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I just wanna see how long my country lasts before loving up bad. 
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Yeah, just pick a nice stable country and see how long it takes for the game to spiral out of control.
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May 10, 2015 15:54
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Try to get your approval rating as low as possible or go full Big Brother or nuke the Vatican for no reason or something.
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May 10, 2015 16:48
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Play Russia in the style of real-life Putin and see how long it takes before the simulation burns.
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May 10, 2015 17:20
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Xoidanor posted:Play Russia in the style of real-life Putin and see how long it takes before the simulation burns. That might be doable, since Russia has a UN veto, assuming I kept to countries without political allies. Maybe Somalia?
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May 10, 2015 17:32
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Cathulhu posted:Yeah, just pick a nice stable country and see how long it takes for the game to spiral out of control. Iceland is a good country for autopilot, generally.
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May 10, 2015 19:45
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AfroSquirrel posted:Iceland is a good country for autopilot, generally.
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ICELAND IS BORING Maria Lindstrom has been elected as the new leader of Iceland. She will rule for as long as possible without ever taking any action at all, because you asked for it. This post is your fault.  Iceland. One province, with two main locations -- the capital, Reykjavik, and also a volcano. This means that Iceland can suffer volcanic eruptions, if you're unlucky.  Not much going on right now. The biggest headline is simply a story about the BSEC, which has never been exciting front page news in any country, ever. I skip ahead a week.  Haha, holy poo poo. Actually, Serbia is in the news quite a bit this week:  Sounds like a fine country to live in, especially since their dead genocidal dictator has apparently come back to life in order to run for office. I skip ahead a week. Finally, there's big news in Iceland:  Another week.  I skip a month ahead. It's very stupid to actually do this, as it skips over key decisions as well as unimportant ones. For example, at some point during February I guess the President of the Bahamas asked for a trade meeting?  I skip ahead two months, and discover that at some point, most of the cabinet resigned. I don't know why, because when you are fast-forwarding it doesn't give you any indication that people are leaving or give you a chance to ask them to stay. People are upset that Maria refuses to appoint any new ministers to fill their places.  Another month. Popularity is down. Maria's husband writes an editorial in the newspaper.   Poland's foreign affairs minister gives us the best insult of all time:  Maria is actually asked to resign, as her refusal to appoint anyone ever has driven Iceland's population into a vague discomfort. She does not.  I was surprised to see that the game does actually have a response to the player simply never bothering to pick a cabinet member, but at this point the newspapers get really good:     Erik's stuck in a rut, but he's a good guy nonetheless.  Iceland doesn't have the right to bear arms, as far as I know. Finally, in July of 2011, Maria is voted out of office... for treason.  I'm not sure that's how any government works, but... sure. Ok. Game over.
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May 12, 2015 19:58
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Has there ever been a case of an elected official taking up office and never doing anything?
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May 12, 2015 20:28
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StrixNebulosa posted:Has there ever been a case of an elected official taking up office and never doing anything? Calvin Coolidge?
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May 12, 2015 20:31
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StrixNebulosa posted:Has there ever been a case of an elected official taking up office and never doing anything?
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May 12, 2015 20:32
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StrixNebulosa posted:Has there ever been a case of an elected official taking up office and never doing anything? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinecure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-show_job
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May 12, 2015 20:32
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Okay, dumb question, but got some entertaining answers out of it - did you know Harrison delivered the longest inaugeral address in US history? It took him two hours to read, and that was after his friend edited it for length. From my (admittedly cursory) skim of Coolidge's wikipedia entry, it doesn't look like he did anything especially silly in office, which is a shame.
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May 12, 2015 21:08
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corn in the bible posted:
Being accused of high treason apparently made you pretty popular!
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May 12, 2015 21:17
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StrixNebulosa posted:Okay, dumb question, but got some entertaining answers out of it - did you know Harrison delivered the longest inaugeral address in US history? It took him two hours to read, and that was after his friend edited it for length. Yes. Harrison's long speech is the reason he died. He gave it during a rainstorm and got pneumonia.
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May 12, 2015 22:11
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StrixNebulosa posted:Has there ever been a case of an elected official taking up office and never doing anything? Like all the Sinn Fein guys in Northern Ireland?
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May 12, 2015 23:12
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Man, this game isn't quite Steppe wolf level but it's up there. I look forward to the most accurate geo-political simulator in the world giving us nuanced and realistic scenarios which could be ripped from today's headlines.
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May 13, 2015 00:10
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corn in the bible posted:her refusal to appoint anyone ever has driven Iceland's population into a vague discomfort. Rated 5.
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May 13, 2015 00:22
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So I think you are confusing Slobodan Bogvic, who I think is just a made up character, randomly generated by this game, with Slobodan Milosevic, the real-life dictator. He didn't so much as commit genocide as let his generals go around killing folks they didn't like. Possibly so that he himself could avoid becoming one of those people they didn't like. Also, is every quote in the newspaper limp irony? It makes me want to read every article with Tosh.0's voice or as a segment from Sick Sad World from Daria.
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May 13, 2015 01:53
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Pretty sure that "Jender" isn't a real Icelandic name. Thanks for proving Iceland to be boring, btw 
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May 13, 2015 02:30
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MartianAgitator posted:So I think you are confusing Slobodan Bogvic, who I think is just a made up character, randomly generated by this game, with Slobodan Milosevic, the real-life dictator. He didn't so much as commit genocide as let his generals go around killing folks they didn't like. Possibly so that he himself could avoid becoming one of those people they didn't like. The world leaders' names not randomly generated, and usually are just changed a little bit from the real person. so it's a little questionable to call the dude Slobodan. And yes, the newspaper writing is... well, it's something, anyway.
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May 13, 2015 02:34
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TNG posted:Man, this game isn't quite Steppe wolf level but it's up there. I look forward to the most accurate geo-political simulator in the world giving us nuanced and realistic scenarios which could be ripped from today's headlines. That's "Steppe Wolf: The Coin, The Sabre & The Pigeon"! Show proper respect, you sub-Bulgarian sack of meat! Anyhow, I think that the Serbia-talk makes it obvious the Balkans should be the next destination in this wonderful journey.
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May 13, 2015 02:40
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Great Joe posted:Pretty sure that "Jender" isn't a real Icelandic name. Thanks for proving Iceland to be boring, btw Everyone knows Jender doesn't exist.
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May 13, 2015 05:52
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corn in the bible posted:The world leaders' names not randomly generated, and usually are just changed a little bit from the real person. so it's a little questionable to call the dude Slobodan. Only few major countries have their leaders hand-crafted (lol) to resemble real world persons, 99% of the world might as well be randomly generated. And it's not only persons that's wrong, standing laws, statistics, political parties, organizations - everything tends to be pulled out of somebody's rear end.
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YeOldeButchere posted:That's "Steppe Wolf: The Coin, The Sabre & The Pigeon"! Show proper respect, you sub-Bulgarian sack of meat! Goal for the next pass through the game: Recreate Great Old Bulgaria.
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May 13, 2015 09:15
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How interesting would trying to liberalise as China or North Korea be?
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May 13, 2015 09:22
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can we force people to get gay married
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May 13, 2015 09:59
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Make Hong Kong a British colony, China doesn't deserve it.
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May 13, 2015 10:05
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Keep assassinating your spouse and see how many you can burn through. Or do it with the "Country's Oldest Person." Turn your country into Logan's Run.
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May 13, 2015 10:06
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macfam posted:Make Hong Kong a British colony, China doesn't deserve it.
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May 13, 2015 11:29
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macfam posted:Make Hong Kong a British colony, China doesn't deserve it.
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May 13, 2015 18:00
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Why the utter gently caress do all the Icelandic people have Swedish names. Did I miss something and we got colonized at some point? It can't be that this shoddy game didn't pay attention to the details of the country, can it?
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May 14, 2015 14:42
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StrixNebulosa posted:Has there ever been a case of an elected official taking up office and never doing anything? It depends on what level of office you're talking about. There's at least one or two British MPs I can think of that never voted on almost anything beyond stuff that actively involved themselves and the power they wielded and hardly partook in any debates either. Like the minimal amount of work to not get booted out. Can't remember any who did almost literally nothing though.
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Deceitful Penguin posted:Why the utter gently caress do all the Icelandic people have Swedish names. Did I miss something and we got colonized at some point? It can't be that this shoddy game didn't pay attention to the details of the country, can it?
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May 14, 2015 18:17
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macfam posted:Make Hong Kong a British colony, China doesn't deserve it.
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May 14, 2015 19:45
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Break a leg!
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Deceitful Penguin posted:Why the utter gently caress do all the Icelandic people have Swedish names. Did I miss something and we got colonized at some point? It can't be that this shoddy game didn't pay attention to the details of the country, can it? nobody gives a poo poo about your lovely rock
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May 15, 2015 00:09
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I think it's time to make Islam the state religion of Israel. Then have Palestine conquer the entire middle east, and mass convert to satanism.
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May 15, 2015 08:43
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evilmiera posted:It depends on what level of office you're talking about. There's at least one or two British MPs I can think of that never voted on almost anything beyond stuff that actively involved themselves and the power they wielded and hardly partook in any debates either. Like the minimal amount of work to not get booted out. Can't remember any who did almost literally nothing though. Any Sinn Fein MP.
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evilmiera posted:It depends on what level of office you're talking about. There's at least one or two British MPs I can think of that never voted on almost anything beyond stuff that actively involved themselves and the power they wielded and hardly partook in any debates either. Like the minimal amount of work to not get booted out. Can't remember any who did almost literally nothing though. That's not so much being lazy as it is being ruthlessly practical.
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Endorph posted:can we force people to get gay married seconded
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