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Region: Refugia
"what is the most ridiculous option that no sane person would choose" is mine
Lower French Gregballs, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine
Reminder that today is the last day for candidacy for the Councillor of Foreign Affairs.
Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine
FA is a really interesting way of interacting with Nationstates and other regions. I highly recommend it to anyone who's interested in making more connections on NS or seeing more places. We also have a lot of people in the region (especially in the discord) who are knowledgeable about other places and can help you settle in, so there's no need to be nervous about it. Let me know if you have any questions about anything, but it should be an easy and fun thing for anyone who wants to try it.
Cheesy Tots, Melenavenia, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii
me too! :D
for example it showed up that an ally nation had a murderous dictator so i'd either help the dictator or fight with the people. refykland is the kind of country to not intervene... don't wanna support a dictator but don't wanna find conflicts either.
Medecion, Lower French Gregballs, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii
oh, is there anyway to get into the refugia map thingy?
Lower French Gregballs, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine
Yup! All instructions are provided in the actual map dispatch, which I'll link at the end of this message. Refugia Member States are allowed to send in a map application (at the bottom of the dispatch) so that we can put it up the next time we do a map update. Member States are nations that have active World Assembly memberships in Refugia, and have maintained that WA status for at least seven days.
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=sylh_alanor/detail=factbook/id=1287372
Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Ezopi
Post self-deleted by Basically Hell.
Aw crap the Tanuki attacks are starting up again.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia
Post self-deleted by Basically Hell.
Vikoland is proud to announce that, in order to strengthen relations between the other nations of Refugia, the country will adopt English as an official language. Prime Minister Lars Stefansson stated that this legislation will "increase our influence abroad and make the nation more welcoming for people of other ethnic groups, whether they be refugees or Refugi".
The Legislation will take affect on Monday the 14th of June of the Gregorian calendar, beginning with the translation of all official documents into both Vikolandic and English. All documents must be written in both languages, but if there are any contradictions between the two languages then Vikolandic will take priority. Whilst English is already a compulsory subject in school, Vikoland will, starting from the next academic year, allow for full lessons to be taught in only English.
There have been concerns raised over whether the government is neglecting the Vikolandic language and culture, however they insist that Vikolandic will remain the Primary language of the country and for the average Vikolander, this change will have very little effect.
Zukchiva, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, Tovenia, Allokyus, Ezopi
Hello all :)
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii
Welcome, Oqazistan, Imzhou 2 Electric Boogaloo, Apparently An Abuse Of Power But Smol, Princess Of The Void, Chordalci, Slekiland, Blobfisholandia, Dot Bot, Kamihkje, Refykland, Englamd, Spique Unia, Regareo, Squidland 2, The Sparolanchilland, Cheap Thrills, Redury, Zoegrad, High Reiserland, Shattered States, Transtopic, New Sap Oesan, and The Globohomo Superstate, to Refugia! I hope each of you enjoys 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 experience 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, and make sure to endorse our delegate.
If you'd rather just chill with us, that's perfectly fine as well. We have an offsite forum, as well as 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 our offsite forum, look for the link 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!
Medecion, Zukchiva, Melenavenia, Free Las Pinas Ii, Princess Of The Void
I am SO close to top 1% environmental beauty and eco-friendliness that it is almost infuriating.
Medecion, Lower French Gregballs, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, The Most Serene Republicans, Valdonland, Allokyus
SOON
Lower French Gregballs, Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, The Most Serene Republicans, Kariforunia
Oh I should post here huh
Uhh, hello Refugia.
Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Tovenia, Kariforunia, Allokyus, Princess Of The Void
ello
Sylh Alanor, Kariforunia
Sup
Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Kariforunia
Good afternoon!
Forest's Ministry of Culture has started a series of monthly bulletins focusing on the work of notable environmental activists, called the Voice of Forest.
The first bulletin, about former American First Lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson, has been published:
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1556850
Terrabod, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Golden Gateway, Kariforunia
"Angry farmers have taken to the streets demanding the government to act after reported sightings of strange Tanuki-like dogs eating all the crops in fields." I'm...what? Tanukis are basically racoon-dogs, so would these guys just be bigger and fluffy or...?
Lower French Gregballs, Typica, Melenavenia, Junitaki-Cho, Golden Gateway, Valdonland, Kariforunia, Allokyus, Ezopi
Hey friends! I'm excited to present to y'all XKI's May Update Report! Give it a read here: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1558210
Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Kariforunia, Allokyus
It appears that there's a new update. Fascinating stuff.
Medecion, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Kariforunia
My tourism dropped a ton, but my standing seems to have increased? I guess everyone's tourism fell, but mine didn't fall as much as others.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Kariforunia
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=surely_not_a_puppet/detail=trend?censusid=87
O - O
Melenavenia, Kariforunia
I have posted a new trivia factbook for anyone that would like to quickly learn some facts and statistics about Vikoland and its culture. Takk för at du läste!
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Free Las Pinas Ii, Kariforunia
アメリカ選挙人団。。。
Can someone explain the American electoral college? I've heard about it but I don't know what it is.
Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Vikoland, Free Las Pinas Ii
Basically each state has a certain number of electoral college votes which are, in theory, proportional to population (although in reality it is not). After all the votes of the people are tallied, each state casts their electoral college votes which go to the party which won the most votes in each state. For example, California has 55 electoral college votes, so the party that gets the most votes from the people in California (which is almost always democrat), gets those 55 electoral college votes. A party needs 270 electoral college votes to win the election.
The system was designed in the 1700s because back then moving around was much slower so sending a delegate to vote on behalf of a state was easier. It has been criticised because all the electoral college votes of a state go to a single presidential candidate. For example, the majority of people in Texas, a state which has 38 electoral college votes, will almost exclusively vote Republican, however 5,259,126 people (46.48%) voted Democrat in 2020, yet their votes are essentially meaningless because they are not represented by the electoral college and a Democrat will likely never win in Texas. All 38 of Texas' electoral college votes will go to the Republican Party and none will go to the Democrats despite the Democrats getting 5,259,126 votes from the people. This has led to problems where the candidate who won the election did not win the popular vote; in 2016 for instance when Hillary Clinton got almost 3 million more votes than Donald Trump yet still lost the election because she only got 227 electoral votes compared to Trump's 304. There is also the problem of faithless electors who are electoral college electors who don't vote for the actual presidential candidate, but rather, for someone else. Again in 2016, if we were to go by states won, Clinton would have gotten 232 electoral college votes and Trump would have gotten 306, but due to 5 Democrat and 2 Republican faithless electors, the numbers were actually 227 and 304 respectively.
Hope this clears things up for you!
The Star Enpire, Medecion, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, Junitaki-Cho, Kariforunia
Every state gets a number of electors equal to how many congresspeople they have. So for example, New York got 27 representatives and 2 senators, so it gets 29 electors. The Electoral College is made up of all the electors from all the states, and is the body responsible for picking the president. Every state tells its electors who to vote for. In most states, the electors vote for whichever party won the majority of the popular vote in that state.
I hope this helped.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, Junitaki-Cho, Kariforunia
The American electoral college is how the winner of the U.S. presidential election is decided. In total, the nation is assigned 538 electoral votes and those votes are divided amongst states. Each state (and the District of Columbia) has at least 3 "votes". Those minimum 3 votes represent the state's two Senators and their minimum of 1 Representative. (The District of Colombia does not have people representing them in Congress, but they were granted 3 electoral college votes under the the 23rd Amendment to the Constitution, so before that citizens in the capital of the country were not allowed to vote for president) States with multiple Representatives, which are allocated to states based on population (but each state has a minimum of 1 regardless of population, giving some states less or more representation in presidential elections than they should), are awarded more electoral college votes equal to the amount of Representatives they have. (Ex: Florida has 28 Representatives, so they have 30 electoral college votes because of the state's 2 Senators) During an election, most states award all of their "votes" to the winner of the popular vote in that state. However, Maine and Nebraska have divided their states into districts. (Ex: In 2020, Joe Biden won Maine's 1st district, lost the 2nd, but won the popular vote in the state, so Biden got 3/4 of Maine's electoral votes)
As has been laid out, this means that presidents are not directly elected by the general population. However, they are technically elected by people because each electoral college vote is cast by an actual person, who is almost always a member of the winning party in a state. (Ex: In 2020, Donald Trump won North Carolina, so the electoral college votes were likely all cast by members of the Republican Party in favor of Trump.) However, since the people actually casting the ballot have free will, in some states they can vote for whoever they want regardless of who the state actually voted for, and these people are called "faithless electors" (Some states have banned electors for voting against the winner of a state, so it's not a national issue). A prime example of faithless electors was the 2016 presidential election where 7 electors voted against whoever won the state they were voting for. This means, that theoretically, the electoral college could change the outcome of the election by deciding to vote against a state's winner.
The winner of presidential elections is not always the winner of the popular vote. (Ex: The Democratic Party nominee has won the popular vote in 5/6 of the past presidential elections in the 21st century, but the Democratic Party nominee has only won the election in 3/6 of those elections, so 2 elections lost because of the electoral college)
I can detail the reasoning behind the electoral college and why it was created in the first place and/or give my opinion on it if you want as well. I believe I explained the electoral college fully.
The Star Enpire, Sylh Alanor, Free Las Pinas Ii, Junitaki-Cho, Kariforunia
I didn't see Vikoland and the Star Enpire's explanations because I was on mobile, sorry. I'll leave this here though.
Sylh Alanor, Free Las Pinas Ii, Junitaki-Cho, Kariforunia
そうですか。
I would be more then delighted to hear your opinions on the electoral college then.
It seems unfair personally.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Free Las Pinas Ii
Personally, I also feel the Electoral College is unfair, as I think that the people should be voting for who they want as president themselves, and not entrusting it to other people by voting for them. This can be made possible by using computer networks which would also make it easier to vote.
Also, how do I use the reply function xd
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Free Las Pinas Ii, Kariforunia
My favorite youtube creator has some good content on this subject too
Why its bad respectively: 2011, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wC42HgLA4k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3wLQz-LgrM
How electors are distributed: 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JN4RI7nkes
Melenavenia, Free Las Pinas Ii, Kariforunia
Next to the like button under a post, you should see a quote button ^-^
Melenavenia, Free Las Pinas Ii, Kariforunia
I do believe it is an extremely unfair system that needs to be abolished. Every single other elected official in the United States is elected by the popular vote, so there isn't even a precedence for this to happen. It used to be that Senators were elected by state legislatures but this was changed with the 17th Amendment to the Constitution.
The reasoning behind making the election of the president (and formerly, Senators as well) not a direct election is because the Founders (the people who wrote or contributed to the Constitution) believed that the people couldn't be trusted to directly elect these very important positions. This means that this was a very blatant and successful attempt to make the country less democratic and reduce the political freedoms of the people. It is absolutely unacceptable to me that someone who the people have not voted to be their president can and has in the past can become president through a system which doesn't even represent the people. It's also troublesome that one of the two major parties in the United States (the Democratic Party) has always been the victim of losing elections due to the electoral college. It also serves as another massive obstacle for third parties and independents running for president.
The electoral college can also lead to crisis where if no presidential candidates reach 270 electoral votes (the absolute majority of electoral votes), it comes down to the House of Representatives to choose one of the top 3 candidates for president and down to the Senate to choose one of the top 2 vice presidential candidates. As you can imagine, this would lead to very angry people all over, no matter the decision reached by Congress.
The electoral college also eliminates the representation of people's votes depending on where they live and stands as a roadblock to giving voting rights to American citizens living in territories such as Puerto Rico because territories do not have representation in Congress (which they should) and that is what the allocation of electors is based off of. If you don't vote for a Republican candidate in Wyoming, your vote is meaningless. If you don't vote for a Democratic party candidate in the District of Columbia, your vote is meaningless. It also gives unfair higher representation to states with lower populations like Wyoming because technically, Wyoming doesn't even meet the population requirement for 1 Representative, but because all states must have 1 it essentially means the vote of a Wyomingite is worth more than a Californian's vote on the national level. Also the division of electoral votes based off of members in Congress is very arbitrary and doesn't lead to a fair distribution of votes even in the most liberal of electoral college vote distribution systems. I believe one vote should always equal one vote.
To sum up how I feel about the electoral college: there had to be a Constitutional amendment to allow people living in the capital of the country to vote in presidential elections--how could that even happen?
Typica, Free Las Pinas Ii, Valdonland, Kariforunia, Allokyus
In my opinion the USA is a backwards country whose system of government and law is still based on a very outdated 1700s system. And because the country is essentially a cult which indoctrinated children from a young age (eg. Pledge of allegiance), so many Americans can't see the problems with their nation so refuse to change. They think their country is perfect and the best in the world when it is quite the opposite. Fo resample in their slogan, "land of free, home of the brave." USA is no longer the benchmark of freedom that it used to be. In fact it doesn't even rank top 10 in the freedom index.
So many Americans are delusional enough to believe that more guns will reduce gun crime, which is obviously not true. In the UK where I live (which I fully recognise is far from perfect), not only can citizens not carry guns, but normal patrolling policemen don't carry firearems either, yet we have significantly lower crime and homicide rates. Our last school shooting was in 1996, whereas USA has had 1316 school shootings since 1970, and some politicians believe teachers should be given guns. Statistics show that those who carry a weapon (whether a firearm or other weapon eg. knife) are more likely to due from the same weapons than those who don't. And America refused to change.
Furthermore, the two main political parties in the USA, the Republicans the Democrats, who not only some Americans commit their whole identity to supporting one of them, but also both parties are essentially the same thing. They are both Auth Right parties with corrupt leadership and due to the electoral college system are the only two parties that matter. Yet at election time, so may Americans revert to a primitive form of tribalism because they care so much about their party and will never change their vote. Also there is very little actual politics involved in American elections, but rather a nominees desperate attempts to appeal to populism. Sadly this is something that is catching on in the rest of the world, for example Boris Johnson being elected in my own country of the UK, despite being far from professional or inspiring in my opinion.
Sorry for being ranty and overly negative about the nation that some of you might live in, but it really upsets me when people refuse to change their ways. In my view, America is far to patriotic and too much of anything is bad.
Melenavenia, Free Las Pinas Ii, Valdonland, Kariforunia
ah thanks :)
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Free Las Pinas Ii, Kariforunia, Ezopi
Notice:
The term has elapsed for the current Councillor of Foreign Affairs. Regrettably, a replacement has failed to materialise. The office will remain open for the time being, pending a capable and qualified candidate. Let's take a moment to thank Pantala And Pyrrhia for his contributions to the region, particularly in setting up an embassy with The East Pacific.
At this time, candidacy is now open for the Councillor of Culture, responsible for hosting regional events that develop regional engagement and cultural identity and giving the region its timely eco reports.
Candidacy is open now through the end of the day June 16. Should you wish to run for this office, express your intent to run here in the RMB or in #ground-floor of the Discord server.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, Golden Gateway, Pantala And Pyrrhia, Kariforunia
Welcome, Southern The Gophichy, Dofriands, South Opersand, Forto, and Tbeque, to Refugia! I hope each of you enjoys 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 experience 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 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, and make sure to endorse our delegate.
If you'd rather just chill with us, that's perfectly fine as well. We have an offsite forum, as well as 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 our offsite forum, look for the link 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!
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Kariforunia
I would like to run for Councillor of Culture.
Lethodus, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, Kariforunia, Ezopi
Accepted :D
The Star Enpire, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Kariforunia, Ezopi
I'm glad to see people showing interest! :D
What kind of ideas do you have for your term, if you win the Council seat?
Melenavenia, Araine, Kariforunia
I was thinking of something to do with GA resolutions. I find it kind of sad that most people will never read these things except when a repeal is at vote. Maybe a resolution book club? A trivia game? Maybe a full-scale lawyer role play! We will see what the region wants.
Lower French Gregballs, Lethodus, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Vikoland, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, Junitaki-Cho, Kariforunia
Ooh, as in getting people to go back and read older resolutions? That's not a bad idea! And it brings a new element of NationStates into the culture sphere.
The Star Enpire, Lower French Gregballs, Typica, Melenavenia, Vikoland, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, Kariforunia
If your nation had a sport it was the especially good at, what would that sport be?
Lower French Gregballs, Lethodus, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, Golden Gateway, Ezopi
Football will be the most popular and probably ice hockey since we are a nordic nation with a cold climate.
We would probably be best at skiing and other Winter sports because of our climate.
Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Free Las Pinas Ii, Ezopi
I think it would be mini gulf, because they are encouraged to use their big amount of free time for something fun without competition that can be done by most people.
Lower French Gregballs, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Free Las Pinas Ii
Just got my second dose. Those effects really can side.
For my nation, it would most likely be rugby union.
Lower French Gregballs, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii
Outside of sports that only exists in my personal canon, probably chess. It's for a completely meta reason though. IRL, I used to be good at chess, because it was one of the things my parents wanted me to fixate on and get good at.
After I was convinced that I was the smartest person in this world at age seven, I dropped it and got lazy and am not nearly as good at it anymore. I still do find it cool though, so I'll figure out how to fit it in my nation's lore when I get to the culture aspect.
Lower French Gregballs, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine
Post self-deleted by Melenavenia.
Water polo
....can horses swim?
Lower French Gregballs, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine
:emthink:
I suppose elves would be good at... competitive archery or, if we're going traditional sports, ⚽?
Lower French Gregballs, Typica, Refuge Isle, Melenavenia, Araine
Yay, another human who knows of the existence of water polo. I played it for several years, and everyone always says 'what's that?'
And yes, horses can swim.
Mine would be either sailing or equestrian, I think.
Lower French Gregballs, Lethodus, Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia
Zero-gravity football (soccer cause I'm an American IRL), because we're a space-faring nation living on asteroids, stations and spacecraft and we have zero-gravity most of the time.
Lower French Gregballs, Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Allokyus
Howdy, I'm here to officially announce my candidacy for Councilor of Culture.
Primarily, I think it'd be delightful to expand on game nights, and schedule them more ahead of time and at times more friendos can join in for. However, its obvious that not everyone would be able to attend game nights, or some of you gameside folks don't catch the link for some of our games in time, so I'm wanting to have games that can be played individually and still be competitive to play, like destroying your fellow Refugi at 2048 by beating it everytime. I'd also want to try playing some other games together, that being other games folks suggest, or just specifically looking for new games.
Another thing which would be neat to try is bringing more activity to the forum by introducing some games and events there.
I'm looking forward to the election, and if any of y'all have any questions, please be sure to send them my way! ^-^
-Dax
The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Feu De Glace, Lower French Gregballs, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Allokyus
Dax Dax Dax Dax Dax, Dax Dax? Daaaax! Dax Dax! Dæx?! Daex.
Deeeaaaaaeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuux!
~Not Dax, Dæx, Deaux or Daxax, but *is* an 'Ak
Lethodus, Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine
Accepted :D
Feu De Glace, Lethodus, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine
12, final answer.
Feu De Glace, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine
It's a daxzen!
Lethodus, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine
Looking forward to play some games :)
Lethodus, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine
Oh god, this means I have to actually campaign or something D:
Feu De Glace, Lethodus, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine
A competitive election oughta be fun though!
Best of luck, friend ^-^
The Star Enpire, Feu De Glace, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine
You too!
Lethodus, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine
Well yeah, if they hadn't run I was going to run for re-election :P I'm not term limited as culture this time. You were going to have an election either way!
The good news is that Refugi elections are no stress, everything is okay and everyone is safe.
The Star Enpire, Feu De Glace, Lower French Gregballs, Cheesy Tots, Melenavenia, Araine
I can't believe we kill the losers of the Councillor of Culture elections...
The Star Enpire, Cheesy Tots, Lethodus, Sylh Alanor, Araine
We've been over this. If we don't kill the losers of the elections, they'll become too powerful. It's happened too many times.
The Star Enpire, Lethodus, Typica, Melenavenia, Araine
Hey everyone! Just a quick message that I will not be running for re-election as Councillor of Culture. But to make either candidate's job easier upon winning the upcoming election, I have written an eco-report! Check it out below, and let me know what you think!
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1559590
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, Golden Gateway
Thanks to you if I'm ever talking to younger kids in the family and they've been told to "eat their veggies" I can tell them that vegetables aren't real therefore their parent's command is void!
Lower French Gregballs, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, Golden Gateway, Kariforunia, Ezopi
Yeah!
Wait, no, they should eat their vegetables!
Lower French Gregballs, Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, Golden Gateway, Kariforunia, Ezopi
golf ball. We play here a national local sport called Gregball, which is pretty much the same as golf.
Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Kariforunia
Does your nation (NationStates) have a dark history that haunts it?
Typica, Kariforunia, Inaros Opa, Allokyus
Post self-deleted by Surely Not A Puppet.
Notice:
The period for candidacy has closed for the Councillor of Culture seat. During the allotted time, I received two valid applications from the RMB. Both of these candidates appear on the ballot of this term's elections. Feel free to pose questions to the candidates if it will better inform your voting decisions.
Witness the candidates' opening statements:
The Star Enpire (https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=44291007)
Lethodus (https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=44298124)
There will be a five day voting period, beginning now, where all member states may vote to elect the next councillor. A member state is a World Assembly nation who has lived in this region for seven days. If that sounds like you, your name should be on the voter roll.
Turn in your vote today: https://vote.calref.network/vote/15
Voting closes at the end of the day on Monday, Jun 21st.
Lethodus, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Free Las Pinas Ii, Junitaki-Cho, Golden Gateway, Kariforunia
The answer is clear just by looking at my S1 trading card.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Kariforunia, Ezopi
Yeah, we were being oppressed by Earth and Mars. Our leader, Inaros, had to utilize a superweapon that uses asteroids as projectiles to threaten Earth and Mars enought to give the Outer Planets and Asteroid Belt independance.
Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Kariforunia, Allokyus
POWERHOUSE ECONOMY WOOOO, Inasakiiiiii heck ya!
Lethodus, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Valdonland, Kariforunia, Allokyus
Your S1 card is despicable
Dictator Anna 10, Cheesy Tots, Kariforunia
agreed 100%
Dictator Anna 10, Typica, Melenavenia, Kariforunia
The Great Alien War of 1941-1952.
In 1941, we were attacked by unknown tripod-like walkers and weird flying ships. Our best fighter at the time, the P-40C Warhawk, was heavily outclassed and only our heaviest guns could damage the invaders. About 16 million people died during the war. Our armies were unprepared for open combat, and our air force was being destroyed like flies. Thanks to our scientists and international help, we were able to eventually create several vehicles who were superior than the aliens, like the Pzkpfw VI Tiger and the Sherman firefly on the ground, the Me-262 Schwalbe and the P-51 Mustang on the sky, and the NCSS Iowa and the NCSS Yamato on the sea. There are small pockets of radiation left from the broken alien reactors deep within the forests, and several wrecks of both Allokyusan and alien craft scattered on our lands and deep within the seas. We managed to stand our ground against a technically superior enemy, and we expect them to return, but when they eventually come back stronger, we'll be prepared
Typica, Melenavenia, Free Las Pinas Ii, Kariforunia, Inaros Opa
I suddenly got a pack full of S1 cards. Has this ever happened to anyone? This seems weird.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Kariforunia, Realms Of Genevieve
There's actually a 1% chance of getting an S1 pack for any pack that you open. Their contents are the same as if it were still season 1. You can get some rare cards in those
Lower French Gregballs, High Reiserland, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Kariforunia
It used to be a normal authoritarian nation before we arrived on the island and took control. Can you imagine being normal and authoritarian? :P
Chacapoya, Refuge Isle, Melenavenia, Kariforunia, Inaros Opa
As a nation ruled by a secretive cabal of bats, no.
Lower French Gregballs, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, Chatula
I always love the Chacapoya stealth lore drops
Chacapoya, Lower French Gregballs, Refuge Isle, Melenavenia, Araine, Chatula, Inaros Opa
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Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia
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Chacapoya, Typica, Refuge Isle, Melenavenia
Welcome, Northern Unia Tuclicuskemergo, Preussenia, and Jalonondo, to Refugia! I hope each of you enjoys 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 experience 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 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, and make sure to endorse our delegate.
If you'd rather just chill with us, that's perfectly fine as well. We have an offsite forum and a discord server, as well as 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 our offsite forum, look for the link 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!
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Refuge Isle, Melenavenia, Allokyus, Ezopi
I had a nap, so less warning than I should have given for this, but there's about an hour and a half left in the Councillor of Culture election. Consider turning in a vote if you have not yet already.
Otherwise I will be back a little after it ends to announce the winner.
Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Junitaki-Cho
Congratulations to Lethodus on becoming the next Councillor of Culture, receiving around 82% of the vote.
Thanks Sylh Alanor for the last term's eco reports, game nights, and general weirdness that we have come to expect of you. It is truly a representation of us all.
Notice:
At this time, candidacy is now open for the Councillor of the Interior position. The Councillor is functionally an advocate for gameside players as well as an RMB mod working to make a welcoming atmosphere. They also have the authority to issue region-wide communication and publish relevant or creative polls to boost engagement or conversation.
If this sounds like something you'd like to do, announce your candidacy now on the RMB or in #ground-floor. Candidacy runs from this very moment until the end of the day on Wednesday, June 23rd.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Chatula, Golden Gateway
Congratulations on the win Lethodus! I guess this means I should look into this "game night" business.
Lower French Gregballs, Lethodus, Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Junitaki-Cho
All the cool kids announce they are running for elections. I'm not cool so I'll say I'm NOT running for Councillor of the Interior.
Lower French Gregballs, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, Junitaki-Cho
Respectfully, I think that you're very cool.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Junitaki-Cho
You did great and I hope to see you running for more things in the future <3 don't give up, there's always openings in things.
The game nights are usually coordinated through our Discord server, but one of the things Lethodus stated they would try to do is coordinate that better with gameside-only people, namely those who are only in our RMB and/or forum. Basically what'll happen is they'll post a time and date for a game, and then host that for us (or get someone else to host it if necessary).
The Star Enpire, Lower French Gregballs, Lethodus, Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Junitaki-Cho
Do you want your patriotism stats to be low or high?
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Kariforunia
Personally, if I were running a country, I would want it to be a place people would be happy to live in. It depends on what we're describing as patriotism. Is it flag-waving 'my country is the best thing there's ever been and has never done anything wrong' jingoism? I don't want that, I hate it. But while I deeply understand how flawed and awful Canada can be and has been to some of our most vulnerable communities (not to mention being quite bad on environmental concerns), I like it here. I wouldn't want to live anywhere but the island where we are. I like the idea of Canada a lot, and I wish we were more like the image we put into the world. That might be a different kind of patriotism.
I know the game has labelled patriotism as the former type, and I think that's unfortunate. But it also hard equates religiousness as hating lgbt folk and minorities, so I don't put much stock in its interpretation.
Melenavenia, Araine, Free Las Pinas Ii, Kariforunia
Thank you! It was a good election and I'm glad you threw your hat in the ring.
And yep, I'm really hoping to get people from the RMB in on game nights soon. Y'all are lovely and I'd love to crush you all at uno play games with y'all.
Stay tuned then I suppose ^-^
Lower French Gregballs, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Kariforunia, Allokyus
As an American, and the state of American patriotism being twisted into being xenophobic and denying, downplaying, or ignoring all wrongdoings of the nation, it's hard for me imagine anything else in terms of patriotism at this point.
But like you, I'm also happy to live in the United States. There are 195 countries, and many more disputed countries or autonomous territories, and I truly believe that the United States is one of the best places of all of those to live in.
But since patriotism has been decided to be the toxic American style patriotism that perlifiates throughout my country I can say that I'm glad my patriotism is so low.
Araine, Kariforunia, Allokyus
I choose to believe you're all wrong about NS patriotism because mine is reasonably high D:
My religiousness is also quite high so I also choose to believe Em is wrong about that xD
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Kariforunia
EXCUSE ME lol, I said that I like the idea of a certain type of patriotism, and I'm sure that's what it's like in Catland.
Araine, Kariforunia
Well I was referring to how you were saying the game had patriotism as the bad type, rather than Catiania in an RP sense, which is of course wonderful.
Lower French Gregballs, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Kariforunia
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