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Monotheistic Deities wrote:oooooh you missed The Greater Holy Isles though. I'd suggest adding our IRC Rep ([nation=short]Transfan200[/nation]) to the list, but it sounds like we're gonna be assimilating back into the Isles of Holy Order of the Holy Potato in the coming weeks. It's mostly due to the fact that both of our regions have been suffering from the split; it looked like it was going well at first, but as time went on a lot of our friends CTE'd because they lost interest. That likely means the IHOHP will have a new ICR Rep along with the new constitution, and everything else that's happening in that regard.

[spoiler=Here's a brief synopsis of what's happened IC in The Greater Holy Isles cause I'm bored:] The death* of [nation=short+noflag]Pyrosky[/nation]'s tyrannical president Sadou Tawanomachi in a bombing after an overthrow of the existing government allowed for up-and-coming Social Democrat Makoto Aiko to step in and claim the presidency. Aiko, hailed as the savior of a lost people, was able to claim the presidency by popular support and the common desired of a man who existed as an outsider to the previous government. The capital state of Pyrosky, Pyrus, was declared Terra Nullis, and carpet-bombed straight to hell, and a new capital was designated hundreds of miles south in the commercial paradise, Columbia. Chomsky, [nation=short+noflag]New Pyrosky[/nation]'s president, and my revolutionary diplomat, Makoto Aiko, have been (slowly) orchestrating talks over the last few weeks to figure out what exactly needs to happen for the nations who once co-existed under the name of the Isles of Holy Order to be able to once again live peacefully among each other.

OOC - I got Transfan200 on the list. All fixed! :)

IC - Plum Oakton's rabbit ears twitched with delight as he read the paper. Tyrannies and divided regions making arrangements to move toward peace was always good news. It was terrible that Pyrus was in such dire straights however.

Oakton requested Congress to pass a bill to send humanitarian aid to the city Pyrus. "We must help the people without interfering or influencing the delicate transition that is happening within Pyrosky and the larger region."

Once approved and cleared, cargo planes would fly in food, water, construction equipment, medical supplies, etc.

Monotheistic Deities

Frogcha requested the Lunar Council to pass a similar regional bill to help the people in The Greater Holy Isles. "We must help those in need," he said at the Council table. "Oakplumington has thirty cargo planes that we could use for this humanitarian mission to assist and rebuild the city of Pyrus."

Announcement -

I just added Freise to the Interregional Council.

Monotheistic Deities

Well, hello. I appreciate being added to the Interregional Council and will hopefully provide a steady and reasoned voice. Although, I cannot claim to represent Libertarian in any official capacity; I'm just a Native looking out for my home.

Monotheistic Deities, Southern Forestavia

The Forestavian government sent Taharqa's office a formal request. It came in by mail on official security paper used only by the High Council.

"~On behalf of the High Council and the Theocratic Republic of Forestavia~

Mr. President,

We believe that the construction of embassies with North American Federation would be in the best interest of both of our regions. They have a solid regional government and have just completed elections there.

Please consider the economic and trade advantages that may emerge from such a relationship.

With the Blessing of the Sacred Spirit,

High Councillor James Kellywing"

Monotheistic Deities

Hello! :D

Oakplumington

President Taharqa: "We can construct embassies with North American Federation good idea!!!!"

Pushkar wrote:Hello! :D

Hello, we hope that you feel welcome in the Mystical Council we're glad you're here!!!!!!!!!!

Would you like a spot in the council government?

Pushkar

Plum Oakton visits the New Bacon capital city of Washington DC to the President's Mansion and says, "Well Taharqa you are doing a great job for the region." Plum Oakton apparently turns into a rabbit again hops out the the mansion and catches a plane back to Oakplumington and then may somewhat end up in Nodenpuff again.

Oakplumington

Pushkar wrote:Hello! :D

Welcome to the Region!

*An overly enthusiastic party is thrown as confetti falls from the ceiling.*

A Lunar Council seat is up for grabs. All yours if you want it.

Pushkar

Oakplumington wrote:Welcome to the Region!

*An overly enthusiastic party is thrown as confetti falls from the ceiling.*

A Lunar Council seat is up for grabs. All yours if you want it.

New Bacon wrote:Hello, we hope that you feel welcome in the Mystical Council we're glad you're here!!!!!!!!!!

Would you like a spot in the council government?

I'd love a spot in this government!

New Bacon, Oakplumington

I have an announcement everyone! We now have a full government again. :)

This means that nations serving in council seats 2 and 3 will be up for reelection under the Harvest Moon. The elections will begin on September 20th and it will conclude on the 27th, which just so happens is the day of the Harvest Moon.

But we are still a very small region. Obviously, if there are no opponents there will be no need to hold elections at all and those Lunar Council members will retain their seats by default.

Personally, I don't care if I get reelected. But I am hoping that some nation will run against that Submarine Group invader from The Red Fleet. I would just love to see that nation lose their spot. Hehe. Haha! I have a feeling that Submarine Group V is going to keep things interesting this election. ;)

New Bacon

Pushkar wrote:I'd love a spot in this government!

Ok, it's official now. You're in! :)

New Bacon

{I'm going to start RPing some of the important things happening in Forestavia here in this region as well. I like the stability of the Forestavian government as well as the mechanics. I still haven't been able to figure out what to do with Oakplumington. I'm thinking of just leaving Oakplumington as the silly country and keeping Forestavia as the more serious one.}

~Forestavian Elections Year 5027~

250 Senators were up for reelection.

192 Senators retained their seats.

58 Senators were replaced with new members.

Liberals lost 18 seats. Theocrats lost 40 seats. Conservatives gained 6 seats. The newly established Nationalist Party took 52 seats from the other parties.

The Senate composition is as follows:

Theocrats: 288

Conservatives: 250

Liberals: 410

Nationalists: 52

Pushkar wrote:I'd love a spot in this government!

Great you're in!!!!!

The map/dispatch that Vedan and I run has been updated. There is still a lot more land for the taking out there. Don't be shy people.

Also, I like Firstguy1 and Bacon's idea to make additional maps for role play. So our region may end up with more than one map. That could lead to some interesting developments. I'm looking forward to see how this all plays out.

New Bacon

Oakplumington wrote:The map/dispatch that Vedan and I run has been updated. There is still a lot more land for the taking out there. Don't be shy people.

Also, I like Firstguy1 and Bacon's idea to make additional maps for role play. So our region may end up with more than one map. That could lead to some interesting developments. I'm looking forward to see how this all plays out.

Some possible ideas for RP with multiple maps could be to have magical portals from one map to another. If we take RP in more of a fantasy direction that could work out very nicely.

Monotheistic Deities

I know that we don't necessarily have to restrict ourselves to what the game says but I just noticed New Bacon's got the best exchange rate according to the game.

"1: The Federal Republic of New Bacon

1 New Bacon Dollar = $1.89

or $1 = 0.53 New Bacon Dollar"

Excellent work!

(The Oakplumington Plumpit hovers around $0.39.)

New Bacon

My goals for nation classification are as follows:

I would like to make Oakplumington an Anarchy.

For Military Forestavia, I would like to achieve some sort of dictatorship.

And for Northern Forestavia, I would like to keep it as libertarian as possible without becoming an anarchy.

I'm thinking Civil Rights Lovefest or Capitalizt. One of those. But Left-leaning college state and Corporate Bordello wouldn't be bad second options.

Now let's see how long it takes to get there.

Monotheistic Deities

Well, I'm sort of having a hard time with the current Security Council Resolution. Generally, I just vote for all the repeals and vote against all new proposals as a matter of principle, seeing how much power the WA has. But with The Black Riders, this could be an exception.

The Logical Brain -

The current residents of The Black Riders are natives - even though they are raiders they are still natives - and therefore should not have their password undone by the World Assembly. It is not a good precedent to see the WA use its power to oppress natives even if they are raiders. Thus, I would vote against it.

The Emotional Brain -

Oh, revenge is sooooo sweeeet! The Black Riders have been such an insidious organization that they have this coming. They deserve to, in a sense, have their own region taken from them. Thus, I would vote in favor.

I don't know what to do! What a dilemma!

I think I'm going to just flip a coin on this one. Heads - For. Tails - Against.

Monotheistic Deities

Oakplumington wrote:Well, I'm sort of having a hard time with the current Security Council Resolution. Generally, I just vote for all the repeals and vote against all new proposals as a matter of principle, seeing how much power the WA has. But with The Black Riders, this could be an exception.

The Logical Brain -

The current residents of The Black Riders are natives - even though they are raiders they are still natives - and therefore should not have their password undone by the World Assembly. It is not a good precedent to see the WA use its power to oppress natives even if they are raiders. Thus, I would vote against it.

The Emotional Brain -

Oh, revenge is sooooo sweeeet! The Black Riders have been such an insidious organization that they have this coming. They deserve to, in a sense, have their own region taken from them. Thus, I would vote in favor.

I don't know what to do! What a dilemma!

I think I'm going to just flip a coin on this one. Heads - For. Tails - Against.

I see your point but, they will be closely watched by my Foreign Intelligence Department.

Today, The Mystical Council celebrates its 300th day anniversary!!!!

"300 days ago: Region founded by The Anarchy of Oakplumington."

Celebrations breakout all over the region (like the chicken pox).

Monotheistic Deities, Pushkar

Oakplumington wrote:Today, The Mystical Council celebrates its 300th day anniversary!!!!

"300 days ago: Region founded by The Anarchy of Oakplumington."

Celebrations breakout all over the region (like the chicken pox).

Pushkar has declared a National Holiday and the day is filled with festivities

Oakplumington

Ok everyone, I finally stopped being lazy and reached out to all of the Founders and/or Delegates of our embassy regions. The Interregional Council invitations are done. I just telegrammed the concerned regions this time. It was a lot easier to do it that way.

If you're from another region and trying to figure out what this whole Interregional Council thing is about, you can get a better idea by reading our dispatch on the Interregional Council above. The bottom line is that if your region has an embassy with us, then your region has a voice in our government.

I worked on the office of the Founder a little bit. This is what I have so far.

"The Founder: Powers and Restrictions

1. The Founder shall serve the region in two main capacities: Assistant to the Executive and Protector of the Region.

2. As the Executive's Assistant, the Founder may assist in the exercise of executive powers and responsibilities at the request of the Delegate. It must be understood that the Founder is an assistant to the Executive and not the actual Executive. If the Executive feels that the Founder has overstepped his authority, then the Executive may block the Founder from exercising certain executive powers by issuing an injunction against the Founder.

3. The Founder shall retain certain emergency powers to protect the region from irreparable damage.

a. The Founder may eject a Delegate.

b. The Founder may create a temporary password for the region.

c. The Founder may step in to save embassies that have been unconstitutionally cancelled.

d. The Founder may abolish an illegally instituted password.

e. The Founder may step in to initiate the Lunar Council election process if the Executive is inactive.

4. The Founder shall serve as the Executive when there is no Delegate. Neither the Founder nor the Founder's puppet shall be elected to the Delegacy. If the Founder is ever elected to the Delegacy, then the Founder is obligated to temporarily resign from the World Assembly.

5. Neither the Founder nor the Founder's puppet shall serve on the Lunar Council unless there is an extra spot due to lack of interest or due to a low regional population."

Below is some of the old stuff. I'm probably going to delete these parts of the constitution unless there's some sort of outrage or something. I think I covered everything above.

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3. The Founder may create a poll for election week if the Delegate is not active.

4. The Founder may vote with the Lunar Council to break a tie. If the Founder is a member of the Lunar Council, then the legislation should go to the Interregional Council.

5. The Founder may strike down certain actions by the Executive that are blatantly unconstitutional (such as the cancellation of embassies during a raid).

6. The Founder may use emergency powers to eject a Delegate who is causing direct harm to the region (such as banning natives).

New Bacon, Monotheistic Deities

I'm deleting this:

5. In the event of a tie, the Founder shall vote in order to break the tie, unless the Founder is on the Lunar Council. Then the legislation would go to the Interregional Council. If the legislation is still tied after going to the Interregional Council, then it will go to the nations residing in the region. If after this, there is still a tie, then the legislation will not pass.

The whole section is unnecessary. The definition of simple majority is simple and the Lunar Council's authority to rally the Interregional Council has already been stated.

I also changed our tentative constitutional ratification to the 14 days AFTER Christmas instead of before. Christmas day is also the full moon which means Lunar Council elections will be taking place before Christmas. I don't want elections and the ratification running simultaneously.

Monotheistic Deities

Ok one more change.

"e. The Founder may unban any nations who were unconstitutionally banished."

I think I'm done with the constitution for awhile now. I've tinkered with it enough. I'm going to wait a few days and read the whole thing straight through before picking it apart again.

Monotheistic Deities

The bit on the founder looks good, although I'd actually be fine with your puppet running on the lunar council.

Monotheistic Deities wrote:The bit on the founder looks good, although I'd actually be fine with your puppet running on the lunar council.

Hey thanks for the feedback. :)

I have to sleep on it awhile. Since I gave myself all those emergency powers I felt like I had to balance it out by taking something else away. I might be hurting my RP ability by taking away my ability to hold a seat on the Lunar Council. I didn't think of that until now.

Oakplumington wrote:I worked on the office of the Founder a little bit. This is what I have so far.

"The Founder: Powers and Restrictions

1. The Founder shall serve the region in two main capacities: Assistant to the Executive and Protector of the Region.

2. As the Executive's Assistant, the Founder may assist in the exercise of executive powers and responsibilities at the request of the Delegate. It must be understood that the Founder is an assistant to the Executive and not the actual Executive. If the Executive feels that the Founder has overstepped his authority, then the Executive may block the Founder from exercising certain executive powers by issuing an injunction against the Founder.

3. The Founder shall retain certain emergency powers to protect the region from irreparable damage.

a. The Founder may eject a Delegate.

b. The Founder may create a temporary password for the region.

c. The Founder may step in to save embassies that have been unconstitutionally cancelled.

d. The Founder may abolish an illegally instituted password.

e. The Founder may step in to initiate the Lunar Council election process if the Executive is inactive.

4. The Founder shall serve as the Executive when there is no Delegate. Neither the Founder nor the Founder's puppet shall be elected to the Delegacy. If the Founder is ever elected to the Delegacy, then the Founder is obligated to temporarily resign from the World Assembly.

5. Neither the Founder nor the Founder's puppet shall serve on the Lunar Council unless there is an extra spot due to lack of interest or due to a low regional population."

Below is some of the old stuff. I'm probably going to delete these parts of the constitution unless there's some sort of outrage or something. I think I covered everything above.

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3. The Founder may create a poll for election week if the Delegate is not active.

4. The Founder may vote with the Lunar Council to break a tie. If the Founder is a member of the Lunar Council, then the legislation should go to the Interregional Council.

5. The Founder may strike down certain actions by the Executive that are blatantly unconstitutional (such as the cancellation of embassies during a raid).

6. The Founder may use emergency powers to eject a Delegate who is causing direct harm to the region (such as banning natives).

YAY I GOT AN ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE!!!!!!!!

Oakplumington

Today is the region's 300th day since it was founded by Oakplumington. This is a very great milestone for the mystical council.

Oakplumington

Today is the region's 300th day since it was founded by Oakplumington. This is a very great milestone for the mystical council.

Monotheistic Deities, Oakplumington

Post self-deleted by New Bacon.

Hello!

Monotheistic Deities, Oakplumington

Aquatur wrote:Hello!

¡Hola! ¿Comó estás?

[spoiler=En Ingles] Hello! How are you?[/spoiler]

Oakplumington

Hola!... No speaking the Spanish. How are you?

Hehehehehe well!

Hablo español tambien.

Oakplumington

Gracias, ¿estas de una país hispánica?

Aquatur wrote:Hello!

Hello! Greetings from The Mystical Council! :)

Las idiomas! Excelente! Yo necesito practicar espanol mas. Hablo un poco solemente. Pero, yo veo un gran oportunidad aqui aprender mucho mas. :)

Hopefully, the grammar's ok up there.

New Bacon

I would like to learn Russian also because it seems like such a cool language. I only speak English because the American education system is a century behind. Spanish I'm getting better at. A little more time and practice and I think I might be able to call myself mostly fluent. I'm only just beginning Russian. I've studied the Cyrillic alphabet and some basic expressions and that's about the extent of it.

New Bacon

Post self-deleted by New Bacon.

Oakplumington wrote:Las idiomas! Excelente! Yo necesito practicar espanol mas. Hablo un poco solemente. Pero, yo veo un gran oportunidad aqui aprender mucho mas. :)

Hopefully, the grammar's ok up there.

¡Bueno, voy a enseñar tú sí te gusta! Nosotros necesitamos practicar español.

I am good at Spanish!

Oakplumington

Post self-deleted by New Bacon.

Oakplumington wrote:I would like to learn Russian also because it seems like such a cool language. I only speak English because the American education system is a century behind. Spanish I'm getting better at. A little more time and practice and I think I might be able to call myself mostly fluent. I'm only just beginning Russian. I've studied the Cyrillic alphabet and some basic expressions and that's about the extent of it.

I want to learn Russian and Chinese.

New Bacon wrote:¡Bueno, voy a enseñar tú sí te gusta! Nosotros necesitamos practicar español.

I am good at Spanish!

Sí, me gusta aprender español y quisiero practicar contigos. Es un idea buena!

Yeah Chinese is another very widely spoken language. That would be a good one to learn.

I missed the WA vote on The Black Riders. Darn it!

Monotheistic Deities

Post by New Bacon suppressed by Domos Pinca.

New Bacon

Wolves of Night Embassy is closing again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by Au912 Mystical Council Consulate suppressed by Domos Pinca.

Au912 Mystical Council Consulate

New Bacon wrote:Wolves of Night Embassy is closing again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It looks like Wolves Of Night are closing up shop and relocating to Werewolves Of The Flame for some reason.

New Bacon, Oakplumington

"I bow to thee, my fair servant. One day, you shall be the Thane of Gottfried, heir to the throne of Parland II."

The crowds gave their reverent applause, and the curtains drew. Nikolas stood, stretching his limbs and catching his breath.

What a riveting performance!

But he needed to make an exit. His convoy awaited his presence, and he'd be late for his speech if he took much longer.

As he stepped into the street, he was greeted by a thunderous applause. The ground around him was layered in confetti; banners hung from lamps and balloons drifted lazily into the sky.

A celebration?!

He reeled in surprise; many people let off party poppers, but most had gone back to their business.

What a festive sight!

An older gentleman approached him, hand outstretched. He took it, shook it, and spoke.

"Man; what of the air? I exit the play to head to my speach, but instead find myself in another."

"What of it? The air is festive, can't you see? Spirits are high, people rejoice. It's all thanks to you, y'know."

"Oh?"

"Of course it is! Our nation has entered a golden age!"

Realization his Nikolas like a boulder. The man was right; the nation's the best it's ever been. The thanked the man for his compliments, and made his leave to his vehicle.

What a day!

New Bacon, Oakplumington

In his speech, Nikolas outlined a couple major changes that would soon be implemented.

- Each sector official has a corresponding name: Esirus (22), after the great general who secured the capital ages ago, Parland (40) after the renowned play-write that was born in it's largest city, Cogsworth (42), Hanover (43), and Rochester (61).

- Many large contributors in the scientific industry have begun research on the advantages of cesium-based energy production.

Oakplumington's unicameral Congress is composed of 500 representatives who serve two-year terms.

Year 1: Liberals 115, Conservatives 125, Independents 10

Year 2: {Haven't gotten that far yet.}

In each year, there are five representatives who are elected at large. These representatives must have previously served a term representing a specific district before being elected at large.

My nation has been asleep for a while.

Oakplumington

New Bacon wrote:My nation has been asleep for a while.

Me too.

Campaign week. I'm going to put up a poll. Submarine Group and I are up for reelection. If you already retain a seat on the Council, then there is no need to vote. Elections begin....I forgot when but I think it's next week.

New Bacon

Oakplumington wrote:This means that nations serving in council seats 2 and 3 will be up for reelection under the Harvest Moon. The elections will begin on September 20th and it will conclude on the 27th, which just so happens is the day of the Harvest Moon.

But we are still a very small region. Obviously, if there are no opponents there will be no need to hold elections at all and those Lunar Council members will retain their seats by default.

Looks like I dropped the ball on this one. The campaign poll that is currently up was supposed to run from the 13th to the 20th. Real election week was supposed to take place now from the 20th to the 27th. (In case anyone is interested, there is a lunar eclipse that moon. Hopefully no clouds.)

Ok, so I guess we'll do elections later than planned? I've been kind of sick lately and I didn't realize how late in the month it was. But we will proceed this way unless the regional government has an alternative plan for how to deal with situations like this. The good news is that we are so small that we are actually lucky enough to be able to fill all of our government positions. At this point I don't foresee any contenders unless some nations move into the region over night and launch a campaign for a council seat.

Monotheistic Deities wrote:In his aforementioned speech, Nikolas outlined a few major changes that would soon be implemented.

- Each sector officially has a corresponding name: Esirus (22), named after the great general who secured the stability of the nation ages ago; Parland (40), after the renowned play-write that was born in the sector's largest city; Cogsworth (42) after it's booming industrial sector; Hanover (43), after the prestigious university that resides within, and Hamburg (61) after a controversial war that was now long behind the Deiatian people.

- Rather than being controlled by a massive, centralized governing body, the individual sectors would be administered by smaller State governments underneath the central government, which is to remain in Syracuse.

- Many large contributors in the scientific, energy production, and weapons industries have begun research on the advantages of cesium-based technology.

OOC: It was a bit rushed, so there were a few errors. It should be accurate now!

Oakplumington wrote:Looks like I dropped the ball on this one. The campaign poll that is currently up was supposed to run from the 13th to the 20th. Real election week was supposed to take place now from the 20th to the 27th. (In case anyone is interested, there is a lunar eclipse that moon. Hopefully no clouds.)

Ok, so I guess we'll do elections later than planned? I've been kind of sick lately and I didn't realize how late in the month it was. But we will proceed this way unless the regional government has an alternative plan for how to deal with situations like this. The good news is that we are so small that we are actually lucky enough to be able to fill all of our government positions. At this point I don't foresee any contenders unless some nations move into the region over night and launch a campaign for a council seat.

Welp. *shrugs* You're fine; it's not like it hasn't ever happened before. Due to the size and general stability of our region, I wouldn't really say we need a comprehensive solution to this situation yet; it's not really a pressing matter. I say we move on with it as is.

Also, I hope you're staring to feel better :O

Our Region has agreed to send a Representative for the Interregional Council.

Monotheistic Deities, Oakplumington

Monotheistic Deities wrote:Welp. *shrugs* You're fine; it's not like it hasn't ever happened before. Due to the size and general stability of our region, I wouldn't really say we need a comprehensive solution to this situation yet; it's not really a pressing matter. I say we move on with it as is.

Also, I hope you're staring to feel better :O

Thanks, I've been getting hit with migraines one after another. I'm on a steroid for it now. Craziness!

Aquatur wrote:Our Region has agreed to send a Representative for the Interregional Council.

Any word on what nation it will be?

Night everyone! Sleep time. Past midnight where I'm at.

Elections have concluded by default.

No changes have occurred in the Lunar Council under this moon's election.

Submarine Group and I will continue to serve on the Lunar Council.

Wahoo!

Anyone see the eclipse? It was cloudy in my area.

The founder of one of our embassy regions Qedarite Desert Mountains has ceased to exist.

Oakplumington wrote:Anyone see the eclipse? It was cloudy in my area.

I was too busy playing Destiny, didn't realize it happened till my friends started bombing their social media accounts with pictures of it. So..technically?

I just checked the WFE for The Red Fleet Victims Army and it says,

"A place for victims of Red Fleet "Liberation" Fronts to gather, coordinate revenge, and trash talk the Red Fleet."

I don't think they're part of The Red Fleet. (*whispers* Actually, I think the Founder there might be Monotheistic Deities puppet but I can't remember for sure.)

Either way, it's looks like they're on our side. I'm voting yes.

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IC:

Frogcha proudly signed his ballot in favor of constructing embassies. "My nation's government votes is in favor of this embassy we know many victims who have been effected by The Red Fleet. We must always be aware of the communist plot. What better way than by associating with other victims?"

He turned toward the Executive,

"I am also very happy that you value the input of the council on this matter. We might not be the most active region but at least we can say that our regional government is responsive to the needs of the people."

Monotheistic Deities

I don't really know anything about recruitment telegrams and stamps. I've never used them. But I noticed the recruitment setting and changed it today so that any resident nation can recruit for us if they so choose. Is this a good idea? What do you guys think?

Wow, I have been very inactive lately. I just noticed Western Forestavia is about to cease to exist. I have so many RP's to catch up with. I'm in an apathetic kind of season at the moment. Bare with me. I'm still working on that "Anarchy" classification.

New Bacon

Monotheistic Deities wrote:I was too busy playing Destiny, didn't realize it happened till my friends started bombing their social media accounts with pictures of it. So..technically?

Awe Man! It was historic!

Did you hear about the pictures from Pluto? That telescope finally made it there and has been sending all kinds of interesting pictures to earth.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/images/index.html

Oakplumington wrote:Wow, I have been very inactive lately. I just noticed Western Forestavia is about to cease to exist. I have so many RP's to catch up with. I'm in an apathetic kind of season at the moment. Bare with me. I'm still working on that "Anarchy" classification.

I've been on steam playing games haha I've been off for a while.

Oakplumington

Post self-deleted by New Bacon.

New Bacon wrote:I've been on steam playing games haha I've been off for a while.

I think it's healthy to take a break now and then.

It looks like The Atlas Union has been raided. I'm waiting to see what the founder does when they return.

Looks like it could be more serious than a raid.

Ok New Bacon, this is your call since you're in charge of embassies. There is a poll that Imperial Eden put up in The Atlas Union. Check it out. If we want to keep embassies, then we have to vote.

I'm going to send a puppet over there to represent our region.

New Bacon

We might have an open spot on the Lunar Council soon. I just noticed Firstguy1 is about to cease to exist. 28 days right?

New Bacon

Oakplumington wrote:Ok New Bacon, this is your call since you're in charge of embassies. There is a poll that Imperial Eden put up in The Atlas Union. Check it out. If we want to keep embassies, then we have to vote.

I'm going to send a puppet over there to represent our region.

I just voted on the embassy poll to keep it open.

Monotheistic Deities, Oakplumington

Plum Oakton (A human-sized rabbit and current President of Oakplumington) placed an ad in various international newspapers...

"Interested in Politics????

We have an open spot in our regional government! If anyone out there in the world is checking out our region, feel free to come on over and claim yourself a government position. First come first served! No previous government experience required. [I]Resumes are optional.[/I] But if you have one, send it to some department located somewhere in the caverns of Oakplumington district 53 (see map). Actually, I've been informed that mail service is limited in that area so if you're going to have a hard time finding it if you look for it. But I'm pretty sure it exists....[after more random rambling the ad concludes]... But it's true that kittens are really soft. So, anyway if you're interested in being part of our regional government come on over and ask for Council seat five, ASAP."

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Even as some question Plum Oakton's ability to run a country, he has been reelected as President of Plum Oakton for the next 4 1/2 years. The economy is doing well in many sectors but the currency continues to depreciate.

Monotheistic Deities

Correction - *Plum Oakton has been reelected as President of Oakpluminton*. He would like to name the country after himself but he was already named after his country.

Hehe I had minor government experience in the UTNA.

Oakplumington

Well the Mystical Council still goes strong with only 5 people in the region.

Oakplumington

New Bacon wrote:Well the Mystical Council still goes strong with only 5 people in the region.

Too soon.

Oakplumington wrote:Awe Man! It was historic!

Did you hear about the pictures from Pluto? That telescope finally made it there and has been sending all kinds of interesting pictures to earth.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/images/index.html

I heard, I saw, I died inside a little from excitement. Pluto is way more beautiful than I'd ever imagined; *enter tangent about what's already obvious from the pictures*

I mean, just look at it! It makes me feel all warm inside knowing that Pluto is no longer just this: http://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/howviewchanged.jpg

Oakplumington

New Bacon wrote:Well the Mystical Council still goes strong with only 5 people in the region.

We are totally the pillar of Nation States! We have a dedicated group of nations here and we are going to be a year old in a few weeks. Slow, steady, stealthy, and patient. That's all we need. I'm still waiting for us to be featured. That will be a big day for us! If I had a goal, I would hope to have about 20 nations here before 2017.

New Bacon, Monotheistic Deities

Monotheistic Deities wrote:I mean, just look at it! It makes me feel all warm inside knowing that Pluto is no longer just this: http://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/howviewchanged.jpg

Wow, the 1996 image is a pixelated mess compared to what we have now.

Zombie season is coming. We might need to talk to AU 912 about strategies: Au912 Zombie Survival Bunker. AU912 should be our resident Zombie Specialist.

Frogcha was looking through the regional documents when he came across an old folded piece of paper that was long forgotten. It read:

"Lucernism shall be the official religion of the region. All nations are encouraged but not required to follow Lucernism. A large and spectacular temple will be set up at the regional capital."

"Hmmm," he said to himself. He decided to send off a quick email to Nikolas Sica's office. Nikolas Sica was the most senior member serving on the Lunar Council and many people looked up to him.

The email:

"Hello,

I discovered something that we never voted on. When Vedan held a seat on the Council, the religious authorities of their nation proposed making Lucernism the region's official religion. A scanned copy of the document is enclosed. Should we vote on this?

- Frogcha"

Oakplumington wrote:Zombie season is coming. We might need to talk to AU 912 about strategies: Au912 Zombie Survival Bunker. AU912 should be our resident Zombie Specialist.

If there is no cure I'm going to kill them, this time. :)

New Bacon wrote:If there is no cure I'm going to kill them, this time. :)

Yeah I agree. I researched a cure last time but ended up with massive death. I'm thinking about using military force with two of my puppets with the other one researching a cure. Perhaps we should bring in some active puppets to help deal with this. The last time I played zombie apocalypse was 2013. I missed 2014. But one thing I remember from 2013 was that someone launched a cure missile at me and it helped. I want to try to figure out how to do this. We must all take this threat very seriously. Once we come up with a plan we should have the Mystical Council government vote and pass "The Z Plan" or "Z Plan" for short.

Many details are lacking at this time, but The Z Plan is going to have several major components.

1. active puppets each with a mission.

2. some of us should definitely kill them.

3. However, some of us should also vote to research a cure.

4. Find out what a cure missile is, how they work, how to obtain them, and how to use them effectively on other nations and other regions.

5. How do we protect our region from the threat?

I can't wait to see what AU912 has to say about all this. I'm sure there is much we can learn from him.

New Bacon

Post self-deleted by Au912 Mystical Council Consulate.

Oakplumington wrote:I can't wait to see what AU912 has to say about all this. I'm sure there is much we can learn from him.

After two bad experiences with zombies, I was able to develop a "winning" strategy.

The guy that created NationStates own political beliefs seem to be based around the idea that a group working together towards a common goal is always stronger than the sum of its parts. So traditionally the game is designed to give a huge advantage to larger regions that are focused on a common goal.

1) I moved all 6 of the nations I had at the time to Au912 Zombie Survival Bunker prior to the start.

2) II started researching the cure, distributing the cure, and researching missiles as soon as possible after those options became available in all nations.

3) The moment I was able to do so, I selected one nation to fire cure missiles from and cured a second nation, and so on until the region was zombie free.

4) I then started to move nations to The Versutian Federation which was actively curing "refugee" nations and thus had become a key war zone. Both Au912 Zombie Survival Bunker and The Versutian Federation ended the period 100% zombie free.

One thing I noticed, the bigger a nation is non-dead, non-zombie population-wise, the more effective its cure missiles were, so smaller nations may want to look at alternate strategies.

New Bacon, Monotheistic Deities, Oakplumington

Excellent! I'm going to follow AU912's advice. Over the next week or so I am going to bring additional puppets over. I'm going to have all of them focus on the cure. We must be 100% zombie free!

In Character -

Frogcha was officially named by the Oakton Administration as Secretary of State. No longer will Frogcha be introduced as an ambassador. "It is important for someone who sits on the Lunar Council to have a title of importance," said Plum Oakton at the press conference.

Frogcha gave a speech addressing issues of importance. Included in the speech was a plan to expand and update medical services and equipment throughout the country and the greater region. Frogcha plans to meet with Forestavian officials later this week to discuss trade. "We are hoping to be a beacon of light and hope to the world. We don't know what the future holds, but the more prepared we are the better we will be able to deal with it." The Oakton Administration is particularly interested in trade involving medical supplies and technology. "We have been informed of a deadly Chimera Virus that recently rocked the United Territories Of North America. We must be prepared for similar or even worse diseases that may occur in the future here in our own region," Frogcha said in his speech.

New Bacon, Monotheistic Deities

I have an emergency plan planned out

Oakplumington wrote:Frogcha was looking through the regional documents when he came across an old folded piece of paper that was long forgotten. It read:

"Lucernism shall be the official religion of the region. All nations are encouraged but not required to follow Lucernism. A large and spectacular temple will be set up at the regional capital."

"Hmmm," he said to himself. He decided to send off a quick email to Nikolas Sica's office. Nikolas Sica was the most senior member serving on the Lunar Council and many people looked up to him.

The email:

"Hello,

I discovered something that we never voted on. When Vedan held a seat on the Council, the religious authorities of their nation proposed making Lucernism the region's official religion. A scanned copy of the document is enclosed. Should we vote on this?

- Frogcha"

A week of pondering Frogcha's message had left Nikolas with a heavy heart. Papers were left scattered about his room, and his dry-erase board left a cluttered mess of scrawled concepts and ideas. There's so many different ways this could go, but which one is right? I'd be horrible if I were to rebuke him for some form religious intolerance, but that's exactly what it is. But then, It wasn't even his fault! It's a document from Vedan's legislative archives....

The internal conflict ravaged on for a few more days before Nikolas came to a final conclusion.

"Frogcha,

Designating an official religion can be a dangerous task; even so far as to call it political suicide.

I, myself, follow the tenants laid before me in Orthodox Potatoism. I can see why Vedan would want to make this sort of legislation pass though, however, my advice would be to scrap the original. Rather than designating a singular official religion, I think it'd be better to take a more "bureaucratic" approach. What I'd like to propose, as a result of weeks of thinking, is something else entirely; we, as a region, acknowledge every religion our region has to offer as our official religion, favoring no particular religion. We should institute a Department of Religious Affairs, in which each religion has fair and equal representation; no matter how incredulous. I firmly believe in the separation of church and state on an administrative level, so the department would have no real control over how the region is run. They would convene with the sole purpose of discussing and maintaining neutral records of existing religions and how they've benefited the people of the region, as well as fairly dividing small subsidiary funds to each individual religious organization.

As I've stated, no particular religion should be favored over another. What a person chooses to believe should be up to them, but that doesn't mean we can't help them get resources to find the right place. Please, don't miss-interpret, I say that with the utmost sincerity. I'd have to impeach our religious head if I found out he was intentionally blasting any form of propaganda that put down other beliefs.

Sincerely,

Nikolas Sica

President of Monotheistic Deities"

Oakplumington

OOC - As you know, I've been designing the region's constitution around the mechanics of the game. Due to the recent changes to the game, I'm pushing back our constitutional ratification date to June 2016. I'm going to ponder what to do over the next few months and make the necessary constitutional adjustments. If you are on the Lunar Council you will be given special powers. If you are a trusted resident you will be given special powers. I just want to see how this works out over the next week.

Monotheistic Deities

Draft/Notes/Rough Sketch/Experiment????

12 - 5 = 6

The Lunar Council shall be the most powerful governing body in The Mystical Council. Only the Executive and the Interregional Council can overrule the Lunar Council.

Add to constitution >> "The five members of the Lunar Council shall serve as [officers/?]. The Delegate/Executive may create a cabinet by creating up to six additional positions...blah blah blah.... This does not include the position of the Delegate's Assistant which is the Founder. [Which means that the Delegate will have at least one but may have up to seven cabinet positions; 7 = 6 + the Founder (who serves as assistant to the delegate.) The Delegate shall have the authority to name them and to give them authority over various tasks.]"

Vice Delegate - Monotheistic Deities

Add to constitution > "The most senior member of the Lunar Council shall serve as Vice-Delegate."

Security Officer - Au912 Mystical Council Consulate

Zombie Specialist

Homeland Officer - Pushkar

Research Officer - Trf Submarine Group V

Communications Officer - Pushkar

Diplomacy Officer - Au912 Mystical Council Consulate

Looks like they are still working on this. What do you guys think about this so far?

Monotheistic Deities

Did I seriously say 12 - 5 = 6???

Geez....

12 - 5 = 7, there we go.

At least 1, but up to 8 cabinet positions.

Monotheistic Deities

Alternative Ideas.

1. The Lunar Council shall consist of 12 nations with the most senior member having the power of the tie-breaking vote.

2. The Lunar Council shall consist of 5 nations. Additionally there shall be a Senate consisting of 7 nations selected from among the resident nations in the region. A Senator may not serve on the Lunar Council.

This requires a regional population of at least 13 nations.

New Bacon

Oakplumington wrote:Alternative Ideas.

1. The Lunar Council shall consist of 12 nations with the most senior member having the power of the tie-breaking vote.

2. The Lunar Council shall consist of 5 nations. Additionally there shall be a Senate consisting of 7 nations selected from among the resident nations in the region. A Senator may not serve on the Lunar Council.

This requires a regional population of at least 13 nations.

I'm scraping both of the above ideas. We're too small for either of them.

New Bacon, Monotheistic Deities

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