In the 5th Century BCE, a number of Greek city-states led by Athens founded an alliance that later came to be known as the Delian League. Athens at this time was a powerful maritime state, which controlled a thalassocracy stretching across the Aegean Sea and eventually into the Black Sea. The name is actually an anachronism attached to the alliance by later historians and is derived from the place where the alliance would meet and where the league's treasury was initially held: the island of D
Union with Iceland and Finland
King Zafrizackery has recently visited The Republic of Iceland
to discuss with the president,Olafur Grimsson,about whether
the Icelanders would want to join The Union of Scandinavia.This
is because Iceland is suffering from economic crisis due to the
high volatility of it's economy.Icelanders have thought that joining
the Union would help them from their financial problems.King
Zafrizackery has also made a speech promising that if Iceland
were to jo
Well, as we've just had another war, I am apparently contractually obligated to make another one of these. It is a little late, so my apologies, and I thought I'd post it here, so to avoid getting lost in some thread somewhere, plus give this blog a little more reason for existence. Can you tell I'm running out of titles? We need a name for this war so I can make fun of it.
For those of you unfamiliar with the alliances and situations present in TheNG's historically accurate theatrical universe
Referendum Results
The people of The Union of Scandinavia can breathe a sigh
of relief as Norwegian and Danish independence is no longer
a threat to the collapse of Scandinavia.The results of the Danish
referendum was a close one with 48% of Danish citizens voting
for independence while in the Norwegian referendum,only 32% of
Norwegians wish for independence.However,in Denmark,people are
still organizing protests throughout the country with regards to
independence.For now The Un
The story continues. Part 1 can be found here.
Politics and War: A Story in Comic form
Part 2
About the Art:
I ended up redoing this one after the second and third panels came out weird. There were a bunch of subtle tweaks that I think made a difference. Most of them focus on setting things out so that they will scan nicely. I've worked out a way to make the brightness and contrast a bit more consistent throughout the page at the expense of looking on the whole lighter.
I reckon
While in reality, I'm not as full of wisdom as the legendarily wise King Solomon, I figured every blog needs a punny or otherwise amusing title, so I went with The Wisdom of Solomon. Periodically, I'll release a volume containing some (I hope) interesting musings on PW for you all to enjoy (or not, as the case may be).
I encourage debate and comments, and you'll find that I have no problem engaging in some good old fashion logical argumentation. This means that I will admit when I'm inco
Voices for independence
At this very moment,The Union of Scandinavia is on
the verge of collapsing as the Danish and Norwegian people
are calling out for independence.To show their support for
independence.The Danish people have protested on the
Danish side of the Oresund Bridge,forcing the province to
become disconnected to the mainland for over 14 hours.
The Danish Scandinavian police also supported the protest and
nothing could be done about it.King Zafrizackery had flown
I had been thinking of doing an in character, news/propaganda blog category for some time. However, it would seem that while I was thinking this over, the whole format has become widespread. While this isn't by any means a bad thing, I simply cannot bare being thought of as 'jumping on the bandwagon' and so decided that I must do something different. This morning I came up with an idea for a comic layout illustration, and it seems to have turned out acceptably. So I'm going with that.
I've g
As of now, the Orbis team slack I've created hasn't received any new members, but I've had several invites. I'm not sure if this is due to a communication error between slack and typeform, if the instructions are unclear, or if people just aren't interested enough...
However, within my alliance, those that have joined slack have thought it to be a great tool and program! public channels and private groups allow everyone to be happy and communicate easily. As an admin, i can't see private mes
The Iron Dome is a simple national project that gives your nation a flat 50% chance at blocking missiles fired at it. This coin flip of randomness can be depressingly infuriating when your Iron Dome fails to block 7 missiles in a row, or sadistically satisfying when you manage to land 8 out of 9 of your missiles. I witnessed both of these situations during the most recent global war, and neither of them feel like a fulfilling experience to me.
Statistically, the Iron Dome can be reworded as
Today Evening on India Today
NAC had invaded Fascist International 2 Days ago and it was unknown why. Negotiations were proposed but the NAC seems to be ignoring. The NAC continues to airstrike infrastructure with no signs of peace, even when peace proposals were sent. 100 Thousand Citizens were killed in the invasion while questions are still inquired why NAC had invaded Fascist International. With all ODPs scrapped and MDPs scrapped, The FI was left alone to be destroyed, India joined Tita
Foreword: This has nothing to do with P&W. This is just my own opinions on the world. After all, that's what blogs are for, right?
On the Judging of Books by Covers
By Roger Campbell
"Never judge a book by its cover." The old saying goes. This was one of the oldest and most oft-repeated lessons of my childhood. It was repeated by my parents, my teachers, my television shows, my films, and my nursery rhymes. It appeared countless times as the moral of my stories, and functioned as
In an earlier post this week I discussed using Slack as an alternative to IRC. I am now continuing this test after having some alliance response, but not quite enough to the point where I am satisfied.
Therefore I am opening up a new slack called Planet Orbis (orbispw.slack.com) that will be open to anyone who wants to try it out and test it out.
I must warn anyone who is interested in joining that your email will be visible to all other members, this is the one major downside to Slack!
The discussion for what to name the current conflict was posted nearly immediately following the war's inception. While most realized that it was far too early to determine an accurate name of a hardly finished war, I believe that it would be good to begin a dialogue on war naming conventions, and give general talking points or thoughts on the process. After all, this is near the beginning of a game that most of us hope has a long future ahead of it, and this will almost certainly not be the l
Tonight in India Today
Tonight, the national basketball team has proved a successive move for the nation. The team of India Purchases Mike Miller from Washington Wizards, and now Mike Miller plays for Delhi Rhinos. URAAAA!
The Indians continue to increase infrastructure in the nation, but at this rate it is losing the competition against others. Fascist International was created to counter this and make a independent fascist capitalist society AND A SPIT AT COMMUNISM.
Snoop Dogg goes
Note that this is based on GPA's old image with their old leader.
*Grillick uses espionage as a loophole for getting around GPA's declaration of neutrality*
*Grillick gets his alliance in a bloody massacre and ends up resigning*
Terminus Est, Seven Kingdoms, and Guardian: Yo, why'd you do espionage on us?
Grillick: What espionage?
TEst, SK, & Guardian: Dude, you were caught.
Grillick: Well, our declaration of neutrality doesn't forbid espionage.
The Coalition (TEst, SK,
In my teens, I remember dazing off and eventually losing my attention to a daydream. Many times I pictured myself as a leader of some rebellion, always going to the offensive against some evil, Government-like people. When I was on the bus for school, I watched cars go by, and determine which I would want under my control if a rebellion would occur. Of course I would think its silly for me to think like this, but I would get lost into the daydream. When I got into high school, I started dressing
The Daily Liberty
Official International News Paper from the Land of Hope and Glory
Issue I - Vol. I
Headlines:
Government removes Wartime Status. Martial Law and Military Government lifted.
Libersburg, Liber - Crowds jeer at the Libersburg central square in celebration of the end of Wartime Heavy Accommodation Time (W.H.A.T.), which was imposed a week ago by the government. At the start of the Orbis War, pressure on Liber to create a bigger standing military was risi
Excitement
Before Nukes Had Ever Been Launched
General Community: Omg! I can't wait until the day that the first nuke is launched! It's going to be a historical day!
Abbas Is Nuked
General Community: Dude! Did you see? Abbas just took a nuke!
General Community: Ooh, aah, ooh, aah.
Orbis World War:
*Nukes launched daily*
*Nobody cares*
Drama
Abbas is Nuked
Abbas: Oh well, I'll rebuild.
Orbis World War:
Everybody that is nuked: NOOOOO!!!! I'll never be able to rebuil
I've never ever been a fan of IRC, to this day I still hate the program. The ease of being anonymous is nice, but it's also the main reason I hate it. People can change names on a whim, start up another anonymous account and get information from those that don't know any better.
Aside from those annoyances, I just don't like the layout, the fact that you have to be on to see information and have communication with multiple people, etc...
Then there's forums, yes every alliance has a foru
*Guardian, Mensa and Seven Kingdoms all declare war on Viridian Entente*
General Community: Yeah, let's go Axis Powers! VE has had their throne long enough.
*The Syndicate, World Wrestling Federation, Black Knights, Rose, United Purple Nations, Green Production Agency, Uranicus Socialitas and Cornerstone declare on the Axis Powers*
General Community: The Axis Powers are horrible. They never should have done this. This is treachery. Long Live VE! We've been on their side all along.
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While war wages on within Politics and War and currently my nation is losing pixels for a great cause, today is also a day to remember the men and women across the United States who have given everything to protect our great nation! As we continue to fight our pixel wars let us all take a moment to remember those around us who have served and gave their all for nation(s) that we really live in. Let us salute those who have fallen and remember them for the sacrifices they gave!
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