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You beat me there! I've been stuck on the 2-5% Welfare badge for awhile.

I’m now in the top 1% of the world for regional influence!

Heyy, good evening, im back

(if anyone remember me)

It's time to uncurse this cursed island on which my nation lives. Our pope has already set about with a mission to uncurse the island.

Congratulations to all! Have a hearty pizza as a reward!

yeah i've played it, but you had to pay to play anything past the first part...

I never played. The only Minecraft I played was the Pocket edition one, before it was paid, after that I never played Minecraft again... I wish I could, if it was free

Man it’s funny to see “top 4% in the world” and then look over and see “top 35% in Refugia”

Hello Refugia! It's time for a World Assembly discussion post. This one is on On Raider Unity.

On Raider Unity is a declaration condemning Raider Unity, which the proposal claims abides by the following 3 tenets:

This declaration aims to proclaim raider unity and its proponents a threat.

However, this proposal is authored by a proponent of Raider Unity and well-known raider, Miravana. And to raiders, a condemnation from the World Assembly is like a commendation. By authoring this proposal, Mira is largely self-condemning an idea that he has helped foster as of late, including FA ties with TCB for piling support, being the Black Hawk's frontman (a major raiding organization that actively participates in Raider Unity and its ideas), you get the picture. Therefore, I am against it, as it is blatant ego stroking.

What are your thoughts?

I used to play it when I was like 9. The part where reuben dies is sad.

also, any help, I am on safari, and I was trying to find a website I last visited on my history and I misclicked and clicked “delete all time” and now all the webpages I am recommended are gone, any help?

*roams through the region*

Did you guys know that if you work at Hilton, there's a phone number that you can call which just has discarded former general managers trapped in a room, kept there for random questions we're all hoping one of them has the answer to?

I have just remembered this now and thought I should share it with you

so thats what all the yelling is....

Hey everyone I have got an issue saying that in my country there is a watch Industry knowned in all the Refugia. Apparently it's going bankroupt and they want to upgrade it.

So what do you guys want?

Watches that are bigger and heavier but are more precise.

Watches that have jewells and are luxury watches but are less precise.

Or

Watches that are simpler and uglier.

In 24 hours I will count your votes and will decide

Start small to get big

Hello Refugia! Please read (and upvote!) our recommendation to vote against the at-vote SC proposal, "On Raider Unity": https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1675623

I vote for jewels!

Hii everyone! I'm new around here

Howdy

Bigger and Heavier. I want my watch to be able to withstand an avalanche or being run over by a huge truck.

Thanks! You convinced me. I'll soon change my vote.

EDIT:

DV-IV just banned cars. Env.B. +2.4%; Eco-F. +1.3%

Soo the final votings are:

Option 1-3 votes

Option 2-2 votes

Option 3-1 vote.

Refugia has now better and more precise watches.

In other news children now punch rabbits for amusement...

Also, since my county is based in Estonia, Estonia Motto or English motto

Hello Refugia! It's time for a World Assembly discussion post. This one is on LGBTIQA Inclusiveness In Schools Act.

LGBTIQA Inclusiveness In Schools Act is a proposal to tear down bigoted teachings in schools and spread inclusive messages to students, to teach students early on about LGBTQ+ acceptance to reduce these students growing up to be homophobic, transphobic, etc.

In theory, yes, yes, a thousand times yes. The proposal's preamble neatly outlines why this proposal was written. It reads:

The biggest flaw of the proposal is in the definitions. The definition for a "school" is "an institution designed for the organised education of students by providing learning spaces and environments." What non-school entities may fit under this definition?

- libraries

- churches/synagogues/mosques/religious institutions that teach scripture or aspects of that religion

- cults (this is a little less colorable but it could be argued)

- online educational courses by organizations (for, say, coding, math, typing, etc.)

- potentially summer camps or organizations like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts (teaching stuff like woodworking, marketing, arts & crafts, etc. in an organized fashion to those enrolled in the organization to learn, ie students)

This proposal would have all of these entities teach unrelated subjects and offer unrelated resources on top of their curricula. The biggest consequence of this may be 2b(iv), which has these entities offer resources to their students to "otherwise support the mental health of students with diverse sexual or romantic orientations or gender identity." A reasonable interpretation of diverse would include heterosexual orientations and cisgender identities, therefore placing substantial weight on online typing boot camps to give therapy to the overwhelming majority, if not all of those who use it.

Another oddity is 2a, directing schools to teach things like how gender identity, sexual orientation, etc. vary naturally, however only to students under the age of majority. Why? Beyond me.

What are your thoughts?

good day or night isn't

nice flag.. I approve of your choice

Hello, the Refugia Office of WA Affairs has recommended against the at-vote GA proposal “LGBTIQA Inclusiveness in Schools Act”. Please read (and upvote!) it here: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1676359

Howdy

In your generals defense he’s right history is written by the victorious look at Columbus he sounds like a hero from the perspective of the victor but as soon as you look a little deeper you see what a terrible guy he was and how he raped and enslaved harmless people but because of Columbus the country I live in was made and since he won and told his story we in America mostly see him as a hero even though he committed war crimes and when Columbus was alive his country loved him for what he did or at least what they heard he did so in my opinion your general is correct

Edit: I’m not saying raping or enslaving is ok it’s a terrible act that’s a crime against humanity and should be illegal

Here we go... *puts on reading glasses*

Sorry I meant Columbooze

Nice

We don't talk about Col-bum-sus

Can we not spam.

NONE!

IT'S EGG-ZIT YOU DUMMIES!

On a serious note though:

None of historical people were really "perfect" (The conditions weren't the best), or at least likable, most of them suck, a lot of them suck, and Colombus was ehhh for me, he is portrayed as the opposite, in short: he did useful things in a really bad and messed up way.

But here, are politicians/people who made differences in general I respect and need more attention (Simplified):

Seretse Khama - Dude made Botswana from the Third poorest country in the world to a generally good place, considering he started with

100 high school graduates out of a country with the population of more than 2 million and literally own SO LITTLE of recources, and being surrounded by annoying nations.

Here is more explanation considering no one knows him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VslKKgYvVKU

Abraham Lincoln - I don't really need to explain this one, he was generally a funny and interesting guy (although had a lot of personal problems and no support of the nation at all, which made this a lot harder) and dealt with the American Civil War.

Winston Churchill - I like his accent.

Oh and yeah, he was an important role in Britain and stuff.

I like changing the subject to absloutley nothing that has to do with the original post.

I don't know that Colombus was really doing useful things. Anyone could have sailed far enough to make contact with the Americans and maybe at least not intentionally slaughtered and defrauded them.

Churchill also had some pretty substantial issues. There's a good piece from Scientific American about how he and his scientific advisor created a famine in then-colony India. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-most-powerful-scientist-ever/

Also would say while Lincoln was probably better than Colombus and Churchill, he also wasn't the most morally superior individual. But he definitely did a whole damn lot for sure

EDIT: I do wanna say this is the first time I've ever heard of Seretse Khama and that man is super inspiring. Thanks for sharing the video, Aephony

Churchill and Stalin saved the world (along with Eisenhower and Truman) from Hitler and his axis, and I'm thankful to both for it. It doesn't mean I necessarily admire them (definitely not Stalin).

Hello Everyone! How is Your Morning?

Yay! Socialism! After a tiny bit of hard work, my income equality is finally coming back and now I actually have employees 😮 Best decision of my life. 🤑

hello I am new :)

I'm finally covid free again so able to go back to see my family tomorrow!

Daydreaming about an active RMB

congrats!

Map Dispatch Update!

The map dispatch now shows a full list of the cultures provided. Originally, it showed only the ancestral home, but I've added a new column showing everyone who practices those that already existed. This took some effort (and I'm worse at coding tables than I look, it took me way longer than I care to admit lol), but I'm hoping that by showing the extra column, we can encourage people to either change their cultures to those around them over time, or for new applicants to join pre-existing ones. I think using content that has been made by other members of the community would be a fun element. The times people have applied with a culture that wasn't entirely new has made me happy, and I hope to see it continue ^-^

To see the update, check out the dispatch below, and click the "List of Cultures" link underneath the second map image!

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=sylh_alanor/detail=factbook/id=1287372

I don't know my thoughts on this. I was FOR this morning, but seeing TNP's IFV and thinking a little has brought me back to being in the middle. @_@

On one hand I absolutely think the nominee is commendable. Based on the proposal itself, and also the sheer fact that they helped create Anteria - a large, well-rounded, and diverse UCR. I mean even if the entire commend was Anteria work, that'd be enough for me to support it.

On the other, I agree with TNP/Europeia that the proposal is highly vague in a lot of places - particularly in its first clause on Anteria and the first URA clauses. It could use work.

So honestly not sure how I am on this proposal.

That being said, I do have to push back against the idea that Anteria has had a rough OOC moderation history. As far as I am aware, the main issue was that Emi often left alone problematic posts after the person who posted them was dealt with. Obviously an unadvisable moderation practice, but not enough to say Anteria has a poor moderation history considering all OOC-icky people were properly dealt with, afaik. Therefore, I feel it's unfair to say that Anteria has a rough OOC moderation history. Plus, that practice has since ceased the last I heard.

omg I take issue with issuing you the issue with issues issue.

Good luck

I got covid.