Post by wafflesandspam on May 4, 2006 15:28:44 GMT -5
The Principality of Waffles and Spam
Short name: Waffles and Spam
Local name:WaS
Official language(s):English, Esperanto,
Other language(s): French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese
Capital:The Wafflehouse
Currency:The sofer
National animal:The sponge
Motto:"Wild Dogs ate my Family"
National Anthem:"I've got Typhoid (From Waffles and Spam!)"
Government
(Head of State): Potentate Darius Wilder
(Head of Government): Prime Minister Djano Descartes
Government: While officially led by Potentate Darius Wilder, Prime Minister Djano ("Jah-no") Descartes is the real leader of the country. Largely a figurehead, Wilder spends his days writing his memoirs and picking strawberries. Both men enjoy high approval ratings.
A unicameral Parliament is made up of three representatives from each of the 24 commonwealths. It is their job to make laws, declare war, and the like, although they spends much of their day playing "Frop the Hoogle", a variation on bocce. (The popular saying "Stop fropping my hoogle!" comes from this game. It is used when you suspect someone of lying to you.)
When someone challenges a law, it is instantly brought to Ye Olde Man in the Woods, a man in the woods (duh) who is isolated from outside biases and spends his day reading lawbooks over. And over. And over. He acts not unlike a one-man Supreme Court.
Citizens call themselves Spammers.
Society
Ethnicities:Spammers, Asians, Spaniards
Religions: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, with very small percentages practicing Hinduism. The majority of the country, while Christian, has no specific denomination, believing all organized religion to be greedy and money-grabbing.
Languages: English, Spanish, Esperanto, Japanese
Economy:
The economy is largely driven by trout farming and the mining and selling of the rare metal Frakium. A capitalist society, strength is given to the worker, not the company. ("An awkward situation, but we make it work." Said Descartes) With Frakium, WaS is also a large car manufacturing country, although most of the building goes on in the Midlands.
Geography and Climate: WaS is by and large seasonable, with winters rarely going below 15 degrees Farenheit and summers rarely going above 95 degrees Farenheit. The land in the south is mainly marshes and bogs, where many pirates became shipwrecked and where treasure is still being discovered on a weekly basis. The North consists of beautiful mountains, while the East is quite nearly a desert. Out west, one sees largely flat lands, with lakes and rivers intertwining.
Highest point: Mount Flappyjacks, although nobody has made an official measurement yet.
Lowest point: Everybody who tries to find out has drowned.
Avg. summer tempurature: 72 degrees F.
Avg. winter tempurature: 32 degrees F.
Political Leaders: Prime Minister Djano Descartes effectively leads the nation, but is known to be replaced with the angrier, balder Hamish MacLeod, his Quicker Vicar and the nations lone Scotsman. With age, MacLeod has grown less angry, although he can still curse a blue streak when needed. Political enemies of MacLeod have been known to be ambushed by a masked fighter known only as "El Wombat Spectacular", who has fiery red hair and sounds similar to MacLeod.
Elections for Prime Minister and Q.V. are held every four years, with many major elections taking place at that time. Potentate is passed down from father to son, and Potentates remain so for life, or until they officially resign. The current Potentate, Darius Wilder, has had only daughters so far, and many Spammers are getting used to the idea of having a female Potentate. It is unknown if PM Descartes looks forward to it, however.
History
Waffles and Spam was discovered in the early 1840's by seafaring pirates of largely Spanish and English origin, (and the interbreeding betweeen the two ethnicities would result in Spammers.) Getting stuck in and sinking in the South's many bogs and marshes only seemed to draw more pirates to the land, with large fleets arriving and sinking in 1856, 1862, 1867, 1881 and 1894. The survivors of the wrecks became the first Spammers, and Potentate Wilder traces his ancestry back to such a situation.
Eventually spreading throughout the land, the people began a fishing industry with great success in the West, and each of the four uber-regions (North, South, East and West) seemed happy to govern themselves. The discovery of Frakium in 1911 by Heywood Frakiol made the need for a central government apparent, because of rampant looting and robbery following the discovery.
Representatives from each of the then-20 regions convened in 1912 in what is now the nation's capital, The Wafflehouse. Influenced by such a name, they eventually agreed to name the new nation "The Principality of Waffles and Spam", (although the team from the South-based Quina City were pretty keen on "Baconstan" for a while.) This became the first Parliament.
The former pirate captain Swang F. Wilder became the first Potentate, although his characteristic restlessnes soon called for a more reachable Prime Minister to be created. Fatima Dolan became the country's first Prime Minister in 1914. Since then. Potentate has become largely a traditional figurehead of an office.
Since then WaS has placed many freedoms in the hands of the individual, and the nation operates loosely, a smallish central government governing four uber-regions, split into 5 regions each.
Darius Wilder's eldest daughter, Murdoc, has expressed the desire to take a more active role in leadership, and this may shake up the structure of WaS' government quite a bit.
Short name: Waffles and Spam
Local name:WaS
Official language(s):English, Esperanto,
Other language(s): French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese
Capital:The Wafflehouse
Currency:The sofer
National animal:The sponge
Motto:"Wild Dogs ate my Family"
National Anthem:"I've got Typhoid (From Waffles and Spam!)"
Government
(Head of State): Potentate Darius Wilder
(Head of Government): Prime Minister Djano Descartes
Government: While officially led by Potentate Darius Wilder, Prime Minister Djano ("Jah-no") Descartes is the real leader of the country. Largely a figurehead, Wilder spends his days writing his memoirs and picking strawberries. Both men enjoy high approval ratings.
A unicameral Parliament is made up of three representatives from each of the 24 commonwealths. It is their job to make laws, declare war, and the like, although they spends much of their day playing "Frop the Hoogle", a variation on bocce. (The popular saying "Stop fropping my hoogle!" comes from this game. It is used when you suspect someone of lying to you.)
When someone challenges a law, it is instantly brought to Ye Olde Man in the Woods, a man in the woods (duh) who is isolated from outside biases and spends his day reading lawbooks over. And over. And over. He acts not unlike a one-man Supreme Court.
Citizens call themselves Spammers.
Society
Ethnicities:Spammers, Asians, Spaniards
Religions: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, with very small percentages practicing Hinduism. The majority of the country, while Christian, has no specific denomination, believing all organized religion to be greedy and money-grabbing.
Languages: English, Spanish, Esperanto, Japanese
Economy:
The economy is largely driven by trout farming and the mining and selling of the rare metal Frakium. A capitalist society, strength is given to the worker, not the company. ("An awkward situation, but we make it work." Said Descartes) With Frakium, WaS is also a large car manufacturing country, although most of the building goes on in the Midlands.
Geography and Climate: WaS is by and large seasonable, with winters rarely going below 15 degrees Farenheit and summers rarely going above 95 degrees Farenheit. The land in the south is mainly marshes and bogs, where many pirates became shipwrecked and where treasure is still being discovered on a weekly basis. The North consists of beautiful mountains, while the East is quite nearly a desert. Out west, one sees largely flat lands, with lakes and rivers intertwining.
Highest point: Mount Flappyjacks, although nobody has made an official measurement yet.
Lowest point: Everybody who tries to find out has drowned.
Avg. summer tempurature: 72 degrees F.
Avg. winter tempurature: 32 degrees F.
Political Leaders: Prime Minister Djano Descartes effectively leads the nation, but is known to be replaced with the angrier, balder Hamish MacLeod, his Quicker Vicar and the nations lone Scotsman. With age, MacLeod has grown less angry, although he can still curse a blue streak when needed. Political enemies of MacLeod have been known to be ambushed by a masked fighter known only as "El Wombat Spectacular", who has fiery red hair and sounds similar to MacLeod.
Elections for Prime Minister and Q.V. are held every four years, with many major elections taking place at that time. Potentate is passed down from father to son, and Potentates remain so for life, or until they officially resign. The current Potentate, Darius Wilder, has had only daughters so far, and many Spammers are getting used to the idea of having a female Potentate. It is unknown if PM Descartes looks forward to it, however.
History
Waffles and Spam was discovered in the early 1840's by seafaring pirates of largely Spanish and English origin, (and the interbreeding betweeen the two ethnicities would result in Spammers.) Getting stuck in and sinking in the South's many bogs and marshes only seemed to draw more pirates to the land, with large fleets arriving and sinking in 1856, 1862, 1867, 1881 and 1894. The survivors of the wrecks became the first Spammers, and Potentate Wilder traces his ancestry back to such a situation.
Eventually spreading throughout the land, the people began a fishing industry with great success in the West, and each of the four uber-regions (North, South, East and West) seemed happy to govern themselves. The discovery of Frakium in 1911 by Heywood Frakiol made the need for a central government apparent, because of rampant looting and robbery following the discovery.
Representatives from each of the then-20 regions convened in 1912 in what is now the nation's capital, The Wafflehouse. Influenced by such a name, they eventually agreed to name the new nation "The Principality of Waffles and Spam", (although the team from the South-based Quina City were pretty keen on "Baconstan" for a while.) This became the first Parliament.
The former pirate captain Swang F. Wilder became the first Potentate, although his characteristic restlessnes soon called for a more reachable Prime Minister to be created. Fatima Dolan became the country's first Prime Minister in 1914. Since then. Potentate has become largely a traditional figurehead of an office.
Since then WaS has placed many freedoms in the hands of the individual, and the nation operates loosely, a smallish central government governing four uber-regions, split into 5 regions each.
Darius Wilder's eldest daughter, Murdoc, has expressed the desire to take a more active role in leadership, and this may shake up the structure of WaS' government quite a bit.