~~OC COUNTRIES~~
Name: Brigid O’Brien
Country you are from or represent: (South) Ireland.
Physical description:
Bio: Ireland is your classic redhead: stubborn, strong-willed, and hot-tempered. She’s one of the older nations, roughly close to around 2,000 years old (give or take about fifty years, so she claims) and the older sister of England and North Ireland, although the younger sister of Wales and Scotland. She hates England with a passion, and after centuries upon centuries of struggle against English oppression, she finally won the independence she long-so desired in 1922-ironically first recognized by Russia in 1919. However, the first seeds of red began to take root as early as 1921, and though it was quickly quashed by the strict political structure and strong cultural influences of the Catholic Church in 1924 in retaliation to the anti-Christian sentiment of communism, the issue began cropping up again and again, each time manifesting itself under a new name.
In spite of Cold War tensions, and in spite of her continuous resistance to the temptations of communism, she remained independent and on good terms with other communist nations to the point of noticeable friendships-Russia and Cuba to name a couple. Some speculate these relations were built up partially as a poke in the eye to get back at little brother America for his lack of help in the Irish War of Independence to remain on good terms with England…but such speculations were dead-ended with a “No comment.” All was going fine, or at least, it was, until 1966. And that was when disaster struck.
The Troubles. It started with stirs in Protestant North Ireland-terrorist attacks on Irish Catholics. At first, it was a few scattered incidents, but that quickly escalated out of control. Choosing to provide aid to her fellow Irish Catholics, members of the IRA (the Irish Republican Army) were sent in to help deal with the situation. For the next couple of years following, this began to cause discontent within the populace, and the president and Taoiseach began to lose ground in the polls. By 1970, the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) had unexpectedly surged up to take control, having won over the people by promising not only an end to involvement in The Troubles, or even an end to The Troubles overall, but a Unified Ireland. Ultimately, upon joining the Soviet Union, the people found such promises would remain unfulfilled, as Britain’s hold on North Ireland remained too great…for now.
Now Ireland and her IRA struggle against Soviet Oppression, to maintain Irish culture and their Catholic religion…
Ideology: Soviet
Rper's Name: Xikora
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Name: Vaclav Cižek
Country you are from or represent: Represents the Czech Republic
Physical description: He has dark green eyes and black , short hair. He’s a bit on the short side for the average male, standing at about 5’6. He’s not really skinny, nor is he fat. He’s fit, but not muscular. He has a long scar going down the middle of his back due to a rather deep cut. Although he remembers how it happened, he would rather not discuss it. In fact, the sight alone makes him cringe a bit.
He doesn’t really like to stick out, but he does like to be a bit… Different. He typically wears a simple black or red shirt and black pants( http://image.rakuten.co.jp/mansaiya/cabinet/item/571090-3.jpg ). On really cold days, He wears a coat like this. (http://www.retroscopefashions.com/images/mens/CT00099.jpg ) Except it’s red, though the belt is black. He wears simple black boots or shoes, depending on the weather. He normally wears a gold necklace with a small Czech Republican flag pendent. There’s no real reason other than the fact he likes to stick to his roots.
Bio: Vaclav was placed under Soviet control shortly after Germany controlled him, though not completely dissolved into the union. Currently, he is trying his best to ensure his people and other nations can be safe. Having a rather extensive knowledge of medical procedures and what one, Russia has allowed him to visit his mansion as a trusted doctor. However, something seems a bit amiss about his intentions. However, Russia has thus far chosen to leave it be. For now.
Ideology: Undisclosed
Rper's Name: Lietuva Raistikis
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Name: Daniel K. Kirkland
Country you are from or represent: Molossia
Physical description: At the moment, Molossia appears to be no older than a toddler of one and a half to two years, but he didn’t appear much older than six months to a year up until recently. Lately he’s been going through growth spurts, most likely because of his transference from a generally stagnant micronation to a growing rebel group. Overall though, Molossia generally appears as an average toddler that’s recovering from being rather sickly. He looks quite a bit like America in features with paler blue eyes, but his hair color is extremely light blond, almost to the point of white, and his skin tone is pale to a degree that it hints suspiciously at traces of albinism…
Bio: Originally, Molossia was born as a Cold War project. In 1970, the American government proposed an experiment with the Soviet Union-this experiment would involve the creation of a ‘mini-nation’ comprised of forty Americans and forty Soviet Russians living together, hopefully in relative peace. The government would shadowed by both the American and Soviet Union governments, forcing both to come together to decide policy on a regular basis and hopefully improving relations between the two. On a personified scale, this would mean that America and Russia would be forced to get along to raise the nation, which would take form of a newborn child. After many meetings and debate, the decision to go through with the project was finally approved. Oddly enough, however, the project never took off and was inexplicably canceled by the American government.
Fast forward to seven years later, a baby was found abandoned by the roadside right outside of Portland, Oregon. The rescuers-ten year-old friends Spielman and Kevin Baugh-convinced Spielman’s family to adopt the child, christening him with the name ‘Daniel Kevin Spielman’. Coincidentally, this was right around the time the boys were talking about forming a nation of their own, and not long after the adoption, the Grand Republic of Vuldstein was formed. Something was off with the child though: while the two friends grew up over the years, the baby was aging at an extremely slow rate, if even at all. In 1977, the two friends were forced to part ways and their nation went into an inactive state, and in moving to Nevada, Baugh gained custody of the child. Not long afterward, the nation was revived and renamed the Republic of Molossia.
In the Scenario world, things played out a little differently. Same project in 1970, same cancellation, same baby found by a roadside. But that’s where the similarities end. This time, the baby was found in 1971, by a roadside in the Nevada desert by one of Baugh’s relatives. Given the name ‘Daniel Kevin Baugh’ right around the time that the Republic of Vuldstein was created, the tiny nation really only comprised of a small house and yard in the Nevada desert and lasted for only a total of two years during the Soviet takeover. The damage was swift but detrimental. With the state of Nevada going under lockdown by the Soviets due to being a government hotspot (such as having the location of Area 51), the occupying forces did not take kindly to the tiny nation, seeing it as a potential rallying sight for rebels. Though the house was razed and most of the family was sent to Siberia, Baugh’s visiting kid relative Kevin managed to snap a few pictures of the burning house, grab a suddenly very-sickly baby and flee to safety.
Pictures are powerful things. When word got out with picture proof and a couple of renegade children, a rebel force has formed in the underground and has begun to pick up speed on a national scale. This rebel force has been dubbed ‘Molossia’ and is comprised of those who fight to regain America, and those who fight to regain ground and establish a new nation of rebellion, named after the group. As for the two children…?
A supposed representative of the United Kingdom stopped by for a visit, and left with two children that looked suspiciously like Baugh’s. The oldest was sent to live with a British family. And as for the youngest? Protected in the tiny nation of Sealand.
Ideology: Molossia may be a toddler, but seeing as how his official establishment was by an American citizen, and then became fully dependent on the existence of an underground Soviet opposition group, his stance should be pretty clear.
Rper's Name: Xikora
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Name: Karli “Roksana” Liu
Country you are from or represent: Siberia
Physical description:
Bio: Siberia is the daughter of Scythia and China’s little brother, Xiongnu (whom later became known as Hun), though like Russia, a grandchild of General Winter. In the sixteenth century, she was discovered by the children of Kievan Rus, particularly Russia, and was adopted into the family. Whereas at least Moscow was more populated so Russia at least had some people, Siberia had a mere population of 40 million people spread out over an area that took up 77% of Russia’s territory-and even less than that before coming across her siblings. She grew up in an area of freezing temperatures on a regular basis, with all the scattered people living on the rural areas, and very alone with General Winter as her most common, persisting companion. Perhaps that is why she thrives in the coldest of winters. Perhaps that is why she enjoys Soviet Russia’s reign. Soviet gave her a very special job of running the gulags after all, and in return she is given many, many toys. She has no intention of failing in her job of being a very strict and sadistic jailer to all of those children who can’t play nice~
Ideology: Soviet, of course. Hellz yes.
Rper's Name: Xikora
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Name: Im Hyung Soo
Country you represent: North Korea
Physical description: Long black hair tied in a braid and golden brown eyes.
Bio: Long ago on a small peninsula there lived two brothers. The older one was keeper of the land and the north and the younger one was keeper of the sea and the south. The two lived together in isolated harmony. However the two brothers were very weak and had few resources and so other members of their family often took advantage of them.
Finally when they were fully grown they gained independence from their older brother and they believed they would live together in peace again. Sadly that did not come to pass. The older brother had a house guest after the liberation and this guest wanted to expand and started to whisper lies in the older brother’s ear. When the older brother went to the younger the older found out that the younger had his own house guest. Both brothers tried to tell the other about the things they had learned from their guest but the ideologies were so different that the brothers began to fight about who was right.
Their small tiff turned into a large battle that lasted three years each one trying to push their ideas on the other until finally they decided to stop fighting and simply split their country into two pieces and it has been that way ever since.
That is the story behind the Korean War, a story of two brothers torn from each other by outside forces, but that is not the ending of this tale.
A few years after the end of the war the older brother began to realize just how much of a horrible mistake he had made. He had given up the one person who had never left his side and now was stuck with strangers who had false smiles. The older brother though could do nothing to change the past and it seemed his future was bleak. There was no way to reunite with his younger brother and no way to separate from his new caretakers.
With no bright future to be seen by the older brother he made a vow to himself that he would keep his younger brother from suffering the same fate. Even if it killed him he would save his beloved younger brother. However, something unexpected happened to the older brother. His caretaker, the house guest who had come to him with whispered words had become dear to the older brother. While he wanted to protect his brother he also wanted to protect his friend.
How can Hyung Soo possibly be there for both South Korea and Russia?
Ideology: Soviet
Rper's Name:N Korea – Im Hyung Soo
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Name: Volkan Solovyov
Country: The Rebuplic of Kazakhstan (or Kazakh SSR)
Physical description:
Bio: A country who in the present time of 2011 is very friendly and has good relations with many nations including those on the U.N. He is peaceful, prosperous, fair, helpful, and a great country to live in. His greatest ally is Russia. Though Kazahkstan wasn't always this way and holds a dark past that probably without he wouldn't be like he is today. Kazakhstan was originally an unorganized land filled with nomadic tribes. As a small child he traveled around often living a nomadic lifestyle often finding confilct from other nomadic tribes in his land and others. This alone nearly crushed him at a oung age but he was able to pull himself together and begain to organize himself into his own country will still holding true to his nomadic life. It seemed the moment he started doing this Russia (the russian empire at the time) showed up on his doorsteps. Russia began to force his language onto him and started to impose on his system of life. More and more russian started to come into his land and they competed with his people for land and began to starve them by taking their food. Enraged by this sudden invasion on his life instead of submitting like most had in the past to tsarist Russia, Kazakhstan fought back, brutal massacres issued back and forth between the two countries. For awhile after that he was at peace. And just when he thought it was over Russia came back... as Soviet Russia and then everything went to hell. Mass emigration, starvation that wiped out 22% of his population followed. Scared and growing weaker and weaker Kazakhstan was overwhelmed not knowing what to do all his retaliations were in vain. What finally did it for him was the sudden slaughter of his many renowned Kazakh writers, thinkers, poets, politicians and historians in Russia's attempt to repress him and suppress his identity and culture. It worked and Kazakhstan just snapped changing from his usual kind bold self into the demon known as Kazakh SSR finding himself no longer capable of thinking for himself. He is the site of many nuclear testing and home to some violent labor camps including one for women who are deemed as enemies of the public. Kazakhstan is a violent sadistic servant/lap dog to Russia due to his supressed identity and inability to think and have his own sense of right and wrong. He will do anything he is told even if it is murdering an innocent.
Ideology: Soviet
Rper's Name: Lunar Inaba
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