Approved: Associate Membership | Socialist Republic of Matinenda

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Nation Name (Longest Official Form): Socialist Republic of Matinenda
Nation Name (Native Form): Matinenda
National Anthem: Matinenda: The Brave and Grand





National Motto: "Help Those Who'd Help You."
Capital: Venitilli
Government: Democratic-Socialism
Head(s) of State: Joseph Hasfaben
Official Languages: English, French
Population: 4,146,674
Religion: Christian (56%) Protestant (27%) Atheist (10%) Jewish (2%) Other (5%)

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Island:


Climate:

GDP (PPP) 2010 estimate
- Total: $115.410 billion
- Per capita: $28,717

HDI: 0.948
Drives on the: Right
Internet TLD: .mat
Telephone Code: 435

History:

The history of the Mediterranean Island Nation of Matinenda reads more like that children’s game of “Hot Potato,” than that of a country. The island has changed hands frequently in its long history, with each occupation etching its mark into the culture of these fine people.
In the years before Matinenda even had a name, there had always been a question of to whom exactly the island belonged. It seemed that that question had been answered when The Roman Empire decreed dominion over the Mediterranean isle in around 12 BC. Its possession was once again up for grabs when the Western Half of the Roman Empire fell. The battle for control of Matinenda continued for 76 years until the Eastern half of the Roman Empire, or the Byzantine Empire, fell. After the Byzantine fall 903 years after Matinenda was claimed by the former East Rome, they were left on their own for a span of 342 years.
Culture was enhanced and traditions were established, but soon enough in 1795 France annexed the island and again the Matinendans lost their independence. Although that all changed, when the Treaty of Paris was signed, and the island was given to England as part of the treaty deal. Matinenda finally became independent again for the first time in 109 years after England no longer saw any purpose of keeping the island and granted the Matinendans their independence.
The island was at first was named: "The Democratic Island of Matinenda". During World War I, Matinenda had a problem of its own civil unrest. In 1916, rebels in the West wanted to secede from the Eastern Democratic half and become a communist nation, and after three long years of a hard fought civil war, Matinenda became whole again under a Democratic form of government.
After the war, and the reunification of the nation, the war ravaged nation needed symbol to show its newfound unity and purpose. A national anthem was commissioned. Matinenda: The Brave and Grand would become a song that all Matinendans could hear and their hearts would fill with pride for the nation they fought for thousands of years to be able to call their own.
Another history shaping event was the Great Drought of 1932. In 1932, a massive heat wave tortured the island, and when it seemed it couldn’t get any worse, there was no rain, not a drop. People were forced to stay home due to the heat being too intense for what they were used to. It got as hot as 40*C in the day and 25*C at night. The government went from Capitalist to Democratic-Socialist in a last ditch effort to save the economy after the drought and heat wave took its toll. The economy did rebound again in 1940, however Matinenda remained a Democratic-Socialist nation.
During WWII, Matinenda was briefly occupied by Fascist Italy, led by Benito Mussolini. The Island nation received Allied aid which helped the Matinendan Army finish them off to reclaim their independence for the last time.
After World War II Matinenda went into a Nationalist Age, and it lasted for 17 years. Joy and love for the country prevailed and a new National Anthem was commissioned. Sébrène l’Orient, of Ascadylea wrote a new version of Matinenda: The Brave and Grand. This version captured the soul and vision of the Matinendan people. This new version has remained the anthem of the proud people to this day.

After the end of the Nationalist Age things settled down for forty years until America was attacked by the Taliban and the World Trade Center fell. Even though Matinenda didn’t have relations with America, they were angered that anyone would do something so cruel and take so many lives. So Matinenda joined the War on Terror until 2004 when Matinenda lost the hope of terror being wiped out of the Middle East, and they pulled out to pursue more successful endeavors, and focus of matters that were more important to the nation.
In 2010, Matinenda had hopes to join the AIN for diplomatic hopes. Matinenda was accepted as an Observer Nation, and is currently applying for a more permanent position.
This is where the AIN decides the fate of Matinenda’s wishes. The rest of Matinenda’s history lies in your hands.


JJ was a major help with the making of this history.

10 pictures:


Some simple houses beside the simple streets.


A heart softening view of what Matinenda has to offer.


Another view of Matinenda's beauty.


More sets of houses beside some crops that shape Matinenda's food
supply and economy.


A beautiful and grand view of some Mediterranean houses.


Houses for the Low and Middle Class. On the bottom left their are some
shops that also benefit the economy.


(Upper Middle) Some rich houses next to the poorer houses (Middle)


A High Class house owned by a citizen that made an honest living to make their money.


A close-up view of one of the many houses and streets in this great country.


Newtrentillio Park

What else that is important: Shayden (My first nation) Is a member of the AFDES, but I can’t resign because the site is down and I have very low thoughts of it coming back anytime soon (The owner of the site stopped logging on). But I did make it forward to them before the site crashed that I was to resign soon. If you’d like I could tell Archean that I resigned. But I’d have to do it on my main computer because my laptop won’t let me do so. Sorry about the blurry pictures. If they are too bad then I can post other ones.


Community Event: http://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=30&threadid=115980&enterthread=y
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Just so you know, I deleted the duplicate application, since you posted it twice.

Overall, it looks good to me. You've certainly worked hard to bring Matinenda up to a higher quality.

Oh there was a duplicate? Sorry. Thanks for deleting it.
I have worked hard. Really hard.

I agree.... good job Chuck!

yes I agree, it looks very nice!

Thanks guys.

JJ: Well you helped me with the history so thanks man.
Skyguy: Thanks. I'm actually 3 days early.

Essential Prerequisites

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
--More research into Socialism required
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 Prerequisites

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)
[color=green]Active participation in a previous union (links required)[color]
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)

Summary

This is a huge improvement to your previous applications and I really applaud you on that. You have been a pleasure to take the piss out of on the chatroom and an active member on the forums, and I think you should be rewarded for your hard work and activity through this promotion.
I think 6-8 weeks at least as an Associate member is just what the doctor ordered to improve Matinenda further. Being into my socialism, i would like to see a bit more on how government in Matinenda works, and I advise you research socialism in general (democratic socialism). I would also like to see more images and you maintaining the high quality you are producing now and not slip up. Also, some economic data and transport/political maps would be nice.

Voting Open.

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Well obviously I have Mr Norris' future health at heart, since I don't want him being accepted and then being forced into a re-vote.

Great to see 3 Yes. But 1 no. I don't care if I get Associate or Member as long as I get one of them. I feel limited with Observer because I want to do so much.

Voted.

Voted.

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6/7 votes Associate. Good. I actually don't think I'd be ready for full member.

Please don't keep updating us on the vote Sirron. Wait until you have the 12 votes you need before commenting.

voted.

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With 13 votes you are now an Associate Member. Congratulations !

Great. Thanks guys.

Voted earlier just forgot to post that i had..

Points of Improvement

~ Less grid-orientated streets. It's highly unrealistic for an old nation to have Americanised transport layouts.

~ Show some rural areas.

~ Talk about the economy more, you only mention the GDP. What kind of sector does your country rely on?

If any other admins have more PoIs, then just edit this post.