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Noweyr wrote:[spoiler]Greetings fellow Refugi nations :)

This is Noweyr's first official board communication - Written by the current country leader, Nowanin Particulah.

In light of the economic challenges we have grappled with as a relatively new nation, our capacity for communication has been somewhat limited. Nonetheless, we do feel welcome and happy to take part in this most leftful and warm region.

It is regretful that this first foray into public relationships concerns a matter in which we are insofar ignorant, and a plea for assistance, as opposed to a more merry introduction of sorts - We hope this esteemed council can overlook our silence thus far.

Without more preamble, I shall refer to the aforementioned plea.

After resolving the Issue #1556: "Gimme Shelter", which delves into how women's shelters should operate in regards to trans women, the talking point in the nation is stated as follows: "Arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated."

Frankly, we find such declarations appalling, and regressive - Almost opposing the sentiment held by the issue resolution.

How would one go about changing, or influencing such talking points? Has such a discussion taken place before?

And lastly, are these the adequate forums to conduct such discussions?

Many thanks and warm regards,

Nowanin Particulah, Noweyrian representative.[/spoiler]

First, I'll just say that the 'Talking Point' section is almost always nonsense. I never read it. The various authors seem to find much comedy in the act of presenting an outcome there that is almost always antithetical to what you were trying to do by choosing that issue option. *shrug* Just concentrate on the stat changes, that's the actual effect of the issue.

In my experience, attempts to change things like this seem to always be met with a variant of the phrase, "It's a satire game, it's meant to poke fun at things." There's a rather notorious example of a bad stereotype of an individual who is gay that keeps popping up in various issues, always bringing along their pink feather boa. I've seen this brought up multiple times, but never any movement about corrections. Personally, I find the 'satire' a bit weak, if that's what they're actually aiming for, and the result rarely funny.

As for the correct forum to bring things like this up, I think it's fine to discuss such things here, but if you're trying to make real change happen, then perhaps take the issue up in the forums. Maybe in the Got Issues section? Or, if it's an underlying issue, perhaps the Technical forum? Others will likely know better than myself, as I rarely use the forums.

By the way, the name of your leader gave me a good chuckle :)

Chacapoya, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Talmon, Falafelandia, Jazur, Uwuguaya, The Ledona, Noweyr

Estebere wrote:Time to speedrun reading 130 pages

Edit: I did it

Oh my

Tiralta, Falafelandia, Uwuguaya

Portmanteau wrote:First, I'll just say that the 'Talking Point' section is almost always nonsense. I never read it. The various authors seem to find much comedy in the act of presenting an outcome there that is almost always antithetical to what you were trying to do by choosing that issue option. *shrug* Just concentrate on the stat changes, that's the actual effect of the issue.

Issues are supposed to be more satire than actual nation simulation. Unfortunately the issues are up to 20 years old, some have aged badly, and they've all been written and edited by a wide variety of people, which reduces the tone consistency. So, some are serious, some are over-hyperbole, and a few are legitimately funny. Typically now issue editors will not accept your issue if they don't think it's funny, so it's less that various authors do it and more that it's required.

Estebere wrote:Time to speedrun reading 130 pages

Edit: I did it

Pretty good, only 36 minutes. But do you remember what you read?

Chacapoya, Typica, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Jazur, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, The Ledona, Noweyr

Election Notice:

It's the last day to vote in the Councillor of Culture election. Consider voting today if you have not done so already: https://vote.calref.ca/vote/53

Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Tidelia, Thingessness, The Ledona

Estebere wrote:Time to speedrun reading 130 pages

Edit: I did it

That's pure dedication.

what dark secrets did you uncover lol

Typica, Tiralta, Uwuguaya, Boxiia, Voinarx

Refuge Isle wrote:Typically now issue editors will not accept your issue if they don't think it's funny, so it's less that various authors do it and more that it's required.

I wasn't aware that it's more-or-less a requirement at this point, that's interesting to know. Maybe the site could hire some comedians onto the staff, too...

Typica, Liphia, Aephony, Tiralta, Jazur, Estebere, The Ledona

Nashfilla wrote:What do you call the leader of the New Atlantic? (Example: King, Emperor, President, Lord, Prime Minister Ect.)

We call them Prixait which roughly translates to Prime Minister in English.

Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Uwuguaya

Refuge Isle wrote:Pretty good, only 36 minutes. But do you remember what you read?

Penocampt wrote:what dark secrets did you uncover lol

[spoiler=What I remember I read/Dark secrets uncovered]Well, first I should say, this is starting 200 pages into the book. Anywho, Elodee uncovers more odd stuff on Eventown, specifically the 'Only three ice cream flavors' thing. Then, she gets in a fight with Naomi, and eventually ends up having to go back to the Welcome(ing) Center the next night. Later, she discovers that somehow Eventown hides peoples memories, but some of them keep theirs around. Shortly after this, Elodee discovers that her garden is covered in weeds/dandelions. Then, they just go to sleep, and the next day they don't wake up until ten in the morning because their house in coveredin vines. Everywhere. And then, when they step outside, it starts to rain. Actually, first ever in Eventown. Then, Elodee and Veena go off to the Welcome(ing) Center because Elodee wants her memories back. So then they end up sending everyone to the Welcom(ing) Center, and we learn about a mysterious Lawrence, who exists within Naomi's memories. Then, Elodee goes upstairs and tells everyone about Lawrence, the person who made the lavender olive oil white chocolate pear frosting cake. Turns out, Elodee and Naomi had an older brother this whole time, well, most of it. He'd died, medicine overdose I think, and left behind his bush. Oh right, they have a special family bush. A special family bush. Need I explain why I find this funny? Anywho, they end up leaving, and Veena joins them, and away they go, into the imperfect perfections and the perfect imperfections of the real world.[/spoiler]

Uwuguaya, Penocampt

Portmanteau wrote:

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As for the correct forum to bring things like this up, I think it's fine to discuss such things here, but if you're trying to make real change happen, then perhaps take the issue up in the forums. Maybe in the Got Issues section? Or, if it's an underlying issue, perhaps the Technical forum? Others will likely know better than myself, as I rarely use the forums.

By the way, the name of your leader gave me a good chuckle :)

Thanks for the advice and pun appreciation :D

I did end up bringing it up in the "Got issues?" site forum, but the reply I got was somewhat dismissive.

"We will take this into consideration for future issues."

So much for bringing real change...

Portmanteau, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Uwuguaya, The Ledona

I had a strange dream that we had 470 nations but only because a bunch of legio puppets were founding here.

Chacapoya, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Falafelandia, Jazur, Estebere, Uwuguaya, Thingessness, The Ledona

Imagine an anime where the main character is in the school orchestra in the last seat. So, they want to get to first seat, and you move up seats not by just showing your better, but by having a ‘duel’ with the person in the next seat up. You literally just try to play a harder song than the other, while demonstrating everything a good musician should have. Does that already exist? If not, could I put it on our regional TV Network? Do we have a regional TV network?

Tiralta, Uwuguaya

Hey y'all! I remember hearing about a Refugivision Contest about a month or so ago, and I was wondering if anyone had any information on it, I think it was planned for June or July?

Tiralta, Uwuguaya

I need to focus on 3d art more in the limited time I have, goodbye Nationstates, we never got along anyways :>

Paradise 00City-State00 wrote:I need to focus on 3d art more in the limited time I have, goodbye Nationstates, we never got along anyways :>

Sorry for the trouble on the discord btw Luca, hope you don’t remember me by that if you ever do.

Talmon wrote:Hey y'all! I remember hearing about a Refugivision Contest about a month or so ago, and I was wondering if anyone had any information on it, I think it was planned for June or July?

Ah yeah, that was an idea from Lovoreus Magnus but I think he's a little snowed under with school stuff to run it this year now.

Typica, A Million Dreams, Jazur, Uwuguaya

Election Update:

The election for the Councillor of Culture position has concluded. The Star Enpire received 14 votes, and New Atlantic received 10 votes.

The incoming Regional Council term, in addition to the Arch-Admin, will then be as follows:

[list]

[*]Councillor of Foreign Affairs: Minskievian Refugees

[*]Councillor of Culture: The Star Enpire

[*]Councillor of Operations: Falafelandia

[*]Councillor of World Assembly Affairs: Refuge Isle, in an acting capacity

[/list]

This concludes the election phase. The next two days are the transition phase. For those elected, reach out to the current holders of your office. For those currently in office, avail yourself to your successors and pass on whatever information you believe they will benefit from to be brought up to speed about your office's happenings and inner workings. I will contact you all tomorrow after I've slept with what your requirements are and what I need to set you up for your terms.

The term will officially begin May 29th.

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Falafelandia, Jazur, The Merinos, New Atlantic, Tidelia, Uwuguaya, Thingessness, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy

Greetings Refugia! This is The Star Enpire speaking, your incoming Councillor of Culture.

I'm honored to receive the mandate of the Refugi people on this occasion, and I hope to live up to the expectations you all have of me. First things first: to figure out what that mandate is. To that end, while we are still in this transition period, I would like to invite the public to give their thoughts on why they voted for me. New Atlantic was a very reasonable candidate after all. Was it my nation's ancient stability? My game suggestions? Vibes???

Absence of further comments, I would like to start work on a collaborative worldbuilding project. I'm thinking of either making a city together or creating a shared regional history. If any of that sounds interesting, feel free to bounce ideas off me here or via telegram.

I plan to spend my first week setting in: you know, learning what all the buttons do, canvassing for opinions, writing "INSERT NEW ECO REPORT HERE" in a new text document, etc.

Thank you all who voted, long live Refugia!

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Falafelandia, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Ansgar, The Ledona, Noweyr

Estebere wrote:Imagine an anime where the main character is in the school orchestra in the last seat. So, they want to get to first seat, and you move up seats not by just showing your better, but by having a ‘duel’ with the person in the next seat up. You literally just try to play a harder song than the other, while demonstrating everything a good musician should have. Does that already exist? If not, could I put it on our regional TV Network? Do we have a regional TV network?

Actually, would any of you presently present think that making a small version of this over here on the RMB, with a post for each episode?

Edit: I'm putting myself in reverse for now because I'm gonna wait until the beginning of the next school year

Tiralta, Falafelandia, Uwuguaya

The Star Enpire wrote:Greetings Refugia! This is The Star Enpire speaking, your incoming Councillor of Culture.

I'm honoured to receive the mandate of the Refugi people on this occasion, and I hope to live up to the expectations you all have of me. First things first: to figure out what that mandate is. To that end, while we are still in this transition period, I would like to invite the public to give their thoughts on why they voted for me. New Atlantic was a very reasonable candidate after all. Was it my nation's ancient stability? My game suggestions? Vibes???

Without further comments, I would like to start working on a collaborative world-building project. I'm thinking of either making a city together or creating a shared regional history. If any of that sounds interesting, please bounce ideas off me here or via telegram.

I plan to spend my first week setting in: you know, learning what all the buttons do, canvassing for opinions, writing "INSERT NEW ECO REPORT HERE" in a new text document, etc.

Thank you all who voted, Long live Refugia!

The collaborative worldbuilding project sounds fantastic and I would love to help however I can. Also, congrats on becoming Councillor of Culture

The Star Enpire, Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Araine, Liphia, Aephony, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Uwuguaya, The Ledona

[spoiler=Star Enpire’s councillorship]

The Star Enpire wrote:Greetings Refugia! This is The Star Enpire speaking, your incoming Councillor of Culture.

I'm honored to receive the mandate of the Refugi people on this occasion, and I hope to live up to the expectations you all have of me. First things first: to figure out what that mandate is. To that end, while we are still in this transition period, I would like to invite the public to give their thoughts on why they voted for me. New Atlantic was a very reasonable candidate after all. Was it my nation's ancient stability? My game suggestions? Vibes???

Absence of further comments, I would like to start work on a collaborative worldbuilding project. I'm thinking of either making a city together or creating a shared regional history. If any of that sounds interesting, feel free to bounce ideas off me here or via telegram.

I plan to spend my first week setting in: you know, learning what all the buttons do, canvassing for opinions, writing "INSERT NEW ECO REPORT HERE" in a new text document, etc.

Thank you all who voted, long live Refugia!

[/spoiler]

Congratulations on getting elected!-I wish you a fruitful time in office.

The Star Enpire, Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Ansgar, Thingessness, The Ledona

Good morning Refugia! If you don't know me, I'm Falafelandia, known on the Discord as falafel, and I am your incoming Councilor of Operations!

I look forward to a good term working with you. In case you don't know, the Councilor of Operations, or Ops Councilor, has the job of keeping the region safe. Whether it's fighting off nukes, zombies, or spammers, my job is to make sure they never come and get rid of them when they do. If you want to know more, check out this handy-dandy (WIP) dispatch.

However, I can't always being monitoring the state of our region's security. So the Ops Councilor appoints Wards. The job of these Wards is to monitor, and protect, the region when I am offline or asleep. I am going to need some.

A Ward has a big responsibility. They are given Border Control powers, one of the most potent powers. These must be nations with which I can trust, and that will diligently do their job.

If you would like to be a ward, please message me both via NationStates Telegrams and Discord DM-you must do both to prove that you have control over game mechanics and are easily accessible via Discord-with the following information:

1. Your Discord username, with the discriminator (the little numbers at the end). Again, having Discord is a must.

2. Your NationStates nation. Pretty easy to see why we should need this: to give you regional control powers for one.

3. Your experience in gameplay/gameside mechanics. You will need to know the basics of NationStates. Tell me what you've done in the past. Raided, defended, partaken in an event? All of this is useful information.

4. Your experience in moderation. What have you done in the past when it comes to moderating? Fixed vandalism? Studied common hate symbols? Moderated a community? This is vital information on how you will recognize a rule breaker.

5. Why I should trust you. With great power comes great responsibility. Show me how you have the responsibility to manage the power.

6. What would set you apart from other candidates. Experience? Responsibility? Time? Prove to me how you would be the best Ward out there.

7. Your timezone and the hours you are available. Your main job will be to monitor the region when I am offline or asleep. So it's best to be active in those hours.

Thank you all for your support! All you Refugi can be really great, and I want for us all to have a great region together!

Signing out,

Falafelandia

The Star Enpire, Delta Vega Iv, Poquaoi, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Almander, Thingessness, The Ledona, Noweyr

helo

Jazur, Estebere, Thingessness, Noweyr

hello!

Jazur, Estebere

Hello!

Jazur, Uwuguaya, Thingessness

Greetings Refugia.

As you may know, I will be serving as acting World Assembly Affairs Councillor for this term or until an adequate Councillor can be appointed (RRS 13(h)). This is a role that I have not served in previously for Refugia, although not one I am a stranger to elsewhere. I am a six-time World Assembly author, and former Deputy Minister of World Assembly Affairs for The East Pacific under two delegates, which placed that region on the roadmap of political substance in the WA during the eight months I oversaw it. I intend to run WAA in Refugia similarly to how I did so there.

In this, I will post about votes that will be upcoming, and giving my preliminary thoughts on them. I invite people to tell me what they think, too, with their unique perspectives and maybe seeing things that I've overlooked or haven't considered. At the end of whatever discussions have happened (or haven't), I will consolidate the opinion into a formal recommendation dispatch, and that will be the position of World Assembly Affairs, posted at the start of the vote or slightly before.

Since the current GA resolution is already at vote, it is too late to have adequate time to discuss it and so I am just posting that recommendation now. Witness its finery: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1887811

I will be posting about the upcoming GA resolution probably tomorrow when I have more energy for it.

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Poquaoi, Typica, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Jazur, Tidelia, Uwuguaya, Ethierys, The Ledona

Tiralta wrote:Ah yeah, that was an idea from Lovoreus Magnus but I think he's a little snowed under with school stuff to run it this year now.

Understandable, thanks for letting me know!

Jazur

Falafel a few countries in our region have been dying off lately. Is this neglect or some game mechanic that we should look out for?

Any chance of "What to do in the event of..." leaflets? I can't be the only rookie, growing a young state, that has never seen "combat".

Talmon, Uwuguaya

greetings people! this is an alt account for Silliy using my personal Email! it's been 24 days since the last post of the school account, and I still can't switch to my school Email. so enjoy the more chaotic version of Silliy :)

Araine, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Thingessness, The Ledona

currently sending telegrams back and forth to The United Socialist States of Reapertorium (he most likely wants to send me to level 611 of the backrooms)

update: he'll actually send me to a more infinite version of level 0.95 of the backrooms

Uwuguaya

Bohemia-Utopia wrote:Falafel a few countries in our region have been dying off lately. Is this neglect or some game mechanic that we should look out for?

Not Falafel, but the unfortunate destruction of these countries is through a mechanic in which if you’re inactive for thirty days, your nation goes kaploey! You can set it to vacation mode to have it live for up to 60 days.

Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Bohemia-Utopia

Estebere wrote:Not Falafel, but the unfortunate destruction of these countries is through a mechanic in which if you’re inactive for thirty days, your nation goes kaploey! You can set it to vacation mode to have it live for up to 60 days.

crap

my original account might not make it then

Uwuguaya

Sillee wrote:crap

my original account might not make it then

you can still revive it for up to 5 years

Uwuguaya, Sillee

New Atlantic wrote:you can still revive it for up to 5 years

nice

Uwuguaya

Bohemia-Utopia wrote:Falafel a few countries in our region have been dying off lately. Is this neglect or some game mechanic that we should look out for?

If you don't sign in for 28 days (or 60 days if your nation is on vacation mode) it automatically deletes. You can revive them, however, for up to 5 years.

Bohemia-Utopia wrote:Any chance of "What to do in the event of..." leaflets? I can't be the only rookie, growing a young state, that has never seen "combat".
There's no "war mechanic" on NationStates, but yes, I will make some "How Does".

The Star Enpire, Typica, Araine, Talmon, Jazur, Bohemia-Utopia

Dismissed Sylh Alanor and Chacapoya and appointed Araine as Wards on advice from the Councillor of Operations.

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Thingessness, The Ledona

Would anyone like a burr leaf wrap?

Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur

Hello again, I'd like to get a conversation going about the GA proposal, Convention on Law Enforcement for Heinous Crimes. Having given the proposal a read-through, my first tired thoughts are how this takes some pretty bold and new leaps into pro-cop legislation for the World Assembly.

Clause 1 charts authority over individuals charged or convicted of a war crime, a crime against peace, or a crime against humanity. It may be a non-issue since it doesn't seem to appear but in passing in a single extant GA resolution, but it's unclear to me (and possibly the WA) what exactly a "crime against peace" is. Is punching a fascist in the face a crime against peace? It's certainly not peace, and I presume in some places might be considered assault. But I suspect I could certainly be *charged* for a crime against peace *at any level of government*, regardless of that charge's validity, and the text of this resolution would come into play.

Clause 4 establishes the Space Police[sup]TM[/sup] committee, a comity committee if you will, which can be tasked with showing up at your house with guns to take you to space prison when requested to do so for the purposes of this resolution, with explicitly open-ended optimism that they will be able to do so for more reasons in the future. The ability to even propose this is the one an only casualty of repealing the plagiarised GAR#2, expected, and still disappointing to see in action.

The Star Enpire, Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Scandinavia And Colorado, A Million Dreams, Falafelandia, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Irimara, The Ledona

Hello! I hope everyone is having a lovely day :)

Chacapoya, Scandinavia And Colorado, A Million Dreams, Uwuguaya

Refuge Isle wrote:Dismissed Sylh Alanor and Chacapoya and appointed Araine as Wards on advice from the Councillor of Operations.

Good luck to Araine in their tenure as Ward!

Refuge Isle wrote:Hello again, I'd like to get a conversation going about the GA proposal, Convention on Law Enforcement for Heinous Crimes. Having given the proposal a read-through, my first tired thoughts are how this takes some pretty bold and new leaps into pro-cop legislation for the World Assembly.

Hard against. Just. Nothing salvageable, and the idea of creating an armed task force for the WA is laughably authoritarian.

Estebere wrote:Would anyone like a burr leaf wrap?

Sounds delicious!

Googles.

Less delicious.

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Falafelandia, Uwuguaya

Refuge Isle wrote:Hello again, I'd like to get a conversation going about the GA proposal, Convention on Law Enforcement for Heinous Crimes. Having given the proposal a read-through, my first tired thoughts are how this takes some pretty bold and new leaps into pro-cop legislation for the World Assembly.

Clause 1 charts authority over individuals charged or convicted of a war crime, a crime against peace, or a crime against humanity. It may be a non-issue since it doesn't seem to appear but in passing in a single extant GA resolution, but it's unclear to me (and possibly the WA) what exactly a "crime against peace" is. Is punching a fascist in the face a crime against peace? It's certainly not peace, and I presume in some places might be considered assault. But I suspect I could certainly be *charged* for a crime against peace *at any level of government*, regardless of that charge's validity, and the text of this resolution would come into play.

Clause 4 establishes the Space Police[sup]TM[/sup] committee, a comity committee if you will, which can be tasked with showing up at your house with guns to take you to space prison when requested to do so for the purposes of this resolution, with explicitly open-ended optimism that they will be able to do so for more reasons in the future. The ability to even propose this is the one an only casualty of repealing the plagiarised GAR#2, expected, and still disappointing to see in action.

I'm against this as well. Armed guards knocking on doors and snatching people up in the night with black bags is going too far, and that's ironic considering Irimara is a dictatorship. It also doesn't state at all what a crime against humanity is. One person eating chicken in Waywards Edge might be normal there, but could be a crime against society in Chacapoya.

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Araine, Scandinavia And Colorado, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Ethierys, The Ledona

Chacapoya wrote:Sounds delicious!

Googles.

Less delicious.

If you want I've also made park salad, I'm sure it'll seem better than my burr wraps.

It's made of bark, leaves, and flowers

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Araine, Scandinavia And Colorado, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Jazur, Uwuguaya

Estebere wrote:If you want I've also made park salad, I'm sure it'll seem better than my burr wraps.

It's made of bark, leaves, and flowers

ooooh yeah now that. that'll hit the spot

Araine, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Jazur, Uwuguaya

[spoiler=RRS 3 notice of nation banjected via RRS 2(c): Undisclosed sleeper, returned to Refugia after ejection.]

1 minute ago: [nation]Neu Bolanden[/nation] relocated from Refugia to The Rejected Realms.

1 minute ago: [nation]Neu Bolanden[/nation] was ejected and banned from Refugia by [nation=long]Falafelandia[/nation].[/spoiler]

Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, A Million Dreams

Irimara, Estebere, and Waywards Edge, I'm trying to patch up my Wiki page for my nation, any idea what we should call the ocean to our west?

The Star Enpire, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Estebere, Uwuguaya

New Atlantic wrote:you can still revive it for up to 5 years

Wasn’t it up to 8 years at some point?

Slaggstone Bruntt wrote:Irimara, Estebere, and Waywards Edge, I'm trying to patch up my Wiki page for my nation, any idea what we should call the ocean to our west?

I know I wasn’t asked but I will call it the Océano Grande Oriental (Great Eastern Ocean) cause it’s east from Uwuguaya.

Edit:

Wait, wrong person or rather wrong ocean. That’s the Northern Ocean, which includes the Waywardian Straights and the Irimaran Sea.

Jazur

Chacapoya appointed as Ward on advice from the Councillor of Operations.

Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Falafelandia, Jazur, Tidelia, Uwuguaya, The Ledona

Uwuguaya wrote:Wasn’t it up to 8 years at some point?

You can revive a nation indefinitely as long as it hasn't been refounded by someone else. However, a nation can be refounded after five years if it is below 1Bn population, and never did anything noteworthy.

Chacapoya, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Uwuguaya, The Ledona

Tidelia wrote:Huge shoutout to whale sharks for being the largest fish alive right now. Thanks fellas

How would everyone enjoy a daily (or somewhat daily) fish/marine animal shoutout?

It's been about 2 weeks since I mentioned this, but hey; why not start now?

Today's, and the FIRST marine animal shoutout goes out to the Magnapinna squid, also known as the Bigfin squid! A very mysterious squid, of which only has a few recordings to its name. So far we're not even entirely sure how it feeds- but scientists have speculated that it's probably something related to their very, VERY long tentacles. Thanks fellas

The Star Enpire, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Uwuguaya, The Ledona

Slaggstone Bruntt wrote:idea what we should call the ocean to our west?

I think we could call it the Rainbow Sea because of how Waywardia called their expansion area the Strait of Colours.

Chacapoya wrote:ooooh yeah now that. that'll hit the spot

One park salad coming right up!

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Araine, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Slaggstone Bruntt, Uwuguaya

Sarcasm isn't dead, but Chacapoya might be if they feel socially bound to eat that fibre rich salad.

I propose the redundant and incorrect: Peacific Ocean.

Against the space cops in hidden helicopters.

The Star Enpire, Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Falafelandia

Aurovia Channel, with the wider central body, nicknamed the glass sea because it is so clear?

The Star Enpire, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Estebere, Uwuguaya

I think, partially in the spirit of Pride coming up here, that the Rainbow Sea is perfect. :)

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Araine, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, The Merinos, New Atlantic, Ethierys, The Ledona

Alright, based on the above, I will write a recommendation against the upcoming GA vote. Let's give a look at the upcoming SC vote: Commend Ghant.

As many of you know it's generally been Refugia's stance lately to avoid or vote against defender commends, and the Office of World Assembly Affairs maintains that stance. The Office recognises that the SC is largely under occupation from political and voting alliances that seek to force players out of the game and recognise only the aforementioned bloc's political friends. Since commendations to condemnations have been passing 15:1, with the "1" also being part of the occupation, most of my recommendations in the SC will be "against" until the SC again recognises all players.

This stance, I think, should briefly be interrupted for "Commend Ghant", a non-MilGP commendation based on roleplay that has been written over the last ten years. I do not agree with all aspects of the resolution draft -- I don't think that administering a wiki is commendable and, doing that myself, I don't think it's a particular lot of work either -- but the commendation is thorough about Ghant's activities. The draft thread is well-sourced with links to the extensive amount of writing Ghant has done, in lectures, wiki articles, and actual RP content. I personally feel that the candidate passes muster and is well-represented by the text.

Let me know what you think, and I'll have a recommendation out for this, too, in the next day.

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Catiania, Typica, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Ullrani, Thingessness, The Ledona

Refuge Isle wrote:This stance, I think, should briefly be interrupted for "Commend Ghant", a non-MilGP commendation based on roleplay that has been written over the last ten years.

I agree with this, and will be happy to vote for this proposal.

Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Jazur, Uwuguaya, The Ledona

Slaggstone Bruntt wrote:I think, partially in the spirit of Pride coming up here, that the Rainbow Sea is perfect. :)

Speaking of which, how did you make that flag?

Chacapoya, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya

Post self-deleted by Delta Vega Iv.

I am abstaining on the current Commend Reimsgard SC proposal. I no longer find Defenderistic activities worthy (on their own) of Commendation.

Chacapoya, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Uwuguaya

As promised, the Office of World Assembly Affairs issues the following recommendation on the upcoming General Assembly proposal, "Convention on Law Enforcement for Heinous Crimes", slated for vote in eight hours:

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1889182

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Tidelia, The Ledona

[spoiler=Day One]

Tidelia wrote:It's been about 2 weeks since I mentioned this, but hey; why not start now?

Today's, and the FIRST marine animal shoutout goes out to the Magnapinna squid, also known as the Bigfin squid! A very mysterious squid, of which only has a few recordings to its name. So far we're not even entirely sure how it feeds- but scientists have speculated that it's probably something related to their very, VERY long tentacles. Thanks fellas

[/spoiler]

Day 2 incoming! In honor of today (May 31) being World Otter Day, today's marine animal shoutout goes to the Sea otter! Sea otters are a well known example of a keystone species- a species who's presence in an ecosystem is so vital that if they were to be removed, the ecosystem would either suffer massive damage, or even collapse. Sea otters are also one of the few mammal species to use tools- they often use rocks to smash open shells to get the food from inside. Speaking of the rocks; in one of the most adorable animal behaviors of all time, Sea otters have loose skin on their body that functions as a pouch to store food- but also to store a unique rock that is special to them. They have favorite rocks. Incredible. Thanks fellas

It is also worth noting that World Otter Day is celebrated in order to raise awareness of the Sea otter's endangered status. If you have the ability, I would recommend donating to a trusted marine conservation charity to celebrate :)

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Araine, Portmanteau, Minskievian Refugees, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya

Falafelandia wrote:Speaking of which, how did you make that flag?

I use paint.net for image manipulation. My beetle and cart symbol though came from a commission!

Chacapoya, Araine, Liphia, Portmanteau, Jazur, The Merinos, Pterosaur Supremacy

Hello to everyone

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Araine, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Uwuguaya, The Ledona

In order to make another addition to the list of color related water areas, the bay next to Adrad shall now be called the Painted Bay.

Edit: "Say no to young people," -Angry old issues guy

Chacapoya, Araine, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy

Pterosaur Supremacy wrote:Hello to everyone

Hello! You have an excellent nation name, motto, flag!

Chacapoya, Araine, Portmanteau, Falafelandia, Jazur, Ethierys

How does my flag look?

Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Ethierys, Thingessness

Sorry, I may have to resign from WA now...

Falafelandia, Thingessness

The Merinos wrote:How does my flag look?

amazing with all those pride colour stripes in the background.

Chacapoya, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Ethierys

The Merinos wrote:How does my flag look?

Fabulous!!!

Typica, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Thingessness, Pterosaur Supremacy

Happy Pride!

Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, The Merinos, Uwuguaya, Ethierys, Thingessness, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy, Jempuz

Happy pride everyone :D

Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Falafelandia, Jazur, The Merinos, Ethierys, Thingessness, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy

HAPPY PRIDE YALL

Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Falafelandia, Jazur, The Merinos, Ethierys, Thingessness, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy, Jempuz

New flag for pride :)

Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, The Merinos, Ethierys, Thingessness, Pterosaur Supremacy, Jempuz

Happy Pride Month Everyone

Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Falafelandia, Jazur, Ethierys, Thingessness, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy, Jempuz

Happy pride month! <3

Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Falafelandia, Jazur, Ethierys, Thingessness, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy, Jempuz

Happy Pride Month

Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Falafelandia, Jazur, Ethierys, Thingessness, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy, Jempuz

If your flag doesn't have at least ten different colored stripes this month, your flag doesn't have enough stripes.

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, The Merinos, Ethierys, Boxiia, Thingessness, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy

Slaggstone Bruntt wrote:If your flag doesn't have at least ten different colored stripes this month, your flag doesn't have enough stripes.

I have fifteen different stripes.

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, The Merinos, Slaggstone Bruntt, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy

It's pride month!

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, The Merinos, Ethierys, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy

Happy pride month folks

Chacapoya, Typica, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Falafelandia, Jazur, The Merinos, Ethierys, Boxiia, The Ledona

Happy to provide this month's update to the Regions by World Assembly member dispatch. Here, we see the slow creep of summer start to peel off various regions' populations, as well as The South Pacific's fall from four-digit delegate votes, perhaps for the last time This would be in large part due to the launch of Frontiers (which reduced pacific spawn rates by 50%).

Also, since I have formally suggested that this dispatch's utility be added to the core game mechanics by way of a regional WA member stat, and since it looks like that suggestion was accepted, with luck this will be the last or soon-to-be-last time I will need to update this report.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1479891

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Boxiia, The Ledona

Happy Pride Month Everyone!

Slaggstone Bruntt wrote:If your flag doesn't have at least ten different colored stripes this month, your flag doesn't have enough stripes.

Is this enough stripes ?

Also, what do you think of my flag?

Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Jazur, Slaggstone Bruntt, Ethierys, Boxiia, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy

Post by Cirnos Perfect Marine Biologi Class suppressed by a moderator.

[nation=long]Tiralta[/nation] is my favorite pretitle yet.

Happy Pride, all :)

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, Tidelia, Ethierys, Boxiia, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy

Portmanteau wrote:[nation=long]Tiralta[/nation] is my favorite pretitle yet.

Happy Pride, all :)

Thank you! <3

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Liphia, Istastioner, Jazur, Tidelia, Boxiia, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy

[spoiler=Day Two]

Tidelia wrote:Day 2 incoming! In honor of today (May 31) being World Otter Day, today's marine animal shoutout goes to the Sea otter! Sea otters are a well known example of a keystone species- a species who's presence in an ecosystem is so vital that if they were to be removed, the ecosystem would either suffer massive damage, or even collapse. Sea otters are also one of the few mammal species to use tools- they often use rocks to smash open shells to get the food from inside. Speaking of the rocks; in one of the most adorable animal behaviors of all time, Sea otters have loose skin on their body that functions as a pouch to store food- but also to store a unique rock that is special to them. They have favorite rocks. Incredible. Thanks fellas

It is also worth noting that World Otter Day is celebrated in order to raise awareness of the Sea otter's endangered status. If you have the ability, I would recommend donating to a trusted marine conservation charity to celebrate :)

[/spoiler]

Hear ye, hear ye! It's day 3 of marine animal shoutouts, and today's goes to the Snailfish! Snailfish are a very broad family of fishes, with incredible diversity in looks, location, and depth. This year, a snailfish broke the record for the deepest fish ever recorded, at a depth of 8,336 meters in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench! Thanks fellas

And a happy pride month to everyone! <3

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Liphia, Tovenia, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Boxiia, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy

Istastioner wrote:Happy Pride Month Everyone!

Is this enough stripes ?

That's a very good amount of stripes.

Chacapoya, Liphia, Tiralta, Jazur, Boxiia, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy

Looks like the RMB machine was set to maximum today

Chacapoya, Liphia, Tiralta, Jazur, Boxiia, Pterosaur Supremacy

There are some high value bargains for sale in the market "common" value Ex-nation cards valued 2.00 - 8.00 all going for 1.58 or less in twenty minutes. I lack the funds to boost my collection, but if you have, this is a great chance.

In my defence on pride, my flag includes fisting.

Jazur, Boxiia, Pterosaur Supremacy

My recreational drug use rate has gone down by 0.02%. This is truly a national travesty

Typica, Falafelandia, Jazur

Pterosaur Supremacy wrote:My recreational drug use rate has gone down by 0.02%. This is truly a national travesty

Have you tried policies that increase free time or students?

Falafelandia, Jazur, Pterosaur Supremacy

Bohemia-Utopia wrote:Have you tried policies that increase free time or students?

Thx I'll be sure to look out for things like that for any upcoming issues

Falafelandia, Jazur

Some people, especially newer folks or those who weren't in our Discord when I first brought this up, may have been wondering about the reasons for a shift in regional votes when it comes to Security Council nominations.

I urge and encourage everyone to vote according to their own feelings in all World Assembly matters. But the reasons for my current individual stance that I will not vote for R/D commendations until there is change are laid out here.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1889631

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Falafelandia, Jazur, Slaggstone Bruntt, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy

Slaggstone Bruntt wrote:If your flag doesn't have at least ten different coloured stripes this month, your flag doesn't have enough stripes.

welp, guess I should find some good changes for the flag...

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Falafelandia, Pterosaur Supremacy

My annual Pride-Month Post

Yesterday there was a Pride Parade in my city. This year, I felt that even though I do not attend such parades myself (for personal reasons), someone else was representing me and people like me. He is a great-grandson of one of the greatest Rabbis in Israel, Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef O.B.M., and he himself is a religious public figure and educator. He said he is joining the parade to promote tolerance and understanding. I sent him a few words of support via a local political organisation he seems to be affiliated with and I hope he receives it.

Happy Pride Month!

The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Istastioner, Falafelandia, Jazur, The Merinos, Uwuguaya, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy

im not allow to go discord

Falafelandia

Delta Vega Iv wrote:My annual Pride-Month Post

Yesterday there was a Pride Parade in my city. This year, I felt that even though I do not attend such parades myself (for personal reasons), someone else was representing me and people like me. He is a great-grandson of one of the greatest Rabbis in Israel, Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef O.B.M., and he himself is a religious public figure and educator. He said he is joining the parade to promote tolerance and understanding. I sent him a few words of support via a local political organisation he seems to be affiliated with and I hope he receives it.

Happy Pride Month!

I love progressive rabbis

United Bes wrote:im not allow to go discord

The RMB is still pretty active, glad to have you hear.

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur, Boxiia, The Ledona, Pterosaur Supremacy

you thought I was dead, but I got a password change! Silliy is back and, still good as ever! well aside from the flag not being the original flag, Silliy is back!

Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Falafelandia, Jazur, The Merinos, Estebere, Uwuguaya, Pterosaur Supremacy

Advanced Orchestra is supposed to be for the kids in (Soon to be grade above), but it's entirely dominated by the Grade soon to be mine.

Araine, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Silliy, Pterosaur Supremacy

just got to name my capitol city, feeling good :D

Delta Vega Iv, Araine, Jazur, Pterosaur Supremacy

Post self-deleted by Capitalist Empire Of Plushieland.

Post by Capitalist Empire Of Plushieland suppressed by Falafelandia.

Capitalist Empire Of Plushieland

Capitalist Empire Of Plushieland wrote:In my opinion trans people are just wrong morally and socially.

Now that is just a belief.

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