UPDATED: Your chance to influence national policy!

[12th Doctor]

My country will consist of Districts 70 and 75 and will be called "The Republic of Iroquois" as that region was once populated by those proud peoples.  The Republic is divided into five state.

I think 75 is taken.

http://www.geocities.com/americanatlas05/atlas.html

Yeah, it was taken by me, I believe.

[12th Doctor]

Here is all the vital info on my country. 

My country will consist of Districts 70 and 75 and will be called "The Republic of Iroquois" as that region was once populated by those proud peoples.  The Republic is divided into five states:

Erie:  Erie is made up of all of the counties that touch the shores of lake Erie and also includes Cattarabgus, Wyoming, Genesee and Niagra Counties, New York and Mercer and Crawford Counties in PA.  The state capital is Jamestown, which lies on the southern shore of the beautiful Lake Chautauqua.  It was choosen for it's central location.

Pittsburgh:  Pittsburgh is made up of Lawrence, Butler, Allegheny, Beaver, Westmoreland, Washington, Greene and Fayette Counties in PA.  The capital is, of course, Pittsburgh.

Shurtha: Shurtha is made up of all of the counties in PA that are south of Clearfield, Jefferson and Armstrong Counties.  Named for the two popular US congressmen Bud Shuster and Jack Murtha, it's state capital is located in Altoona.

Allegheny:  Allegheny is made up of the remaining counties of counties of District 75 (Western PA) and Allagany, Stuben, Chemung, Tioga, Schuyler, Tomkins, Broome, Cortland, Chenanco and Delaware counties in New York.  As the state lacks a large central city, the capital has been located to Elmira.

Ontario:  Ontario is made up of all of the remaining areas of District 70 (Northwestern New York) from Rochester to the boarder with District 68.  The state capital is situated in Syracuse.

The National capital is located in Buffalo.  The city of Buffalo proper is a Federal District, and thus is not included in Erie, thought the suburbs in Erie County, New York are considered part of the state of Erie.

[DanielX]

District 6 - Wyoming.

EDIT: My new nation shall be called : The Amalgamated Republic of Wyoming. OR just Wyoming.

I'd like to add 78 (western Nebraska) to the Amalgamated Republic.

[12th Doctor]

Also, I was thinking, certain terrian features should give a slight offensive or defensive bonus.

For instance, if a faction is attacked across a large river, like, say, the Mississippi or Ohio, then it should recieve a defensive bonus of 20%.  Same if they are defending an area known to be mountainous, like West Virginia or western Colorado.  This would, in turn, give a bit of a leg up to poorer countries, as territories with less money are usually poorer (though not always).

At the same time, the attacker should get a modest bonus for attacking accross areas that are known to be very flat (like the Great Plains or areas that are predominantly next to big rivers, but they do not have to acctually cross the river to attack).

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'll take 98 and 96, and merge them into the Revolutionary Democratic Republic of Minnesota.

[7,052,770]

I'll take 120 and 94.

[12th Doctor]

If it is decided that we are allowed 3 district, I pre-claim District 74.

[Adam Griffin]

We are only claiming two districts at this point in time. I will being working on the map in 1-2 hours and refurbishing the main topic, as right now I am intoxicated and will probably screw up the maps at this point in time.

[12th Doctor]

We are only claiming two districts at this point in time. I will being working on the map in 1-2 hours and refurbishing the main topic, as right now I am intoxicated and will probably screw up the maps at this point in time.

That's okay, I broke into the Remy Martin about an hour ago, so I'm getting a bit happy now too. 

[2952-0-0]

Oh, can you change mine to "People's Autonomous Commonwealth of Alaska"? My district has all the oil!!

[12th Doctor]

I would like to form a OCPEC with Al... Organization of Coal Producing and Exporting Countries. 


Acctually, I am being 100% serious, it just sounds funny.

We can set prices and crush other nation's economies. 

[Platypus]

May I also have district 40?

[John Dibble]

May I also have district 40?

If it's next to your other district and hasn't been claimed yet.

[Platypus]

check and check.

Oh, btw, i'll call District 40 'Columbia', after the river. I'd also like to rename 43 from 'Sequioa' to "Willamette', to follow the trend

Alcon, Immy-I think an alliance would be a wise idea. Immy, you're my buffer zone

I'm going to be pretty peaceful. I think it would be good to make the northwest a shining beacon of prosperity and developement...wait, it already is

Anyway, I'd like to join an alliance with you if you will be peaceful. I won't attack you, but if yuou attack me I will defend. I might try to overtake some unoccupied territories to my south, however.

[2952-0-0]

I'm Alaska so can I make an alliance with you guys? I have most the oil in the US

[Platypus]

You're southern Florida, Dean

[John Dibble]

I'm Alaska so can I make an alliance with you guys? I have most the oil in the US

There's oil in Florida?  BTW: 7 != 1

You've put yourself in a wierd position, Dean - I've pretty much got you bottled in. Good thing for you I don't have plans on invading your territories. Also, pick another district next to your current one, because you can have a second one.

[Adam Griffin]

Current Standings:

[12th Doctor]

Current Standings:

Ummmm... I took on district 70.

[Adam Griffin]

Sorry, I got your territory confused with the Philadelphia territory. I fixed it, however.

[Adam Griffin]

UPDATE:[/U] Edit: I re-did the 'TAKEN' slots; they are up-to-date. I also added the current rules to this first post.

I want to do an experiment. We all have our own opinions, and we try to demonstrate our reasons via this forum. However, there is only so much that we can explain. I think it would be interesting if we played a game with our views. I've devised the beginnings of a political game in which an individual takes control of a region of the United States and manages it to his or her desire. You can make alliances, war, buildings, build your economy and ultimately influence other players. Below is some more general information in the game.

Prologue:

The year is 2036. Political turmoil has ripped the nation apart. For nearly the past four decades, the country has been divided politically in half. The branches were constantly stalled due to extreme partisan politics. Upset, millions of Americans, both liberal and conservative, joined the Libertarian movement. In an unexpected and unprecedented move, several million of these angry citizens swamped Washington D.C., invaded federal buildings, and in essence overthrew the useless government at its source. The Libertarian Party set up a new, provisional government to supervise the nation. However, this new government was too weak to hold the nation together. In a final attempt to "stabilize" the nation, the government split up the nation into 137 seperate districts.

District Map:
http://img300.echo.cx/img300/9881/disbored2yg.gif

Current Territories:
http://www.geocities.com/americanatlas05/dis_bored3.gif

District Populations:
District 1: 5,200,991 - TAKEN
District 2: 1,059,405
District 3: 3,040,522
District 4: 4,257,236
District 5: 3,460,914 - TAKEN
District 6: 501,242 - TAKEN
District 7: 648,818 - TAKEN
District 8: 1,257,608 - TAKEN
District 9: 917,621 - TAKEN
District 10: 9,680,212 - TAKEN
District 11: 11,065,770 - TAKEN
District 12: 2,778,660 - TAKEN
District 13: 760,720
District 14: 6,966,302 - TAKEN
District 15: 3,393,512
District 16: 751,468
District 17: 289,186 - TAKEN
District 18: 1,077,146 - TAKEN
District 19: 150,702
District 20: 1,576,541
District 21: 513,911
District 22: 655,728 - TAKEN
District 23: 398,610
District 24: 1,137,213
District 25: 3,389,260
District 26: 817,491
District 27: 1,076,164
District 28: 1,554,546
District 29: 1,928,826
District 30: 3,070,139 - TAKEN
District 31: 3,363,283
District 32: 268,872
District 33: 350,235
District 34: 383,335
District 35: 904,352
District 36: 1,305,728
District 37: 611,129
District 38: 1,630,056
District 39: 110,282
District 40: 1,263,980 - TAKEN
District 41: 464,571
District 42: 337,494
District 43: 1,493,551 - TAKEN
District 44: 530,608
District 45: 541,548
District 46: 925,214
District 47: 2,854,252 - TAKEN
District 48: 1,279,823 - TAKEN
District 49: 340,038
District 50: 316,628 - TAKEN
District 51: 188,223
District 52: 1,029,725 - TAKEN
District 53: 297,772
District 54: 765,375
District 55: 338,385
District 56: 83,868
District 57: 425,839
District 58: 2,639,449
District 59: 7,523,154 - TAKEN
District 60: 2,153,003
District 61: 792,323
District 62: 1,777,179
District 63: 548,367
District 64: 2,432,110
District 65: 3,303,782 - TAKEN
District 66: 3,588,591 - TAKEN
District 67: 13,136,185 - TAKEN
District 68: 397,720
District 69: 1,047,816
District 70: 4,608,394 - TAKEN
District 71: 5,745,374 - TAKEN
District 72: 2,893,022
District 73: 5,341,789 - TAKEN
District 74: 2,013,907
District 75: 5,009,759 - TAKEN
District 76: 5,508,909 - TAKEN
District 77: 957,774
District 78: 781,517 - TAKEN
District 79: 764,309
District 80: 633,837
District 81: 787,405
District 82: 1,936,102
District 83: 3,511,532 - TAKEN
District 84: 1,091,504
District 85: 819,243
District 86: 507,331
District 87: 2,082,674
District 88: 873,995 - TAKEN
District 89: 3,411,074 - TAKEN
District 90: 500,516
District 91: 3,899,130 - TAKEN
District 92: 1,514,060
District 93: 1,857,154
District 94: 1,125,120 - TAKEN
District 95: 2,725,714
District 96: 350,988 - TAKEN
District 97: 2,519,283 - TAKEN
District 98: 2,189,104 - TAKEN
District 99: 6,269,372 - TAKEN
District 100: 3,494,715
District 101: 315,898
District 102: 2,762,606
District 103: 2,709,693
District 104: 524,084 - TAKEN
District 105: 1,286,270 - TAKEN
District 106: 1,183,916
District 107: 1,119,807
District 108: 1,843,429
District 109: 1,191,857
District 110: 927,033
District 111: 2,055,697
District 112: 1,667,161
District 113: 1,248,914
District 114: 1,015,087 - TAKEN
District 115: 3,385,544
District 116: 1,820,549 - TAKEN
District 117: 3,965,704 - TAKEN
District 118: 766,103
District 119: 2,177,959
District 120: 1,057,339 - TAKEN
District 121: 216,026
District 122: 1,607,916
District 123: 2,098,131
District 124: 3,024,616
District 125: 3,284,501
District 126: 2,011,905
District 127: 3,779,330
District 128: 1,285,482
District 129: 1,229,242
District 130: 1,603,103
District 131: 3,021,522 - TAKEN
District 132: 3,174,121 - TAKEN
District 133: 9,123,899
District 134: 1,015,367
District 135: 2,520,278
District 136: 2,419,953 - TAKEN
District 137: 3,284,531 - TAKEN

[n]Claims:[/b]

jfern: District 67, 71
Lt. Governor Dean: District 1
bullmoose88: District 73
Judge Al: District 104, 105
Lewis Trondheim: District 8, 14
Adam Griffin: District 88, 89
Senator Gabu, PPT: District 11, 12
Alcon: District 48, 47
General Milk_and_Cereal: District 99, 114
Daniel X, plain and simple: District 6, 78
hughento: District 43, 40
Bono: District 7
John Dibble: District 91, 5
Akno21: District 76
Yaks Hairbrush: District 97
Blerpiez: District 30
Jedi Master Cardinal Brambilalikesverin: District 131, 132
WMS: Area 52, 50
Senator Colin Wixted: District 9
Lt. Gov. Immy: District 17, 18
Joe Republic: District 116, 117
Goldwater: District 83, 65
Injustice Ernest: District 10, 22
Supreme Emperor Harry, First Lord of Earth: District 120, 94
Supersoulty: District 75, 70
thefactor: District 59, 66
Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional: District 96, 98
FeZzYfEsToOn: District 136, 137

[Adam Griffin]

Territory Stat Point System:

MTLSTR:
ECOSTR:
ALLSTR:

10 Points Total

MTLSTR - Military Strength: Each point adds an attack point to each of your troops in how much damage they do each hour. For example, if your army size is 49,000 and you have 3 military strength points, your army will do approximately 147,000 damage per hour.

ECOSTR - Economic Strength: Each point adds an additional $5,000,000 to your daily budget. For example, if your daily budget base is $10,000,000 and you add 1 economic strength point, you will gain $15,000,000 each day as opposed to $10,000,000.

ALLSTR - Alliance Strength: Each point adds an additional alliance that you can join. For example, if you have 4 alliance strength points, you can join up to 4 alliances.

How Armies Attack:

Armies can move up to 500 miles daily (If the two factions are less than 500 miles apart, you are instantly in battle). Your base army population is 3.4% of your total population. Your army has attack power, obviously, or it wouldn't be an army. This is where the MILSTR points come in. When armies attack, they do a certain amount of damage per hour. Attack power formula is (army size x MILSTR points). Most likely, alliances will need to be formed in order to win wars, especially if you are outnumbered. Army HP is 50x your army's population. Buildings will have a preset amount of HP when you build them; individual HP will differ depending on importance of building. When an army is defeated, you are not finished; you must also demolish the capital of the territory. Each capital has 1,000,000 HP; essentially this is just a sit and wait ordeal as your army attacks, but also remember that the defeated army can make alliances during this period and your army may have to turn around and fight another territory's army. Capital HP is restored when a peace treaty is signed. If your army is defeated, you do not lose your army; it is just incapacitated until war is finished. If your territory is taken over, the victorious army can either seize your territory, or hand it back with a warning. If they decide to hand it back, they are free to bribe you to whatever extent they see fit; it is war, after all. 25% of the victor's army must remain in the seized territory in order to maintain it. If the occupying force leaves your former territory for more than 36 hours, you may move back into your territory (you have to walk from the Libertarian Federal District, however; even after 36 hours, if they return before you arrive, they still maintain the territory). If you are without territory, you must move into the Libertarian Federal District; here a Senate will be formed for all of the exiled territories and will function as one territory; however, the Federal District has no direct control over the other territories.

I will later be adding the HP and costs of buildings and militia units.

More War Costs and Rules:

#1: Base cost of war is $45,000,000 per day plus (100 x # of military units).
#2: If your territory is seized, while in exile you collect 50% of your former daily budget.
#3: Newly conquered neutral territories take 3 days to assimilate; meaning that they produce at half capacity and produce no military units during this time. Non-neutral territories will take 5 days.
#4: If two parts of your territory are seperated, the territory not containing the capital will begin to fall away from you. You will have 20 days to re-establish borders with this territory before it becomes neutral.
#5: You can buy neutral territory at a cost of (population x 1000). Each individual can buy up to three territories per month.
#6: Each territory must have at least one base per territory. Keep in mind strategic locations; this is where your armies will be stationed.

Military Base: $1,000,000 per day for each
Defensive Wall: $25,000 per mile per day; 5,000,000 HP.

#7: You are limited to the amount of moves you can make in one day. You have 6 military moves. Moving across inhabited territory into battle is 1 move, across uninhabited territory is 2 moves, making an alliance is 1 move, etc.

#8: Troops move at 20 miles per hour, whether at peace or war. Troops from allied forces that fight on your side during war move at 40 miles per hour.

If you would like to sign up, post here or send an email to
americanatlas05@yahoo.com.

[Adam Griffin]

Well guys, I'm out for the night. I'm aiming to start the game Sunday (but don't hold me to it), so be ready to start playing come Sunday.

[DanielX]

I'm Alaska so can I make an alliance with you guys? I have most the oil in the US

Would you like to negotiate an oil-for-food trade with the Amalgamated Republic of Wyoming? We've got plenty of Wyoming and  Nebraska grain. Only problem: transportation.

[Adam Griffin]

They are still open and I have added you to the list.