mskfisher's Journal: Finally: NationStates

So, my roomate from college (Rob) and I have finally created the country that we've been talking about for years:

The (Independent Joint) Theocracy of Yugoslavyourself

Motto: "See Name"

UN Category: Compulsory Consumerist State
Civil Rights: Some
Economy: Thriving
Political Freedoms: Few

Location: the West Pacific (changing soon)

The Theocracy of Yugoslavyourself is a tiny, devout nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5 million are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Religion & Spirituality, and Commerce. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8%. A healthy private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Information Technology and Basket Weaving.

Crime is a problem. Yugoslavyourself's national animal is the holstein and its currency is the fleischteig.

So yeah. It's going to shape up like a dictatorship, where Rob and I are hailed as gods. Yay.

We had originally chosen the name "The Independent Joint Theocracy of Yugoslavyourself" several years ago, and applied it to our dorm room - but there was no way to accomplish that in NationStates.

The national animal is the Holstein cow, and the national currency translates to "Flesh Paste" in German.

Ummm

[metulj]

The flag you chose for Yugoslavyourself is the Albanian flag. Albanians are not Slavs. They speak an isogloss language and, for the most part, are Muslim. Just to let you know. If you were ever to confuse, Albania with, let's say, Macedonia or Serbia, you would get a mouth full of fist or the wrong end of an 84, if you are lucky. Anyhoodles, my country is as free, hard working and successful as yours and I can remember our war of independence. Res je. Prevec vem ... --808

Re:Ummm

[mskfisher]

No, this country has no intended connection to any on the face of the planet. I was unaware of the major cultural differences, and I was also unaware of the confusion that could result from choosing that name and flag combination. We'd chosen that flag based on appearance alone. In the end, it was between Albania and Bhutan [fischerhem...hneider.de], and Albania's flag won for it's simplcity.

Outside of a slight passing nod to my roomate's Eastern European background, the name stemmed more from entertainment at the "you-go-(whate

Re:Ummm

[metulj]

"Res je. Prevec vem ..." -- "Sometimes (or it's true), I know too much." Roughly. Just something I say to myself as a check against hubris. BTW, I am Slovene and you should go to South Eastern Europe if you ever get the chance. We are not what you were taught we are. Especially, the Serbs and Croats. Nice people who have been fucked around by their politicians and foreign countries.... Anyhow things are better now! Adijo!

--808

Re:Ummm

[mskfisher]

Just FYI - we're gonna be changing the flag... I had plans to upload one when we created the nation, but it got forgotten. So, soon, we will have a fantastic new flag with no national connotations.

As my roommate said, it's rather strange that they allow real national flags to be assigned to nations, for reasons just like these... it wouldn't be so hard to have a group of 50-100 random images to choose from.

Oh well.