NationStates Jolt Archive

Basically, why did you pick that specific animal to be your national animal.

The hawk (Mirkana's national animal) is a predator, which relates to Mirkana's militaristic nature. However, it is not big and strong. Rather, it is swift and fast, which refers to Mirkana's army, which is designed to be mobile, defeating foes through strategy instead of brute force.

The concept of fish frolicking in forests amused me.

I like goats.

(This should be in Gameplay.)

the suicidal meerkat is a noble, dangerous and above all bloody stupid creature...

A bit like the government.

The Fattened Noble is a not very rare form of lower royalty that lurks among the beurocrats and Toaster Repairmen that make up Fiddlebottomsian government.
Though technically human, the Fattened Noble has never been the sort of chap to let biology interfere with getting laid out on illegal substances and running through the forests with nary a stitch. Fattened Nobles frequently reproduce with humans, although regular blood often results in the offspring being disowned and having large piles of money sent to women in the country for several decades.
The main reason why this majestic creature has become such a high-point of Fiddlebottomsian Fauna, though, is that they have killed off just about every other animal within the Fiddlebottomsian limits.

I don't know, actually. Besides that it reveals the mod conspiracy, of course. :eek: I mean.... *looks around frantically*

Well, first I had the lemur(if you want to know why, watch Madagascar), but I changed it to the elf.

I went with the wolf, 'cause wolves are are friggin' awesome.

I went for the Cyborg Chimp because I'd been playing timesplitters too much.

Mine's the Platypus. I like it because its like a collection of spare parts thrown into one being. Plus, its the only poisonous mammal. Gotta love it. :)

and if it goes extinct, no harm done...

I'm not exactly sure why I chose the Goomba. I guess it's because it's one of my favourite video game creatures, but I've had it since I started NS.

Blue is my fav colour Imp stand for imperial and my country is a imperilist country and the bird is my fav species so in the end i got.


Blue Imp Bird

because llamas are cool

*takes a drag*

Should be rather obvious.

*takes a drag*

Should be rather obvious.

When conspiracy theorists attack!

The Issue
After several reports of pet conspiracy theorists violently attacking, injuring, and even killing citizens, there has been growing pressure from public safety activists for the government to take action.

The Debate
1. "These creatures are a danger to the public and must be destroyed!" says @@RANDOMNAME@@, representative of the Public Institution for Social Safety, Equality, and Direction. "I was attacked by one just on the way here and I nearly lost my life! They're a public menace. We must shoot and burn them!"

2. "Why punish the poor things?" asks animal-lover @@RANDOMNAME@@, covered in scars from previous encounters with conspiracy theorists. "All they need is good hands to care and rehabilitate them. We need a government education programme to tame them and turn them into loveable pets. The one I'm holding right now shows that it can be done. They are all good, kind creatures deep d- argh!"

3. "I agree that we shouldn't kill them," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, a famous lawyer. "But I don't think the owner should get away with breaking the law! This is clearly a case of 'intent to greviously harm' if I ever saw it. All citizens should be held accountable of their pet's actions as if they had done the act themselves. It's the only way to be fair - after all, they're just dumb animals."

4. "Who cares!?" screams @@RANDOMNAME@@ as he sends out his pirate radio station broadcast. "Just repeal any laws preventing us from shooting the things when they attack and we'll be able to save ourselves without this stupid, authoritarian, overbearing government and legal system wasting our tax money!"

When conspiracy theorists attack!


Heheh...

"When tiger moths attack!"
"When humans attack!"
"When bumblebees attack!"
"When lawyers attack!"

I've gotten that issue with many nations and it never ceases to be funny.

Heheh...

"When tiger moths attack!"
"When humans attack!"
"When bumblebees attack!"
"When lawyers attack!"

I've gotten that issue with many nations and it never ceases to be funny.

Best was definitely Yelda's 'when UN weapons inspectors attack'.

He chose option 1.

Best was definitely Yelda's 'when UN weapons inspectors attack'.

He chose option 1.
I know. I just always found amusing the idea that a tiger moth could attack, injure, or kill anybody.

"When bunnies attack" was also funny. I wondered out loud whether my nation was inhabited by the carrots from the "Legalize carrots" UN proposal.

I know. I just always found amusing the idea that a tiger moth could attack, injure, or kill anybody.

Obviously haven't been watching enough Monty Python.

Obviously haven't been watching enough Monty Python.
I've never seen it, is it good?

Dolphins seemed an obvious choice for a tropical island with very few species of land-dwelling native mammals, and with a strong seafaring tradition: We could have had a bird of some kind instead, I suppose, and in fact the Tropic Bird is now the national animal of 'St Edmund Air' which is the separate nation that we established by giving our former aviation industry its independence [with extraterritorial rights over the local airfields] in order to get around the Fossil Fuel Reduction Act ;-).

I've never seen it, is it good?

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OH. MY. GOD.

Repent, heathen!

Seriously, I love it. I really would recommend it. The shows were great; of the films, 'Life of Brian' and 'The Holy Grail' were good. I liked 'The Meaning of Life' less. I think the latter has the 'tiger mosquito' in it.

OH. MY. GOD.

Repent, heathen!

Seriously, I love it. I really would recommend it. The shows were great; of the films, 'Life of Brian' and 'The Holy Grail' were good. I liked 'The Meaning of Life' less. I think the latter has the 'tiger mosquito' in it.
Ok, I'll look for it...

I know. I just always found amusing the idea that a tiger moth could attack, injure, or kill anybody.
Some people used to think that a Fattened Noble was relatively harmless unless it was injured or defending its stash. So some fools who thought to tamper with years of inbreeding went out to try and tame one, bringing him back into polite society and teaching him which fork to eat his salad with.
Regretfully, it burst out of its cage and climbed to the top of a sky scraper in order to crash the party that they were holding up there.

I chose the fox because foxes stand for intelligence, aren´t really dangerous but know to defend themselves if necessary and becuase I think that they are nice animals.

ummmm.



I picked Havoc cause it just sounds cool. haha. And it was a vehicle name on the best selling game Tribes 2. Which i played a lot till about the time i joined NS. Now i havent played in a long time.

I picked the Black Eagle because there is a black eagle on my flag...

Dodos are prefect for teetering on the brink of extinction.

The Geesemonkey is a mystic creature that I somehow came up with while sober, proving that I should, indeed, drink more.

But I digress, the Geesemonkey is a creature that cannot be drawn, (oh how many have tried) mainly due to the fact I don't know what it looks like...