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Region: Refugia
I need helps
Slovansko
please
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Chacapoya
Don't panic, just take more time reading the issues and pick answers that don't enslave your people lol
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Powesaria, Eldri, Innamorta, Slovansko
ok
OOF I wish you luck in your quest for existence.
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Rupika, Tiralta, Powesaria
How do I put images in the fact book?
Tiralta
[img]image link goes here[/img]
This messed me up when I started with BBcode too, is this a universal experience?
Tiralta, Eldri, Planet Corellia
Hi, fellow country leaders! How do I increase the population of my state?
Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, Innamorta
it just increases over time
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta
Thanks!
Typica, Sylh Alanor, St Leone
Ooh, another Ancom confederacy ?
Btw guys please make sure that the ballot is correct: https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=49196966
If I missed someone's candidacy declaration, please poke me and show me that I missed it
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta
Karcovshkie
every day you gain more pop if thats what your asking
Tiralta, Slovansko
Oh yeah thank you!
Karcovshkie
np
Slovansko
Caffeine Stream News Network
hello, there and good afternoon world this is the CSNN, im Bell Tampson with my assistant Davison Buchanan, today marks the next presidential election! Kamarov Billards will be running again but due to current events, Governor pickmen of the Demo-Monarchist party has taken the Internet by storm by being the first artificial intelligence being to be governor of one of the 35 states in Rupika and his massive trust-busting of banana growers.
Davison Buchanan: moving onto international affairs, the elections for the regional board is happening are closing fast, a few states have already said they will be running, for a few spots on the board, while a few days ago the floofy controversy happened were they been booted out of refugia, for reasons we will not be bringing up on this manner, stay tuned for the report of the newest new song taking Rupika by storm, license to drive after these messages
Portmanteau
Yep, that's the idea
Innamorta
Im ancom too
Alderburg
hi skinnies
Respunim
Love the name
Tightbussy
We legalized weed for the funny
Slovansko, Mare Stellarum
Hello fellow nations, it is an honour to have been invited to join this Refugia.
Helo gyd-genhedloedd, mae'n anrhydedd cael gwahoddiad i ymuno â'r Refugia hwn.
Chacapoya, Araine, Tiralta, Porthosia, Cameroonia, Respunim
Post self-deleted by Eldri.
Welcome!
Unrelated, but Welsh is such an intimidating language. Ive spent approximately a year of my life in Wales (not consecutively) and yet I only know around three dozen words and the fact that two Ds makes a TH sound. I admire anyone who can speak it fluently.
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Tovenia, Tiralta, Powesaria, The Welsh Peoples Assembly
The Dd (which is a singular letter) makes more of a prolonged v sound than a th, but the letter Ll is the one that catches most speakers out. The language has sadly died after the English colonisation, which is why as a nation, we are pushing to make it the first language of the majority of citizens once again.
Mae'r Dd (sef llythyren unigol) yn gwneud mwy o sain v hirfaith nag a th, ond y llythyren Ll yw'r un sy'n dal y rhan fwyaf o siaradwyr allan. Yn anffodus mae'r iaith wedi marw ar ôl gwladychu Lloegr, a dyna pam yr ydym fel cenedl yn gwthio i'w gwneud yn iaith gyntaf i'r mwyafrif o ddinasyddion unwaith eto.
Araine, Porthosia, Powesaria
Thanks! I think I know how to pronounce Ll, but Im probably wrong.
The Welsh Peoples Assembly
Its the hardest to explain in English letters because its so unique. Its kinda like an L with a lisp haha
Dyma'r un anoddaf i'w esbonio mewn llythyrau Saesneg oherwydd ei fod mor unigryw. Mae ei kinda fel L gyda lisp haha
Typica, Araine, Porthosia
Hey all! I'm still confused a little with the Election stuffs, but I would like to express interest in the seat "Councillor of Operations"
Accepted. Do you, uh, have a campaign or...
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta
yoo what's up it's the official university of British Columbia ask me anything
Sylh Alanor, Araine
Hello UBC, what are your feelings about the University of Victoria?
Lethodus, Typica, Araine
Campaign?
ok..??
Please vote me in? idk really. whatevers, I'm not very good at this.
:(
Polushia, Lovoreus Magnus, Antimai, Niphosirus
uhh they're okay I guess
Typica
Follow-up question, UBC official account. Do you think it's cooler to live on an island than to not live on an island?
cooler? yes. but I prefer being on the mainland because if all goes to hell, i have an easier time getting out
Niphosirus
I accept you, we are province buddies.
Typica
https://i.imgur.com/NPUjmM3.png
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Planet Corellia
India!
disposable income of 15k, with average income of 62k
am pro
[spoiler=quotey wotey UWU]
Hello! Are you new to NationStates?
One of only two nations with pink on its flag...
1. I could make you a flag if you want, although my resources are limited.
2. As to what you should do, that's entirely up to you. Good idea on joining the WA (World Assembly) and I would propose writing some nice factbooks to flesh out your nation's lore.
Grand Duchy?
I'll say the same I said to everyone. Join the WA, make dispatches, personalise your nation, and above all: have fun.
Well, considering your nation name, not sure if it's that unrealistic...
Oh yeah. I kept using links that didn't work.
Hello there...
Hehe
My main has income of over 100k. Only about 30k disposable.[/spoiler]
Typica
It's so nice to have you all here! Theres a lot of great information in the welcome telegram youve already received, but I have a few things that might help settling into the region easier. Refugia is part of a larger community named Calamity Refuge, or CalRef. We have a discord here: https://calref.network/chat/ and a forum here: https://calref.cc/index.php. Links for both are in the region description box at the top of this page. We host game nights and movie nights from the discord server from time to time. On the forum we have RPs and spam games (not really related to NS). If you want a place to just chill and talk to friendly people, those are great spaces for that.
If you haven't already done so, please consider joining the World Assembly and endorsing the delegate (that's me!). Click the link to learn more information on what that means and how to do it. If you join the World Assembly, you can endorse as many other nations in the region as you want, and get endorsed in return. You'll also become a Refugia Member State, which means you can vote in our elections and get a spot on our map of Refugia!
If you have any questions, please let us know. Everyone here is really friendly- I think weve only ever had one fatality from an introduction. If you prefer to read something pre-written over asking, however, check out this dispatch: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1449847
Finally, if you are an alt nation (which just means if the nation tagged in this welcome message is not your main nation on NationStates), it is required by regional law for you to report your main nation and intentions in Refugia to the Operations Councillor (that's also me!). Thanks so much.
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Ullrani
Basque Country, Spain
Swedesttanossa
Basque wants to leave you...right?
BTW, I've written a dispatch yesterday on the reasons which lead to the increasing of our environment.
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1774153
Typica, Tiralta
did i hear victoria two- oh
It's lovely to see a Welsh speaker, bore da!
(I'm Irish so I know that and diolch and that's it 😅)
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Aephony, Porthosia
Yep, some part of the basque people wants to leave Spain, but nowadays other separatist movements have more support, like catalan nationalism
Tiralta, Planet Corellia
No, Victoria two is Australia. We are plainly Victoria one.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Tiralta
New Sources suggest WESLR has established a new combat system, the air force is first to undergo this change.
St Leone
Alright everybody, this is the current ballot as things stand right now.
Today is the last day to announce your candidacy for the election if running for office was a thing you wanted to do.
Honeydewistania, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, St Leone, Tiralta
Hi! I'm new...
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Felzus, Tiralta, Funf, Shirezurtheistratsia
Welcome!
Typica, Araine, Tiralta
Thank you!
Sylh Alanor
Hi new... I'm Moon.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Portmanteau, Tiralta
Hey guys, quick question is this flag okay? Its combining the anarcho-pacifism falg with the flag of Makhnovshchina a former anarchist "countrie". The text means "Power breeds parasites. Long live anarchy!"
If its not okay i'll change it back to some existing countrie.
Portmanteau, St Leone, Tiralta, Swedesttanossa, Innamorta, Democratic Hitton, Neo-Alba
Welcome!
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta, Macikistan
Hello everyone! I am new, slowly getting the hang of it all. I hope you are all having a wonderful day.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Erie-Arcadia Of Wombats, Tiralta, Macikistan
Welcome to you as well!
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Shirezurtheistratsia, Macikistan
I think it's very unique ^^
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Portmanteau, Aephony, Tiralta, Wollknaeull, Neo-Alba
Welcome to the new nations in the RMB who has introduced themselves, and every other new nation that has found its way here.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Portmanteau, Aephony, Tiralta, Rejakhta, Ullrani, Wollknaeull, Neo-Alba
That's an awesome flag
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Wollknaeull
It looks beautiful !
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Wollknaeull
Post self-deleted by Gukistan.
Welcome!
Sylh Alanor, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Shirezurtheistratsia
Welcome welcome welcome new friends! And hello also to older friends <3
I hope your days are going well. ^.^
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Liphia, Ullrani, Lovoreus Magnus, Planet Corellia, Wollknaeull, Shirezurtheistratsia
Heyyy
Sylh Alanor, Planet Corellia
It's so nice to have you all here! Theres a lot of great information in the welcome telegram youve already received, but I have a few things that might help settling into the region easier. Refugia is part of a larger community named Calamity Refuge, or CalRef. We have a discord here: https://calref.network/chat/ and a forum here: https://calref.cc/index.php. Links for both are in the region description box at the top of this page. We host game nights and movie nights from the discord server from time to time. On the forum we have RPs and spam games (not really related to NS). If you want a place to just chill and talk to friendly people, those are great spaces for that.
If you haven't already done so, please consider joining the World Assembly and endorsing the delegate (that's me!). Click the link to learn more information on what that means and how to do it. If you join the World Assembly, you can endorse as many other nations in the region as you want, and get endorsed in return. You'll also become a Refugia Member State, which means you can vote in our elections and get a spot on our map of Refugia!
If you have any questions, please let us know. Everyone here is really friendly- I think weve only ever had one fatality from an introduction. If you prefer to read something pre-written over asking, however, check out this dispatch: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1449847
Finally, if you are an alt nation (which just means if the nation tagged in this welcome message is not your main nation on NationStates), it is required by regional law for you to report your main nation and intentions in Refugia to the Operations Councillor (that's also me!). Thanks so much.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Erie-Arcadia Of Wombats, Tiralta
km confused what do we do here
Slovansko
a fellow wyomingite. odd. but howdy!
Aephony
Would anyone be able to explain some of the basics of this website/direct me to something like a tutorial? Ty
Araine, Liphia, Lac Champlain, Aephony, Tiralta
Yeah sure!
I see you already endorsed the Delegate, which is good. Now you can trade endorsements and increase your influence! If you have a Discord you can join us there, we have cool tools to help with NS stuff :D
Otherwise you can vote in the WA and answer issues to improve your stats, that's what most people start with. Welcome to Refugia!
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, St Leone, Aephony, Tiralta
Hey guys!
How is everyone?
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta, Respunim
Yeah same.
School is exhausting!
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta, Lovoreus Magnus, Edvard
I'm doing okay, glad it's the weekend though! How are you?
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Lovoreus Magnus, Slovansko, Fadnesia
Lmao we're on holiday. Today there was no school and same on Wednesday
Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, Fadnesia
I cant even keep track of the days anymore, they all blend together. I had no idea it was even Friday lol
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Emascidonija
so... no Vicotria two by paradox games? * crys in digital *
Araine, Tiralta, Emascidonija
Alright, apologies for another REALLY late set of discussion posts. Short to say I had an Anatomy test yesterday, then fell asleep, then wanted to see my uni's homecoming parade, and then got distracted by watching Mr. Monk.
So yeah, apologies x.x - but here's posts for the stuff in the WA!
First one to bat - Ship Recycling And Breaking Protocols. Thread? Here!
[spoiler=GA discussion]The proposal starts off by defining a few basic terms before giving new duties to the WA Nautical Commission (a committee established in [resolution=GA#168]GA#168[/resolution]). Some of these duties include creating regulations on ship disposal, establishing requirements for vessels to maintain insurance, and creating templates of recycling procedures ship recycling yards can utilize - amongst other things. It then requires those same ship recycling yards to create a set of recycling procedures based on the Commission's templates and to utilize said plans. The rest of the resolution focuses on how WA members should deal with non-WA member states in terms of ship recycling.
In my opinion, I think the resolution seems sensible and fair. It does make sense to have a resolution regulating ship breaking, and giving most of the work to a committee is probably the best way to do it. And in any case, I can't find any technical faults with the resolution itself, besides one.
The weird thing that gives me pause is that clause 2b seems to establish a database for all kinds of research and technologies, not just those focused on ship-breaking. It kinda feels like a way-too-broad mandate, probably one made by accident. And thus, I'm not really sure whether we should ignore this or vote against because of this or if I'm being just pedantic.
So I do know this is pretty much too late to have any effect on the vote, but still for the sake of discussion - what do y'all think about that?
I know this was an example discussion post per Honey's request, and I do think it's quite well-reasoned, but I wish to take your invitation xDI disagree, primarily for one reason - the WA has, by convention, an assumption that all committees work absolutely perfectly ('cuz if they didn't, then the WA just couldn't function). So it probably doesn't matter what kind of hazardous materials are being hauled, as the committee presumably would have an answer to that. The committee will also probably have regulations on disposing hazardous waste.
But yeah, I love your analysis a lot. It's well-written - I just disagree with your reasoning.[/spoiler]
Second to the plate! (IDK, idk baseball twt) - On The Supremacy Of Potato - thread here!
[spoiler=SC discussion]The resolution essentially starts off by defining potatoes, then it delves into mentioning the Potato Alliance and how it would spread potatoes to everyone via nuclear missiles. It is then mentioned that in the recent April Fool's event, potatoes were the only food commodity available for trading. The fact that an issue on potato exists is also mentioned alongside the existence of 537 potato-related cards. Due to these facts, the resolution thus declares potato as the official food of the World Assembly.
I give my full support. It's a funny proposal, potatoes are superior, blessed declaration.
I therefore wholly recommend voting FOR On The Supremacy Of The Potato. What are y'alls thoughts on this resolution?[/spoiler]
Chacapoya, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Rejakhta
fall break, feeling good!
Cheesy Tots, Araine, Tiralta, Respunim
Sorry for the late reply, but same. I have a week off in two weeks
Araine, Tiralta, Slovansko
Youre soooo lucky youre on break already. I have two weeks and then half term.
Tiralta
Hello people, im new here, nice to be here
Araine, Tiralta, Swedesttanossa, Respunim
Hiii!
Tiralta, Bergamasco
Welcome to Refugia! :D
Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Respunim
Off topic but does anyone have advice on how to tell people at school or work something about your identity that will make you feel more comfortable?
Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Tiralta
The general consensus in the GA board seems to be that the WA isnt really for silly stuff, and theres a draft to repeal the pillow resolution for that reason that has quite a bit of support.
I admit Im still a lot newer to the WA than a lot of other people, but I feel like theres plenty of room in the SC for less serious proposals. The GA gives off more serious international law vibes than the SC and I dont see a problem with having some fun with it. I also like potatoes. So this has my full support as well.
Cheesy Tots, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta
But also, I came back from my relative's house yesterday, and I'm so excited to go to school! I'll meet with my friends, some new friends, and we'll study together! It's like better than home, but I'm not saying that home isn't the best. Also, my MidTerm exams have just ended, that's why it's even more relaxing that no more exams for the next month! Or it was like Weekly-2 starting just a week after Weekly-1, and Midterm two weeks after Weekly-2. Very exhausting and very hectic.
You know, the legislation is funny, but it's also defining the gaining importance of Potato in our daily lives. In India, almost every dish consists of Potato! So, that's why, I voted FOR this legislation.
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Lovoreus Magnus
Mine is starting from 11th of October, but the holidays aren't far! Just two months!
You Irish? You're already living in my dream country. As already told, Ireland is a country having all of its land as Countryside, and...I love it! I wanted to live in a place where I could do my work and a lot of gardening.
If that's not possible, I would like to either go to Canada or Iceland, because Canada is nice and beautiful, and Iceland is...is...umm...beautiful and...umm...cost free! Why not US? You know, it's kind of boring. The same line - Freedom and Guns, I don't like it. Why guns...when everything can be solved just by talking! Also, I really think about the development of some of the US States like Nebraska, Wyoming or in some cases, Texas. The population is like 330 million...and it's very much. Currently, I'm living with like 1.2 billion people, and that's very exhausting. So many people are the main points of poverty, homelessness and no education, because there are more people, but there are less schools, less colleges and less universities. Also, the main religion, Hinduism, is kind of mind blowing. So many superstitions, so many wrong beliefs and so many stereotypes...that's why I don't follow Hinduism.
But, it's always not that, India is also good for so many reasons I can't even count, different people, different cultures, different languages, different food, various diplomatic relations, booming economy...and many more! So, that's why, I want to fully enjoy and discover India before moving to Ireland or Canada or Iceland...
Typica, Tiralta
Oklahoma, USA.
Tiralta, Antimai
I'm so incredibly sorry.
Tiralta, Powesaria, Antimai, Respunim
how come like a third of Refugia's population is now like 5-50 million population nations recently?
why is there a sudden rise in the amount of players creating accounts in ns?
btw i dont do social media
pls help me
Ayo...umm...who's the...who's the Councilor...or Secretary of Recruitment?
Honestly, the reason I found out about this site was because of a tiktok video that talked a bit about it. It's possible that's the case with others as well?
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Tiralta, New Equanimia, Innamorta
Like Weirtopia said, there was a Tiktok video about NS that got a lot of views, and that led to a giant spike in nations founding.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Tiralta, New Equanimia, Innamorta
Recruitment in Refugia is done by a team of volunteers in our Discord server. Lately, that team is composed of myself, Sylh Alanor, Chacapoya, and Tiralta
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Weirtopia
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