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| Posted by: Crystilakere May 7 2004, 07:06 PM |
| As For Mine, Well I'll explain Diamindokere, my puppet. I saw the puppet thread, so i said hey I'll make one. Then I said Well I'm a Crystil, my puppet can be a Diamind. (Yea I know they are all spelled wrong, thats intentional ) |
| Posted by: Taaru May 8 2004, 07:10 AM |
| I like Japan and everything connected to it - including giving Japanese names. I wanted to name mine Tanaka -sounds quite Japanese-, but that name was reserved (don't know why actually..). SO I started looking for another name. I had a drawing in my gallery named Nook-Taar. Naming my nation Nook sounded silly but Taar was quite good. I just added an u at the end (Japanese language is generated with syllables and letter R does not exist as an independent letter, but RU does) a and my nation was born - Taaru. |
| Posted by: Nova Roma May 8 2004, 09:05 AM |
| Novus being the Latin word for New. And Atlantica being the (Stargate SG-1) Latin word for Atlantis. Put together makes: Novus Atlantica meaning: New Atlantis I first got the idea from watching the season 7 finale of Stargate SG-1 when O'Neill said "Terra Atlantica", I tried to get that name but it was reserved. Then I tried Antiquus Atlantica (Ancient Atlantis) but I grew tired of that name and then I switched to Novus Atlantica. Much better in my opinion. |
| Posted by: Samonina May 8 2004, 09:20 AM |
| wow-thats all very impressive. Samonina just came from the name of my budgie. Paddyton, the capital city, is named after my other budgie..........not quite so deep and meaningful. |
| Posted by: Nedlia May 8 2004, 10:51 AM |
| I had just watched an episode of the Simpsons when I decided to join NationStates. After trying and deciding against at least 50 different names, I decided to have something with -lia on the end, because I like those. For some reason Ned Flanders came up into my head, I added -lia to make Nedlia. I quite liked the sound of it, so I used it. One note: Nedlia is in no way related to Ned Flanders. |
| Posted by: Tachbe May 8 2004, 03:23 PM |
| Well I was rocking back and forth on my chair of an hour thinking of different names, I could think of anything meaningful I liked so I did what I always do and look round my room for a name or brand I can fiddle wit to make a name that sounds nice. We I have been a fan of Star Trek, and in the Klingon Translation of Shakespeare?s Hamlet sitting on my shelf?s above me To be or not to be translates into "taH pagh taHbe!". Being in a rather desperate frame of mind I just took the "to be" bit, fiddles it and stuck it as my name. Like Nedlias it has no relation to Klingon, Star trek or anything. If you notice most of my territories names come from my book shelf. Orwell, off 1984, Nelson, off surprise surprise a book about nelson, Barry, of guess what. Aland was out of the blue though, just thought it sounded differen't. My puppets, Villiges i based around "The Village" from TV series "The Prisoner"and Perfectan I was originally basing round Libria from Equilibrium and wanted to emphasize that it was 'perfect'. East gate and Frontire isles were just location related names based upon random thoughts in my head. |
| Posted by: Vilita May 12 2004, 01:16 PM |
| I always used to create players and such in sports games way back when, notably NHL games by EA Sports, then they carried into NASCAR racing games by Papyrus, same names used in each, anyway long story short, Vilita was one of the Last Names i used for a player, and I just liked the flow of it, don't recall if it was just a flow from the head, which i think it was, or if there were any influences, but the Vilita legacy is one that always comes around first when it comes to new games, and NationStates was no different. My puppet, Turori, is a similar situation, but a more modern invent, not as much history behind it |
| Posted by: Ectascia May 12 2004, 03:19 PM |
| I read a book by Francesca Lia Block titled "Ecstacia" and in the book the characters lived in a city called Elysia. I originally wanted to name my Republic Elysia but it was already taken so I named my Republic after the book titled instead. |
| Posted by: Salmantic May 12 2004, 06:33 PM |
| my roomate at school and i were mixing 2 animals together for imaginary battles (very bored and tired) when i decided to mix a salamander and a tick.... just happened to be surfing and found natinostates at same time.... poof! salmantic |
| Posted by: Nemya May 14 2004, 01:29 PM |
| Nemya was the name of girl who died in Iraq several years ago because of fluid build up, somewhere, or something. She was about 4 or 5. There was a story about in the seattle post a long while back. The article also said that a 50 cent tube could have saved the girls life but was impossilbe to obtain under sancstion. It was a whole dramatic lead up to statements about the treatment on the Iraq people by Saddam, the U.S. and the UN. The name just kinda stuck with me for such a long time. I guess a made up nation isn't the best thing to to attach her to. A bit of a downer. |
| Posted by: Ostya May 15 2004, 12:32 PM |
It was a name of a D&D map I made for my friend (I don't play D&D), but it was spelled Ostia, a name that was already used, so I took Ostya...  |
| Posted by: Aethyrea May 18 2004, 12:30 PM |
| One of my fav authors is Brust. Athyra was one of the regions/houses in his Taltos series – I threw in a couple of "e's" and voila Aethyrea was born! B~ |
| Posted by: Vrydom May 20 2004, 01:52 AM |
| Vrydom is really a dutch and english word glued together: Vrijheid (dutch for freedom) and freedom; Because english doesn't no the letter combinaton 'ij' I used the 'y' instead. The name 'vrydom' stands for freedom. |
| Posted by: Samonina May 20 2004, 03:39 AM |
| wow. thats nice, vrydom. Man that was so funny! :D everyone seemed to spend a lot more time thinking than me. |
| Posted by: Abattoir May 26 2004, 09:52 PM |
| Heh, oddly enough Abattoir can be described as and mean "a slaughterhouse". Figured it fit my personality good enough, since the nation was my fist to be made. |
| Posted by: Abattoir May 26 2004, 09:53 PM |
| Rendition is like to recall something, or have a memory of something. Since this was my second nation, I wanted it to mirror Abattoir, or at least go back to some aspects of it. |
| Posted by: Stralphi May 27 2004, 10:56 AM |
| First: the story of my main nation(The Democratic Republic of Defaultia): Defaultia came from the word Default(I origionally used the default flag) but I decided to add "-ia" to make it more nation-like. Next: the story of my puppet nation(The Allied States of Stralphi): I just put some random letters together. |
| Posted by: Krytenia May 31 2004, 02:35 PM |
| My nation is named after Kryten from the hit TV programme "Red Dwarf". The capital, Avid-Diord, is the reverse of Diva-Droid (sort of), the fictional company that "made" him. |
| Posted by: Exham May 31 2004, 04:14 PM |
| The name Exham came about because I was in the middle of reading a horror book by HP Lovecraft when I made my nation. I flipped through the short stories that I had read until I came to one were the main character was traveling from Exham county, I like the name so I stole it. Same story with Innsmouth. My country has no relation to Lovecraft's writing except that Innsmouth has a lot of old New England style mansions. |
| Posted by: Holy Saints Jun 2 2004, 05:15 PM |
| THS just came from The Holy Roman Empire, and i changed roman to Saints since it stuck with the holy theme. my original full title was the Imperial Empire of The Holy Saints. Arnhem-Migmegan came from the dutch spelling of Arnhem, and then Nijmegan Bridge. I rped it as a desolate wasteland still fighting WW2. Prussen came from my fascination with Germany. Prussia in my native language pretty much sounds like Prussen, though its actually spelled Pruessen(it refers to the general area, Pruessland is the place.) |
| Posted by: Xile Jun 2 2004, 11:45 PM |
| Xile...as in exile. If you use the phonetic spelling or whatever it is like echksile. Just seemed pretty cool to me. Occurred to me as I was reading the help file for the game. |
| Posted by: Sarzonia Jun 7 2004, 09:23 PM |
| My last name is Sarzo, so I just went with a suffix to my last name. The "Incorporated States" looked cool, so I went with that. I almost called them provinces though. |
| Posted by: NEWI Cefn Druids Jun 10 2004, 06:42 AM |
| NEWI Cefn Druids stole it's name from a Welsh football team. Main puppet The Master Cooper is named after my local pub, with numerous other puppets derived from not much in particular. |
| Posted by: Krytenia Jun 10 2004, 05:17 PM |
| When you get to 500m, will it be "The Former Flexsys States of NEWI Cefn Druids"? |
| Posted by: Vilita Jun 10 2004, 06:15 PM | ||
Duno since he's at 1.6 Billion now |
| Posted by: Krytenia Jun 11 2004, 03:32 PM |
| Note to self: CHECK FACTS BEFORE POSTING DUMB STUFF!!!!!     |
| Posted by: Starblaydia Jun 15 2004, 05:01 PM |
| Starblayde has been my online tag for around 5 years now, and 'Starblaydia' sounds somewhat more like a nation. Starblayde came from a corruption of lightsabre, probably. Or perhaps from the Starblade rams that High Elf ships had in GW's verrry old Man-O-War game. I'll never know. |
| Posted by: Lamoni Aug 1 2004, 04:28 PM |
| Lamoni is the name of the town in Iowa where I went to college. I just liked the name, so that is what I named my nation. |
| Posted by: Pedriana Aug 4 2004, 04:50 PM |
| I'm a pretty big fan of the SimCity series, and one of the people who worked on SimCity 4 has the last name Pedriana. There are also a couple of buildings in the game named after him, which made the name stick out in my mind. Thus, it became the name of my third nation. |
| Posted by: East Karelia States Aug 9 2004, 06:12 AM |
| My nation is takes is name from the real East Karelia (Russia), 1919-1920 during Revolution era, anti-Red non-Russian independentists (Independent entities during the Revolution and WWII (Russia, 1915-1925 and 1941-1945)) times so instead of using just “East Karelia” I used “The People's Republic of East Karelia States” we are a People’s Republic because we are voted in office by the PEOPLE for the PEOPLE and for the Republic for which it was founded. The real current Karelia (Russia) has a new Vertical flag which is in the color of “RED, Light Blue, and Green” more info. on Karelia for those who are interested: * Name (english): Karelia • (russian, short form): Карелия | Kareliâ • (russian, long form): Республика Карелия | Respublika Kareliâ * Local official language: Karelian * Capital: Петрозаводск | Petrozavodsk * Area: 172 400 km2 (≅66 500 sq.mi.) • Population: 761 800 inhabitants in 2000 * Status: Republic (Республика | Respublika) within the Russian Federation * Federal District: Northwestern Region • Economic region: North (northern European Russia) (in the soviet era: Northwest) * License plate code: 10 • Ham radio code: KL • ISO 3166-2 code: KR * Flag adopted on 1993.02.16 • Coat of arms adopted on 1993.09.28 |
| Posted by: Aquiliana Aug 9 2004, 06:08 PM |
I found out about NS from my little brother. He had made his own flag (vey poorly), and I told him I didn't understand it. He said it was supposed to be a satire of another person's flag, which had a black bird on it. I then began inventing my own flag even before I had a nation, building it around the central theme of a falcon. I decided that I'd use the Latin word for falcon to form my country's name. I looked in my Latin-to-English dictionary (which I use to make up lots of fictional names), and found there was no word listed for "falcon". However, the word for "eagle" was aquila. As that was already taken, I simply added a suffix (-nia) and spelled the name wrong on the form.  |
| Posted by: Nova Britannicus Aug 21 2004, 03:27 PM |
| Basically the first derivation of 'New Britain' I could think of that wasn't taken. |
| Posted by: Aquiliana Aug 21 2004, 11:07 PM | ||
Possibly because it is grammatically incorrect.  |
| Posted by: Psytroxia Aug 26 2004, 12:22 PM |
| Psytroxia was the nation of a friend of mine before, who named it after his username on his Linux box and added an -ia to make it sound more like a nation name. |
| Posted by: Legalese Nov 22 2004, 05:39 AM |
| Mine is rather simple, actually. I personally am a pre-law student, so when starting NS, the concept of a lawyer-filled country came to mind. Hence, the term Legalese, or "Lawyer-speak" |
| Posted by: South Osettia Dec 2 2004, 03:35 PM |
| Well, Maserrat was a spin-off of the real-life country Montserrat, and as the Mont sounded like the French for 'me', I just used the other form of me, 'Ma', instead. Anyway, that's history. South Ossetia is a real-life region in Georgia, but that was already taken, so I had to settle for South Osettia instead. I contemplated Abkhazia, but thought that was a little boring. |
| Posted by: Fmjphoenix Dec 6 2004, 03:03 PM |
| Well, there is nothing to special about my nations name. It first part, FMJ is from my clan in the game half-life, which stands for full metal jacket. The PHOENIX is my handle I have been using since around 1998 online. Put them together and you get fmjphoenix! |
| Posted by: Falcania Jan 21 2005, 12:27 PM |
| Falcania? I dunno, I just like falcons. |
| Posted by: Krytenia Mar 29 2005, 08:42 PM | ||
Fried, apparently. Anyhoo, puppet nation NOVA MERCIA's name: Nova=new, Mercia=an ancient Saxon region in England, the modern-day Midlands. |
| Posted by: Bettia May 17 2005, 05:02 AM |
| Rumour has it that Bettia was named after the president's wife... |
| Posted by: Spruitland May 18 2005, 07:06 AM |
| Alright, might as well start doing these as well. Spruitland. (non-Spruitlanders often pronounce it Sprew-it-land, correct local pronounciation is actually something like Sproyt-land) A spruit is Dutch for a Brussels Sprout. How I ended up making that my nation name... hmm, kinda random train of thought thing. I'm pretty much new to roleplaying, and when I stumbled upon NS, I didn't really see myself become a "serious" RPer, doing wars and such. Who knows, maybe one day. But to start, I wanted to come up with a simple premise to do some light-hearted/satire/comedy type stuff, basically as a bit of freeform practice for my RL writing. (hadn't noticed the sports RPs yet then) Being from Belgium, I used a few stereotypical Belgian elements - we're supposed to be good at diplomacy, so I turned that around and made my nation somewhat lacking at diplomatic skills (while still believing they're great at it). And of course I needed a wacky King as well, so I quickly came up with a silly backstory about how he left Belgium because he hated Brussels Sprouts, and 5 million people followed him because he managed to cross-breed Sprouts with marijuana, making them quite yummy. But Sproutland was taken, so I made it Spruitland instead. |
| Posted by: Hockey Canada Jul 20 2005, 09:29 AM |
| Pretty Straightforward, Hockey- meaning the game that the nation we seceeded from played, and Canada- the nation we sedeeded from. |
| Posted by: Septentrionia Jul 25 2005, 02:47 PM |
| RP'ly, Oliverry was the name of the first colony in the region of the nation. This colony's name has changed to Marshalliston in the mid-1400 when Oliverry became independant from his colonizators. But for real, it only comes from my first name |
| Posted by: Jastica Aug 18 2005, 02:02 AM |
| Wanted a name similar to Justice. |
| Posted by: Andossa Se Mitrin Vega Oct 26 2005, 12:35 AM |
| The first settlers of my nation followed a brilliant star to a place they called Andossa Se Mitrin Vega - City of the Mother Star. ooc- the language is an elvish derivative that I created while playing dungeons & dragons. |
| Posted by: Latao Oct 26 2005, 07:33 AM |
| Well my nations histories are quite poor compared with most others ;-) Nyssa is the name of the female vamipire in Blade (the first time I heard of a female vamipire ever...) Latao is a genuien fantasy name - it actually seems to mean something in portugese or brazil, since google returns some weird pages in a language I don't understand Omsec originally another fantasy name. I'm using this as nick name on IRC and some other web-activities since 1997. I had www.omsec.com until some jerks wanted to sue me cuz theyr companies name is omnisec - so i put it off.. Luciaria is the ancient latin name of my home town "Luzern" and means "swampy area" The other regional or character names are just crap from TV or simply mixed letters until they sound more or less nice with some mediteran touch ;-) |
| Posted by: The Silver Sky Nov 22 2005, 06:27 PM |
| Hi, I'm new here, not to RPing, just here. And The Silver Sky came from me hearing about a japanese anime movie, "The Magician of The Silver Sky", I thought it fit my nation. |
| Posted by: Neu Amerika Jun 17 2006, 06:04 PM |
| The Official History of the Name and Nation of the Socialist Union Neu Amerika was originally an uninhabited land, settled in the sparsely populated region of 'Strong Badia and Environs', founded by vaguely Germanic settlers from the Old Country (OC). At first, the people were happy to be part of the Old Country's Empire, but as a new generation of Neu Amerikans grew up, things began to change. Distance from the Old Country and the resulting long supply line forced them to become more self reliant in order to survive in this new land. As a result, the people became more independent as well, and saw less need for the Old Country as time went on. Finally, the people, tired of draconic beauracracy of the Old Country and taxes imposed upon them by its Emperor, declared themselves self-sufficient, and thereby independent. Unwilling to allow the Neu Amerikan colonies to leave their fold, the Old Country sent troops of the Imperial Army to put down the First Revolution. However, these troops were summarily overwhelmed by the might of the people of Neu Amerika, and soundly defeated time and again. After four bittter years of war, the Imperials were finally forced to surrender at the battle of St. Pyotorsberg. After the victory, the Neu Amerikan colonies (seven seperate settlements that had grown into larger colonies) banded together in the provincial capital of Hoskva. The treaty of Nivov had established independence, but the various colonial governers could not agree on a constitution. Some ideas were established, but nothing was written in stone. The First Republic was doomed before the colonial powers could establish a truly solidified country. Each colony then broke off and became its own mini-republic, including the republics of St. Pytorosberg, Hoskva, Krisnov, Yolgagorod, Slutskaya, Vialis, and Frankia. Eventually, over the course of three decades, two factions formed, one supporting the establishment of a federal republic, the other with ties to the Old Country supporting the establishment of a new monarchy. Both sides clashed in the Internal War, lasting for six years before the Royalists ultimately won. The Second Republic (St. Pyotorsberg, Hoskva, Frankia, and Slutskaya) had suffered from low morale in their forces and untold corruption in their leadership, as capitalists made decisions for figurehead leaders. Selecting a woman (Queen Katherine I) who had very distant ties to the Imperial family, they established the Kingdom of Neu Amerika, run mostly by the military and aristocratic officers thereof. A century of opression and unprecedented corruption commenced, as the Kingdom allied itself with the Old Country in continental wars not of concern to the Neu Amerikan people. Finally, during the reign of Alexei II, the people had had enough. Suffering crippling unemployment and poverty, and seeing their men sent off to a war that killed almost an entire generation, the people rose up again. The Second Revolution, or People's Revolution, did not seek the establishment of a morally and financially corrupt republic, which had failed Neu Amerika in the past. Guided by the teachings of Marx, the people rose up against the Royalists to establish a communist state to serve the people. Morgan Mosser, the leader of the Revolution, enjoyed popular support for the cause, and soon was joined by a bulk of the military forces - enlisted men, mostly, with some lower ranking officers and one disenchanted general. Despite their best efforts, the Royalists' corrupt cause was demolished by the tide of the people. Inside the year, the People's Revolution had taken back Neu Amerika for the working man and common people. Thus was born the Socialist Union of Neu Amerika, or simply the Socialist Union. Each republic voted to ratify the Constitution of the Socialist Union, joining themselves to the new, strong nation. Thirty years after the Union's founding, the Old Country attempted to invade and reconquer their former colonies, as part of a larger effort in their continent. Even in the new region, Neu Amerika was forced to defend itself from Imperial aggression. Early setbacks allowed the Imperials to reach the outskirts of Hoskva and Mosserberg (former St. Pyotorsberg), but the Crimson Army and other armed forces of the Socialist Union pushed them back after a crippling winter. Freezing to death already, the Imperials were utterly destroyed by the might of the Crimson Army. Finally, the Imperials were expelled completely, and the Old Country forced to surrender. Now, sixty years after that great victory, the Socialist Union, in the interest of national survival and security, has chosen to move to a region farther from the Old Country. To shake off the chains of the past and move into a bright new future. A future of the people's might, led by the Premier of the Socialist Union, to prosper in Atlantian Oceania, home of many mighty nations. (Basically, I took the name New America in German - Neu Amerika, and combined it with the Soviet Union to make Socialist Union of Neu Amerika. I posted the history here, because for some reason, I can reply to other peoples' threads, but not start a new thread of my own.) |
| Posted by: Hiiraan Jun 22 2006, 06:05 AM |
| Mine was a bit easy, I choose Somaalia first but it did not sound Original so I looked at the Map of Hiiraan to see the state in which I was born. I found that I was born in the somalian state of Banadir, but I did not like that so I looked at the map of kenya, where I grew up, nothing sounded intresting until something caught my eye. Hiiraan is a Somalian State Next to Kenya, so I took that. It kinda connects Somalia, where I was born, to Kenya, where I grew up until 11. then I came to America and was addidcted to Nationestates. well I dont think I am as addicted as I used to be, I hardly visited NS for 6 months to 1 year now. |
| Posted by: Az-cz Jul 27 2006, 08:30 AM |
| A number of families have gone out camping. After they have finished their dinner an older man makes an announcement. "Gather children, and I shall tell you the story of the name of Az-cz" "Grampa, why do you have to tell that story? You tell it every year," cried one of the older children. "Shush Dn-Yl. It's a good story plus some of the other children haven't heard it yet. Now where was I?" He paused for a moment, then continued, "ah yes, still at the beginning." He chuckled to himself. "You kids all know that Az-cz itself and all Az-czzers are famous for and proud of our dash. But why does our country have such a name and why is it such an important part of our tradition. You see, Az-cz was a real life person, just like you and I. He lived in a far away land and was a great hero." One of the younger boys, who was wearing a jersey of the Darzog Mages, started to get restless. So the old man turned to him, "You like football, Vil-Na?" "Do I ever grampa. It's my favorite thing in the whole world," the boy replied quite enthusiastically. "I see. Do you know where the team names come from then?" the old man queried. "No grampa." "They all come from places in Az-cz's homeworld, and most have to do with monsters Az-cz had to protect the world from. Take the Vertigo Slimes. Vertigo was Az-cz's hometown and slimes were a type of creature brought their by a wicked buisnessman to scare the people of Vertigo. Or your Darzog Mages. They are named after the tower of a famous scholar from Az-Cz's country and a number of evil magicians who imprisoned poor Darzog, from which Az-cz and his companions had to rescue Darzog." "Wow. Cool." Vil-na screeched out. "Very much so. Now things were very hard for young Az-cz. The prophecy of his land spoke to a reunification between two halfs a planet that had been unnaturally separated." "Uncle Op-Gp what does reunif.... that big word mean?" a small girl blurted out. "Good question Jn-Bnt. It means when two things that go together get separated and then meet again. For example when mommy and daddy go to work when they meet at night they have reunification." "Thanks, Uncle Op-Gp.", she pretended to understand, despite really only getting about half of what the old man had told her. Op-Gp continued "But an evil person was at work, who was causing problems through out the land. He had become friends with the king chasing out the previous advisor. Using his power with the king he moved the kings goals to get the things he himself wanted while forgetting about the other people of the land. Eventually Az-cz and five friends came together to help the world and bring the reunification. They had many troubles but they were successful in their goal. They killed the evil man and for a while they lived as kings and queens. But in their blood they were all heroes. So after a while they got bored. Look up at the sky children." All the children heads veared towards the sky. "Wait for a moment," the old man instructed. Like every year this camping trip was timed to coincide with the meteor showers. As the children were watching the sky eventually a meteored zoomed through the sky. This was followed by a chorus of oohs and ahs. Again Jn-Bnt broke in with a question. "I don't understand uncle Op-Gp. What do the stars have to do with Az-Cz?" "Do you know that what you saw was a star? One night when Az-cz's people saw two shooting stars, what they actually saw were two falling spaceships. In the course of their travels they discovered two of these ships. One night a third ship came to the planet. The first two were broken but this ship contained a man studying Az-cz's planet. He found nothing of importance and eventually left, but not before Az-cz and his five friends hid on the ship." Jn-Bnt, blurted out, "but if six people were on the ship why are we Az-czzers, not one of the other people?" "Patience child," the old man chided her. "I'm getting there. This ship was quite large and they went exploring. Like you kids do sometimes they got lost and each one ended up by themself. The man who own the ship eventually found them and he was quite angry. Although the heroes were quite strong they couldn't fight the man by themselves and he slowly killed the heroes one by one as he found them. However Az-cz was the only theif amongst the group. This meant that he could open doors and go places the others couldn't. When he found the dead body of a friend he realized that he was in danger. So he did what he did best and stayed hidden. It was like a game of hide and go seek. And Az-cz was the best player their ever was. Eventually his ship crashed on this planet. The man died, but Az-cz lived. He came to this planet and started a colony. That is why we are the country of Az-cz." "But why is the dash so important?" Jn-Bnt asked? "Even on his planet the dash was only his. It was his special thing. So we celebrate it today. And because he was a theif, but a hero we celebrate him through our sports of kleptoball, kleptochase, and kleptodance. So you see children, this is the history of our people." |
| Posted by: Adamica Oct 2 2006, 02:56 PM |
| (First post, yay!). Adamica. Well, my name's Adam, and the 'ica' I took from Africa. So interesting, I know. |
| Posted by: Edward City Jan 1 2009, 02:02 PM |
| Edward City is called as this after Edvard Stadt, a former city-duchy located at the centre of what is now Edwardia, the territory that Edward City is. Edvard Stadt was named after the dutch explorer that discovered and named Edwardia, Edvard Van Ahrlen. OOC: That was the IC reason of the name, but in reality I chose the name because it is the place where the videogame Dino Crisis 2 occurs. |
| Posted by: Norwellia Mar 23 2009, 06:56 AM |
| Roger Norwell was the commander of the anarchist separatist movement in [the country we split off from, to be named later when we're put on the map]. In 1968, the Norwell Column mobilized without warning to seize [a small state- sized portion of the country/a small group of island territories] quickly in a surprise attack and then defend it vigorously against reconquest, with no intention of claiming further ground. After a long, bloody civil war, he appointed himself the ruler of his new nation, Norwellia, and then began the process of demilitarizing the rest of the nation's leadership. His anti-statist beliefs were tempered by the reality of living in the underbelly of a larger nation which wasn't too happy about losing the land, and his advisors convinced him to found a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-operative state rather than an apolitical anarchist entity. Norwell later infused the coöperative model with more overtly Democratic Socialist ideas, coming up with the idea of a House of Debate in the capital which would allow workers from anywhere in the country to establish law and even mold the political system itself--as long as they could achieve consensus among a sample of their peers. Norwell was assassinated in 1972, the same year that he officially named the new country after itself, by [insert mother country here] loyalists while planning an election system with his top advisors. His deathbed wish was for the elections to go forward, and he pleaded with the military to avoid the tempations of interfering with the political freedom of the workers or avenging his death with more fighting. While Norwell is fondly remembered today for his devotion to true democracy and freedom, and for his eternal influence on the nation's politics, the story of his assassination is told as an object lesson in modesty. Today, it is considered taboo to name something after yourself in Norwellia. (OOC: OK, I know this is -explicitive removed-ty, but it's 4:30 in the morning and I've been wanting to get the basic idea written down. Frankly, I came up with a lot of the details on the spot, although the political influence of the coöperative system, the anarchist background, and the influence of the Democratic Socialists were all part of the idea beforehand. Also, the real OOC inspiration for the name was George Orwell, whose Nineteen Eighty-four and Homage to Catalonia are huge influences on my politics. Similarly, the capital city is Winston, after 1984 main character Winston Smith; seafood capital Port Julia is named after his love interest; and the nexus of the Norwellian art scene is in a city called Cataluña, or Catalonia in English.) |
| Posted by: Ayla Taksidi Jul 20 2010, 09:22 PM |
| Ayla Taksidi in Greek literally means "Intangible Journey", Taksidi from Taksit. Originally I intended to make a nation trapped in some sort of limbo/time confusion, but I settled with one under a lake instead. |
| Posted by: Rhodesia Apr 15 2011, 04:35 AM |
| Rhodesia is named after Cecil Rhodes, British explorer, Empire builder and colonist. Originally named Southern Zambezia after its position lying south of the Zambezi river. |
| Posted by: Lemurian Jan 6 2013, 12:51 PM |
| My nation's name is "Lemurian Oceania." Originally, the island was discovered by explorers from the distant nation the "Lemurian Islands", which was so named because of the lemur population there. The island the explorers found was located in Atlantian Oceania, and thus they named it "Lemurian Oceania" in honor of their homeland. Atlantian Oceania became a self-governing colony of the Lemurian Islands for many years, until it declared independence after the collapse of the Lemurian Islands' former government and the subsequent rise of the dictatorship there. |
| Posted by: Leorudo Jan 6 2013, 01:39 PM |
| The name "Leorudo" comes from the original journey made the war hero Jerojane and his settlers up the great mountain on their quest to start a fort. The journey was a harsh one and took the lives of more than 2/3's of the original crew. This was due to lack of food, lack of shelter, and the sheer duration of the trip. It is estimated that it took around two months by most scholars, and this was due to not only the height of the mountain but also Jerojane's lack of familiarity with the land. When the settlers finally reached the top, a large plain atop the summit was revealed to them. This is when the saw a loin with a red beard approach them. Frightened, many of the warriors readied their weapons, but the loin did not attack them, it simply looked at them, turned, and roared. Because of this, the settlers named their mountain "Leorudo" as it meant "loin's roar" in their form of Latin, and the name slowly spread to mean the mountain and the city. When the civilization as a whole was recognized by international community, the name given to them was "Leorudo" as it was the only major city, mountain, and fortress in their controlled land. So eventually, the term blanketed the nation and has been used even since. |
| Posted by: Naitpyge Jan 6 2013, 08:47 PM |
| OOCly: Egyptian spelled backwards. ICly: It's a corrupted spelling of Night and Page. Exactly what the meaning is, no one's sure. |
| Posted by: Austenersey Jan 20 2013, 05:43 PM |
| Aust = Australia En = England Ersey = Bailiwick of Jersey (Channel Islands) (Mod, delete the thread I accidentally made please) |
| Posted by: Blouman Empire Feb 1 2013, 02:53 AM |
| In OOC terms I came up with the name after coming back from Germany, and the German word for flower is blume I decided to change the spelling so it wasn't obvious but still sound similar phonetically thus Bloum. I wanted to make it similar to Germany and so added the -any, thus Bloumany came about. As I wanted to RP it as an Empire similar to the Holy Roman Empire I made the name of the nation The Blouman Empire. I don't know why I chose Blume perhaps it sounded like a proper country when I added the -any IC terms the term Blouman derives from an older language of the orginal Bloumans that migrated to the area and meant people's land. |
| Posted by: Wight Feb 2 2013, 03:24 AM |
| I picked Wight because that is the name of the island I looked out at from my home in Portsmouth UK and, now living far from the sea, I was a bit homesick. So I have a nation called Portsea & Spice Islands which is a direct reference to my home city, plus Wight. These were two unused puppets to my old nation Tamarindia. The dual meaning of Wight, an old english word for 'person', now with overtones of 'dead person', suited the theme I wanted to write for WC-58. To be honest I had planned to make it a one-tournament nation and then do something else, but it has become something of an obsessive paracosm. |
| Posted by: Secundus Kasius Feb 3 2013, 06:54 AM |
| Oh cool - I'm from Romsey, so know where you refer to (my mum grew up there, and they used to go down to the chalk pit and throw snakes at eachother o.o ) Secundus Kasius was so named because IC it's the second reiteration of a nation (the old one got 'unified' by the Haxtes family), and Kasius was the surname of a roleplaying character I used to play and didn't get the ending she deserved, so she's immortalised here instead now =) |
| Posted by: Ibex Feb 4 2013, 06:01 PM |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibex |
| Posted by: Lzherusskia May 12 2013, 06:56 AM |
| In-universe, Lzherusskia translates both as "river people" and "people of the Lzher". Nice and simple. Out of universe, "Lzherusskie" was once the name of a page on TV Tropes that has since been changed to "Fake Russian" and is devoted to that - Russian or Soviet characters in fiction who are played by people not of the appropriate nationality. Think Sean Connery in the Hunt for Red October and you're on the right lines. I just happened to rather like it as the name for a nation. |
| Posted by: Perlasilangan Aug 6 2013, 02:42 AM |
| I derived my nation name from the Phrase "Perlas ng Silanganan" (lit. Pearl of the Orient), which is the second line of our OOC national anthem. |
| Posted by: Norwesternesse Oct 3 2013, 09:43 PM |
| Norwesternesse came about while reading The Silmarillion while watching an episode of Deadliest Catch. |
| Posted by: Preiva Oct 20 2013, 09:43 AM |
| I originally wanted the name to be Previa, because in sounded very old and Latin, but a typo turned it to a very Scandinavian Preiva. |
| Posted by: Tropicorp Aug 31 2017, 04:55 AM |
| Tropicorp is a quasi-governmental corporation created to conduct Research, Development and Production activities primarily on behalf of the Tropics of Vilita. The name "Tropicorp" originated from the formal "Corporation of the Tropics" or "Tropics Corporation" shortened and combined into the singular "Tropicorp" The creation of Tropicorp itself was a reaction to growing public distrust in large corporations, media and advanced research on Vilitan soil particularly in the wake of the fallout from the Sorthern Northland nuclear event. As such, the Vilitan government identified the opportunity to utilize a region of long-lost Vilitan lands on Calania to re-locate and resume the industrial activities that no longer seemed welcome on the Vilitan mainland. Upon initially standing up the corporation, its employees would be ferried to the Tropicorp site from the nearby Vilitan island of Turoki. However, as Tropicorp grew and its need for round-the-clock and full time staffing increased, many employees expressed a desire not only to have places to go out and eat other than the company cafeteria, but even to live closer to Tropicorp facilities, on the Calanian mainland, not having catch the ferry from Mavaloiao. As such, Tropicoast was born. Naturally, with their choice of setting up shop, the new residents of Tropicorp chose a location on the coast at the ideal location - the ferry depot, and built their town around it. |