I had so much fun sharing the flags from the “playable” fictional nations in our Olympics game, that I took some time and finished the designs for the NPC (Not Permitting Chrono-migration) nations. There are two categories, nations that will compete in the events and those that are banned. Countries that compete had a simulation performing the actions that fans could do to influence the Games.
While the playable nations have fixed ethics, these nations have ethics that are more malleable and can be influenced by other players
NPC Nations
Nation: Armstrong Habitat
National Anthem: Home On Lagrange
Continent: Outer Space
Ethics: Collectivism
Nation: Fertile Crescent
National Anthem: Wax and Wane
Continent: Near East
Ethics: Individualism
Nation: Angevin Empire
National Anthem: No Gods. No Kings. Normans.
Continent: Europe
Ethics: Divine Right
Nation: Gibraltar Pillars
National Epic: Over or Through
Continent: Europe
Ethics: Militarism
Nation: Gran Columbia
National Anthem: ¿Quiubo parce?
Continent: South America
Ethics: Pacifism
Nation: Hunan
National Opera: Bu Guo
Continent: Asia
Ethics: Individualism
Nation: Intermarium
National Anthem: Do Not Call the Wolf from the Forest
Continent: Europe
Ethics: Artistic Patrons
Nation: Kandy Kingdom
National Anthem: Ah, Red Rock!
Continent: Asia
Ethics: Cultural Influencers
Nation: Lands of Cyrus
National Anthem: I Would Not Kneel
Continent: Near East
Ethics: Militarism
Nation: Luxembourg Hive
National Anthem: Assimilate!
Continent: Europe
Ethics: Hive Mind
Nation: Mount Bali
National Anthem: Gede
Continent: Asia
Ethics: Artistic Patrons
Nation: Nunavut
National Anthem: All or Nothing
Continent: North America
Ethics: Prosperity
Nation: Republic of Greenland
National Anthem: Time Is an Illusion
Continent: Europe
Ethics: Mechanist
Nation: Sikkim
National Anthem: Where Teesta and Rangeet Flow
Continent: Asia
Ethics: Divine Right
Nation: The Holy Sea
National Hymn: Ave Mare
Continent: Europe
Ethics: Spiritualism
Nation: The Neverlands
National Anthem: Can’t Say That Again
Continent: Europe
Ethics: Mechanist
Nation: Tornado Alley
National Anthem: It’s Raining Men
Continent: North America
Ethics: Individualism
Nation: Tsang
National Mantra: Guru Rinpoche
Continent: Asia
Ethics: Discovery
Banned Nations:
Nation: Corsicas
National Anthem: God Save You
Continent: Europe
Ethics: Prosperity
Nation: Costaguana
National Anthem: No Peace & No Rest in Material Interests
Continent: North America
Ethics: Environmentalism
Nation: Dyson Sphere
National Anthem: Drain the Sun
Continent: Outer Space
Ethics: Piracy
Nation: Kansas
National Anthem: From the Stars, Through Difficulties
One of my “pandemic projects” was a python-based web-browser game that was loosely inspired by Blaseball. The premise was that we could see a different version of the “Olympics” in a post-scarcity future where humans are augmented. The goal was to highlight and delight in the excesses and absurdities in modern Olympics, but the project eventually died as I got busy with real commissions and real projects. What ultimately killed it was a bug in the code that was discovered when a hockey fight created infinite clones of all athletes and had them wail on each other for all eternity. As metal as a universe-shattering hockey fight sounds, it revealed that I was out of my depth as an amateur coder, and I haven’t had the time or skill to rewrite the game from scratch.
Below, I want to take a moment to share some of the “playable” countries from our alternate future. It was a lot of fun imagining how a different history would shake out and how that would be represented by the political lines, names, and flags of our futuristic nations and city-states. I tried to strike a balance between historical projections, fantastical, silly, and aspirational potential nations. While the list below doesn’t include the non-playable nations or the nations that are banned from the futuristic Olympics (yet), I hope you can enjoy a glimpse into a project that will probably stay on the drawing board.
Nation: Antarctica
National Anthem: On Top of the World
Continent: Antarctica
Ethics: Cultural Influencers
Nation: Aurora Commonwealth
National Anthem: The Heavens Weep
Continent: North America
Ethics: Collectivism
Nation: Chesapeake
National Anthem: We Do Not Inherit the Earth
Continent: North America
Ethics: Environmentalism
Nation: Estados Unidos
National Anthem: Himno Nacional de Norte America
Continent: North America
Ethics: Meritocracy
Nation: Gulf of Havana
National Anthem: ¡Chao pescao!
Continent: North America
Ethics: Egalitarianism
Nation: Manhattan
National Anthem: Success is Critical
Continent: North America
Ethics: Individualism
Nation: Silicon Coast
National Anthem: Compile and Execute
Continent: North America
Ethics: Materialism
Nation: Inca
National Anthem: Bring It On
Continent: South America
Ethics: Artistic Patrons
Nation: Tropicália
National Song: Coração Materno
Continent: South America
Ethics: Anarchism
Nation: Libertatia
National Shanty: Raise the Black Flag
Continent: Africa
Ethics: Piracy
Nation: Sahara
National Anthem: Face the Mind Killer
Continent: Africa
Ethics: Expansionism
Nation: Salted Carthage
National Dirge: Dido’s Tears
Continent: Africa
Ethics: Hegemony
Nation: The Coffee Bean Thalassocracy
National Jingle: We’ll Grind You Wholesale
Continent: Africa
Ethics: Dominance
Nation: Hellas Megalopolis
National Anthem: Smite Thee
Continent: Europe
Ethics: Mysticism
Nation: Kalamar Vikings
National Anthem: Eagle, Show Your Claws
Continent: Europe
Ethics: Prosperity
Nation: Scythian Empire
National Anthem: Less Talk, More Rock
Continent: Near East
Ethics: Centralism
Nation: Oceania Flotilla
National Anthem: Aboveboard and Inboard
Continent: Australia*
Ethics: Discovery
Nation: Mauryan Techno-Republic
National Anthem: Embrace Change
Continent: Asia
Ethics: Pacifism
Nation: Neon Tokyo
National Anthem: Jack the Sound Barrier, Bring the Noise