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What is this emote lol

and why is it so pensive and sad

Ah nice. I haven't been to the actual isles themselves, but I've visited Vancouver (city) once. It was kinda nice and I liked the climate.

leaves some flowers for her friends

OHMYGODCAT!!!!!!

Speaking of flowers--they're pretty.

Omgosh even better ^-^

I see where you're coming from on this, but I don't think the resolution is technically trying to control areas outside of member nations' territories, but more like what those nations' citizens do there. So it's sort of like, you go out on a field trip and the teacher says don't touch anything in this place we don't own, etc.

For me the issue with this resolution is that clause 1 says

"Defines "regulations" as reasonable restrictions on any of the following, for the purposes of this resolution:

the types and scale of fishing and other harvesting of marine organisms;

the dumping of waste;

access to tourists and the activities tourists may undertake; or

industrial activities, such as oil drilling and refinement;"

So "any" of these things can take place and the idea of "regulation" is satisfied. In clause 2(b), this might work because it's managed by a committee and typically the understanding is that WA committees are staffed by incorruptible gnomes that always do the right thing.

However, in clause 5 it states:

"Mandates that member nations implement regulations within areas of their territorial waters meeting the conditions outlined in section 2a of this resolution, to the extent reasonable and effective in those areas;"

So, that's a clause where a member nation is told to develop regulations regarding clause 1 over their territories. Alright, the definitions state that any of those could be happening, such as saying member nations citizens may only scuba dive in sanctuary areas between 4pm and 6pm, and then the sanctuary rules are good to go.

"reasonable and effective" means nothing in clause 5, imo, because it is reasonable that I enact restrictions on scuba diving hours and I am able to do so to in order to carry out my goals effectively (restricting scuba diving hours).

2b is the only area with a vague guidance, stating "to further the purpose for which said sanctuaries were designated;" and it does not have to apply here.

This is ultimately the reason I voted for The East Pacific to vote against.

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The Council supports this wholeheartedly, and believe it should be taken to the logical conclusion.

Air must be made illegal and removed.

Bold, yet understated.

Full support.

Undone

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Also I just want to say I hit quote clearly after you edited but from a screen that hadn't been refreshed, and so seeing that second line just appear scared the absolute heck out of me.

Lets as a collective make a draft a WA resolution to do just that. Eliminate all matter. I pledge my full support behind this resolution!

Return to monke? No! Return to s̶̢͋u̶̞͒͑̚b̵͍͐̽̊a̸͓͖̅t̵̙̏o̵̝̜͝͝m̶͓͊ì̴̝̜̓͘ċ̴̭̥̺ ̷̢͖͒̿́p̴͓͐͂̏a̵̘͐̏̽r̴͎͕̹̓̌̇t̴͛͜i̵̗̾̔c̴̻͐͛ͅl̴̰̄̓͠e̵̲̔̆ş̸̫̱͑͌

What type of weather is that? And if you don't mind me asking--where does weather like that happen?

Yeah, welcome to Refugia.

So in looking up articles on the incoming storms there (stay safe, by the way, I imagine that sort of snap will be hard to acclimate to), I found something interesting. The high-pressure system that's caused the extreme heat for your area moved northwest as the low-pressure one came in from the arctic. They were talking about how it was going to keep moving until it got to southern Alaska... and the graphic accompanying it showed the heat centred right on top of us, lmao.

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/376529229392904195/752728592160522320/pressure_systems.png if you're interested.

That makes sense, we had some winds earlier as well. They weren't too bad, but they caused our windows to make the warbling sound.

Apparently there's power outages going on up there as well so that's fun.

Also our AQHI rating today is 10 (high risk) because of the smoke in the air. I noticed it when we woke up, which is unfortunate because it's kind of nice outside lol.

Is the holy symbol the darwin jesus fish?

A number of the GCRs wanted to get the jump on this resolution by voting against early because a sticking point of this commendation is that Alti believes strongly in meritocracy, argued as a government style where competent and active people are appointed to positions of power rather than elected. Large regions with strong ideological commitments to democracy view this style as autocracy with a theoretical promise towards nepotism. Pre-Refugia, we also supported this ideology because it does allow for competent people to support a well-functioning machine. And Karma certainly demonstrates that working well in practice. The drawback is that it's very hard to bring about major reforms or some kind of revolution because power requires the endorsement of the establishment to provide.

Personally, I like Altino quite a lot and I'm entirely indifferent to the meritocracy controversy because of systems that I'm already used to, even if we don't use it here anymore. But I don't really find the arguments presented in the resolution to be compelling. TWPAF is functionally dead, receiving awards is not itself commendable (the acts behind them are), and staying in power in Osi is not really an achievement. All of these and more could have been resolved if the author had listened to feedback in drafting, but he did not.

hello,i am new

Yeah, welcome. I'd recommend joining the World Assembly. Also, I'd recommend getting on Refugia's map.

What programs and software do people use to make custom flags for NationStates? The EU flag is good but it's getting old, and I want a unique flag.

I usually don't edit things, I just look something up on Ecosia 😅 or I get Luca to make it for me, because I'm lazy. But yeah, all my limited image work is through paint.net.

Also welcome Union Of Dagestan, I'm happy you're here ^-^

I just used Fake Flag to create mine.

I just made mine in a phone app called Logopit. After I made it I was given access to Photoshop and other Adobe programs through my school but I liked my current so I didn't do anything else.

Oh cool, when's N-Day?

Hi, welcome! Our region is kind of just a chill place where people can feel happy and relaxed, and take part in some fun site-wide things. We've also got a link in our World Factbook Entry (at the top of the page) giving details on what the game is about and how to play, but ultimately your goal is to shape your nation through answering issues into exactly what you think is the best type of government.

If you want to get involved with larger-picture things, you can join the World Assembly via the link on the left sidebar of the page, and participate in the proposals that are up for vote every few days. We often have a little discussion in the forum here about what's up for vote and what we think, which is a lot of fun. You can also endorse me and our region will have even more power in the World Assembly. And you can submit a map application through the pinned dispatches above, and get put on our regional map!

Alright. Thank you guys!

oh and my currency is the iphone case

Floofybit, you've been added to the map! It should reflect you now.

Welp... I need to get the crime down in my nation. At least my civil rights and political freedoms are very good... I'm top 2 or 3% of most crime, which is kinda sad when you want a good, functional nation.

Looking at my Residency stats every now and then I'm surprised by how long I've been here. The time really flies by quickly, and it's not like I've been here that long at all.

I am new here and I'm curious if NationStates has a map feature that enables us to see our countries geographically? (Maybe even Refugia)

Also, you can create your own map of your nation and put it in a factbook if you want.

Welcome to Refugia!

NationStates doesn't have a map function, so we made our own :3

This but unironically 😜

Welcome to Refugia. Read the previous message board entries for tips on how to play. We're glad to have you.

Congratulations on your boundless wealth!

Hello Caliedels, and welcome to Refugia! We have cookies on the table if you want.

Let it be known that on this day, I created gender-neutral public bathrooms in my country. This somehow increased my Social Conservatism and Authoritarianism.

I have a friend who is in "The North Pacific", and he says they have much more conversations. Like there is always a post from someone every minute.

Fair enough. And thank you, I decided to make my country very bad for the start and challenge my self to turn the country into almost anarchy.

Then look at "The North Pacific", and look at how fast they message. :)

Cool. 😎

Free speech is for liberals