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Today is my birthday! I'm now a legal adult where I live (the US)!

Happy birthday!!

Also, I've got a question. How do y'all feel about nuclear energy?

I love french toast! I haven't had any in ages though! Thank you!

Thanks!

I believe that nuclear energy is better than coal and fossil fuels but not as good as hydro, solar, and thermal energy.

Nuclear energy's effects on the environment, animals, and people around the plants is not fully understood and the process of mining the uranium to fuel the plants releases carbon dioxide. The process of disposing of nuclear waste, which currently consists of burying it in appropriate capsules in deserted areas deep underground has it's issues too. What if the waste manages to leak from the capsules?

Also, nuclear plants are very good targets for malicious acts like terrorism. While coal and fossil fuel plants can cause huge explosions as well, only nuclear plants can leave an entire swathe of land uninhabitable (at least for a extended period) like in Chernobyl, Ukraine or Ōkuma, Japan.

I'm not a great fan of nuclear energy because it can be very dangerous considering what happened in Chernobyl in 1986 and in Fukushima in 2011. It can cause serious consequences on health if something bad happens. And we also don't know what to do with radioactive waste. It takes several thousands of years to be eliminated. I think using nuclear energy is hiding from the serious consequences that it could have on the future of our planet. Actually, it's quite ironic to think like I think because as a French citizen a great majority of the energy produced in France is based on nuclear energy. But I don't think it's better than fossil fuels because I think it can cause worse consequences than these ones. Actually, I think that most of the people think fossil fuels are worse because it causes bad consequences right now on our planet and on our health but I think of the future and of our (potential) children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, ... So, yeah, I have a negative point of view on nuclear energy and I would really prefer to use only renewable energy.

Renewables can also be pretty destructive to the environment. Flooding huge areas for hydroelectric dams and the consequent methyl mercury, mining for rare metals and elements for solar panels, etc.

Hai!

The Ascendant Hive is ranked 212th in the world and 1st in Refugia for Largest Black Market, with 9,879 trillion Standard Monetary Units.

No one's at my level, which is mildly concerning.

Welcome Cleston and Orange Cream (icecream?) to Refugia! I hope you enjoy your stay. If it applies to you pay attention to the rest of this message:

If you have any questions about the region or how NationStates works feel free to leave it here on the RMB! You can also join our Discord server found at the top of the page within our region description. We're all friendly and don't bite!

If you haven't already, consider joining the World Assembly (located on the left sidebar) which will allow you to become a Member State! Member States are able to get a spot on our map (link in the region's description), vote in regional polls, and even run for office when elections come up! If you're not interested in that, that's completely fine! We're a chill laid back community and we aim to make everyone's experience here as wonderful as possible.

Thank you! Your birthday gift to me is still using that flag I made you!

Hello, is there any way to have leftist state without having a terrible economy? I feel that every issue is forcing me to make the choice between something unethical or damaging my economy.

The easiest way for me, personally, would be to go full on cringe unethical capitalist, then fix everything upon reaching >97 on economy, but I’ve been trying out different ways on different puppet nations, and I think it’s going okay.

So first, Economic Freedom is quite the important stat, and it helps define your WA classification, as shown by this wonderful dispatch by Refuge Isle, Refugia’s founder! Anyway, the higher the economic freedom, the better the economy. Socialist nations get -100 economic freedom, but this doesn’t really affect your other stats. Therefore, capitalist nations with a 25 economic freedom would be the same as socialist nations with a -75 economic freedom. Do note however that going too high would severely hurt your economy, which is why the default Libertarian setup as a higher economy than the default Anarchy setup that NS has, I believe. This info is most accurate for newer nations, and will slowly become less accurate along the way.

The other important stat would be Business Subsidization. Initially, I focused on Business Subsidization to increase eco-friendliness while keeping a good economy, but it seems to work for socialist nations that want a high economy too. Basically, choose every option that promises to fund an industry, and also tanked my Freedom from Taxation Disposable Income stats.

In the long run, you should remember to favor Business Subsidization over Economic Freedom, since that’s what tends to helps better as a socialist nation.

I love your banner! It's so cute

Alright, thank you all for the advice :-)

So... here in Iceland we've had 29 earthquakes since midnight ranging from 2.9 to 5.2 on the ritcher scale. The biggest one was on Wednesday when the shaking reached heights of 5.7.

An earthquake of up to 6.5 is possible in the next few days and a volcanic eruption is expected in the next century.

I've been on the countryside for a week and I have barely felt 3 of the biggest, but now I've returned home to the capital which is much closer to the point of origin of the quakes.

If you want I can keep you informed about the circumstances in a daily, more detailed post covering all of the nerdy stuff and stats.

Just let me know:)

Thanks!

Update: I found the lyrics on Youtube, and posted my English version here: http://stage.co.il/Stories/537397143

Aw, I'm too late!

Oof I thought it was in 20 minutes...

Hi!

Thank you for the kind welcome! I am new to this game and still trying to figure out what the heck im doing, lol. I think I'll jump on the server any day now - as soon as work gives me a break long enough to actually focus on this. I feel really old for saying that out loud haha.

We only have envoys with regions we have embassies with. The job of an envoy is to provide updates to the region they are assigned to about important Refugi happenings and to report back about important things happening in the region they are assigned to. For example, I am the envoy for Spiritus. I report important things to them in their Discord server (and say nice things on the RMB sometimes!) and report important Spiritus events back to Refugia. A person who becomes an envoy is someone who volunteers to become one. I'm sure there are reasons why a volunteer may NOT be allowed to become an envoy but whatever that might be would likely be up to the FA Councillor to decide.

Shiba inus or corgis?

Choose wisely.

Corgis, far and away.

Notice:

I am now taking candidates for the final election of this cycle, the Councillor of World Assembly Affairs, whose responsibilities are defined as facilitating discussions on World Assembly resolutions-at-vote, developing dispatches with Information For Voters (IFV) on current resolutions at vote, and providing regional recommendations for votes to the World Assembly Delegate.

This term runs from March 8[sup]th[/sup] to July 4[sup]th[/sup], there are presently no member states barred from standing for office.

The candidacy period begins at this time and will last until the end of the day Tuesday March 2nd. If you wish to run, please announce your intentions in Ground Floor or here in the RMB.

Hi. I just wish to let you know you are not the only working person playing this game! Sadly, work overload is preventing me from spending more time on NationStates. Burn down the sweatshops! Freedom to the people! (j/k, I'm my own boss more or less). Enjoy your stay!

I feel the same. This one is pretty simple, I think it's great. I was happy to approve of this early and I'll be happy to vote for it early. As you stated, IA helped clean up the language a lot and that, plus the author's original intent did a ton to make this, as far as I can see, uncontroversial.

The actual Economy stat (one of the top three in your drop down menu) is what you're looking for in terms of a rating of your country's economic strength. Economic Freedom is just the amount that your government oversees and regulates that economy, and is one of the determiners for your nation type. Economic Output, a third stat, goes up almost no matter what, though there are a few issues with outcomes that cut it.

I'll leave welcoming the newest people to Araine. ^-^ Congrats Araine! Let me know if you need me for anything! I'll gladly help.

Congrats, Araine for becoming our new councillor of interior!

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Congrats Araine! :D

Shiba Inu clearly

And I am also for Gay Panic Defense Ban, super well written, a good thing to legislate, 10/10

Hey, thank you all for the overwhelming support!

I'd like to thank Melenavenia for his service, as well as for any advice that I likely will be receiving from him in the coming weeks.

I also would like both Laisou and Liphia to know that I think either of them would have made for an excellent counsellor, and I hope to see them run again in the future!

In celebration of the new month of March, [nation=Lower French Gregballs] has re-entered the World Assembly.

Congrats! Sylh Alanor

Forest news: nothing. The election still hasn't started.

Alrighty!

Question of the Day!

If you had three wishes, what would you wish for?

1. Equal rights for everyone

2. To stop climate change

3. A new computer

Hey everybody! With the office of World Assembly Affairs having been created recently, election season has come up pretty quickly. As stated in the Discord server, I'm announcing my candidacy for this position and seeking reelection, and I want to talk a bit about how the last couple of months have gone and what another term might look like.

Obviously there hasn't been a lot of WA activity here recently, at least on my part. February is always a difficult month for me, and it was compounded by the most destructive ice storm we've ever seen here knocking out power and communications for extended periods. It's been difficult getting back on track from that. It's also been a bit of a struggle engaging with the WA at times, given some of the legislation that's passed through; after the fourth death penalty bill went to vote, I think we were all a bit burned out, and that's something we ought to fix.

At the same time, given that this was a fairly short initial term, we did get a fair amount done. We published several IFV dispatches with in-depth analysis of proposals at vote, which were at least noticed by the outside world. Refugia's RMB continues to exist on people's radars as a place of WA discussion, occasionally referenced in places like OWL. And we saw Sylh Alanor become the latest Refugi to author and pass a GA proposal, with multiple other residents working on their own as we speak.

So, with that in mind, what's the goal going forward? I want to aim to start conversations about every proposal which goes to vote, engage people, and write IFVs for most of them - there will still be some that are too ideological to change any minds about, but there's lots of room for increased productivity there. I'm also hoping to continue to cultivate #floor-5 in the Discord server as a helpful space to ask questions and workshop drafts, and obviously the RMB is here for everyone's support too. In general, the name of the game this term is "more."

And the most important thing I've realized is that there needs to be more horsepower in this department to ensure that sort of coverage. Larger regions often task entire groups of people with arguing and publishing about WA legislation, and it's just not ideal for all of that to hinge on the councillor. With that in mind, if I occupy this position for the next term, I'll be appointing another community member to split duties and drive engagement on SC proposals, with the aim of meeting the aforementioned benchmarks. If we can do that, the office and region should be in a good place going forward with established practices.

I look forward to the coming election and term and have the utmost faith in the region.

-Natalie

The serenity to accept those I can't

The wisdom to know the difference

1. World Peace

2. Ability to manifest fictional characters into reality

3. Omniscience (or ultimate intelligence whatever you call that) so that I can innovate new things like creating water from subatomic particles (if that's possible lmao) and solve water shortage to prevent a post-apocalyptic future from happening.

Congratulations to the newly installed Council. Looking forward to the exciting work that y'all will do!

Question of the Day!!!!

If you were a super-hero, what powers would you have?

Invisibility (that also masked my heat signature)

Welcome, Medab and Anarchist Workers Of The World, to Refugia! I hope you both enjoy your stay. If it applies to you, please pay attention to the rest of this message.

Refugia aims to be a friendly, laid-back community, which is open to players of all skill levels. Nations who wish to become more active in the region, however, should consider joining the World Assembly (WA). WA nations are able to vote on international law, and receive exclusive benefits within the region, such as the ability to vote in regional polls and elections, get a spot on Refugia's map, and even run for office when elections come up! If you're interested in joining the WA, check out this article.

If you'd rather just chill with us, that's perfectly fine as well. We have an active Discord server, an offsite forum, and frequent discussions on the regional message board (RMB), which everyone is welcome to participate in!

If you have any additional questions about the region or how NationStates works, feel free to leave them here, on the RMB. If you're interested in joining the Discord or offsite forum, look for the links at the top of Refugia's World Factbook Entry (the big text box at the top of our regional page).

Once again, I really hope you enjoy your time here, and look forward to seeing more of you soon.

The power of self-control, and the wisdom when to use it.

All of them.

Thanks Samu!

Quick note on the WA: the current vote in the GA is on Protecting the Rights of Labour Unions, written by, uh, me. So I'm not going to be writing any analysis or dispatch for obvious reasons. Let me know if you have any questions. Normal content will resume soon.

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Workers are back-bone of the economy and everything. Protecting them from exploitation is important.

On side note of that. It seems that's some sort of vote thing, yes? Where do I vote on the matter?

You can vote on the World Assembly. You need to join the World Assembly though before you vote. You basically just need an email and they will most likely approve you. It will pull up on the left under the regions tab after acception. ;)

Oh wait you already got it nvm

私は世界議会に参加しました.

Is voting the only thing that can be done in the world parliament?