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Region: Spiritus
Post by Aerogel suppressed by The Spirit.
Hi Timmy and Cormac-y!
Everyone ignore the RMB graffiti, it'll be suppressed and the griefers will be banned soon enough.
This is just a very, very small taste of what the natives have to go through when some raiders seize their regions. We're fortunate that we can't be seized in such a manner, and that we won't have to wait for a liberation to see those people banned.
Anyone interested in fighting against this sort of thing in founderless regions should join the SDF! Details on how to are on the forums.
So what do the natives have to go through if their region is actually seized? Tea and biscuits?
I declare myself Emperor of Idantir
@Urran - That may be a smite hard to do. :P
@Imperial Cross - If only...usually many natives are banjected, their WFE is turned into a trophy where whatever group is involved plasters their name, and whoever is left is often mocked or ridiculed in such a tone as Cormac was here. Actually, it's probably a good thing people don't have to eat, lol.
in title only. it sounds nice.
Seperately...OMG I WOKE UP TO GREEN MASKING THIS MORNING!!
Seriously, thanks to everyone that voted for me in the election. I hope that I can a good steward of the region and prove worthy of the trust placed in me. I'll post more on the forums later...
Congratulations Idantir!
Thank you, Utur! :D
Congratulations! Shouldn't someone change the WFE?
We haven't announced new ministers yet. I still have to talk and confirm with a few people before we do so.
I will take on all Ministerial positions, in addition to the Vice-Presidency. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE WON! :D
Congratulations to all the victors in the elections! I didn't really pay any attention whatsoever, but who cares? YAY POLITICS!
congrats to all those that won!
I changed it, Sorenian! Congratulations, Idantir and Charax! And the new RA, of course.
I have officially done something productive in my life and have joined the forum. Thingy. Whatever.
Thank you so much salaxalans, there is totally no need for you to mention my name so much in your above comment!
Just kidding. It's sarcasm, if you don't get it, STILL LAUGH. Laughing's fun!
Anyway, thanks to all of my fellow RA reps and all of my voters; you've all been great! :)
Refenia, I like the flag.
Me too, it inspired me to change mine.
^thumbs up, Ceardia.
Thanks!
is it just me or do issues come across more than once, even if we already answered them before?
It's not just you...there are only so many issues so you may eventually start seeing the same ones once in awhile. I always considered it a chance to reconsider a past decision.
ZOMG I'm in the WFE! Congrats to all that won!
Congratulations Charax and Idantir!! :)
Thanks Jools! :D
Thanks! :D
It looks like the tree (in the [nation=short]spiritus[/nation] flag) just shedded leaves all over the WFE and caused the letters to look green.
The leaves need to go back into that sacred tree. Such power should not be left in the hands of mortals. Plus it makes my eyes hurt. But I do like the blue. Brings out my childhood.
"Topic of the week: Coffee brands!" -World Factbook Entry
Anyone wants Juan Valdez Café?
Nope, no one at all... not even when it's freshly brewed Colombian Coffee?
From the hills, brewed from the hills of Colombia.
I didn't do it. I swear.
DON'T LIE! I know it was you....
Proof! I want proof!
Nations of Spiritus!
We have begun looking into starting a regional roleplay, and we're starting by seeing if there is any interest from people in being part of one. If you would like to be a part of any future roleplay, please check out the topic below and post. We're also interested in hearing about what type of roleplay you would like to see, or what facets of it you're interested in being part of. :)
Link: http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8787982/1/
-Inric Locksley
-President of Spiritus
I graduated today!
Grats Urran! :)
tanks! moving on to college
Post self-deleted by Utur-Usain.
@ Urran
Zu forun hio au hin vinalend!
"I congratulate you on your accomplishment!"
You finally made something useful from your life (Just Kidding!) :P
Anyway, Congrats!
Congratulations! Only four more years of boring education! YAAAAAAY SCHOOL SYSTEMS!
more like 6. but I am sitting out a year to work. thanks everyone
We're still looking for anyone interested in being part of a regional roleplay! We've had some replies, but I would like a few more before going further with this.
You can find the link to the forum topic above in our WFE. :)
I might be intressted in some roleplaying. I'll check it out.
Hello my fellow neighbor and citizens!
Good morning/afternoon, Ceardia. :)
Thank you too, random citizen!
Random citizen?!?!?
*Wintermoot gets all huffy and puffy :P
Sorry Mr.Random-Citizen! I did not mean to hurt your feeling...
*shows Wintermoot his birth certificate, it says- "Name- Wintermoot R. Citizen"*
[nation=short+noflag]Charax[/nation] rides in on his Vice-Presidential motorbike and slaps [nation=short+noflag]Ceardia[/nation] with a Vice-Presidential Trout.
Oh no!!! We are under 400 nations again!!! :(
Sign up to the forum and do some recruiting.
Nations of Spiritus!
The people of Spiritus have been invited to attend a festival in the region of Albion going on today! Fun and festivities shall be had by all! For anyone wishing to attend, please check out the official invitation posted by His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Charles Cerebella of Albion: http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8786515/1/
A Spiritus delegation headed by Vice-President Charax and myself are already there enjoying the festivities. Hope to see some familiar faces. :)
Is the topic still coffee brands ?
The Festivities in Albion are awesome.
Yay I'm in this nation!
Welcome.
And yes, Albion festivities are pretty freakin' cool.
I...honestly don't know how that topic came to be. O_o lol
But yes, welcome. :)
drat! under 50 endorsements again!
It happened, Wintermoot. Don't question it.
The Second Convention on Spiritus Roleplay has opened up! This time, we're looking for those with ideas and stories that would like to serve as organizer for the RP. The organizer will be the person that actually runs the RP, under the guidance of the Ministry of Culture. If you would like the glory of starting and running Spiritus' first-ever RP, post now! :D
Second Convention: http://w11.zetaboards.com/Spiritus/topic/8797178/1/
Yeah, it just happened, right salaxalans?
question everything!
Aw, Charax, are you a mafia like Butterspring?
Hey, hold up. Who said I was a mafia?
Obviously, since I am a townspeople
I won't be able to get on the forums this week due to the fact that the Spiritus chat room crashed my laptop.
:(
Then on thursday the school laptops have to be returned this thursday. :(
Well it saddens me to hear that... We will await your glorious return, I assure it.
we need more people in our glorious region!
HOLY WHAT THE? All I see on the Spiritus regional happenings are pure 'ceased to exist' stuff.
and Spiritus being in the 380's (amount of nations in it) is not good, when I joined spiritus it had about 500 nations and was ranked 17 most populated region in the world. :'( How things change so fast.
Time's passage surely is cruel... but when people leave new ones come in. It's a never ending cycle of life and death.
Yes, but the cycle ends after a period of time if more are leaving than there are new ones coming in.
Once you hit the bottom only place to go is up, so technically the cycle never ends.
Im sure we will get more people soon, the ethos of spiritus and its include all ethos is very attractive
May our ethos live long. LONG LIVE SPIRITUS!
Many of those nations that are Ceasing to Exist were recruited during our recruitment contest with the Land of Kings and Emperors back in March. I've suspected this would happen since many newbies to NS decide it's not the right game for them and they leave their nations to cease to exist. It's nothing to worry about at this point, as our community is more active than it ever has been before.
Minister of Immigration [nation=short]Tim Locksley-Stark[/nation] is in the process of writing a manual that will open up the way for community recruitment. This will take a lot of pressure off the only two people that have been recruiting and restore our numbers in time.
Then we shall rejoice!
I would like to be a recruiter, I would feel like I will be doing more for Spiritus like that!
Not to mention that I founded it! (Spiritus)
my endorsements are now at 45. not cool! they were at 56
Wow, the country of Urran must be going through a crisis right now; the country of Ceardia had 25 endorsements, now they are at 23, we are also undergoing the same crisis.
my economy went from very good to reasonable
By what I see in your 'Trend' graph it looks like at the beginning of your country's life it had a very good economy, but over all these times it has gone down to reasonable.
But don't worry, Ceardia's economy was in depression in its beginning but after a while it went from Developing to All-Consuming!
*starts rubbing Ceardia's extremely powerful economy in Urran's weak economy*
my military could probably crush yours though. I'll build my way out of this depression.
You do realize a country with a weak economy is weaker than a country with a weak military, unless of course, that country is built on a system that could be able to get itself out of depression rather fast. Plus I could get a better military by bribing other countries so I have full control of their militaries. In the end, you lose :P
Post self-deleted by Kaalschneid.
To my understanding, an All-Consuming Economy isn't good. It just means that the people's lives insist that every cent they see is put into their next day of being alive. Think of it as though your entire nation is living in a state that they have no real earning, they are living day to day, no debt or savings (And whose going to throw you in jail? The police with no budget or paychecks?). Essentially, you're government is receiving no taxes, and so has no money to spend protecting/punishing the people, and the corporations say that all products and services will cost everything you have. And if they have THAT much power, all corporations will simply have such similar prices on all products, that it wouldn't matter who you went too, you'd still lose your whole paycheck. Therefore, all money is consumed by the corporations.
On the Contrary, if the Economy is "Imploded" it just means the currency has no meaning, because you could have the most amount of money in your country, and still not be able to "buy" anything with it. Imagine if everything was "free." What would be the meaning of having money?
- Critical Political Observations, with KaalSchneid.
yay
*Facepalm*
All-Consuming does not mean that it consumes everything, it is another word for all-powerful or ever-expanding. And my country having no taxes doesn't affect that that, I prefer to say that the government has its own ways of getting money. And where exactly does it say anywhere that having an all-consuming economy or having no taxes means that I've sold out the government to corporations.
Plus an Imploded economy does not mean an Everything-for-Free economy, there is no such Utopia in the world; Imploded means that the economy has been destroyed by the very practices made by the government, there is no money left for the people and no money left for the government.
Don't turn good things to bad ones and vice-versa.
Hello! I'm going to bother you all about the current World Assembly GA proposal, "Stopping Suicide Seeds". Here is what I posted in the World Assembly Hall on our forums:
"Despite the catchy alliteration, I am against this. This is, yet again, an example of the WA trying to regulate national issues. This is something best left to individual nations. The sentiment behind this is good, and I even think it is well written, but it is too invasive."
I urge you all to take a look at the World Assembly Hall and join in the discussion! And the voting, of course; you can vote on the way I will vote.
it is indeed very invasive. Urran detests this bill.
If this is passed, is it going to affect our economy? Or will it affect our spending on industry and an increase in health spending?
I changed my vote.
Dragonic Outland, I would think it would worsen your economy slightly. I can't say for sure what the effects will be interms of your rankings, however.
Drem yol lok Salax!
*Hears a cricket chirping*
Ceardia, how is a government supposed to make money without taxes, and without turning into a business? Without taxes, I really cant imagine a way for a government to raise funds for anything. Take a look at your "government" spending page. It will say The Confederacy of Ceardia has no detectable government spending. The chart below estimates the priorities of Leader. Therefore, your government doesnt seem to have any real power, because it lacks the taxes and funds to truly enforce anything. And as for everything for free that is an extremist communist plan, that has been tried. The problem being: if everything was free, no one would work, no one would have any expenses, and therefore the government would have no way to tax its people to raise funds for the goods and services that are provided for free. The reason I put quotes around "free" the first time I brought it up, was because nothing is ever free, you will pay for it in one way or another.
I pay very good attention to economics, dont think Im talking with a head of hot air.
So that you know the The Confederacy of Ceardia has no detectable government spending. The chart below estimates the priorities of Leader. has been on the government spending page since before there were no taxes. My government has had 0% tax for three days, and I've had that saying that for the past month ever since I dramatically shifted from a civil rights nation to an economical rights nation. "Income tax is unheard of" that's is what the page says, but so that you know that doesn't mean that I don't have corporal taxes. With very strong and booming and expanding companies the corporal taxes cover all I need to cover, plus my government excludes unnecessary stuff from the budget.
Corporal taxes? I'm going to assume you mean corporate taxes. (Yeah, I can be a grammar nazi.) Anyway, if the government has no spending, then that simply means there are no taxes whatsoever. If they don't spend money, that means they are not receiving money. Therefore, you don't have a government, because who would choose a career with absolutely no power or payment? Now, because NationStates is a Government-based game, there must be some kind of visible government, but at the level your nation is at: that would be a town meeting of people deciding what they believe should be done. And the only reason the people would act is because they believe what they are protecting is right, and because they know the reason they are unburdened from tax is because they chose to be completely free from government oversight. That is why "There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded individuals juggles the competing demands of..." blah, blah, blah. You don't have a federal government, like the game may lead you to believe; because according to what I just quoted, you are basically in charge of your capital city, as a community spokesperson (ie. someone who takes charge in their free time, not as a primary income source). Do you see where I am coming from?
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