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Region: Spiritus
And, for the record, I don't love a lot of things. Mainly because it's still up for debate whether or not I have an emotional "heart," or "conscience."
USA! USA! sorry, had to get that out of my system. anyhow, might want to cool your political jets here. I usually don't mind if my views offend someone. but here, it can get you in trouble.
Haha, glad to see a true patriot. and, I read the terms and conditions of this page, and I'm not offending anyone, as far as I can tell. I am trying to calmly express my views, and always allow others to explain theirs. If I offend anyone, I welcome them to tell me. Except on the subject of Music. I am very, very, very, very opinionated for music. Like, diehard. We shouldn't go there on these forums.
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Um, thank you? And, Goodnight. (It's Midnight at my location.) I welcome further conversation from either of you, though. I'm out too. Gotta get to work in the Morning. Goodnight.
night. Yep, I'm extreme right wing, capitalistic, Christian, red blooded American. I bleed American and Israeli blood.
For Your Information...
A Summary of Current Events in Spiritus
A Publication of the Ministry of Information
June 15th, 2013
1) The Supreme Court Term Amendment Act has passed! The Constitution will now be amended to specify that once nominated and confirmed, Supreme Court Justices serve until they resign or are recalled.
2) The first-ever SWOT Analysis of Spiritus is still open, and the first day was very successful, with lots of valuable information and views gathered about the state of our region. If you have a chance, please consider participating in this topic, as the results will serve as a guide for the region for the rest of the Presidential term. You can check out the topic here: [url]http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8888830/1/[/url]
3) Signups for the third game of Mafia are now underway! If you would like to sign up to play in the next game, check out the sign-up topic here: [url]http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8882607/1/[/url]
4) The Spiritus Defense Force participated in another liberation attempt of the region Das Imperium at minor update, along with the United Defenders League, the Founderless Regions Alliance, and several independent persons interested in liberating this region. Unfortunately, the operation failed as the region updated before all defenders could get in.
5) Today Spiritus gained 3 nations, bringing us from 423 to 426 nations after major update. The slow march to more nations continues!
Got an event you would like to see added to For Your Information? Contact Minister of Information Wintermoot on the forums or on his main nation, [nation=short]Idantir[/nation].
Hi all, new to Nationstates (returning after many years away) and already seeing how interesting things can get! UK based so likely to be on around 9pm GMT evenings and weekends through the day!
Hey, welcome to NationStates and Spiritus! I'm glad you chose our region...if we can help you get settled in or answer any questions or anything, please let us know. :)
Lovely to have you, Wilnecote!
The Salaxalans, you still are NOT the most influential in Spiritus.
Cnidaria still has about 100 more than him...
That's a lot more influence.
Cnidaria has 97 more to be exact.
woo! 3rd most influential!
Wow, that's some awesome influence levels! Salax will get it eventually, I'm sure ;)
Also, welcome to all new nations!
Damn you people, I'm 15th in line >:(
might be my 56 endorsements....
Oh, we should probably tell you folks!
Due to matters of regional security, there is an RA Proposal currently in debate to lower the Endorsement Cap from 60% to 40%. Whether this passes or not, we'll see, but endorsement levels might need to drop eventually.
why? I can endorse/get as many as I want!
Nope, you signed the contract!
*burns the contract* Ha! *violent Urran is violent*
*Takes out another contract with Urrans signature*
CURSE YOU CEARDIA!
*Trollface* And remember, I made sure to print out 100 copies of the signed contract, *Starts whispering to Urran* I even added an extra statement forcing you to follow the new law
*runs off*
*comes back driving Leopard 2 A7*
GET OVER HERE!
*Takes out a button that says SELF-DESTRUCT SPIRITUS*
HAHA! NOW NOT EVEN THE FOUNDER CAN SAVE YOU NOW!
*Gets flicked by The Spirit*
*Dies*
*fires multiple rounds at the corpse*
STAY DEAD!
*laughs maniacally*
*Comes back alive in Spirit form*
HAHA! NOW I AM THE SPIRIT!
*Flicks Urran*
*Urran shrivels up and withers away until he dies*
*comes back as spirit*
*slaps Ceardia*
CURSE YOU!
*chuckles*
hai!
*tackles Spirit*
*sucks blood*
*iz adorable chibi vampire*
We're just pretending to be Spiritus' founder fighting each other while Tim is just sitting down laughing at us... but in a way I am the founder of [nation=short]Spiritus[/nation], so technically, I AM FOUNDER! IN YOUR FACE URRAN! WOOOHOOO WOOOHOOOO WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
*Calms down*
Wow, what a rush!
Except it's my nation now ;)
-Tim
*slaps*
*Old voice* Back in my days anyone who slapped som... *Falls asleep*
*ties up*
*leaves on mountain top*
*wakes up from dream* I had such a weird dream, it involved Urran and The Spirits and Spiritu... *accidentally hits the SELF-DESTRUCT SPIRITUS button*
*shows the cut wire*
*nukes Ceardia*
You guys are weird.
Yes, yes we are.
Welcome to ALL THE NEW NATIONS :D
Oh noes! The spirit of Salax has possessed Butterspring! D:
Your nation, your nation is simply land you call yours until it is reclaimed by God's chosen people.
"God's chosen people"?! That's the reason we have banned religion inside our borders.
Then your people have been born into the grave...a pity, millions dead, because of the government...not much different than warring.
C'mon, religion does not bring any benefits, only when the last holy book was burned we could achieve peace. There's no struggles on behalf of different beliefs anymore.
Religion has brought me more than anyone could ever ask for
I understand and respect that. It's about sovereignty, each country follows its decisions and i'm not president of your nation. You know what's the best for your folk.
A wise man once told me, "Never talk about these two things with your friends: politics and religion. Considering that this is a political game, an exception is made for politics, but talking about religion brings us no where.
Because our ancestors did not discuss about religion the inquisition happened.
For Your Information...
A Summary of Current Events in Spiritus
A Publication of the Ministry of Information
June 16th, 2013
1) The first-ever SWOT Analysis of Spiritus is still open, and thus far has been very successful, with lots of valuable information and views gathered about the state of our region. If you have a chance, please consider participating in this topic, as the results will serve as a guide for the region for the rest of the Presidential term. You can check out the topic here: [url]http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8888830/1/[/url]
2) Signups for the third game of Mafia are now underway! If you would like to sign up to play in the next game, check out the sign-up topic here: [url]http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8882607/1/[/url]
3) After a long, contentious debate, it appears that the Military Independence Amendment Act will finally have a vote in the Regional Assembly. If passed, this would alter the region's alignment from defender to independent, and grant the President the authority to commit the SDF to whichever type of operations he or she wished. To view the voting, check out the vote topic here: [url]http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8895085/1/[/url]
4) Due to a disagreement with some of Spiritus' defender partners defending Nazi regions, Cormac submitted his resignation as Minister of Foreign Affairs, which was regretfully accepted by the President. President Wintermoot will personally oversee this ministry on an interim basis until a replacement is found.
5) Today Spiritus gained an awesome 13 nations, bringing us from 426 to 439 nations after major update. We also moved up a rank, from 24th most populous region to 23rd! Welcome to all our new nations!
Got an event you would like to see added to For Your Information? Contact Minister of Information Wintermoot on the forums or on his main nation, [nation=short]Idantir[/nation].
He resigned? Damn that's too bad. This event has scarred Spiritus, lets just hopes it heals.
Because I do not follow many of the forum-based activities of this game, the events leading up to Cormac's resignation were unknown to me until just now. Having read his post and related posts, I feel I must say this:
As a gay man of European Jewish ancestry and as a student of history and philosophy, I understand Cormac's actions and believe his resignation weakens the region, especially the forum community. I also question the defending of any group that labels themselves as Nazi, beyond the statement that they may speak their mind as long as they do not put their ideas into practice, and say that any such group should be left to defend themselves. I have this far enjoyed being part of the Spiritus community but this series of events gives me pause as I am now compelled to pay closer attention to the activities that occur in other parts of the game.
It seems silly to have to say that, but it also seems silly that Cormac should resign for such reasons.
I think one of the things that's easy to overlook is that Spiritus has vibrant LGBT community (I myself am gay), and I certainly understand where Cormac's coming from. I can assure you that the Spiritus Defense Force does not and will not participate in defenses of Nazi regions. That being said however, it's not our place to tell other organizations who they should and shouldn't be defending, nor is it an appropriate to do any of the things Cormac did in response to that, as he himself stated in his apology on the forums. I still think Cormac is very qualified to lead the Ministry, but as he has indicated that he can't at this time, I have to accept that.
Hopefully this is a scar that will heal in time. Trust me, as someone that was involved in these events and drama, it could have been much, much worse. I think we're lucky to be part of such a great, generally laid-back community, cause if you look in other parts of the game, you come to realize that that's kinda rare in NationStates.
Just putting this out there, but PLEASE JOIN THE FORUM. You have no idea how boring it is with just 15 people. JOIN.
I've joined to the forum, it's pretty awesome, created a blog too. But I have question; could someone explain to me what's "signature" on profile info section? What I should write there? Thank you in advance!
Your signature is what appears below every post you make. It's your identifier besides your name and avatar.
joined the forum. but only 15 people so BORING!
It's a good way of showing more of you. I particularly enjoy them.
For Your Information...
A Summary of Current Events in Spiritus
A Publication of the Ministry of Information
June 17th, 2013
1) The first-ever SWOT Analysis of Spiritus is still open, and thus far has been very successful, with lots of valuable information and views gathered about the state of our region. If you have a chance, please consider participating in this topic, as the results will serve as a guide for the region for the rest of the Presidential term. You can check out the topic here: [url]http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8888830/1/[/url]
2) Two new proposals have been made to the Regional Assembly, the Second Endorsement Cap Act and the Second Citizenship Act. The new Endorsement Cap Act would lower the endorsement cap for nations from 60% of the Delegate's endorsements to 40%, while the new Citizenship Act would add a requirement that Citizens post on the forums every twenty days to retain Citizenship. You can view and comment on the proposals here:
Second Endorsement Cap Act: http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8891106/1/
Second Citizenship Act: http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8896079/1/
3) Signups for the third game of Mafia are now underway! If you would like to sign up to play in the next game, check out the sign-up topic here: [url]http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8882607/1/[/url]
4) Minister of Culture Wintermoot outlined the structure of the Ministry of Culture, providing for organizers to run official cultural activities, while allowing for the Minister of Culture to oversee them. You can view the announcement here: http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8896600/1/
5) Today Spiritus gained 7 nations, bringing us from 439 to 446 nations after major update!
Got an event you would like to see added to For Your Information? Contact Minister of Information Wintermoot on the forums or on his main nation, [nation=short]Idantir[/nation].
Just as a note, while I have resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs for the reasons mentioned -- and because some of my actions make it inappropriate for me to continue there -- I'm still active in Spiritus and will remain active here. President Wintermoot has been great with foreign affairs and I have no doubt that our foreign affairs will continue to go well. Thanks though to everyone who has expressed support and given their views, it's much appreciated. :)
And yes, everyone should join the forum! Even if you can't be that active on it, we're happy to have you involved whenever you can be.
In areas such as the Mafia game! We currently are at two less people than the previous game; I want to at least be at that level!
Hello everyone.
Hello!
Hello and welcome
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Hello.
Konichiwa!
For Your Information...
A Summary of Current Events in Spiritus
A Publication of the Ministry of Information
June 18th, 2013
1) The first-ever SWOT Analysis of Spiritus is still open, and thus far has been very successful, with lots of valuable information and views gathered about the state of our region. If you have a chance, please consider participating in this topic, as the results will serve as a guide for the region for the rest of the Presidential term. You can check out the topic here: [url]http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8888830/1/[/url]
2) President Wintermoot announced the appointment of [nation=short]The Salaxalans[/nation] as Minister of Foreign Affairs and [nation=short]Wuufu[/nation] as Minister of Culture. You can read his remarks at the appointment here: http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8898759/1/
3) The Second Endorsement Cap Act passed the Regional Assembly and was signed by President Wintermoot today. This Act lowers the endorsement cap for nations from 60% to 40% of the delegate's endorsements. At the same time, the Military Independence Amendment Act, which would have modified our region's alignment from defender to independent, was defeated.
4) The proposed Second Amendment Act is still up for debate! This Act would add a requirement that Citizens post on the forums every twenty days to retain Citizenship. You can vew and comment on the proposal here:[url]http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8896079/1/[/url]
5) Signups for the third game of Mafia are now underway! If you would like to sign up to play in the next game, check out the sign-up topic here: [url]http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8882607/1/[/url]
6) Despite recruiting six new nations into the region, we had no net gain or loss of nations today due to a large number of nations ceasing to exist at minor update. We both start and end the day at 446 nations.
Got an event you would like to see added to For Your Information? Contact Minister of Information Wintermoot on the forums or on his main nation, [nation=short]Idantir[/nation].
That's a lot of sheep that entered the region
Kebab, anyone?
lol
Welp... That's a lot of puppets
I like how the ovine collective's flags resemble that of New Zealand...
Damn, at least we raised our nation count, lol
I've no clue who it is, but someone certainly seems to have a fondness for sheep.
I'm curious as to why one of them is a Republic and not a Commonwealth...
Does it make your OCD senses tingle? :P
HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU SALAXALANS, REMEMBER TO CHANGE THE [U]TOPIC OF THE WEEK![/U]
And those sheep do seem a bit creepy to me... what if they're planning to make a coup to over throw the Spiritan government!?!?!?
In that case, the Cow Defence Force will come to your aid.
Cow -> Sheep
lol
I nominate Ceardia as the official Topic Change cryer, meaning Salaxalans doesn't have to change the topic until after Ceardia mentions it, though may do so before as well.
Hehe...cow defense force.
I find that kinda intimidating. :P
Only to those who are trying to eat us :P
Relevant .gif = http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D8x-0BIDDhc/T757nIZCA0I/AAAAAAAABPc/NaSqm5LttHI/s1600/you-want-some-of-this-cow.gif
Makes me think of the Diablo 2 secret cow level :P
http://justd3.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Diablo2-Cow-Level.jpg
lol
I accept that nomination for Topic Change Crier!
SALAXALANS! CHANGE THE TOPIC, IT'S A BIT OUTDATED!
Excellent work! Ceardia, you'll go far!
Damn it! He hasn't changed it yet... I guess I'm just going to have to harass him with TGs.
Oh, Urran! Oooooh, Urran! I think you're violating the recently passed endorsement cap law.
He's got time to drop it. For now, un-endorsing him would help.
Ceardia, I appoint you as official remind-me-to-change-the-topic person.
Thank you for the appointment, it is indeed quite a treasure of a badge; It lays up there along side "RA Rep of Spiritus" badge. :D
Hero of Bowerstone! It maybe Link. But I suck at video games. However, I enjoyed Fable II and prospered as the Hero, eventually taking numerous wives and husbands, having many children, and earning the title of King!
He he, some other crazy option....
WHOOOHOOOO! We have >450 nations! Go Spiritus!
For Your Information...
A Summary of Current Events in Spiritus
A Publication of the Ministry of Information
June 19th, 2013
1) The first-ever SWOT Analysis of Spiritus is still open, and thus far has been very successful, with lots of valuable information and views gathered about the state of our region. If you have a chance, please consider participating in this topic, as the results will serve as a guide for the region for the rest of the Presidential term. You can check out the topic here: [url]http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8888830/1/[/url]
2) Signups for the third game of Mafia are now underway! If you would like to sign up to play in the next game, check out the sign-up topic here: [url]http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8882607/1/[/url]
3) Today we had an excellent 22 nations join our region today, bringing us from 446 to 468 nation. This is due to some great recruitment by Wintermoot and Tim, few nations ceasing to exist, and someone unknown dumping several sheep-themed puppets into our region.
Got an event you would like to see added to For Your Information? Contact Minister of Information Wintermoot on the forums or on his main nation, [nation=short]Idantir[/nation].
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
- Alexander the Great
Cheers
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