Lunatic Retard Robots
05-09-2004, 17:48
LRR has always been a strange nation, unique in many ways. LRR gets into very few wars and belongs to no alliances, and is not very active on the world stage. But what goes on behind the scenes? What makes this strange country tick?
History
The area now known as LRR was at first governed by feudal lords, each having dominion over small corners of the country. There was constant small-scale fighting, with little ever gained. Castles built on high hills or on pond islands often withstood seige for ages, and the similarities in tactics and weaponry between the various city-states meant that one very rarely had an advantage over the other.
But in the year 1467, Ivan Yeneisey brought cannons up from the orient, along with advanced firearms and mercenaries. With this technological advantage, within several decades the area now known as LRR was under a single ruler.
Things continued much the same for the next few centuries, the country being ruled by the offspring of Ivan I, until, in 1743, the age of enlightenment hit LRR right in the face. By the end of the 18th century, Ivan X had abolished the royal system and replaced it with an odd form of parliamentary democracy with a little bit of anarchy mixed in. LRR, then known as the Republic of Magadan, was a rare spot of religious tolerance and open society, and remains mostly the same to this day.
However, a sizeable military had to be kept active to resist incursions from Russia, China, Japan, England, and the United States. Finally, in 1921, a peace treaty was signed with Russia, the USA and England in 1925, and Japan later the same year. China would not recognize LRR's southern border.
During the second world war, several LRRA regiments fought the Japanese army in manchuria, and occasional dogfights would break out over the Sea of Okhotsk, between Japanese A6M2s and LRR Hurricanes.
The Republic of Magadan became the Parliamentary Democracy of Lunatic Retard Robots in 1932, when the then Prime Minister Ezra Timoshenko was drunk at a party after traveling to Prague to see Karel Kapek's R.U.R. The name apparently came from there.
With the end of the second world war, LRR became a wedge between the two sides of the Cold War. During one embarrassing incident, American F-4s from Alaska shot down three JA-37s over Kamchatka while on a supposedly top-secret photo reconnisance mission. Communist Chinese tanks crossed the border several times, but never had any success in the invasions. LRR support for the Communist Vietnamese led to tension with the nuclear-armed United States during the late 1960's, and support for the anti-stalinist revolutionaries in Eastern Europe meant that LRR had few friends, but India, Sweden, Canada, and Australia were considered friendly and supplied the LRR military with weapons.
With the restoration of relations with the US under Carter and the USSR under Gorbachev, LRR was able to get out of the economic slump that it had been in since the '50s. It was also able to aquire production liscences for MiG-21s and MiG-29 fighters.
With the era of nationstates, LRR has become a well-known, if not all that powerful country.
Facts And Figures
Population: 2,806,000,000
Gross Domestic Product: Approx. 66,000,000,000,000 USD
Economic Ranking: Powerhouse
Tax Rate: 100%
Government Spending Priorites: Education, Welfare, The Environment
Defense Spending: 7% of the GDP
Civil Rights: Excellent
Political Freedoms: Average
National Information
Official Long Form: The Parliament Funkadelic of Lunatic Retard Robots
Official Short Form: Lunatic Retard Robots
Abbreviation: PFLRR, or just LRR
Adjective: LRR
Plural: LRR
You get the idea
Prime Minister: John Alec Entwistle
National Anthem: Hymn 43 (Jethro Tull)
The chords/tabs:
http://www.olga.net/dynamic/browse.php?printer=0&local=main/j/jethro_tull/hymn_43.crd
The Lyrics:
Oh father high in heaven -- smile down upon your son
whose busy with his money games -- his women and his gun.
Oh Jesus save me!
And the unsung Western hero killed an Indian or three
and made his name in Hollywood
to set the white man free.
Oh Jesus save me!
If Jesus saves -- well, He'd better save Himself
from the gory glory seekers who use His name in death.
Oh Jesus save me!
I saw him in the city and on the mountains of the moon --
His cross was rather bloody --
He could hardly roll His stone.
Oh Jesus save me!
History
The area now known as LRR was at first governed by feudal lords, each having dominion over small corners of the country. There was constant small-scale fighting, with little ever gained. Castles built on high hills or on pond islands often withstood seige for ages, and the similarities in tactics and weaponry between the various city-states meant that one very rarely had an advantage over the other.
But in the year 1467, Ivan Yeneisey brought cannons up from the orient, along with advanced firearms and mercenaries. With this technological advantage, within several decades the area now known as LRR was under a single ruler.
Things continued much the same for the next few centuries, the country being ruled by the offspring of Ivan I, until, in 1743, the age of enlightenment hit LRR right in the face. By the end of the 18th century, Ivan X had abolished the royal system and replaced it with an odd form of parliamentary democracy with a little bit of anarchy mixed in. LRR, then known as the Republic of Magadan, was a rare spot of religious tolerance and open society, and remains mostly the same to this day.
However, a sizeable military had to be kept active to resist incursions from Russia, China, Japan, England, and the United States. Finally, in 1921, a peace treaty was signed with Russia, the USA and England in 1925, and Japan later the same year. China would not recognize LRR's southern border.
During the second world war, several LRRA regiments fought the Japanese army in manchuria, and occasional dogfights would break out over the Sea of Okhotsk, between Japanese A6M2s and LRR Hurricanes.
The Republic of Magadan became the Parliamentary Democracy of Lunatic Retard Robots in 1932, when the then Prime Minister Ezra Timoshenko was drunk at a party after traveling to Prague to see Karel Kapek's R.U.R. The name apparently came from there.
With the end of the second world war, LRR became a wedge between the two sides of the Cold War. During one embarrassing incident, American F-4s from Alaska shot down three JA-37s over Kamchatka while on a supposedly top-secret photo reconnisance mission. Communist Chinese tanks crossed the border several times, but never had any success in the invasions. LRR support for the Communist Vietnamese led to tension with the nuclear-armed United States during the late 1960's, and support for the anti-stalinist revolutionaries in Eastern Europe meant that LRR had few friends, but India, Sweden, Canada, and Australia were considered friendly and supplied the LRR military with weapons.
With the restoration of relations with the US under Carter and the USSR under Gorbachev, LRR was able to get out of the economic slump that it had been in since the '50s. It was also able to aquire production liscences for MiG-21s and MiG-29 fighters.
With the era of nationstates, LRR has become a well-known, if not all that powerful country.
Facts And Figures
Population: 2,806,000,000
Gross Domestic Product: Approx. 66,000,000,000,000 USD
Economic Ranking: Powerhouse
Tax Rate: 100%
Government Spending Priorites: Education, Welfare, The Environment
Defense Spending: 7% of the GDP
Civil Rights: Excellent
Political Freedoms: Average
National Information
Official Long Form: The Parliament Funkadelic of Lunatic Retard Robots
Official Short Form: Lunatic Retard Robots
Abbreviation: PFLRR, or just LRR
Adjective: LRR
Plural: LRR
You get the idea
Prime Minister: John Alec Entwistle
National Anthem: Hymn 43 (Jethro Tull)
The chords/tabs:
http://www.olga.net/dynamic/browse.php?printer=0&local=main/j/jethro_tull/hymn_43.crd
The Lyrics:
Oh father high in heaven -- smile down upon your son
whose busy with his money games -- his women and his gun.
Oh Jesus save me!
And the unsung Western hero killed an Indian or three
and made his name in Hollywood
to set the white man free.
Oh Jesus save me!
If Jesus saves -- well, He'd better save Himself
from the gory glory seekers who use His name in death.
Oh Jesus save me!
I saw him in the city and on the mountains of the moon --
His cross was rather bloody --
He could hardly roll His stone.
Oh Jesus save me!