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Regarding the name you chose for your nationstate, does it have any particular meaning? My nation, Orcam Rorre, is 'error macro' spelled backwards. How 'bout you guys?

I stole it from a book.

Well, I like to drink, I'd like to see some redistribution of wealth (but I'm not a communist), and I keep getting deleted from NS.

It's my name, with -istan attached to make it sound more country-like.

Regarding the name you chose for your nationstate, does it have any particular meaning? My nation, Orcam Rorre, is 'error macro' spelled backwards. How 'bout you guys?

My Nation is Zilam...There is no meaning behind it...First thing that came to my mind.

It means I couldn't think of one and I was tired of trying.


I didn't really think I'd be here for very long so I didn't think it mattered what I called it-I just wanted to see the game. Joke's on me. Gave me an easy idea for a flag, though:
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/cannot_think_of_a_name.jpg

It means I couldn't think of one and I was tired of trying.


I didn't really think I'd be here for very long so I didn't think it mattered what I called it-I just wanted to see the game. Joke's on me. Gave me an easy idea for a flag, though:
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/cannot_think_of_a_name.jpg

"Cannot think of a name"...that's actually quite brilliant! :D

On other forums my name is "KingOfSiam", so I thought I'd make a nation called Siam. It was taken.

5iam had to do. :)

Duh. ;)

Regarding the name you chose for your nationstate, does it have any particular meaning?
I just made up the word 'safalra' many years ago while at school. I had a dream where it meant 'freedom'. Years later I started using it as my name online (and as a nickname in real life).

everyone called me smunkee in highschool, some people still do, and I found out recently that some of the people who where my friends never did know my first name. I am smunkee, it has been years since I graduated but my parking spot is still empty everyday, freshmen know that it is Smunkee's spot and have heard stories about me, but haven't actually met me, it seems to be a huge deal for them when they do (I have no clue why, except for my highschool years were pretty interesting, like when I got the chem. teacher fired.) anyway I just added ville to the end, because I thought it sounded good.

as far as the definition for Smunkee well, that is a long story but my husband has since changed it to mean "sweet monkey" as opposed to the other "s" word that it started out as.......

Sixty Three is my lucky number.

Meaning... all the good names were taken and I had a lot of time on my hands.

Though, if I were to talk about my other nations...

Kutou-koku - taken from my favourite anime show. Kutou is the name of the warring nation with a strong military and the attached suffix, koku is attached because I heard it being used on the end when talking about it as a country, though I can't verify the meaning.

Farflorin - I wanted a country to be named Florin, but it was taken, so this is the next best thing. I'm sure most of you have read and heard of The Princess Bride

Meekinos - I wanted to name one of my countries after a Greek island...

Schandfreude - I wanted to make a penal colony for Kryozerkia, so this one came about. It's a German phrase meaning "shameful joy".

Roycelandia Exemplar - after Roycelandia left the region and Roycelandia Medius replaced it, the rest of the land was divided and I got Exemplar under my nation's administrative jurisdiction.

My name is Zol. I had a state called zolland but it got deleted cos i forget about it.

The Fiddlebottoms family was the topic of a short story (parody of The House of Usher) I wrote in nineth grade about a family that degenerates into rapidly increasing insanity and decadence with each generation. (For example, H N Fiddlebottoms IV was the last one to actually know what the "H N" meant)
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII won a country in a game of cards and within a year, had started 2 Rebellions, been taken over by 3 foriegn powers and lost control of the country to organized crime. The most impressive aspect of this, though, was his ability to have all of this happen simultaneously.
In the end, the family was eliminated when H N Fiddlebottoms XIX forgot how to breathe, which is quite understandable as he was being distracted by looking down his sisters blouse while she was strangling him. Then the house fell apart and the narrator started bitching about cheap Chinese Manufacturing.

The Fiddlebottoms family was the topic of a short story (parody of The House of Usher) I wrote in nineth grade about a family that degenerates into rapidly increasing insanity and decadence with each generation. (For example, H N Fiddlebottoms IV was the last one to actually know what the "H N" meant)
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII won a country in a game of cards and within a year, had started 2 Rebellions, been taken over by 3 foriegn powers and lost control of the country to organized crime. The most impressive aspect of this, though, was his ability to have all of this happen simultaneously.
In the end, the family was eliminated when H N Fiddlebottoms XIX forgot how to breathe, which is quite understandable as he was being distracted by looking down his sisters blouse while she was strangling him. Then the house fell apart and the narrator started bitching about cheap Chinese Manufacturing.
Genius!

My full nickname is "Professor Twiggie One-Ball", so my housemate suggested One-Ballia, since it's harder to make something out of Twiggie (my common nickname and now more common than my real name).

My other nation "Bludgeoned Pigeons" came about because my other housemate got some birds, which I've never really liked. I decided to have my Psychotic Dictatorship be my outlet for dislike, and pigeons were the first thing that came to mind for birds likely to be bludgeoned.

my name is my favourite food... cheese penguins!

my name is my favourite food... cheese penguins!

and a cheese penguin is what, exactly?

Well, I really couldn't think of anything right off the top of my head, so I got to thinking to myself "self, what is it that you like best these days?" and I replied "well, that would have to be music."
So I said "self, what kind of music are you currently listening to?" and I replied "a classic rock mix, darling Jen (that's my real name)."
So I said "self, what song is currently on and who is it by?" to which I replied "Crazy Love Vol. II by Paul Simon", which was met with a smug "well there you have it."

Hence Simonist -- the followers of Paul Simon. Unfortunately, until I put a link to my picture in my profile and stated my location to be "feminine rage" rather that just....rage.....I kept getting called a boy. Totally didn't take the forums into consideration when creating the name.

It is my real nation's name. Aryavartha (land of aryans) is the ancient vedic name of what is now known as India.

These were-creatures are rapidly taking over in here... bunnyduck (http://www.razamatazz.com/2%20Duck%20or%20Rabbit.jpg)

and a cheese penguin is what, exactly?
You get you a piece of bread, smear some cheez whiz on it, add fried onions and peppers, and place a penguin inside.

These were-creatures are rapidly taking over in here... bunnyduck (http://www.razamatazz.com/2%20Duck%20or%20Rabbit.jpg)
You just torqued my brain.

This thread idea has already been tried.



But ok: it's from the county ("judet") I grew up in - Arges (Argesh).

Quenya for "People's Land"

This thread idea has already been tried.



But ok: it's from the county ("judet") I grew up in - Arges (Argesh).
If you want to be technical, it's been done dozens of times. But so what? New cats are around and it'd be a pain in the ass to have to go drag those threads out of the grave with answers from nations that aren't even around anymore in it (actually, that part is interesting...but I digress). It's a simple friendly thread, the kind that helps new posters get comfortable and lets old posters reword thier old answers and as retreads go just not that bad. There are few threads that after three years haven't been done at least once before.

You just torqued my brain.
The pic ain't nothing; try to imagine its/their sex life...

Well, i love to eat and make munchees of all kinds (my Major Banana´s Ice Cream Massacre is famous throughout my friends). And since it righteous to do so, I settled with what - to my horror - has been abbreviate with RML.

My name is to honor one half of my dual citizenship.

The pic ain't nothing; try to imagine its/their sex life...

And that just fried mine. :D

My name is to honor one half of my dual citizenship.
Which half? Which two countries are you a citizen of? Is it Samoa and Etheopia? Am I right?

Regarding the name you chose for your nationstate, does it have any particular meaning? My nation, Orcam Rorre, is 'error macro' spelled backwards. How 'bout you guys?

Duh. Again. :p

Which half? Which two countries are you a citizen of? Is it Samoa and Ethiopia? Am I right?

Too white to be Ethiopian, not fat enough to be Samoan.

New Zealand, to be exact. Both my parents were American, but they went on vacation to New Zealand before I was born. Lo and behold, I decided to pop my head in and say hello before they went back to the States.

for me it was really easy-- I am in grad school for Chemistry and MadmCurie (one of the greatest and first female chemists) is my login name for everything else, so I figured I just make it easy on myself. that, and I am a total nerd....

"Czar" came from Russian, which comes from Latin "caesar" meaning emperor or ruler.

"Dásza" is Xyzziqz for "universe".

Thus, "Czardas".

(Actually, I just came up with it one night in February 2005 because I was bored and wanted to create another nation.)

"Czar" came from Russian, which comes from Latin "caesar" meaning emperor or ruler.

"Dásza" is Xyzziqz for "universe".

Thus, "Czardas".

(Actually, I just came up with it one night in February 2005 because I was bored and wanted to create another nation.)
I was so hoping you'd post, because I was pretty damn sure I knew how you got YOUR nation name :rolleyes:

Comforting to know that I was half right on the etymology.....

"Czar" came from Russian, which comes from Latin "caesar" meaning emperor or ruler.

"Dásza" is Xyzziqz for "universe".

Thus, "Czardas".

(Actually, I just came up with it one night in February 2005 because I was bored and wanted to create another nation.)
What were you before, oh Master?

Mine's an Oxymoron. (Lone, is alone) (Alliance is a group,)

I took my name from a saying from Group X: the Arabian Rap Sensation. I didn't take the time to check the spelling though.

Too white to be Ethiopian, not fat enough to be Samoan.

New Zealand, to be exact. Both my parents were American, but they went on vacation to New Zealand before I was born. Lo and behold, I decided to pop my head in and say hello before they went back to the States.

I guessed the New Zealand bit :D I guess it was kind of obvious though

Oh, I nearly forgot. My name is sort of a criticism of army conscription and Stalinist regimes' 'comradeship'.

Just two random syllables mashed together.

Just two random syllables mashed together.
It makes a great name for the ballsiest hardcore band EVER!!! Nad-Core, but they're so hard core they're Kor, NadKor!!! Rock out with your...well, you get it.

What were you before, oh Master?
The names of my earlier nations, I shall never reveal to one so unworthy as you, mortal.

Simonist']I was so hoping you'd post, because I was pretty damn sure I knew how you got YOUR nation name :rolleyes:

Comforting to know that I was half right on the etymology.....
Out of curiosity, what did you think it was?

Come on... who doesn't like cows? And when they're magical and purple, they're even cooler!!!

:D

Out of curiosity, what did you think it was?
I was damn sure on the "czar" half (hence the half I got right), and the first thing that ever came to mind back in the day was that "das" means "of" in Portuguese or "that" in German. Then I always figured maybe it was actually part of a word, but at that point I realized there were too many combinations of possible partial-words including "das" to probably EVER figure it out, so I settled into the calm idea that though I didn't know, it probably had something to do with you being the Universal.

Come on... who doesn't like cows? And when they're magical and purple, they're even cooler!!!

:D

There is a purple cow brand of Ice Cream.

mmmmmmmmmm...

"Cahnt" is a folksy, cockney enunciation of "****": I got annoyed after finding that even the Plateau Of Leng and The Ducy Of Grand Fenwick had been taken already.

Well, I like kiwi birds, and I think 'Kiwi' was taken, so I chose redundancy over originality.

Though I did have a nation once called 'Ttettra', which is the name of a nation in one of the fantasy novels in my head. Eyup.

Well, what do you think my name means? :D

It's useful in that it pretty much prevents ad hominem attacks on me. Since I've already named myself an insult, insults from other people don't have much traction.

:p

My nation's name is the first initials of myself, my wife and my kids....in no particular order. It was from a while ago though so my youngest is missing.

I live in Essex. The county was previously called East Seax, it being the eastern Saxon-controlled in England. The Seax there is a type of sword, deriving it's name from Seaxneat, another name for the Norse god Tyr. Saxnot is simply a bastardisation of that.

My is a derivative of the term soldier of fortune

Soldier of Fortune = Mercenary

drop the soldier, add a Nation

Nation of Fortune = Nation of Mercenaries

Regarding the name you chose for your nationstate, does it have any particular meaning? My nation, Orcam Rorre, is 'error macro' spelled backwards. How 'bout you guys?

My long time online handle has been "TEK[insert something here]" for quite some time. Namely derived from the first storefront I opened (TEKComputers), as well as other ventures (TEKNetworks)...

So, combine the monicher "TEK" with something to make it sound all nation-like... -ania... and you have... "Tekania"

I live in Essex. The county was previously called East Seax, it being the eastern Saxon-controlled in England. The Seax there is a type of sword, deriving it's name from Seaxneat, another name for the Norse god Tyr. Saxnot is simply a bastardisation of that.
They're those things that are like a big, pointy lozenge, are they not?

its the name of an opressive city state in a desert in a story i was writing. very white and shiny. no democracy lol and thats how i try to run my nation

My is a derivative of the term soldier of fortune

Soldier of Fortune = Mercenary

drop the soldier, add a Nation

Nation of Fortune = Nation of Mercenaries

Well isn't that a bit of a coinikidink ;)

Ironically the place where I got my nation's name there was a nation of mercenaries, but they were the Tendel, I believe.

My nation's name comes from, in a round about way, the World of Velgarth as written by Mercedes Lackey. In that world there is a race of people named the Tayledras. They are divided up into Clans. Each Clan lives in a place known as a Vale.

There has never been a k'Shaya in her books. k'Shaya is the name of my Clan. There are several of us who felt that we were family dispite the lack of blood connections. So several years ago we decided to make ourselves into our own family. Since we all liked Lackey and particularly the Tayledras, we decided to become a Clan. According to some research by one of our siblings the word "shaya" translates into "lover" with an implication of soul to soul as opposed to physical lovers. This is similar to how the latin words "fila", "agape" and "eros" all translate into "love" but have different meanings. Now in all honesty I have yet to find any supporting documents OL to confirm my dear brother, but also nothing to contridict him either. So we let it stand. I believe there are several Tayledras "words" out there on various websites that have never appeared in anything Lackey officially did.

the k' in front of a name indicates a Clan. Thus we are k'Shaya and where we live is a Vale....k'Shaya Vale.

Gruenberg = green mountain (German).

I was listening to Green Day and had a tab open on Project Gutenberg. Pretty much it.

Ilya Muravyets, a hero of Russian folklore, a book of which just happened to be open next to my computer when I was signing up for NS and found out my first choice, Aradia, was taken. Aradia is the working title name for a fictional country in a book I want to write someday, and I'm using NS to model the fictional country.

fairly simple really..... ever read the bazil broketail series?

Then you would know my name comes from a city.

*scratches head*
mebbe it was basil?


either way.

I wanted Lacedaemon, but that wasn't available. So I went with the "a" spelling. Later when I wanted "lacadeamon" as a gmail account, someone had taken that, and I had to go with "lacedaemon." Go figure. It can also be spelled Lakedaimon, I really don't like that one.

In any case, Λακεδαιμων, is an alternative name for Sparta, or the a son of Zeus that founded said Sparta. I couldn't think of anything else countrywise when I signed up.

I was paraletically drunk

If you don't know, I'm not telling you. It was oddly amusing when I was placed in the South Pacific when I first started.

If you don't know, I'm not telling you. It was oddly amusing when I was placed in the South Pacific when I first started.

wasn't cthulhu some sort of god or daemon from the necronomicon and as for the fhtagn part I have no idea

"Czar" came from Russian, which comes from Latin "caesar" meaning emperor or ruler.

"Dásza" is Xyzziqz for "universe".

Thus, "Czardas".
Oh give it up. We all know that your name didn't come from that, you simply named yourself after your Favorite Hungarian Dance Step (http://www.bartleby.com/61/88/C0848800.html). Don't worry, though, your secret is safe from me!
Or should that be with . . .

Oh give it up. We all know that your name didn't come from that, you simply named yourself after your Favorite Hungarian Dance Step (http://www.bartleby.com/61/88/C0848800.html). Don't worry, though, your secret is safe from me!
Or should that be with . . .

What is up with your name actually?

I'd been cruising around on wiki, and was bored outta my skull - I had just got to the Greek Xiphos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiphos) and had it stuck like bloody gum to the inside of my skull and just added a " sia " " Xiphosia":p ;)

:mp5:
:mp5:

What is up with your name actually?
Botttom of the first page (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9834257&postcount=15) on this thread has my explanation.
Shorter Version: H N Fiddlebottoms VIII won a country in a game of cards (his first act was to change the name of the country to his), but then lost it to simultaneous invasions, revolts, and out of control organized crime. Still haven't decided whether or not to follow that plot all the way through, and wind everything out in a RP a few months from now.

My nation name is based on a slang term for a certain kind of car. I just added the "ia" ending to the word and viola!

Botttom of the first page (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9834257&postcount=15) on this thread has my explanation.
Shorter Version: H N Fiddlebottoms VIII won a country in a game of cards (his first act was to change the name of the country to his), but then lost it to simultaneous invasions, revolts, and out of control organized crime. Still haven't decided whether or not to follow that plot all the way through, and wind everything out in a RP a few months from now.
By the way, that reminds me.....I wanted to tell you how totally impressed by the idea I was. Six points for creativity and an extra point for presentation.

Named after legendary Aussie cricketer David Boon.

Mine had to with that I liked the word Chuck, and on instead of up, as in upchuck, and I changed the K to a c to balance it. and put ON at the end. so Chukacon... I LOVE IT

It means Asswipe in..er..the language isn't important.

I'm writing a book called The Legend of Trexia. The idea for the book came into my head in my 7th grade English class. It's all right, I guess...

Dobbsworld. Like, "Dobbs' World", but strung together into a compound name. Sorta like "Baleyworld" from Asimov's Foundation Universe.

The original nation I started with was Dobbstown. But it got nuked, in the course of things. I created a series of Dobbstowns in the aftermath - Lesser Dobbstown, New Dobbstown, etc., but "Dobbsworld" sat best with me.

Besides, I made me a wicked flag.

I was going to name my nation Amestris, after the State in Fullmetal Alchemist. However that name was already taken, so I just changed the S on the end to a A and there you have it: Amestria!

I glad Amestris was taken as I've come to like the sound of Amestria better.

The gist of mine is that I was reading a lot on the Israeli conflicts and about Kahanist extremists (basically Jewish terrorists who attack and kill Arabs and moderate Israelis) and got the idea that Israel should give the Arabs a state consisting of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and a land corridor, even though this would cut off the worthless desert to the south from the rest of Israel. I thought that it would be a good idea to banish the Kahanist terrorists and other extremists to the desert, rename it "Kahanistan" or something similar ("Sharonistan" or "Zionistan" would be equally appropriate, but for my NS name I chose "Kahanistan" simply because it sounded more esoteric to me.) Sorry about injecting my political views in, but it was the only way I could explain it.

I tried to randomly come up with something nation-like.

Sierra is the name of a bullet manufacturer. Sierra Bullets.

BTHP is "Boat Tailed Hollowpoint" - after about 2002, Sierra now calls them HPBT (hollowpoint boattail). But, I'm old school, so I still say BTHP.

I handload these in 300 Winchester Magnum.
Sierra 220 gr MatchKing HPBT
http://www.sierrabullets.com/bulletart/2240.gif

oso=bear and antipatico=mean

Sierra is the name of a bullet manufacturer. Sierra Bullets.

BTHP is "Boat Tailed Hollowpoint" - after about 2002, Sierra now calls them HPBT (hollowpoint boattail). But, I'm old school, so I still say BTHP.

I handload these in 300 Winchester Magnum.
Sierra 220 gr MatchKing HPBT
http://www.sierrabullets.com/bulletart/2240.gif
A sniper by occupation then, are we..?

Waaaay back in ought three, when I first came to NS, I suffered a sudden brain fart and was unable to come up with a name for my nation. A bottle was sitting just to the left of my monitor. The rest is history.

I've had other nations with better names, but, through it all, Bottle has remained.

A sniper by occupation then, are we..?
1987 to 1991.

Now it's just a hobby.

1987 to 1991.

Now it's just a hobby.
Nice. Straight shooting is honoured here... sometimes crooked shooting too... if you hit your mother in law or such similar sunowabitch...

My first country was Guevarararashamara. I like Che Guevara. The second was Comandante, his nickname. Comandante got banned, and I was pissed at the mods, so my new name was Stop Banning Me Mods. I got banned again. Now I'm Mods can be so cruel. Makes sense.

Alas no interesting story to tell.

Just simply I wanted a third nation to counterbalance my first nation, in order words run it as close as I could to Ayn Rand with moral conservatism as I could. To make such a state I decied to use NERV from Neon Genesis Evangelion but that was taken and for some reason NS wasn't going to allow me to place a space, hyphen or underscore in the name when I tried to add UN, so NERVUN.

However a small mistake in not checking which nation I had logged into when I first started posting in general meant that the nation I normally run in ways I dislike is the one I post under. Go fig.

My first country was Guevarararashamara. I like Che Guevara. The second was Comandante, his nickname. Comandante got banned, and I was pissed at the mods, so my new name was Stop Banning Me Mods. I got banned again. Now I'm Mods can be so cruel. Makes sense.
And the next will be..?

Nice. Straight shooting is honoured here... sometimes crooked shooting too... if you hit your mother in law or such similar sunowabitch...

I worship Simo Hayha. The God of Riflemen.

Erm. When I started my friend had these nations called "Ariba1"-"Ariba7" I meant to do "Aribastan" just for fun but the two "r"s just came out. It works for me now. I have a lot of trouble typing my name with only 1 "r".

And the next will be..?
None. It's DoS after three.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Stalinrad

New Stalinrad

New Stalinrad already taken

Therefore New Stalinberg

Well its mostly random sounds put togeather after I found Earthworm jim was taken as a name.

I was tired, my brain wasn't working, I was recovering (slowly) from a trans-atlantic flight, and Krakozha was the first thing to pop into my head. Later, I was reminded that it's the same as the country that guy came from in The Terminal...goddamnit....

Well its mostly random sounds put togeather after I found Earthworm jim was taken as a name.

OMG, I loved Earthworm Jim! Any sign of him on TV in the US? He disappeared from Irish/British TV several years ago, I mourn his loss...

This is the first time I've been on in a week, and I cant remember past that.
Something to do with meat.
Bloody,red meat.

Since you asked. It comes from a latin word for bat, myotis. In short, land of the bat.

You're velcome.

Mine is the name of a local mountain which overlooks the village I live in, I hunt up there a lot. It was just a name that sprang to mind.