Why did it disappear? What happened?

• EDIT Everything is fine now, what happened was some coastline error.

Hello, if you wish to have an Embassy in Vienna here is what you need to know:

-Embassies are permitted to be built on W. Anderson Street in St. John’s City between S. Broad Street and S. River Boulevard

-The size of your Embassy should be limited to 1/4, 1/2 or 1 whole block of W. Anderson Street. Only 1/4 and 1/2 block Embassies are allowed between S. 4th Street W. and S. 6th Street W.

-The size of your Embassy should be dependent on two criteria: 1.) The number of visitors from your country and 2.) The relationship you intend to have with Vienna

So, if you have a small population in your country, don’t take a whole block. Or, if your government doesn’t wish to be closely allied to Vienna.

-You are allowed to build your own Embassy in Vienna, keep in mind that you MUST NOT alter the streets, buildings or anyone else’s Embassies

Thank you and welcome to Vienna!

Thilo installed a wiki extension “News” that allows us to publish a “news feed” (Recent Changes log) filtered by category.

So our proposal is to move all the “in-world” news (like the highway and political news from Drevet, Vienna, Farax, etc.) to this wiki-based news feed.

To publish your article, just make a regular wiki article and at the bottom add:

[[Category:News]]

Here is an example I just made

2014 Costumbres Bridge Collapse

Following examples in wikipedia, most “news” and “current events” articles have the date (at least the year) in the title, as I did with my article.

With this category, we can make a “news window” (either embedded on our main wiki page or as a separate portal) which would be based on this test:

http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/User:Luciano/Sandbox/News

So… everybody! Make some news articles about your country in the wiki, and then maybe this weekend I will make a news window/portal.

Then we can keep these User diaries for “meta” (not “in-world”) discussion, like technical announcements, suggestions, questions about how to do things, announcements of new projects, collaborations, etc.

Later, people who like the “news” idea could also create their own news categories (for example, there could be a [[Category:KPBG]] news channel or a [[Category:WXFI]] channel), and country-specific or city-specific news portals could be created on the wiki, too.

Happy mapping

Hi all opengeofiction-people,

Im kind of new here, and wondered if there was a UN lookalike organisation in the wiki? If so, can you guys please send me a link, or if not so, I would love to make it. :)

Cleared entry.

FREMONT- After the massive dedication of Fremont’s new subway line, the line opened all of its stations. Fremont’s new subway line runs from the Hancock interchange park northwest to the FARSA Central commuter station. The new subway is completely underground complete with modern trains as well as acess to two other types of mass transit along its route, those two being the FARSA commuter rail via the FARSA Central commuter station and FHSR via the Fremont FHSR Station. The line also provides indirect acess to the Fremont light rail at the Coastal Boulevard station near the Hancock park light rail stop. The Farax Ministry of Transit states that this brand new subway line will help relieve the heavy congestion of Fremont’s road system. Fremont transit (FT) plans to extend the subway southward to the Industrail district and the Port of Fremont via a loop at the end wrapping through the Industrail district and the Port of Fremont. FT also plans to build a subway line through East Fremont and Mackinac possibly with a line going through Fremont International Airport. FT states that a subway line through East Fremont is there main priortity because of its horrific crime problems, poverty-ridden, and “Seemingly hopeless” atmosphere. FT states that a subway line would fix these problems to an extent so people living in East Fremont can find better jobs. Enviroment Farax (EF) instead states that more parks would fix the problem more as well as tearing down abandoned building and replacing them with housing projects for the poverty-ridden residents to move into. There has always been a debate on what to do to improve East Fremont, but a subway line through there may not be the answer.

SCOTTSVILLE- Work on the replacement Martins Ferry bridge is carrying along. One of the new spans has opened and temporarely carries two-way traffic. It is a cable-stayed skyway featuring much more modern features than the original cantiliver truss skyway. Completion and opening of the parallel span is expected to be completed soon.

MACKINAC- FARSA Lines 2 and 4 were officially dedicated and opened yesterday as the next lines in the FARSA Commuter rail system. Currently Lines 1, 2, 3, and 4 are now open. Line 5 may be contruscted through the Port of Fremont soon.

FREMONT- Archealosgists continue to excavate the ancient buried city at the SR 304 and SR 139 interchange. No new ramp closures or delays are expected right now. Scientists say the discovery will help historians understand ancient history much better.

VOLKMAN PROTESTS ENGULF PETERSBURGH

PETERSBURGH- Following the revelation that North Vienna Governor Charles Volkman is directly related to the dictator Sasuke Volkman, protests between native Belphenians and Viennites have plagued Downtown Petersburgh. Thousands have taken to the North Vienna District Capitol to show support and protest against Charles Volkman. Protesters say that the grandson of a dictator is not fit to hold public office, while supporters argue that the actions of Volkman’s grandfather does reflect the younger’s administration.

The Volkman issue has also reopened old wounds between Belphenia and Vienna. During Drevet’s colonial period, the region was populated by a majority of Jehovah’s Witnesses. However, in the 1850’s, Baptists began coming to the colony. This resulted in a series of religious riots between the two sects. The tipping point came in 1857 when the ship ‘Vienna’, carrying over 400 Baptists was detained in Marshall and subsequently set ablaze by angered Jehovah’s Witnesses, killing most of the passengers.

Are the Volkman protests really about one man’s heritage? Or is it a convenient trigger for unrest?

VIENNA GOVERNMENT TO BEGIN EXPLORATORY DRILLING

LANDRYTOWN- The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources announced that it will begin exploring eastern Osceola and southern Behrbergen. The DANR says they are primarily interested in oil and other precious materials like gold, coal, and uranium or plutonium.

The government currently imports uranium fuel rods to supply the North Vienna Nuclear Power Station. Unless Vienna can ratify trade deals with other countries, Drevet could deny goods destined for Vienna at Port Arlington.

The government is very interested in finding oil in the Cactus Range, doing so could make Vienna a major economic power.

RECENT DRUG BUST EXPOSES EPIDEMIC

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REBACK - If you want to get to the Reback-Duranth International Airport, you may expect delays and road closures.

Since the redevelopments at the airport is about to come to an end, construction on MW 73 (Reback Expressway) started on May 17 as workers upgrade the Reback section of Motorway 73, including adding carpool lanes and Park and Ride locations, rebuilding the Mavis Interchange, rerouting Crystal Road, and upgrading Exchangerose Drive to interstate standards as a free road. Many Rebackers said the upgrades on Exchangerose Drive will save motorists time and money rather than taking Motorway 14.

FREMONT- After a period of mass contrusction FARSA Lines 1 and 3 have opened 4 days earlier than the original prediction. The new lines let passengers go from a station near the coast and Victoria parkway to Danville pike. Line 1 is the main line and goes through the two locations while bypassing downtown partially as a third deck on the Sierra Way viaduct. Line 3 goes directly in to downtown with 2 different stops, it passes over a few roadways. Most of the lines feature 1 trackway in each direction but on some overpasses it reduces to 1 line. The station acess roads give acess to the two main stations, the Victoria parkway station can be acessed from Victoria parkway (MW 57), Sasha G. Mullens memorial highway (MW 74), and also Coastal highway (PR 1). The creators of the FARSA Lines hope that they two new lines will relieve congestion on highways and make people more connected with each other.

FARSA Line 2 is under construction currently and Lines 4 will start contruction soon. Lines 5 and 6 are still proposals and Line 7 is a low-priority plan

Stay tuned to WXFI National News for more updates

FORZA- A recent proposal for a motorway from Grandchester Meadows to Columbia has been dismissed as uneccasary and costly. The motorway would start at the interchange of MW 138 and MW 38 near downtown Grandchester Meadows. It would proceed through a mountainus area intersecting MW 65 and MW 57 with cloverstack interchanges. It would then go south of Lake Allan until it reached downtown Columbia where it would end at MW 85 but a short spur would give acess to the massive Columbia university, the university still being under contrusction however. Supporters state how there is no direct route between Grandchester Meadows and Columbia and that people trying to stay on motorways are forced to go in the incredibly congested Fremont area. People against it say that there is not much long distance motorway traffic in between the two cities and that most people travelling between the cities take air flights. “We should focus on adding more airports as there is a lack of airports in the country” states Ralph Giju, a highly influential polictician in the Farax goverment. “Building a new motorway is uneccasary. It would barely get any traffic.” The Farax ministry of transport still has the corridor as “Low-priority” as a compromise between the people for and people against the motorway. The motorway could still be built in the future.

OXFORD- The Gloti district has recently implemented its District Route system into full force with the routes DR 1, DR 2, and DR 5 being introduced recently. Oxford wants to add DR 3, DR 4, and DR 7 later as well as shorter routes. Oxford states publically the District route system is important as the secondary network of the district behind motorways and primary routes.

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FREMONT- After a Fremont citizen reported “Something that looks extremely unusual” archealosgists discovered an ancient buried city under the SR 304 and SR 139 interchange. Currently the eastbound Harring avenue to Winchester expressway ramp has been closed but not the westbound Harring avenue to Winchester expressway ramp. Motorists have been detoured to the normal Harring avenue to south SR 139 ramp with a at-grade cut across SR 139. Archealosgists have considered closing the Harring avenue to SR 139 northbound ramp completely to uncover more of the buried city.

DANVILLE- The 2 lane Martins Ferry bridge will be destroyed and replaced by a new 4-lane cable-stayed bridge starting next Monday. The new span will feature design-speed lanes and full sized shoulders. The speed limit will be set at 60 Miles per hour similar to the rest of the expressway-grade Highway of the Allies (PR 88). In other news SR 148 will be cut off into sections as well as the designation removed. This is being done to prevent thru traffic and instead direct it into PR 88 which is a much better roadway.

SCOTTSVILLE- The Scottsville National forest will be expanded so that it covers more area. Envirementalists in the area say that there are many endangered species in the area. They also say it will prevent any kind of “Nature decaying” motorway to be built through there as there are plans to possibly create such a roadway.

Stay tuned to WXFI National News for more information

SOUTH VIENNA-

CAPITOL ANNOUNCEMENT

St. John’s City has been selected as the official capital of Vienna, construction is nearing completion on the government buildings. Although Petersburgh was the obvious choice, St. John’s City was designed in hopes of becoming the capital of Drevet. The inaugural ceremony for the new capitol is scheduled for June 1.

NORTH VIENNA-

DOT, PETERSBURGH ANNOUNCE NEW TRUCK RESTRICTIONS

The Department of Transportation and the City of Petersburgh have put into effect new truck restrictions for the downtown area. The new restrictions are as follows:

Trucks over 8 tires, including ALL articulated trucks, are prohibited in the area bounded by;

Mark Harmon Blvd (P-178), M-91 and Northern Blvd

All over-sized loads are prohibited through the S-Curve, between Main and Market Street.

OSCEOLA-

M-91 COULD GET HIGHER SPEED LIMIT

The M-91 could see an 80 mile per hour speed limit. The DOT cited the limited development between Darlington Hwy and East Landrytown Rd.

Hello all,

To celebrate (approximately) 2 years of Open GeoFiction and 1 year of the wiki, I have an idea to which all users can contribute. I would like to invite all users to submit a short story ‘from’ or set in your country which we will then publish as an e-book collection. Ideally these would be some kind of myth, legend or folk tale like Grimm’s fairy tales but anything around 500-2000 words that is intrinsic to and expresses the culture of your territory would be accepted. I feel that creating rich and believable cultures to populate our countries is an important part of this project and something that goes beyond what can be drawn on a map.

If you are unable to write fluently in English we shall do our very best to translate your contributions, and hope that efforts can be found to translate stories in English into your language.

Sarepava

FORZA- A district containing Forza as well as a large amount of rural land has been sectioned, this new district is called Gogh. The first district route has been signed as DR 144 just south of Gogh district through the Henderson forest. MW 805 has been extended from the Thomas Hebron bridge to MW 5 replacing the existing SR 385 expressway with a improved freeway. In the Henderson forest the road has been built as a super-two freeway with the Grant tunnel as well as a scenic rest area and hazmat inspection stations.

Stay tuned to WXFI News

QUENTINSBURGH- President Rosenthal met with Ferdinand Sealy, the leader of Woolonia on Monday. She announced that the future of relations between the two nations was on its way.

Embassies of Woolonia are coming soon to Embassy Square in Quentinsburgh, Freedemia. Direct flights to and from Woolport via FreedemiAir recently began, as well as the acquisition of WoolMedia by Freedemia’s Betterview Pictures.

Woolonia is in the midst of rebuilding after some internal issues resulting in the break off of the largely undeveloped East Woolonia. However, stronger relations between Freedemia and Woolonia has large benefits for both sides- help to further stabilize Woolonia and new and more abundant resources for Freedemia.

More to come as we get the information.

Stay tuned to WQTN News for the latest.

THE FUTURE OF VIENNA

As the infant nation struggles with it’s vision for the future, important questions are being raised about where Vienna is headed. Among the concerns that Viennites have is a startling revelation that could have disastrous consequences for the young country.

Vienna is currently being lead co-equally by the governors of the four districts who are:

Suzanne Nakata of Osceola, Greg Dewitt of Behrbergen, Oliver Rowland of South Vienna, and Charles Volkman of North Vienna.

After extensive research, KPBG 2 has discovered that North Vienna’s governor, Charles Volkman, is the grandson of Sasuke Volkman. Sasuke Volkman has been labeled as the worst dictator in history, being directly responsible for the death of millions of Belphenians during the darkness of his rule. It is believed that Sasuke Volkman evacuated much of his family from Belphenia after 2005.

Charles Volkman has refused to comment on his lineage.

The younger Volkman, along with being the governor of North Vienna, is the head of the Socialist Party. Since Vienna’s independence, Volkman has worked to consolidate Vienna’s government, expanding healthcare, and promote the district as a tourist and business destination. Within the interim government, Charles Volkman has also legalized recreational and medical marijuana, same-sex marriage, and is negotiating with the other 3 governors about legalizing gambling. All of this is in stark contrast with Belphenia’s strict Theocratic Government and Drevet’s Belphenian influenced government.

A spokesperson for the interim government told KPBG 2 that Vienna will press forward with or without Drevet and Belphenia and the two countries must accept our legitimacy regardless of who is in charge.

In other news, the interim government is expected to make an announcement regarding the official capital and embassy information soon.

OK, guys, we have 31 teams. We only need one more. See here for the list right now. http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/2016_International_Foosball_World_Cup#Participating_Countries

On a side note, beginning for the 2018 IFWC, other countries can bid to host the next IFWC. I was thinking we’d do an abbreviated bidding like is being done for the Geolympiad (see here: http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/Talk:2016_Summer_Geolympiad).

(Don’t forget to vote for your favorite bid for the 2016 Summer Geolympiad at the above link as well!)

UPDATE- Nucia has been listed as the last country. Thanks to everyone.

== UPDATE == New current roster:

• Akinakya
• Arcania
• Ardisphere
• Ataraxia
• Belgravia
• Belphenia
• Beaudry
• Brasonia
• Cariocas
• Drevet
• Forrintië
• Freedemia
• Hoppon
• Jørpenilands
• Karolia
• Lallemand
• Latina
• Mahhal
• Meilan
• Meridonia
• Orinoco
• Paxtar
• Qugia
• Tarrases
• Tircambry
• Wiwaxia
• Woolonia
• Zylanda

28 teams so far- we only need 4 more for a full tournament!!!

Thanks to all the teams who have signed up.

OXFORD- MW 40 (Veterans memorial turnpike) has been extended to MW 285 as a toll road. It will guide traffic off of the old PR 18. Controversey is still prominent for MW 40 going in the city limits as the Bluff freeway. The hill is a massive challenge as well as going down it either being an eyesore or a cost-prohibitive tunnel. No final decision about MW 40 within the Oxford city limits has been reached.

FORZA- A single section of MW 20 has been approved. A motorway upgrade of Havelock highway is complete and is now a section of MW 20. It is the only section of MW 20 to be approved in the 20 years since it was first proposed. Supporters say it is a huge milestone for the “high-priority” motorway. Groups against the motorway have now taken a huge blow due to this section of motorway being complete. However, groups against the motorway are trying now to prevent MW 20 from going any further than the eastern side of MW 805. They are trying to prevent urban decay from a motorway going straight through the capital city. Supporters say that it will relieve traffic by a huge amount as well as trigger economic devolopment on the decaying east side of Forza. Controversey will be prominent on MW 20 until a final decision is reached which might not be for a long time.

Stay tuned to WXFI News