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I'm teasing hump. It's not meant as an insult.

[Badinfluence][badadvice]Actually fun fact... if you say you were home schooled you can still go to community college and get a job without a diploma/GED.

Sure it makes you a liar and might hang over your head for awhile.. but hey.[/badinfluence][/badadvice]

The Amarican Empire wrote:I'm teasing hump. It's not meant as an insult.

You're sense of humor is top-class.

Pevvania wrote:Fun fact: Bitcoin is fiat money. Checkmate, lolbertarians!!!!1

Your.. Money is.. money.. fiat. Bitcoin.. Shut up!

Social Security privatisation is an economic proposal that both libertarians and Marxists can get behind: http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/a-quick-fix-courtesy-of-karl-marx

Mien non where is Muh Flag?

Don't know how non got in there...

The Amarican Empire wrote:I blame obama

You'd be correct.

The Amarican Empire wrote:I blame obama

I blame the government in general...and that IHOP undercooks bacon...

The Amarican Empire wrote:2 days til we have a new pev administration!

I'm still mad.

Ankha wrote:I blame the government in general...and that IHOP undercooks bacon...

That..... should be a crime.

It.....is.....in my town..

We live near canada..so we must be crazy. In fact, we string people up for that kind of felony.....

Muh Roads wrote:Mien non where is Muh Flag?

Ah, sorry, seem to have forgotten about that.

I'll get it to you whenever the hell it's done.

If there is any disagreement that the libertarian left "antifascists" of Nationstates are peaceful and cooperative, let it be dispelled this instant:

http://www.nationstates.net/region=conservatopia

There is no justification for going after a ten year conservative region that has done absolutely NO HARM to anyone by merely existing. This isn't a war against fascism they are waging, it's a war against humanity. To think that Antifa and TRF has gone so far without a condemnation is inexcusable.

We didn't start the fire, no we didn't lite it, but we tried to fight it.

Miencraft wrote:Ah, sorry, seem to have forgotten about that.

I'll get it to you whenever the hell it's done.

Splendiferous, pumpkin.

Hi....

When are Board elections???

We don't need them. CI is taking Amarican's seat, you are taking Hallo's, and Muh is taking mine.

Minerva will continue to serve the Department of Military Affairs as the Regional Security Adviser. He will advise Pevvania and myself in making decisions.

Congratulations, Humpheria on your election!

I will try to be on as early as I can tomorrow so that I can prepare.

Cite De Saint Michele wrote:Congratulations, Humpheria on your election!

Merci!

Conservative Idealism In Libertatem wrote:I will try to be on as early as I can tomorrow so that I can prepare.

I will probably get on around 10:30-11:30 EST. You just have to swear me in, I'll do the Cabinet.

I don't know whether I'll be awake then, but I'll try to get on at that time.

What election are currently active?

Leitnam wrote:What election are currently active?

None.

Well, looks like it'll be time for me to resign from the WA soon. My farewell address will be posted here later on.

The Retiring President of Pevvania

320 days ago

So guys, if you were President of the United States, what would your fiscal game plan be? Here's mine:

-Slash taxes to create a three-bracket tax code. 0% up to $20,000 annual income, and a 10% rate for income between that and $200,000. Anything over that gets taxed at 25%.

-Balance the budget through military spending cuts, privatisation of Social Security, abolishment of the Department of Education, and slashing agricultural subsidies.

Hell yeah!

Pevv, we are proud..

Ankha wrote:Pevv, we are proud..

Thank you. I have tried so hard to do what is right.

Your the best australian/british virtual president I know...

He'd be better if I heard his accent.

Since I should take the delegacy one of the next two updates, if you are in the WA, please endorse. If you are in the Reserves, I am ordering you to switch WAs for the transfer of power.

Humpheria wrote:He'd be better if I heard his accent.

All in good time.

Humpheria wrote:Since I should take the delegacy one of the next two updates, if you are in the WA, please endorse. If you are in the Reserves, I am ordering you to switch WAs for the transfer of power.

You scoundrel, I knew you'd try to organise a coup! ;)

Done, oh lord Humpy

As of now, we require two more endorsements for the change to take place.

Also, I hope the Cabinet has been working on their factbooks.

State-com logic:

socialist dictators are patriotic revolutionaries who were democratically elected and are loved by their people; the mainstream media is lying to you

Western leaders are all right-wing shills installed by the corporations; they weren't democratically elected, the mainstream media is lying to you

Holy hell, I did it!

For the first time in the history of the universe, my civil rights rating is above 90!

Final everything, hours before the transfer.

Vice President: Miencraft

Internal Affairs: Miencraft

Foreign Affairs: Baphomets

Military Affairs: Pevvania

Attorney General: Either Conservative Idealism In Libertatem or Anhka. The two will fight to the death in my private arena to determine the victor.

Humpheria wrote:Final everything, hours before the transfer.

Vice President: Miencraft

Internal Affairs: Miencraft

Foreign Affairs: Baphomets

Military Affairs: Pevvania

Attorney General: Either Conservative Idealism In Libertatem or Anhka. The two will fight to the death in my private arena to determine the victor.

Corrections:

Baphometus

Ankha

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Miencraft wrote:Also, I hope the Cabinet has been working on their factbooks.

Haha haha ha ha.....

Baphometus wrote:Haha haha ha ha.....

You should do that.

*gets into Ironman suit for battle with CI*

President Pevvania's Farewell Address

My fellow Libertatemites,

this will be the last time I will be addressing you as your President. We've been together for ten months now, and soon it'll be time for me to go. But before I do, I wanted to share some thoughts, some of which I've been saving for a long time. It has been a great honour to serve as your President, and I can't tell you how grateful I have been of the opportunity to serve.

I came to office during dark times, perhaps the darkest in our region's history. By the time I took office, many of the great nations that helped create this region - Bavaria, Conservative Idealism, New Sea Territory, Miencraft, Land of Freedom, and so on - had either ceased to exist or drifted away from the region, eager to abandon the sinking ship that was Libertatem: sickly, stagnate and devoid of nearly all discernible character. At one point in the bowels of the Long Autumn, we even hit below 50 nations, and there were two weeks with no activity to speak of, aside from some hollow chatter between new arrivals. Even our own founder, the great Liberosia, issued a dire warning that the region itself could perish forever under the might of our very own stagflation. It seemed to many that all hope was lost, as more and more of our best and brightest fled to International Republican Union. Progress was being blocked by a difficult amendment process, while the Board rotted with inactivity. Many of its members had moved to other regions and even ceased to exist. And despite Snabagag's historic leadership that was instrumental in building this region from the ground up, I knew it was time for a change. Even for my quick rise up the ranks of the region, from mere House Rep to Board Member and then Manager of Military Affairs, I never expected to become President. But I knew that if I didn't act, then no-one would. I ran for office on a platform to "make Libertatem great again". So once you, the people, brought me to office on that historic election day of October 31st, we got to work.

I stuck to my five-point plan, which consisted of recruiting more nations to take us out of the doldrums of population loss, reshuffling the Board and Managers, repairing foreign relations with other regions, reforming the Constitution and, most importantly of all, restoring our military. And the recovery came. Within months, our population shot up from the 50s to an all-time high of 131 nations, propelling us to become the largest libertarian region in the game. A flush of activity came and continues to this day, as many new nations came to make a home here on our shining city upon a hill. Fresh new faces - Muh Roads, Lack There Of, Humpheria and others - joined me in government to fix the region. And fix it we did. We passed a series of historic reforms to our Constitution that transformed our region in ways that have made us freer than ever before. Some have said I created a democracy. I disagree. We've in many ways stuck to Liberosia's corporate model of governance, but this time given the shareholders a little more influence in this great region. And rightfully so - you earned it. At the same time as writing new laws to more clearly define the Constitution and improve Libertatem's state of affairs, we also reduced the size of government. When I entered office around 20% of the region was employed by the public sector; since then, that figure has been reduced to less than 1/8th. Not as impressive as the <10% we achieved earlier in the year, but once the region grows steadily once more, we'll shrink the state even further than that. We privatised the regional newspaper and put it in the hands of the people. We deregulated the parties system and interregional communications. And for all the success we've had in lawmaking, we should NEVER use the excuse of progress to expand the size of government. As my hero, Ronald Reagan, once said, as government expands, liberty contracts. I never had to use the veto pen. But I advise that future Presidents exercise it if a threat such as the "new constitution movement" ever arises again.

In foreign affairs, we've achieved more than any NationStates libertarian ever before. We established the REAGAN Treaty Organisation to unite the forces of anti-statism under one front. And while it cannot yet command armies the size of those of the vicious The Red Fleet or other such imperialists, but we've made a great leap forward to cementing ourselves as a force to be reckoned with amongst the bullies and invaders of NationStates. We've successfully marginalised The Communist Region and its crackpot leader - our operatives single-handedly destroyed every region it occupied. We've continued purging the game of satellites and puppets of the brutal North Korea, which recently revealed its true colours as an aspiring empire in Little League pajamas, but with all the anger of a small yet venomous snake. We've cleared and secured hundreds of dead socialist regions, many of which have historic importance. And perhaps most importantly, actions of mine led to the destruction of The Internationale and its empire. I will not discuss the details, but it seems that one inadvertent action had devastating consequences for the totalitarians and their allies. It has been slowly rebuilding in recent months, but it has nevertheless taken some irreparable blows. Their "War on Capitalism" was put to a grinding halt once we destroyed Grenada and Angola, focal points of a sorry crusade that ended in defeat. We killed a quarter of The Red Fleet by invading and conquering International Socialists. But although La Pas is gone, his legacy lives on, and it is the responsibility of us and our allies to dismantle it before it once again becomes large enough to threaten more than just the fascist regions. Elsewhere, we've had notable accomplishments in tag raids and re-founds that have sent a message to the forces of statism: we are here to stay, and we will not give up.

Outside of the War on Communism, we've had incredible diplomatic breakthroughs. We reached out to Ucr, Juche Union and other members of the "libertarian left", a peaceful coalition of voluntary socialists that is appalled both by fascism and the forces of state communism. We helped our oldest ally, The Federal Islands 2Nd Gen, by defeating Neutricland's confederacy, fighting off an attempted invasion along the way. They tried to tango with us, and they failed. So we destroyed them. We've branched out to more and more regions, strengthening ties with old allies and creating new ones. More embassies have been constructed under my administration than under the previous four combined. Recently, we've diverted our attention from solely offensive operations to defense and restoration missions. We helped our friends in Ucr and Gay Equality get back on their feet in the aftermath of Nazi attacks, restored order and brought back security in Benevolent Capitalism, The Commonwealth States, The Federal Islands 2Nd Gen and more. We even put aside past differences and aided Slavia. We have not just strengthened our reputation as wagers of war against statism and tyranny, but as a trusted friend and ally to many other regions passionate about freedom, friend and ally alike.

Did we turn Libertatem into a military superpower? No. But we certainly got the ball rolling. The momentum has begun, and at the helm of great leaders like Humpheria and Miencraft, it'll be hard to stop.

We've attracted the best and brightest to our humble abode, many of which I've had the great pleasure of working with and alongside. I won't name names here and now - you all know who you are. And you helped create a region better, stronger and freer than ever before. So what awaits for me now? Back to my old job. Away from politics, and back to the hard work needed to lead this region to greater and greater heights. I reinvigorated the War, but there's much work to be done yet. I am more than confident that this region has greater things to achieve, higher heights to reach, under the leadership of President-Elect Humpheria. You have been a trusted adviser and more than that, a friend. I'm sure you will continue to make us proud to be Libertatemites. Some have asked me if I will seek the Presidency again. With nations like Humpheria and Miencraft at the wheel, no. But if somehow conditions slip into those witnessed during the Long Autumn of 2013, then I would jump back into office once more in a heartbeat.

As I part with you as the Fifth President of Libertatem, here is my warning to you: never abandon the cause of freedom. If we give up on our War on Communism, our war against the super-state, our war against oppression and tyranny and totalitarianism, then the very fabric of the region that first inspired its creation will disintegrate and die. The war will be hard, fraught with trials and tribulations greater than much of what we've seen before. But the show must go on, lest the leader of liberty and strength in the face of injustice whither away and fade into obscurity.

I've spoken of the shining city during my entire political career, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That's how I saw it, and see it still. And how stands the city on this autumn night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was ten months ago. But more than that: after two years, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.

We've done our part. And as I resign from the World Assembly and begin anew, a final word to the men and women of the Pevvolution, the men and women across the region who for ten months did the work that brought Libertatem back. My friends: we did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger, we made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all.

And so, goodbye, God bless you, and God bless the Republic of Libertatem.

Mr. Vice President-Elect. Please fetch my crying tissues.

*tears up* it was...beautiful.

Whos shoulder?

Humpheria wrote:Mr. Vice President-Elect. Please fetch my crying tissues.

There were none, so I procured some of mine.

Well, with a few hours of my Presidency left, time to do the dirty work I've been putting off for a while. The Guomindang, ex-founder of the fascist The Union of Nationalists, which we seized a while ago, has been identified as an enemy combatant that may be here to deal harm to us in vengeance for the destruction of the region. So, invoking the DOOR Amendment, I have ejected him. There are some other suspicious characters who we may want to investigate, including Einsiev, a certain traitor who needs to be dealt with by the justice system. I will work with the incoming Humpheria Administration on such matters.

But for now is a time of hope and optimism, so we shouldn't think about the courts for a few more days while the new President settles in.

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Pev, do me a favor and submit your farewell address to the newspaper?

I'd do it myself but I'd rather mouse over the word "Pevvania" to actually see "Pevvania".

Good riddance. I don't know how he snuck in here, but there will be little tolerance for puppets of our enemies here if they don't speak.

Miencraft wrote:Pev, do me a favor and submit your farewell address to the newspaper?

I'd do it myself but I'd rather mouse over the word "Pevvania" to actually see "Pevvania".

Sure, I'll do that now.

Republic Of Minerva wrote:Good riddance. I don't know how he snuck in here, but there will be little tolerance for puppets of our enemies here if they don't speak.

Minerva is so warm and fluffy...

Ankha wrote:Minerva is so warm and fluffy...

His office has a special heating system that makes everything just so to ensure warmth and fluffy hair.

I think you might enjoy it, Pev.

Speaking of Pevv, before you retire, you have to get us a voice recording.

Mien, I'm afraid I'm on mobile right now, actually, so you'll have to post the address.

Miencraft wrote:His office has a special heating system that makes everything just so to ensure warmth and fluffy hair.

I think you might enjoy it, Pev.

Speaking of hair, I'm genuinely surprised this subject has not come up before.

What kind of hair do y'all have? I'm a quiff man myself. Had a pomp for over a year now. I take pride in the fact that I don't need any products to make it stay up.

giggity

Pevvania wrote:Mien, I'm afraid I'm on mobile right now, actually, so you'll have to post the address.

Speaking of hair, I'm genuinely surprised this subject has not come up before.

What kind of hair do y'all have? I'm a quiff man myself. Had a pomp for over a year now. I take pride in the fact that I don't need any products to make it stay up.

giggity

Normally mine is long and curly, but I've been in a sensible clean cut lately.

Of course pevv has a pomp..

:P

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Pevvania wrote:Speaking of hair, I'm genuinely surprised this subject has not come up before.

What kind of hair do y'all have? I'm a quiff man myself. Had a pomp for over a year now. I take pride in the fact that I don't need any products to make it stay up.

giggity

I just keep mine long, and if it gets too long it kinda curls itself at the ends, but when it's not doing that it's straight and fluffy.

No goddamn idea how it decides to just curl, but it looks nice.

I got it cut yesterday so right now it's just nice and straight and fluffy.

Ankha wrote:Of course pevv has a pomp..

:P

It's the quintessential sign of the patriarchy. Duh. Get with the program.

Miencraft wrote:I just keep mine long, and if it gets too long it kinda curls itself at the ends, but when it's not doing that it's straight and fluffy.

No goddamn idea how it decides to just curl, but it looks nice.

I got it cut yesterday so right now it's just nice and straight and fluffy.

Same here.....except ai got a haircut last week.

Pevvania wrote:It's the quintessential sign of the patriarchy. Duh. Get with the program.

The program changes leadership in just a couple hours if Im not mistaken..*checks watch*

Ankha wrote:The program changes leadership in just a couple hours if Im not mistaken..*checks watch*

Maybe he meant the holy patriarchy?

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Random fact:

I ate some Chinese food just now, but my hands smell like pizza instead.

This confuses me.

Miencraft wrote:Random fact:

I ate some Chinese food just now, but my hands smell like pizza instead.

This confuses me.

Grease. And thats what you get if you get chinese food in NY...Mien, what state are you in?

Ankha wrote:Grease. And thats what you get if you get chinese food in NY...Mien, what state are you in?

Well, that settles that.

It's a good place, though. Best Chinese I've ever had.

Hmmm....but where are you? What state?

Ankha wrote:Grease. And thats what you get if you get chinese food in NY...Mien, what state are you in?

UUuuuuuuuhh...... He lives in New York City. Like you just said.

Oh...I was just saying that most chinese food in NY is like that. Anyway, ok. Go NY.

Humpheria wrote:UUuuuuuuuhh...... He lives in New York City. Like you just said.

No, actually, I live in the county that's right next to the city.

But I honestly don't see much of a difference. People here drive like it's the city. Just yesterday I saw a guy signal a right turn then turn left, and on multiple occasions I've seen people not signal at all when changing lanes.

I live in one of the richest suburbs in the country, full of socer moms and good drivers.....so, I cant sympathize.

I actually saw a guy going crazy fast on a highway, just changing lanes left and right without signaling just so he could keep going fast.

He was driving a sorta old Cadillac, so I guess he felt that because he's got an expensive car nobody else is going to care about his or their own safety.

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Yep...I was in Newburgh and NYC for two weeks this summer. The traffic is hell.

Miencraft wrote:His office has a special heating system that makes everything just so to ensure warmth and fluffy hair.

I think you might enjoy it, Pev.

More like short, thick, and wavy, instead of straight and fluffy.

Republic Of Minerva wrote:More like short, thick, and wavy, instead of straight and fluffy.

YOUR HAIR IS FLUFFY. DO NOT ARGUE WITH THE HEATING SYSTEM.

Ankha wrote:*gets into Ironman suit for battle with CI*

Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off, what are you? :P

Goodnight,Libertatem, and farewell. By the time I wake up, you'll have a new President.

Pevvania wrote:Goodnight,Libertatem, and farewell. By the time I wake up, you'll have a new President.

Haha going to bed at 7:15 at night.

We should probably get some more endorsements on the Humpster.

Miencraft wrote:We should probably get some more endorsements on the Humpster.

What he said.

Conservative Idealism In Libertatem wrote:Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off, what are you? :P

Insert witty Downey Jr quote here...

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Fun fact: The Gazette now has enough articles to force early ones into the archives.

Ankha wrote:Yay?

It would be, if 90% of them weren't mine. :P

But seriously, should be able to still see them all in the archives, just gotta hit two extra buttons.

Oh...how bout this?!

http://www.nationstates.net/nation=the_time_alliance

Ankha wrote:Oh...how bout this?!

http://www.nationstates.net/nation=the_time_alliance

That's mildly amusing.

Ankha wrote:Oh...how bout this?!

http://www.nationstates.net/nation=the_time_alliance

I don't get it.

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