[center][u][b]Welcome to Doiri[/b][/u][/center] Doiri is a beautiful terran planet which has been civilised for thousands of years. The year is now 2011AU and things are changing. This is a nation RP which is set in modern times on the large planet of Doiri. It once started out as a group of small nomadic clans, scattered across the world. As time went on, these clans grew bigger and bigger and fought for dominance. It took nearly 720 years but the Nova clan united the entire known planet (Which was mainly the continent Ostburn) To celebrate this, The years were counted again, starting on 1st January 0 After Unification. As time went, the unified Nova empire grew from strength to strength. They started to develop better technology, pushing further and discovering more of the world. They discovered other smaller clans and took them over too. This carried on all the way until the 1700's where things took a turn. People had become fed up of being ruled by a emperor and they began to rise up against their imperial overlords. Bit by bit, the empire lost ground, until it had been pushed out of most continents, and from that chaos, new countries arouse. The Empire, scared of losing everything changed, and formed the Novan Commonwealth, the first democratic nation in the world. No longer ruled by the king but by a prime minster who was elected. Further down the line they created the parliament. But it was not enough. One by one, the people of Ostburn began to rise up to demand independence. In order to avoid a nasty war on its home shore, The new commonwealth gave away the rights or ruler ship to these new countries on the condition that they agreed to have the king or queen as their head of state, and signed the commonwealth agreement. This stemmed the bloodshed, and Nova still had a huge empire at its disposal thanks to the commonwealth agreements. However, as time went on into the late 1800's, it became apparent that many new nations no longer wanted to be part of the commonwealth, and either militarily or diplomatically left the commonwealth. And by the mid 1900's the Novan Commonwealth was but a shadow of its former glory. It still had plenty going for it though. It was the biggest country on the planet, in terms of landmass at least. It was technologically advanced, leading most of the technological revolutions of the time. And while that light was going out, the Novans were determined to hold onto it. Entering the 2000's it seemed like the face of the world had changed. Many new nations had arisen and these newer nations were full of vigour and energy. Now it is 2011, the world is ready and things are about to start changing. This is where you guide those nations. Peacefully, Evilly or domineering. [hr] So the rules: 1) The usual rules of forum RPing apply 2) No one can be more powerful than the Novan Commonwealth - No i don't have a god complex. But that way i can use it as balance, and to drive story. 3) Nukes are allowed, but not everything you have will use them. They are not to be used as toys either and that each one will take significant economic power to contain. 4)Posts will take place as weekly posts. So each post represents the week in your nation. You can report the goings on in your nation in any way you like, i prefer Media and Emails is good. 5) If something is confidential then make sure that your nation doesn't use that information in your reply... unless you have a spy of course. 6) Feel free to post in what order, but no one posts for the next week until i advance the week along. 7) Please don't abandon ship. [hr] Nation Sheet: (Please post sheet into Characters subsection) [hider=Nation Sheet] [b]Nation Name:[/b] (Pretty self explanatory) [b]Nation Color:[/b] (Mainly for differentiation on a map) [b]Nation Location:[/b] (Northern Hemisphere? South? Landlocked? Collection of islands. It is all up to you) [b]National Flag:[/b] (A description at best. You don't have to provide a image) [b]National Anthem:[/b] (If you fancy putting one in. And no...... You can't have pop as your anthem) [b]Languages Spoken:[/b] (Be creative, make up a whole language if you so desire) [b]Religious Inclination:[/b] (Does your nation follow a religion? Does it have multiple religions within its borders?) [b]Population:[/b] (Be realistic, a small island is not going to have a population of several billion) [b]Important Places:[/b] (where and why?) [b]Important People:[/b] (who and why?) [b]Embassies:[/b] (To whom which nations have embassies in your land? This will be hard at first but once we have a few nations together you can decide whether or not you want to be friendly with them and allow them to have a embassy with you) [b]Allies and Enemies:[/b] (Once more nations have joined decide who your allies, neutrals and enemies are. You won't start off in war though. Bare in mind that both parties have to agree to the relationship status when it comes to history. If you want to be enemies with someone due to an incident several hundred years ago, you will need the other players permission.) [b]Government Status:[/b] (Monarchy? Constitutional Monarchy? Republic?) [b]Econonic Status:[/b] (What is the official currency. How strong is the economy. Brownie points if you can add more information here) [b]Social Status:[/b] (how do your people live? is their life good? or is it bad?) [b]Military Status:[/b] (what is the state or your military. Power. Troop count etc etc.) [b]Military Structure:[/b] (what branches do you have, who are they under, and do they have sub-branches?) [b]Military Deployment:[/b] (optional -- for going in depth.) [b]Total Manpower:[/b] [/hider] Dont forget to add your nation history at the end. How have they come to be? Remember that most nations would have broken from the Nova Empire at some point, unless your nation is a far newer one which as formed from one of the original breakerawayers NOTE: With the Novan Commonwealth, it is ok to include them as enemies etc without asking me. They are sufficiently big enough over the cause of time to have interacted with most people [hr] [hider=Continent Map] [img]http://s20.postimg.org/emvmc09a5/World_Map_Landmass_Contients.jpg[/img] [/hider] [hider=Country Map] [img]http://s20.postimg.org/3okcttkot/World_Map_Countrie_S_v1_Labels.jpg[/img] [/hider]