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Region: Refugia
OH MY GOD YES
*orders everbody to make most of the things be powered on Nutella and have Nutella tradings*
Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha, Dimm-A-Land, Amiyoka
although you see.
In 2030 a brand called Virgin will create something faster than a plane; a hyperloop
It's like a train + aeroplane
I'm sure when that's built it will be my favorite
Felzus, Jazur, Dimm-A-Land
Not only Virgin. Other companies (Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Zeleros, etc.) are also working in the Hyperloop project. The progress has slowed down in the last years though.
Floofybit, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
sad that it has slowed down
Floofybit, Felzus
I like buses :) I appreciate that there isnt a need to sprint to catch the various connecting buses (at least thats what I always end up doing with trains). However, I hate taking the bus on really hot days because they arent air conditioned and I unfortunately cannot tolerate the heat. I also hate overcrowded buses. Walking is nice but I dont really want to walk more than 6 miles on an average day.
Typica, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Amiyoka
I wonder what they were thinking while they were naming their entire company that will probably make a huge breakthrough some day.
Floofybit, Jazur
Top 10 people with the most endorsements have 100+!
👏👏👏🎉
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tovenia, Aephony, Tiralta, Polushia, Jazur, Parvesha
Virgin is a huge company. They own an airline, a space company, hotels, cruises, etc. Its called virgin because the parent company, Virgin Group, is located in the British Virgin Islands (which is a tax haven.)
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
wow thats something
Jazur
I did not actually know that tbh.
Trains are great, I used to take them to work. Very fast, super smooth and comfortable. I miss them quite a bit.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
Im not complaining but where did this sudden influx of new people come from? We gained around 100 new members in a day. I was doing some math a couple days ago to figure out which spot on the leaderboard I needed to be to make it to the top 10, 5, and 1% and we had 455 when I was doing that. I also check my dossier multiple times a day to endorse new arrivals and I had never seen so many new nations.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Parvesha, Dimm-A-Land
There was a popular tiktok that talked about NationStates the other day, it's so great to have everyone here! We've also had a bunch of new faces in our discord too :D
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Aephony, Parvesha, Dimm-A-Land
Floofybit, Tiralta, Huliunov, West Remeshile
Which countries would you 100% never visit?
For me personally, it comes down to the rights and safety of LGBTQIA+ folks, as I want the fact that I simply exist not to be something to worry about when I'm traveling to someplace. Even if it's a country that I think I would be safe in (such as South Korea) I don't want to go there when LGBTQIA+ rights are limited.
Chacapoya, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha, West Remeshile, Miaka
Don't hate me. But I don't like Nutella
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Liphia, Yondoria, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
I don't like that some of the laws aren't very specific. I clicked an answer thinking it would just make IDs mandatory, but instead I accidentally passed a law requiring everyone to wear barcodes that track them.
Tiralta, Jazur, Funf
Saaaaaaame
Chacapoya, Typica, Floofybit, Liphia, Yondoria, Tiralta, Polushia, Jazur, Parvesha, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
Same as you, anywhere I wouldn't feel safe as either an LGBTQ person or as someone often perceived as a woman.
I also wouldn't travel to a country I needed to fly to without really good cause. Like, I have good friends in Canada I've known for 17 years now that I'd love to visit, but unless much greener travel options are invented, I'll probably only visit them once in my life. Living in England and having an Irish passport means I can take trains to most parts of Europe though, so I appreciate that's an easier travel boundary for me to set myself than most people.
Chacapoya, Melenavenia, Floofybit, Jazur, New Ras
I'd allow it
Floofybit, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
yeah i get that. i dont like there there are issues that i get that i fail to understand why the leader of a country would be dealing with that issue. i.e, public flatulence.
Jazur, Funf
What is there to dislike about it??
Finally I find someone that doesn'tlike it either. Thank you!
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Yondoria, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha, New Ras
Floofybit, Aephony, Tiralta, Parvesha
Understandable; it's not for everyone! It's certainly not a reason to hate you :P
Virgin actually used to own two train companies, one of which does not exist anymore (Virgin Trains UK), and one that still exists, albeit without the Virgin branding (it currently operates in Florida as Brightline).Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Aephony, Tiralta, Polushia, Dimm-A-Land
Same here, I keep getting issues regarding protesting nudists...
Typica, Floofybit, Aephony
Ive had nutella before and I think its okay but nothing to really fuss about. Over the years Ive lost my ability to eat copious amounts of sweet things with little consequence, after a little bit of ice cream Im done or Ill start feeling nauseous. I cant even handle cake frosting. So I havent had nutella in forever but I remember not hating it.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Huliunov, Parvesha, West Remeshile
Floofybit, Jazur, Huliunov, Ochio, Funf
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.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
The Federal Republic of West Remeshile just enshrined adoption equality between LGBTQ+ and straight couples!! Check out the Dispatch released by the Department of Internal Affairs!
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, The Land Named Bob, Haibaria, Erie-Arcadia Of Wombats, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Ochio, Funf
Should the arch-nemising names in question match to specific nations or just be clever nation names? I couldn't tell exactly from the RMB post but I am interested in helping.
Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur
I personally found this by chance. Found out about NationStates through a discord channel, and after making a nation I thought that Refugia seemed the coolest out of the millions of recruitment telegrams I got. Unsure otherwise but I guess there was a tiktok like what Tiralta said
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Amiyoka
I wouldn't go anywhere that openly or not so openly discriminates against any group based on something completely inconsequential such as gender, sexual orientation or religion.
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Dimm-A-Land, Amiyoka
Hi friends,
I am pleased to announce the start of another endotarting competition for Refugia! We have a lot of new faces in the region, and those faces could use some endorsements lovingly applied to their forehead. If this is your first competition, we're looking to see who can endorse the most people in Refugia. As of right now, there are about 202 World Assembly nations in Refugia. I know it's a lot, but endorsing everybody helps them a bunch and it helps the region even more.
You guys do super well at these competitions, reaching those perfect scores, so just to make sure that even more people are able to win in this competition, I'm expanding the reward volume again. So, the top 30 nations who endorse the most will be guaranteed to win their very own Season 2 legendary card: Ral Ixshida, the nation with the highest integrity in the game.
If you have joined us in our Discord server (https://calref.network/chat/), you may use Dot's tart command (https://dot.calref.network/#tart_command) as well as The North Pacific's Endorse the World (https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/pages/endorse_world/) function to locate any nations you haven't yet endorsed, whichever you find more convenient. There's also a full list of World Assembly nations here in Refugia, located in the program dispatch.
Check it out!
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1750108
The Star Enpire, Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha, Amiyoka, Ochio
You can totally turn in whatever names you like. All ideas are valid ideas in this case!
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Ochio
epic
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha
Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha, Southern Skane, Amiyoka, West Remeshile
Any opinion of Repeal "National Economic Freedoms"?
Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Floofybit, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Amiyoka
Yay! I'm back on top for the Floofyness stat! (youth rebelliousness is also on bottom because who wouldn't want to be the floofiest?)
Anyways, there's so many people joining the WA that I couldn't endorse everyone because there's more than the capacity of the WA member activity page!
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha, Dimm-A-Land, Amiyoka
I found Refugia as I was bored with my current region. I didn't do anything there but just ya know like BE in the region. But when I saw how friendly the Refugi community was, I joined it
also ZaBruhMoment now has a new language, German
Epischer Refugia!!!
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha, Amiyoka, West Remeshile
Currently opposed to the repeal of National Economic Freedoms. Once were assured that a new resolution to safeguard the economic freedom of nations is to be introduced following the outcome of the current vote, sometime soon, we will vote to repeal. As of now we are undecided on the issue but that will change should we not receive or view any drafts of new resolutions concerning the issue.
Cheesy Tots, Floofybit, Istastioner, Porthosia, Jazur, Huliunov
POST! of Discussion! Yes. For what? Repeal: National Economic Freedoms of course! Look for the thread no further than here!
The repeal starts off by stating that when the target (GAR#68) was proposed, there was a practical reason for the World Assembly to give member-states some autonomy. However, since then the target resolution has several issues - one of which being that therein no longer exists said practical need. Other arguments are also raised, like how GAR#68's exemption to blocking commerce legislation is too narrow, the Impartial Mediation Foundation as established by GAR#68 has its duties so broadly defined that it deals with every single conflict, the target's mandates fail to apply to local governments, and the target creates war-time complications by mandating any seized property of a national government by another national government be compensated somehow.
I think the repeal is solid and I have very few issues with it. It's clear the target was written in a time when National Sovereignty (NatSov) was important - when nations felt the WA must leave certain things to its member-states. It has been years since that stance was relevant, though - nowadays, it is understood that NatSov is not a good reason to oppose a World Assembly proposal. Because NatSov is no longer relevant in WA politics, there is no need for GAR#68 (since arguably commerce is a very important thing for the WA to legislate on).
The rest of the repeal's arguments make sense. The only one I'm slightly iffy on is the fifth argument regarding national compensation during war-time. It may not be easy to give compensation, but I certainly feel compensation could be estimated and given. I also feel argument 3 is interesting, as one couuuld argue that having a mega-committee dealing with all conflict can be cool - but it may be best to have specific committees to deal with more specific matters, so I see where the repeal's argument on that front is coming from.
So yeah! I like it - and I recommend voting FOR it! But I'm interested to see other's opinions on this as well.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha
Tfw your eco-friendliness goes down 😢
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Tidelia
Trading pizza points for civil rights, and paving a path for a better future for all.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, The Land Named Bob, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha
too real :(
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
guys guys i got question, would you rather have a dog sized ant or a ant sized dog
Chacapoya, Araine, Floofybit, Avatar Webby, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha, Funf
The former would be far more interesting no matter how creepy or disgusting.
Chacapoya, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha
Chacapoya, Araine, Floofybit, Avatar Webby, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha
Dog sized ant, but the 'dog size' in question is like a chihuahua
Chacapoya, Araine, Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha
Proportional Representation- question: is this basically a parliamentarian type system? based off of the description i chose i think?
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha
Sort of! Under a classic proportional representation system, each voter would vote for a party instead of individual candidates standing for election. Once all the votes were tallied, each party would seat a number of members equal to the percentage of votes it received in the election.
For example, in Canada's last federal election, the NDP got 17.82% of the popular vote. This resulted in them getting 25 seats. If we had a proportional representation system in Canada, however, they would have gotten 60 seats in Parliament. So in theory, a proportional representation system (under any system) would balance the percentage of votes to the percentage of seats.
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha, New Ras
Yeah it's a voting system. Unlike "first past the post" where whoever gets the most votes in each area wins, in proportional representation systems the outcome looks much closer to the number of votes each party got overall throughout the country.
For a really simple look into the difference PR can make to results, it's worth comparing the Northern Ireland results in General Elections with their results in Assembly Elections. For general elections to the UK parliament, we use "first past the post" and pretty much have a two party system. For the elections to the NI assembly, we use proportional representation which means you get more reps for the same area, but also a much bigger range of parties and voices in the assembly.
I super prefer PR, in NI it means I have a wider choice of representatives if there's an issue I want to discuss, whereas now I live in England my MP is useless and that's just who I'm stuck with till my area gets less tory.
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha, New Ras
I'd rather have neither, whilst stroking both
Floofybit, Porthosia, New Ras, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
an ant sized dog
cuz he will still be cute even if ant sized (it'll be like hamster but smaller)
Araine, Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur
I'd have to go with the dog-sized ant because I fear I would accidentally squish the ant-sized dog by mistake
Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Dimm-A-Land
When you come back to a flood of 23 new notifications, almost all of whom are endorsements, you know it's Endotarting Season again.
I found some minor-but-significant flaws in it and am voting Against. I don't have the time to delve deeper into this at the moment, sorry.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha
somehow my civil liberties fell to very good because i protected lgbtq rights? huh?
Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur
Lol the same happened to me
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Rupika, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur
Post self-deleted by Rupika.
Post by Maucuatan suppressed by Refuge Isle.
REFUGIA IS TRASH YALL KICKED ME CUZ I DIDNT INTRODUCE MYSELF
Post by Maucuatan suppressed by Sylh Alanor.
REFUGIA SUCKS
Post by Rupika suppressed by Sylh Alanor.
thats a bit mean isnt it, that they booted ya
Please don't reply to spammers.
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha
mate well, uh...
Porthosia
It's okay, just saying for the future.
Floofybit, Rupika, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur
ok, thats cool
Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur
What can I say, I have a keen eye for spotting troublemakers
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Lac Champlain, Rupika, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha
good for us then :D
Porthosia, Jazur
GUYS i got a new question, would you rather eat a rotten orange or a rotten egg
Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur
Rotten orange 100%
Delta Vega Iv, Rupika, Porthosia, Jazur
Endotarting Season *\o/*
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur, Parvesha
Good afternoon everyone.
Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tovenia, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha, Dimm-A-Land
Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
Hiya!
Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha, Dimm-A-Land
afternoon
Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha, Dimm-A-Land
Hey friends
Due to a series of events wheren I accidentally broke my computer + I hate doing ns stuff on a phone + I'm moving tomorrow,
I'lllllll probably be unable to do WA stuff for a few days, notifying yall just in case. But ofc discussion will go on without me (as is always a good thing), just a short notice incase I miss a discussion post or two
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha, West Remeshile, Funf
what ice cream do you like more? vanilla or chocolate
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
Generally chocolate, but coffee is the best ice cream flavour for me!
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Jazur, Parvesha, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht, Dimm-A-Land
Sometimes, issues makers forget that po'itical freedom is a separate stat
Typica, Floofybit, Tiralta, New Ras
I love coffee with cookies nad cream topped with one circus animal cracker thingys
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur
guess everybody loves icecream
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Jazur, Parvesha, Dimm-A-Land
We've had a ton of new people since I posted this so friendly reminder that if you want to enter the art competition you should do so by Sunday!
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Jazur, Parvesha
Either, but I'll pick chocolate if I have to.
Mint chocolate chip is always nice too
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Rupika, Tiralta, Jazur, Huliunov, Parvesha
coffee ice cream. give me. yes.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Rupika, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
i L O V E pumpkin ice cream too
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha, Trattativa
Pumpkin ice cream sounds so good :o
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
What
Typica, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
what
Chacapoya, Typica, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
Post self-deleted by Rupika.
what
Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
Chocolate all the way!
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
Hello everyone! I noticed that some other nation's factbooks include different formats and pictures. I'm working on information of my nation and would like to add images. Can I ask how you accomplish this? I tried pasting photos/graphics but nothing happens. Sorry if this is obvious to others; I'm not great with computers.
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
You can use [ img ] and [ /img ] (without spaces) around a link to an image to get them to display properly.
If it's an original image you'll have to upload it online somewhere first but that should work. ^^
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Jazur, Parvesha, Cyparissa
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Cyparissa
Choco'ate. My favourite is strawberry, but I think I should try coffee
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Parvesha
i honeslty prefer pumpkin
Typica, Floofybit, Jazur
yo on a different topic, who here likes to roleplay?
Jazur
yes
Typica, Floofybit, Jazur
yes
Floofybit, Inaros Opa, Jazur
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