GuideNES: The First Step for Lurkers and Newbies!

[The Loser]

I have found an alternative. Wikipedia says that the Finnish were more developed, so..

Nation Name:Finland (Fenni)
Nation Location:The coastal area's of Finland
Capital:Saimaa
Ruler: Justov Thorgalson // The Loser
Government: Absolute monarchy
Economy: +1
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Culture: The Finnish have a weak culture so far. They worship gods like Thor and Aeger.
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Nation Background: The Finnish have been fishers and farmers so far. But after contacting Scandinavian tribes, and other eastern european people, they have started to trade and wage war. They're culture is still prety weak, but they have tribes near them that follow the same gods. They have acces to some rescources, but just recently started to mine them.

 

[Abaddon]

I would be interested joining as a Coastal Celtiberian nation...Do I need an advisor?

Its totally up to you. If you feel you need one, sure. If you just want a little bit of helpful nudging from time to time, i'll be on call.


I think we will save the Vets for the complete newbies, and I will handle semi-newbs?


EVERYONE

There is no medal for being secret, and smushing some other newb nation.

There is if you work with them, and use intellegent Diplomacy to beat your rivals.

Share tips, share plans etc. This NES is for the teahcing and improvment of all


(insert warm feel-good-factor-glow here)

 

[Fuschia]

Nation Name: Troy
Nation Location: The Hellespont
Capital: Dardania
Ruler: Dardanus II
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Economy: (Nascent) +1
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Culture: Trojan Culture; mostly Greek, with Greek Pantheon
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Nation Background: The Trojan War left Dardania, Troy's precursor, relatively untouched. After the Greeks left the area and returned to their city-states, Dardania took up the mantle of Troy and began to rebuild. The current ruler, Dardanus II, is supposedly a direct descendant of Dardanus, the founder of Dardania, and is only the second ruler of this small ancestor of the once-mighty Trojan state.


OOC: I'm not sure how big the nations start, but the ideal starting area would be controlling both coasts of the Dardanelles. Regardless, the Hellespont is, more or less, where the capital is located, so you can juxtapose the nation's borders from their.

Also, a few other descendants of Troy to devour would be nice.

 

[Abaddon]

Anyway, thats me done, I'm off to bed!

I guess you can rely on me being back here in ~ 8 hours... wee I lead a sad existance!

 

[MooseWarrior]

I'm interested in NESing, but need a good advisor, because I am a noob, will post a nation bio-thingy.


Nation Name: Sicily
Nation Location: Sicily
Capital: Syracuse
Ruler: King Heracles// MooseWarrior
Government: Monarchy
Economy: (Nascent) +1
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Culture: Ancient Greek-like, Greek Dark Ages culture. Worship Greek gods, such as Zeus and Athena.
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Sicily has very fertile soil, and thus the people are in no danger of starvation, if there was a drought, the Sicilians are also very good fishermen. They grow many grapes and olives, which have been brought over form Italy. They were once a colony of the Greeks, but have broken off and formed their own nation. The goverment of Sicily is influenced by the rising aristocracy.

 

[Abaddon]

Welcome! As I have said I am on call for everyone, but as the person who will be your official Advisor...

May I suggest our one and only Luckymoose picks up the batton? He is experienced and will be able to answer anything.

No question too stupid here!

 

[Masada]

*decloak* The Mooses are massing... welcome to NESing MooseWarrior...

 

[das]

700BC.. close enough for some kinda of protoculture for you to drag into the light

Cimmerians were no less awesome, though they sadly have nothing at all to do with a certain barbarian.

 

[Stuck in Pi]

Nation Background: Kiev. A city built upon controlling trade routes nearby by any means necessary. Over the past centuries, Kievans had built success upon having a near monopoly on all goods being brought through their territory. The early people of Kiev had also been among the first to harness horses, speeding the flow of goods, earning the city yet more wealth. Renowned in their area as among the richest and most civilized, the Kievans were also interested in future technologies. The only thing that lacked was the military of Kiev, which was smaller than some of their neighbors, but fortunately, the river valley had many people to conscript. The ruler, Emperor Joseph, was in a long line of monarchs, and that line had much experiance in fighting off the barbarians. The nation of Kiev will stand together if necessary, but much prefers peaceful trade. It leaves other nations to decide which they want.

 

[Pinman]

I'm going to join and i'll get my description up asap.

Nation Name: Britain
Nation Location: South British Coastline
Capital: London
Ruler: Tribal Leader Wild Deer// Pinman
Government: Tribal Council
Economy: (Nascent) +1
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Culture: Celtic. Stonehenge built at this time. Religion surrounds ritual offerings to the sun and moon.
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Nation Background: Coming

 

[Luckymoose]

I accept this new Moose as my pupil.

Nation Name: Kingdom of Tarantan
Nation Location: Southeastern Italy
Capital: Taranto
Ruler: King Tullus I
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Economy: (Nascent) +1
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Culture: Southern Italian, various Greek elements; altered Greek polytheism
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Nation Background: Locale legend associates the Tarantan people with ancient Greek sailors whom setup trading outposts long the coastline. With the legends come the roots of the polytheism and general appearance and style of living similar to the Greeks. Sometime around 1200 B.C.E the current kingdom formed under a large migration wave from northern Italy, altering the culture forever with new gods and customs. Tarantan is now largely a seafaring kingdom, living along the coast and having good trade relations with Greece and Sicily, mostly kept from inward expansion by barbarians from the north.

 

[das]

"Always two there are. No more, no less. A master and an apprentice."

 

[Luckymoose]

"Always two there are. No more, no less. A master and an apprentice."

As long as he doesn't murder me when his training is complete.

 

[MooseWarrior]

As long as he doesn't murder me when his training is complete.

I'll try not to.

 

[merciary]

I might have to change this later due to being too close to Crete, but I'm going with my standard nation (It's my favorite Ancient Culture):


Nation Name: Greek Alliance
Nation Location: Greece
Capital: Athens
Ruler: King Adrastos / merciary
Government: The Greek Alliance consist of a group of City States which have decided to band together for their own protection and to insure prosperous trade and the development of civilization.
Economy: (Nascent) +1
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Culture: The Greeks follow the Greek Parthenon, They are the creators of great monuments and temples. The Greek people enjoy beauty and new ideas. They are also fiercely protective of their rights and land.
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Nation Background: The people that make up the Greeks have been on this land for many generations, farming it, defending it, and prospering. They began to develop cities in order to to do the above more efficiently. Those cities which prospered the most began to grow and offer their protection and benefits to those lesser cities and towns nearby. This lead to the formation of the City State. As these States grew they collided with other states, so fought when they meet, some traded, and others ignored them. But over time some dominate States realized that if they could band together they could accomplish great things. Though none of the leaders were willing to give up their power so they decided that they would create a council of the leaders, with the individual leaders would decide matters pertaining to their State the Council would decide on matters that effect the whole Alliance. Thus the fractured Greek people were united under a single banner.

 

[das]

Technically there is another state in Greece already as well. Not that it's necessarily bad if people start close by, but it's something to keep in mind.

 

[LightFang]

I'm going to be arrogant enough to assume that I have no need for advisers!

So I would like to help someone, if anybody wants my help, which isn't really that good.

Let me advise someone.

 

[flyingchicken]

Lurkerism: Being as erratic as I am, I'll just be a lurker who spouts comments and/or suggestions. I can be PMed for advice, but everything I say needs to be taken with a cup of salt. On other things, I think the subtitle is overly patronizing, but that's just my Latin American left-wing instincts up and about again. Yes, we are more Latin American than Southeast Asian.

To everyone new: Seeing as how illegible Charles Li's writing is at most times, it is not advisable to imitate him in that regard (he's gonna show up, or he did already, I don't know). You are free to imitate his "spunk" and occassional correctness with history and culture, though.

 

[LightFang]

Oh, yeah, speaking of that. I'm only willing to advise people who can post coherently. If I'm going to be in a long-term relationship with you, I hope that just talking to you doesn't strain my mental faculties. Because it's really annoying to read whatever Charles Li writes, I just sort of skim over it. I hope that you don't make it so I have to skim over whatever you write too. Because then I'd be inclined to be malicious and give erroneous information.

 

[qoou]

Confirming my reservation of the only civilization in the Americas:

Nation Name: Empire of Teotihuacán
Nation Location: Teotihuacán and surrounding areas
Capital: Teotihuacán
Ruler: Siyaj K'ak' / Smoking Frog
Government: Monarchy barely influenced by nobles
Economy: (Growing) +2
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Culture: Mesoamerican (Olmec) with talud-tablero recently developed and made popular.
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Nation Background: Teotihuacán was just recently built around 100 years ago. The eruption of Xitle frightened many native peoples into migrating here. It currently is one of the biggest cities in the world, with a population of 50,000 people. Recently, it has started taking control of nearby trade routes and this has brought great amounts of wealth and people into the city. A humongous pyramid dedicated to the sun has been recently finished and has further increased the prestige and power of this aspiring empire-in-the-making. Its population and land area are steadily increasing and they have no rivals in the area. The only problem it might face in the future is the diversity of its peoples and the slowly-growing class gap, but this will likely not cause any problems for another 500 years or so.


(btw, this is basically Teotihuacán in 100 BC ITL)