NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC - I know I haven't been around for a while, but it has only just struck me how much the forum purges and nation deletions have erased any and all effects I may have had on the NS universe. In this spirit, I will, in a sense, begin again and unknown.
BTW, hi to any and all who may recall my meager existence.

IC - King Littian II of Clangerland (a Clanger (http://www.clangers.co.uk/home.htm), By the way), fresh from the grand opening of the latest of the many great edifices of Clangerland, reverently removed his formal crown, bid his guard-dragons adieu, slumped into his little throne. When he was sure he was alone, Littian relaxed, and attempted to chuck the circlet onto the hat stand (and misses, again. Soon it would be time for another new crown. Or a better hat stand.)
The King muses. His mind begins to wander, and he harkens back to the former glory days of Clangerland, as he often does. Back to the days of the original Littian, a century ago, when the Clangers were at their peak across the world, wandering the globe, having an impact. Good times.
Not that these weren't good times. Full employment, totally self sufficient, everyone well housed and fed by the government, with the King at its head. A vast community of Clangers, Soupdragons, Elves and Humans acting in concert, at total harmony.
But nothing Littian could really claim as his own. Except that big useless library. All that is great about his nation was great before him and would be great after him. He longed for the days of close allies, friends and even the times with some of the nicer enemies.
The momentous decision had been brewing for a while. Littian was ready, the nation was ready. They could advance no further alone, and they had so much to offer the world.

*whistling noises*, the King exclaimed. (for the unaware, this is how a Clanger communicates)

Within the minute, the royal household and cabinets had assembled. Littian was King, but he was a Clanger King. Nobody was given the power to radically alter foreign policy by themselves.
Soon the message was out to any and all who would be listening.

"The Fluffy Pink Commonwealth of Clangerland proudly extends the hand/paw of friendship to all who would accept it. To mark the nation's reemergence onto the international arena, we invite ambassadors and dignitaries of all sorts to sample the delights of Clangerland and officially open up relations with our peaceful people. Thank you, we wait in anticipation of response."

OOC - Later posts (if anyone bothers responding) will tell you anything you wish to know about Clangerland, if you ask.

OOC: Ach, we remember ye. Good times.... don't suppose you'd happen to remember me? Had a long hiatus as well.

OOC - Good times indeed. I'm obviously a bit behind on things now, so the good old 'century of isolationist policy after accidentally having a big room full of ambassadors killed' trick comes into play.
And I do indeed remember you, but I can't really recall in what capacity

"We are glad to have already established Clangerland as the latest signatory to the KIST agreement and will gladly resume our previous diplomatic posting in their nation. We hope and trust this will be reciprocated.

The Knootian government is grateful and appreciates the friendship of the Clanger people and we welcome them back to the public arena."

~Foreign Ministry public statement

Your highness,

The Lord Protector of Starblaydia wishes to open full diplomatic relations with our Clanger friends in a concert of harmony, as you so beautifully put it. Our prospective ambassador has some skill at whislting, being able to perform 'The Flight of the Bumblebee' upon request.

We look forward to increase realtions with our fluffy pink neighbours

Isaac M.C. Chisoko
Foreign Minister
Protectorate of Starblaydia



OOC: Didn't the clangers live on the moon?

As ever, we appreciate our long running ties with Knootoss and reafirm our friendship. The Clangers, and all who live amongst them are now proud to be able to call the nation of Starblaydia a friend also.
I look forward to any and all contact which this new rapport may bring our respective nations

Duke Kaladhell,
Foreign Minister, Head of the Elven Council,
The Pink Fluffy Commonwealth of Clangerland


OOC -
...Clanger people...
:)

Yes, these Clangers formerly lived on a moon of some description, but this is now far in the past for Clangerland.
The original Clangers were content, until they were contacted by a mysterious race, who showed them the way to Earth. Earth looked much more interesting than their rock in space, so everyone and everything migrated to a tropical Brazil-like expanse of land and built a big underground utopian society.

::Message from Sakkra Diplomatic Corps::

King Littian,

We are pleased to see you resurgence into the international theatre. We have been 'shopping' about in an effort to see who would be an amicable trade partner, and CEO Kargaah, who is on vacation in the Galapogos Islands, has brought your group to our attention.

May this missive find you in good spirits.

Advisor Bosska
Sakkra Diplomatic Corps
Office of Guaah City
http://www.5amfunnies.com/sakkra/Character/Dhaar.JPG

::Message ends::

[Message sent in two formats, one in Clanger Whistling (done by Kayla with the aid of a pull whistle) and the other in English. The Clanger version has been checked by Iuthia's own clangers, though it's mildly different to acount for Iuthia's differences with Clanger Land.]

Due to Iuthia's growing population in Clangers (after the soup well discovery many years ago) we feel it would do our Clanger minority alot of good to start relations with their home nation.

Perhaps we can start with an exchange of embassies, however we would like to set up relations so that our Clanger population (which accounts for about 0.06% of the entire population) may take holidays in your nation, a taste of home occasionally as it were.

We too are a member of Knootoss's KIST agreement and have great relation with the people of Knootoss, we hope that our relations with the Clangerland will grow into a great friendship.

Thanks,


http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/iuthia.jpg

Ambassidor Kayla Harmone, Iuthian Diplomatic Corps
Urbanites (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/page=display_region/region=Urbanites)

Apply for an Embassy in Iuthia (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=127023&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0)
OOC Information on Iuthia (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109898&highlight=)

We are greatly enthused by the responses from the honourable representatives of Iuthia and Sakkara. The Commonwealth would be delighted with any relations with such esteemed nations and especially look forward to contact with the Iuthian Clangers.
To the honourable Ambassador Harmone, your communique has created great excitement among the ranks of the Soupwell engineers, who would love a look over your 'well. Our Soupdragons would be glad to use their experience to fine tune production. It has been estimated that even the smallest wells, working at full efficiency, can easily feed up to 50,000 with minimal maintainance.

Once again, thank you for your approaches, we will be sure to make appropriate overtures to you at a later date.

The Grand Duke Kaladhell


OOC - This may be a good time to expand on some more of the wonderful aspects of Clangerland, such as the Soupwells. Basically, they are massive underground cave systems in which is brewed the 'Soup' which is the primary food source for all citizens of Clangerland. The wells are state subsidised and fairly cheap to run, maening the government has been able to provide total food supplies to all who wish them.
There endeth the lesson.

::Message begins::

CEO Kargaah has posed a question to me, and so I relay it to you. He wonders if a personal visitation is a good idea. He dislikes 'phoning in' his trade agreements, prefering to conduct business matters in presence.

If this is desired, he has opened his vacation villa in the Galapogos Islands to you and yours for an imprompt summit, and for the annual mating season of the marine iguanas during the week.

Advisor Bosska
::Message Ends::

Teatroia Goverment Plaza
Office of the First Minister
June 8, 2004

After hearing of Clangerland's resurgence, the Federation of Teatroia, an enitrely new country itself, wishes to also open relations between our two people. We of Teatroia look forward to a productive future with the people of Clangerland.

Barian Ecalia
Foreign Minister of Teatroia

Your Highest King Littian,
As a representative of the Sultanate of Ghaidhealtachd, I am here to inform you that we are in full support of your nation. If ever there is a time in which you may need the aid of Ghaidhealtachd, we shall be there for you. We give you our most humble support.
Sincerely,

Teàrlach MacArtair (Charles MacArthur)
Sultan of Ghaidhealtachd
The Sultanate of Ghaidhealtachd

We are greatly enthused by the responses from the honourable representatives of Iuthia and Sakkara. The Commonwealth would be delighted with any relations with such esteemed nations and especially look forward to contact with the Iuthian Clangers.
To the honourable Ambassador Harmone, your communique has created great excitement among the ranks of the Soupwell engineers, who would love a look over your 'well. Our Soupdragons would be glad to use their experience to fine tune production. It has been estimated that even the smallest wells, working at full efficiency, can easily feed up to 50,000 with minimal maintainance.

Once again, thank you for your approaches, we will be sure to make appropriate overtures to you at a later date.

The Grand Duke Kaladhell

Your own communique has also brought alot of excitement among Iuthian Clanger Engineers who manage the soup wells, they've not seen a real Soupdragon, it is something they here about only from their grandparents and the very idea of such creatures became something of legend. The idea of working with such a rare creature excites them and to be quite honest, many of our own scientists... though we don't want to crowd them, so they will not be permitted to get involved.

In either case we are thankful that you are willing to help Iuthia as well as start relations with us in such an open manner, much of the world has become very war-like since your issolation. Diplomacy is becoming rare in places, we many nations still try hard... it's nice to see a peaceful society such as yourselves come back into the community.

We shall prepare our engineers for your arrival, any special requestes made by your Soupdragons will be accomadated by our Engineer General, Kartek Jinaw, who will oversee the improvements made. He is a senior figure in the engineering communitee with much respect.

Meanwhile our diplomats will prepare in order to set up both an embassy here and in your own nation, providing such is accepted by yourselves.

Thanks,

Ambassidor Kayla Harmone, Iuthian Diplomatic Corps
Urbanites (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/page=display_region/region=Urbanites)

OOC Information on Iuthia (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109898&highlight=)


OOC: Unless you want to you don't have to RP any of the Soupwell Engineering, it's something I can assume happens automatically, same goes for the embassies... should you be ok with it we don't actually have to RP the setting up.

In both cases we can RP each should you want to try out some RP in those areas... I understand it's been a while.

terms of alliance:
you give me 1million slaves for uranium mines

OOC: Unless you want to you don't have to RP any of the Soupwell Engineering, it's something I can assume happens automatically, same goes for the embassies... should you be ok with it we don't actually have to RP the setting up.

In both cases we can RP each should you want to try out some RP in those areas... I understand it's been a while.


OOC - May as well consider it done. I know from experience that I'm pretty rubbish at pretending to be a Soupdragon. BTW, nice information page. How do Clangers in Iuthia fare under compulsary military service?


IC
::Message begins::

CEO Kargaah has posed a question to me, and so I relay it to you. He wonders if a personal visitation is a good idea. He dislikes 'phoning in' his trade agreements, prefering to conduct business matters in presence.

If this is desired, he has opened his vacation villa in the Galapogos Islands to you and yours for an imprompt summit, and for the annual mating season of the marine iguanas during the week.

Advisor Bosska
::Message Ends::

I, and probably a few other eager members of the Royal Household, would be honoured to attend. It's been quite a while since we in Clangerland have had a good invitation. There are the occasional official Non-Human Alliance meet-ups, but a week of eating grass in Hell Bovines was never my idea of fun.
We too would greatly prefer a face to face exchange, and I am looking forward to viewing the delights of your nation.
As with all others who contact Clangerland, we would be honoured to invite anyone you may wish to send to stay for a while in Clangerland. Whether just as a diplomatic visit, or as an introduction for an ambasador, we have prepared the (formerly) wold renowned 'Whistling Waters' spa complex for dignitaries.

(OOC - will set up a new thread in the near future for anyone interested. Also a good excuse for me to write a bit more about Clangerland society and environment.)

To the most honourable representatives of Ghaidhealtachd and Teatroia, I offer my thanks on behalf of the King (who would do it himself but for the language barriers, and the fact his computer broke). Be assured that if your nations are ever in need of a cheap source of food supplies or anyone wants a nice holiday, Clangerland can help.

Duke Kaladhell

terms of alliance:
you give me 1million slaves for uranium mines

*chuckles*

There are so many problems with that that that I really don't know why I'm bothering to respond. So I'll stop.

OOC: The idea of complusory military service in Iuthia is to indoctrinate the population with a greater sense of respect towards the Iuthian way of life, due to the many generations that the military has dominated the society it has leaked down to the point where it is reflected in many parts of normal life.

On the whole the service is just like boot camp, you get into shape, you learn teamwork and that Drill Sergeants are evil... most of the population is prepared for it because the same methods are often mirrored earlier in life during their upbringing... afterall, there parents have been through it and they respect it. On the first couple generations of Clangers who we're orginally Iuthian it was tough, some couldn't stick it and left for many of the more enjoyable nations in Urbanites... others stuck it out.

I have always presumed that Clangers are about 4 foot tall and most of them probably have more trouble with the physical side of it, though that is always overcome because we are used to having elves who are reknowned for their low stamina... so they take a little longer to get into shape.

Iuthia is a tough place in some respects, but the "coming of age" is always a bump in peoples lives here, once they get through the year they are back into society to do as they please. They have brilliant freedoms and they become "Iuthian" which means they are respected like any other human, elf or drawf.

Few go "Carier" as they are naturally peaceful creatures... even in military training this is respected and most go in for medical training over gun training, though they still have to learn the basics.

OOC
I have always presumed that Clangers are about 4 foot tall...

Instead of a crude bump, I can expand on the nature of NS Clangers and associated creatures. As far as I know, I'm the only Clanger based nation, a fact of which I am very proud.

Anyway, your basic Clanger is about a meter tall. All Clangers speak Clangese (as they cannot really speak anything else) which is, to non speakers, a series of whistles. Practically all Clangers can understand English. Clangers are a light pink in colour, and they grow darker in complexion with age. For both male and female Clangers, the average age is 113, although ages of 140 plus have been recorded. All are peaceful, compassionate beings, inclined to help and very rarely depressed.
Clanger physiology, not being of Earth, is odd by most standards. Among many things, they do not require a large amount of atmosphere, and can cope well for long periods with little to no oxygen. They have very low resistance to many diseases (and so often stay underground and fairly isolated) but centuries of life on Earth has led to advanced medical facilities to cope. The abundance of oxygen led to fairly quick adaptation and evolution, meaning today’s Clanger is more dexterous and disease resistant than Clangers of old, as well as having very acute senses.

The other major life form which lives alongside Clangers is the Soupdragon. This fascinating creature is often more reclusive than the gregarious Clanger, but no less friendly. They are basically dragon-shaped, in various shades of green. They are flightless, with vestigial wings. The largest a Soupdragon has been known to grow is to a length of just over 5 meters, with tail. Their average age is 130 years. The Soupdragon has very acute senses and high heat tolerance, leading to their primary occupation as Souptenders, in charge of the massive Soupwells.

See, wasn't that much more informative than a bump?

OOC: Sounds about right. Though some people I know would say that Clangers are actually about 40ft tall due to the scale of the moonlander on one episode. Personally I'm just going to claim that due to the harder life in Iuthia our Clangers are a little tallers, more resistant to disease and on the whole just more adapted to Earth and Iuthian environment. However they are still very peaceful creatures, with only one of them (a Character I've used) in the Iuthian Black Vipers as a bodyguard for Kayla Harmone, called Lizo (sounded about right).

Like you said, they always speak Clangese, even in Iuthia which at first made communication troublesome. However after alot of patient work the language barrier was broken, the Clangers learned to understand Iuthian and they got by on sign language until accurate translators were designed... all translators require large amounts of training and the peak of their profession is when they learn to actually emulate the Clangers language.

Iuthia Clangese and conventional Clangese will difer mildy, though it is nothing more then a difference in accents (for Clangers). No Clanger to date has spoken Iuthian, mostly because they cannot make the sounds for human speach.

Many go on to work in Iuthia's space industry due to their great tolerance for low gravity environments. Meanwhile in Iuthia itself their achitechure (sp) is very much like their home nations... though it has to be specially built, more often by Clangers themselves designing it.

Many Clangers have a great passion for music (or so I've RPed them that way) due to stories of the music trees at home and a Clangers range of hearing, which is much better then that of humans.

Overall Iuthian Clangers are pretty much the same as those in Clangerland, albeit a little chunky and a little less used to low gravity environments... afterall, they have adapted to the heavier gravity of earth.

We will, of course recognise that your nation is pretty much the home of the NS Clanger, ever since I read your posts... I remember them from my Childhood (like the flying moos coming to eat all the green plants which infested their moon) I was going to ask you about some of the details for when I started RPing them in my nation, however at that time you were gone, so I made up my own stats... which are pretty much the same.

OOC - Glad to know that the Clangers have spread across NS. My previous post was nowhere near a complete list of attrbutes - not only could I not be bothered thinking any more about it, but it leaves me scope to introduce other useful attributes as and when required.
I suppose it's about tie I began a proper RP thread, but I shall continue to add facts about Clangers/Clangerland when I think of anything even mildly interesting.

OOC: Send me a TG when you get an RP of this nature started.

OOC - An RP has been started, but due to the underwhelming response so far (no one wants to visit me *sniff*. Or, more likely, they have better things to be doing with their time.) I thought I'd do some advertising.
If anyone wants to send an ambassador to Clangerland, their having a welcome reception here (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=152599).
Be warned, there is a fair chance that there will be an incident of some sort, but nobody will be in danger of death. I'd be wary of sending anyone who would make a juicy hostage though.
I say fair chance because this (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=152338) thread is sort of on hiatus until a nation steps forward to be the antagonist.