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Lyssaria is a Frontier. New nations may be founded here.

WA Delegate: None.

Founder: The Democratic Republic of Manjanera

Last WA Update:

Maps Board Activity History Admin Rank

Most Secular: 2,772nd Most Authoritarian: 2,919th Most Nations: 3,272nd
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The official region of LYSS geography. We smile when everyone else cries! :)

Embassies: Antisipation Refounded and The Embassy.

Tags: Frontier, Governorless, and Minuscule.

Lyssaria contains 5 nations, the 3,272nd most in the world.

Today's World Census Report

The Largest Publishing Industry in Lyssaria

The World Census tallied social media complaints from students regarding overpriced textbooks to determine which nations have the largest book publishing industries.

As a region, Lyssaria is ranked 21,102nd in the world for Largest Publishing Industry.

NationWA CategoryMotto
1.The Nomadic Peoples of AndosiLeft-Leaning College State“What will be will be”
2.The Democratic Republic of ManjaneraLiberal Democratic Socialists“res semper peiores esse possunt”
3.The United States of Lore accurate AmericaRight-wing Utopia“Just as Jesus intended”
4.The Republic of MaltarienLeft-wing Utopia“Scientia est potentia”
5.The Democratic Republic of FavertosPsychotic Dictatorship“Obedience, Justice, Strength”

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Lyssaria Regional Message Board

Yellow

Andosi wrote:Yellow

Yellow?

Yellow?

That is what you chose? After all the words available to you, after every argument, accusation, declaration, insult, warning, and provocation that language has dragged into existence, you looked at the entire magnificent, chaotic inventory of human speech and decided that yellow was the word worth throwing at me?

Fine.

Let us talk about yellow.

Not because yellow deserves the attention. It does not. Yellow is merely a color, a word, a sound made by opening the mouth and letting a few syllables fall out. It has no inherent authority. It does not command obedience. It does not possess some secret jurisdiction over my thoughts, my patience, or my dignity. And yet you have presented it as though saying “Yellow” were somehow sufficient to end the discussion.

It is not.

You do not get to stroll into a conversation, drop one adjective—or noun, depending on your intention—and expect everyone else to bow before the enormous conceptual majesty of your vocabulary. “Yellow” is not an argument. It is not evidence. It is not a thesis. It is not even particularly intimidating.

It is yellow.

And since you apparently insist on making this a confrontation, let me be perfectly clear: I refuse to be cowed by a color.

You might imagine that yellow carries some kind of psychological weight. Perhaps you expect me to associate it with warning signs, caution tape, traffic lights, lemons, jaundice, cowardice, school buses, old photographs, or whatever symbolic baggage you have decided to attach to it. Perhaps you think that by saying the word with sufficient confidence, you can make it mean whatever you want.

You cannot.

Words acquire meaning through context, intention, convention, and use. You have provided none of those. You simply said yellow. Shame.

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