Asphinxia province - Term Four

Welcome citizens of Asphinxia and other lesser peoples!!



For the latest news check The Asphinxian Weekly Times


This is the building que for Asphinxia:
Thebes- S.A.a.M. Site, Police Station, Fighter Jets
Memphis- Bank, Factory, AirportElephantine - Collosseum, S.A.M. site, Mech Inf
Byblos - Research Lab, Collosseum, Factory, Bank
Abydos - Collosseum, Factory, Oil Platform, Bank
El Armarna - Factory, Hospital, Bank
Arrakis- Hospital, Research Lab, Courthouse
Callisto- Research Lab, Collosseum, Courthouse, Factory
Enkephalonika - University, Market, Courthouse, Barraks


Civil Undertakings:

I would call upon the workers in our province to work on improving the resource production of our lands. There are several improtant tasks that need to be accomplished:
1. Rail the irrigated desert south of Arrakis
2. Clear the Jungle around Elephantine and Enkephalonika
3. Mine + Rail the mountains north of Callisto
4. Mine the hills 2 tiles S.W. of Byblos
5. Mine the Hills N.E. of Enke

NOTE: discontinue all development of the forest between Elephantine and Thebes IMMEDIATELY. This is being considered for N.P. status. That means no logging and NO rail, road is alright. There are two workers who urgently need to be stopped.

Some of the citizens in our cities are not working to thier full potential, I would make these requests:
1. In Byblos the citizens working the irrigated desert in the north be moved out to work the inland sea.
2. In Arrakis the citizens working the irrigated desert be moved to the mined hills to the north. (I have asked for this before)

Our specialists also need to be re-assigned in some cases:
1. Memphis will need to diversify so there are even numbers of tax collectors and scientists (5:5).
2. Thebes need THREE entertainers and nothing else.
3. Abydos needs one of each specialist.


Millitary Movements:
I would request that some of the Mechs being produced in Asphinxia remain here. While defending border cities is a priority, these cities need another unit of defence:
+1 Mech to Thebes (we don't wanna loose all our Artillary at once)
+1 Mech to El Armarna (has only an immortals, which we would like to keep for sentimental reasons)
-1 Mech to Callisto, this mech could move to El Armarna

Citizens of note:
Public Defender, Eklektikos
Official Historian and Scholar, Ehecatl Atzin.:enlighten
Head of Research & Development and of Recreation, Stuck_As_a_Mac :grad:

Mayors:
Thebes - Almightyjosh
Memphis - Toasty
Elephantine - Danke
Byblos - Philippe
El Armarna - CivGeneral
Abydos - Open
Callisto - Bearnstien


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Asphinxian flag courtesy of our prophet Godinex THE MAD

I would wecome any suggestions from the citizens of Asphinxia as to what our goals and path through history should be.

Well, a good start would be to download the most recent saved game, review my old build queues and check that city tile use is all to your satisfaction. Then post your changes in the turn instructions thread (incidentally, a copy of the most recent save can be found in the top post of that thread) and in the top post of this thread. You can also, if I remember rightly, post instructions for the use of the worker units within Asphinxia's borders.

I also hope that you'll choose to continue to fly the Asphinxian flag in this thread, as it was offered to us as a gift from the One via his prophet Godinex. It seems to have been auspicious so far!

Finally and most importantly - I hope you enjoy your tenure as governor here!

Wow, I've just labouriously (labor is labour cos i'm aussie) gone through every citizen in the census and found the reason no-one ever gives me suggestions. Only I live in Asphinxia. Well, me and Eklektikos and RX2000, only three citizens!! I'd ask for suggestions to lure more people here, but who would answer??

Legalized gambling in your desert capital city might draw people.

That's right everyone, gambling is now legalised in our desert capital. Good idea, glad I thought of it (hehe). So is everything else fun. Sex, drugs, rock & roll will rule Asphinxia. Maybe.

Kinda makes the bird on your flag out of place.

I don't know about that... You'd think that'd be the case, but the way of the One is not always easy to second guess. I'm sure that Godinex will eventually reappear and clear the matter up

Maybe it's a fun loving angel bird, lotsa them around these days.

Well, your aggressive provincial marketing campaign worked. I've just settled in Elephantine (which could use a new name, don't you think?) as it seemed a bit empty.

This is the word of the ONE to "almigtyJosh":
Get out, get out, you man of blood, you scoundrel!
The ONE has repaid you for all the blood you shed in the household of Eklektikos, in whose place you have reigned.
The ONE has handed the kingdom over to your son. You have come to ruin because you are a man of blood!
Listen to this, O house of Asphinxia,
you who are called by the name of The ONe
and come from the line of the ONE,
you who take oaths in the name of the ONE
and invoke the God of Godinex -
but not in truth or righteousness-
you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city
and rely on the God of Godinex-
the The ONE Almighty is his name:
I foretold the former things long ago,
my mouth announced them and I made them known;
then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
Your sacred cities have become a desert;
even Asphinxia is a desert, Thebes a desolation.
Our holy and glorious temple, where our fathers praised you,
has been burned with fire,
and all that we treasured lies in ruins because of its leaders

And this is the word of the ONE to the people of asphinxia:
"See, I am sending an prophet ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him.
If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.
My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Aztecs, English, Iroquois, Babylonians, Romans and Chinesse, and I will wipe them out.
Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces.
Worship the ONE your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,
and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span"

So, let me get this straight. Godinex, who calls for the death of men and war of the nations, doesn't want a man of blood in his house? If you Godinex, foretold of all of this, then you are fully prepared for the new ways of Aspinxia, which BTW has always been mostly desert. And Almightyjosh (check yer spelling) (funny how the Prophet and the Almighty are quarreling now) has not brought Aspinxia to ruin. Thebes is #5 on the Best Cities list, mostly because of the work of Eklektikos, but I'm sure it will remain there for quite some time. And Memphis was also mentioned in the Science ratings. So Asphinxia will remain a strong Province for Phoenatica.
The Domestic Department fully supports efforts by Almightyjosh to more fully develop and populate his Province. If this initiates the loss of religous fanatics, so be it. Amen.

Oh! Wait a minute! I forgot these , just role playing! Can we get a role playing smilie in here?

Um, yeah, well he's obviously a stable individual. I don't actually think Eklektikos ran for Governor this term, he's busy doing other things. I wouldn't dare compete with THE Almighty, I'm merely almighty among men, or at least Joshes. Godinex, you're always welcome to ramble incoherantly to me, but do you think you could make your ramblings a little more optemistic?

Check out how well Asphinxia did in the National City Ratings
here

Thebes was in the top 5 overall and Memphis got in the top 5 for science!!

Personally I believe the drugs, gambling, permiscuous sex etc. are hurting things like the crime rate and being attractive to new families (hell, I donno ). We should try to market it with the wholesomeness of the area, and not the "escape" to moral collapse.

I'd say we should improve happiness, science, and lower corruption all around. We have the benefit of the Forbidden Palace, and we should accentuate on our strengths, as opposed to hurting them.

I would suggest the construction of Police Stations, Courthouses, Libraries and Universities foremost, to make Asphinxia the enlightened center of Phoenatica. Just think, an real-world Athens populated by the best and the brightest in Thebes, Elephantine, and the entire province.

Does anyone think similarly?

Well, I think it's good we have very libral values and encourage all sorts. The citizens of Asphinxia, for the most part, do not abuse this and commit crime, as can be seen by our VERY low rate of corruption. I would also say that the drugs, sex and gambling are responsible, in part, for two areas in which Asphinxia exells. That is, we have an excellent and creative scientific community (especially in Memphis), a high growth rate and a BOOMING economy. The people of Asphinxia have shown that, even with the temptation of crime, they remain honest and this shows a moral fibre that needs no policing. This said, I am looking into constructing more educational and economic buildings after we have a sound infulstructure of granaries, hospitasls and barracks. As to court houses and police station, the Forbidden Palace in Thebes pretty much takes care of that (and the moral fibre thing). So, we are lucky in that, due to the nobility of the Asphinxian people, we can have growth encouraging, libral laws and low crime aswell!!

Very well said, Almightyjosh. I might add that with the huge financial backing of the legalized gambling comes an entire private security substructure. Similar to the ones that have blossomed in the economies of Khatovar and Cyrus gaurding the gold and diamond mines there. With that substructure comes a steady flow of funding, keeping things like schools and hospitals modern. Trust me, the financial backers want to keep the people handling their money healthy and above average in intelligence. And of course, with the good standard of living, the cultural standards will also rise.

As for the sex, drugs, and rock and roll....these too are part of our Culture. They can be a release for a war torn society, from the over-worked nuclear physicist to a time-pressured university student. Why, look what happened in Atlanta when England cut our supply of wines. They rioted immediately, and for what,... wine? We must take these things in stride and learn to cope with them.

We should not put ourselves in a position of judgement over the citizens, but one of understanding and concern, and embrace them as the people of Phoenatica

Governor Almightyjosh,

I hope this works, but I'm going to try to attach a provincial map, hope this is helpful. This is for the year 1590 and is based on the boundaries published by the census bureau for the year 1395, which I believe are still current.

They are still current, thankyou very much Danke.
Although, we can hope they will not be current for much longer!! It is being suggested (not at the poll stage yet) that the boders of Asphinxia are extended south to encompass five more cities which are, or soon will be, part of our nation!!

Enquire withing to becoming the mayor of Memphis .

While, I'm inquiring. What do I have to do?