EDIT: kingdom contest closed, though I thought I'd still share what I have* (as per the prompting of the announcement in the original project). so in this one, take vrokeka as "hypothetical filler nation" also very unpolished and unwieldy, I debated posting the proj. for a few days exactly for this reason but oh well "edit" is edits after release of info proj.'s and closing *I have not marked my edits in the kingdom description, though rest assured that it is unpolished even with post-closing edits ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ [ “The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.” ] —Sir Edward Grey, 1914 ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ✦—| [ RECENT ROLEPLAY EXAMPLE LINK ] https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1022715467/#comments-407482560 ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ✦—| [ NOTES ] - not very polished and likely to edit majorly! check back soon :] [EDIT: contest closed too lazy lmao] - "write a 'short' description" (hmm yes) - some of Vrokeka's culture and history is inspired by real regions and ethnicities, while some are 'wouldn't it be cool if they uhh they did/were this" - very tangential but I am very interested in the roleplay's setting as being a postwar hellscape instead of active wartime unlike almost all other war-related roleplays. after all, who does not love the very simple and not-multifaceted-and-a-geopolitical-nightmare-to-deal-with topics regarding nationalism, postwar blame, what happens to losing states, reparations, war crimes, consequences of mass atrocities, what to do with a population that basically became unconditional adherents of their nation's favorable outcome in the war (mm propaganda and total war), lingering sentiments, and the delusion of "one more time guys I promise we'll win if you let me declare war again just this once please guys we can make it work" - coughcough WWI (new tech gave way to utter devastation, termed "the war to end all wars," resentment from Weimar Republic, unresolved tensions) [edit: also ASSASSINATION OF A PRINCE? AKOE, more or less League of Nations? there is no way the Last War is not a reference to WWI] - this is a thinly veiled excuse to finally pitch my idea of an antagonistic kingdom in moral crisis mode + war crime consequences Edit this is 100% an impulsive decision to edit and post b/c “I don’t want my ideas to go to waste, so I must invest even more time editing everything” mindset (we love sunk-cost fallacy) now that the official guide has outlined the exact history of everything, uhh the kingdom origin story clashes a bit but that’s not a major problem for now ig tbh this is now more “archive of potential ideas” than anything else
