After seeing threads like Forums Risk or Untold Empires, I decided to make my own strategic roleplay. This roleplay takes place in the general modern era, after a near-apocalyptic plague. You can build countries, conquer others, and ultimately, attempt to survive.
Note: All countries were affected by the plague. If you create a country, you are technologicly limited. This prevents godmodding as well as preventing confusion.
Story
It all happened so fast. The new discoveries, the technological breakthroughs... yet it was all for naught. It is 2021 now, and after the plague struck in 2013, the world will never be the same.
The world quickly became paranoid, withdrawn. Then, as world powers blamed each other, tensions escalated, and war broke out. WWIII devestated the world. The USA, England, and most of Eroupe against China, Russia, Japan, and Germany. Middle East extremeism didn't help the situation either.
Nations broke up. Millions, ten millions, even more brutally slaughtered. As countries reformed and organized alliances, a glimmer of hope begin to emerge. However, betrayals and limmited rescources have sparked tensions yet again...
Map
Map Legend:
Nuclear Symbol = (Nuclear Meltdown/Bomb)
Red = D.S.N.R.
Dark Blue = The New Roman Order
Orange = S.H.R.M.
Purple = Scandanavian Republic
Yellow = C.C.P.
Dark Green = New American Legion
Light Blue = New Alaskan Republic
Light Green = E.A.U.
Light Purple/Pink = P.O.N.Y.
Dark Grey = H.I.C.
Light Grey = U.E.E.M.N.
Light Brown = Republic of South-East Asia
Black = Cuba
Aqua = Ethiopia
Dark Brown = U.A.R. (Anarchic)
Dull Pink = D.U.S.A.
Dark Red = Stentia
(Small Unseen Outposts in Antarctica) = Antarctica
Nation Application
Name of Country: Where the Country is: (General region or modern day country/countries) Form of Government: (Dictatorship, democracy, etc.) National Language: History: (A few sentances about how your country came to be.) Education: (What laws are in place regarding education?) Military Personel: (How many people in the military? This should be relevant to the modern population of the country/countries.) Religion: (If you have a required religion) Country Population: (Should be relevant to the modern population of the country/countries.) Rural - Urban Rating: (10 if the country is completely industrialized and most of the population lives in cities, 1 if many people live in farms and the cities are very small. Most countries are between 3 and 7.) Suggestions: (What would make this roleplay better) Other: (Anything else you feel that you should add.)
Moderator Application
Why you want to be a moderator: (At least 5 sentances detailing why you think you should be a moderator) How active you are: (How often do you check the forums or how often will you post to this topic if need be?) I agree that I have rights to accept or deny applications, and to do simmilar neccesary things regarding this topic, but understand that I can and will not directly affect the course of this roleplay immediately based on my status as a moderator: (Yes or No) Suggestions: (What would make this roleplay better) Other: (Anything else you feel that you should add.)
Moderators
Randomness3333
hartham
TheEvanCat
Administrator
EpicEnderMiner
Rules
1. No Godmodding
This means becoming invincible or overpowered. You aren't allowed to send 10,000,000,000 troops and instantly wipe out everyone. It just won't happen.
2. No Metagaming
This means knowing what the other people are doing or thinking. You can't, for instance, know exactly when the other people are planning to attack you just based on their post. This is, however, not a valid rule if you have spies. The use of spies, though, must have been previously confirmed.
3. Listen to Moderators and Administrators
EpicEnderMiner is the only administrator. If he decides something regarding your country, his word is final. There are also moderators, who's main purpouse is to accept applications when the administrator is offline and to keep the roleplay running smoothly. If they make an outrageous demand, you are not required to listen to it, and contact the administrator. However, in general, listen to and respect moderators.
4. No Powerplaying
This means controlling another person's character. You can't say, "I throw a rock at Johnny, it hits him, and he dies instantly." You can, however, say "I throw a rock at Johnny, hoping that it will hit him." In this case, whoever is controlling Johnny needs to be allowed time to react to you.
Note: I may update/change this if the need arises.
Timeline 1 Page = 1 Week.
This means that for every page written in the roleplay, a week will have passed.
Note: This may be changed if neccesary. Suggestions would be welcome.
Suggested Posting Methods - Letters: Someone in your country writing a letter to another person in your country, refering to an important event or simmilar. - Announcements: A news-style list describing events taking place, either from a third person perspective or the perspective of local media. - Others: Be creative in your method(s) of posting; as long as it conveys information regarding your country, any format is fine.
Current Affairs Major Wars: None Natural Disasters: Unknown pandemic spreads through Africa and southern Europe! Causes fevers and exhaustion in adults, can kill infants and elderly. Economic Depressions: None Other Events of Note: None
Record Countries
Country with the most land: D.S.N.R.
Country with the most technology: Tie between D.S.N.R, N.R.O, E.A.U, and N.A.L.
Country with the largest military: E.A.U.
Note: the website and OOC should be used for general discussion about the roleplay, but not for roleplaying itself. Ideas and questions should also be conversed on the website or OOC. However, it is not required to use either.
Thank you for reading, and I hope you join The Downfall of Nations!
Name of Country: Demo-Socialist Nation of Russia (D.S.N.R) Where the Country is: Form of Government: Communist National Language: Russian History: During the war Russia was constantly the target of other countries due to the sheer size of the landmass they owned and the number of resources within them. During the plague Russia's military force was still quite strong, and even if they weren't, the number of nuclear weapons managed to hold off the other countries. A part of the reason they lost so much land was because a large so much land is because they were undergoing a socialist revolution at the time, and had to deal with the reform of government along with the plague and resource wars. Education: Education is mainly free, yet is posing quite a strain on the Russian economy. Military Personnel: The Russian's possess an adequate military, but it is quite strained after the recent war. Religion: About 40% of the population follows the Russian Orthodox, and 10% in other religions. The rest are either atheist or spiratual but non religious. Country Population: 90 million. Rural- Urban Rating: Much of western Russia was saved, including Moscow. Development managed to spread some so I would say a 7. Suggestions List a specific posting method so we don't have to come up with one on our own. Other:
Name of Country:Combined Coalition of the Pacific (CCP)
Where the Country is: Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
Form of Government: Democracy
National Language: English
Education: All children must have some degree of knowledge in medicine, science and mathematics. Lest the wolves take them.
Military Personnel: 28,000 (Greatly weakened by plague.)
Religion: [Error, standard not found]
Country Population: 17,830,003
Rural - Urban Rating: 5
Suggestions: A current affairs portion of the OP that lists wars and major events.
Other: All good.
Name of Country: The new roman order
Where the Country is: Italy,Germany,france, mainly what the romans had before it started to crumble
Form of Government: Republic
National Language: German ((due to Germany being strongest in the area at the time))
Education: They are taught normally until the year of "sophmore" then are taught specifically in one field of work such as military or agriculture etc.
Military Personel: Around 1,000,000
Religion: Christianity
Country Population: around 13,276,743
Rural - Urban Rating: 6
Suggestions: Show what parts of the world are taken on the world map
Other: (Anything else you feel that you should add.)
Name of Country: The Safe Haven Republic of Madagascar (S.H.R.M.) Where the Country is: Madagascar Form of Government: Oligarchy (A few wealthy aristocrats rule) National Language: English Education: Starting at the age of 5, all children must attend the official S.H.R.M. academies that teach a wide variety of subjects. At the age of 18, all males must endure 1 year of military training. Military Personnel: Every single fit male must enter the military at the age of 21. The population of S.H.R.M is roughly 3/5 male population, so there are roughly 3,000,000 military personnel throughout the S.H.R.M. This may change drastically due to the recent influx in refugees fleeing for a safe, isolated place. Religion: Religion is forbidden, as it is a distraction to the needs of the S.H.R.M. Country Population: 5,000,000 (Including refugees from other abandoned nations). This may change drastically due to the recent influx in refugees fleeing for a safe, isolated place. Rural - Urban Rating: 6 Suggestions: Maybe you should suggest natural disasters and events, so people in the area get affected and have to make some changes to their countries? Other: I'm really eager to get started in this role-play, and I'm already devising some evil plans.
Name of Country: Demo-Socialist Nation of Russia (D.S.N.R) Where the Country is: Form of Government: Communist National Language: Russian History: During the war Russia was constantly the target of other countries due to the sheer size of the landmass they owned and the number of resources within them. During the plague Russia's military force was still quite strong, and even if they weren't, the number of nuclear weapons managed to hold off the other countries. A part of the reason they lost so much land was because a large so much land is because they were undergoing a socialist revolution at the time, and had to deal with the reform of government along with the plague and resource wars. Education: Education is mainly free, yet is posing quite a strain on the Russian economy. Military Personnel: The Russian's possess an adequate military, but it is quite strained after the recent war. Religion: About 40% of the population follows the Russian Orthodox, and 10% in other religions. The rest are either atheist or spiratual but non religious. Country Population: 90 million. Rural- Urban Rating: Much of western Russia was saved, including Moscow. Development managed to spread some so I would say a 7. Suggestions List a specific posting method so we don't have to come up with one on our own. Other:
Name of Country:Combined Coalition of the Pacific (CCP)
Where the Country is: Australia, New Zealand and a small portion of Papua New Guinea.
Form of Government: Democracy
National Language: English
Education: All children must have some degree of knowledge in medicine, science and mathematics. Lest the wolves take them.
Military Personnel: 4,021,275
Religion: [Error, standard not found]
Country Population: 19,830,149
Rural - Urban Rating: 5
Suggestions: A current affairs portion of the OP that lists wars and major events.
Other: All good.
I would accept, but the military personnel based on the population and current military personnel in the area is too high. Australia has 59,000 people in its military, and New Zealand has only 8,000. Maybe bring the numbers down, or claim more countries with more people.
Name of Country: The new roman order
Where the Country is: Italy,Germany,france, mainly what the romans had before it started to crumble
Form of Government: Republic
National Language: German ((due to Germany being strongest in the area at the time))
Education: They are taught normally until the year of "sophmore" then are taught specifically in one field of work such as military or agriculture etc.
Military Personel: Around 1,000,000
Religion: Christianity
Country Population: around 13,276,743
Rural - Urban Rating: 6
Suggestions: Show what parts of the world are taken on the world map
Other: (Anything else you feel that you should add.)
Name of Country: Renewed Dutch Where the Country is: The Netherlands and the North part of Belgium. Form of Government: Democraty National Language: Dutch Education: Education is Required Military Personel: 3.000.000 Religion: There is no recuired religion. Country Population: 16.696.000 Rural - Urban Rating: 3 Suggestions: Same as above my post Other: One of my first RP on the Forums.
A bit too high of military, I'd bring it down quite a bit or claim more countries to increase the population.
Name of Country: The Safe Haven Republic of Madagascar (S.H.R.M.) Where the Country is: Madagascar Form of Government: Oligarchy (A few wealthy aristocrats rule) National Language: English Education: Starting at the age of 5, all children must attend the official S.H.R.M. academies that teach a wide variety of subjects. At the age of 18, all males must endure 1 year of military training. Military Personnel: Every single fit male must enter the military at the age of 21. The population of S.H.R.M is roughly 3/5 male population, so there are roughly 3,000,000 military personnel throughout the S.H.R.M. This may change drastically due to the recent influx in refugees fleeing for a safe, isolated place. Religion: Religion is forbidden, as it is a distraction to the needs of the S.H.R.M. Country Population: 5,000,000 (Including refugees from other abandoned nations). This may change drastically due to the recent influx in refugees fleeing for a safe, isolated place. Rural - Urban Rating: 6 Suggestions: Maybe you should suggest natural disasters and events, so people in the area get affected and have to make some changes to their countries? Other: I'm really eager to get started in this role-play, and I'm already devising some evil plans.
I like it, but just like some of the other apps, the military is a bit too OP. I don't think that every single male in the entire country would be old enough, young enough, or fit enough to enter the military. Also, I don't think refugees would flee to a country if that country forced every male to be in the military. Like the others, either claim more countries, or take the military down quite a bit.
I said every male at the age of 21 and was fit enough is forced to join the military. So if they're too young, or too old, or not fit enough, then they obviously can't join the military.
Also, I agree with your statement regarding refugees. No one exactly likes being forced into things. Consider it removed.
Finally, is it possible to claim other countries LATER in the game, so I can start out in Madagascar and start slowly expanding?
Alright. Thanks for the info. After my recent revisions, is my application accepted? I've decided not to claim any other countries in order to keep my nation safe.
If you took it down to about 1,000,000 military, I would accept it. Maybe 2,000,000, but it still just wouldn't be logical for a small jungle island to have more military by 3x than most of Europe.
Name of Country: Scandanavian Republic Where the Country is: Norway, Sweden, Northern Denmark, Finland, Form of Government: Republic National Language: Norwegian History: The Scandanavian countries being the few countries not greatly affected by the chaos, they decided to unite, seeing the oppurtinity for expansion. They announced Oslo, Norway, as the capital. They Norway and Sweden being the main military areas, Denmark and Finland supply the two with supplies and soldiers. Education: All Children (both boys and girls, the girls, however, have different Standards than the boys) are required to pass a fitness And Mental test at 12, or they are . Military Personnel: 1,678,921 Religion: The Norse Gods Country Population: 23,456,679 (Norway 7mil, Finland 5mil, Sweden 9mil, Northern Denmark 2mil) Rural - Urban Rating: 6 Suggestions: Zone off a section of Asia or Africa or some un-developed part of the world ( Not trying to be racist with Asia and Africa, but they're just the most undeveloped, sorry If I offended anyone) and designate it as "Infected Zone" and have the population decrease 5k per year for all infected countries. Also, countries can rebel. Other: All good, as far as I can see.
After seeing threads like Forums Risk or Untold Empires, I decided to make my own strategic roleplay. This roleplay takes place in the general modern era, after a near-apocalyptic plague. You can build countries, conquer others, and ultimately, attempt to survive.
Note: All countries were affected by the plague. If you create a country, you are technologicly limited. This prevents godmodding as well as preventing confusion.
Story
It all happened so fast. The new discoveries, the technological breakthroughs... yet it was all for naught. It is 2021 now, and after the plague struck in 2013, the world will never be the same.
The world quickly became paranoid, withdrawn. Then, as world powers blamed each other, tensions escalated, and war broke out. WWIII devestated the world. The USA, England, and most of Eroupe against China, Russia, Japan, and Germany. Middle East extremeism didn't help the situation either.
Nations broke up. Millions, ten millions, even more brutally slaughtered. As countries reformed and organized alliances, a glimmer of hope begin to emerge. However, betrayals and limmited rescources have sparked tensions yet again...
Map
Map Legend:
Nuclear Symbol = (Nuclear Meltdown/Bomb)
Red = D.S.N.R.
Dark Blue = The New Roman Order
Orange = S.H.R.M.
Purple = Scandanavian Republic
Yellow = C.C.P.
Dark Green = New American Legion
Light Blue = New Alaskan Republic
Light Green = E.A.U.
Light Purple/Pink = P.O.N.Y.
Dark Grey = H.I.C.
Light Grey = U.E.E.M.N.
Light Brown = Republic of South-East Asia
Black = Cuba
Aqua = Ethiopia
Dark Brown = U.A.R. (Anarchic)
Dull Pink = D.U.S.A.
Dark Red = Stentia
(Small Unseen Outposts in Antarctica) = Antarctica
Nation Application
Name of Country:
Where the Country is: (General region or modern day country/countries)
Form of Government: (Dictatorship, democracy, etc.)
National Language:
History: (A few sentances about how your country came to be.)
Education: (What laws are in place regarding education?)
Military Personel: (How many people in the military? This should be relevant to the modern population of the country/countries.)
Religion: (If you have a required religion)
Country Population: (Should be relevant to the modern population of the country/countries.)
Rural - Urban Rating: (10 if the country is completely industrialized and most of the population lives in cities, 1 if many people live in farms and the cities are very small. Most countries are between 3 and 7.)
Suggestions: (What would make this roleplay better)
Other: (Anything else you feel that you should add.)
Moderator Application
Why you want to be a moderator: (At least 5 sentances detailing why you think you should be a moderator)
How active you are: (How often do you check the forums or how often will you post to this topic if need be?)
I agree that I have rights to accept or deny applications, and to do simmilar neccesary things regarding this topic, but understand that I can and will not directly affect the course of this roleplay immediately based on my status as a moderator: (Yes or No)
Suggestions: (What would make this roleplay better)
Other: (Anything else you feel that you should add.)
Moderators
Randomness3333
hartham
TheEvanCat
Administrator
EpicEnderMiner
Rules
1. No Godmodding
This means becoming invincible or overpowered. You aren't allowed to send 10,000,000,000 troops and instantly wipe out everyone. It just won't happen.
2. No Metagaming
This means knowing what the other people are doing or thinking. You can't, for instance, know exactly when the other people are planning to attack you just based on their post. This is, however, not a valid rule if you have spies. The use of spies, though, must have been previously confirmed.
3. Listen to Moderators and Administrators
EpicEnderMiner is the only administrator. If he decides something regarding your country, his word is final. There are also moderators, who's main purpouse is to accept applications when the administrator is offline and to keep the roleplay running smoothly. If they make an outrageous demand, you are not required to listen to it, and contact the administrator. However, in general, listen to and respect moderators.
4. No Powerplaying
This means controlling another person's character. You can't say, "I throw a rock at Johnny, it hits him, and he dies instantly." You can, however, say "I throw a rock at Johnny, hoping that it will hit him." In this case, whoever is controlling Johnny needs to be allowed time to react to you.
Note: I may update/change this if the need arises.
Timeline
1 Page = 1 Week.
This means that for every page written in the roleplay, a week will have passed.
Note: This may be changed if neccesary. Suggestions would be welcome.
Suggested Posting Methods
- Letters: Someone in your country writing a letter to another person in your country, refering to an important event or simmilar.
- Announcements: A news-style list describing events taking place, either from a third person perspective or the perspective of local media.
- Others: Be creative in your method(s) of posting; as long as it conveys information regarding your country, any format is fine.
Current Affairs
Major Wars: None
Natural Disasters: Unknown pandemic spreads through Africa and southern Europe! Causes fevers and exhaustion in adults, can kill infants and elderly.
Economic Depressions: None
Other Events of Note: None
Record Countries
Country with the most land: D.S.N.R.
Country with the most technology: Tie between D.S.N.R, N.R.O, E.A.U, and N.A.L.
Country with the largest military: E.A.U.
Website and OOC
The Downfall of Nations website is located at http://downfallofnations.webs.com/.
The Downfall of Nations Out of Character thread is located at http://www.minecraft...of-nations-ooc/.
Be sure to check these out!
Note: the website and OOC should be used for general discussion about the roleplay, but not for roleplaying itself. Ideas and questions should also be conversed on the website or OOC. However, it is not required to use either.
Thank you for reading, and I hope you join The Downfall of Nations!
Where the Country is:
Form of Government: Communist
National Language: Russian
History: During the war Russia was constantly the target of other countries due to the sheer size of the landmass they owned and the number of resources within them. During the plague Russia's military force was still quite strong, and even if they weren't, the number of nuclear weapons managed to hold off the other countries. A part of the reason they lost so much land was because a large so much land is because they were undergoing a socialist revolution at the time, and had to deal with the reform of government along with the plague and resource wars.
Education: Education is mainly free, yet is posing quite a strain on the Russian economy.
Military Personnel: The Russian's possess an adequate military, but it is quite strained after the recent war.
Religion: About 40% of the population follows the Russian Orthodox, and 10% in other religions. The rest are either atheist or spiratual but non religious.
Country Population: 90 million.
Rural- Urban Rating: Much of western Russia was saved, including Moscow. Development managed to spread some so I would say a 7.
Suggestions List a specific posting method so we don't have to come up with one on our own.
Other:
Where the Country is: Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
Form of Government: Democracy
National Language: English
Education: All children must have some degree of knowledge in medicine, science and mathematics. Lest the wolves take them.
Military Personnel: 28,000 (Greatly weakened by plague.)
Religion: [Error, standard not found]
Country Population: 17,830,003
Rural - Urban Rating: 5
Suggestions: A current affairs portion of the OP that lists wars and major events.
Other: All good.
Where the Country is: Italy,Germany,france, mainly what the romans had before it started to crumble
Form of Government: Republic
National Language: German ((due to Germany being strongest in the area at the time))
Education: They are taught normally until the year of "sophmore" then are taught specifically in one field of work such as military or agriculture etc.
Military Personel: Around 1,000,000
Religion: Christianity
Country Population: around 13,276,743
Rural - Urban Rating: 6
Suggestions: Show what parts of the world are taken on the world map
Other: (Anything else you feel that you should add.)
Where the Country is: Madagascar
Form of Government: Oligarchy (A few wealthy aristocrats rule)
National Language: English
Education: Starting at the age of 5, all children must attend the official S.H.R.M. academies that teach a wide variety of subjects. At the age of 18, all males must endure 1 year of military training.
Military Personnel: Every single fit male must enter the military at the age of 21. The population of S.H.R.M is roughly 3/5 male population, so there are roughly 3,000,000 military personnel throughout the S.H.R.M. This may change drastically due to the recent influx in refugees fleeing for a safe, isolated place.
Religion: Religion is forbidden, as it is a distraction to the needs of the S.H.R.M.
Country Population: 5,000,000 (Including refugees from other abandoned nations). This may change drastically due to the recent influx in refugees fleeing for a safe, isolated place.
Rural - Urban Rating: 6
Suggestions: Maybe you should suggest natural disasters and events, so people in the area get affected and have to make some changes to their countries?
Other: I'm really eager to get started in this role-play, and I'm already devising some evil plans.
Accepted!
I would accept, but the military personnel based on the population and current military personnel in the area is too high. Australia has 59,000 people in its military, and New Zealand has only 8,000. Maybe bring the numbers down, or claim more countries with more people.
Accepted!
A bit too high of military, I'd bring it down quite a bit or claim more countries to increase the population.
I like it, but just like some of the other apps, the military is a bit too OP. I don't think that every single male in the entire country would be old enough, young enough, or fit enough to enter the military. Also, I don't think refugees would flee to a country if that country forced every male to be in the military. Like the others, either claim more countries, or take the military down quite a bit.
I will soon have the map updated!
Also, I agree with your statement regarding refugees. No one exactly likes being forced into things. Consider it removed.
Finally, is it possible to claim other countries LATER in the game, so I can start out in Madagascar and start slowly expanding?
Where the Country is: Norway, Sweden, Northern Denmark, Finland,
Form of Government: Republic
National Language: Norwegian
History: The Scandanavian countries being the few countries not greatly affected by the chaos, they decided to unite, seeing the oppurtinity for expansion. They announced Oslo, Norway, as the capital. They Norway and Sweden being the main military areas, Denmark and Finland supply the two with supplies and soldiers.
Education: All Children (both boys and girls, the girls, however, have different Standards than the boys) are required to pass a fitness And Mental test at 12, or they are .
Military Personnel: 1,678,921
Religion: The Norse Gods
Country Population: 23,456,679 (Norway 7mil, Finland 5mil, Sweden 9mil, Northern Denmark 2mil)
Rural - Urban Rating: 6
Suggestions: Zone off a section of Asia or Africa or some un-developed part of the world ( Not trying to be racist with Asia and Africa, but they're just the most undeveloped, sorry If I offended anyone) and designate it as "Infected Zone" and have the population decrease 5k per year for all infected countries. Also, countries can rebel.
Other: All good, as far as I can see.