Alternative female national personification for America

Apparently it's Young Nipponophile Code for "does not equal".
All I can say, is that supposition is inaccurate.

ED: It originates in computer programming.

"Several computer languages use "!" for various meanings, most importantly for logical negation; e.g. A != B means "A is not equal to B", and !A means "the logical negation of A" (also called "not A"). In this context, the exclamation is named the bang character; other programmers call it a shriek or screech."
 

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Can you give us some context? What is the scenario?

I was speaking of my own timeline, in which the American colonies become an independent Empire in personal union with the Kingdom of Great Britain, and are basically a conservative state though with a more rational government structure than the KGB as it incorporated many testbed reforms.
 
I think that a Native American is probably the best choice. It also gives it an interesting twist when juxtaposed with the very white Brother Jonathan. Now all we need is a name.
 

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Frederica, given America's primary patron in LTTW. Or Cornubia for the same reason.

Eden (medieval cartographers placed the garden of paradise to the West, didn't they?)

Atlantica

Imperia (given it's the Empire of North America)
 

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I'm considering "Septentria", particularly given that the United Provinces of South America already uses "Meridian" as an adjective (perhaps their national personification is Meridia?).
 
I'm considering "Septentria", particularly given that the United Provinces of South America already uses "Meridian" as an adjective (perhaps their national personification is Meridia?).

Reminds me plenty of 'serpent' if you don't look closely or glance by very fast at the word...

...which reminds me of the ENA having the rattlesnake as its national animal...

...how's that for a turnaround-connection? ;) Though seriously, the word works as well as any.
 
I'm considering "Septentria", particularly given that the United Provinces of South America already uses "Meridian" as an adjective (perhaps their national personification is Meridia?).

Septentria? Let's hope nobody else joins the Empire.
 
I like Septentria - I've always fancied it as a country/continent name, but this works well, too.

Also, reading about "Virginia" as a representation led me to picture Thomas Jefferson dressed as the Virginia State Seal. Something I could have done without. :eek:
 
I like Septentria - I've always fancied it as a country/continent name, but this works well, too.

Also, reading about "Virginia" as a representation led me to picture Thomas Jefferson dressed as the Virginia State Seal. Something I could have done without. :eek:

You just had to share that with us, didn't you? :eek:
 

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How did the Empire get the rattlesnake as it's national animal without Ben Franklin comparing the transported criminals to boxes of snakes (which he said the colonists should ship to England)?

Also, if there are good relations with the Indians then they might learn that the Amerindian name for North America is Turtle Island (I think) and call the personification Turtalia.
 
How did the Empire get the rattlesnake as it's national animal without Ben Franklin comparing the transported criminals to boxes of snakes (which he said the colonists should ship to England)?

Also, if there are good relations with the Indians then they might learn that the Amerindian name for North America is Turtle Island (I think) and call the personification Turtalia.

The rattlesnake was IMO always a popular animal anyways in the colonies; which is precisely why Franklin used the comparison in the first place.

Not to mention it's mentioned in LTTW that transporting is repealed by the ENA anyways, and hence leads to Susan-Mary, so it still has a chance ole' Ben made the comparison anyways.
 

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How did the Empire get the rattlesnake as it's national animal without Ben Franklin comparing the transported criminals to boxes of snakes (which he said the colonists should ship to England)?

That's not the origin of the comparison. Franklin originally make the snake comparison during the Seven Years' War of the 1750s to urge the colonies to "unite or die" (asking them to contribute more troops to the war against the French, and set up a rudimentary unified government) showing a chopped up snake labelled with the names of the colonies (see below). In my timeline I have judged that things have not yet diverged sufficiently that Franklin uses pretty much the same imagery.

unite-or-die-c-1750.jpg
 
I'm considering "Septentria", particularly given that the United Provinces of South America already uses "Meridian" as an adjective (perhaps their national personification is Meridia?).

Hmm, I think that Meridia doesn't really sound well as a name. Also, I thought that "Meridians" was the nickname given by the Anglophones to the people of UPSA. However, Australia would be a quite good name.
 
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