Well, you know, when I was a kid visiting Japan for the first time back in '98, I always thought that Japanese sounded suspiciously much like Finnish. Which makes absolutely no sense because Finnish is more closely related to Swedish than it is to Japanese, but still... There is something wonderfully otherwordly about the Finnish language, Finland's particular mythology totally removed and separate from stories about Aesir and Vanir, and everything. They form quite a good pluralistic addition to our otherwise rather monotonous Nordic cultural heritage.
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Well, you know, when I was a kid visiting Japan for the first time back in '98, I always thought that Japanese sounded suspiciously much like Finnish. Which makes absolutely no sense because Finnish is more closely related to Swedish than it is to Japanese, but still... There is something wonderfully otherwordly about the Finnish language, Finland's particular mythology totally removed and separate from stories about Aesir and Vanir, and everything. They form quite a good pluralistic addition to our otherwise rather monotonous Nordic cultural heritage.
Pretty self-explanatory.
An Alternate Gilded Age
US Presidential election, 1876
Ingalls-Cannon Act
US Presidential election, 1880
Samuel J. Tilden
US Presidential election, 1884
Canadian federal election, 1882
An Alternate Gilded Age
US Presidential election, 1876
Ingalls-Cannon Act
US Presidential election, 1880
Samuel J. Tilden
US Presidential election, 1884
Canadian federal election, 1882
Aside from loanwords and such, I think Finnish is just about exactly as closely related to Swedish as it is to Japanese - not at all, that is to say. After all, if we go by classical language families, Hindi is closer to Swedish than Finnish is.
Just a tropical storm, actually.
(They rotate the names every six years - this isn't in reference to any of the past Gerts.)
Nordic Liberal Alliance is one of the Big Old Three of Nordic Politics. Formed as a merger of various regional liberal parties in the 1870s, mainly thanks to the efforts of the Norwegian lawyer Asbjørn Abraham Sønderheim, has basically not changed its ideology since the 19th century, meaning that though they started out as what at the time was a party clearly on the political left, they are now a party clearly on the political right.
Sønderheim championed a Nordic Empire that was a partnership between the various Nordic peoples, defending home rule and federalism, and thus creating a natural base of the party in Finland and Norway.
Generally seen as a pro-market and pro-free trade party, they are also noted for a laissez-faire attitude to social issues. Unlike the Unionists, which historically championed Kontinentalpolitik, the Liberals supported Peninsularpolitik, and wished to keep the Nordic Empire from becoming embroiled in the alliances down on the continent during the latter half of the 19th century. They joined forces with the Skepticals at the same time to prevent the Nordic Empire from ever becoming a colonial power, with Sønderheim privatizing the Nordic East and West India Companies in 1886.
Of course, their reputation as peaceniks should not be taken overly seriously. Much like the Unionist, Skeptical and Labour Parties, the Liberals support maintaining the Jørmundangur at its current levels, which is estimated to be the largest nuclear deterrence in the world.
Their party symbol, like the Unionists' tricorne hat, is a lightblue Phrygian cap, and dates back to the party symbols of the Swedish political parties during the Age of Liberty (1719-1772). Much like how Unionists when canvassing and campaigning wear tricornes, so Liberals wear phrygians.
Sønderheim championed a Nordic Empire that was a partnership between the various Nordic peoples, defending home rule and federalism, and thus creating a natural base of the party in Finland and Norway.
Generally seen as a pro-market and pro-free trade party, they are also noted for a laissez-faire attitude to social issues. Unlike the Unionists, which historically championed Kontinentalpolitik, the Liberals supported Peninsularpolitik, and wished to keep the Nordic Empire from becoming embroiled in the alliances down on the continent during the latter half of the 19th century. They joined forces with the Skepticals at the same time to prevent the Nordic Empire from ever becoming a colonial power, with Sønderheim privatizing the Nordic East and West India Companies in 1886.
Of course, their reputation as peaceniks should not be taken overly seriously. Much like the Unionist, Skeptical and Labour Parties, the Liberals support maintaining the Jørmundangur at its current levels, which is estimated to be the largest nuclear deterrence in the world.
Their party symbol, like the Unionists' tricorne hat, is a lightblue Phrygian cap, and dates back to the party symbols of the Swedish political parties during the Age of Liberty (1719-1772). Much like how Unionists when canvassing and campaigning wear tricornes, so Liberals wear phrygians.
Steel Faith
The following Infoboxes from Cyberpedia Galactica have been transmitted to 21st century netizen Commissar From Kiev to educate modern man on the undeniable supremacy of the Eternal Intellect.
"Steel Faith: A religion founded by St. Damian of Mars in 2104 which gained followers among those who had fled to Mars to escape Earth's ecological collapse. Followers of the Steel Faith led the re-settlement of Earth in the 2150s through 2170s, and founded the Steel Empire at the end of the 22nd century. It is currently the dominant religion on over 900 planets.
The Steel Faith is predicated on the Eternal Intellect, a supercomputer that will be built in c. 10,000 CE; the Eternal Intellect will be capable of transtemporal computing, and will travel back in time to led the faithful to transhuman salvation. Since the faithful must build the EI before they can ascend, it is a core tenet of the faith to research and refine AI technology."
-Imperial Dictionary, 60th Edition (pub. 2554)
"And in 2,117th year of the Common Era, St. Arthur, the greatest of the disciples, was gifted with the Eternal Intellect's wisdom in a dream. His mind conjured endless vistas of arcologies and cityscape; and St. Arthur looked unto the sky, and saw a million gleaming stars. The voice of the Eternal Intellect boomed in his ears: Look upon the future, for the faithful must build it. Feel the future, for it is the destiny of the faithful to ascend thus, to build and prosper for eight millennia hence, then to construct this Intelligence and be saved. It is the destiny of all humanity to become greater.
In a daze, St. Arthur watched and listened, and in a daze he collapsed. Upon waking, he looked around to find himself in his familiar ramshackle colony on the surface of Mars. He dreamed awake of the gleaming city he had been shown, and knew he had to work for the glory of the Intellect, to advance the doctrine of the Steel Faith beyond the foundations as told by St. Damian."
-Arthur Vol. I, Book of Three Saints
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OOC: I've decided to divulge this universe through quotes from the setting. Ask me if you have any questions!
The following Infoboxes from Cyberpedia Galactica have been transmitted to 21st century netizen Commissar From Kiev to educate modern man on the undeniable supremacy of the Eternal Intellect.
"Steel Faith: A religion founded by St. Damian of Mars in 2104 which gained followers among those who had fled to Mars to escape Earth's ecological collapse. Followers of the Steel Faith led the re-settlement of Earth in the 2150s through 2170s, and founded the Steel Empire at the end of the 22nd century. It is currently the dominant religion on over 900 planets.
The Steel Faith is predicated on the Eternal Intellect, a supercomputer that will be built in c. 10,000 CE; the Eternal Intellect will be capable of transtemporal computing, and will travel back in time to led the faithful to transhuman salvation. Since the faithful must build the EI before they can ascend, it is a core tenet of the faith to research and refine AI technology."
-Imperial Dictionary, 60th Edition (pub. 2554)
"And in 2,117th year of the Common Era, St. Arthur, the greatest of the disciples, was gifted with the Eternal Intellect's wisdom in a dream. His mind conjured endless vistas of arcologies and cityscape; and St. Arthur looked unto the sky, and saw a million gleaming stars. The voice of the Eternal Intellect boomed in his ears: Look upon the future, for the faithful must build it. Feel the future, for it is the destiny of the faithful to ascend thus, to build and prosper for eight millennia hence, then to construct this Intelligence and be saved. It is the destiny of all humanity to become greater.
In a daze, St. Arthur watched and listened, and in a daze he collapsed. Upon waking, he looked around to find himself in his familiar ramshackle colony on the surface of Mars. He dreamed awake of the gleaming city he had been shown, and knew he had to work for the glory of the Intellect, to advance the doctrine of the Steel Faith beyond the foundations as told by St. Damian."
-Arthur Vol. I, Book of Three Saints
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OOC: I've decided to divulge this universe through quotes from the setting. Ask me if you have any questions!
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The Martian cricket was introduced into the Martian biosphere for the purposes of food supply for larger animals, pest control, and preventing unchecked growth in 2085, as part of Phase Five of the terraforming of Mars. Rumors that crickets had been found in the wild on Mars as much as three years earlier and that their inclusion in Phase Five was an attempt to save face have been officially denied.
Seriously?
I post about Time Travelling Computer Jesus and everyone's talking about crickets.
I post about Time Travelling Computer Jesus and everyone's talking about crickets.
Pisces
Banned
Seriously?
I post about Time Travelling Computer Jesus and everyone's talking about crickets.
Little details like that are interesting and wikiboxes are a good format for them to be explained.
Seriously?
I post about Time Travelling Computer Jesus and everyone's talking about crickets.
For what it's worth, I found your post interesting and appreciated the 2112 reference. It'd be interesting, I think, to learn more about the Steel Empire.
Well, Syrinx is a planet inhabited an almost exclusively by robots
Anyway, I have some more infoboxes about Imperial politics in the wings.
You guys are doing some quality-ass wikiboxing. Awesome work.
Well, Syrinx is a planet inhabited an almost exclusively by robots
Anyway, I have some more infoboxes about Imperial politics in the wings.
Cool. Will we be hearing about the space cowboys run by machine politics any time soon?
I genuinely don't know how to respond to this, but I'll choose to take it as a compliment.
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Two oddball AJND infoboxes
The fates of Robert Kardashian and O.J. Simpson have long been intertwined. Kardashian was a lawyer from southern California while Simpson was widely regarded as one of the best football players of the 1970s. The two of them were long-time friends, and when Simpson decided to run for Governor of California in 1994, it was Kardashian who advised his campaign. Kardashian's name became known to the national Republican Party, and he eventually made his way into the Rumsfeld administration in the late 90s.
Simpson's term as Governor of California was a rather steady one. It saw even (though not phenomenal growth) and he spearheaded new nuclear power projects. However, things unraveled quickly in the summer of 2000 when it was discovered that Simpson's former partner was founded murdered alongside her current husband and their child. Suspicion quickly fell on the Governor, and he was quickly removed from office not long after his arrest. Though he managed to beat the murder rap and was acquitted, he found himself in trouble again some years later--in 2010, he was charged with numerous felonies, including armed robbery and kidnapping after attempting to rob a sports memorabilia trader. He was sentenced to 30 years in life. He died in prison in 2030, after having converted to Islam in 2015.
Robert Kardashian was Rumsfeld's Attorney General for several years before being nominated to the Supreme Court--a rather controversial decision given not only his lack of judicial experience, but his friendship with accused triple murderer O.J. Simpson. Despite that, he served for almost 10 years on the Supreme Court, taking a particular interest in the right of privacy and other civil liberties. His majority opinion in Duke v. Greenhill (545 U.S. 1, 2005) was one of the first Supreme Court cases to extend civil rights to non-humans. He resigned from the court in 2013 due to health issues and he would die of cancer some years later. He left behind a grieving family who was of absolutely no note and concern.
The fates of Robert Kardashian and O.J. Simpson have long been intertwined. Kardashian was a lawyer from southern California while Simpson was widely regarded as one of the best football players of the 1970s. The two of them were long-time friends, and when Simpson decided to run for Governor of California in 1994, it was Kardashian who advised his campaign. Kardashian's name became known to the national Republican Party, and he eventually made his way into the Rumsfeld administration in the late 90s.
Simpson's term as Governor of California was a rather steady one. It saw even (though not phenomenal growth) and he spearheaded new nuclear power projects. However, things unraveled quickly in the summer of 2000 when it was discovered that Simpson's former partner was founded murdered alongside her current husband and their child. Suspicion quickly fell on the Governor, and he was quickly removed from office not long after his arrest. Though he managed to beat the murder rap and was acquitted, he found himself in trouble again some years later--in 2010, he was charged with numerous felonies, including armed robbery and kidnapping after attempting to rob a sports memorabilia trader. He was sentenced to 30 years in life. He died in prison in 2030, after having converted to Islam in 2015.
Robert Kardashian was Rumsfeld's Attorney General for several years before being nominated to the Supreme Court--a rather controversial decision given not only his lack of judicial experience, but his friendship with accused triple murderer O.J. Simpson. Despite that, he served for almost 10 years on the Supreme Court, taking a particular interest in the right of privacy and other civil liberties. His majority opinion in Duke v. Greenhill (545 U.S. 1, 2005) was one of the first Supreme Court cases to extend civil rights to non-humans. He resigned from the court in 2013 due to health issues and he would die of cancer some years later. He left behind a grieving family who was of absolutely no note and concern.
Man, people weren't kidding when they said AJND was dystopic.
Edit: On the bright side, Kardashian's children are unknown.
Edit: On the bright side, Kardashian's children are unknown.
Man, people weren't kidding when they said AJND was dystopic.
Edit: On the bright side, Kardashian's children are unknown.
As with everything, you gotta take the good with the bad
One Justice Robert Kardashian for The Juice
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