TIC Presents: Nation Creation Contest

[Taco Island Charities]

Taco Island Charities Nation Creation Contest

For Taco Island Charities' inaugural event after our revival, we're proud to be bringing back an idea from 2006: a nation creation contest. Here's how to play:

1. Create a new puppet nation between now and 11:59 P.M. EST on December 3. The puppet's motto should include your main nation's name. Limit one entry per nation.

2. Move the puppet to the region "TIC Nation Creation Contest."

3. Post in this thread with the name of your puppet.

4. Answer as many or as few issues with your puppet as you want.

5. Starting after major update the night of the 3rd, the lowest-ranking nation in the region on each day's World Census Report will be banjected. This will continue daily until only one nation is left. The World Census Report can be found between the WFE and the RMB on the region page.

6. The nation whose puppet survives the longest wins 20,000 ! The runner-up will receive 5,000 , and the third-place finisher will get 2,000 , courtesy of the XKI Casino. Nations are also eligible for the "Queen Ayunli Prize," established by Louisistan, whose details can be found here.

The World Census Report category each day is randomly chosen, but if you would like to try to create a puppet with certain statistics, you can check out this guide.

Good luck and may the best nation win!

Winner: Witchcraft and Sorcery (First Place)
Eliminated: Louisistan (Day 1: Civil Rights), Almonaster (Day 2: Safety), Anime Daisuki (Day 3: Public Sector), Nate NBNS (Day 4: World Assembly Endorsements), Wordy (Day 5: Godforsakenness), The Candy Lane (Day 6: Retail Industry), Elite (Day 7: Most Armed), Barry (Day 8: Pizza Delivery Sector), Thanya (Day 9: Manufacturing Sector; Third Place), Duckyian Empire (Day 10: Safety; Second Place)

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If you would like to contribute to TIC to fund activities like this one, you can learn more in our donation how-to.

[Wordy]

I am going to enter Posting to hold place until the starting date gets close and then I will create a puppet and edit here. Created and moved in.

Nation: Silly Rabbit

[Louisistan]

tagging this so I don't forget to create a puppet

[Anime Daisuki]

Oh I remember this!

[Duckyian Empire]

*wishes to enter*

EDIT: puppet's name is Liverhamptonpool.

[Elite]

my puppet name reflects my confidence: First Round Elimination

[Almonaster]

I'm in.

Nation is Diezmilésima.

[Aersoldorf]

I'll make one this weekend

[Thanya]

Count me in!

My puppet: My Own Personal Insane Asylum

[Louisistan]

Mount Louisistan is in.

[Barry]

Oh yeah. I've got to do this. I've never been banjected anywhere before.

My puppet is "The Bourbonated Butler" - click here.

[XKI Casino]

In the spirit of friendship between XKI's business and charitable entities, The XKI Casino has donated 2,000 tacos to Taco Island Charities, to be given as prize money to the 3rd place finisher in the Nation Creation Contest.

[Taco Island Charities]

Much appreciated, XKI Casino!

Reminder that sign-ups close on the 3rd! Create your nations now!

[Louisistan]

Nov 30, 2014 5:53:50 GMT -5 XKI Casino said:

In the spirit of friendship between XKI's business and charitable entities, The XKI Casino has donated 2,000 tacos to Taco Island Charities, to be given as prize money to the 3rd place finisher in the Nation Creation Contest.

Bravo, I say!
In the same spirit, I wish to donate the sum of 4,000 Tacos. This prize money - henceforth known as the "Queen Ayunli prize" - shall be divided amongst those participants that manage to get their puppet into the world top 10% for any given world census category. Of course this only applies if that ranking is achieved before the nation is eliminated.

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

I'll enter and edit this post with my nation's name when I get one created. I just got home so it'll be.... oh, an hour or two from when this post is created that I have a nation.

My nation for the contest will be Witchcraft and Quixotry.

[Taco Island Charities]

Thanks for the prize money, Louisistan!

Sign-ups close tomorrow, and then the game begins! Get your nations made now!

The Candy Lane, Ater Nox, Grub (Lenlyvit), Anime Daisuki: Don't know if your likes/comments meant interest in the contest, but here's a reminder to join if so.

[Almonaster]

Just to reinforce my OCD credentials, I did a bit of analysis.

I set out to max all the numbers I could. I now think that was a mistake, as it meant I also got a lot of low numbers. Here is how we compare...

Lowest by WA category
Civil Rights : Louis
Economy : Elite
Political Freedoms : Louis
Population : Aerso
Authoritarianism : Almo
Averageness : Almo
Business Subsidization : Louis / Thanya / Elite
Compassion : Barry / Wordy
Corruption : Wordy
Culture : all except Almo
Defense Forces : Almo
Eco-Friendliness : Almo
Employment : Elite
Environmental Beauty : Almo
Freedom From Corruption : Louis
Freedom From Taxation : Thanya / Barry / Wordy
Godlessness : Wordy
Government Size : Almo
Happiness : All =
Health : Wordy
Human Development Index : Elite
Ideological Radicality : Aerso
Income Equality : Ducky
Industry: Arms Manufacturing : Louis / Ducky
Industry: Automobile Manufacturing : Thanya
Industry: Basket Weaving : Almo / Aerso / Thanya / Elite
Industry: Beverage Sales : Thanya / Aerso
Industry: Book Publishing : Louis / Aerso / Elite / Wordy
Industry: Cheese Exports : Louis / Aerso / Elite / Wordy / Barry
Industry: Furniture Restoration : Thanya
Industry: Gambling : Almo / Louis / Aerso / Elite
Industry: Information Technology : Louis / Elite
Industry: Insurance : Almo / Elite / Barry
Industry: Mining : Almo / Louis / Elite
Industry: Pizza Delivery : Louis / Almo / Wordy / Barry
Industry: Retail : Almo / Louis
Industry: Timber Woodchipping : Louis / Aerso / Elite / Wordy
Industry: Trout Fishing : Elite / Wordy / Barry
Influence : Aerso
Intelligence : All =
Law Enforcement : Almo
Lifespan : Elite / Wordy / Barry
Most Pro-Market : Elite
Niceness : Wordy / Barry
Nudity : Louis
Obesity : Elite
Pacifism : Wordy
Political Apathy : Wordy
Primitiveness : Thanya / Aerso
Public Healthcare : Almo
Public Transport : Almo
Recreational Drug Use : Louis
Religiousness : Louis
Rudeness : Louis
Safety : Almo
Safety from Crime : Almo
Scientific Advancement : Louis
Sector: Agriculture : Thanya / Wordy
Sector: Manufacturing : Thanya
Social Conservatism : Almo
Stupidity : all except Almo
Taxation : Almo
Tourism : Almo
Toxicity : Wordy
Unexpected Death Rate : Ducky
Wealth Gaps : Elite
Weaponization : Louis
Weather : Barry
Welfare : Almo
World Assembly Endorsements : all
Youth Rebelliousness : Aerso / Elite / Wordy / Thanya


Total vulnerabilities:
Ducky : 3
Barry : 9
Thanya : 10
Aerso : 11
Wordy : 17
Elite : 18
Louis : 19
Almo : 21

[Almonaster]

Rules Query

In some categories there are several nations on the same score. What will happen in the eliminations?

[Taco Island Charities]

Dec 2, 2014 11:22:33 GMT -5 Almonaster said:

Rules Query

In some categories there are several nations on the same score. What will happen in the eliminations?

I will go off the last nation on the list on the region page; the game has some sort of mechanism for breaking ties to make the list, and that's what I'll go by. Also note that what look like ties may not actually be exact ties, but look that way on the stats due to rounding.

[Almonaster]

I was thinking mostly of the integer categories such as WA endorsements, but that's as fair a way as any to resolve it. Thanks.

[The Candy Lane]

Thanks for the reminder, my nation is The Colony of Candistantinople

[Nate NBNS]

Presenting "The Nomadic Peoples of Cold Cold Heart"

[Anime Daisuki]

I have joined with Bellchan
www.nationstates.net/nation=bellchan

[Taco Island Charities]

And we're off! Eleven nations entered, but only one will survive. Who will it be?

Our first World Census Report is on the most extensive civil rights, and it looks like Louisistan's nation is in need of some serious civil rights improvements. Enjoy the trip to TRR!

Ten nations remain after Day 1, including, surprisingly, Elite's puppet "First Round Elimination." Almonaster, Thanya, and Duckyian Empire have qualified for the Queen Ayunli Prize. Stay tuned for tomorrow's report.

[Louisistan]

If anyone's wondering how that happened: It's what happens when you answer every issue with the last possible response
Good luck to the remaining field. I'm off to build a puppet storage.

[Almonaster]

Louisistan, you'd be welcome to hang out at All Mine.

[Taco Island Charities]

On Day 2, World Assembly census-takers read over warning labels, counted bike riders without helmets, and attempted to jay-walk across busy streets to see how safe each country was. Sadly, after narrowly avoiding being hit by a car six times in hour--on the sidewalk--census-takers have ranked Almonaster last. Banjection time!

[Elite]

This is absurd, I've somehow lasted 2 days. Can I get a recount or something?

[Almonaster]

Well at least I got in on the Queen Ayunli thing.

Good luck folks.

[Taco Island Charities]

Day 3: World Assembly census-takers got out their tape measures and carefully cataloged how much red tape was in each nation for today's report: largest public sector. After getting tangled up in a virtual web of red tape, census-takers ranked Anime Daisuki's nation dead last. Have fun in TRR!

From eleven, we're down to eight. Let's see what happens tomorrow.