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Intelligent Neighbors - Information and History

Intelligent Neighbors
11-10-2004, 10:45
This post has been designed to inform others in the NS world of the Empire of Intelligent Neighbors' rich heritage, long history and our current status.

Updated Last: 30th October, 2004

Information:

"The Empire of Intelligent Neighbors is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.683 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry.

Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes, military service is compulsory, military spending is on the increase, and citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over Intelligent Neighbors. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Intelligent Neighbors's national animal is the White Tyger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Pound."


History:

814 BC - The City of Carthage (Now in Tunisia) was founded by Dido ('The Traveller'). The city expanded it's lands through conquest and diplomacy, until it became the Carthagian Empire.

200 BC - Carthage was challenged by Rome and this sparked the Punic wars. Eventually, the Carthaginian Empire managed to retain it's lands.

100 AD - The Carthaginian Empire begins it's conquest deep into Africa, and manages to take half of Africa, including the Sahara. An alliance with the Egyptians secures Carthaginian Lands.

600 AD - The Empire's lands in Europe are lost, as new factions take over. The territories in Africa are preserved.

1000 AD - A civil war breaks out in the Empire in Africa, and this results, after many years of fighting, in several States that are independantly ruled. The largest of these was the Empire of Intelligent Neighbors, situated on the west coast of Africa.

1500 AD - By this time, all of the States are crushed, except from Intelligent Neighbors. The original city of Carthage was razed to the ground, and lost to invaders.

1998 - The Empire of Intelligent Neighbors flourishes, and forms an important alliance with Gesellshaft. This alliance is often strained, but eventually a fight against the Terrorist nation of Soigacas unites them.

2000 - The massive civil war in Dr_Twist draws in Intelligent Neighbors, who, despite being a totalitarian government, helps the communists to repel invaders. The war is bloody and ends in a stalemate.

2001 - Communists attempt a revolution, lead by army general Von Hellin. The rebellion was crushed but Von Hellin escaped.

2002 - Joining of the RWC alliance by Intelligent Neighbors leads to the deployment of armed forces to combat Hataria, in defense of Belem. Victory was assured.

2004 - The inflammation of tensions in Europe leads to the deployment of troops to keep the peace in Spain. Tensions run high until aid is sent from Huzen Hagen.

2004 (later) - Vollmeria assists our and Huzen's forces in the taking of the Iberian Peninsula.


Stats:

Government Category: Corporate Police State
Government Priority: Defence
Economic Rating: All-Consuming
Civil Rights Rating: Rare
Political Freedoms: Outlawed
Income Tax Rate: 67%
Major Industry: Uranium Mining
National Animal: White Tyger
National Currency: Pound
Total Population: 1,678,000,000

Administration: $1,021,648,326,672.00 - 5%
Social Welfare:0%
Healthcare:0%
Education: $612,988,996,003.20 - 3%
Religion & Spirituality:0%
Defence: $8,581,845,944,044.80 - 42%
Law & Order: $7,151,538,286,704.00 - 35%
Commerce: $2,043,296,653,344.00 - 10%
Public Transport: $1,021,648,326,672.00 - 5%
The Environment:0%
Social Equality:0%


Current Status:

Medium Alert: No involvement in wars but hostilities exist.

Blacklist:

Soigacas
Hogsweat
Tyrandis
IDF
Hamtonshire
A host of other names I forget...
CornixPes II
11-10-2004, 11:46
Interesting RP, more depth needed in my opinion though. Nice to see someone is RP'ing consructively.
Intelligent Neighbors
01-11-2004, 11:34
It is a brief history, but thanks for the comment.
The Merchant Guilds
01-11-2004, 11:39
It is a brief history, but thanks for the comment.

The history was fine in my opinion, you don't need the detail as it's just a general taster of the nation & it's history.

What I think would be needed is more comprehensive (and not lifted from Thirdgeek) list of information you wish to display about your nation generally, unless of course you already have another factbook with the more detailed stuff in?
Intelligent Neighbors
01-11-2004, 11:48
It wasn't from thirdgeek, honest!

I will change it, when I have the time. Thanks for your constructive critisism.
Independent Hitmen
01-11-2004, 11:54
-ttttttttag-
Tom Joad
01-11-2004, 15:08
OOC: Interested beginning some closer co-operation?
Intelligent Neighbors
02-11-2004, 12:20
Sure, what kind of co-operation are you thinking of?