User:PNV

Welcome to Northern Voobaha!

Greetings from the Principality

All that you see coming from the Principality of Northern Voobaha, you can blame on me. I'm the creative force behind Prince Vox, the PM, the head of NVBroadcasting and all other government lackeys. In RL, I'm Trent (born 25 April 1964), living in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States.

What am I doing here?

In early December 2005, I was forced to miss a week of work, due to a hand injury. One afternoon, while bumping around the web, I began looking for a good political game. Once I found the link to Nation States, I jumped in. Little did I know, this would become a major addiction.

What the Hell is Voobaha?

Voobaha is stolen from the Loa Angeles singing duo Barnes and Barnes. They invented the fictious language Lumanian. I went one better and made Voobaha a small, hopeless nation slong the lines of the fictional Grand Fenwick, with Lumania the capital city. For those who like analogies, Northern Voobaha is to Voobaha as Northern Ireland is to Ireland.

Where do you get these names?

Ok, a bit of self-indulgence. Vox is a nickname I've had since the mid 1990s. I used to do radio work in California as the play-by-play voice of a major college, covering football and basketball. The head of the Athletic Department, once called me the "Vox Poly", or as he meant it the "Voice of Cal Poly". The nickname has stuck to this day. I still use the name Vox on air, at internet radio sevice Simkast.