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*Most Beauiful Environment: 907th (28/05/2006, prev 981st) | *Most Beauiful Environment: 907th (28/05/2006, prev 981st) | ||
| + | *Largest Cheese Exporting Sector: 111,466th (10/06/2006) | ||
*Safest Nation: 111,293rd (11/06/06, prev 111,486th) | *Safest Nation: 111,293rd (11/06/06, prev 111,486th) | ||
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*Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 45,795th (15/06/06) | *Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 45,795th (15/06/06) | ||
*Largest Soft Drink Sector: 110,368th (16/06/06) | *Largest Soft Drink Sector: 110,368th (16/06/06) | ||
| + | *Fastest Growing Economy: 111,041 (17/06/06, prev 111,985) | ||
== Notable Cities, Towns and Villages == | == Notable Cities, Towns and Villages == | ||
Revision as of 14:43, 17 June 2006
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| Flag of Errinundera | |
| Motto: "Please leave meat, leather, guns and cars in bin provided" | |
| Southern Escarpment | |
| Region | Forest |
|---|---|
| Capital | First Creek Falls |
| Official Language(s) | English, Oo (or U), Milosian, Potoroo, Wombat, Possum, Wallaby, Boobook, Bat plus many other semi-official animal languages |
| Leader | willd |
| Population | over 3 billion |
| Currency | southern sassafras |
| NS Sunset XML | |
Contents
NS Status
- Original join date: 24 December 2002
- Nation lapsed: 23 Nov 2003
- Resurrected: 23 Nov 2005
- Regional UN delegate for Forest
Indices
Errinundera's political compass
- Economic Left/Right: -5.63
- Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.00
Development (Forest comparative as at 10/06/2006)
- Human Development Index = .027 (9th in region)
- Sustainable Development Index = .227 (8th in region)
United Nation's Reports
- Most Beauiful Environment: 907th (28/05/2006, prev 981st)
- Largest Cheese Exporting Sector: 111,466th (10/06/2006)
- Safest Nation: 111,293rd (11/06/06, prev 111,486th)
- Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 45,795th (15/06/06)
- Largest Soft Drink Sector: 110,368th (16/06/06)
- Fastest Growing Economy: 111,041 (17/06/06, prev 111,985)
Notable Cities, Towns and Villages
- Bonang
- Coast Range
- Cobb Hill
- Combienbar
- Deddick
- Ellery Camp
- Fanny Moo
- First Creek Falls
- Goolengook
- Goongerah
- Goonmirk Rocks
- Hairy Man
- Kanooka Creek
- Lilly Pilly Creek
- McKillops Bridge, formerly Milosis
- Monkeytop
- Mt Ellery
- Rodger River
- Rooty Break and Frosty Hollow
- Sassafras Basin
- Seldom Seen
- Waratah Flat
- Wulgulmerang
- Yalmy
National Symbols
Animal
Long-footed potoroo (Potorous longipes)
Tree
Southern sassafras (Athersperma moschatum): the seedling is displayed on the flag 
Flower
Tree waratah (Telopea oreades)
NS World Cup Record
Contested NSWCs: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 26
- NSWC 5: Qualified, lost in group stages
- NSWC 6: Reached semi-finals and lost 3rd place play-off
- NSWC 7: Champions
- NSWC 8: Reached 2nd round
- NSWC 9: Lost in group stages
- NSWC 26: Failed to qualify
Errinundera Factbooks
From the Archives
The First Creek Falls Age
LEATHER SCANDALS
ERRINUNDERA TO FORFEIT MATCH AGAINST EUROPA BRITTANIA
LEATHER SUBSTITUTED FOR LEATHER SUBSTITUTE
With just hours to go before the sixth round of World Cup 7 qualifying, the NationStates World Cup community is about to be rocked by one of its biggest scandals yet. The University of Milosis in McKillops Bridge has explained why Ploser microfibre is indistinguishable from leather.
It is leather.
The university has carried out extensive tests on footballs and boots provided to them by labour union officials who collected them from retail stores all over the nation. This secret collection has been going on since the dispute over wages began in Fanny Moo five weeks ago. Professor elassdomg from the University’s department of Chemical Engineering explained to us that the tests are simple, quick and precise. “Preliminary results show conclusively that only microfibre that has been manufactured within Errinundera can be trusted to be the real thing, that is, a leather substitute. Any material that has been manufactured offshore has so far tested to be a fake, that is, a leather substitute substitute. I’m getting confused here. Let me start again. If the source material was made in Errinundera it’s microfibre, if imported it’s leather.”
Spontaneous boycott planner and activist, swellen, explained the implications. “First of all I want to make two points clear. Errinundera makes very little microfibre for Ploser. Most is imported. On the other hand we make almost all of their finished products such as footballs and football boots. As you know, in the last couple of weeks all their products have been recalled and shipped overseas. So if you want genuine microfibre gear in Errinundera, well I’m sorry, there’s none to be had. It’s as if Ploser Microfibres has played an elaborate joke on our nation.”
To find out how this scam came to be uncovered we need to visit its epicentre: Fanny Moo. The first person to have suspicions was sniffer wombat trainer, whoaboy. “My wombats are trained to sniff out banned substances such as meat, leather, cigarettes, guns, cars, police and military personnel. For some time now the wombats have been getting very agitated whenever I went near the factory. I didn’t think much of it until I mentioned it in passing to my mate, sharonb, the union organiser. Suddenly it struck me that my girls and boys could be on to something. sharonb agreed and promised to have it investigated.”
Errinundera’s Protector of Sport, filthyl, was informed and instantly recognized the implications for the national side. He immediately sent samples of the team’s gear to the University of Milosis for testing. “It’s all leather. Every last scrap of the stuff we use. Breaking the news to the team was one of the most horrible things I’ve ever had to do. Several members of the team, including the team coach fionar, became so ill they vomited.”
A very green about the gills moschatuma told The Age that the team will not play any more matches until they can be assured that their footwear and balls are not manufactured from dead animal products. “Words cannot express my horror at what has happened. To think that I’ve been kicking the shit out of ex-cows is horrible beyond words.” Team coach, fionar, has expressed her solidarity with the team’s decision to forfeit the match against Europa Brittania. Expressions of support have come from the Protector of Sport, filthyl, and from the Main Protector, willd, who issued the following statement: “We are currently endeavourng to locate any Ploser products still around the nation so it can be given a decent and respectful burial. Anybody who thinks the may have a dead animal product can have it tested. Magistrates will be investigating what sort of compensation will be appropriate. It is our intention that Ploser Microfibres be required to pay this compensation.”
It is clear that, despite the nation’s pride in the achievements of their national team, it too supports the players’ decision. As we go to press reports are coming in of angry crowds gathering at Ploser plants around the country.
It also remains to be seen how the NSWCC reacts to these developments. At this stage it is too early to tell what the implications are for the longfoots’ prospects of qualifying.
As yet we have not been able to get an official comment from the Europa Brittania team which is currently lodging at the former palace in McKillops Bridge ahead of the game which had been scheduled for this afternoon.
The Fanny Moo Examiner On-line
FANNY MOO COW REMAINS RECEIVE SOLEMN INTERMENT
Following receipt of the final test results from the University of Milosis, the final remains of the victims of the Ploser – May bovine genocide were laid to rest beneath the spreading branches of Fanny Moo’s sacred tree, CUNNUSVACCAE. In all 45 footballs, 89 football boots, 1024 other shoes of various descriptions, 33 whips, 247 corsets, a saddle and 2 car bucket seats were buried in a moving ceremony led by the village mayor, vacam, and local magistrate, carmenl.
FORMER PROTECTOR OF TRADE INTERCEPTED AT McKILLOPS BRIDGE
The former Protector of Trade, invidio, tried to slip unnoticed into Errinundera recently. Advance warning of his arrival was received in time for thousands of stern and determined McKillopians to intercept him at the city docks as he came down the Snowy River. After haranguing him for four and a half hours the crowd then dumped him in the bin marked "PLEASE LEAVE ALL MEAT, LEATHER, GUNS AND CARS IN BIN PROVIDED". He managed to climb out 24 hours later, reportedly a broken man.
Football star and final-year undergraduate Magistracy student at the McKillops Bridge Polytechnic, snapier, is shocked at what happened. “Errinundera is a party to the United Nations covenant prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment. Being thrown in a container of rotten meat, mouldy leather plus assorted guns and cars is just about the worst thing I can imagine being done to a person. The trauma he must have suffered is hard to imagine. He is lucky that Errinundera has a free and extensive health system. Furthermore, I am in touch with community organisations that are happy to shelter him and provide him with all the tender, loving care he needs.”
(Note: invidio was implicated in the leather substitute substitution racket.)
