alwd Buysony (2018) |
Cōsō pw Camhɵrlanh |
Lower Caverlaw |
1,495,855 |
Cinharda |
Nheva Tā̦nwqh (2015) |
Ersuna |
Ersuna |
1,378,942 |
Nhestarruc |
Pwzavid Laƨe̦a̦s (2017) |
Gehermhach pw Ta̦rleqh |
Western Charleigh |
1,951,342 |
Sā̦qdws |
Arvīd Bēqomher-Tennwqh (2012) |
Gwmen pw Camhɵrlanh |
Central Caverlaw |
357,438 |
Anhaƨy |
Pharus Sāly (2016) |
Heyna |
Heyna |
1,419,111 |
Heyna |
Wnhaced Rānharsw̦n (2014) |
Hīllos |
Hillos |
214,637 |
Ceynhastos |
Esycī Urtwrws (f) (2018) |
Īnōsy |
Eanush |
74,017 |
Colam |
Wnhaced Petras (2018) |
Īrto̦ch pw Cōmh |
South Coove |
1,159,841 |
Erto̦s |
Mirinho Swpar-Bōchēn (f) (2023) |
Īrto̦ch pw Zascheronha |
South Zazcheïd |
332,133 |
Carwnes |
Pharus Amher (2021) |
Jōnsoch pw Ta̦rleqh |
Eastern Charleigh |
1,579,516 |
Tojy |
Devirnī Aramhedy-Tēc (f) (2020) |
Lod |
Lode |
846,390 |
Lod |
A̦jod Juvey (2016) |
Manda |
Manda |
1,122,886 |
Sochundo̦r |
Zɵ̦sted-Norda Īlīmhar (2013) |
Orleqh |
Orleigh |
1,410,700 |
O̦qwrruc |
Leymhī Onher-Ɵchuncws (f) (2011) |
Pāla |
Pala |
149,546 |
Vaɵ̦rruc |
Qhavarcws Rhāpar (2023) |
Rere pw Nhōr |
Little Nhoor |
297,128 |
Zumerruc |
Ƨāmhardī Onher (f) (2018) |
Sa̦ā̦qh |
Shayakh |
485,657 |
Onws |
Sīnhin Javedeqh (2012) |
Sārruc |
Sarruc |
1,230,749 |
Sārruc |
Utired Rānharsw̦n (2014) |
Sīron-Onharh |
Sirron-Oar |
593,735 |
Miruc li Onharhili |
Canso Zumher-Cōnu̦ch (f) (2008) |
Sola |
Sola |
457,349 |
Sola |
Dwyda Ƨīmeqh (2011) |
Tenda |
Tenda |
284,097 |
Tenda |
Choved Borcws (2017) |
U̦mhach |
Uvakh |
281,430 |
U̦mhach |
Esycī Se̦nir (f) (2023) |
Unnō pw Camhɵrlanh |
Upper Caverlaw |
1,476,224 |
Camhɵrlanh |
Davronad Īlīmhar (2016) |
Vaqtwch |
Vangtookh |
226,966 |
Sīlto |
Tonhae̦ro Hevach-Cemhijy (f) (2016) |
W̦nasy |
Unash |
367,884 |
Bestīzos |
Madrived Gusymareqh (2018) |
Zōnujy |
Zonidge |
139,642 |
Evīnh |
Eba-Labed Ulony (2019) |
Provinces in detail
Flag
Population: 4,722,602 (1-1-2020 est.)
-Density:
Capital and largest city: Chur (103,331)
Legislature: Provincial parliament
- Chairperson: t.b.d.
Government:
- First Councillor: Alwd Buysony (since 2018)
Land Area: mile²
km²
Water Area: km²
Water %:
Chur
Chur is a large province in the east of Nhoor. Its name is generally believed to have been derived from Kira one of the five sisters of the Pact of the Five Sisters that caused the division of the First Kinaera Kingdom into five territories around the start of the Common Era. The original territory of Kira and later Chur was much larger though. Chur survived as an independent or semi-independent for a long time. In 1692-1693 an area corresponding to the modern province of Chur was annexed by the Dominion of Nhoor, which was founded some fifty years earlier. The capital of Chur is the city of the same name, famous for the five medieval castles that mark the city boundaries and which form an imperfect pentagram that attracts the occasional occultists, devil-worshippers, and metal fans.
to be expanded
Cōsō pw Camhɵrlanh
Cōsō pw Camhɵrlanh or Lower Caverlaw is a province in the south of Nhoor. It is the southernmost part of the former Archduchy of Camhɵrlanh that merged into the Dominion of Nhoor in 1644. Its capital is Cinharda, which is also the second largest city of the country. Cōsō pw Camhɵrlanh used to be a rather unimportant part of the country, with unimpressive views and little wealth. The rise of Cinharda as an important seaport at the North Mesder Sea from the 19th century signified a large boost of the province's economy.
to be expanded
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Einswenn, Jutsa, Northern Wood, Nation of ecologists, and 2 othersThe Forest of Aeneas, and Vung len
You call?
Seriously though, while less common, we purplites are definitely out there. Former editor Drasnia had a rockin' purple flag. 
Mount Seymour uses a purple stripe, and long-time Forestian Bemberna goes for the purp as well. A few others here and there :-)
Einswenn, Bemberna, Jutsa, Mount Seymour, and 6 othersRuinenlust, Northern Wood, Middle Barael, Nation of ecologists, Galaxiak, and The Forest of Aeneas
Jutsa's old flags used (uncanonically now) used to have lots of purple, in fact. Back when I was a wee one I made edgy flags which can be viewed in a factbook I published not long ago that I refuse to link here because I'm quite bashful. (You're more than welcome to look through my factbooks though.) I basically chose all kinds of colours, including both a dark violet and a magenta-type color in addition to the majority of rainbow colours. I do in fact still fly a purple/orange/black(might be teal now actually) flag come Halloween, and the flag I had right before Astrovulpes from the South Pacific helped me pick a more desirable pallet even had purple in it.
In addition, several of my alts (with less design critiquing) still retain purple in them (although keep in mind this list includes some fuchsia verging on magenta), including Slychyine (its old, frankly terrible flag also had it), 
The Caravases, 
Apocylyon, and 
Doa Oxcie. I believe Noxcie and know for sure Intersulfate used to have purple in their flags, as did Zouveland (on two different flags) and Xemt before I converted to the Ragerian Imperium's colour scheme (and I may revamp their flags for use elsewhere, not sure). Ubrotechnia's and Bewa's both technically do as well (though I haven't bothered fixing them on-site), while Auioezeuiao Ae has a bit around the edge and Walker Technologies had a purple color variation of its brand logo. Many of my "Halloween" flags also have heavy purple, red and black hues mixed together. If we want to include some which are frankly more pink/magenta than purple, I'd also add Mozolephies and Silitone. Suwarbtoubleichlandia and Isowiget (Upol/Phector) had former iterations with a deep indigo, as well.
tl;dr I like purple a bit too much and I'm not very good at making flags. xD
Rhodevus, Ruinenlust, Northern Wood, Middle Barael, and 2 othersNation of ecologists, and The Forest of Aeneas
My flag has a small amount of purple on it, though outside of pride month it is a different hue to what it is right now. It represents one of my provinces (Ije, specifically) and Lura produces a vivid dye that matches the flag colour (again, outside pride month) in that province.
Lura was originally two countries that united in my lore, and the one containing Ije, Rijenja, also had purple on its flag to represent it (The hue of purple on that puppet's flag is what Lura's normally is).
Rhodevus, Jutsa, Ruinenlust, Uan aa Boa, and 4 othersNorthern Wood, Middle Barael, Nation of ecologists, and The Forest of Aeneas
Mine has some purplish colors. Going heavy on the Flower Power.
Does Forest have any strong opinions about that vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson last night? He survived, but that vote against him is so great that his premiership is crippled now.
Frieden-und Freudenland, Jutsa, Ruinenlust, and Nation of ecologists
In the interest of public faith into the political arena he should leave. It (further) feeds the idea that the political elite can do whatever they feel like and make massive mistakes without having to suffer the consequences. We had a similar case in The Netherlands where Rutte keeps stumbling from one incident to the next but because there is no "viable alternative" and the mistakes do not directly affect a lot of people he is still at his position. During any other time period both of them would have been sent packing a long time ago.
The (larger) problem with this is that for an increasing part of the population even non-viable political and even non-democratic alternatives can become viable alternatives this way. People are increasingly fed-up with the political puppet shows without them dealing (and solving) mayor underlying problems.
Einswenn, Frieden-und Freudenland, Jutsa, Ruinenlust, and 4 othersUan aa Boa, Rakavo, Nation of ecologists, and The Forest of Aeneas
25 PID Banknote
CodePID
Number610
Exponent2
SubunitCents(1/100)
Plural(Phillip Islander) Dollars/Cents
SymbolPID
Banknotes/coins
1 PID, 5 PID, 10 PID, 25 PID, 50 PID, 100 PID
50 ¢, 25¢, 10¢, 1¢
Central Bank
Phillip Islander State Bank
Printer
Abbott Printworks
Inflation
0.76%
Phillip Islander Dollar
The Phillip Islander Dollar (symbol: PID; ISO Code: PID), is the official currency of Phillip Island. It is subdivided into a hundred cents. The latest series stems from 2021, with the new series of currency seeing an omittance of the 2.5 PID coins and the 200 PID banknotes.
The Phillip Island Dollar is divided into 1 PID coins and 5 PID, 10 PID, 25 PID, 50 PID and 100 PID bills. The Phillip Islander Cents is divided into 1¢, 10¢, 25¢ and 50¢ coins. Both the Phillip Islander Dollars and Cents are printed and minted by Abbott Printworks, a private company from Kilcunda (Australia) who have been serving this job since 1996. Before that, the currency was printed and minted by the Phillip Islander State Bank itself.
Etymology
From early Flemish or Low German daler, from German T(h)aler, short for Joachimsthaler, a coin from the silver mine of Joachimsthal (‘Joachim's valley’), now Jáchymov in the Czech Republic. The term was later applied to a coin used in the Spanish American colonies, which was also widely used in the British North American colonies at the time of the American War of Independence, hence adopted as the name of the US monetary unit in the late 18th century.
Late Middle English (in the sense ‘a hundred’): from French cent, Italian cento, or Latin centum ‘hundred’.
The island is named after Governor Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales, by explorer and seaman George Bass, who sailed in an open whale boat, arriving from Sydney on 5 January 1798.
Before Phillip Island started issuing its own dollars, the island nation used a raft of different currencies. When the country got independency, it used the British Pound Sterling, as it had done pre-independence. The country used the British currency until 1974, when the currency was decommissioned as part of a process in which Phillip Island tried to distance itself from the UK's influence. Afterwards, it briefly used the American Dollar before finally switching over to the Australian Dollar in early 1976. It used the AUD until 1985, when a motion was passed in parliament to mint its own currency. The government decided to run a pilot program, issuing out 10 and 25 PID notes for everyone in the country to use and thus the Phillip Island Dollar was born.
The pilot program lasted 2 months and it proved to be such a success, that the government deemed a transitioning period from AUD's to PID's unnecessary and immediately started printing out 5 PID, 20 PID, 50 PID, 100 PID, 200 PID, 250 PID and 500 PID notes, as well as starting to mint 1 PID, 50¢, 25¢, 10¢ & 1¢ coins as well. The lack of a transitioning period proved to be chaotic, with banks in Phillip Island barely being able to keep up with the demand for the new PID tender. In the beginning, 1 PID was worth the same as 0.65 AUD, however, the worth of the PID began increasing and by 1992, the PID had become worth the same as the AUD. At that point, the Phillip Islander government held some meetings with the Australian government regarding their currencies and after some bickering, the PID became pegged to the AUD, with the value change being taken into effect on the 1st of January, 1993.
The issuing of the PID begun to present itself to the Phillip Islander government as a major source of financial loss and as a response to the growing amount of problems that the PID was causing, the government decided to take some cost-cutting measures. Firstly, it omitted the 20 PID, 250 PID and 500 PID banknotes from a new series of tender that was rolled out in November of 1995. Secondly, it ceased printing and minting of the currency by itself and instead they sold out this practice to Abbott Printworks, a private company in nearby Kilcunda. This shift of responsibilities meant that the government would save money on developing its currency. The benefits of this compensated for the yearly commission that the government was forced to pay the company.
In 2006, the first-ever commemorative PID banknote was issued out, with a special 10 PID banknote being issued out to celebrate 50 years of independence. In the years that followed, very few commemorative notes were issued out again. Commemorative banknotes were issued out in 2010 (celebrating the first Phillip Islander to win the Phillip Island GP) and in 2018 (celebrating Phillip Island's first Olympic gold medal).
Obverse | Reverse | Banknote/coin | Value | Notes |
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| Hundred (Phillip Islander) Dollars | 100 PID | Obverse: Jacob Stormer |
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| Fifty (Phillip Islander) Dollars | 50 PID | Obverse: Anthony Mills |
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| Twenty-five (Phillip Islander) Dollars | 25 PID | Obverse: Francis Abbott |
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| Ten (Phillip Islander) Dollars | 10 PID | Obverse: Thomas Bergson |
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| Five (Phillip Islander) Dollars | 5 PID | Obverse: Joseph Spitadakis |
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| 1 (Phillip Islander) Dollar | 1 PID | Obverse: Maria Clegg |
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| Fifty (Phillip Islander) Cents | 50¢ | Obverse: Ben Watts |
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| Twenty-five (Phillip Islander) Cents | 25¢ | Obverse: Helen Bennetts-Hitzberger |
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| Ten (Phillip Islander) Cents | 10¢ | Obverse: Lisa Davidson |
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| One (Phillip Islander) Cents | 1¢ | Obverse: Thomas Kinsella |
Template by New Transeurasia can be found 
Here.
I finally finished my currency!
Frieden-und Freudenland, Ruinenlust, Northern Wood, Rakavo, and 2 othersArdelark, and Vung len
I have strong opinions about the premiership of Boris Johnson, but they aren't necessarily related to the no-confidence vote (which was likely rushed forward by his allies to force its occurrence before his opponents could get sufficiently organized). The man is a dangerous hypocrite who's utterly unsuited to office.
Einswenn, Frieden-und Freudenland, Jutsa, Ownzone, and 4 othersRuinenlust, Uan aa Boa, Nation of ecologists, and The Forest of Aeneas
An additional problem in the Netherlands would be that new elections would probably result in 50 parties of an average 3 seats each in a house of representatives of 150 seats. PM Rutte's own party barely polls above 20% of voting intentions at the moment - and it is still the largest one of them all...
Fixed. I accidentally put up the 'lodge dispatch' page. Sometimes i'm an idiot haha
Ardelark, The Forest of Aeneas, and Vung len
Even though he did survive, the votes against him were so significant that he should resign if he has any ounce of honour left in his body (which is considerably unlikely). Just because it's the right thing to do doesn't mean he'll do it, unfortunately.
This also reminds me of a very similar situation in my province of good ol' Ontario. We recently had an election and the incumbent premier Doug Ford and his conservatives got re-elected with a larger majority this time around, even though he managed to:
-oversee the deaths of tens of thousands of seniors in long-term care homes that were run on a for-profit basis and not even acknowledge or apologize for them
-have over 36 freaking members of his own party be invested in multiple houses that they do not live in in the GTA "without him knowing"
-have 5 members of his own party use funds donated to their local riding associations to buy houses
-bump a budget to the day before the election was called so no one would have to see what was inside it
-refuse to release documents that told his ministers what they're jobs were at the start of his government to the public, even though every single Prime Minister and Premier in the history of this country has done so
-refuse to absolutely anything about the Ottawa occupation for 3 god damn weeks until the federal police had to get involved
The list goes on. The opposition parties had a prime opportunity to hammer him with all of these scandals, but they didn't and ended up being penalized for it.
Boris Johnson is a party clown (hehe) that flopped his way upwards and has since been destroying the country from within. That said, he's too narcissistic and self-centred to resign - he's only looking out for number one. He'll only leave office if he's forced to, sadly.
Frieden-und Freudenland, Ownzone, Ruinenlust, Nation of ecologists, and 1 otherThe Forest of Aeneas
I took a gander at your factbooks, and was delighted to discover a massive repository of flags that you designed for your cities. They're quite lovely, though my far and away favorite is obviously #23 "Mangum", with the Neutral Milk Hotel symbol on it. That's a city with some great taste in music :P (#88 "Pepito" is a close second...adorable)
More fun repositories of flags :) Some very nice provincial/administrative flags, with just enough uniformity in design to seem realistic. This all seems like a very fun project, I must say.
Einswenn, Ruinenlust, Rakavo, and The Forest of Aeneas
rabies for babies
Speaking in terms of Albertan politics, that exact thing happened. The Conservatives botched the Covid response so badly universities in Toronto are accusing them of vastly underreporting Covid deaths (I ran the numbers myself, excess deaths are significantly higher than Covid deaths, before taking into account a decline in suicides which I find hard to believe), they started attacking provincial parks which is optics suicide, and messed around with teacher's pensions, angering their stronghold small towns. The NDP has been running a tight campaign attacking them on this stuff, and looking at polling, it looks like they could take the next provincial election.
Anyone who knows anything about Albertan politics will tell you how much of a conservative stronghold Alberta is. In the federal election, every riding except one went Conservative, and in terms of provincial politics, conservative parties have been in power for 83 of the past 87 years. The four year gap was 2015 to 2019, when the NDP took over, instituted some unpopular carbon tax policies, and then lost to the current Conservatives, which was the merged second and third most popular parties. This new party had so much momentum behind it, and the NDP was so unpopular, that it's amazing to me that they've bounced back like this.
The Albertan NDP still isn't great in my opinion (source: Transmountain pipeline nonsense, and just generally siding with the oil industry), but they're sure as hell better than the conservatives in terms of environmentalism. Really, they're the only party that can beat the Conservatives. The Greens are nonexistant in Alberta, and the Liberals are extremely unpopular. The Alberta Party is toothless, no shot the Communists win, and then from there, there's a handful of other conservative parties and a couple seperatists parties that are either the same as or worse than the Conservatives.
Jutsa, Ruinenlust, Nation of ecologists, Difinbelk, and 2 othersObvile Kiatopia, and The Forest of Aeneas
Welp, I just updated my national flag to a pride flag? I don't even know if it constitutes one since I only added a rainbow arch. Now it looks more like a child's painting than ever.
Frieden-und Freudenland, Canaltia, Zerphen, Galaxiak, and 1 otherVung len
I fully support the resolution at vote in the SC currently. The card game and several other mini-games have lost most of the fun due to the practices described in the resolution and the community and the mods let it happen and did nothing.
Rhodevus, Frieden-und Freudenland, Jutsa, Ruinenlust, and 6 othersCanaltia, Zerphen, Nation of ecologists, Phillip isle, Belevia, and The Forest of Aeneas
Just a note on current WA things, I am not voting on the current General Assembly proposal, because I feel like the region is too closely divided, and the majority has been tenuous and has gone back and forth multiple times. Also, nobody had articulated an opinion on it on the RMB, so I'm not sure how strongly anyone feels for or against it.
On the other hand, the SC resolution has a clearly majority in the region, so that's all in order. :-)
Bananaistan, Frieden-und Freudenland, Jutsa, Ownzone, and 5 othersZerphen, Nation of ecologists, Difinbelk, Phillip isle, and The Forest of Aeneas
I've voted against because I really don't see the issue with victims of identity theft being compensated. The claim about fraudulent claims of identity theft, while it's legal because there is a possibility of member states being fooled into believing that claim, isn't really compelling because member states will absolutely want to investigate claims of identity theft precisely so that that doesn't happen; and after all, they won't be punished unless the IAO (which has access to no more information than that member state) can demonstrate that the identity theft did, in fact, happen. Overall, those two points don't really demonstrate that a repeal is necessary.
Frieden-und Freudenland, Jutsa, Ownzone, Ruinenlust, and 7 othersThe void territories, Zerphen, Nation of ecologists, Difinbelk, Phillip isle, Station 8, and Sen adimen
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