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Region: Refugia
15-25C...not so cold i freeze, not so warm i sweat...too bad my room is constantly above 25 T-T
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
atleast above 30, although my room is 24
Floofybit, Tiralta
Partly cloudy, 23.3333333333333333 degrees, nothing more, nothing less
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
That's very precise weather!
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
Im biased, coming from a very arid place, but a day that starts off with a nice drizzle, has a sunny couple hours in the middle, and then a good solid rain in the evening, so I can fall asleep to raindrops.
Cheesy Tots, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
Generally any kinda fall weather, not too hot and not too cold with a nice breeze
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Huliunov, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
25 F (-3.8C), light snow.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
when its cloudy and a bit cool - idk its pretty when everything is slightly dark but not like, so dark you cant see stuff xD
Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
15 to 20°C during the day, 5° or lower during the night
Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur
hey guys
I was just scrolling through some pages until...................
AN IDEA BLASTED OUT OF MY MIND
what if.....
you could actually see the people and there would be some like Nationstates TripAdvisor that would show like countries and the features in every criterion.
I guess world census exists but it'd be cool for there to be some other format
And also another idea
You could BUILD the city
that'd be cool
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Dimm-A-Land
I have a question, how do i do for be on the Map?
Jazur, Dimm-A-Land
Anywhere from 13-18°C is perfect if its sunny out and theres a light breeze. I also love rain, but I wouldnt want to live somewhere where it rains all of the time.
Typica, Floofybit, Tiralta
Gimme 12-15 degrees, overcast, with a light rain!
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur
I would expect nothing different from you, Floofy.
Rain at night is so relaxing!
Yes! I always think purple flowers look especially good when it's overcast, like they somehow look even more purple!
I bet you could get some sort of TripAdvisor RP going, like a writing exchange with someone else where you read about each other's nations and write a review of your "stay" there in a factbook or something based on their nation page and stats. That could be a really fun way to get to know some people!
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Jazur, Winlandy
It's so nice to have you all here! Theres a lot of great information in the welcome telegram youve already received, but I have a few things that might help settling into the region easier. Refugia is part of a larger community named Calamity Refuge, or CalRef. We have a discord here: https://calref.network/chat/ and a forum here: https://calref.cc/index.php. Links for both are in the region description box at the top of this page. We host game nights and movie nights from the discord server from time to time. On the forum we have RPs and spam games (not really related to NS). If you want a place to just chill and talk to friendly people, those are great spaces for that.
If you haven't already done so, please consider joining the World Assembly and endorsing the delegate (that's me!). Click the link to learn more information on what that means and how to do it. If you join the World Assembly, you can endorse as many other nations in the region as you want, and get endorsed in return. You'll also become a Refugia Member State, which means you can vote in our elections and get a spot on our map of Refugia!
If you have any questions, please let us know. Everyone here is really friendly- I think weve only ever had one fatality from an introduction. If you prefer to read something pre-written over asking, however, check out this dispatch: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1449847
Finally, if you are an alt nation (which just means if the nation tagged in this welcome message is not your main nation on NationStates), it is required by regional law for you to report your main nation and intentions in Refugia to the Operations Councillor (that's also me!). Thanks so much.
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Winlandy
Update on this: As there isn't much disagreement with my analysis, I'll recommend a vote AGAINST "Protections During Territorial Transitions". I feel the potential to misinterpret the clause presents an undue burden on nations if interpreted the unintended way, and therefore the resolution needs to fix this wording issue before I can recommend supporting it.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur
I have swapped my vote to against in support of this position :)
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Winlandy
How are y'all doin?
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Istastioner, Winlandy, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
Good what about you?
Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Winlandy, Siren 1
Pretty good, thanks!
Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Winlandy
doing oki
Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Winlandy, Siren 1
If you could soccer ball what would you do
Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Siren 1
Snazzy 😏
Draw an "OwO" on it so I could have a friend 🥲
Typica, Melenavenia, Tiralta, Winlandy, Siren 1
coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
I would use it for memes
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Floofybit, Tiralta
how much soccer would a soccer ball sock if a soccer ball
Delta Vega Iv, Melenavenia, Floofybit, Winlandy
How much wood would a woodchuck
Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Winlandy, Amiyoka
This isn't quite what you had in mind, but someone once had a project going that touched on something a bit similar:
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1355623
I thought it was a pretty fun idea. Folks would volunteer to work as a visitor/traveler for the service, where they would spend a few days in a region, get acquainted with the place, and try to get to know the community. Then they would write a review of their overall impression, complete with a rating scale and searchable keywords to facilitate ease of use for others.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
Helloooo
Floofybit, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
Good Morning! How's your day, comerade?
Floofybit, Kaelim, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
Its 5pm for me but my day has been good :)
Delta Vega Iv, Floofybit, Jazur
It's night time for me as well, but I'm good. y'all?
Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
a pretty productive day for me!
Delta Vega Iv, Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
wow so this exists
cool
Typica, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Geoffistan
How can I reduce the black market?
Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur, Geoffistan
If you've banned anything, reduce the industries connected to them; for example, if you ban cars, reducing automobile manufacturing reduces b'ack market
Porthosia, New Ras, The Merinos
Guys I have made it to a Left-Wing Utopia after being a democratic and liberal democratic since day one despite the gun bans!!
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tovenia, Porthosia, Jazur, Dimm-A-Land
Hello my friends, I just came back from my trip to Paris. How are you all?
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tovenia, Tiralta, Porthosia, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Dimm-A-Land
What does endorsing a nation do? Im new to this
Floofybit, Porthosia
Woww how was Paris?
Floofybit, Porthosia, Siren 1
Cool! How was it?
Typica, Floofybit, Porthosia
Very good! But everything a bit expensive. :')
Chacapoya, Typica, Floofybit, Porthosia, Siren 1
Did you eat snails?
Typica, Floofybit, Porthosia
Nop. Never in my life I will :-)))
Typica, Floofybit, Porthosia
Me neither, no matter how professionally prepared they are
Floofybit, Porthosia
when you dream of uh um the um the dream of the thing where you um uh yeah
Floofybit, Tiralta, Kaelim, Porthosia
Post self-deleted by Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht.
It gives you the fuzzy feeling showing that you like the nations work
Floofybit, Polushia, Porthosia, Jazur
I believe Endorsing this regions Delegate state (Sylh Alanor) also strengthens our delegates vote in the WA.
I'm new here also; welcome Ochio.
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Polushia, Porthosia, Jazur
I'll give the full answer, if you want, although it might be longer than you're looking for.
Endorsing a nation does several things. The first is that it improves their endorsement stat (generally these days the threshold for a gold badge is 84-88ish)
The second is that for every endorsement that a nation has, they will get +2 influence points every day. While there's also an influence badge a nation can get, this influence is most important to me as the Arch-Admin.
Currently, since I created the region, all executive power over Refugia comes from me, however if something were to happen to me, all executive power would go to the delegate, whose position could be seized by invaders.
It costs influence for everyone besides myself to ban you, and the more influence you have, the more difficult it is to kick you out. This defence technique is called an "Influence fortress" -- if everyone is constantly high in endorsements, you'll have already have a vast pool of influence when you and the region depend on it.
Finally, when you endorse the delegate, Sylh Alanor, your endorsement adds another point to the regional vote, making Refugia more influential in international politics, and more able to influence votes on resolutions.
So basically, the more you endorse people in Refugia, the better off we all are by a mile. Since Refugia is such an endorsement-happy region (the 7th most in fact!), the fastest way to get endorsements is to endorse everyone else.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Aephony, Tiralta, Polushia, Porthosia, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Dimm-A-Land
Dimm-A-Land Investors have recruited investors who will in turn recruit more investors, an age of unimaginable prosperity awaits Dimm-A-Land ⧋
Cheesy Tots, Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
Surprise! Discussion post on Liberate Realm Of The Whispering Winds! Thread? here!
The liberation proposal is a short one, starting off by giving a history of the target region. It firsts notes that the region's founder Halcyon nova ceased to exist in November of last year, leaving Jolx as the individual responsible for the region's governance. However on August 7th, 2022, raiders would seize the region and dismiss the native government. The resolution notes that many of the organizations present were responsible for encouraging regional destruction and brings up the raid of A Liberal Haven and the refounding of The Mystical Council. The proposal then rests its case by stating it believes that this previous behavior establishes enough to warrant belief that Realm of the Whispering Winds may also fall to destruction, thereby justifying the liberation as a preventive measure.
This resolution has my support. There seems to be a need for it, and the natives seem to want it. That's good enough for me.
I thereby recommend voting FOR "Liberate Realm Of The Whispering Winds". However, as always I want to know (and as Istationer always says) - does anyone have an opinion on this? If so, let us know ovo
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Porthosia, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
I'm trying to find a suit to buy for an MUN but google keeps showing me despicable me minion suits and among us costumes for some reason
Floofybit, Polushia, Jazur, Siren 1, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
I think it's a sign...
Polushia, Porthosia, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Quihven
You know what you have to do...
Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur, Siren 1, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Quihven
snails are actually delicious! you should probably try them.
Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur
I lot of things seem gross or weird but are actually delicious. Like crickets (from what I heard) and butter and nuttela (together).
Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur
Nuttela and butter doesn't seem too far-fetched, but wouldn't snails be slimy?
Floofybit, Porthosia
im a democratic socialist now apparently
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, New Equanimia, Porthosia, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
I just added corporal punishment. Time to speedrun getting rid of it
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Cadenzana, Tiralta, Istastioner, Porthosia, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Dimm-A-Land
Do you guys like my new flag?
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tovenia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Porthosia, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Ochio
Wow it looks very good
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Porthosia, Waywards Edge, Ochio
Ooh yeah thats a cool design
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Porthosia, Waywards Edge
Very good colour choices!
Chacapoya, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Porthosia, Waywards Edge, Ochio
I agree
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Porthosia
Thanks, I'm trying a different flag maker that isn't google slides, which is usually how I make my flags. I think I'm going to use this flag designer from now on, thanks for the feedback!
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Istastioner, Porthosia, Ochio
how do you make new flags?
Floofybit, Porthosia
Settings, you should see 'flag' and scroll until you see custom flag, click on that, and you should see a flag uploader.
Hope this helps!
Araine, Floofybit, Istastioner, Porthosia
Very nice!
Floofybit, Istastioner, Waywards Edge, Ochio
Thanks!
Floofybit, Istastioner, Porthosia, Ochio
Weaseltowm`s new Factbook looks interesting ...
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1746573
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Porthosia, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Waywards Edge, Ochio
Just woke up to discover the mirror in my bathroom had just... fallen off the wall! Lovely.
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Cadenzana, Tiralta, Gildendal, Siren 1, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Ochio
Hilarious That's no good.
Floofybit, Porthosia, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Ochio
Purple is such an underrated color in flags, love it
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
Does my flag look good?
Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tovenia, Portmanteau
thanks so much! I made a new custom flag, very similar to the old one, just with some updates
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau
How do u guys make ur flags?
I make using Paint
Typica, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Aephony, Porthosia
i just went to flagmaker and downloaded wut i had
Typica, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Porthosia, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
I use google slides or flagmaker.com
Typica, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Porthosia, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Ochio
I use https://tennessine.co.uk/flags/
Floofybit, Portmanteau, Porthosia, Jazur, Waywards Edge
Yeah, however apparently purple is really hard to make, so irl flags were made with the constraint of not having alot of purple dye, thus not alot of flags irl have purple in them. Really cool to look up if you're bored! I do agree, purple flags are really underrated.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Porthosia, Jazur, Huliunov, Siren 1, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Ochio
Love the fish flag. I'd be proud to fly that banner.
Inkscape
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Aephony, Tiralta, Porthosia, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
Mine was also made in Paint.
Araine, Floofybit, Aephony, Porthosia, Jazur, Huliunov
Post self-deleted by New Equanimia.
Well, my trusty cycle is Paint, then "Create-transparent-PNG", then paint 3D because paint doesn't allow transparency, then "//pixlr.com/x/" I refuse to buy adobe.
Floofybit, The Land Named Bob, Tiralta, Porthosia
P gud to me!
Only suggestion may be to use less brighter colors but is up to you
Floofybit, Porthosia, Huliunov
Same here
Floofybit, Istastioner, Porthosia, Ochio
yes
Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur
Any opinions on Liberate Realm Of The Whispering Winds
Porthosia, Jazur
Particle man
Particle man
Doing the things
A particle can
Araine, Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur
Just a reminder guys, there's an active referendum to modify the RRS.
Vote today if you haven't already! https://vote.calref.network/
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Lac Champlain, Polushia, Istastioner, Porthosia, The Pacific Northwest, Jazur, Huliunov, Parvesha, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Tidelia
Speedrun complete 18:14:36
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta, Istastioner, Porthosia, Jazur, Huliunov, Parvesha, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Nea Republica
What's he like?
It's not important
Particle man
Floofybit, Jazur, Uusittu, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
It is always confusing to me when I'm browsing through nations that join our fun "little" queer region and find nations that have homosexuality outlawed.
Typica, Araine, Tiralta
troll accounts?
I'd like to imagine its because their head if state just wants all the people of the same sex to themselves
Jazur
Is he a dot, or is he a speck?
When he's underwater does he get wet?
Or does the water get him instead?
Nobody knows, Particle man
Floofybit, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
Araine, Portmanteau, Porthosia, Jazur
Thanks for the reminder. Just voted
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur
I heard that he's made of light
I watched him one day
And he's Wave Man now
Icon of fluid expression, Particle Man
Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Aephony, Porthosia, Jazur, Uusittu
Uh
Those arent the lyrics? I think?
Tiralta, Porthosia
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.