A few weeks ago (infact when we had just started disscussing the second game) I suggested we name the provinces after regions on Mars. A few people said they liked it, but not many people said anything at all. So I am now using my leverage as Domestic Advisor to take an executive desicion. The provinces will be named after regions on Mars! Unless of course everyone hates the Idea, then it's poen to debate, but that kind of belittles my executive decision though doesn't it?

Anyway, our home province which includes the land currently under our possesion, and will be added to in the near future no doubt, shall be called one of the following:

Aonia
Chryshe
Isidis
Hesperia
Solis
Xanthe

There are plenty of others, but I think these are the best sounding ones.

How 'bout Cydonia or Olympus Mons on the "other" option?

Alphabetical order would be nice. :)

I kind of like the idea! :)
The names don't sound too stupid and they're not very long either, very convenient! Just name in alphabetical order like said by Daaraa. Why bother to make things more complicated I'd say.

I voted for the one that started with A.
We already have a C name. We just will need a B and perhaps a D before 1 AD. That'll be a ways off.

Mordheim's executive suggestion and Daaraa's fine suggestion have my vote :D.

Fair enough, Aoinia it is!

All those names sound cool so there is no chance of another 'Ariel' incident. Aonis sounds good enough :goodjob:

Aonia. If only I could pronounce it...

You won't have to be able to pronounce it, as long as you can type it, it's good enough. ;)

Originally posted by anarchywrksbest
All those names sound cool so there is no chance of another 'Ariel' incident. Aonis sounds good enough :goodjob:

What Ariel incident?
The names are fine but we won't have that many provinces because we're on a normal sized world. :)

Originally posted by Octavian X
Aonia. If only I could pronounce it...

Err, I think it's Ay-oh-nee-ah. I think. :)

Originally posted by duke o' york


What Ariel incident?


Surely you remember that in the last game Callisto was nearly called Ariel - after the mermaid.....it was a close call but good taste won in the end ;)

My vote is for Helium, in honor of the Warlord of Mars.
Noting that it has no hope in this poll, I humbly request
that it be added as an option for the next one.

Wow!! A John Carter fan! I like Helium too, but voted for Xanthe. Can we name the planet Barsoom? :D

Aonia. On the interent, you can make up your own pronunciations.....

Be careful with these province names. I got to name a province in the Civ3 demogame, and it turns out the name I chose was the same name as a race of barbarian horsemen who live in Asian Steppe. They were notorious for supposedly using the skin of their dead enemies as clothing, and drinking the blood of their first kill in battle...

Originally posted by Octavian X
Be careful with these province names. I got to name a province in the Civ3 demogame, and it turns out the name I chose was the same name as a race of barbarian horsemen who live in Asian Steppe. They were notorious for supposedly using the skin of their dead enemies as clothing, and drinking the blood of their first kill in battle...

COOL!! Now Barbarian Tribes there's an idea......

:rolleyes:
So you didn't want a province named after Shakespeare's fairy and instead chose the name of a nymph who was raped by Zeus and then turned into a bear? She was rescued by an ashamed Zeus at the point when their son, a great hunter, was about to kill his mother and turned into the constellation Ursa Major.
Disney has nothing to do with this - it's a cool name for a province and I am tempted to push for it this time too, regardless of what the others are called. Maybe I'll just have my city named Ariel. :)
On topic (just), on the interent you can make up your own spellings! ;) (Sorry Becka, I couldn't resist this childish joke). But no-one should worry about pronunciation! Or shall we have monosyllabic province names in future? :)

Or, well just name our provinces after numbers! Province 1, Province 2, etc... Can't mispronounce of misspell it.

Originally posted by Octavian X
Be careful with these province names. I got to name a province in the Civ3 demogame, and it turns out the name I chose was the same name as a race of barbarian horsemen who live in Asian Steppe. They were notorious for supposedly using the skin of their dead enemies as clothing, and drinking the blood of their first kill in battle...

I missed that. What did you name it?

I'm still in favour of alphabetical order. Numbered provinces seem a little...unimaginative. However I think we need some order to what is done.

Originally posted by duke o' york
:rolleyes:
So you didn't want a province named after Shakespeare's fairy and instead chose the name of a nymph who was raped by Zeus and then turned into a bear? She was rescued by an ashamed Zeus at the point when their son, a great hunter, was about to kill his mother and turned into the constellation Ursa Major.
Disney has nothing to do with this - it's a cool name for a province and I am tempted to push for it this time too, regardless of what the others are called. Maybe I'll just have my city named Ariel. :)
On topic (just), on the interent you can make up your own spellings! ;) (Sorry Becka, I couldn't resist this childish joke). But no-one should worry about pronunciation! Or shall we have monosyllabic province names in future? :) If you are referring to Callisto, she was also one of Zena's favorite arch-enemies in the TV show; rather a knock-out actually :groucho: So the "Ariel incident" really came down to which did you want, a cartoon red-headed mermaid, or a cartoonish blonde bad girl? :lol:

@Daaraa

I named my province 'Scythia.' It was the seventh province, contain captured Greecian cities. The barbarian tribe I was refering to are the Scythians. In fact, I believe it is one of the names for a barbarian tribe in Civ3.

I know that Aonis has been chosen, but I like Solis because Sol is the centre of our Galaxy so Solis is sort of the centre of our empire...

Ah, never mind :crazyeye:

Did you fall asleep at the end of the last game?
Alpha Centauri is at the centre of our current solar system! ;)

Did we ever decide where the spaceship would be going this time?

Lets go to Betelgeuse!

Lets take the whole Mars thing a step further. What about having Mars - Bringer of War as the national anthem? I would like hope that I am not the only one on this thread that listens to The Planets. Try Mars on repeat all day. It certainly drives you to go all out fundy the moment you get SOL. (Not hinting anything at all);)

Originally posted by duke o' york
Did you fall asleep at the end of the last game?
Alpha Centauri is at the centre of our current solar system! ;)

If that is the case, why is it a solar system then? ;)

Because it's the name of a system containing a star surrounded by planets. :lol: ;)

I think Ren is pointing to the fact, that if its still a solar system then Solis would still have the relevant connection that Duke disagreed with.