NationStates Jolt Archive

Well I dont mean you to just put 'the USA' or 'Australia' or whatever, if you could take little bits of the best of everywhere and make you own perfect country what would it be like? Say the architecture of Paris, the nice friendly people from the bahamas, the beaches of the seychelles..the laws of britain...you can use any part of any nation that you want, just WHAT is your perfect nation going to be? and what would you call it?

:D

Something halfway betwen Canada and New Zealand, but with everybody speaking with a British accent.

So what would you call it? CanZealand :D

Something halfway betwen Canada and New Zealand, but with everybody speaking with a British accent.

It's a place called Great Britain.

A mediterranian jungle paradise (with streets and technology and stuff as well) in which robots make/harvest all the commodities of life so nobody ever has to work. Everything is legal.

A place combining the environment of a pre-human Earth, the laws of Venus, the people of Pluto, the climate of Mars, Asimov-equivalent technology...

Milanese/ Venetian/ Florentine Renaissance Architecture interspersed with Baroque elements, Anglophone populace, Mediterranean climate, mountain ranges (alpine), coastline (ostensibly hellenestic, not purely beaches), British level of technological advancement.

Ancient Egypt. I could stand another few lifetimes of being a God.

A continent composed of Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland. Except without the polar wastes of Canada and the desert wastes of Australia. The northern half would have a moderate winter appropriate for winter sports, etc, etc. The southern half would be pleasant all year round. Awesome British accents without the incipient police state. The awesomeness of Canada without howling, bitter freak winters (it's -46 with windchill here as I speak). An Australia without the horrible dangerous critters. A pet platypus or wallaby for everyone. Guinness and pubs in every town and city. Lush mountain scenery and vast kiwi groves.

Blue states are welcome to join, subject to a 5-year probation period. Massachusetts and New York might get in in 3, thanks to awesome universities in Massachusetts and the superlative amazingness that I want to visit so much that is New York City.

This is the country I would want to live in.

Dutch mentality, Norwegian social system and healthcare, Irelands weather and scenery.

RANDOMOCRACY!

The attendant turned the huge drum containing the names of every citizen of the nation. A ball dropped from the drum and rolled down the clear plastic schute to the master of ceremonies. He picked it up and cracked it between his fingers.

Everyone fell silent in the stadium, people began to sweat sitting before their televisions. Parents driving their kids home from school hushed them in the back seat.

The master of ceremonies lifted the microphone.

"The next President will be: JOE NOBODY SCHMOE of insert random city name here!!!!"

RANDOMOCRACY!

The attendant turned the huge drum containing the names of every citizen of the nation. A ball dropped from the drum and rolled down the clear plastic schute to the master of ceremonies. He picked it up and cracked it between his fingers.

Everyone fell silent in the stadium, people began to sweat sitting before their televisions. Parents driving their kids home from school hushed them in the back seat.

The master of ceremonies lifted the microphone.

"The next President will be: JOE NOBODY SCHMOE of insert random city name here!!!!"

I assume you have never studied Athenian Democracy, since you extol its essential principles herein, and no, the system you advocate is not tenable either.

I assume you have never studied Athenian Democracy, since you extol its essential principles herein, and no, the system you advocate is not tenable either.

*wonders if people actually took his post seriously*

*thinks about getting taco bell on the way home*

The Second Spanish Republic.

thats interesting...why though?

A place with a very strong military, with a sense of pride in the country. As well things like a good environment, abortions, no religion and excellent cell research

thats interesting...why though?
The perfect mix of solidarity and social experiment. I believe I would not have been a Stalinist nor a Trotskyite nor an Anarchist. I'd've been a POUM or some other Left Opposition; or probably a Syndicalist. I'd've had a chance to look at the whole world gathered in a very small place.

i'd start with US entrepreneurialism and business acumen/capacity... Japanese work ethic... Autobahn-thick roads so they wouldn't require construction every two years... blah, it's time to go home. see you all tomorrow or Tuesday.

all nice and vague qualities Id like to incorporate into my ideal country minus the negative aspects these qualities generate.

e.g. the cultural sophistication of france minus the snobbery

the ironic/absurd humour and pomp of britain
the ambition of north america and the spirit of freedom that was meant to exist in it
the fashion of italy
the punctuality and logic of germany
the abstraction and relaxededness of india
the uniqueness of russia

Ancient Egypt. I could stand another few lifetimes of being a God.

Ejaculate your galaxy-sprouting jism somewhere else, Amon Ra!

Or are you Osiris, the dickless one?

hehe

Isis, the sister?

Seth, the villain?

Horus, son of Osiris/Isis?

The Netherlands policies crossed with Hawaii's location

I'm a Canadian, and I think we're pretty decently well off, but I'd say we're not really excelling in all too much.

Swiss efficiency, Parisian coulture, old-German dedication, Swedish political awareness, and Canadian politeness. Oh, and Austrian musicians and the American Blues/Jazz culture.

I'd almost say Chinese pragmatism but not quite.

Oh I'm sorry. Perfect country, not perfect race. =D

Well, tack on Parisian/old-Viennese architecture and early-New Yorker idealism. I mean... say... either when it was first growing or the idealism of an artist moving to New York before they realize they are going nowhere fast.

Oh yeah, and dry, delicious British humour. It's like their gin!

...to add to mine, i'd take the San Diego (CA) climate.

Top chefs from France, Italy, Mexico, India, Thailand, China (etc.) to feed us (we'd divert welfare money to fund the National Cuisine Program.. hehe)

coastal waters like the Caribbean...

Parisian/Milanese fashion for women

Idaho fashion for men (hehe)

The wealth of the USA, the scenery of both Americas, the sensibility of the Dutch, the sense of history/mystery of all Asia, the efficiency of Japan and Germany, the women of Brazil, the harmony with nature of the Hopi peoples, the wildlife of Austriliia/New Zealand, the grandness of the African interior, the chutzpah of Israel, the religious tolerance of 18th century Philadelphia and Jamaican hospitality.

It won't have the politics or oppression of Great Britain, nor the pollution of India/China, it won't have the contradiction of oil addicted/entertainment addicted Americans who rebel against a government trying to secure them oil and keep them entertained, none of the alcoholism and prostitution of Russia, none of the narcotics corruption of Columbia/Mexico and no Karaoke.

It would have a full rotation of the seasons, free education and rewards for those who best utilize it for the common good, government service in the form of Military or Civil conscription, intramurals and no professional sports.

Ancapistan in Antarctica

Current America with Octavian Caeser as president, Marcus Aurelius as VP, and fill the senate and the house of rep with the likes of Cicero and Plato and other great thinkers of that time (300bc-300ad) period. Let's give Caligula a seat in the house as well. :D

Kick ass...

Edit: Secretary of Defense = Attila the Hun working with Hannibal and Julius Caeser.

Mwahaha, Alexander the Great can have a seat in the Supreme Court with Darius II and Xerxes for sheer amusement.

Ideal country:

The policemen are British, the chefs are French, the lovers are Italian, the engineers are German, and everything is run by the Swiss in a nice Mountain Country.

Not so Ideal:

The policemen are German, the chefs are British, the lovers are Swiss, the engineers are French, and everything is run by the Italians someplace Hot and Miserable.

Ejaculate your galaxy-sprouting jism somewhere else, Amon Ra!

Or are you Osiris, the dickless one?

hehe

Isis, the sister?

Seth, the villain?

Horus, son of Osiris/Isis?
Bast. ... you three humped camel rat. Eat my hairball. :eek:

Bast. Other Names: Bastet, Ailuros. Patron of: the sun (originally), the moon (after the Greeks), cats, women, and secrets. ...

Meaou.

There are two-hundred people, no technology and no contact with the outside world. We live in two small tribes and co-exist with each other while living off the land. I would just love that, with nothing to do all day but build a hut, gather some food, and sleep. Oh I’d love that….

This scenario could play itself out in most any climate, African savanna, African forested mountains, Vietnamese jungle, Germanic forests, frozen tundra, American grassland, or anything else.

Any country with Libertarians in charge.

...to add to mine, i'd take the San Diego (CA) climate.

Hear, hear! SD is one of my favourite places ever.

Current America with Octavian Caeser as president, Marcus Aurelius as VP, and fill the senate and the house of rep with the likes of Cicero and Plato and other great thinkers of that time (300bc-300ad) period. Let's give Caligula a seat in the house as well. :D

Kick ass...

Edit: Secretary of Defense = Attila the Hun working with Hannibal and Julius Caeser.

Mwahaha, Alexander the Great can have a seat in the Supreme Court with Darius II and Xerxes for sheer amusement.

The same Octavian, incidentally known as Augustus in the role you allude to, who engendered Cicero's death in the proscriptions?

Dutch mentality, Norwegian social system and healthcare, Irelands weather and scenery.

Can't complain about the first two... My home country however. Ahem. Have you even been to Ireland? It's got the most rubbish in any European country I've been to. And the scenery... Well, all the building is currently seeing to have that destroyed. The weather? Well it rarely snows and it's rarely very warm. In fact it's the main topic of conversation in the country, and very little happens to it...

And they wonder why tourism has dropped? Perhaps it's me telling everyone not to visit... :D

There are two-hundred people, no technology and no contact with the outside world. We live in two small tribes and co-exist with each other while living off the land. I would just love that, with nothing to do all day but build a hut, gather some food, and sleep. Oh I’d love that….

This scenario could play itself out in most any climate, African savanna, African forested mountains, Vietnamese jungle, Germanic forests, frozen tundra, American grassland, or anything else.

If there was lots of food around, this would be a pretty cool place to live (as long as "no contact with the outside world" doesn't imply "you may not leave")

a country made entierly of candy :D

My perfect country would be any country I get to be the leader off forever.

The rest of the things I'd deal with in time >_>

Hear, hear! SD is one of my favourite places ever.
Having been raised there, I couldnt agree more

The same Octavian, incidentally known as Augustus in the role you allude to, who engendered Cicero's death in the proscriptions?

Actually that was Marc Antony who proscribed Cicero's death because Cicero was talking smack on him. Augustus just let it happen because there was a truce between the two.

Nothing like hanging someone's head and hands in a public venue. Then again calling Marc Antony a drunken rapist is a bit scandalous.