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RlackDoesFlags In reply to SONBoomer [2013-08-06 09:09:56 +0000 UTC]

Sure thing. I'll just need to draw some larger logos for all the other countries, guess what type of nation they are, and then draw the flag.

I can guarantee they will be better than this. This was one of my first flags, and it was essentially me messing about with paint.net. I've got a better program now

GLORY TO ARSTOTZKA

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SONBoomer In reply to RlackDoesFlags [2013-08-12 10:38:54 +0000 UTC]

I think Arstotzka, Kolechia, Obristan, Antegria and Republia are all Soviet satellites, which had recently gained some independence due to the economic weakening of the U.S.S.R., and decided to go their own separate ways, further and further from the Union's path. This also means that ethnic and national conflicts have been reinvigorated.

Arstotzka and Kolechia are fine examples of this.

Both of them seem to be a typical "Autonomous Socialist/People's Republic", but with Kolechia being a bit more liberal (well, less radical and more open to democratization), and more battle-ravaged by the 6 year war it had with Arstotzka.

Meanwhile, Arstotzka remains police-state.

Obristan is a large country, secure and safe from the atrocities of the others, loyal to the U.S.S.R., yet, with more civil and political rights provided than in any of the other states. It's still a one-party state, though, but it can be considered the "happiest barrack" in the region. Probably a "Socialist Federal Republic".

Republia (as I found out from another game) remains the same, hardcore, Stalinist country as all the probably where, most likely a so-called "Democratic Republic".

Antegria is a bit more open to capitalism, however, that only means more corruption for this country, which brings more refugees to all the other countries. My guess would be that it's an 'Armed Republic'.

Impor is a small, insignificant Third-World Country, beyond the Soviet Sphere of influence and only aided by the United Fed.. It's government is either very corrupt or very optimistic, but in both cases, to small to do any damage. The economy is feeble, which brings up the possibility of an obscure and weak, utopian form of state, like a "Free Territory" or "Republic of Councils".

The United Federation is a gathering of many nationalities (mostly refugees from all the other states), a local outpost of the Western allies, but so small in size that neither the Soviet Union, or it's local hench-states care about it. Probably the only truly democratic republic in the region, however, it probably isn't an official state, but rather, a secured territory.

One must know his enemies more than his friends!

Glory to Arstotzka!

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