User blog:Brick425/NationStates World Map



A map I made online of where I'd imagine our NS countries would be in real life. I only added the biggest and/or most famous countries in the region, so unless I'm forgetting someone the size of Kep or BNR (Probably not but who knows?), I won't go back and make an entirely new one. That means unless you /aren't/ the size of Kep or BNR and aren't on here, I probably won't add you.

Questions

 * Why is the IFR so huge?
 * Not just because I own it. It's the biggest country in the region by far. It's what Hitler and Napoleon dreamed about. It's what the British couldn't hang on to.
 * What are the "IFR MCP Military Colonies"?
 * If the IFR has ever had trouble taking over or intervening in a country, it sets up military-run colonies for more than just a secure border. It creates many secure borders. In the case of the eastern European colonies, they've been there since the IFR invaded Eskrada (My other country; a communist nation set in the late 50s/early 60s) in 1979.
 * How does the IFR even hang onto its borders?
 * As of right now, 2.163 billion people live in the IFR. 12% of the population is in the military. That's the same percentage as the US at the height of WWII. Only difference being that back then, the US had a population of just 140 million.
 * I don't like my color!
 * First off, this isn't a question. Second, too bad. I either based it off the flag of your nation or the flag of the region.
 * What the hell is Al-Jarraidah?
 * My third country. Being a middle eastern nation, there's a long civil war going on. The IFR intervened back in 2010 just months after the war started on the side of the Al-Jarraidan government, but several "You need me more than I need you" type deals have made the IFR the primary player in the war. Most of the areas where Military Colonies are right now used to be controlled by the government, in fact.
 * Why are most of Africa, East Asia, and Australia empty?
 * If you have the entire world to choose from as far as land, I doubt any of those three would stand out to you.
 * Where do Foelania's borders meet Holy Shot's?
 * Yeah, I didn't think that one through with the colors so it might be hard to tell. Foelania controls Ireland while Holy Shot, being in control of the UK, controls Northern Ireland.
 * Why does Holy Shot control almost all of Europe except for Russia?
 * I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that 1, you don't know what Holy Shot is, and 2, you don't know who Kep is.