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WA Delegate (non-executive): The Federal Village of MountAye (elected )

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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 49th Most Influential: 142nd Most Nations: 527th+30
Most Valuable International Artwork: 925th Most Cultured: 1,164th Most Beautiful Environments: 1,347th Smartest Citizens: 1,398th Largest Publishing Industry: 1,552nd Nicest Citizens: 1,573rd Most Eco-Friendly Governments: 1,593rd Most Accessible: 1,674th Most Advanced Public Education: 1,681st Most Inclusive: 1,720th Nudest: 1,729th Highest Food Quality: 1,870th Most Compassionate Citizens: 1,969th Highest Economic Output: 2,147th Most Rebellious Youth: 2,165th Largest Welfare Programs: 2,379th Most Advanced Public Transport: 2,380th Highest Wealthy Incomes: 2,382nd Healthiest Citizens: 2,438th Largest Information Technology Sector: 2,463rd Most Scientifically Advanced: 2,535th Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 2,575th Most Secular: 2,771st Highest Poor Incomes: 2,831st Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 3,171st Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 3,189th Largest Governments: 3,213th Highest Disposable Incomes: 3,242nd Largest Retail Industry: 3,342nd Lowest Crime Rates: 3,343rd
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Have you ever wondered
Looking at the world
Looking in your mind
Have you ever wondered
You are a philosopher
What goes through your mind?
Have you ever wondered...

Welcome:
Welcome to Philosophers, a friendly, inclusive region where we all wonder in our own way.
Guide to NationStates.

History:
We are the proud offspring of Philosophy 115.
Philosophers was founded on 18 May 2021.
Philosophers' map became the Featured Map of the day on Nov 7 2025.

World Assembly:
Join the World Assembly, and endorse our fellow WA members.

Regional:
Philosophers News.
Regional Commendation. Author: THX1138

Map:
Maintained by MountAye.
Want to be on it? Here is how.

Announcements:
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how — Friedrich Nietzsche



Map

This is the map of Philosophers created by The Federal Village of MountAye . It has 5,734 estimated diplomatic weight behind it, the most in Philosophers. It is one of 5 maps of Philosophers.

Embassies: Philosophy 115, Forest, Nudist Dreamland, 10000 Islands, Gay Equality, Haiku, The Maritimes, Universal Dream Network, Ulthar, Gay, Deutschland, Hell, New York, Absurdistan, Texas, Portugal, and 6 others.Arctica, Schopenhauer, Free Thought, Moonveil, Anarchy, and The Sacred Elite.

Tags: Commended and Medium.

Regional Power: High

Philosophers contains 49 nations, the 527th most in the world.

Today's World Census Report

The Largest Insurance Industry in Philosophers

The World Census posed as door-to-door salespeople in order to establish which nations have the most extensive Insurance industries.

As a region, Philosophers is ranked 8,129th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry.

NationWA CategoryMotto
1.The Corporate Dictatorship of Postapocalyptic TerrorCorporate Police State Entrepreneurial Freedom Zone“Arisen from ruins - Into an era of Glory!”
2.The Snow Crash Dystopia of AnarchocapitalistanCapitalist Paradise Decent Hardworking Self-Starters“No State, No God, No Leader, No Law”
3.The Free Corporation of AzklabauCapitalizt Freedom-Loving Libertarians“Do in service of the doers.”
4.The Discoverian Enclave of VeritariaCapitalizt Freedom-Loving Libertarians“The Truth Is In Here...”
5.The Free State of YvagaInoffensive Centrist Democracy Communists“Superbus et Liber”
6.The Community of RichestInoffensive Centrist Democracy Communists“Hummanty is at risk we must FIGHT”
7.The Radical Reality of BinarityMoralistic Democracy Ordinary Decent Hardworking People“Humbleness, not Humility!”
8.The Black Death Plague Realm of KrankheitIron Fist Consumerists Champions of Commerce“Und ich sah, und siehe, ein fahles Pferd.”
9.The Federal Village of MountAyeNew York Times Democracy New York Crimes So-Called Democracy“Why? I think, it is my duty.”
10.The Rogue Nation of The Void ComethInoffensive Centrist Democracy Communists“Efilist to the happy end”
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92 minutes ago: Jurioo-zalgiris ceased to exist.

Whoops

Average Income

1. Postapocalyptic Terror top 0.4%
2. Anarchocapitalistan top 0.5%
3. Cognosco top 2%

Middle: Poland-Lithuania top 15%

Last: Strawberry Fields II bottom 1%

In The Void Cometh, the aphorism "there's no need to argue" has been dismissed by Efilists.

In Magnaus, the main interest rates change daily based on the latest news story.

In Doxatheia, politicians "baring all" for the camera isn't always a figure of speech.

Shake was a dramatist of note;
He lived by writing things to quote...
~V. Hugo Dusenbury (Henry Cuyler Bunner), 1880

7 hours ago: The Alföldi Grand Duchy of Jurioo-Zalgiris arrived from Osiris.
21 hours ago: The Empire of Ozren gora arrived from Osiris.

Welcome back Ozren gora and Jurioo-Zalgiris !!!

Eco-Friendliness

1. Kingdom of Cambria top 0.2%
2. Telgan top 0.4%
3. Laughing Hyena top 0.5%

Middle: Archadon top 12%

Last: Postapocalyptic Terror bottom 0%

In Yzhklabau, the banshee wail foretells skies of death.

In Cognosco, costumed characters wearing Maxtopian Grass leaves remind citizens that the government now sells the green stuff.

In Pacific Northwest Territories, patriotic citizens chant "there's only one Pacific Northwest Territories" at foreigners.

Most of the classical citations you shall hear or read in the current journals or speeches were not drawn from the originals, but from previous quotations in English books...
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Quotation and Originality," Letters and Social Aims, 1876

2 hours ago: Regelvania ceased to exist.

Cheerio for now Regelvania. If you wake up we’ll probably still be here.

Scientific Advancement

1. Cognosco top 0.5%
2. Esklabau top 0.5%
3. Anarchocapitalistan top 0.9%

Middle: Central Kadigan top 15%

Last: Krankheit bottom 0%

In Quanturium, the Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue".

In Clan Tokugawa, commercial breaks often lead to nervous breakdowns.

In The Void Cometh, the attempt to control the weather has ended in environmental disaster.

“Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realise how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Letters from a Stoic

Population: We have three nations with a population of 40 billion or more: 1) Superior Intelligence 41.6 billion; 2) Anarchocapitalistan 41.4 billion; 3) Veritaria 40.0 billion.

The largest nation in the game is Kyupaa in the region of NationStates with 52.1 billion.

Sunrise Trail wrote:92 minutes ago: Jurioo-zalgiris ceased to exist.

Whoops

Turns out I accidentally deactivated the "warn me of impending apocalypses" setting at some point. Time to begin rebuilding a residency streak!

Jurioo-Zalgiris wrote:Turns out I accidentally deactivated the "warn me of impending apocalypses" setting at some point. Time to begin rebuilding a residency streak!

Phew, glad to have you back Jurioo-Zalgiris.

Insurance: Postapocalyptic Terror is first here for “insurance” and is 77th in all of NationStates (pop. 331,000 nations). There has been a sudden influx of more than 20,000 nations which I assume is something to do with the N-game?

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