"[i]If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud. Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, my friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory, the old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori.[/i]"  -Wilfred Owen

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	Welcome one and all to this fairly tentative Interest Check. For those of you who have lingered in this sub-forum for a while, you may have come across one of the string on Nation RP's that I have run here over the last few years, but it is my most recent one, and the namesake of this one, that brings me here. 

	There's been somewhat of a drought in new Nation RP's, (with a few noticeable exceptions) so I took that as inspiration enough to look at reviving one of my own. For those who haven't encountered the predecessor, then [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/173685-pro-patria-mori-a-tale-of-sailships-and-muskets-still-recruiting/ooc]here[/url] is a quick link to give you a rough idea of the map/nation sheet and how I'm planning to update the IC. 

	However for this new (and hopefully improved) version, I'm planning to run it as what I have self-dubbed as a 'hidden-stat' RP, leaning on conventional roleplaying more heavily, while maintaining the balance that stats can give without overloading players with numbers. I am also intending to shift the start date forwards by around half a century, and giving the players more of a roleplay experience. 

	In an ideal world I would have around six players, but I'm just pushing the boat out now both to see if anyone is interested in the concept, and to motivate myself to finish working on the mechanics. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to read this, hopefully it has inspired some of you! All input/comments/queries are more than welcome.