If you founded a new nation, what would its national anthem be?

[West 36]

This song is not only about a great band and could serve as a national anthem, but addresses the problem of what of use as a flag!

 

[Squonk]

I am torn between stealing the one of Mauritania:

Be a helper for God, and censure what is forbidden,
And turn with the law which, which He wants you to follow,
Hold no one to be useful or harmful, except for Him,
And walk the path of the chosen one, and die while you are on it!
For what was sufficient for the first of us, is sufficient for the last one, too.
And leave those people who do evil things with respect to God.
They misrepresented him by making him similar, and made all kinds of excuses.
They made bold claims, and blackened notebooks.
They let the nomads and the sedentary people, both make bitter experiences,
And the great sins of their [doctrinal] innovations bequeathed small.
And just in case a disputant, calls you to dispute about their claims,
Do not, then, dispute on them, except by way of an external dispute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaPEX-hfC3E

and this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ck-Uo52MOg

 

[Danielos]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goKLnMbnidU

Enya: Book of Days

Pure magic!

 

[jessiecat]

I'd name it the Peoples Republic of America and have Woody Guthrie's " This Land is Your Land"

playing 24/7 everywhere.

 

[Danielos]

Or maybe this sad song from the movie "Orca" (1977)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZHiKb8Oc4w&feature=related

Ennio Morricone: "We Are One" (Carol Connors)

 

[Atticus]

All you need is love by the Beatles.

The country I would found would be based on good will and voluntariness, which I think this song is about. Although this is tempting too:

"I Like to Move It" - Reel 2 Real

 

[ComradeDavo]

Metallica - Master Of Puppets.

Awesome song for a national anthem me thinks.

Or maybe

Slipknot - People = S**t

 

[Camikaze]

Ride of the Valkyries, just to scare people. Or, alternatively, this.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

The Radetzky March, hands down.

Link here.

I counter with Rakoczy March, one of the most epic marches I've ever heard.

 

[Munch]

Slipknot - People = S**t

Hahahahaha! Excellent choice.

Until I can think of a genuinely moving and inspirational piece that could be considered patriotic, I'm going to have to go with a half-silly choice:

Frank Klepacki - Lone Trooper (from the Tiberian Sun soundtrack) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no34k_t87VM

 

[amadeus]

Hands down, Rhodesians Never Die by Clem Tholet.

Here's the story of Rhodesia,
A land both fair and great,
On 11th of November an independent state,
This was much against the wishes of certain governments,
Whose leaders tried to break us down and make us all repent,

But we're all Rhodesians and we'll fight through thick and thin,
We'll keep our land a free land, stop the enemy coming in.
We'll keep them north of the Zambezi till that river's running dry,
And this mighty land will prosper for Rhodesians never die,

They can send their men to murder and they can shout their words of hate,
But the cost of keeping this land free will never be too great,
For our men and boys are fighting for the things that they hold dear,
And this land and all its people will never disappear,

Because we're all Rhodesians and we'll fight through thick and thin,
We'll keep our land a free land, stop the enemy coming in,
We'll keep them north of the Zambezi till that river's running dry,
This mighty land will prosper for Rhodesians never die,

We'll preserve this little nation, for our children's children too,
For once you're a Rhodesian, no other land will do,
We will stand tall in the sunshine, with the truth upon our side.
And if we have to go alone, we'll go alone with pride,

Because we're all Rhodesians and we'll fight through thick and thin,
We'll keep our land a free land, stop the enemy coming in,
We'll keep them north of the Zambezi till that river's running dry,
This mighty land will prosper for Rhodesians never die,


(repeat chorus twice)

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

And try not to pick silly things like rock or rap songs.

That rule went to hell in a handbasket.

 

[amadeus]

Hey, I picked a good song.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Never said you didn't.

 

[Brighteye]

the Imperial March.

I like this. Although I wouldn't have a sidekick called Darth Vadar.
I vow to thee my country:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMP9GQapuOc&feature=related
Rule Britannia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5UP5n91-JQ&feature=related
Jerusalem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73eB-aAo8Eg&feature=related

But the best of all is Land of Hope and Glory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THYgeETrkPs&feature=related
(full piece: 3 minutes in is the famous part)

 

[Dachs]

the Imperial March.

inb4 aw crap. Yeah, what he said.

 

[Fugitive Sisyphus]

Hail Freedonia!

 

[amadeus]

Hail Freedonia!

"Hail, hail Robonia, a land I didn't make up!"

 

[Phlegmak]

Hands down, Rhodesians Never Die by Clem Tholet.

The title of that song is demonstrably false.

DAMN, I'm funny.

 

[Leonel]

o/` Hail, hail, Robonia!
A land I didn't make up! o/`