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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2006 at 20:03
Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by Zepology101 Zepology101 wrote:

You probably already know what this thread is about by reading the title, so...
 
What do you think our government type would be?Chaotic     
Who would be our Allies? Enemies?Each other, for both.
What would our flag and map look like? Probably the PA banner
Where and on what continent would it be on? A large, remote island that we can commander for ourselve (somewere sunny)
What would our name be? Progland?
Etc.
 
Get creative!
 


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Not really Progland, more like Progia!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2006 at 20:05
We would all starve because we'd be too busy arguing whether Queen or Radiohead should be allowed in at the border, to secure a proper food supply.

Proto-Prog and Prog-Related would be provinces that would tolerate us. Barely. Not many other countries would. LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2006 at 20:07
Originally posted by Zepology101 Zepology101 wrote:

You probably already know what this thread is about by reading the title, so...
 
What do you think our government type would be? Constitutional Monarchy, liberal but with strong traditions (Chosen by God but woith limitations)
Who would be our Allies? Enemies? Allies would be some Metal sites, enemie only one Talk Punk who usually speak cr*p about Prog, Pop sites would be like big countries without real traditionswho don't care about us and rivals of course the other Prog sites.
What would our flag and map look like?
Where and on what continent would it be on? A small traditional country in Europe or a big country like Argentina in Latin America, essentially traditional. 
What would our name be? Progburger.
 
We would be divided in 18 counties (Sub-genres) with a central administration, some civil wars created by prejudices more than for objective ccauses.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2006 at 20:22
Progarchives has a long turbulent history.  Progarchives is more of a confedaration than a nation.  It's inhabitants are a mix of all different tastes and political stripes. 

Within the confedaration there are many kingdoms.  The Symphonic Prog Kingdom of Lord Melgar Morey, the Art Rock Kingdom of R(ush), the Zeuhl Kingdom of Ree, the Neo Kingdom of Cyg and Stone, the Folk Kingdom of Huuges, the Post Rock Kingdom of Bryan, and the Confedaration of Prog Metal among a few others.

The Confedaration of Prog Metal is usually at war with all other kingdoms, and it has no true leader itself because of it's divided platforms of TlossForWords' Dream Theaterites and Trickster's Black Metal goblins.  The only the Prog Metal team agrees on is that the rest of the Progarchives realm hates them more than they scream at each other.  One of the Prog Metal Lords even departed from his kingdom because he felt more divisions were necessary.

There is also a history of the Neo team, it's small and consistent, but they revolutionize new ways to hate Neo everyday.  Everyonce in awhile, they agitate more Prog Kingdoms than the Prog Metal Confedaration.

The longest battle perhaps is always going on between Symphonic Kingdom and the Prog Metal Confedaration.  The Symphonic Kingdom with it's long epic songs is still waging war on the Prog Metal Confedaration arguing the twenty-plus minute Foxtrot is really longer than the 42 minute Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.  Pain of Salvation BEites can't decide which side they are on. While Neo fans assimilate into Dream Theaterietes because of those guitar solos over atmospheric keyboards on the awe-inspiring Falling Into Infinity.

Over the realm of Progarchives there exists an objective right and wrong that Prog is better than all other sounds.  The government is a economically unified Communist Utopia lead by Trotsky and his collaborators. 

What's the future of Progarchives?  The populous is eagerly awating the year 2112 and that sh*t in Tales From Topographic Oceans!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2006 at 20:25
I usually imagine this place as a school rather than a country...

Now who wants to egg principal Tony's car after class? Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2006 at 21:48

A phrase: NO GIRLS.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2006 at 21:56
Originally posted by Zepology101 Zepology101 wrote:

You probably already know what this thread is about by reading the title, so...
 
What do you think our government type would be?
Who would be our Allies? Enemies?
What would our flag and map look like?
Where and on what continent would it be on?
What would our name be?
Etc.
 
Get creative!
 
 
I love this!!:
 
What do you think our government type would be?: Socio-democraticConfused
 
Who would be our Allies? Enemies?:  We would allie with Gamefaqs.com, and The La's forum.  Full of great people.  Our enemies would be Punk Rock forums and other forms of anti-prog music and anti-peacefulness.
 
What would our flag and map look like?:  Our flag would be the In Search of the Lost Chord album cover.  the map of the land would resemble Middle Earth.
 
Where and on what continent would it be on?: Just Middle Earth!Big smile
 
What would our name be?: The Land of Grey and Pink


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2006 at 22:22
Originally posted by The Lost Chord The Lost Chord wrote:

 
I love this!!:
 
What do you think our government type would be?: A dictatorship, the admins in full control of our lives, not permitting us to do anything at all without supervision.  Tony R would be the leader of everyone, even controlling his own officials with an iron fist.  Alas, we will revolt and take over, bringing peace to the land at last.
 
 
 
How are you able to turn an harmful and intelligent thread in an attack against everybody for not letting you destroy this place with your usual nonsense?
 
If Tony and the Adms would have been not even dictators only strict, you should have been banned already, you have been allowed to do more than what you deserve.
 
Tony has saved your arse  a lot of times when others including me wanted you out.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2006 at 22:25
Originally posted by AtLossForWords AtLossForWords wrote:

Progarchives has a long turbulent history.  Progarchives is more of a confedaration than a nation.  It's inhabitants are a mix of all different tastes and political stripes. 

Within the confedaration there are many kingdoms.  The Symphonic Prog Kingdom of Lord Melgar Morey, the Art Rock Kingdom of R(ush), the Zeuhl Kingdom of Ree, the Neo Kingdom of Cyg and Stone (Approve), the Folk Kingdom of Huuges, the Post Rock Kingdom of Bryan, and the Confedaration of Prog Metal among a few others.

The Confedaration of Prog Metal is usually at war with all other kingdoms, and it has no true leader itself because of it's divided platforms of TlossForWords' Dream Theaterites and Trickster's Black Metal goblins.  The only the Prog Metal team agrees on is that the rest of the Progarchives realm hates them more than they scream at each other.  One of the Prog Metal Lords even departed from his kingdom because he felt more divisions were necessary.

There is also a history of the Neo team, it's small and consistent, but they revolutionize new ways to hate Neo everyday.  Everyonce in awhile, they agitate more Prog Kingdoms than the Prog Metal Confedaration.

The longest battle perhaps is always going on between Symphonic Kingdom and the Prog Metal Confedaration.  The Symphonic Kingdom with it's long epic songs is still waging war on the Prog Metal Confedaration arguing the twenty-plus minute Foxtrot is really longer than the 42 minute Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.  Pain of Salvation BEites can't decide which side they are on. While Neo fans assimilate into Dream Theaterietes because of those guitar solos over atmospheric keyboards on the awe-inspiring Falling Into Infinity.

Over the realm of Progarchives there exists an objective right and wrong that Prog is better than all other sounds.  The government is a economically unified Communist Utopia lead by Trotsky and his collaborators. 

What's the future of Progarchives?  The populous is eagerly awating the year 2112 and that sh*t in Tales From Topographic Oceans!

Quite possibly the best post I've ever read from you, Vince.LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2006 at 00:20
Originally posted by Zepology101 Zepology101 wrote:

Heres What the money would look like!
 
LOLLOLLOL poor Bern, only one progdollar,
now imagine how a 50 PAdollar would looks like, Tony R maybe? LOL

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2006 at 03:13
Originally posted by chamberry chamberry wrote:



Folk prog god (god of nature.... and pleasure):

 
People, what have you done to him? Locked him in your guilded cage?!?
 
Oh, right, the country thing...I apply for Court Minstrel!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2006 at 03:35
Great thread, Zepology 101

The only thing I have an issue with is the currency; how dare you suggest we should use anything other than the £ Sterling, as a representative currency from the very home of progressive rock!

+++strains of "Land Of Hope & Glory" heard in the background+++

I like Bern's piccie though - he can be on the back of the bank note - the front of course would feature Peter Gabriel in front of a woodcut depicting the public execution of Phil Collins

As has been alluded to previously, though, it would not take long for full scale civil war to break out.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2006 at 12:21
Originally posted by AtLossForWords AtLossForWords wrote:

Progarchives has a long turbulent history.  Progarchives is more of a confedaration than a nation.  It's inhabitants are a mix of all different tastes and political stripes. 

Within the confedaration there are many kingdoms.  The Symphonic Prog Kingdom of Lord Melgar Morey, the Art Rock Kingdom of R(ush), the Zeuhl Kingdom of Ree, the Neo Kingdom of Cyg and Stone, the Folk Kingdom of Huuges, the Post Rock Kingdom of Bryan, and the Confedaration of Prog Metal among a few others.

The Confedaration of Prog Metal is usually at war with all other kingdoms, and it has no true leader itself because of it's divided platforms of TlossForWords' Dream Theaterites and Trickster's Black Metal goblins.  The only the Prog Metal team agrees on is that the rest of the Progarchives realm hates them more than they scream at each other.  One of the Prog Metal Lords even departed from his kingdom because he felt more divisions were necessary.

There is also a history of the Neo team, it's small and consistent, but they revolutionize new ways to hate Neo everyday.  Everyonce in awhile, they agitate more Prog Kingdoms than the Prog Metal Confedaration.

The longest battle perhaps is always going on between Symphonic Kingdom and the Prog Metal Confedaration.  The Symphonic Kingdom with it's long epic songs is still waging war on the Prog Metal Confedaration arguing the twenty-plus minute Foxtrot is really longer than the 42 minute Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.  Pain of Salvation BEites can't decide which side they are on. While Neo fans assimilate into Dream Theaterietes because of those guitar solos over atmospheric keyboards on the awe-inspiring Falling Into Infinity.

Over the realm of Progarchives there exists an objective right and wrong that Prog is better than all other sounds.  The government is a economically unified Communist Utopia lead by Trotsky and his collaborators. 

What's the future of Progarchives?  The populous is eagerly awating the year 2112 and that sh*t in Tales From Topographic Oceans!
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2006 at 13:29
Originally posted by AtLossForWords AtLossForWords wrote:

Progarchives has a long turbulent history.  Progarchives is more of a confedaration than a nation.  It's inhabitants are a mix of all different tastes and political stripes.  Within the confedaration there are many kingdoms.  The Symphonic Prog Kingdom of Lord Melgar Morey, the Art Rock Kingdom of R(ush), the Zeuhl Kingdom of Ree, the Neo Kingdom of Cyg and Stone, the Folk Kingdom of Huuges, the Post Rock Kingdom of Bryan, and the Confedaration of Prog Metal among a few others. The Confedaration of Prog Metal is usually at war with all other kingdoms, and it has no true leader itself because of it's divided platforms of TlossForWords' Dream Theaterites and Trickster's Black Metal goblins.  The only the Prog Metal team agrees on is that the rest of the Progarchives realm hates them more than they scream at each other.  One of the Prog Metal Lords even departed from his kingdom because he felt more divisions were necessary.There is also a history of the Neo team, it's small and consistent, but they revolutionize new ways to hate Neo everyday.  Everyonce in awhile, they agitate more Prog Kingdoms than the Prog Metal Confedaration.The longest battle perhaps is always going on between Symphonic Kingdom and the Prog Metal Confedaration.  The Symphonic Kingdom with it's long epic songs is still waging war on the Prog Metal Confedaration arguing the twenty-plus minute Foxtrot is really longer than the 42 minute Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.  Pain of Salvation BEites can't decide which side they are on. While Neo fans assimilate into Dream Theaterietes because of those guitar solos over atmospheric keyboards on the awe-inspiring Falling Into Infinity.Over the realm of Progarchives there exists an objective right and wrong that Prog is better than all other sounds.  The government is a economically unified Communist Utopia lead by Trotsky and his collaborators.  What's the future of Progarchives?  The populous is eagerly awating the year 2112 and that sh*t in Tales From Topographic Oceans!



I resent these constant accusations of the Symphonic Kingdom having hostile intentions toward the Metal Confederation. Lord Ivan has never approved a weapons grade music program, nor does he intend to. We do not have secret labs developing symphonic metal, and ... (an aide approaches, and whispers in my ear).

Despite the rumors, that incident last Monday was not a nuclear amplification test. It was just an earthquake.



    
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2006 at 13:57
What If Prog Archives was a Country?
 
 
it would be a small European Principality with constant civil unrest, with plans to increase its borders!Wink
 
The Revolutionary Purist Front are the primary agitators in the country, and a thorn in the side of  the Government! Angry
 
 
 
 
His Highness The Crown Prince of Prog Archives!
 
 
 Peter Gabriel, as photographed by Bob Gruen
 
 
The Prime Minister of Prog Archives.
 
Rick Wakeman performing on stage with Yes in the 1970s
 
 
Minister of Education.
 
 
 
Minister of Fun.
 
Yes co-founder Jon Anderson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2006 at 16:04
I like the name Progia, I think I'll copy that (with Zepology's permission of course)

Progia is a country that is always looking to the future and willing to embrace new ideas but is still bound by tradition. Many citizens feel that the 'Golden Era of Progia' has passed and that Progia will never reach the heights it did before the punk wars, however others feel that another goldern era is about to begin.

There are many regions within Progia each with their own traditions, most citizens move between the regions sampling their local delicacies but others prefer to stay in one region.

Despite a halt to the hostilities the borders remain heavily guarded to prevent another Punk invasion.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2006 at 23:45
Ermm If PA were a country, hopefully, North Korea would nuke it! Nuke
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Originally posted by Peter Rideout Peter Rideout wrote:

Ermm If PA were a country, hopefully, North Korea would nuke it! Nuke
 
 
 
 
 
 
(While I'm on sabbatical.)
 
 
Please america don't let the north korean peacecorps nuke us, beat them to it and nuke North Korea.
 
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What do you think our government type would be?
Hopefully Anarchy that could actually work in practice (which of course is not possible) or some kind of Capitalist-comunism if you catch my drift

Who would be our Allies? Enemies? Our Allies?
Well I think any group of intelligent and respectfull people and maybe the Heavy Metal nation. I dont think we would have enemies, but our relationships with the Punks would not be the best.

What would our flag and map look like?
Probably we would have some cover album...I think Larks tongue in Aspic would make a great flag. And map...I dont know

Where and on what continent would it be on?
mmm...Europe I guess, as most prog comes from there... But I say Oceania would be better, nice weather, not too many neighbour countrys that can get on our nerves...

What would our name be?
Utopia

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2006 at 13:40
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A phrase: NO GIRLS.


and you are how old again?Confused

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