Re: OT: Ill Bethisad

On Monday 04 November 2002 6:59 am, you wrote:
> From: Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>
>
> >--- Roger Mills <romilly@...> wrote:
> > > As instructed, I googled, but found absolutely
> > > nothing about Asia in Ill
> > > Bethisad.  For shame, you eurocentrists!!  Or did I
> > > miss something?
> >
> >Don't blame us! It only cos _you_ haven't taken up the
> >banner of the Japanese Empire, or the Hawaiian
> >Kingdom, or any of the other juicy possibilities
> >awaiting the intrepid explorer in IB's SE Asia!
> >
> >It should be noted that in the "Minor Countries"
> >section, there are a few hints at what awaits the bold
> >traveller in that undiscovered country.
> >
> >Padraic.
>
> If I ever get involved with Ill Bethisad (no promises) bagsy I do Siberia.
> It's one of my fave parts of the world; I guess I would do a Siberian
> language from yet another language family. But I don't like what is
> supposed to have happened to Russia since the Russo-Japanese war. I'm not
> sure if I'd want Russia invading Siberia in the first place; *here* that
> depended entirely on the sable fur trade.
>
Well, I've recently started on the Confederate Republic of Nauru.  Currently
it's debating its future in the tourist trade.   Also, I believe it is
proposing to annex its nearest neighbour...Banaba.