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Aura Hyperia was originally created from the merging of the regions Bloemfontein and A Second Try, and then arose from The United States of Europe. Its former residents have rebranded themselves as the Hyperion Order, and currently reside within New Hyperion.

Founded: 29th October 2014

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New Hyperion (NH) is a region of NationStates. It is an empire built on the principles of Hyperionism, our guiding philosophy.

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After that, take a look at those four forums at the top of the list. The Low Orbit Welcome Wagon is where you can apply for Plebeianship and introduce yourself. You can undergo Patricianship if you're interested in leadership. For everything else, go to Imperial Service.

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Go to the Immigration Desk instead, and we'll get you masked.

What's the government situation look like?
Our region has three main levels of command: the Imperial Council, the Inquisition, and the Hyperion Senate.

The Imperial Council (IC) consists of the Autarch, Chancellor, Lord Inquisitor, High Lords, and military command. It assembles when sensitive or secret decisions need to be made. Its members otherwise act separately as department heads and administrators.

The Inquisition is the law enforcement of the region. Inquisitors ensure that all members are complying with any requirements currently set in place, and, along with the Lord of Development, also controls admission into the Patrician caste. The Judiciary, our courts system, also exists as part of the Inquisition.

The Hyperion Senate consists of all our Patricians, and is the primary body of law and policy. The Senate operates somewhere between a democracy and a mob, and doesn't necessarily need hard votes to get things done. While the IC is technically superior to the Senate, it is more common for the Councillors to participate as Senators. As such, the Hyperion Senate tends to be the most important part of the entire government.

Is that it?
Of course not, that would be dry and boring. Granted, the Hyperion Senate is about as boring as a discussion on abortion, but you probably don't want to deal with its squabbles and silliness 24/7. That's why we have the Imperial Service and the military.

The Imperial Service consists of the various departments, such as Foreign Affairs and Recruitment. All departments are volunteer-only, though enlistment and training in the Hyperian Guard is highly recommended for all members. In general, however, you will be encouraged to join under-staffed departments.

Oh yeah, didn't your recruitment telegram mention an RP?
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Our Heritage Journal; Where stalking where you've been has never been easier
Topic Started: Nov 13 2014, 07:50 PM (607 Views)
Miricano
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Recently on the RMB, there was a discussion on our heritages and I thought to myself, this would be a great way for us to learn more about our cultures, outside of NationStates and perhaps learn a few things.

So basically you can post:

Where we live now (we don't need specific GPS coordinates), but something general e.g. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The country (countries) of your heritage.
Finally, if you want, you can post where you've been during your many travels and life experiences. You can list them by country, city, state or combination of any of these.

Rules:

  • If you don't feel comfortable sharing it, don't. Your safety and concern should be a number one priority!
  • For the country of your heritage, don't list 17 nations, on 6 continents. Stick to the principle two or three.
  • Have fun with it. Include an anecdote in the places you've traveled, maybe share some pictures. This is safe place, we won't judge you too hard.




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A Red Dot denotes where you live now
A Blue Dot denotes your place of heritage
A Green Dot denotes where you've been



Lord Taulover
From: Los Angeles, California, United States
Heritage Connections in: Guandong, China and Shanghai, China
Has visited: The United States, Canada, Germany, China


Lord Alexander
From: England, United Kingdom
Heritage Connections in: England, Denmark (perhaps)
Has visited: Corsica, France; Sardinia, Italy; Rome, Italy; Paris, France; Freiburg, Germany; Switzerland; Turkey; Oregon, United States; New York, New York, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States
Story: Saw a naked woman in Turkey at a young age, compliments of a sunbather


Lord Laurentus
From: Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Heritage Connections in: South Africa (Afrikaans), Germany, English (distant), Malaysian (distant)
Has visited: Germany, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland, Lesotho


Lord Inquisitor Colberius X
From: Just outside of Rochester, New York, United States
Heritage Connections in: Italy, England, Germany
Has visited: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; District of Columbia, United States; Minnesota, United States; Ohio, United States; Massachusetts; United States; Wisconsin, United States; Pennsylvania, United States; Florida, United States


Aragonn
From: Virginia, United States
Heritage Connections in: Germany, Scandinavia, Denmark, Britain
Has visited: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Edited by Miricano, Nov 14 2014, 10:44 AM.
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Lord taulover
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Miricano
Nov 15 2014, 09:49 AM
So, by that term, South Africa should be a first world country as it was an ally and was protected by Great Britain. Right?
Yes. At least according to some maps I've been looking at.
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Chancellor Laurentus
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Ally? Protected by Great Britain? Not so much. True, we were a British colony, but we've been independent for more than 50 years, and many people in the country resented the British rule even during the years as a colony. South Africa has a history far older than the colonization period, and even the colonization period was... unstable, to say the least.

The people who became the Afrikaners (or boere, which means "farmer") first came as Dutch settlers, and mingled their bloodlines with French, German, and later even English settlers. Quite a few even had Malaysian husbands and wives.

The history between the Afrikaners and English is a bloody one, and people here on both sides aren't quick to forget it.

So you see, our history is complicated, and we can't be defined easily.
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Miricano
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History aside, with South Africa being a colony of Great Britain, it is technically a 1st World Country
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Chancellor Laurentus
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I'm still not sure about that. We're taught that we're a 3rd world country in school, and we're also taught that it is because of our development, not any side we were on in wars. Perhaps it once meant that, but I'm pretty sure it's changed. In fact, since we now employ a socialist system, we wouldn't be classed as a 1st world country even if it still meant that.
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Miricano
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South Africa is a socialist country? Never knew
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Chancellor Laurentus
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Indeed we are. And it's really proven to be an idiotic system.
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Alexander
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Miricano
Nov 15 2014, 01:12 PM
History aside, with South Africa being a colony of Great Britain, it is technically a 1st World Country
That can't be really how it works, or about an extra quarter of the world from former colonies in Africa to South Asia would also be considered 1st world.
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Miricano
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That is a good point. I don't know how it works then.
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Lord taulover
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Wikimedia has a nice picture for the political definition of first/second/third world country:

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Blue- US, UK, and allies. (First World)
Red- USSR, PRC, and allies. (Second World)
Green- neutral and/or non-alligned. (Third World)


It also has a nice picture for developing/developed countries:

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Grey- developed (First World)
Green- developing (Third World)
In this case, it does appear that Second World can be used to mean in-between First and Third.
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Miricano
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Thanks Taulover, that really helps!
Now I have a question for Laurentus. Since it does say South Africa is a developing county on paper, do you actually see that.
It's nice when Wikipedia says something, but I like getting first hand approaches.
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