Forget the war, let`s play a game.
MoonlightShadow
Ok, let`s forget about the war for a while. Not because we`d want to, but because we have to. Indonesia put Russia between her and Romania in order to protect herself from a counter-attack. Being alone Hungary lost two battles with 200-250.000 points and I don`t think they`ll waste anymore resources. So, Romania and Indonesia are preparing for the next round, which is to come pretty soon.
I`m proposing you a game. And I think it will be an interesting one. I`ll try to put on the paper the main characteristics of Real World countries. And together let`s compare that with eRepublik`s image of those countries. For that to happen you are to pick a few countries, and tell just what you think about them, them as you perceive in eRepublik. Of course I’ll try to be as less subjective as possible, I`ll try to write an international image of real-world countries, but this is impossible to be error proof. Here we go.
England – rigid people, strange humor, too much polite in their education, glorious past for centuries while they have been the “center” of the world, until collapsing in early 1900`s. Inventors of today`s man most powerful love: football.
Germany- high precision, famous manufacturing skills from cars to boots, powerful economy, you can count on their word, still they are the cause of the biggest tragedy in human`s history.
France- country of romance, today somehow brand less but history full of Dumas, Balzac, divine friendships, beautiful love stories, knights, honor and betrayal.They played an important role in Industrial Revolution.
Spain- passionate country, latin-lovers, corrida, sangria, nice beaches, Invincible Armada, history full of blood connected to South America.
Italy- Ruthless Mafia, annoying people that talks so fast, beautiful cars, dynamic and fast-living people, their Romans grandfathers had a great deal in civilization of Europe, despite their brutal way of having fun in Colloseum. Head of Catholicism, hence moral guilty for hundreds of thousands of dead innocents guilty of being “heretics”
Romania- thieves, gypsies, Dracula, third-world, still beautiful women there and also gorgeous landscapes.
Hungary- brand less country, was once a big and powerful empire along with Austria.
Turkey- brand less country today, but their past is full of stories. Conquerors of a big chunk of the world, today they can be proud maybe with their high quality tourism industry. Don`t know something else.
Iran- i don`t know what to say, there are big differences between Iran, Irak, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, etc. although they seem to me belonging the same family.. About Iran..hard to say, Persian Culture which have lots in common with Arabian but also differs a lot. Contradictory feelings, on one side we can talk about honor, straight and honest people. But also we can talk about religious fanatics. I can`t talk about other things, because everybody knows they exist, still no one admits it. Still, undoubtedly Persian (and Arabian) world played a great role in human civilization if we think at maths, laws, geometry, architectures,etc. Today things are greyed,and sometimes darken, contradictory worlds, that needs to improve its image.
Indonesia- somehow exotic country, “far away” from the rest of the world, hard to understand, hard to define. Let`s just say rugby , virgin beaches and jungle.
USA- hypocrites, arrogant, great economical power, the” vacuum” of most of the “brilliant minds” in the world attracted by the promise for a better life, they try to play the role of the “Guardian of the World” by force, dirty jobs lately when with the excuse of “democratization” they enforce small, weak countries to pass their oil resources, by any means.
Japan- beautiful and strong culture, samurais, honor, hard-working and nationalistic, the “miracle” of the last century recovering from ashes of atomic bombing.
Sweden, Norway, Denmark- parts of the same slice, Scandinavian world, one of the best (if not the best) places to live regarding quality of life. Offspring of warriors Vikings, great sailors of the past.
Russia- cold country, vodka-lovers, for a long time a barbarian and ruthless place to live, still today President`s enemy are killed with no shame. They oppressed tens of countries surrounding their borders by enforcing communism. Still, rich in resources country which blackmails Europe when it comes to worming their homes in the middle of the winter.
Now, I`ve done my part. The rest of the articles lie in your fingers, by picking up few countries (of course, not yours) and posting your opinion about eRepublik`s image of those countries. Again, post your opinion about eRepublik image of countries, NOT REAL WORLD. For real world you can see above.And then compare to real-world image, to see if this game really is a “new world”.
Best Regards
P.S: this is not about how you`d love to be perceived your real-world country. Just look what i`ve said about my own country, Romania. So stop claiming a more "accurate" picture of your beautiful, incredible, fantastic country . That asks for work, hard work of many generations 🙂
Anyway, a wider and more complete explanation of "country`s branding" concept you can find in my next article
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arme q1 13 ron bucata.
Am dat log in din nou, ca sa-ti spun ca azi ti-am dat subscride din nou. Zbor la munci, spor.
hehe
england - enter ww2 as an empire came out as a little island
france - the origin of modern society and moral principles
germany - "always something better"
USA - the new world order 😉
Israel - bloody zionists killing arabs for land, the majority are nice people though 🙂
Russia - contemporary fascism
China - comutalism
Iron@votka= it`s bolded.. you are to say what do you think about EREPUBLIK IMAGE of countries.
Good idea, MoonlightShadow but I havo to correct one point of yours: Iran is influenced by the Arabs but it's culture is Persian (Farsi). The game proposal is great anyway.
I have to tell that I see a real difference between my country (Hungary) IRL and eHungary. The IRL country today is more or less frustrated and without so much solidarity and without strong society. Here in erep, society of eHungary is much more coherent, perhaps because of the war. In peacetime, the similarities were more obvious.
Thanks for the proposal. Noroc bun si sanitate!
Subs, but where is poland?;d
You forgot to mention one very important thing in Sweden: Infinite amount of extremely hot blondes 😛
Nu dati bani pe porcarii luati-va arme dragi copii! q1-12 lei + reduceri mari pt cei cu nivel sub 10 prv me
@Dorian Derezic: true 😁 But you don`t want endless barbarian hordes to come in Sweden for your hot blondes, do you? 😃
indonesia - 24 hours soldier
do not work or buy from IK Holding , its an Iranian company ..
@quicksilver: you really know this game 🙂
Almost all your nominations were mighty empires at some point, and I believe that's why we remember them so well *sigh*. Yet, I still wonder why this games was dubbed "eRepublik", with so few actual republics out there... and btw, no republic wannabes, just plain ambitious empires...
I can only quote Quicksilver
eRomania - country of paradoxes; the best friends and worst enemies, ruthlessly trying to be an empire and sulking heavily when it is not successful - but never stop trying. Pragmatic but full of strange humor sometimes, so one always have to stay on one's toes with them.
Hehe great initiative Moonlight, and even better comment there Quicksilver, I can just agree, including my own country, Spain. Though i would quit the banned thing (In fact some of our people used the GOLD bug massively just to force admins to do something about it) and add that we take ATLANTIS very seriously, always acting for the best of it (At least since I was born).
Thanks MoonlightShadow - I hope I did not spoil your game. 🙂
"Turkey- brand less country today, but their past is full of stories. Conquerors of a big chunk of the world, stopped to enter Europe by Romania`s several centuries resistance. "
Correct me if I am wrong but there was no Rumania at the time the Turks were stopped (15-17. centuries). If you said Rumanian people there would be some space to argue, but certainly no country by that name for centuries...
You know David Cerny? 🙂
Thanks for a great article and great comments!
@Bretwalda: Romanian Country, Moldavia and Transylvania, where turks stopped, were all Romanians lands.. They managed to unite in 1918, and pick the name of Romania, but 2000 years ago all three countries were parts of Dacia, who fought Roman Empire. So, it`s true that this three countries didn`t had the name of "Romania", but were inhabited only by romanians. So, you`re wrong 🙂
"stopped to enter Europe by Romania`s several centuries resistance. "
Hm... I think it was Hungary. Romania was conquered. 😛
btw I'd like to explain something that people have remarked upon; when I call a country 'it' it is by no means disrespect, only the fact that in Hungarian we do not have female third person pronoun, so I always automatically use 'it' when one is needed. Actually for me all countries being referred by a female pronoun has extremely strange associations - e.g. for me Romania or Finnland is absolutely male-ish. 🙂
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misho:
if you dont know about something , please dont talk about that.
you dont know ? there isnt any arab in Iran and iranin language isnt arabic but you write in the first " arabian cultur"
I advice to you first studty then write .
and you write this article just for insulting and its swedish cultur
not voted
and unsub
@MoonlightShadow You are wrong as you wrote yourself: there was no Rumania at the time the Turks were stopped and there was no such country until 1918. Period.
The rest is speculation and "under debate" to put it diplomatically.
Dude, Iran is not arabic 🙂
They're persians !
This is the ultimate insult for them 🙂
@bretwalda: ok, if I`m having two arms and kick you, it`s not "me" that kicks you, it`s "my left arm" and "my right arm"..ok, i`m wrong 🙂
"stopped to enter Europe by Romania`s several centuries resistance. "
nope, it was Croatia, under austro-hungarian control at that time.
they came to our borders, they took quite a bit of our land, but they didn't take it all, and we stopped them 🙂
@Atilaa,
Uh, what have I said? I do have about 800 user accounts here on eRepublik but I can assure you that none of them are Quicksilver.
food Q3 - 5.2 ron. PM
http://www.ottomansouvenir.com/img/Maps/Ottoman_Empire_Map_1359-1856.jpg
Indonesia is a world of its own,..
ok ok ok 😁)))
everybody stopped the turks 😁))
but most importantly Romanian Country stopped them at Danube 😃 😛
(although in the end turks took control politically, just like eRepublik take-over, by naming kings)
Actually, MoonlightShadow, that is the closest to the truth: Turks were stopped in many places, not in one.
Misho, I said nothing about Iran being Arabic! I know and like Arabic culture as well as Persian, but I would not make that mistake as to mix them.
Gizas...turks are everywhere 😃
@moonlightshadow - you're right! They did a TO in Romania(Valachia, Matzlandia, whatever) 😃
@MoonlightShadow: The point is that your false information leads to false thought in other people.
Are you sure that it is valid to say that people that had no country, no state and no written documents of existence had the power to stop a world power (Ottoman Turkey)?
Or maybe it is safe to assume that it was a country and state and army and culture of Hungary that actually existed beyond doubt at that time?
Honestly, what do you think is more likely? Or do you doubt the existence of medieval Hungary?
@bretwalda: please, stop it, you`re starting to insult with "Are you sure that it is valid to say that people that had no country, no state and no written documents of existence had the power to stop a world power (Ottoman Turkey)".
Comments like yours fuels the hate of romanians toward your country. I don`t need a document to prove that my grand-grand-grand fathers were here long before you even arrived in Europe. I can simply watch their graves, and you`re invited if you wish.
Stick to posting opinion about eRepublik countries if you wish, thank you.
Arme q1 12 ron
Paine q2 2.5 ron
hehe, it's a flame war, and the topic is: Who stoped turkey XD
great ,congrats!
Flabuert wrote something like this as a joke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_Received_Ideas ,
sorry misho 😃
i want to say: @ MoonlightShadow
Yes Bretwalda, you are wrong...
Full of wrong textbook indoctrination...
[another thread down in flames...?]
eRussia - not such a big power. Has nothing important to tell us. They don't have a sense of propriety. They don't make noise.
eIndonesia - they are more animated than any other country. Having a big sense of propriety and war, they don't have peace until they fight 😛
eSpain - conservative and skeptic regarding foreigners (even if they are allies). But once you gain their trust, they 'adopt' you.
Kind of paranoid when it comes to ATLANTIS help...they always think that their allies doesn't care enough for them. A country of political contrast: from extremism, to traditional view.
Csak annyit szeretnék mondani, hogy amikor mi idejöttünk, azon az éjszakán a románok ellopták a lovainkat 😃
@MoonlightShadow: Transylvania has never been a "Romanian Country", and you occupied it in 1918. Hmm some things are always the same...either in real world or in e-world...
@Sanya18: De hát akkor ők még itt sem voltak!! 😉
@MoonlightShadow:
Could you tell me why you mention, let say the flaws,of one religion (ie Islam in your post) and forgot the others?
sorry to bring RL issues in Erep but you started it,what about the excommunication of 9 year old child because she aborted after her step-father abuse?what about paedophilia priest?
For your information excision isn't mentioned in any of the 3 holy books but different communities of those 3 religions do practise it.
And other information not all Arabs are Muslims and not all Muslims are Arabs.
So next time please be thorough and don't write about what apparently you don't know.
the game intention was great but your lack of knowledge and " what I saw on TV is always right" style makes it a flame war.
i really dont want to insult anyone but the history is a thing that everyone like to explain like : "We did this end this we were here at xxxx". But there is a thousend missing and fake information in the history so stop arguing about tha past but know the past learn from the old faults.BTW we are all humans.