Starting your own country.
Apparently, it's not that difficult to do, and get recognised as a microstate. Failing that, fuck it, go for a micronation.
What would you call yours? What laws would you pass? Name of your currency? And would you take up a seat in the UN, in the unlikely ocurence you were actually offered one?
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:05, 49 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

There was a guy who stood for the European paliment in MK who wanted it to become an independant city state.
I'd have a flat tax system with no exemptions, entire tax code should be written on 1 A4 sheet. No VAT, NI anything like that just a taxable rate set at dunno 30% of earnings. All jobs are advertised after tax.

Evidence based policy, with every policy to be reviewed every 3 years. Referrendums on most big issues via the internet. Voting is compulsory but there will always be a "none of the above" style option.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:12, Reply)

Referendums are a fucking stupid idea if you already have a system of elected representatives

(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:18, Reply)

Yes if you have a stupid populas, but I'm assuming this country is a couple of hundred rather than a couple of million.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:22, Reply)

Oh, okay. In which case I propose the system adopted in "The Stand" with a 7 person executive committee
with an old woman who has visions from god with the power of veto.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:26, Reply)

I tried watching that once.
God it was dull. And loooooooooooong
(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:27, Reply)

I'm reading the book
I'm really, really enjoying it. I've not read Stephen King before, but I can see why he sold so many books now.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:28, Reply)

The Stand is my Fav. King book

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:33, Reply)

I'm concerned I may have started with his best one and everything else will be a series of crushing dissapointments.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:35, Reply)

I'm not a big King fan, but I did enjoy "The Stand"

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:37, Reply)

Woo Milton Keynes!
Featured on PM last night on Radio 4 - www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b01lv26n - about 27 minutes in.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:24, Reply)

I heard it, they were a bit dissmissive, but then it is radio 4.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:24, Reply)

They pointed out that they originally planned a clever system of phased traffic lights
but at the last minute thought "fuck it, roundabouts it is" and that by allowing you to drive a 60mph everywhere it pushed all the shops back from the roads and made it souless and unpleasant.

Which is all spot on.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:28, Reply)

I prefer roundabouts to traffic lights.
And yeah, it's souless when you're on a dual carrigeway. The north circular isn't exactly pleasant.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:31, Reply)

That's where you're wrong.
You can talk to the gypsys that try and wash your windscreen and they draw a little heart in soap suds first so you like them even though you are waving at them and shouting "FUCK OFF".
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:33, Reply)

Afternoon
www.wikihow.com/Start-Your-Own-Country

I will give the question some thought
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:14, Reply)

I'd have a crack at the UN.
In fact I'd probably have a go at politics, except I know I'd end up being broken by whichever party into being a typical career politican without any aim other than staying in power.
( Kroney, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:15, Reply)

Never mind that, all of you go to board and vote for foot in mouth on the qotw vote.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:22, Reply)

I voted for Unexpected Sexiness
hopefully a girl will mention her breasts online.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:24, Reply)

You did that on purpose so me and AB won't be able to help trolling folk.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:28, Reply)

I hope you don't get banned.


I hope you get banned really.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:29, Reply)

I got told I will be permabanned if I don't stop telling liars that they're liars.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:30, Reply)

LIAR!

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:30, Reply)

Uh oh, see you in a week.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:32, Reply)

Where the fuck do you vote?
I can't find the link
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:40, Reply)

About three or four threads down on board, or it's linked to in ScaryDuck's talk thread.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:41, Reply)

DONE

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:43, Reply)

That would be awful



It wouldn't be that awful
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:32, Reply)

Also, as we're basically agressive sods, which country would you have a go at first?
I'd go for Belgium. Or maybe the Vatican, as they're tiny.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:24, Reply)

Yeah, attacking the Vatican would have no repercussions.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:25, Reply)

it'd remove a lot of stupid people from powerful positions.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:29, Reply)

What are they going to do? Pray on you?
Fuck 'em, quick air strike, job done.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:29, Reply)

They're protected by the Swiss, it might be the only way to ever get Swizerland to go to war.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:30, Reply)

Really?
I didn't know that. I know they're called the Swiss Guard, but I didn't think they were actually from Switzerland.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:34, Reply)

Yeah, they used to be the best army in the world, so the pope signed a deal with them.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:39, Reply)

Deal with the devil morelike

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:40, Reply)

did you study it as a module for your gcse's as well?

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:41, Reply)

The Swiss have been kept neutral for ages,
so countries can continue to trade, even whilst at war. For example, ATT, the merican phone people, and Ford Motors continued to sell shit to the Germans during WW2. The Swiss run banking, cheque clearance etc.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:47, Reply)

someones been reading timecube I see

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:50, Reply)

Never heard of that one.
But ta ever so for the link.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:52, Reply)

4 interspacial
cubes of
time on
a sphere
great shock
no fool alive
or dead scientist
can possibly
disprove the
accuracy of my
claims. YOU ARE
SCHOOLED to be
stupid open the
eyes of your
inner mind

next page.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:53, Reply)

It's the best site ever

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:57, Reply)

Dear Mr. Ray
For a year now I have studied your Time Cube truths but have not been
able to convince others of its reality (dumbasses). My mother is a teacher,
and she said it was "nutty" and "stupid." But guess what- I cornered her,
literally, in the living room one evening, and forced her to admit it.

IN ORDER TO GET HER TEACHING CERTIFICATE, SHE HAD TO SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT STATING THAT SHE WOULD UPHOLD THE GREENWICH MYTH UNTIL DEATH. I shit you not. It has been revealed.

American teachers are sworn to fight against the truth of Time Cube.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 14:03, Reply)

the end of raiders of the lost ark didn't really happen chompy

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:31, Reply)

No, the Crystal Skull never even happened.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:32, Reply)

:0

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:32, Reply)

Hello Rory how are you this fine morning?
I'm lovely, thanks very much.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:48, Reply)

In the land of the employed and the bottom right hand bit of your computer it's very much the afternoon

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:51, Reply)

Dicktitastan

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 13:35, Reply)

The Titdickistan people will never surrender to your soulless hegemony

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 14:09, Reply)