Approved: Member State | Socialist Republic of Matinenda

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Nation Name (Longest Official Form): Socialist Republic of Matinenda
Nation Name (Native Form): Matinenda
National Anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZYIbWsi5Ew
National Motto: “Freedom and Security to Those Who Deserve It.”

Capital: Deliterri
Government: Socialist Democracy
Head of State: President Joesph Hasfaben
Offical Language: English, Italian, French
Population: 4,376,357
Area: 25,704km
Climate:
History: GDP (PPP) 2010 estimate
- Total: $115.410 billion
- Per capita: $28,717
HDI: 0.854
Drives on the: Right
Internet TLD: .mat
Telephone Code: 435

History:

The history of the Mediterranean Island Nation of Matinenda reads more like that childrens 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 new found 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 joined the AIN in an Observer position, then afterward they got Associate. But now it's time to decide whether Matinenda will get Full Member. You choose it's fate.


Now for the 10 Pictures (I made 12):

























A lot of this stuff is the same from the last application but I have perfected things also. Oh and I made the pictures before I made the new font for Queensitilla.

if I could vote...

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I have no doubt about this Application.
(perhaps the HDI is too high)

Points of Improvement Checklist

~ 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?

I think it's pretty clear from the images what sector of the economy Matinenda is dependent on, so this can now go to vote.

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Activeness

You're on Skype pretty much every day, you're also on the AIN forums everyday too.
Yes.

CJ Improvement

Massive improvement across the board - Matinenda is truly a rival for Cattala and it's a wonderful country to look at.
Yes.

Quality of CJ Overall

Generally a high quality now, and it's always good to see a member pursuing side projects but still keeping their CJ active.
Yes.

Summary: 3/3 - Yes!

If I could vote, I would say...

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Spoiler:

Glad to see all of you guys like the application. The HDI could be too high. So I could lower it if you guys would like.

I'm like the only one who failed with his first attempt to be FM... how sad.

According to the 2010 list, that would give Matinenda the highest HDI in the world.

Yeah, that's unrealistic... + Matinenda is supposed to be socialist, so the HDI should be lower, like in the 0.8 max

Ok I got that lowered and I deleted some things that were repeated.

Activeness

You're probably among the most active members here!
Yes

CJ Improvement

You've improved a ton since joining! It's great to see how far you've come.
Yes

Overall Quality of CJ

Quality is pretty good now. Matinenda looks very Mediterranean, much more so than when you first joined.
Yes

Summary: 3/3 - Yes

6/6 so far. Thanks guys. Just need two more admins.

You only need one more admin before you're a full member. Although it takes a while for them to post the stats, give them time. Hell, mine took about 2 weeks just for one admin to post.

Activeness

Very active member and encourage convo on skype
Yes.

CJ Improvement

I would put you up as one of the most improved members in any union's history. Seriously lad, well done. One thing I want though is for more clarification of how your socialist system of government works, is it similar to Killorglin's or has it became deformed?
Yes.

Quality of CJ Overall

Fucking awesome to consider how far it's came, please keep up the good work and perseverance
Yes.

Summary: 3/3 - Yes!

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With 3 yes votes - The Socialist Republic of Matinenda is now a full member of the Alliance of Independent Nations. Congratulations!

Full user rights will be distributed within 24 hours...

I wonder how do you create those effect using photoshop.. I like em especially the rain scheme..

Great thanks. I could help you out with it Dryan. Actually I use 3 programs: Paint.Net for maps, Gimp for blurring, and Photoshop CS2 for everything else.

So is it in yet?

Yes from me.

Seeing my name in Dark Blue is great. Thanks for accepting me as a Full-Member.

Sirron kcuhc wrote:Great thanks. I could help you out with it Dryan. Actually I use 3 programs: Paint.Net for maps, Gimp for blurring, and Photoshop CS2 for everything else.

for the rain do you have a tutorial?