Escapist nation!

[Aesir23]

I would suggest building it underneath the glacier, but with the way things are going it'll be underwater in about a century.

*gasp* Build it under Vesuvius! No one will ever suspect it!

Or... we could tear down Vesuvius under cover of darkness, build a perfect replica of it and build the city inside the replica!

That would work too. Less chance of ending up like Pompeii. Well, worse than Pompeii.

It would be pompeii whilst being shot out of a canon.

Would our corpses still be encased in those nifty ash coffins?

 

[Neonbob]

You could be the commander and chief of nuking whales. You would simply gain an army that would aid you in the annihilation. In addition, the city could provide an excellent source of revenue as a tourist attraction, as could the underwater paradise.

See, that's much better. I can go along with that quite readily.
You've got yourself some nukes!

 

[Thaius]

I would be slightly more excited if this thread didn't immediately start heading the way of Andrew Ryan...

But yes, I agree. Not sure of the location, I think anywhere will do. It will be important to maybe separate some ideologies, as was said, since our culture at the moment is pushing all sorts of beliefs on all sorts of people. I'm not the biggest fan of relatively new movements that claim they're being oppressed by older ones, only to gain speed and oppress said older movements in return. And that's been happening a lot lately.

Also, each area will be named after an iconic location from various nerdly stories. Star Wars planets, Lord of the Rings cities, Mass Effect locations, Morrowind... all that stuff. I mean, come on, who wouldn't want to live on Degobah street?

Don't forget, we need some Star Trek names in there.

Absolutely. Though I wouldn't name them. My unfortunately small amount of experience with Star Trek would disqualify me from that particular area.

I know, it's sad. I'm working on it.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

This site is dominated by socialists, so I'm gonna have to distance myself from it. As it has already been said, is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

With that said:

I say we have a limited-government democracy, with free speech, free religion, free press, etc.

The group decided on an undersea, island and floating section. Libertarians get the undersea, socialists the island and fascists the floating section. The mods have a delegation in each one to keep all three in check.

You could be the commander and chief of nuking whales. You would simply gain an army that would aid you in the annihilation. In addition, the city could provide an excellent source of revenue as a tourist attraction, as could the underwater paradise.

See, that's much better. I can go along with that quite readily.
You've got yourself some nukes!

And you have yourself a whale bombardier!

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

I would suggest building it underneath the glacier, but with the way things are going it'll be underwater in about a century.

*gasp* Build it under Vesuvius! No one will ever suspect it!

Or... we could tear down Vesuvius under cover of darkness, build a perfect replica of it and build the city inside the replica!

That would work too. Less chance of ending up like Pompeii. Well, worse than Pompeii.

It would be pompeii whilst being shot out of a canon.

Would our corpses still be encased in those nifty ash coffins?

Yes. While that would be an upside, that is not ideal.

 

[Mr. Grey]

Hmm... I like my job of being a crazy hermit, you all do whatever it is you do... so long as it is over there, somewhere. If you ever need a crazy hermit, however, send a hermit crab to fetch me. I only ask that you don't ask it any questions.

This site is dominated by socialists, so I'm gonna have to distance myself from it. As it has already been said, is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

No! Says the Escapist Nation!

 

[Aesir23]

I would suggest building it underneath the glacier, but with the way things are going it'll be underwater in about a century.

*gasp* Build it under Vesuvius! No one will ever suspect it!

Or... we could tear down Vesuvius under cover of darkness, build a perfect replica of it and build the city inside the replica!

That would work too. Less chance of ending up like Pompeii. Well, worse than Pompeii.

It would be pompeii whilst being shot out of a canon.

Would our corpses still be encased in those nifty ash coffins?

Yes. While that would be an upside, that is not ideal.

Damn. Cursed natural volcanoes. <_<

 

[DragonsAteMyMarbles]

The group (so far only three people) seems set on an underwater paradise, but the consensus here seems to be a floating city. Perhaps we could capture an island, build a floating city over it, and an underwater paradise in the ocean adjacent. It would be perfect.

Fantastic! I'll get to work on the gravity lift.

What is your basic premise at constructing the lift? Which scientific principles are you using?

I propose a combination of the theories of relativity, and Goodwin's Law.

Relativity's a given. I plan to incorporate graviton scattering, string theory, Brownian motion and the lesser-known Schr&ouml;dinger's Wombat.

Science!

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

Hmm... I like my job of being a crazy hermit, you all do whatever it is you do... so long as it is over there, somewhere. If you ever need a crazy hermit, however, send a hermit crab to fetch me. I only ask that you don't ask it any questions.

This site is dominated by socialists, so I'm gonna have to distance myself from it. As it has already been said, is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

No! Says the Escapist Nation!

Only the Socialist and Fascist sections (and the Socialist section has cookies!)...

I would suggest building it underneath the glacier, but with the way things are going it'll be underwater in about a century.

*gasp* Build it under Vesuvius! No one will ever suspect it!

Or... we could tear down Vesuvius under cover of darkness, build a perfect replica of it and build the city inside the replica!

That would work too. Less chance of ending up like Pompeii. Well, worse than Pompeii.

It would be pompeii whilst being shot out of a canon.

Would our corpses still be encased in those nifty ash coffins?

Yes. While that would be an upside, that is not ideal.

Damn. Cursed natural volcanoes. <_<

If we could find an island with a volcano on it to carry out the three tiered setup, that would be a good place for the mods to reside on the island.

 

[War Penguin]

I'm not sure I like the idea of this nation being under/on sea. I say we go to the skies. A floating city, flying across the globe. How cool would that be?

Thing is, we need a main resource. So what will that be? We can't just rely on Labyrinth's metals, we need something else.

Oh, and I disapprove of my penguin enslavement! Any selling of penguins and you'll go down faster than you can say "HOLY SH*T!!! THE PENGUINS ARE ATTACKING!!!"

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

The group (so far only three people) seems set on an underwater paradise, but the consensus here seems to be a floating city. Perhaps we could capture an island, build a floating city over it, and an underwater paradise in the ocean adjacent. It would be perfect.

Fantastic! I'll get to work on the gravity lift.

What is your basic premise at constructing the lift? Which scientific principles are you using?

I propose a combination of the theories of relativity, and Goodwin's Law.

Relativity's a given. I plan to incorporate graviton scattering, string theory, Brownian motion and the lesser-known Schr&ouml;dinger's Wombat.

Science!

To science!

LET'S TAKE OVER MOLOSSIA!

for realz, we could probably take over sealand in half an hour. i call top bunk!

And Sealand is a monarchy isn't it? We could eliminate a monarchy in the process of creating a multitiered system of different ideologies.

 

[NoblePhilistineFox]

its impossable to end hate and descrimination,
in the words of the sniper
"Even if there are only two people left on the planet, someone is going to want someone dead"

 

[Berethond]

I'm not sure I like the idea of this nation being under/on sea. I say we go to the skies. A floating city, flying across the globe. How cool would that be?

Thing is, we need a main resource. So what will that be? We can't just rely on Labyrinth's metals, we need something else.

Oh, and I disapprove of my penguin enslavement! Any selling of penguins and you'll go down faster than you can say "HOLY SH*T!!! THE PENGUINS ARE ATTACKING!!!"

We'll just bottle our pure Epic and sell it on the black market.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

its impossable to end hate and descrimination,
in the words of the sniper
"Even if there are only two people left on the planet, someone is going to want someone dead"

Perhaps on the planet. However, we Escapists are a different sort. I would say- a more awesome sort.

I'm not sure I like the idea of this nation being under/on sea. I say we go to the skies. A floating city, flying across the globe. How cool would that be?

Thing is, we need a main resource. So what will that be? We can't just rely on Labyrinth's metals, we need something else.

Oh, and I disapprove of my penguin enslavement! Any selling of penguins and you'll go down faster than you can say "HOLY SH*T!!! THE PENGUINS ARE ATTACKING!!!"

We'll just bottle our pure Epic and sell it on the black market.

What is the going rate of Epic these days? I heard that its a real sellers market due to the excellence famine.

 

[Berethond]

What is the going rate of Epic these days? I heard that its a real sellers market due to the awesomeness famine.

oh, It's insanely high. One ounce of Epic goes for about as much as that Unobtainium stuff from Avatar.

 

[superbatranger]

Why are you all confining yourselves to Earth? We got a perfectly good moon. Let's be the first to colonize space!

 

[Neosage]

*cough* http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/The-Nation-of-Escapico

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

What is the going rate of Epic these days? I heard that its a real sellers market due to the awesomeness famine.

oh, It's insanely high. One ounce of Epic goes for about as much as that Unobtainium stuff from Avatar.

And it is much less ridiculously named!

Why are you all confining yourselves to Earth? We got a perfectly good moon. Let's be the first to colonize space!

Alright, but we will turn over control of space to our Navy. We cannot pass up the opportunity for real Space Marines!

 

[NoblePhilistineFox]

its impossable to end hate and descrimination,
in the words of the sniper
"Even if there are only two people left on the planet, someone is going to want someone dead"

Perhaps on the planet. However, we Escapists are a different sort. I would say- a more awesome sort.

Call me a misanthrope,
but you can fight this idea as much as you want, but peace in a perfect world will be shattered for those who want more.

hmmm, I just made a cool quote ^_^

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

its impossable to end hate and descrimination,
in the words of the sniper
"Even if there are only two people left on the planet, someone is going to want someone dead"

Perhaps on the planet. However, we Escapists are a different sort. I would say- a more awesome sort.

Call me a misanthrope,
but you can fight this idea as much as you want, but peace in a perfect world will be shattered for those who want more.

hmmm, I just made a cool quote ^_^

What if that perfect world considered Michael Atkinson and Jack Thompson enemies of the state? Then it could work right?