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Point comfort colony

Happy Fourth of July to Americans and Friends of America! I see above there was some discussion of "Hamilton"? FWIW, I thought I'd pass along a few book titles I'd recommend on the American Revolution. You may agree or disagree, and there's no accounting for taste, but I found these to be really worthy of the read:
1. Memoir of a Revolutionary War Soldier, by Joseph Plumb Martin. This is a first hand account by a Connecticut infantryman; not a general or officer.
2. Founding Brothers and American Creation, both by Joseph Ellis. Really well-written and engaging accounts of the founders. Pulitzer prize winner. Hamilton is well-covered.
3. John Adams, by David McCollough. Also made into an HBO miniseries. The man was amazing. My favorite among the founders, I think. Another pulitzer prize winner author.
4. Patriot Battles: How the War of Independence Was Fought, by Michael Stephonson. Military history well done.
Hurrah and Huzzah for Friends of Liberty everywhere!

Nooooooooooooooo, Kohnhead, Atheris, Alleida, and 3 othersLiberdon, -dorab-, and Drewish

The Medicine Cabinet of THX1138

3 years 297 days ago

Atheris careful about double posting please. It's contrary to the region's RMB rules
Use the EDIT button and add to your first comment if you have more to say.

-dorab-

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Gentemia

3 years 297 days ago

Hello, all! Just wanted to pop in and say hi as one of the newer regional members. Created this nation after having left some years ago, and now I have nothing better to do! Feel free to say hi! ^_^

THX1138, Kohnhead, -dorab-, Drewish, and 3 othersNilveroe, Free Las Pinas, and Chickie

Kohnhead

3 years 297 days ago

Gentemia wrote:

Hello, all! Just wanted to pop in and say hi as one of the newer regional members. Created this nation after having left some years ago, and now I have nothing better to do! Feel free to say hi! ^_^

Hello, welcome

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The Medicine Cabinet of THX1138

3 years 297 days ago

For those nations that take their Factbooks seriously, check out this amazing project by St Scarlett of Europe

https://sparxbox.wixsite.com/skarlagengov

St Scarlett, -dorab-, Wille-Harlia, Nilveroe, and 1 otherFree Las Pinas

Atheris

3 years 297 days ago

Alleida wrote:

Its called sarcasm.

The Issue
The number of pregnant tourists arriving in Alleida dramatically increased after the country started granting citizenship to all babies born on its soil. Several of your sources report that most of these birth tourists are wealthy and often come from authoritarian nations.

The Debate
“Of course they come here; we grant citizenship like we were born yesterday, without regard for heritage!” exclaims Grand Mage Velma Nixon, leader of an Alleidan nationalist group. “The mothers come here and pay to stay in some luxury hotel suite, give birth, then go back to their country. It’s wrong! Soon these kids will grow up and move to live in this great nation, bringing their foreign garbage cultures with them. There’s nothing Alleidan about these babies, but we give them citizenship anyway. Mandate that only those with Alleidan blood in their veins can be citizens.”

“Let’s not be too hasty here,” chimes in Cassidy True, your chief financial adviser, scribbling some numbers on a sheet of paper. “Don’t you realize what a lucrative business opportunity we have here? If these parents are willing to spend lots of money to travel here just so their kids can be citizens, maybe we should charge them for each baby born in Alleida! You know, like a citizenship tax. According to my calculations, this would fill up our coffers in no time!”

“The government should not put our birthright up for sale,” argues Naomi Clark, struggling mother of two. “It’s unfair that foreigners can obtain citizenship without having anything to do with Alleida. So why don’t we just ban pregnant women from traveling to Alleida? They’re just here to take advantage of our country; their children do not deserve citizenship.”

Dismiss This Issue

I notice there's no "let them stay here" option. I dismissed it.
Oh yes, oh yes, someone with sense!
No offense Atheris, your opinions are valid.

None taken. I think Crowe was the best Javert; imagine having that as your opinion in the Les Mis fandom. Apologies for not taking it as sarcasm.

THX1138 wrote:

For those nations that take their Factbooks seriously, check out this amazing project by

St Scarlett of Europe

https://sparxbox.wixsite.com/skarlagengov

Ooh, I'll definitely take a look with my puppet!

St Scarlett and -dorab-

Drewish

3 years 297 days ago

Why is the RMB so active when I’m not here.

Alleida

Setealem

3 years 297 days ago

Hello!

My nation is new to the region.

THX1138, Kohnhead, Atheris, Alleida, and 2 others-dorab-, and The H Corporation

Drewish

3 years 297 days ago

Setealem wrote:

Hello!

My nation is new to the region.

Hey.

Setealem

The Space Empire of Mat She

3 years 296 days ago

I accidentally just got sortition as a policy...

Solarampa

3 years 296 days ago

Mat She wrote:

I accidentally just got sortition as a policy...

That sucks

The Federal Dual Monarchy of Wille-Harlia

3 years 296 days ago

St Scarlett, That. Is. So. Cool. :)

St Scarlett

The Haugen Matriarchy of St Scarlett

3 years 296 days ago

Europe

Glad you guys like my website XD

Apabeossie, Atheris, Libertandonien, and Drewish

Atheris

3 years 296 days ago

Just watched the Macy's fireworks. Very good job this year!

The Imperial Regime of The Galactic RepubIlic

3 years 296 days ago

Atheris wrote:

Just watched the Macy's fireworks. Very good job this year!

In my area, the people who do this aren’t qualified enough to do it. I would not be surprised if they blew up themselves.

Atheris

3 years 296 days ago

The Galactic RepubIlic wrote:

In my area, the people who do this aren’t qualified enough to do it. I would not be surprised if they blew up themselves.

Last year a few people lost fingers in my state.

Drewish

3 years 296 days ago

Atheris wrote:

Last year a few people lost fingers in my state.

At least they didn’t lose their toes.

The Conglomerate Singularity of The H Corporation

3 years 296 days ago

I have updated this with 2 more histories!
nation=the_h_corporation/detail=factbook/id=1399426

The Republic of Osea, Drewish, Free Las Pinas, and Orisuo gras

Toanom sca

3 years 296 days ago

Drewish wrote:

At least they didn’t lose their toes.

Haha I think I'd rather loose toes than fingers

Drewish

3 years 296 days ago

Toanom sca wrote:

Haha I think I'd rather loose toes than fingers

If you lost you're toes then I would have nothing to eat.

Toanom sca

Auphelia

3 years 296 days ago

The South Pacific

It would appear we've misplaced a thief, Alice Parker. We really should have never taken our eyes off of her, but her point about "Hey, look, over there!" was quite compelling.

page=poll/p=160386

Grea Kriopia, Free Las Pinas, and Imperial formosa

The Tropical Refreshments of Free Las Pinas

3 years 296 days ago

Edited

The H Corporation wrote:

I have updated this with 2 more histories!
nation=the_h_corporation/detail=factbook/id=1399426

You're doing great with this :)

Auphelia wrote:

It would appear we've misplaced a thief, Alice Parker. We really should have never taken our eyes off of her, but her point about "Hey, look, over there!" was quite compelling.

page=poll/p=160386

I can't imagine voting on a TSP poll without you in the choices!

-dorab-, The H Corporation, The Republic of Osea, Drewish, and 2 othersOrisuo gras, and Imperial formosa