I'm talking about the test which questions the validity of an entity's official name, for example: --- >Holy >Roman >Empire ---
I personally like the term "three chevron test". What other names would you give it? "Voltaireposting" always works, but it sounds memey.
Onto another question - what country are you from and how does it perform on the test?
> Commonwealth > of Australia
Commonwealth (n.) - a state formed for the common good -
Australia (n.) - the continent Australia
I think Australia succeeds the test on a moderate level at least, given it's fourth on inequality adjusted HDI and it covers what people think is the continent of Australia.
>united check, at least under the same government with federal laws >states check >of america of a big chunk of north america at least eh
Owen Foster
>United Politically yes, but socially no.
Carson Diaz
>democratic No >people's Lol nope again >republic a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch Big no >of Korea It's on the Korean peninsula, so that fits 1/4, no bueno
Hunter Roberts
>your country Nice larping
Ryan Moore
Sh...sh...shut up! Praise the Supreme Leader!
Jaxson Sullivan
>State Yup >Of Idk sure >Florida Yup
Jose Reed
Well since the states that are united are political entities...
Wyatt Martinez
>United >States >of America Well, we are a bunch of states united into one country on the continent of North America, so it's pretty good, though we don't cover all of the Americas.
Oliver Fisher
Honestly, a lot of these are much worse than others. Fucking Ohio versus South Dakota.
Blake Smith
>Republic Yes >Indonesia It's derived from greek language Indós and nèsos meaning "Indian Islands" so yeah it's fits.
Logan Ortiz
>Minnesota >Tornados Wtf? Texas or Oklahoma or Missouri has to be worse by any metric even adjusting for population or something
Brayden Smith
G*rman detected.
We don't need to be. Only 'people' who can't grasp individuality need to be socially unified. And you'll find we are socially unified where it matters. Love of freedom.
Aiden Wilson
I love 'the three cevron test'
Will meme it on other boards from now on.
Andrew Murphy
Hyperautists out.
Gabriel Ward
>Veeky Forums >History >& Humanities Well, Veeky Forums is what you add to the website name to get here, and we d have a mild sprinkling of history and a fat load of humanities, so, I'd say it's generally accurate.
Cameron Allen
>Kingdom Checked >of Sweden It doesn't just include swedes (svear) anymore but geographically everything between geats in the west, skanes in the south, sami in the north and gotlanders in the east. Still a check though as all of them have come to think of themselved as swedes.
Jayden Morris
>three >chevron >test
Hunter Hall
>Claims to have love of freedom. >Still lives in the USA.
Ryan Ross
>Republic It is a representative republic. >of Finland A country full of Finns who speak Finnish in a nation standing on Fenno part of Fennoscandia.
Joseph Carter
>Italian The territory of the country encompasses almost all the ethnic Italian populations in Europe. Italians are by large the majoritary ethnic group in the country >Republic It's a parliamentary republic as defined in the constitution.
Aaron Perez
>Federal >Republic >Of Germany
This is very difficult to say while keeping a straight face. I wonder who can, because indeed it is hard.
"Federal", you say, while grinning like Merkel did. "Federal", it is its name. But then, thinking of "Federal", you think about all the states which have no freedom to act how they want. You think about all those who tried to fuck with the states. You think about the chokehold Berlin has on the country and how their political sphere is dominated by the "Federal" government.
But then, the funniest is coming: "Republic". Yes, now, you cannot contain your laughter. "Republic", it is called despite the fact that this "Republican" body has frequent stifling of freedom of speech and basic rights, a "Republic" so rife with corruption that the former communist states of Europe refused to copy it. An authoritarian regime and a nanny state, yes, but still calling themselves "Republican".
And now, here is the end of the fun: "Germany". Now you fell on the ground, laughing so hard that you cannot breathe. "Germany", a body made of states of former petty duchies and counties, a country which lost its important Eastern German lands, now full of Turks and Polish guest workers. A "German" country which will have no ethnic Germans left living on its soil by the end of the century.
>Federal >Republic >Of Germany
Owen Walker
> > >
Carter Myers
>State >of >Israel
Yup
Sebastian Sanchez
They call themselves Joseon after Kingdom of Joseon, so probably not even the fourth one.
Matthew Martin
European >Union
It`s not really a Union, since that would mean the countrys would cooperate with each other wich they don`t do, but this might change since the crazy Island people left it.
Robert Long
>he wants a Brussels-led lobbying corruption fest to lead the continent
Nicholas Baker
t. American
Noah Price
Half the judgements have been too lenient, not in the trichevronian spirit
Nathaniel Miller
I am at least happy that the crazy commies in my country hate the EU
Josiah Cooper
Kingdom >Check, we do have a King.
Of the Netherlands >Doesn't own all of the Netherlands but is located in the Netherlands. We're about half way there.
Previously: >The Republic Check, there was no monarch in power, most of the power was in the hand of the citizens.
>Of the 7 united Semi-check? There were offcially 7 Dutch provinces that started the Republic working together politically, but in reality there were 2 more provinces directly governed by the States-General.
On another note, Australia isn't a continent, Oceania is. Australia comes from the term "Terra Australis", which means southern land. There is however a larger more southern land, Antartica.
Jayden Bailey
>Forgot the last part of my seven united netherlands post.
>Netherlands Again, located in the Netherlands, but only owned avout half of the Netherlands.
Isaac Russell
>Kingdom Constitutional monarchy so the power of the royal house is debatable. I'll give it a half
>of Denmark Located on the Danish isles, definitely correct.
Jaxon White
Why not just call it the "HRE test" or the "Voltair test". It's descriptive and rolls of the tongue.
Hudson Ortiz
Why not just call it the "HRE test" or the "Voltair test"? It's descriptive and rolls of the tongue.
Landon Reed
I wanna roll you off my tongue user desu
Ethan Wright
>Kingdom Fair enough, we have Felipe >of Just filling >Spain It occupies most of Hispania, traditionally considered distinct from Portugal. 10/10
Ryan Foster
Does the king of Spain get much love? I know Spain still has their monarchy since they didn't go full France on them, but are they as loved as the British royalty?
Wyatt Evans
>Federal no, it is more centralist than federalist >presidential we have a president, check >constitutional we have a constitution, check >republic check >of Argentina it is Argentina
Nathaniel Williams
>Republic Of >Ireland
Matthew Howard
t. Juncker
Adrian Robinson
Not remotely. Much of the left is republican.
Austin Anderson
>United
For the moment, yes, though devolution and referendums are becoming more and more accepted as parts of the political process, so perhaps not for much longer.
>Kingdom
Yes, thankfully. Fuck republicanism.
>Of
Yes.
>Great
If by great you mean the nation comprising the largest of the British Isles, then yes, for the moment, this is still true, at least until Scotland becomes independent. And of course if you mean great in terms of quality then yes we're still pretty cool, fuck the continentals.
>Britain
Still controlling the vast majority of the British Isles does largely entitle us to this claim, particularly as related to 'Great Britain', which we still entirely control as a unified state.
>And
Yes, this too.
>Northern
By and large, yes.
>Ireland
This is a contentious one, but as relating to 'Northern Ireland', yes we still control the six counties, though of course that doesn't comprise all of the north of the island of Ireland, but at least the majority enough to claim a nation's name from it.
All in all, I think we live up to our name.
Brayden Powell
Scotland will never leave.
Eli Butler
>Canada Sure?
Elijah Perez
Fucking wish they would socialist cunts
Caleb Hernandez
>Autonomous Stupid addition that is so ironic now >Republic More like oligarchy >of Crimea sure 2,5/3
Connor Sanchez
>Dominion >of >Canada
a much cooler, much more sinister name. Should have stuck with it, then we could really own our colonialism
David Reed
>Kingdom >Of Sweden The Monarch is the head of state and Sweden is the nation, region, and polity. It passes the test; Does your country?
Angel Reyes
>Republic Check >of Macedonia Check, kind of. When we unite with our Macedonian brothers we will pass the test.
Christopher Ross
Call it a 'name analysis' or something similar. Names are best left as plain as is viable.
Xavier Garcia
>>of Macedonia >Check, kind of. Not at all. You aren't in Macedonia. You aren't Macedonian. You're Bulgarians directly north of Macedon, which is a Greek region full of Greeks, and the home of Alexander.
William Gray
Is that why the government can force me to make cakes for faggots? And tell me I have no right to self Defence?
Lincoln Martin
that is not the definition of a republic.
Eli Torres
us nerds amirite also Idaho and Oklahoma did absolutely nothing wrong
Gavin Smith
Closer to the truth is that these Bulgarians speak a form of Macedonian, and not the other way around. Ancient Greeks considered Ancient Macedonians inferior, lower class, barbarians and so forth, they never saw Macedonians as Greeks and that is Greece Achilles heel. There is evidence of it in writing and it could be used by locals to separate them selves from Greece. The ancient claim on Macedonia as being Greek is complete bullshit. For about 3400 years there were Greek people but not a unified Greek kingdom or Republic of any kind. Greeks weren't called Greeks because of the country they came from but the region.
Noah Robinson
Just because Macedonians were considered a different group of Greeks than most Greeks, doesn't mean they weren't Greek, ethnically, linguistically, and religiously. And the people of the FYROM are, in no way, shape, or form, related to the people of Alexander's Macedon.
David Gomez
>the people of the Macedonia are, in no way, shape, or form, related to the people of Alexander's Macedon.
Learn something. You are obviously a foreigner to Macedonia and Macedonians, and it's clear you have a political agenda. There is physically no such thing as Slavic blood. Just because we may speak a Slavic language doesn't change that we've always been Macedonians ethnically. Are you gonna tell me Palestinians are just Arabs because they speak Arabic? No, they are indigenous to Palestine, they just have changed linguistically.
Lucas Garcia
>And tell me I have no right to self Defence? You do have a right to self defence you colossal retard.
Luis White
really triggers my neurons
Joshua Morris
>República
it's a republic, all right. the current composition of congress is technically no constitutional, but we have 3 working powers
>Argentina
Save for one rebel province known as u r gay, yes
Benjamin Rivera
Fuck off with that whitewashed map
Gavin Parker
Are Thracian Turks Macedonian now too?
Jaxson Bell
>United Relations between Westminster and certain devolved parliaments are rocky. >Kingdom Barely. "Constitutional" monarchy means that the royal family holds no power.
Samuel Thompson
>Barely. "Constitutional" monarchy means that the royal family holds no power.
Actually it holds all the power, it just doesn't execute that power for the most part. But every act of the British Parliament is backed by the ultimate authority of the monarch.
Sebastian Wilson
FYROMians speak a Western Bulgarian dialect. The ""Macedonian"" language was created in 1944. Before the 19th century, they considered themselves as Bulgarian.
The difference between the FYROMians and Bulgarians is smaller than between Croats and Serbs, although Croatian and Serbian are both based on the same dialect (Štokavian).
Sebastian Jones
kek this pasta is fresh
Carson Gray
>Are you gonna tell me Palestinians are just Arabs
Yes, I actually will tell you that. You are a Slav, in the same way they are Arabs.
Daniel Johnson
>Before the 19th century, they considered themselves as Bulgarian.
WRONG.
Bulgarians speak a form of Macedonian, not the other way around. The modern meaning of Bulgarian was merely to denote church affiliation, just as greek was. Hence the overnight bulgarization/hellinization of the Macedonian people in the 19th century.
Jace Hill
>Argentinian Comes from Latin for silver. No silver fucking nowhere.
>Federal Every province hates the others around and manage themselves, so yea.
>Republic Weakass popularity contest where every retard can decide who will not represent him. Checked.
2/3 seem good.
Caleb Robinson
>Republic Yes >of Poland Well it lack 2 important Polish city, Lwów and Wilno
Kevin Bell
Vilnius and Lviv haven't been Polish for over 50 years.
Carson Carter
>Italian We don't own all of Italy but at least most of it >Republic Yes
Isaac Wood
The Spanish left is the most disgusting of all of the world's lefts. Franco was a complete pussy for playing olive branch politics with them after the war
David Phillips
>Swiss Been owning the same piece of land with no border losses for 150 years, and there is no serious separatist movement, people consider themselves swiss and are largely native >Confederation Check
Dominic Hill
Yes and before WWI Warsaw and Gdansk haven't been Polish for over 123 years