Post by nz on Mar 15, 2011 5:01:12 GMT -5
(((My Reflection)))
Nation: New Zealand
Name: William Green
Gender: Male
Appearance Age: 19
Hair Color: Blond
Eye Color: Green
Height: 5’9”
Weight: 80kg
Appearance:
(((Know Thyself )))
Personality:
Likes:
★ Family
★ Fishing
★ Beer
★ Sport (especially rugby)
★ Animals
★ The beach
★ Spending time with his bro Australia (even though Australia teases him a lot)
★ Kids
★ Tourists
Dislikes:
✖ Being mistaken for Australia even though he doesn't understand why people do that because they look nothing alike!
✖ People protesting on his birthday, but he still respects their right to do so.
✖ His stuff being stolen or claimed by Australia, but he is totally okay with him stealing Russell Crowe. Go figure.
✖ Being accused of bestiality (shagging sheep, to be exact)
✖ People overfishing or hunting species to extinction.
✖ Tourists
✖ Losing
Fears:
☣ Becoming Australia's seventh state.
☣ Losing his freedom/independence in general.
☣ Dying alone.
☣ Becoming isolated from the world again.
Secrets:
♦ He may tease America about how American Football isn't real rugby and so on, but he actually likes the game and knows more about it than he lets on.
♦ He still believes in and can see the taniwha that live all over his country even though a lot of his people have forgotten all about them.
♦ He worries sometimes that his brother is too agreeable about things, and wishes he'd stand up for himself more often when dealing with other nations.
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
(((The Pages of History )))
History:
Proto-Nation/Child:
- c.1280CE – Polynesians from Eastern Polynesia settle in New Zealand, and their descendants became known as the Maori.
- c.1500CE – Moriori settle on the Chatham Islands to the east of New Zealand.
- 1642 – Dutch explorer Abel Tasman finds New Zealand and leaves after a fight with local Maori.
- 1769-1770 – Captain Cook arrives and circumnavigates New Zealand creating the first map of the country.
- 1772 - After French explorer Marion du Fresne and 26 of his men are assassinated by local Maori the remaining members of his crew assassinate 250 Maori in retaliation.
- 1772 - Before du Fresne's crew leave, they bury a bottle proclaiming that New Zealand is French territory, and call New Zealand "France Australe". They don't officially colonise New Zealand though.
- 1790s-early 1800s – European and American whalers, sealers, and traders arrive in New Zealand to trade with the Maori.
- 1821 – Musket Wars begin and end in the 1830s when most tribes had gotten muskets.
- 1831 - A visit by French explorer Cyrille-Pierre-Théodore Laplace causes concern in Australia that the French had claimed New Zealand as their own, but they hadn't.
- 1832 – James Busby appointed as British Resident to try to control the European population, but had no authority or support to do so.
- 1835 – Declaration of Independence signed by the United Tribes of Aotearoa.
Child:
- 1836 - Declaration of Independence acknowledged by William IV of England.
- 1838 - First American Consul to New Zealand is appointed.
- February 6, 1840 – Treaty of Waitangi signed, and New Zealand becomes part of New South Wales.
- 1840 – Okiato (Russell) becomes the capital of New Zealand.
- 1841 – New Zealand becomes a colony in its own right.
- 1841 – The capital shifted from Okiato to Auckland.
- 1852 – The New Zealand Constitution Act is passed, and grants the right to self-govern.
- 1858 – Chief Te Wherowhero crowned as the first Maori King, Potatau I.
- 1860 - 1864 – New Zealand Land Wars occur in the Waikato & Taranaki regions.
- 1861 - Gold discovered in Central Otago.
- 1864 - Land confiscated from tribes in the Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Hawkes Bay, and Taranaki after the Land Wars ended.
Teen:
- 1864 - Gold discovered in Marlborough and Westland.
- 1865 – The capital shifts from Auckland to Wellington.
- 1867 - Thames goldfield opens, and soon Thames has a greater population than Auckland.
- 1879 - All men over 21 regardless of ethnicity gain the right to vote.
- 1893 – All women over 21 gain the right to vote.
- 1899 – New Zealand soldiers are sent to South Africa to fight alongside Britain in the Second Boer War.
- 1901 – New Zealand decides against becoming part of the Commonwealth of Australia.
- 1907 – New Zealand becomes the Dominion of New Zealand.
- 1914-1918 – New Zealand takes part in World War One as part of the Allied Forces.
- 1915 – New Zealand and Australian forces participate in the Gallipoli Campaign.
- 1919 - New Zealand joins the League of Nations.
- 1939-1945 - New Zealand takes part in World War Two as part of the Allied Forces.
- 1945 - New Zealand joins the United Nations.
Adult:
- 1947 – Statute of Westminster is adopted, and New Zealand gains independence from Britain.
- 1950 - 1953 - New Zealand takes part in the Korean War.
- 1951 – ANZUS treaty signed between New Zealand, Australia & the United States.
- 1964 - 1972 - New Zealand forces take part in the Vietnam War.
- 1975 – Waitangi Tribunal established to investigate claims of breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi.
- 1984 - New Zealand refuses entry to United States Navy ships unless they confirm that they have nothing nuclear on board.
- 1985 - The United States suspends its ANZUS obligations to New Zealand.
- 1985 - French spies sink the Rainbow Warrior (Greenpeace protest ship), and this affects New Zealand's relations with France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
- 1987 - New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act is passed, and New Zealand’s land, sea territory and airspace becomes nuclear-free.
- 1997 – Jenny Shipley becomes New Zealand’s first female Prime Minister.
- 1999 – Helen Clark becomes New Zealand’s first elected female Prime Minister.
- 2004 – Supreme Court of New Zealand established.
- 2007 - The United States Government accepts New Zealand's nuclear-free stance, and relations between the two countries improve.
- 2010 - The Wellington Declaration is signed further improving New Zealand-United States relations.
Allies:
Second Boer War: The UK, India, Canada, and Australia
World War 1: (keeping this simple) The British Empire, France, Russia, USA, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Serbia, Romania, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro, and more.
World War 2: British Empire, France, Poland, USSR, USA, China, Canada, Australia, South Africa, and more.
Korean War: Republic of Korea, United Nations.
Vietnam War: South Vietnam, United States, South Korea, Australia, Philippines, New Zealand, Thailand, Khmer Republic, Kingdom of Laos, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Enemies:
Second Boer War: Orange Free State, South African Republic (Transvaal Republic)
World War 1: The German Empire, Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
World War 2: Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania
Korean War: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, China, USSR
Vietnam War: North Vietnam, Viet Cong, Khmer Rouge, Pathet Lao, People's Republic of China, Soviet Union, North Korea
Sample Post:
Did you read the rules and Dark Reflections Canon? I did, and some more of that Italian pasta would be choice~!
Random fun fact about yourself: I can bend my knees in the opposite direction. XD