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| What is New Hyperion? New Hyperion (NH) is a region of NationStates. It is an empire built on the principles of Hyperionism, our guiding philosophy. Great! How do I sign up? Hold on there, buddy, you haven't even registered yet! You'll have to scroll up (or just click here) and take care of that first. 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. What if I'm a diplomat? 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? Why yes it did! While we allow other RPs, of course, our main RP is the one that sets the standard of our theme and culture. It's kind of complex and involved, but once you get the ball rolling it's about as smooth sailing as any other RP. What if I need help? Pop us a question. Our patience is legendary. You may also check the Great Library of Trantor for answers to some of the more common questions. |
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| Miricano | Nov 13 2014, 07:50 PM Post #1 |
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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:
World Heritage Map ![]() 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 | Nov 15 2014, 12:10 PM Post #31 |
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Yes. At least according to some maps I've been looking at. |
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| Chancellor Laurentus | Nov 15 2014, 12:35 PM Post #32 |
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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 | Nov 15 2014, 01:12 PM Post #33 |
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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 | Nov 15 2014, 01:34 PM Post #34 |
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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 | Nov 15 2014, 01:48 PM Post #35 |
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South Africa is a socialist country? Never knew |
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| Chancellor Laurentus | Nov 15 2014, 01:51 PM Post #36 |
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Indeed we are. And it's really proven to be an idiotic system. |
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| Alexander | Nov 15 2014, 01:59 PM Post #37 |
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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 | Nov 15 2014, 02:49 PM Post #38 |
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That is a good point. I don't know how it works then. |
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| Lord taulover | Nov 15 2014, 08:53 PM Post #39 |
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Wikimedia has a nice picture for the political definition of first/second/third world country: 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: 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 | Nov 15 2014, 09:13 PM Post #40 |
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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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