NationStates Jolt Archive


People of the clouds

Cloudships
19-11-2004, 09:38
Fellow nations! Do not be alarmed at the rising of the airships from your fair shores and fields, we simply set out on our own. A nation among the clouds forever free from the tethers of the ground. We declare the independance of our nation. 800 zepplins rising from the ground to become a conglomerations of fiefdoms that is The united socialist states of cloudships.

population: 96000

location: The expansive skies

government: local democracies(each zepplin has its own locally managed government meating in an elected council for national desisions

Military: completely passive air based

Economy: pure socialist(again localy managed)

GDP: 30000 Nr ($24,000 US)

Major exports: Purified high atmosphere gases (for industrial applications)

Major import: foodstuffs

Technological developement: slightly modern

The united socialist states of cloudships are a conglomeration of air ships that started taken off from an underground internet movement. They have declared their independance as a nation and wish to simply start a migratory socialist nation. They move from county to county, those that will allow them, to occationally refule and resupply. They are beggining to be more and more self sufficient as their recycling and food growing sectors expand.
The nation is controlled as if each zepplin is its own city-state though each one has a deligate for a congress that makes national decisions. Each city-state has an elected high council that controls most state decisions and each airships policies can vary widely though they mostly agree on socialist and environmental political alignments.
The people travel via small balloon and plane. The people are completely peaceful and will try to keep away any conflict though that if attacked they will defend themselves. They can easily convert to wartime production and essentially turn into their own armada. The ships are well enough armed and armored to repel most air attacks. The way the zepplins are designed they won't be "sunk" unless losing more than 50% of their boyancy because of cellular design. They have no ground forces.
They are a highly technical/industrial society that are trying to advance in ways to remain in the air indefinately. Until that time they try to keep some diplomatic relations with like minded countries. They are recieving delegates that they can show how their progressive ways of life benifit them as a society. Though they have very few immigrants outside of the occational newly raised zepplin who wishes to join the state.

ooc: Thanks for reading, this is just my way to introduce myself as a new country and rp or none rp comments are welcome. Thanks for the imput! please pardon the abundant spelling mistakes =/
Vastiva
19-11-2004, 10:00
"First monkeys, now zeppelins?"
"Yes, sir. They say they have no ground forces."
"....Well, they have no ground, so that makes sense. What is their air force like?"
"Unknown, sir."
"Maybe we can sell them autogyros. Though the 200mph winds down here would be somewhat hard to take."
Der Angst
19-11-2004, 13:10
Alpha Hive, Earth Orbit

<ORD 12/06> Errr...
<ORD 06/02> Uh... Yeah, what you said. 'Tis odd.
<ORD 12/06> Well, admittedly, it is shiny. All this glittering in the skies... I think I will make a few pictures.
<ORD 06/02> That is your job, anyway. Yo do it all the time...
<ORD 12/06> Panorama, this ones.
<ORD 06/02> Oh, Ok... Admittedly, yeah, that silver streaks... Just... Cute. Finally, somethign different from all the multimegaton fireworks down there.
<ORD 12/06> Yeah. Must be beautiful for vacations... Just sitting there, watching out the window, watching the skies...
<ORD 06/02> Just like what we're doing every day, genius.
<ORD 12/06> Hey, lemme be a little bit romantic, will you?
Jeruselem
19-11-2004, 14:10
Due to the arrival of an armada of airships from Cloudships, Jeruselem is forced to halt its testing of anti-ballistic missile systems over the Sinai desert.

General Shabal said "We don't want to cause an international incident by wiping out half a nation while only exists in the upper atmosphere".
Cloudships
19-11-2004, 16:26
The delegation from cloudships thanks jeruselem and will move to cluster its self over the indian ocean for the time being.