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Region: Refugia

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Waywards Edge wrote:The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 69.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

I think you gotta get that tax rate down.

But still

*click* noice

Mine's 96.72% and I don't even make the first page for the region in taxation 😎

Typica, Rupika, Weirtopia

Tiralta wrote:Mine's 96.72% and I don't even make the first page for the region in taxation 😎

You give nobody money, lol

Tiralta wrote:Mine's 96.72% and I don't even make the first page for the region in taxation 😎

And I thought I had a high tax rate of 48.1%.

Typica, Tiralta

"Murderers and thieves claim divine inspiration to avoid prosecution, unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, traffic tickets are punishable by 9000 push-ups."

This sounds like people who don't get away with their crimes are sent to dig up minefields with their bare hands.

*AWACS Bandog would like to know your location*

Yes - Yes

422 NEW MESSAGES??!! I WAS ONLY OFFLINE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WTF HAVE Y'ALL BEEN DOING??

Tiralta, Jazur, Antimai

Planet Corellia wrote:422 NEW MESSAGES??!! I WAS ONLY OFFLINE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WTF HAVE Y'ALL BEEN DOING??

weve been doing an rp discussing bread and magic and some other stuff

Jazur

Planet Corellia wrote:422 NEW MESSAGES??!! I WAS ONLY OFFLINE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WTF HAVE Y'ALL BEEN DOING??

Welcome back to the stage of histories, stories again told untold

Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, The Pacific Northwest, Amiyoka, Commutia

copies of the constitution are used as toilet paper.

Must be my favorite fact about my country.

Delta Vega Iv, Amiyoka, Seabarrel

Hi i just want to get something of my chest about this game. I just got issue 22 about N*zi sympathizers. I ofcourse banned hatespeech and racist remarks. Que the changes: HDI down, intelligence down, political freedom down, corruption up. Like who made that? "Aww i cant say slurs anymore, my freedoms🥺🥺" Im really bothered by this

Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, Jazur, Vinona

Seabarrel wrote:Hi i just want to get something of my chest about this game. I just got issue 22 about N*zi sympathizers. I ofcourse banned hatespeech and racist remarks. Que the changes: HDI down, intelligence down, political freedom down, corruption up. Like who made that? "Aww i cant say slurs anymore, my freedoms🥺🥺" Im really bothered by this

I'm sorry you got hit with that issue! It's one of a few really badly designed ones. There are maybe 30 issues I always dismiss because I think the results are really awful and should be given a new pass.

Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Seabarrel

Seabarrel wrote:Hi i just want to get something of my chest about this game. I just got issue 22 about N*zi sympathizers. I ofcourse banned hatespeech and racist remarks. Que the changes: HDI down, intelligence down, political freedom down, corruption up. Like who made that? "Aww i cant say slurs anymore, my freedoms🥺🥺" Im really bothered by this

i got that one too i also sayed no and dealt with it.

Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Seabarrel

Sylh Alanor wrote:I'm sorry you got hit with that issue! It's one of a few really badly designed ones. There are maybe 30 issues I always dismiss because I think the results are really awful and should be given a new pass.

Commutia wrote:i got that one too i also sayed no and dealt with it.

Yeah thats what ill do i guess. Whatever the game thinks of it, no way my country will have negative "freedoms" like that. Next time the game will be mad at me because you cant just stab someone or something

Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor

Sylh Alanor wrote:I'm sorry you got hit with that issue! It's one of a few really badly designed ones. There are maybe 30 issues I always dismiss because I think the results are really awful and should be given a new pass.

Do you remember a few for me to look out for? Im really glad i joined the right faction with people that thing the same about this btw

Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Tiralta

Sylh Alanor wrote:Welcome Teshkeshia, Enlana, Jiafeja, Winesa, Mharcusachrion, Duerrenberg, Margaritaland, Lazario, New_Anarchist_Israel, Petrolizi, United_Ede_Chutha, Commutia, Anatopen, Fethance, Wijier, Zhar_Ptitsa, East_Stockholm, Loaftopia, Higgie, Stormlakia, Dragratlandia, Skwertopia, Vothas, Myco, Boop_Poo, Lunarisa, Neubergland, The_United_States_Of_The_Han, The_Han_Corporation_Coalition, Jingle_Terror, Rosaland, Fry_Eves, Os_Tagaige, Kelpto_Nyto, and Chicken_Wings_And_Waffles to Refugia!

It's so nice to have you all here! There’s a lot of great information in the welcome telegram you’ve 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! We currently have elections going on. If you become a member state now you'll have four months to get used to the community before the next elections in February!

If you have any questions, please let us know. Everyone here is really friendly- I think we’ve 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 A Million Dreams!) Thanks so much.

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Zhar Ptitsa

Seabarrel wrote:Do you remember a few for me to look out for? Im really glad i joined the right faction with people that thing the same about this btw

its not hard to think that Genocide is bad tbh.

Seabarrel

Commutia wrote:its not hard to think that Genocide is bad tbh.

Youd be suprised by what kind of people you can meet on these political games. Its appalling what people can say without facing consequences

Delta Vega Iv, Sylh Alanor

Seabarrel wrote:Do you remember a few for me to look out for? Im really glad i joined the right faction with people that thing the same about this btw

Anything having to do with your parliament or other government setups, for some reason almost every option lowers your integrity. Just make sure to closely read things and you should be fine.

Delta Vega Iv, Seabarrel

Sylh Alanor wrote:Anything having to do with your parliament or other government setups, for some reason almost every option lowers your integrity. Just make sure to closely read things and you should be fine.

Thanks for the tip!

Sylh Alanor

i got one about transgender peopel beeing outraged at a teacher for calling them by theire wrong pronoun and i totaly understood the teachers argument, so i voted for him and then my country called transgender peopel by swearwords (which i do not approve) so that is that.

Commutia wrote:i got one about transgender peopel beeing outraged at a teacher for calling them by theire wrong pronoun and i totaly understood the teachers argument, so i voted for him and then my country called transgender peopel by swearwords (which i do not approve) so that is that.

I feel like what happens after every decition is always so extreme cx

St Leone wrote:I feel like what happens after every decition is always so extreme cx

it do be like that XD

I swear employment and civil rights are the hardest thing to keep up, every option lowers my existing levels of it already, even if I choose options that are more business oriented it only goes up like 0.02 percent

Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, Amiyoka

St Leone wrote:I feel like what happens after every decition is always so extreme cx

According to the FAQ:

"The world is realistic but more so. There's a logic to how things work, but everything tends to gravitate to the most extreme outcome, with the largest consequences. Fear not, though: This also means it's usually easy to reverse the effects of earlier decisions."

I don't really agree, but I don't disagree.

Absols wrote:I swear employment and civil rights are the hardest thing to keep up, every option lowers my existing levels of it already, even if I choose options that are more business oriented it only goes up like 0.02 percent

i find it hard to have an economy that isn´t in shambles

Seabarrel

Tiralta wrote:Mine's 96.72% and I don't even make the first page for the region in taxation 😎

I only have 8.0% and with low tax rates means higher disposable income

Commutia wrote:i find it hard to have an economy that isn´t in shambles

well, we are socialists, and historically, socialists have had a hard time getting good when it comes to the economy. I could use some bad examples, but there are some good examples too so ill leave that to you find. And usually, that's because of influences from other powers, such as the US. (Oil being the R/Historymemes favorite)

Honestly though, good news is hard to find and i hate that

Commutia

Absols wrote:I swear employment and civil rights are the hardest thing to keep up, every option lowers my existing levels of it already, even if I choose options that are more business oriented it only goes up like 0.02 percent

My employment stat is going to be the death of me, it's so hard to keep up...

Waywards Edge wrote:well, we are socialists, and historically, socialists have had a hard time getting good when it comes to the economy. I could use some bad examples, but there are some good examples too so ill leave that to you find. And usually, that's because of influences from other powers, such as the US. (Oil being the R/Historymemes favorite)

Honestly though, good news is hard to find and i hate that

quick question too you. how does one have planets as theire currency?

Commutia wrote:quick question too you. how does one have planets as theire currency?

The Planet Network!

Look at it here

Waywards Edge wrote:The Planet Network!

Look at it here

scroll down to treaties.

The Planet Network

The Planet Network is Refugia's premier international monetary union. The official currency of all participating nations is the planet (℗), which is universally accepted within their territories. The Planet is managed by Floor 16 of the Admin Tower as a monetary authority. This currency union came into being Sept. 24th, 2019 with the ratification of the Digital Operations Treaty.

Treaty Requirements:

1. "planet" as national currency

2. Economic Freedom less than -20

3. Income Equality greater than 50

Present signatories:

Refuge Isle • Sylh Alanor • Waywards Edge

St Leone, Jazur

Waywards Edge wrote:scroll down to treaties.

The Planet Network

The Planet Network is Refugia's premier international monetary union. The official currency of all participating nations is the planet (℗), which is universally accepted within their territories. The Planet is managed by Floor 16 of the Admin Tower as a monetary authority. This currency union came into being Sept. 24th, 2019 with the ratification of the Digital Operations Treaty.

Treaty Requirements:

1. "planet" as national currency

2. Economic Freedom less than -20

3. Income Equality greater than 50

Present signatories:

Refuge Isle • Sylh Alanor • Waywards Edge

so i could technicly make this my currency aswell?

its so amazing how every single currency in the entire game have a 1:1 exchange rate :D

xD

Portmanteau, Jazur

St Leone wrote:its so amazing how every single currency in the entire game have a 1:1 exchange rate :D

xD

i´ll be changin that, since my people think higher of em anyways

imma make mine worth more aswell XD

Commutia wrote:i´ll be changin that, since my people think higher of em anyways

imma make mine worth more aswell XD

"The justice of Commutia is considered superior to that of other nations"

took from the description of my country (no joke)

Commutia wrote:"The justice of Commutia is considered superior to that of other nations"

took from the description of my country (no joke)

ahahaha, and Leoneans took that personally.

Commutia wrote:so i could technicly make this my currency aswell?

Ask Refuge Isle, IF you qualify Only IF you qualify, and if you are a member state.

RRS

Waywards Edge wrote:Ask Refuge Isle, IF you qualify Only IF you qualify, and if you are a member state.

RRS

sorry bout ping

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Commutia wrote:so i could technicly make this my currency aswell?

If you meet the criteria for The Planet Network (you do), then you can can be added to the currency union on the map.

You cannot get on the map, however, because you're not a Member State.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1771595

Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Talmon, Jazur, Commutia

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Commutia wrote:"The justice of Commutia is considered superior to that of other nations"

took from the description of my country (no joke)

WESLR justice is freedom

(freedom from your oil)

Waywards Edge wrote:WESLR justice is freedom

(freedom from your oil)

amen brother

St Leone wrote:amen brother

A clarification. This is a joke/truth. We buy oil, and turn it into sun oil. sun oil is used to make sun coal, which is then covered, and thrown into space, specifically into the sun. It extends the lifespan of the sun. We have eliminated our problem of gas and coal by literally throwing it away.

We also do Atoms for Peace, a way to give nations reliable access to nuclear power, fusion or otherwise. Also we take nuclear fuel and re enrich it, allowing for nuclear fuel to be 100% reusable. We also use thorium, a way to deny nukes to other nations, instead of uranium.

Refuge Isle wrote:If you meet the criteria for The Planet Network (you do), then you can can be added to the currency union on the map.

You cannot get on the map, however, because you're not a Member State.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1771595

I think i am a member now.

( Tell me if i am wrong )

Commutia wrote:I think i am a member now.

( Tell me if i am wrong )

Now you're in the WA, you'll be a member state once you've been here for 7 days, so not yet but in a couple of days!

Sylh Alanor, Commutia

Tiralta wrote:Now you're in the WA, you'll be a member state once you've been here for 7 days, so not yet but in a couple of days!

aight so its just waiting now

Sylh Alanor, Tiralta

would be fun to be added to the map at some point.

Not sure what I would want to enter in some of the fields.

Hello! I have a message from TEP and our new delegate! It's also formatted as if we were on Discord. So just imagine we're on Discord.

[spoiler]

ALRIGHTY FOLKS! Welcome to the Shadow Administration!

Delegate: @Shadow Delegate 🍇

CMoFA: @Dremaur

CMoRA: @PRO-LEMEML AGA (=ʘᆽʘ=)∫

Minister of Culture: @🍇I'm Dead🍇

Minister of News: [POSITION IS OPEN]

Minister of Outreach: @Sammy (New Leganes)

Minister of World Assembly: @brug

UTEP Chancellor: @エミジャイ [Uchuukage] (interim) [POSITION IS OPEN]

Overseeing Officer of EPSA: @Sandshrew

Cabinet Advisors: @i asked telepathically, @Aurora Budohime, @Altys

Ex Oriente Lux!

Signed,

Shadow

Delegate

So help me Ademar if you ask under which Concordat

[/spoiler]

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta

Weirtopia wrote:would be fun to be added to the map at some point.

Not sure what I would want to enter in some of the fields.

if i would be on the map id probaply want to stay on an island

Sylh Alanor

Catiania wrote:Hello! I have a message from TEP and our new delegate! It's also formatted as if we were on Discord. So just imagine we're on Discord.

[spoiler]

ALRIGHTY FOLKS! Welcome to the Shadow Administration!

Delegate: @Shadow Delegate 🍇

CMoFA: @Dremaur

CMoRA: @PRO-LEMEML AGA (=ʘᆽʘ=)∫

Minister of Culture: @🍇I'm Dead🍇

Minister of News: [POSITION IS OPEN]

Minister of Outreach: @Sammy (New Leganes)

Minister of World Assembly: @brug

UTEP Chancellor: @エミジャイ [Uchuukage] (interim) [POSITION IS OPEN]

Overseeing Officer of EPSA: @Sandshrew

Cabinet Advisors: @i asked telepathically, @Aurora Budohime, @Altys

Ex Oriente Lux!

Signed,

Shadow

Delegate

So help me Ademar if you ask under which Concordat

[/spoiler]

Thank you Cat, I certainly look forward to the reign of 🍇I'm Dead🍇 in particular.

Catiania, Typica, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta

So is this planet currency just a regular currency named planet because environmental friendliness or are you guys paying people in literal planets. And if that’s the case? Are they life sized planets or little miniature ones?

Cheesy Tots, Typica, St Leone, Tiralta, Lovoreus Magnus

The Pacific Northwest wrote:So is this planet currency just a regular currency named planet because environmental friendliness or are you guys paying people in literal planets. And if that’s the case? Are they life sized planets or little miniature ones?

my question!

Lovoreus Magnus

The Pacific Northwest wrote:So is this planet currency just a regular currency named planet because environmental friendliness or are you guys paying people in literal planets. And if that’s the case? Are they life sized planets or little miniature ones?

that is- I- I have never thought about that before lol

The Pacific Northwest wrote:So is this planet currency just a regular currency named planet because environmental friendliness or are you guys paying people in literal planets. And if that’s the case? Are they life sized planets or little miniature ones?

Yes :itisso:

Tiralta

Sylh Alanor wrote:Yes :itisso:

what does a yes mean in this case?

The Pacific Northwest wrote:So is this planet currency just a regular currency named planet because environmental friendliness or are you guys paying people in literal planets. And if that’s the case? Are they life sized planets or little miniature ones?

the sheer physical and scientific power of refugi bankers is unmatched

Tiralta

Commutia wrote:what does a yes mean in this case?

We need awnsers!

Cheesy Tots wrote:the sheer physical and scientific power of refugi bankers is unmatched
My goodness I certainly hope those planets are uninhabited, otherwise the implications of trading them as currency seems… troublesome. Imagine life on earth going extinct because some other civilization took us out of orbit to use to pay for groceries.

Cheesy Tots, Araine, Aephony, Tiralta, Commutia

The Pacific Northwest wrote:My goodness I certainly hope those planets are uninhabited, otherwise the implications of trading them as currency seems… troublesome. Imagine life on earth going extinct because some other civilization took us out of orbit to use to pay for groceries.

how much do you think wed be worth?

Commutia wrote:how much do you think wed be worth?
I wouldn’t know how to value all the life on the planet and its ability to be inhabited, but I would hope a lot. Unless we’re not and it’s some commentary on how we’ve treated the environment or something.

The Pacific Northwest wrote:I wouldn’t know how to value all the life on the planet and its ability to be inhabited, but I would hope a lot. Unless we’re not and it’s some commentary on how we’ve treated the environment or something.

id like to think that i am worth a potato

The "planet" is the name of our chatbot Dot's in-game currency. It comes from the ManiaPlanet currency by the same name (https://doc.maniaplanet.com/client/planets) and our image is similar except based off the Refugia map instead of the IRL world's. In the distant past we used to make odd bets with them because they were so novel to use. You never really know when you'd get the ManiaPlanet planets, their name was incredibly abstract, and it wasn't really clear what (if anything) you could spend them on.

So sometimes you'd get a log-in bonus that said "This is your first time logging in in 286 days. You receive 783 planets!"

And you'd be like "Okay! 🤨😀🤨😀"

Anyway, now we have an "in-game" economy where the currency is the "planet". The last generation of the economy just finished up recently: https://calref.cc/index.php?topic=9.msg3868#msg3868

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Aephony, Tiralta, Chong Qing, Commutia

Tiralta uses stars, but planets are accepted in most places too.

Cheesy Tots, St Leone

Tiralta wrote:Tiralta uses stars, but planets are accepted in most places too.

yea in St. Leone we use the Leone krone, but Planets are also widely accepted, atleast in the big tourist destinations ^^

(Just . . If you go on a holiday in rural Leone, then you better have some Leone kroner with you cause they aint taking any planets out in the middle of nowhere lol)

Tiralta

St Leone wrote:yea in St. Leone we use the Leone krone, but Planets are also widely accepted, atleast in the big tourist destinations ^^

(Just . . If you go on a holiday in rural Leone, then you better have some Leone kroner with you cause they aint taking any planets out in the middle of nowhere lol)

i Guess i could also make the Planet an exeptet currency next to my original one.

Tiralta

why did so many of you say bagel its just thick round toast

no thats what she said jokes

Emascidonija wrote:why did so many of you say bagel its just thick round toast

no thats what she said jokes

wasn´t really some intteresting other stuff on the list tbh

Refuge Isle wrote:The "planet" is the name of our chatbot Dot's in-game currency. It comes from the ManiaPlanet currency by the same name
Ah, I just assumed it was an eco friendliness thing since this region is very focused on the environment.

St Leone wrote:(Just . . If you go on a holiday in rural Leone, then you better have some Leone kroner with you cause they aint taking any planets out in the middle of nowhere lol)
”An entire rural village was destroyed today after a tourist pulled Jupiter out of their wallet to pay for their meal. The restaurant was not prepared to accept entire planets as currency and was physically unable to stop Jupiter’s gravitational pull from leveling the surrounding area. An apocalypse was only prevented due to someone with the adequate knowledge, magic, and technology happening to be just outside of town prior to the disaster. After rebuilding, businesses will make sure they have signs stating they do no accept Planets in large print, translated into every extant language, and in very visible locations in an attempt to prevent further incidents of this nature from occurring, and just pray no illiterate tourists or young children intending to pay in Planets happen by.”

Typica, Tiralta, Chong Qing, Commutia

The Pacific Northwest wrote:Ah, I just assumed it was an eco friendliness thing since this region is very focused on the environment.

”An entire rural village was destroyed today after a tourist pulled Jupiter out of their wallet to pay for their meal. The restaurant was not prepared to accept entire planets as currency and was physically unable to stop Jupiter’s gravitational pull from leveling the surrounding area. An apocalypse was only prevented due to someone with the adequate knowledge, magic, and technology happening to be just outside of town prior to the disaster. After rebuilding, businesses will make sure they have signs stating they do no accept Planets in large print, translated into every extant language, and in very visible locations in an attempt to prevent further incidents of this nature from occurring, and just pray no illiterate tourists or young children intending to pay in Planets happen by.”

this should become actual lore

Im back for more rp I’ve been ill recently but I’m back so who’s up to pretend there’s a war going on?(note I say this as a joke)(not the me being sick part that’s true)

Also does anyone know if you can reverse a policy that was put in place because of a decision for a issue?

Anatopen wrote:Also does anyone know if you can reverse a policy that was put in place because of a decision for a issue?

Yeah, within the next week or two you should get an issue that lets you reverse whatever policy you've added!

Rejakhta, Anatopen

Tiralta wrote:Yeah, within the next week or two you should get an issue that lets you reverse whatever policy you've added!

Or double down on it, if you so choose

Tiralta

Tiralta wrote:Yeah, within the next week or two you should get an issue that lets you reverse whatever policy you've added!

Very good because I clicked the wrong decision and now immigration is illegal

Tiralta

Anatopen wrote:Very good because I clicked the wrong decision and now immigration is illegal

sounds like florida

(jk dont ban me pls)

Rejakhta, Anatopen

Why are so many of my people dying of heart disease? I don't have much pollution so that can’t be it. can it?

Anatopen wrote:Why are so many of my people dying of heart disease? I don't have much pollution so that can’t be it. can it?
Maybe your health and/or public healthcare stats? There’s also obesity. From a percentile perspective your health and public healthcare are low compared to mine, and obesity is high, and I don’t have anyone dying from heart disease, they’re all getting lost in the woods or attacked by beavers instead.

There are also some industries like pizza delivery and beverage sales that could factor in, but I don’t know the details on how all the stats interact.

Aephony, Tiralta, Innamorta, Commutia

The Pacific Northwest wrote:Maybe your health and/or public healthcare stats? There’s also obesity. From a percentile perspective your health and public healthcare are low compared to mine, and obesity is high, and I don’t have anyone dying from heart disease, they’re all getting lost in the woods or attacked by beavers instead.

There are also some industries like pizza delivery and beverage sales that could factor in, but I don’t know the details on how all the stats interact.

just get genetic warfare good healthcare and education!

All those rumors about a secret genetics program called the Spartan Program? Not real. What is this, Halo?

St Leone, Innamorta, The Han Corporation Coalition

The Pacific Northwest wrote:Maybe your health and/or public healthcare stats? There’s also obesity. From a percentile perspective your health and public healthcare are low compared to mine, and obesity is high, and I don’t have anyone dying from heart disease, they’re all getting lost in the woods or attacked by beavers instead.

There are also some industries like pizza delivery and beverage sales that could factor in, but I don’t know the details on how all the stats interact.

mine are just getting lost or die of old age.

Typica

Whoops, my foreign aid dropped by 100%.

Hopefully, it isn't a too bad thing.

Amiyoka

Hello, i am a new nation which is technically a puppet of another nation also located in Refugia

i decided to move here because i like this region

my nation was created to encounter new issues to solve

i will usually be using my main nation New Equanimia when interacting with the region's activities, although i might occasionally use this alt

:)

Cheesy Tots, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Commutia, Anatopen

Sparrow Hills wrote:Hello, i am a new nation which is technically a puppet of another nation also located in Refugia

i decided to move here because i like this region

my nation was created to encounter new issues to solve

i will usually be using my main nation New Equanimia when interacting with the region's activities, although i might occasionally use this alt

:)

sure thing

Post by Tyrick suppressed by Tiralta.

Tyrick

I hate nigeria

Post self-deleted by Commutia.

Let's not reply to spammers.

Chacapoya, Araine, Tiralta, Antimai, Innamorta, Commutia

Sylh Alanor wrote:Welcome Lapteah, The_Golden_Glory, Wolfielandia, Sparrow_Hills, Sar_Salratevon, and The_Sails_Of_Scampia to Refugia!

It's so nice to have you all here! There’s a lot of great information in the welcome telegram you’ve 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! We currently have elections going on. If you become a member state now you'll have four months to get used to the community before the next elections in February!

If you have any questions, please let us know. Everyone here is really friendly- I think we’ve 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 A Million Dreams!) Thanks so much.

Cheesy Tots, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Ullrani, Prodigal, Antimai, Commutia, Sparrow Hills

Hello new people!

Cheesy Tots, Araine, Tiralta, Istastioner, The Han Corporation Coalition, Wolfielandia

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Cheesy Tots, Tiralta, Uwuvania

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Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Tiralta

I like art and there's a resolution on art called International Art Gallery so let's talk about art. Thread!

The resolution we're discussing starts off by establishing the Artistic Retention Trusteeship (ART) to maintain two galleries: a digital one (PAINT - The Publicly Available International Net Treasury) and a physical one (PIECE - The Public Institution for the Exhibition of Craft Expertise). For PAINT, ART is mandated to take digital records of all displayed artwork within consenting member-states, and to publish said records on a public website alongside any research for every piece. For PIECE, ART shall build and maintain the facility alongside a system where member nations can loan up to two artworks for a period of three years to PIECE. The rest of the resolution focuses on the specifics in setting up the galleries including ensuring artwork safety and obtaining consent of artists for PIECE-displayed artwork.

I think this resolution is amazing! Creating art museums for a wide array of member-nations is a really intelligent, really amazing idea. I visited a local art museum a few months ago and that was a pretty cool experience, so to have an art museum spanning a variety of nations is just super duper neat to me. The idea of PAINT is pretty innovative - I doubt most people would think of online art galleries when thinking of major international art initiatives. PAINT allows this resolution to be much more accessible, which is a great thing.

There are a few things that raise my eyebrow, though - particularly with PAINT. The records for PAINT seem to define a artwork’s nation as wherein that artwork is being displayed. This misses both a) recording whatever artworks a nation has that are not being displayed and b) potentially misplacing a displayed art piece if it’s on loan from a museum in another nation. I know WA entities are seen to operate perfectly, but there is a question of whether that assumption holds when the guiding resolution seems to have a conceptual error. Then again, I’m not sure this is a really big deal - there’s still a ton of art being displayed, and arguably it mostly matters on whether an author receives credit for the art - not necessarily the nation.

So - what do y’all think on this?

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Melenavenia, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Aephony, Tiralta, Commutia

i think

Cheesy Tots, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Cadenzana, Tiralta, Rejakhta, Commutia

It's not an option in the poll, but my favorite bread is probably an English Muffin.

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Aephony, Tiralta, Commutia, Wolfielandia

2 billion citizens today!!!

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Liphia, Tovenia, Tiralta, Rejakhta, Amiyoka, Tidelia, Ullrani, Nahelia, Innamorta, Commutia, Anatopen, Wolfielandia

Erie-Arcadia Of Wombats wrote:2 billion citizens today!!!

Congrats!

Sylh Alanor, Araine, Erie-Arcadia Of Wombats, Ullrani, Innamorta

Erie-Arcadia Of Wombats wrote:2 billion citizens today!!!

Congrat-two-lations!

Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Liphia, Aephony, Rupika, Erie-Arcadia Of Wombats, The Pacific Northwest, Ullrani, Anatopen

Erie-Arcadia Of Wombats wrote:2 billion citizens today!!!

Nice. Congrats!

Sylh Alanor, Erie-Arcadia Of Wombats, Tiralta

I’m at 800 million, it’s hard to believe I’m somewhat close to a billion already. That’s also way too many people for the size of this place. With the excessive amount of wilderness that’s been preserved, the population density of the cities must already be through the roof.

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, Ullrani

Erie-Arcadia Of Wombats wrote:2 billion citizens today!!!

Happy day!

Chacapoya

I'm only at 29 million currently, it's gonna be a while til' I reach the magic billion.

Tiralta

What is your opinion on blue cheese?

Chacapoya, Araine

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