Refugia

Refuge Isle wrote:

Where do the buffalo go though? 🤔

Got a couple herds about 30 miles from my place, maybe that's it.

Welcome, Declandban, Akeshima, Lethedral, Feska, Banchuria, Natlean, Kalmykoya, Easian Negas, Nissan Marino, Starfa, Sortani, Nether Budgerigar, Dancin is What To Do, Minskievian Refugees, and Chill and Cool Vibes, to Refugia! I hope all of you enjoy your stays. If it applies to you, please pay attention to the rest of this message.

Refugia aims to be a friendly, laid-back community, which is open to players of all skill levels. Nations who wish to become more active in the region, however, should consider joining the World Assembly (WA). WA nations are able to vote on international law, and receive exclusive benefits within the region, such as the ability to vote in regional polls and elections, get a spot on Refugia's map, and even run for office when elections come up! If you're interested in joining the WA, check out this article, and make sure to endorse our delegate.

If you'd rather just chill with us, that's perfectly fine as well. We have an offsite forum, as well as frequent discussions on the regional message board (RMB), which everyone is welcome to participate in!

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Once again, I really hope you enjoy your time here, and look forward to seeing more of you soon!

My PC cannot handle HOI4 modding apparently

Melenavenia wrote:

My PC cannot handle HOI4 modding apparently

We are just too awesome to be handled

Question: I know that Refugia is generaly considered a left-wing region.My question is: which ideology do you support (If you support any)?Not to start any arguments or anything,just out of innocent curiosity.
I am a self-identifying Christian Socialist btw.

Valdonland wrote:

Question: I know that Refugia is generaly considered a left-wing region.My question is: which ideology do you support (If you support any)?Not to start any arguments or anything,just out of innocent curiosity.
I am a self-identifying Christian Socialist btw.

That's a good question, thanks for asking! I identify as an eco-socialist, but have been told in the past that that's a silly self-identifier, because everyone on the left should be caring about the environment.

Because of that, I usually just say I'm a Democratic Socialist and leave it at that.

Sylh Alanor wrote:

That's a good question, thanks for asking! I identify as an eco-socialist, but have been told in the past that that's a silly self-identifier, because everyone on the left should be caring about the environment.

Because of that, I usually just say I'm a Democratic Socialist and leave it at that.

I see.My own environmental concerns started growing in the last couple of years.And I agree that every leftist should care about the environment.Well,I guess every human being should care about the environment regardless of ideology but we have to start from somewere.

MSR in Refugia wrote:

Hey, who makes the visual identity of Refugia? Because I want to personally congratulate whoever it is because we're soon going to propose a visual revamp in Forest and the visual style of Refugia was a big motivator/inspiration. It just looks so nice it's basically eye candy.

Also, I'm frankly shocked nobody voted chocolate on the current poll...

Oh, sorry I missed this, I've been a bit distracted. I made most of the visual elements for the region, flag, WFE, headers, footers, other images and BB Code. Sylh Alanor did a substantial amount of work in the writing department, particularly for the master dispatch and the FA dispatch.

パルチザンの歌が頭に残っている.

"Bella Ciao" is stuck in my head. The global socialist of the 20th century or just the global left made good songs.

Valdonland wrote:

Question: I know that Refugia is generaly considered a left-wing region.My question is: which ideology do you support (If you support any)?Not to start any arguments or anything,just out of innocent curiosity.
I am a self-identifying Christian Socialist btw.

I'd say something akin to the syndicalist beliefs but more mixed with democracy socialism of the west. But Christian Socialism sounds interesting! I'd like to know more about Christian Socialism.

Kariforunia wrote:

パルチザンの歌が頭に残っている.

"Bella Ciao" is stuck in my head. The global socialist of the 20th century or just the global left made good songs.

I'd say something akin to the syndicalist beliefs but more mixed with democracy socialism of the west. But Christian Socialism sounds interesting! I'd like to know more about Christian Socialism.

I've actually incorporated a lot of syndicalist thoughts in my beliefs.I'm all about co-ops and unions.As for Christian Socialism,as the name implies,is an ideology that combines elements of Christian theology with socialist thinking.We generally believe that capitalism is an idolatrous system rooted in greed and materialism.Due to the many Christian denominations that exist (Protestands,Catholics etc) and the many different theological systems,Christian Socialism can vary considerably from country to country depending on the dominant form of Christianity in that place.You may have heard of the "Liberation theology" movement of South America,that was inspired by Catholic social teaching and was a form of Christian Socialism.I am personally inspired by Eastern Orthodox theology (an Eastern orthodox myself).We believe that all people are equal and should be considered brothers and sisters,since we are all are the creations of the same God.Other than that,the ideology supports generally left-wing ideas,like the welfare system,trade unionism,environmentalism,internationalism etc. Some CS are actually secularists who believe that there is no need for a state to exist in order to enforce religion (these are more like Christian anarchists tbh) some others support a state religion.It really depends on the religious ideas and the person that supports them most times.