VOTING: Member State | Commonwealth of Meridiania

[will]

Application for the Commonwealth of Meridiania to join the Alliance of Independent Nations
This is Aquilonia for anyone who visits the usnw forums, but seeing as Aquilonia means "Northern Land," I changed it to South Land, Meridiania

National Flag


The Flag of the Commonwealth of Meridiania design comes from the religious nature of the nation (the cross), the British ancestry (Union Jack and the blue) and the Freedom of the new land (Blank white canvas).

National Coat of Arms


Location

Meridiania is the furthest East nation in the Alliance

Nation Name (Longest Official Form):
Commonwealth of Meridiania

Nation Name (Native Form):
Meridiania

National Anthem:
God Save the Queen

National Motto:
Duis libero tellus, sub Dei nostri
Our United Free Land Under God

Capital:
Angelorium, Regnum
(2,388,000)

Government:
Constitutional monarchy and Federal parliamentary democracy

Head(s) of State:
Queen Elizabeth II
Prime Minister Harry Reymond

Official Language(s):
English, Dutch

Population:
11,500,000 (2011 estimate)

Area:
401,478 sq mi

Climate:
Tropical along the coasts
Desert in the center

GDP ($ - Per Capita):
47,000 USD
1.363 Trillion USD

HDI:
.931

Drives on the:
right

Internet TLD:
.mer

Telephone Code:
+67


History:
In 1616, Dutch explorers discovered the isle of Meridiania, or Vrijmakenland as they called it but was not formally taken over until 26 January 1788, the same day as neighboring Austrailia. On July 23rd, 1877, Meridiania officially ratified their constitution and declared William Sharp the First Prime Minister of the Commonwealth. The Main International Airport in Angelorium is named for him (William Sharp International Airport). The Commonwealth was given further independence by the Statute of Westminister of 1931.The first founded city was Gezag along the East Coast of Vulputate by the 1616 dutch explorers and was free of the Dutch Kingdom. In 2011, the NOB, short for Nederlandse Onafharikelijkheid Bondgenootschap, a Nationalist group in the dutch regions of the southwest, declared their independence from the Commonwealth and the fight will soon begin for their independence. Former NOB leader, current President of Stille Nederlandse Eray Koorn is currently the most wanted man by the VNCI.

War History
1775-1783: American Revolution
1915-1918: World War I
1940-1945: World War II
2011- Meridianian Civil War/Kosteloosian Revolution

Before:

Spoiler:

After:

Executive Hall in new Angelorium v2


Kilburn v2 with all Custom Trees


Corraile Embassy in Northeast City, Angelorium


Downtown Cooper


The Quad at the University of Cooper


Suburban Cooper


Tysonville, a Hamlet about 10 miles North of Cuper's Harbor, and home of Cuper's Harbor Motor Speedway, a 1/3 mile oval which houses MSCRA racing.


The enterance to Leafson's Road, home of the M-League's most successful franchise, the Cuper's Harbor Cardinals, 4 time M-League Champions.


Club Génial, the hottest club in South Juliet


French inhabited South Juliet


William Sharp International Airport, the main airport in Angelorium, is located at the edge of the Grand Redwood Forests of North Meridiania. The Airport was opened in 1931 as Angelorium International Airport, however was renamed in 1945 as William Sharp International. William Sharp was the first Prime Minister of Meridiania.


The Redwood Forests of North Meridiania.

If you notice, I have really poor grapics settings on all updates before Angelorium v2. Those are expected to continue to stay at their current level from now on.

[SmartbyLaw]

So, is this an application to become Full Member? I am guessing it is.

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One thing though, your climate... being so far south it seems weird for you to have deserts and tropics when if you think about it, you would be around Northern America if you flipped your nation across the equator. Clarification would be appreciated Thanks

[will]

Thats what member state means, correct? I'll fix that. As for the climate, It's like Australia, the central areas are pretty dry but the coasts aren't.

[Kevin]

Looking good.

Just a reminder, it's C-O-R-R-A-I-L-E

[SmartbyLaw]

LOL Kevin, and thanks for the clarification. I know what I will vote (when it opens) YES

[will]

ok kevin, When I add the airport and outskirts pics I'll fix that.

Aren't you only associate member though Smart?

[Evillions]

LOL Kevin, and thanks for the clarification. I know what I will vote (when it opens) YES

Only admins can vote on full membership applications.

I would say yes but with improvement, there are some areas which need more refinement.

[will]

There's always room for improvement. I think i can nudge you a bit more towards yes when I add the final few touches towmorrow. Put it this way... 5 hours planting trees... nuff said.

[will]

updated with Trees.

[ForthWall]

Where is it on the map?
Never mind

This is very good, I suggest not going to the closest zoom when taking pictures

[SmartbyLaw]

Hmm, still would vote yes

[hiigarar]

I love how you have changed, your cities are wonderful!

[will]

Forth: Noted
Smart: Thanks
Hiigarar: Thanks, There's always room to improve and I hope to keep doing so even after becoming a full member.

Also, bump. When can we expect this to go to vote? It's now a complete application

[ForthWall]

I think when an admin approves

[SmartbyLaw]

Admins are a bit slow this week.

[will]

Eh, it's fine, just making sure this was still out there

[Neil]

Haha sorry for my tardiness, been pulling a 65/70 hour week with college, work(x2) and volunteering the past fortnight and week ahead! Freedom will come next Thursday which I intend to spend sleeping!

Here's your checklist:

COLOR CODING:

Green means you have completed this to a good standard and no improvements are required to progress
Orange means you have completed this to a reasonable standard but this will need to be improved on if you become an associate member. (in other words, this must turn green before applying for member state)
Red means this has been completed to a poor standard and will need to be improved before your application can progress
Bolded black means that this has not been included in your application and therefore you will need to provide evidence before your application can progress. In the secondary list, you will only have to provide evidence if you have not provided four other greens/oranges.


MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS - All must be green

A minimum of ten in-game pictures of your nation
A unique and realistic flag of your nation
A unique and realistic coat of arms for your nation
A map of your nation's location that does not overlap with an existing AIN nation and is realistic to your CJ style
A type of government that again matches your CJ style
A realistic size and population of your nation
No in-game UI
A reasonable ratio of custom content to maxis provided content (50/50 minimum), as that there is little repetition and a constant style of architecture
A detailed and realistic context (history) for your nation
The Network Addon Mod (NAM)

SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS - At least 4 must be green

A custom terrain mod
Previous, positive and active contribution to the AIN
Attention to detail
A custom water mod
A decent amount of realism (no airports ending with a mountain or skyscrapers in the middle of a small town)
Regular updates and commitment to an external city journal (on either Simtropolis, SC4Devotion, SimPeg or Simsports, links required)
Active participation in a previous union (links required)
Have hosted a community event (must have been on a previous union or a site such as Simtropolis, SC4Devotion or Simsports, links required)
Realistic transport network appropriate to your city style and location (maps or pictures should be provided)
Custom Trees
Decent attempt at custom BATs/lots (pictures required)


COMMENTS:

You are a brilliant example to people starting at the bottom of the AIN - this is an absolutely massive improvement and Meridiania v2 is astounding.
The realism in your final picture (could maybe do with a few MMP rock IMO) is fantastic, original and has inspired me for Killorglin's roads.
Congrats on all your hard work and onwards to Member stateship!


VOTING OPEN NOW

YES!

[will]

Thanks, and, I could even make 2 of the other 3 supplemental green if you want Only thing I should point out is that the poll looks like it will let me vote. How many votes do I need? It's only admins voting so it's 4 right?

[Neil]

Nope anyone can vote, bit undemocratic of me to decide that but because of lack of activity with admins (due to a variety of reasons) I think it is fairer on them, yourself and the other members to vote on this.

So you need 4/5 majority with at least 10 votes.

If you want to go get me evidence for full marks then go ahead and post below (keep it separate so I notice)...

[will]

Previous Union, you can ask alot of people, I'm an ex member of USNW from May to August 2011...
http://www.usnw.net/t441-will-roberts-for-minister-of-statistics
http://www.usnw.net/t440-will-roberts-for-minister-of-culture-and-events
http://www.usnw.net/t237-embassies-in-calma
A few threads I think could help. One is the embassy thread from my previous nation Calma Domhain, and the other two are my ministry campaigns. I ran unopposed but left the union before I took office. I can't seem to find my previous nations on there but I had one until early august, then created Meridiania/Aquilonia (Land of the North/Land of the South, that's why I changed the name when I came to AIN, was in two different hemispheres)

Previously hosted community events. Previously I've hosted about 4-5 leagues, mostly motorsports related, and am currently running the AINGP, or AGPS as it's now called. Due to AIFF forums being deleted on Simsports, I can't show the links to the Futsal World Cup I hosted there in 2010 but I've got a pic here from that. The final between Escambia and Duwamish.

Also hosted the Sim Rugby World Cup, September 2009, which Wacky was in charge of, and I hosted.
http://www.simtropolis.com/forum/topic/38067-sim-rugby-world-cup/page__st__30__p__996859__hl__rugby__fromsearch__1#entry996859

I have one previous lot attempt, not really much but it was included on the last STEX dvd, not sure if I can provide a copy of the email though.
http://www.simtropolis.com/forum/files/file/20910-michilan-tire-store/


Keep in mind, I'm still new with photoshop, I've only been using it since midsummer before that I used Paint, which I was actually very good with, thats why some pics are not very good.

That work?

[ForthWall]

Woah, that is a nice BAT

[will]

LOT, I didn't bat it, LBT did. I was still new to everything around here at that point I forgot to ask but I don't think they ever released it as a lot, just in a prop pack. I also did a version of a few of their gas stations. unfortunatly, I don't think my LE works now. I also did the Grandstand at all my racetracks in my updates.

[ForthWall]

Oh



Forthwall Requirements

Most Important
A realistic and active nation
A realistic map/design of your nation (Could be better)
A realistic design
Fun and entertaining
Active

Somewhat Important
Works on the wiki
Skype
No arguements
Newspapers and additional detail into your nation
Batter/Lotter

Bonus Points
Hard Working Wiki-Member
Runs his own cup (racing)

Overall Score : 10.5/10

YES

[will]

hehehe, I can be on online chatrooms, i'm not too often these days but I used to be in 3 at once I'd like to hear what you have to say for the map/design though

[ForthWall]

I'm not a fan of you island design, looks more like a shoe out of place, maybe a little more chunky or a little more spread out. But I do like your internal design of your landscapes

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