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Region: Refugia
Almost 1/2 of my people are dying from heart disease!
Portmanteau, Ditwesbourg
48% of my people die of cancerÂ
DonÂ’t let the Woodchip industry, or the pizza delivering, or the soda manufactioring fool you, WE MINE URANIAM
Portmanteau
Almost 40% of my people die from going into the wilderness. I take pride in that
Araine, Portmanteau, Aephony, Fourcats
That Elvhen immigration campaign really did work out :o
Chacapoya, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Tidelia, Nahelia
Portmanteau
"We do not actually know if they die when they leave for the wilderness, we just note that they stop paying taxes and that's the same thing in our eyes, for they are dead to us."
Chacapoya, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Aephony, Tiralta, Falafelandia, The Pacific Northwest, Jazur, Waywards Edge, Tidelia, Nahelia, Almander, Basiltown
16.7% of my people die by being murdered!
Portmanteau, Nashfilla
"The two things inevitable are death and taxes, and if you die you stop paying taxes, and if you stop paying taxes, you die."
Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur
Hey, Fa'afel, I was wondering, where did the name come from?
Somehow more of my people die of that than old age. I did not expect it happening to me that quickly.
Portmanteau, Jazur
pov: your people are elves
Portmanteau, Jazur, Nahelia
Approximately half (40%) of Aes die by simply "Work", the other 10% dissappear! o︸o
Portmanteau, Jazur, Magentelane
I stand in solidarity and relate with the Ae people
Portmanteau, Aephony, Jazur
Nearly 20% of my population dies by "Accident." Must be the clumsiest nation on earth. I assume many are falling asleep on the beaches and inadvertently allowing the tide to take them away. I think that's how merfolk are born...
Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Basiltown, Devilian Empireium
Long story. Some friends of mind were playing trivia, and the answer to one of the questions was "Falafel". The next question was on a country, and as a joke, I said "Falafelandia". When I made a nation of NationStates, it was the first thing that popped into my head, and I've sticked with it since.
Araine, Portmanteau, Jazur
I HAVE 69 MILLION PEOPLE
Falafelandia
6.9 million of my people are murdered. murder as a cause of death is 1%
edit: murder is no longer a cause of death.
Portmanteau
Hm... shield gang... That might work, considering I don't have a Discord. Thanks for the suggestion!
Araine, Tiralta, Jazur
Yessss shield gang!!
Jazur
3% of people in my nation die from woodpecker attacksÂ
Portmanteau
.7 of mine die from bunny attacks with another 15% getting lost in the wilderness
Portmanteau
Heads up:
N-day will be starting about the same time that BOAT match E will be ending. So, to not clutter or confuse things, Match F won't be starting until nuclear armistice.
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur
Marx will be busy fighting for the overthrow of the bourgeoise via global thermonuclear war.
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, New Ras
HELLO! I am here to explain why on earth you should change your vote to Elmo. "But, we've heard this already!" yes you have. yes you have. But you should really just change your vote. Look. I have 5,000 planets riding on this. I'm sure several other people do too. You should really just let us get our money. It's for the best. If you voted for the mantis shrimp, I'm sorry. But you know. Elmo.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Almander
WouldnÂ’t it be cool if instead of all the ones on the bottom winning, one side had all the ones on the bottom and the other had all the ones on the top win?
IÂ’m totally not saying that because the beavers were my entry. I would never.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Jazur, Lycanjeskai
Not long to go until the glorious return of SHIELD GANG!!!
For those without Discord, Shield Gang is the easiest to join because it gives away absolutely no military strategy to say "make shields, protect fellow potatoes".
The best thing to do is if you know you will be around at the start of N-Day, join The Potato Alliance before it so you can start making shields immediately. If you won't be in at the start, don't join till you're ready cause otherwise your nation can be a target and it'd suck to get put out of the game before you can even play it.
After that, just keep building shields and using them to block incoming attacks on fellow potatoes. Last year, The Potato Alliance had a record breaking shield gang so you're in good company, and there are a ton of people out there ready to help protect you. It can get worrying when you see 50,000 nukes incoming but we managed to block a couple of volleys that big without a single nuke hitting last time! Just remember you're part of something bigger and do your best to throw as many shields out as you can. As we say in the holy land of Big Tesco: every little helps.
And if you want to share in some of the comradery, absolutely feel free to post here on the RMB after you've put in some hard work to block some of those nukes!
🛡️🛡️🛡️ SHIELD GANG 🛡️🛡️🛡️
Chacapoya, Typica, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, A Million Dreams, Falafelandia, Jazur, Tuluni, New Ras, Waywards Edge, Lycanjeskai
27% of my population dies from... RITUAL SACRIFICE??? 💀💀💀
I did not remember taking decision to do ritual sacrificing, but i apparently did....
A Million Dreams
50% government
49.9% state owned industry
NOOOOOOOOOO
not balanced moment
Typica, A Million Dreams
THE BEAVERS WILL TEAR KARL ASUNDER
As I don't have discord, SHIELD GANG POG
LES GOOO
POTATO TIME
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Jazur, Tuluni
Yesssss!
Also your pretitle is cool as heck, I love it!
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, A Million Dreams, Lycanjeskai
N-Day on Sunday, finally something i can contribute!
Chacapoya, Typica, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Aephony, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Falafelandia, Jazur, Waywards Edge, Lycanjeskai, Basiltown
RIP Elmo
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Lycanjeskai
NDAY BEGIN!
Edit: I'm apparently a military specialist. What does that mean?
Sylh Alanor, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Waywards Edge
idk but I'm an economic specialist. How can each specialist assist shield gang?
Sylh Alanor, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Waywards Edge
Everyone can build shields, military specialists get a discount on nuke production and economic specialists can store more production (so if you take a break, you'll have more to spend when you come back)
Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Brenyopolis, Lycanjeskai
you always contribute to conversations you are in, don't think otherwise
Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Lycanjeskai
*you have been awarded +5 niceness points*
[sub]Points are redeemable at participating Pizza Huts[/sub]
Targis, Typica, Narwhal, Araine, Tiralta, Waywards Edge, Lycanjeskai, Basiltown
This is the first N-Day IÂ’ve ever participated in and itÂ’s really fun :D
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Lycanjeskai
I'm so happy you're having fun! N-Day is probably the best event NS has.
Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Lycanjeskai
Same here, but I joined four hours late and I've done nothing. I can't wait.
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Lycanjeskai
I canÂ’t believe this super pacifist nation is a military specialist. It feels so wrong to be making nukes instead of shields but apparently current orders are to stockpile nukes.
Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta
Yeah, "military specialist" here, too. Much disappoint
Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Lycanjeskai
Can these points be used on a Personal Pan Pizza? I would like to relive the days of Book-it.
Sylh Alanor, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Lycanjeskai
I'm an Economics Specialist, yet Economics was the hardest class I ever took and managed to pass. At least my NationStates economy is good to match up with that.
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta
Yes. In fact, if you use combine them with your Bookit Points, the value doubles. So get your reading on!
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Tiralta
GuysÂ
Why are there so many nukes almost hitting us
Sylh Alanor, Portmanteau, Tiralta
Never done this event before and I have no idea what I am doing.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Portmanteau, Tiralta
n-day is intense
keep producing shields and defending
i sleep now
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta
HOLD THE LINE
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Falafelandia
make shield
shoot down nuke
repeat
Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Falafelandia, Jazur, Weirtopia
Election Notice:
With regards to the final two Councillor seats, Sylh Alanor has been elected Councillor of Foreign Affairs and Junitaki-Cho has been elected Councillor of World Assembly Affairs. The full regional Council for the upcoming term, then, is as follows:
Sylh Alanor - Councillor of Foreign Affairs
Lethodus & Tiralta - Councillors of Culture
A Million Dreams - Councillor of Operations
Junitaki-Cho - Councillor of World Assembly Affairs
The next two days are allocated to the Council transition, with the new term beginning on March 1.
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Falafelandia, Jazur, Sinya Arda, Amiyoka, Ullrani, Nahelia, Lycanjeskai
I'd like to congratulate everybody on their elections, and thank everyone for their support. I'm looking forward to revitalizing the office of World Assembly Affairs, and it starts right now.
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1842787
Effective immediately, I'm seeking a World Assembly Affairs Correspondent. But Nat, I hear the voices ask, what is a World Assembly Affairs Correspondent? I'm glad they asked! A Correspondent acts as an assistant to the Councillor, assisting to perform the various duties of the role. This means looking at the proposals that are likely going to come to a vote in the World Assembly, talking about them, starting conversations in the RMB and Discord, and making recommendations for how our members and Delegate should vote on various referenda, sometimes in the form of Information for Voters dispatches. In the past we've had Correspondents focus specifically on one chamber or the other, and I'm particularly interested in anyone who'd like to handle Security Council matters, but if you're interested in getting involved with our WA program in any form, this is a great way to start.
If you're interested, either reach out in our Discord server or send me a message. You - yes, you - could be the thin red line keeping the misspelled words of society at bay. I'm hoping to locate a candidate within the next week, so don't delay! Call now!
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Tidelia, Magentelane
dude im nervous
Tiralta, Falafelandia, Penocampt
As much as I don't want to say this....
Me too, bud...
Tiralta, Falafelandia, Lycanjeskai
It appears that, perhaps, the spuds may have some mutant growths, this harvest
Tiralta, Estebere, Lycanjeskai
Congrats all new councillors! 💕
Also, Mantis Shrimp won \o/ we rejoice!
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur, Tuluni, Tidelia, Lycanjeskai
YES! Now the bottom has to win!
Tiralta, Amiyoka, Lycanjeskai
We really got apocalypse'd didn't we?
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Penocampt
We got apocalypseÂ’d on the highest level possible
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Lycanjeskai
this is gonna sound dumb but what do endorsements do???
Portmanteau
Next year we won't get apocalypse'd!
Portmanteau, Erie-Arcadia Of Wombats, Tiralta, Lycanjeskai
In six months now!
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur
At the most basic level, they raise your influence stat. However if something ever happens and our founder CTEs (ceases to exist) then having a ton of influence in the region protects us and makes it harder for someone else to take over Refugia - so endorsing someone and them endorsing you back is helping to protect the region overall.
Chacapoya, Araine, Portmanteau, Falafelandia, Jazur, Lycanjeskai
The person with the most endorsements becomes WA delegate, and endorsements build Influence. Here's a dispatch explaining more:
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1521986
Typica, Melenavenia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Lycanjeskai
The Battle of All Things: Update
The dire exchange between two demonic demigods was a brutal one.
Fire rained from the sky and ash became the universal texture, as all writhed in agony from the radioactive fallout that unequivocally destroyed the entirety of Refugia and everyone that it knew. As the onlookers travelled through their stages of loss, the viscous betting pool became tainted by the rife corruption and bribery of the metagamers. Tens of thousands of planets changing hands, powered by a child labour ring at the blackened obsidian recruitment mines.
Araine launched a campaign, championing the three immutable reasons that the fire demon Elmo should prevail in the apocalyptic doomfest. Amiyoka responded by nailing the 37 Lessons of Vivec to everyone's doors, clearly acting under the possession of whatever unholy agency operates the 300cm Mantis Shrimp. Neither of the titans could seem to break away from the other.
Finally, as the nuclear fallout relented, the 300cm Tall Mantis Shrimp prevailed in a squeaker, 24-27, to which only nine BOAT betters correctly predicted.
Araine receives a Season 2 Testlandia for the heating bills which need not be paid during this time of unholy hellfire.
The next round begins now with Match G: An Army of Viscious Attack Beavers vs. Karl Marx
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1832205
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Lycanjeskai
Beavers all the way. I get one guy may be cool and all, but come on, if 1 beaver can cut down 1 tree, what can at least 100 or so beavers do to 1 fleshy person?
Melenavenia, Araine, Portmanteau, Jazur, Lycanjeskai
Indeed. Also, they are really quite vicious beavers, aren't they? Certainly Herr Marx would be reasonable enough not to confront such a menace...
Melenavenia, Jazur, Lycanjeskai
As we reach the end of my first N-day, I have but one thing to say...
POTATO PEOPLE FOR THE WIN
PO. TA. TO.
PO. TA. TO
WE WILL WIN NEXT TIME
Melenavenia, Liphia, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Tidelia
And despite having 77% radiation and 152 nukes targeted on it's back, Tidelia still stands at the end of N-Day
Potato Alliance Forever
o7
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Lycanjeskai
Congrats! I was either destroyed or good as destroyed fairly early on I think, you did well to stick till the end!
Chacapoya, Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Tidelia, Lycanjeskai
To be frank, I think it was 50% luck and then 50% having the lovely shield squad protecting me when I was targeted
Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Tiralta, Lycanjeskai, Basiltown
The other lovely potatoes sheilded me so there wasn't a spec of nuclear air in Aephony just like last time
🛡️🛡️🛡️ SHIELD GANG 🛡️🛡️🛡️
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Tidelia, Lycanjeskai, Basiltown
Welp thatÂ’s N-Day over. I had so much fun! I am so proud to have been part of the potato alliance with all of you lovely people. POTATOS FOREVER!!!
And also I think I just realized how many puppets some people have??? The dedication to ns is honestly amazing and terrifying
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Liphia, Aephony, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Tidelia, Lycanjeskai
I survived N-Day with 81% radiation by hiding in Horsemen while AFK.
Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Lycanjeskai
I survived by somehow getting so lucky that only one person ever target me.
Typica, Melenavenia, Tiralta, Jazur
That is both genius and evil
Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur, Chong Qing, Lycanjeskai
100% radiation, I got decimated by the horsemen.
[queue fallout into]
Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur, Amiyoka, Lycanjeskai, Basiltown
yo guys did i miss anything
Delta Vega Iv, Tiralta, Jazur, Lovoreus Magnus, Brenyopolis, Lycanjeskai
I got absolutely 0% radiation while investing my entire production into SHIELDS
Typica, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Perfuga, Lycanjeskai
I was able to survive N-day with only 12% radiation.
Tiralta, Lycanjeskai
why is there a rumor that i am a Brancalandian puppet state?
Amiyoka, Lycanjeskai, Paradise 00City-State00
I don't know. What is a Brancalandian puppet state?
Falafelandia, Lycanjeskai
The beavers shall prevail against Herr Marx, for what is a communist on his own? Furthermore, whilst he is not accompanied, he is fighting an *army* of vicious beavers
Araine, Tiralta, Amiyoka
what if marx convinces some of the beavers they are living under an oppressive bourgeoisie, and some of them change sides, igniting a beaver civil war?
Who would win then?
Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Duneraven, Tidelia, Lycanjeskai, The Blue Fire, Basiltown, Nashfilla
I managed to survive N-Day by pretending it didn't exist
Typica, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Aephony, Tiralta, Amiyoka, Lycanjeskai, The Blue Fire
Started reading The Collapsing Empire, and falling in love with the sass. To people who saw me mysteriously smiling on the train, apologise.
You guys' recommendations has surprised me everytime!
Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Winlandy, Chong Qing, Lycanjeskai, Basiltown
Nobody cares probably but happy pokemon day!
Cheesy Tots, Melenavenia, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, Ethierys
may we all be the very best today
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, Lycanjeskai, Basiltown
happy poke mon day :D
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Lycanjeskai
Seriously, what is a Brancalandian puppet state?
Lycanjeskai
Something mentioned offhand in an issue. Brancaland is a fictional country that appears in NS issues.
Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Waywards Edge, Lycanjeskai
And they keep encroaching onto my territory!
srs brancalad pls
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Lycanjeskai
Actually I'm wondering,
What is everyone's favourite NS cultures/countries?
Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur
Wait a minute it's Pokémon day?
Searched it up: I now need to finish Pokémon Scarlet
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Lycanjeskai
CINDERACE IS MY FAVORITE POKEMON.
Typica, Portmanteau, Aephony, Tiralta, Lycanjeskai
pokemon day!, well that is new
Portmanteau, Aephony, Tiralta, Lycanjeskai
My favourite pokemon is sentret.
Melenavenia, Portmanteau, Szalyland, Aephony, Lycanjeskai
Marche Noir. The name just sounds pretty cool, to me. Apparently it means "black market." Also I enjoy their rivalry with Marche Blanc.
Typica, Narwhal, Araine, Tiralta, Lycanjeskai
I think any issue with The Order of the Violet ends up being pretty wild and fun
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Lycanjeskai
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.