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Region: Refugia
I'm intentionally picking bad decisions to see what happens etc. I'm also trying to see how high I can get some negative trends, like ignorance, corruption etc
Tiralta
Waywardian News Flash
Secret leader of Waywardia found details found in this leaked doc-
huh
coup d'teat occurred rip im a corrupt dictat
I traded my political freedoms for my military, rip guys
Rupika you may need to intervene
Euemeria
You think that's bad? Take a look at Alyssandra. I feel absolutely terrible for everyone that lives there. Mind you that was also my first nation so yeah.
Tiralta, Euemeria
Granted based on the name, classification, main banner, and over the top evil policies they could also just be trolling the entire NS universe and its actually great, but still.
Tiralta
Help how do i reduce tax Becouse my economy is very very low?
Tiralta
You've got a socialist nation, so rather than reduce tax you want to focus on increasing business subsidisation in order to grow your economy. If you switch to capitalism, you want to improve economic freedom. This website can sometimes be useful for guidance, especially at the beginning: http://www.mwq.dds.nl/ns/results/
Don't worry too much though, everyone's economy is rubbish for the first couple of weeks, and it may even get worse initially. For example, picking on Amiyoka cause her trend graph shows it well, you'll see she had a massive drop initially, but her economy is now "all-consuming".
The top two economies in Refugia are also a great example of how taxation doesn't affect your economy too much: yes, Honeydewistania has a tax rate of -5%, but The Seid's tax rate is 113%. :)
Honeydewistania, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Amiyoka
My name isnt on the Nation list is there something more I need to do to become a resident, or has the list just not been updated yet?
Jazur
You have to have been in the region for 7 days, and also either be a World Assembly member in order to be a Member State. Alternatively, if it's not possible to have your WA in Refugia, you can apply for a Member State Exemption after 14 days here, this then goes to the Council which must put through a unanimous vote to give you an exemption. If this is the case, you can apply by telegramming any Councillor (or DMing if in our discord) and explaining your reason for requesting an exemption.
If you apply for the World Assembly with this nation (bearing in mind you can only have one nation in the World Assembly at a time!) then you can vote on this one in 3 days, it should automatically update.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Junitaki-Cho, Jazur
Honk
Chacapoya, Tiralta
Honk
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots
Caw!
Cheesy Tots, Tiralta
Ok, thanks!
Edit- I joined WA.
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur
Totally in agreement with Tiralta, and I can use myself as an example. For a little more than my first month, my economy never made it past 5 and usually sat around a 2. More recently, however, I've started subsidizing business and entertainment, and although my economy still isn't stellar, it is so much better than when I first started. And I did do that all while having a ~70% taxation rate, so it isn't really the tax that matters.
Tiralta, Jazur
Since it's required that I supply a reason when the majority of the region votes against how I do:
The resolution as written doesn't convince me that Creeperopolis has done enough to warrant a commendation/condemnation at this point. I'm always more than happy to reward C/Cs that aren't related to raiding and defending, but they require a level of content history that Creeper doesn't have at this point.
On the discord, it's been argued that the large majority of Creeper's RP content has been wiki entries off-site. I would be fine with that as an addition if a majority of stuff was on the NS forums or an RMB. But that's not the case, so I don't think an NS-based award should be given when so little of the accomplishments are actually on the site.
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Xianland
i really need to redo my nation bleh
Jazur
*swears in Lamb*
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Weirtopia, Neurodiversity
*screams in honeybadger*
Prodigal, Neurodiversity
Dear people who have randomly decided to endorse me-
I dont deserve them, and I dont know why theyve been given to me, so I gave them back to you. Enjoy them.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Adonoria
Everyone should endorse everyone :D
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, St Leone, Tiralta, Jazur, Prodigal, Antimai, Neurodiversity
Refugia is the 2nd most endorsement-happy region on NationStates, so it's natural for endorsements to accrue on nations. Endorsements are both good for you (Because they build your endorsement and influence stats), just as they are good for the region by making it harder to destroy in the case of an unexpected apocalypse.
Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Antimai, Neurodiversity
Can be tricky to keep up with though :D
Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Innamorta
I've been doing everything I can to change it but my nation page still says I have "an irreverence to religion" even tho I've gotten a bunch of banners based on religion
Typica, Portmanteau
I always look at the factbooks rather than what the paragraph says - its much more accurate to what the person thinks their nation is.
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Geoffistan, Lycanjeskai
*prays in Bumblebee*
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Geoffistan, Prodigal
man i need to stop falling asleep in office i missedo ut on so much stuff
Typica, Prodigal, Innamorta
In a day or two, I'll have something out to help
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Jazur, Amiyoka, Antimai, Neurodiversity
in the meantime for tracking, i recommend checking out the north pacific's "endorse the world" gizmo! very intimidating at first with how many nations there are but you can do "zen mode" to endorse just one nation at a time
https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/pages/endorse_world/
Tiralta, Amiyoka
i have a compassionate yet cynical population
is...
is that possible??
Amiyoka, Neurodiversity
You care about people but expect them to let you down.
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, St Leone, Fel Vudos, Tiralta, Duneraven, Waywards Edge, Amiyoka, Innamorta
me and my mother be like
Tiralta, Amiyoka, Antimai, Innamorta
the story of my life
Typica, Jazur, Amiyoka
so silent here on refugia today :P
Cheesy Tots, Amiyoka
I just realised I don't really say Refugia out loud so trying to pronounce it feels weird. Ref-yoo-ja? Ref-yoo-jee-a? Re-foo-jee-a?
How would you all pronounce it?
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Amiyoka, Innamorta
Ref-yoo-jee-a
copy and pasted btw
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, Amiyoka
never gonna give you up, always expecting you to let me down
always going to make me cry, say goodbye
Cheesy Tots, Rejakhta, Innamorta
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1791661
Reh-foo-jee-a!
Tiralta
I pronounce it Refugia
just really quickly
Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Tiralta
Ref-ooh-jee-a is how I say it. I wonder, what's the objectively "correct" way to say it?
Sylh Alanor, Tiralta
can we get Refuge Isle's opinion?
Tiralta, Amiyoka
hmm, honestly in Norwegian its really straight forwards, but I dont know how to make it . . eh . . make sense in english xD
Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, Amiyoka
Ref-yoo-jee-ah, but with a British accent
Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, Amiyoka
I would like to ask if anybody wants to join Aces of Refugia, a sorta collaborative ace combat/topgun/whatever funny plane game here. It went pretty well first until I hit writer's block, so i am going to redo the entire thing from the ground up.
Current list of people in Aces of Refugia
-my alts
-myself
The reason I ask for permission to use your nation is
1. If you don't want to be in it, well you don't have to
2. I don't want to have to change the story halfway through because somebody didn't like how their nation was portrayed
If you are interested, contact Waywardian Embassies, I use it to organize myself
St Leone, Amiyoka
I always think it's Ref-yoo-jee-a.
Also, here's the big plot-twist- Tidelia is actually pronounced "Ti", like Ty. The "delia" is silent
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Neurodiversity
Waywards Edge is called Waywardia, calling it Waywards Edge is just wrong in my country
Tiralta, Amiyoka
Ref-you-jee-uh is how we've said the name since it used to refer to one of our Minecraft servers. But if people have alternate pronunciations of it, I think that's fine too. Regional diversity is neat.
Also, this is the last day to fill out a census. Consider doing that, if you have not done so already. Results will be out in the coming days.
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, St Leone, Tiralta, Amiyoka
I say ref-you-jee-uh. Refuge with an ia at the end like pizzeria.
Tiralta, Amiyoka
imean it would make sense tho, just as how, say, germany has a different name is basically any language it would make sense for the whole world of refugia to have their own pronounciation of the world ^^
Tiralta, Amiyoka
We are now Refugio.
Amiyoka
I finally got reclassified!
Now I'm a new York Times democracy instead of an inoffensive centrist democracy and I'm really happy about it!
Typica, Araine, Dilwyn, Amiyoka, Neurodiversity
Breaking news
Lycanjeskians now call our home region Ref-giyu-a
/j
Amiyoka, Heinfield
"In Ref-giyu-a We Trust"
Amiyoka, Euemeria
Didn't even realise until now but...
*Demon slayer theme starts playing in the background *
Amiyoka, Euemeria, Quelidriquaqnas
By the end of this week, I should hit 500 million Amiyokans! Hurray! I've been anticipating being able to set my own nation classification since I've started, but now that it's drawing near, I'm really struggling to make up my mind on what to set it as. I was thinking something like the Fourth State of Amiyoka or something to imply journalism. But the other day I found out that the word journalistic is a real word, and now I'm torn. The scramblings of my priorities really are at the fault of NS...
Typica, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, Antimai, Euemeria, West Islate, Lycanjeskai, Neurodiversity
*You somehow hear Inosuke screaming in the distance *
Amiyoka, Lycanjeskai
Cool!
Tiralta, Amiyoka
Mine is probably going to be "the anti-golgari embassy of lycanjeskai"
Amiyoka
& we return to bring you all ample sand
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Antimai
Please may we have a sample of the ample sand?
Typica, Amiyoka
I have a riddle for all of you. The riddle is as follows: What has many hearts, but no brain, stomach, or muscles?
Typica, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Antimai, Euemeria
Is it a deck of cards?
Typica, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Antimai, Euemeria
No. Well, technically yes, but it does have a second answer that is slightly more annoying. I chose the second answer. So no.
Typica, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Antimai, Euemeria
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, except for one, because everything in life is a roll of the dice. 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.
Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Amiyoka
Is it Valentines Day?
Typica, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Antimai
That's... actually, I've never heard that response before. However, I have a far more... green choice in mind.
Typica, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Antimai, Euemeria
A bleeding heart plant?
Amiyoka
...What? No, I was thinking of something that started with an A. And not a single one before a space.
Tiralta, Amiyoka, Euemeria
Youve gotta admit Im being creative.
Tiralta, Amiyoka
I have to agree. However, I have a far more devious answer.
Tiralta, Amiyoka, Euemeria
Green, starts with A, not a single one before space... Gotta be aliens. 👽
also Euemeria I love your flag so much omg
Amiyoka
definitely aliens
Tiralta, Amiyoka
Yeah, I agree with the alien guy.
Tiralta, Amiyoka
Or maybe its A-goblin
Tiralta, Amiyoka
Has anybody encountered the issue "Dirty Deals"? For some reason selecting the reasenable option created the "Child Labor" policy, and it makes me real mad.
Amiyoka, Euemeria
welcome to nationstates lol, everything is so extreme in this game its insane :/
Tiralta, Amiyoka, Mare Stellarum, Euemeria
Like St. Leone said, most options in NationStates tend to default to the most extreme options. Occasionally though, some issues can have a median spot. It spoils the issues, but if you want any details on how an option will alter your nation, I use http://www.mwq.dds.nl/ns/results/ (you'll have to copy and paste it into the browser bar, my bad x3)
Tiralta, Mare Stellarum, Duerrenberg, Euemeria
Thank you! I made it myself!
Typica, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Quelidriquaqnas
What should my flag be?
I have utterly no ideas
Typica, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Quelidriquaqnas
That's a gradient 💀
Quelidriquaqnas
I know,I use ibisPaint X and a few special brushes that help me!
Tiralta, Amiyoka, Quelidriquaqnas
...Why are you so sure that aliens are green? Why can't they be gray? Or blue? Etc. However, everything, Aliens to Humans to whatever an A-goblin is, needs a brain. And, as the riddle stated,
Amiyoka
Well, I've never met an alien, but they are often referred to as little green men. :P
Amiyoka, Quelidriquaqnas
Inaros OPA is from earth canonically
refugia is technically a different planet, so you have
Tiralta, Amiyoka, Quelidriquaqnas
OK
*Shuffles into deep space in a scared mannner*
Tiralta, Amiyoka
I discovered this so randomly via reading dispatches
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=inaros_opa/detail=factbook/id=1532644
Cheesy Tots, Inaros Opa, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Quelidriquaqnas
.... artichokes..?
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Euemeria, Quelidriquaqnas
I just found out we have 666 members hehe
Typica, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Euemeria, Quelidriquaqnas
Sometimes the game is very technical and deliberate with answers.
Amiyoka, Quelidriquaqnas
Post self-deleted by Quelidriquaqnas.
Is it an octopus?
Amiyoka
I just allowed pigeon feeding and lifespan went down a lot.
Typica, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Prodigal, Euemeria, Quelidriquaqnas
Welp, I accidentally ended up cancelling AI personhood...
Amiyoka, Neurodiversity, Quelidriquaqnas
Wtf! I love pigeons so hopefully this doesn,t happen to me!
Amiyoka
Well no matter what it is it can't be as dumb as mine. Just have fun with it
Amiyoka
Did any one else just lose access to the server for about an hour and a half?
Amiyoka, Neurodiversity
There were some pretty substantial database errors
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=526140
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta, Istastioner, Amiyoka, Antimai, Lycanjeskai
Phew...
At least its not a problem with my phone
Tiralta, Amiyoka
Is my flag good? Just seeing what people's opinions are.
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Amiyoka
If you accidentally outlaw something you like dont worry much about it. Another issue will come along that will allow you to undo your precious decision.
Delta Vega Iv, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Antimai
Make a custom flag with sketch.io/sketchpad like i did. Trust me, it's better than the Israeli flag and you have infinite creativity. Plus its p easy
-Hunter
Tiralta, Amiyoka, West Remeshile, Antimai
Yes! Artichokes!
Typica, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Antimai
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Written by Refuge Isle.