Zogradia

For the record, this is Issue #433: The Worst Storm To Hit @@NAME@@ Since...Yesterday? [Eaischpnaeieacgkque Bhcieaghpodsttditf; ed:Golgothastan]
 
Let us make clear that Option 3 has a steep adverse effect in the Weather and in the Environmental Beauty — although Eco-Friendliness increases.
These are the effects of Option 3 tested on a Civil Rights Lovefest with its Freedoms at 75/73/78 (that nation was only fifteen-days old at the time):
Business Subsidization: 10 → 9
Defense Forces: 29 → 28
Eco-Friendliness: 1 → 11
Environmental Beauty: -43.4 → -61.4
Godlessness: 25 → 26
Human Development Index: 57 → 56
Law Enforcement: 16 → 15
Lifespan: 10 → 9
Pacifism: -12 → -10
Public Healthcare: 10 → 9
Public Transport: 8 → 7
Religiousness: -10 → -11
Safety: 145.826 → 140.32
Safety from Crime: 37.208 → 35.706
Toxicity: 35.142 → 56.146
Unexpected Death Rate: -10 → -9
Weaponization: 11.791 → 13.293
Weather: -14 → -34
Welfare: 29 → 28
 
Option 2 was selected in an Anarchy with its Freedoms at 80/97/92, in the hopes of its Economy getting stronger; there was no visible effect in the Economy (or the other two Freedoms), but with Economies at the Frightening level it's always difficult to know whether the Economy would get weaker or stronger if it were at a lower level (and to what degree). Same Option 2, at a Corporate Police State nation with 25/99/27 Freedoms, didn't affect Economy either (again, same rationale).
 
So, summarizing:
Option 1 is against pro-market. I'd expect Safety to increase — and Taxation too. In your case it most probably won't hurt a well-established 100/100 Economy, but weaker ones might be affected adversely. Option 2 won't hurt the Economy, but I'd expect Safety to decrease — while Taxation increases, too. Option 3 is a very strange one, increasing Eco-Friendliness while hurting Environmental Beauty. Option 4 is the classic Devout-driven decision, increasing Religiousness and Primitiveness. Option 5 decreases Compassion.

Eh. I offer him a free supply of virtual hugs if he wants them.

I feel like that's a bit much.  He betrayed our trust and acted incredibly childish, but that doesn't necessarily mean that we should burn his name out of all the history books.  Until a couple weeks ago, when his leadership and decision making were called into question, he was a valued member of the region.  Maybe he isn't leader material, but we can at least reach out to him.  In these times we need all the experienced and dedicated players we can get.

"Netflix ftw" -Hariko
 
"I have a poor man's netflix. Youtube and cruncyroll." -Little Sealand
 
"Oh come on, just get on with some mates and put up $3 bucks each per month. Netflix will allow you 4 devices at the same time and give you no issues :D" -Ele
 
"$3 is a lot in Ramen noodles D:" -Little Sealand
 
"You know, of all the things to say..." -Hariko

Hey we do have one in Democratic Kolania as well (in Arabic and Malay):
 
 
 مرحبا بكم في غرب المحيط الهادئ (Arabic)
 سلامت داتڠ کڤسيفک بارت (Malay - Arabised letter)
Selamat Datang ke Pasifik Barat!   (Malay - Modern/Romanised letter)
Welcome to the West Pacific!  

Great to see another nation with a large Muslim population! As they say in Ikida;
 
!شءنسأتالا ڤآسيۏييبأتأڽدؤ
Shensıtālā Pasivi'batangdo!
Welcome to the West Pacific!
 
(Or at least the forums)

As-salamu alaykum   السلام عليكم
The universal greeting for all 1.57 billion Muslims worldwide, which means "Peace be upon you".
 
Hello  the West Pacific (TWP)

My nation is The People's Sultanate of Democratic Kolania, a peaceful, Islamic, pacifist (anti-extremist) and friendly nation (despite implementing Sharia laws).

Democratic Kolania has been a part of TWP since its independence in 2013.
 We greatly appreciate your warm hospitality 
 
Nice to meet you 

Well, hopefully by this time tomorrow, a native will hold the delegates seat.

Sorry. I had to get it out of my system. 

I myself also liked what Zogradia posted
  "20 minutes to the next update, everyone! Endorse Mediobogdum while you can, and un-endorse United RussoAsia while he is still controlled by Knot. URA has little influence after banjecting Consular and Elegarth. Medio is 14 endorsements in the lead, let's make sure he stays in the lead. We will win back The West Pacific! It won't be pretty, it won't be that comfortable, and some of us are putting ourselves at risk of banjection, but if that's what it takes to win back our great region, then so damn well be it! Who's with me?"
You beat me by 1 minute Zo... 1 minute

Ooh! I went to Victoria on vacation once, and it was one of the most beautiful cities I've been to.  The lights they have at night are amazing.

Obviously it commemorates their victory in the war against good taste.

The interior of the dome in Wisconsin's Capitol reminds me of the Pantheon in Rome. Louisiana's building looks like a war memorial, and a bad one at that.

I've decided after much deliberation and thinking that, while on my position as a Guardian I work for the delegate and the in-game stability of the game, I'm also a member of the off-site community and as such, I have the same rights and powers as everyone else to create an off-site government of its own.
This is, however, not what I want. I liked the Union, and I liked the Voice, and I really liked the constitution we created a few months ago. The Voice was having issues due to the inactivity that hit us during the summer, but it doesn't means we can't fix it.
I hereby would like to call the members of the Voice, or those interested on kick-starting again, to sign up here. I'd like to start the voice over using the already existing constitution we have, and using its existing structure to make whatever changes we need to make it more lean and efficient.
I'd also like to plea to PunkDaddy to take back his role as elected Advocate, so that the Voice can have a coordination and we can together kickstart it, as I think we should.
The Union, and the Voice, can and should be fixed. Please sign up here to join me in re-instating the voice.
The Current Charter is below. It may need fixes, which is why I'm calling for people to sign-up and for PD to take his place as rightful advocate.
 

MEMBERSHIP LIST
- Elegarth
- TunApocalypse
- Bhang Bhang Duc
- Darkesia
- Fujai
- Mediobogdum
- simple country
- Big Bad Badger
- Powerboat_Racer
- Malviet
- Consular
- Eli
- PunkDaddy (pending he confirms)

Good day ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to this episode of TWP Street Talk, the show where we take our questions to the streets of The West Pacific, and let you hear for yourself, the thoughts of your fellow citizens.  And now let's join our field reporter Jennifer Swift.
 
 
Thank you Brian.  Today I began by asking the people on the street what they think of the dissolution of The Voice of The West Pacific Union.  The answers may surprise you!
 
 
What do you think about the dissolution of The Voice ?
 
The What ?
 
What do you think about the dissolution of The Voice ?
 
Why, it's about time they got rid of that darn program !
 
What do you think about the dissolution of The Voice ?
 
No ! Don't ask me that question.  Ask me any other question, but don't ask me that question.  I'm serious, I can't answer that.  You won't like me when I'm angry.
 
What do you think about the dissolution of The Voice ?
 
The assembly, the reichstag, the senate, the voice, the whatever.  What's the difference ?  We got a Delegate and Guardians, what else do we need ?
 
What do you think about the dissolution of The Voice ?
 
I think it means we live in The West Pacific.
 
What do you think about the dissolution of The Voice ?
 
I want my MTV!
 
What do you think about the dissolution of The Voice ?
 
The consequences will be devastating, with long-term effects that may shake the very pillars of West Pacifican society.  Ripping the social fabric asunder, and who knows what the fallout from that may be.
 
What do you think about the dissolution of The Voice ?
 
What should I think ?  Why should I care ? What did it do for me ?
 
What do you think about the dissolution of The Voice ?
 
My Lords and Lady's, I beg to take this opportunity to address a serious issue that concerns us all, and that being the threat of greenhouse gas emissions from marsupials.  The West Pacific has long been known for it's dedication to the eradication of these pests, but it seems that no government of TWP has come to it's senses on this issue.  I truly beg the Delegate and government to take quick action on this matter. 
 
What do you think about the dissolution of The Voice ?
 
Puff puff pass, man.  Just chill.
 
What do you think about the dissolution of The Voice ?
 
Well.  I don't know.  It probably needed to be done.  But it wasn't done right.  I think.  Maybe.  But then maybe not.  How else would you do it ?  Unless you undid it, then you could do it all another way.  But I still don't know.  
 
What do you think about the dissolution of The Voice ?
 
When are we gonna go raid stuff?!?!
 
Yes, there's lots of differing thoughts on the events in TWP, and the Street Talk is all over the place as you might expect.  Thank you for joining us for this episode of TWP Street Talk.  Till next time, goodbye.
 
 

As we say in Ikida, "Shensıtālā Pasivi-bátàng-vórǔmamtānā, Avadonsıw!" (Welcome to the West Pacific Forums, Avadon!)
 
!شءنسآتىلى ڤاسيۏيباتاڽۏؤرومتىنى، اۏادؤنسآو
เสะนษีตะฬะ พัษิฟิปัตังฟ่รูมตานา, อัฟัด่นษีว!
Шенсътаалаа Пасивибатангворумтаанаа, Авадонсъу!
쎈스따나 빠시ㅚ바따오ㅗ룸따나, ㅏㅘ돈스ㅗ!

Hello and welcome to the forums of The Best Pacific!

Hi everyone.
 
My name is Avadon and finally after nearly 3 years of being in The West Pacific, I have decided to join the member forums. Before I was plagued always by life and other duties. If you've seen me around posting in chat, you'll know it takes me days to reply to anything. But I realize the familiar faces I'm so used to seeing post have all "retired" themselves to here and you know I can't live without my bi-monthly dose of the predator and chocolates so yes, here I am! Hi everyone!
 
Yaaay.

Hi everybody,
 
I assume this is the correctest place to announce this.
 
I handed in my resignation to URA yesterday. The reason given for the dissolution of the voice was "inactivity," and I feel mostly responsible for that as FADA. However, I am not resigning out of guilt--rather, it is largely due to RL committments. Just as I have been busy lately and have not had time, I do not see an improvement in my schedule in the near future. Thus the dissmissal of the DAs and the dissolution of the voice, while not things I agree with ICly, came as a welcome break in workload. However, URA has unveiled his plan to put the guardians in control of many of the areas the DAs were before, and thus I would still have the same duties, just under a different title.
 
In order of decreasing importance, my RL committments, combined with one NS dissmissal and another job-description change, as well as disagreement with URA's new policies and his decision to dissolve the union (although I highly respect him, his opinions, and his decisions), all topped with a growing sense of self-questioning about whether or not TWP is reall the kind of political atmosphere I would like to be active in, have grouped together to cause me to resign. It has been a pleasure working with URA, Medio, Hariko, Elegarth, and Yy, and I'm going to miss being politically involved here.
 
I would probably join the rebellion BBD's trying to start myself, or try to influence URA, but in the interests of solidarity, and of course, my RL, I won't be.
 
Best of luck to everyone in the delegate's office as well as the voice.

Too new to have one yet, but I am getting my staff to work on one based on a song I had published back in the early 80's. It's got a great marching beat and a rousing chorus - just need to rework the words. A song about nuclear war for a nice peaceful colony doesn't quite work lol

In real life, basically every country has a national anthem, so I decided to create a forum where we can talk about our national anthems.
 
Zogradia's anthem is called "My Beautiful Zogradia" (lyrics here). It was partially inspired by Lupang Hinirang (Philippines), and has a similar rhythm, and is meant to be celebratory and cheerful. It's available in five languages (English, Korean, Arabic, Russian, and German), though the different languages would have different rhythms than the original English version (an Ikida translation is planned, too).

A friend. Period.

Copy that.
Probably later today I'll update the map(s).
Map updated.

Drachmaland views Zogradia in an undoubtedly positive way, with commercial exchanges dating from the very beginning of Zogradia's existence. We also value highly our cultural exchanges, too.

Zogradia's native language (Ikida) is a tonal language written in Latin, Cyrillic, Hangul, Thai and Jawi (all modified versions of each).
 
Sounds:
Note: Bold=Low tone, Italic=Mid-tone and Underline=High tone
Consonants:
b /b/ บ ب Б ㅂ
ch /t∫/ จ چ Ч ㅊ
d /d/ ด د  Д ㄷ
g /g/ ก ݢ  Г ㄱ
h /h/ ห ه   Х ㅎ
j /dʒ/ ธ ج  Ж ㅈ
k /k/ ค ك К ㅋ
l /l/ ฬ ل Л ㄹ
m /m/ ม م М ㅁ
n /n/ น ن Н ㄴ
ng /η/ ง ڽ НГ ㅇ
p /p/ ผ ڤ П ㅃ
r /r/ ร ر Р ㄹ
s /s/ ษ س С ㅅ
sh /∫/ ส ش Ш ㅆ
t /t/ ฅ ت Т ㄸ
v /v/ ฝ ۏ В ㅗ
w /w/ ว و У ㅗ
y /j/ ย ي Й ㅑ
‘ /?/ ๆ ع Ь ㅢ
 
Vowels:
a /a/  ั  إ А ㅏ
ae /aɪ/ ะ ى АЕ ㅐ
ao /aʊ/ ุ ّ  АУ ㅓ
ā /æ/ า ا АА ㅏ
e /ε/ เ ะ    ء Е ㅔ
é /ei/ เเ ะ   آ ЕИ ㅕ
ī /i/    ิ   ي И ㅣ
ı /Ɯ/   ี   أ Ъ ㅡ
o /o/   ่  ؤ О ㅗ
ö /œ/  เ เะ  ئ Ю ㅚ
u /u/  ู  و У ㅜ
 
Tone Markers: (note: ā, é, ī and ö have fixed tones)
´ Rising tone
` Falling tone
ˇ Mid-high tone
˜ Mid-low tone
 
*These tone marks only work in Latin, I'm still organizing it for the other scripts.