04-25-2005, 11:41 PM
I can't find the exact date, but in April 2004, I created Groot Gouda. So it's one year old now. To celebrate this fact, I've copied and pasted today's page:
Quote: The Glorious People's Republic of Groot Gouda
"Per aqua ad astra"
UN Category: Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
Civil Rights: Excellent
Economy: Basket Case
Political Freedoms: Average
Location: International Democratic Union
Groot Gouda is a UN Delegate
The Glorious People's Republic of Groot Gouda is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 2.19 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Education, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.
The government spends millions of Florins every year prosecuting spammers, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, all recreational drugs are legal, and military funding has been stripped back. Crime is well under control. Groot Gouda's national animal is the weasel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Florin.
Groot Gouda is ranked 30th in the region and 130,365th in the world for Largest Soda Pop Sector. [/quote]
One year ago, Groot Gouda came into existance after someone pointed me to NS. Politically, it hasn't changed much. At first, I didn't want to join the UN because I didn't want no foreign stuff to happen to Gouda, but I soon changed my mind. What a good decision
With 2 people I knew I resided in the eco-friendly self-created region Sustainabilia, of which I became Delegate at some point. In that function I got mixed up in the UN heavily, with as a highlight the great discussion about a big gun in space to blast away near-earth objects. The concerns of my government were shared, the resolution defeated, and I got to know Mikitivity as a fine nation to discuss with. After the decline of Sustainabilia in September 2004, it was his region I chose to settle Groot Gouda in. For a large part, my nation served as UN Delegate. I've made contributions to the region, and still am a happy inhabitant.
Who knows where Groot Gouda and the IDU will be next year?
Quote: The Glorious People's Republic of Groot Gouda
"Per aqua ad astra"
UN Category: Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
Civil Rights: Excellent
Economy: Basket Case
Political Freedoms: Average
Location: International Democratic Union
Groot Gouda is a UN Delegate
The Glorious People's Republic of Groot Gouda is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 2.19 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Education, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.
The government spends millions of Florins every year prosecuting spammers, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, all recreational drugs are legal, and military funding has been stripped back. Crime is well under control. Groot Gouda's national animal is the weasel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Florin.
Groot Gouda is ranked 30th in the region and 130,365th in the world for Largest Soda Pop Sector. [/quote]
One year ago, Groot Gouda came into existance after someone pointed me to NS. Politically, it hasn't changed much. At first, I didn't want to join the UN because I didn't want no foreign stuff to happen to Gouda, but I soon changed my mind. What a good decision
With 2 people I knew I resided in the eco-friendly self-created region Sustainabilia, of which I became Delegate at some point. In that function I got mixed up in the UN heavily, with as a highlight the great discussion about a big gun in space to blast away near-earth objects. The concerns of my government were shared, the resolution defeated, and I got to know Mikitivity as a fine nation to discuss with. After the decline of Sustainabilia in September 2004, it was his region I chose to settle Groot Gouda in. For a large part, my nation served as UN Delegate. I've made contributions to the region, and still am a happy inhabitant.Who knows where Groot Gouda and the IDU will be next year?
