Inner Realm of Patria 
Antarbhumi Ramrajya
Miscellany/Assorted Items
Welcome to Patria's miscellany page, for
want of a better name to call it. Here you can view samples of
Patria's license plates, information about Patria's radio stations, and
and other assorted items of Patria's daily life and culture.
License plates
Click on plates to view larger images. Actual size of plates is the standard North American plate format since 1957, i.e. 6 x 12 inches.
General issue, 2006 base.
General issue, 2002 base.
General issue (passenger car and light truck) plates are permanent plates,renewed annually with stickers issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles or Ministry of Transportation of the Precinct in which the vehicle is registered. Depending on the Precinct, stickers may be affixed to the plate, on the windshield, or both. The plates remain with the vehicle's owner when the vehicle is sold or otherwise taken off the road.
Special or non-passenger vehicle plates:
Diplomat
Consul
Government vehicle (prefixes: G - general government, P - Patria Post, N - National Park Service, F - non-diplomatic embassy/consular staff, X - external organizations)
Emergency services (fire, ambulance, EMS, paramedics, etc.)
Military (prefixes: A - Army, N - Navy, AF - Air Force, CG - Coast Guard, MP - Military Police)
National Highway marker
National Highway (NH) 101, from Castoropolis to
Portí-Trístan, Nova Columbia was Patria's first
controlled-access superhighway when opened to traffic in 1939 (but not
finally completed until the early 1960s). It
runs parallel to NH1, Patria's "Grand Trunk Road", a legendary highway
that is as close it gets to a Route 66 in Patria.
Patrienish Motor Works (PMW)
1974 PMW Turnpike Cruiser, a made-in-Patria full-size gas guzzler powered by a 7.2 liter V8. This one was owned by the Canadian ambassador - note flags and diplomatic plates. (FYI, traffic in Patria drives on the right, as in North America and continental Europe.)
Broadcasting from Patria:
Patria's state-owned broadcasting corporation and counterpart to the BBC, Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada, Australian Broadcasting Corp., or All India Radio, is Ramrajyavani,
Sanskrit for "Voice of Ramrajya". The network, popularly known as
"R-vani" or "RV", is heavy on Hindu devotional broadcasts (e.g. "Back
to the Gita", "Radio Yoga Class"), Sanskrit chanting, on-air hatha yoga
classes, etc. The Hindu programming on Ramrajyavani's television
network (Doordarshan, to use the Sanskrit term) stops dead in
its tracks at 8 p.m. on Saturday nights to make way for "Hockey Night
in Patria". Voice of Dharma,
the international shortwave service of Ramrajyavani, broadcasts in
English, Sanskrit and many other languages and is a welcome relief from
the many other high-wattage mostly U.S.-based right-wing fundamentalist
Christian Bible-thumpers crowding the SW bands.
In the Inner Realm's capital, "The Nifty Six-Fifty" POKX was the major Top-40 AM rock blowtorch, complete with outrageous promo stunts and high-octane DJ's "Rocking Patria with 50,000 red-hot watts!" Here's a POKX Survey Chart from March 12, 1978. In accordance with an International Telecommunications Union treaty mandating a shift from 10 kHz to 9 kHz spacing, on Nov. 23, 1978 POKX's frequency shifted from 650 to 648 kilohertz. The "Nifty Six-Fifty" became the "Great 6-48" but the new slogan would be short-lived. AM rock radio was dying by the early 1980's and Patria was no exception. Today the once-great "Rock of Patria" POKX, like WABC, WLS and other former AM rock giants, now airs right-wing talk shows using the slogan "3-F Talkradio" (the "3-F's" being "Faith, Family, Free Enterprise").
"Q-96" is POKQ-FM, POKX's FM sister station on 96.1 MHz. Q-96 (you will rarely hear a legal call-letter ID) is Castoropolis' top-rated Contemporary Hit Radio station, popular with teenagers and gen-x'ers, and targeting mainly the 18-to-35 year old demographic who grew up without ever listening to AM rockers like POKX. Here's a Q-96 sticker from the mushy, wimpy, late 1970's, when it was programming what was then known as "Album-Oriented Rock".
PMC is to Castoropolis what KMOX is to St. Louis: the leading full-service/news/talk/sports station, as well as the flagship station of the Centurions and Senators, not to mention the University of Castoropolis Fighting Eagles. Broadcasting on 846 kHz (850 kHz prior to Nov. 23, 1978), PMC is one of Patria's radio pioneers and and is one of the few stations that still retains a classic 3-letter call.
Have a cold one!
Shakti Lager is Patria's most popular brand of beer. It is brewed by Shaktipat Breweries, who also brew Krishna Cream Ale and Lakshmi Light. Guru Super Strong Beer (7.2% alcohol!), is an Indian import, brewed in Patria under license from the Mohan Goldwater Brewery in Lucknow.
What's in your wallet?
50 Patrienish Rupee note. Worth about USD 1.25 at approximate exchange rate of 40 RsPat to one U.S. buck.
© 2009, Inner Realm of Patria. Page updated Oct. 12, 2010.
Return to Patria's Home Page
E-mail
the Inner Realm: patria1818@yahoo.com
License plates
Click on plates to view larger images. Actual size of plates is the standard North American plate format since 1957, i.e. 6 x 12 inches.
General issue, 2010 base.
General issue, 2006 base.
General issue, 2002 base.
General issue (passenger car and light truck) plates are permanent plates,renewed annually with stickers issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles or Ministry of Transportation of the Precinct in which the vehicle is registered. Depending on the Precinct, stickers may be affixed to the plate, on the windshield, or both. The plates remain with the vehicle's owner when the vehicle is sold or otherwise taken off the road.
Special or non-passenger vehicle plates:
Diplomat
Consul
Government vehicle (prefixes: G - general government, P - Patria Post, N - National Park Service, F - non-diplomatic embassy/consular staff, X - external organizations)
Emergency services (fire, ambulance, EMS, paramedics, etc.)
Military (prefixes: A - Army, N - Navy, AF - Air Force, CG - Coast Guard, MP - Military Police)
National Highway marker
Patrienish Motor Works (PMW)
1974 PMW Turnpike Cruiser, a made-in-Patria full-size gas guzzler powered by a 7.2 liter V8. This one was owned by the Canadian ambassador - note flags and diplomatic plates. (FYI, traffic in Patria drives on the right, as in North America and continental Europe.)
Broadcasting from Patria:
In the Inner Realm's capital, "The Nifty Six-Fifty" POKX was the major Top-40 AM rock blowtorch, complete with outrageous promo stunts and high-octane DJ's "Rocking Patria with 50,000 red-hot watts!" Here's a POKX Survey Chart from March 12, 1978. In accordance with an International Telecommunications Union treaty mandating a shift from 10 kHz to 9 kHz spacing, on Nov. 23, 1978 POKX's frequency shifted from 650 to 648 kilohertz. The "Nifty Six-Fifty" became the "Great 6-48" but the new slogan would be short-lived. AM rock radio was dying by the early 1980's and Patria was no exception. Today the once-great "Rock of Patria" POKX, like WABC, WLS and other former AM rock giants, now airs right-wing talk shows using the slogan "3-F Talkradio" (the "3-F's" being "Faith, Family, Free Enterprise").
"Q-96" is POKQ-FM, POKX's FM sister station on 96.1 MHz. Q-96 (you will rarely hear a legal call-letter ID) is Castoropolis' top-rated Contemporary Hit Radio station, popular with teenagers and gen-x'ers, and targeting mainly the 18-to-35 year old demographic who grew up without ever listening to AM rockers like POKX. Here's a Q-96 sticker from the mushy, wimpy, late 1970's, when it was programming what was then known as "Album-Oriented Rock".
PMC is to Castoropolis what KMOX is to St. Louis: the leading full-service/news/talk/sports station, as well as the flagship station of the Centurions and Senators, not to mention the University of Castoropolis Fighting Eagles. Broadcasting on 846 kHz (850 kHz prior to Nov. 23, 1978), PMC is one of Patria's radio pioneers and and is one of the few stations that still retains a classic 3-letter call.
PMBC (1152 kHz; 1150 kHz pre-1978) is the all-sports talk
station in Castoropolis, the leading affiliate of the Jim Rome Show in Patria, the
flagship of the Capitals and a Caesarea Violets'
network affiliate. Another of Patria's radio pioneers, it was once the
flagship of the Mutual Broadcasting Corporation of Patria (hence the
call letters).
Have a cold one!
Shakti Lager is Patria's most popular brand of beer. It is brewed by Shaktipat Breweries, who also brew Krishna Cream Ale and Lakshmi Light. Guru Super Strong Beer (7.2% alcohol!), is an Indian import, brewed in Patria under license from the Mohan Goldwater Brewery in Lucknow.
What's in your wallet?
50 Patrienish Rupee note. Worth about USD 1.25 at approximate exchange rate of 40 RsPat to one U.S. buck.
© 2009, Inner Realm of Patria. Page updated Oct. 12, 2010.
Return to Patria's Home Page
E-mail
the Inner Realm: patria1818@yahoo.com