Sugar Free Nos 7,246 Posted August 17, 2014 The Free Land of Damn Fine Coffee has grown to over 100 million citizens! Hooray! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G's Ah's 371 Posted August 17, 2014 I'm the guy on the general forum with the Jabba the Hut/Hugo Chavez as a flag. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
na89340qv0n34b09q340 515 Posted August 19, 2014 Added my new nation of Leafana to the region. You're all invited to our inaugural cozy campfire if you want. There'll be marshmallows and song-singing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MythicRare 150 Posted August 19, 2014 I have just created the Republic of Neo-Chicago. http://www.nationstates.net/nation=neo-chicago Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
na89340qv0n34b09q340 515 Posted August 20, 2014 By the way, I also put a third country in there for fun. and 266th in the world, on our first day! - Oh, wait, I mean YOU ARE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_grizzly_man 191 Posted August 20, 2014 My wonderful homeland of the People's Republic of Get Lost was ranked 19th in GTA Forums region couple of days ago and is now in full reverse to 51st! I have superb civil rights and a strong economy - what the hell am I doing wrong? Think my people are a bunch of whiny ingrates http://dark.nationstates.net/nation=peoples_republic_of_get_lost Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Brown 2,421 Posted August 20, 2014 My wonderful homeland of the People's Republic of Get Lost was ranked 19th in GTA Forums region couple of days ago and is now in full reverse to 51st! I have superb civil rights and a strong economy - what the hell am I doing wrong? Think my people are a bunch of whiny ingrates http://dark.nationstates.net/nation=peoples_republic_of_get_lost That ranking is based on Authoritarianism. You have superb civil rights and average political freedoms, pushing you away from the authoritarian end of the spectrum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_grizzly_man 191 Posted August 20, 2014 My wonderful homeland of the People's Republic of Get Lost was ranked 19th in GTA Forums region couple of days ago and is now in full reverse to 51st! I have superb civil rights and a strong economy - what the hell am I doing wrong? Think my people are a bunch of whiny ingrates http://dark.nationstates.net/nation=peoples_republic_of_get_lost That ranking is based on Authoritarianism. You have superb civil rights and average political freedoms, pushing you away from the authoritarian end of the spectrum. Damn - there goes my laissez faire libertarian principles then. Wonder if the nation list as the worst in the world is some liberal, free-thinking paradise? I'll have to check Apparently this is the worst nation in the world --> http://dark.nationstates.net/nation=falarica_xxxvii/detail=trend 100% for civil and political freedoms and has a strong economy. Sounds like paradise - actually is hell on earth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MythicRare 150 Posted August 20, 2014 Hey, how do you get a custom flag? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mareepx 2,368 Posted August 20, 2014 Hey, how do you get a custom flag? Go to settings, then look for 'national flag' under that there should be an option for create your own. Click that. Then, you can choose an image that is downloaded to your computer. Your flag should be in PNG, GIF, or JPEG format,and no larger than 250KB. Your image will be resized to fit on your nation page. Generally, images come out best if they are rectangular: about two-thirds as high as they are wide. If you want someone to make an actual flag for your nation, then go here and make a request. http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=238034there's people who make flags; if they can make a flag for you they'll probably telegram it to you. Then download that image, and follow what I said above. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
na89340qv0n34b09q340 515 Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) Damn - there goes my laissez faire libertarian principles then. Wonder if the nation list as the worst in the world is some liberal, free-thinking paradise? I'll have to check Apparently this is the worst nation in the world --> http://dark.nationstates.net/nation=falarica_xxxvii/detail=trend 100% for civil and political freedoms and has a strong economy. Sounds like paradise - actually is hell on earth. The ranking system changes every day btw. Today it could be a ranking on how authoritarian your country is, and you'll be low, and tomorrow they could rank on most free and you'd probably come up a lot higher. The only way to lose by their system is to stay average, but if you're happy being average it's not even losing. The category they rank on always shows up as the last sentence on your nation's page, just above the "national happenings." It changes around midnight. Edited August 20, 2014 by Joe Chip Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mareepx 2,368 Posted August 20, 2014 Damn - there goes my laissez faire libertarian principles then. Wonder if the nation list as the worst in the world is some liberal, free-thinking paradise? I'll have to check Apparently this is the worst nation in the world --> http://dark.nationstates.net/nation=falarica_xxxvii/detail=trend 100% for civil and political freedoms and has a strong economy. Sounds like paradise - actually is hell on earth. The ranking system changes every day btw. Today it could be a ranking on how authoritarian your country is, and you'll be low, and tomorrow they could rank on most free and you'd probably come up a lot higher. The only way to lose by their system is to stay average, but if you're happy being average it's not even losing. The category they rank on always shows up as the last sentence on your nation's page, just above the "national happenings." It changes around midnight. There's even a 'most average' ranking, so by being average you can actually win. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Dildo 14,396 Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) Dudeville is proud to announce that we have officially been reclassified as a "Scandinavian Liberal Paradise" f*ck yeah. one step to closer to my ultimate goal of communist Utopia. we're top 5% of the world in Income Equality, all drugs are legalized, there's no crime, we have no economy, and our people enjoy a beautiful array of civil and political liberty. http://www.nationstates.net/nation=dudeville Edited August 20, 2014 by El_Diablo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mareepx 2,368 Posted August 20, 2014 Dudeville is proud to announce that we have officially been reclassified as a "Scandinavian Liberal Paradise" f*ck yeah. one step to closer to my ultimate goal of communist Utopia. we're top 5% of the world in Income Equality, all drugs are legalized, there's no crime, we have no economy, and our people enjoy a beautiful array of civil and political liberty. http://www.nationstates.net/nation=dudeville 'Communist' and 'Utopia' don't go together. hehe inb4 ideology argument Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Dildo 14,396 Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) sure they do. just come to f*cking Dudeville, bro. we be mashin' that sh*t together all day. Edited August 20, 2014 by El_Diablo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtamann123 2,384 Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) I added my nation to the region. I have never played this before so it may take a little while for me to get up to speed. The name of my nation is Hanselania Edited August 20, 2014 by gtamann123 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Brown 2,421 Posted August 20, 2014 I added my nation to the region. I have never played this before so it may take a little while for me to get up to speed. Just remember to give the government control of everything, maximize military spending, and execute dissidents. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtamann123 2,384 Posted August 22, 2014 So apparently the high income earners in my country pay a 100% tax rate. I did pass a bill giving tax breaks to the lower incomes so it must have raised taxes on the wealthy to make up for it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shah Sam 1,254 Posted August 22, 2014 HELL YEAH! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Dildo 14,396 Posted August 25, 2014 holy sh*t they just reclassified me again. I went from Scandinavian Liberal Paradise to Left-wing Utopia. no economy, but boundless social and political freedoms. Dudeville is easily the happiest hippy nation in GTAF. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morons03 37 Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) I just made the nation of Pine Hills Motto: Free land of the great hills of pine. Edited August 27, 2014 by Morons03 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YaBoiiBrownCow 19 Posted September 1, 2014 http://www.nationstates.net/nation=cocazuela Is onboard Cocazuela Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YaBoiiBrownCow 19 Posted September 1, 2014 This game is pretty good ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtamann123 2,384 Posted September 1, 2014 Has NationStates given anyone else a malicious adware virus? Every time I visit the site my McAfee goes crazy and I have to run several virus scans and remove some on the pop up apps manually. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
na89340qv0n34b09q340 515 Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) ^ No, probably a false positive from McAfee, and maybe something else is lurking on your computer, giving the popups. They advertise using Google Ads, and disabling AdBlock didn't bring anything sketchy up. I re-activated the nation I played with last time GTAF did a nationstates game, and it's like waking up after blacking out. I have no idea what I was doing with legislation, they deleted my old flag, and I'm a member of a region I don't know anything about. On the up-side I have enough population to get the leader issue, and I'm about a month away from the national religion issue. Edited September 1, 2014 by Joe Chip Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtamann123 2,384 Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) Hmm maybe. It just seems that it only ever happens when I visit NationStates. I get ClearThink backdoored onto my computer and then every site I visit afterwards is littered with popup ads until I run a virus scan and eliminate all problem files and then go in and manually delete ClearThink. And it only ever happens when I visit NationStates and when I stop going to NationStates it stops happening. Edited September 1, 2014 by gtamann123 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Dildo 14,396 Posted September 1, 2014 Hmm maybe. It just seems that it only ever happens when I visit NationStates. I get ClearThink backdoored onto my computer and then every site I visit afterwards is littered with popup ads until I run a virus scan and eliminate all problem files and then go in and manually delete ClearThink. And it only ever happens when I visit NationStates and when I stop going to NationStates it stops happening. nothing like this has ever happened to me and I've been using Nation States since like 2007. you need to tighten up your browsing habits. what browser do you use? are you using NoScript? AdBlocker? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtamann123 2,384 Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) I use Opera. And I'm not really aure if I'm using any Ad block software. Just basic internet protection through the McAfee package that came with my computer when I bought it. It's just weird because if I don't visit Nation States it's fine and I get no pop ups. But pretty much the second I open up NationStates the screen is filled with pop up ads and then even after I close it every site I visit afterwards is almost unusable because of them. And if I don't visit NationStates it doesn't happen. It seems that the common element here is NationStates Edited September 1, 2014 by gtamann123 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
na89340qv0n34b09q340 515 Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) @gtamann If you don't mind visiting the site again, see if this (http://www.wikihow.com/Block-Ads-(Unwanted-Pop-Ups)-in-Opera) fixes it. If not, the popups are probably caused by something already on your computer. Even then, I really doubt such an acclaimed online game has intrusive popup ads like that. If you have half-an-hour or so free, try scanning with MalwareBytes (https://www.malwarebytes.org/) to remove whatever's causing it. McAfee isn't exactly the best for catching stuff, and the only reason it's pre-installed on your computer is because the manufacturer was payed to put it there. And if you prefer using Mcafee, MalwareBytes is easy enough to remove when you're done. Edited September 2, 2014 by Joe Chip Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainJoe 46 Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) The glorious nation of the United Socialist States of Sagdiyev will join this glorious region. "We invent toffee and trouser belt." This region will be great success! Edited September 3, 2014 by CaptainJoe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
