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What does Africa provide which is essential to the world economy? It seems like the entire continent could vanish overnight and the rest of the world could go about its business

Orders due Thursday, January 28th Background: The year is 1614, PoD 1492. The last hundred years has seen the Age of Exploration unveil a New World rich to be colonized by those capable. The Catholic Church has weathered the Reformation, while the Holy Roman Empire has been eaten away from...

Nation: GDP/Capita ppp, HDI Former French sub-Saharan Colonies Madagascar: $1000, 0.533 Cameroon: $2100, 0.532 Cote d'Ivoire: $1600, .484 Burkina Faso: $1300, .372 Niger: $700, .340 Senegal: 1700, .464 Mali: 1100, .380 Guinea: 1000, .456 Chad: 1700, .388 Benin: 1600, .492 Togo...

http://editthis.info/cfcot/Main_Page theres even an article on me - http://editthis.info/cfcot/Warman17 - that I never knew existed until I searched my username on google. This is kind of creepy guys. :twitch:

Within the past couple days my computer has suddenly been "forgetting" I'm logged into websites like civfanatics, facebook, etc and I will have to resign-in. Then I just noticed that every time I go to check the weather it recognizes me as living in Virginia, when I don't at all. The only...

This is the first in a series of NESes based upon a simple hex map which can be constructed in various ways to create various situations. Story: This is Marina City, beautiful and warm, hotspot of tourism as well as high tech businesses. This paradise on earth, located right off the coast, is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw&feature=channel Two hour long conspiracy theory "documentary" about how Obama is a puppet of the international bankers/Bildeberg Group/shadow government. While I myself don't believe the conspiracy theories the film does raise several important...

I think I'd like another stab at moderating an NES. The only problem is I don't know what to mod. I currently have three possible NESes I'm working on which I could moderate. I'd like you to vote for each! 1) Early Modern Age NES -This will be a direct decedent of WNES11 -...

Overview: The Middle Ages have advanced differently from otl thanks mostly to the fact that this NES is based on the C3C Middle Ages conquest. While not necessarily the most realistic thing to base an NES on, it’s a fun way to do it! Anyways read the national backgrounds for more historical...

Obviously WNES11 won't be called help me out here, but the purpose of this thread is to make sure my upcoming NES is player friendly. ----- Overview: The Middle Ages have advanced differently from otl thanks mostly to the fact that this NES is based on the C3C Middle Ages conquest. While...

Taking a page out of Mugabe's economic strategy (or the opposite of it), could you fight inflation by simply stopping the printing of money? Less money means the value of each piece of currency goes up. So whats the point of printing more money in the face of inflation? Whats so bad about...

I saw this commercial on TV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtN9CW01QDM and it got me thinking. If Centaur existed would it be socially acceptable for there to be human-centaur relations as portrayed in the commercial? Now obviously there are no centaur so we can't really say, but just...

yay my first job modding an NES in 2 years! WoWNES Background: It's been 5 years since the end of The Third War (WCIII), and 4 since the event surrounding Arthas' merger with Ner'zhul to become a single powerful being (WCIII:TFT). Many new nations have arisen do to the turmoil and a new...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WjK-iSkLJlQ - Mike Gravel solja boy http://youtube.com/watch?v=jB9mb6XhD28 - fake Clinton and Obama fighting on WWE RAW this is after http://youtube.com/watch?v=HbaxHjxOlo4 when the candidates use wrestling slang to try and seem hip to the intended crowd I...

According to CNN he only won 15% of his county and 10-15% for each county in his congressional district. Wheres the Ron Paul supporters here? Why do you still support this man? Come election day are the 5% of you in the republican party who voted for Ron Paul across the nation going to just...

Remembering the "what laws actually ban gay marriage" thread, the one law posted stated that one of the prohibited types of marriage was simply "same-sex." What about people with intersexuality, or hermaphrodites. These people cold be defined as either boy or girl or neither given which...

Here are some statistics published by the Army Corps of Engineers using data from Stanley Baker Hill LLC from the Iraq Reconstruction Management System. These are cumulative reports: October: http://www.grd.usace.army.mil/news/factsheets/docs/October_2007.pdf September...

WNESX-2: A New Fresh Restart Intro WNES X-2 is a departure from WNES 10, however I wanted a) resist naming it WNES 11, and b) make a final fantasy reference. WNES X-2 is a fresh start NES which is based around an economic system of a different way, owing itself on part to EQ’s system in...

http://allafrica.com/stories/200709070981.html Mugabe won't even accept the idea that there is a crises in his country and won't even discuss the issue with neighbor countries. If his 'allies' can't persuade him to do anything, is there any hope for Zimbabwe while hes still in control? And if...

In response to all the presidential threads, I've decided to open this one up. Once you complete the quiz it will rate the candidates on a score depending on your stance versus theirs, and then list the topics you disagree upon. Just go to the site located at the bottom of my post. I will admit...