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Region: The Region That Has No Big Banks
1. I had my final two soccer games this season: a 2-2 tie and a 3-2 WIN!
2. The power went out at my house the Wednesday before the hardware failure. I got it back that night but had no internet there for two weeks.
3. During that time, I unlocked the Shel-drone, which is what you get for completing Alterna 100% on Splatoon 3.
4. Tomorrow's my birthday!! :D
5. My friend Henry threw some ants at me 15 minutes ago, and now I have a couple of bites on my back. (Can you check if there's still any?)
America The Greater, Socialistic Britain, Gine Caruttiva, Vordoslavia, Eprilonia, Krayo29, Chronic And Violent Ibs
Let it be KNOWN that the DOMINION of IBS hereby RETRACTS its claim to candidacy. My sincerest apologies. Rock and Stone.
The hour of IBS has come! May my proud nation will splatter all over the map!
Socialistic Britain, Vordoslavia
Ok,
But WHO ASKED FOR UR OPINION M8[/I]
Vordoslavia
I haven't been online in a couple weeks, and I need to give the regional nations my updates on how things have been for me. Besides, tomorrow's my birthday, so you should be happy.
America The Greater, Gine Caruttiva, Vordoslavia
1. Good job!
2. Power went out for me as well that day lmao
3. YIPPEE :D
4. I'll try not to forget (my memory is leaky xd)
5. why :(
Socialistic Britain, Vordoslavia, United States Of Alpha
can you not be a dick towards people, please.
Socialistic Britain, Vordoslavia, Krayo29
I don't think I've cringed this hard in a while, "m8."
Socialistic Britain, Gine Caruttiva, Vordoslavia, Krayo29
Happy birthday
Vordoslavia
Pardon me good sir, I believe what you were trying to say was "Ah, yes my good sir, I am ever so glad to hear of your completion of the third game in the Splatoon franchise; I also wish you a very pleasant birthday on the morrow, may your bowels full of happiness" Not,
So, as we say in my land,
One must know when to be cordial and when to be crude. An exhibition of this would be:
May your bowels be as the "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash, turning and burning to the end of time itself. May you be waterboarded in Taco Bell refried beans for 45 days, with nothing but your own conscience rattling in your brain, berating you, for your unwarranted, unnecessary and frankly, sad. (With all due respect.)
Rock and Stone,
The Dominion of Chronic and Violent Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Socialistic Britain, Vordoslavia, Krayo29, Sheikah Slate
were back
again
Hello again NBB! Good to be back online after a cat chewed on the server wires or whatever.
New United Common-Lands, Vordoslavia, -Annoyance-, United States Of Alpha, Maen
Me too. I agree. It's been like 9 days. That's a long time for a guy like me.
Vordoslavia, -Annoyance-, Tinusha
could have been a -bug- in the system
Vordoslavia, Tinusha, Maen
LET'S GO!!!
Vordoslavia, United States Of Alpha
Vordoslavia
I hope you have a wonderful day tomorrow. Happy Birthday
Oh! don't let them give you ants lmao
Socialistic Britain, United States Of Alpha
Broo, it still feels incomplete. Bummer how they haven't recovered everything after those days since Max spilled coffee on several of the wires or SOMETHING.
Mars Hotel, Vordoslavia, Western Arba Fir
I'm going to Lake Area Adventures tomorrow before I head for Dallas on Saturday for Worlds.
Vordoslavia, Western Arba Fir
For my birthday.
Vordoslavia
I think that ants are either mindless, or pure evil. Who agrees?
Vordoslavia
Mine was punier.........:(
Vordoslavia, United States Of Alpha
Oh what's yours look like?
Vordoslavia
this
Vordoslavia
but whatever
Vordoslavia
whatever it is, you've got it BAD.
Vordoslavia
Imagine Max Barry accidentally corrupted his PC during the hardware failure . . .
Vordoslavia, Western Arba Fir
Je suis parfois beaucoup enneyuezement
(I am super annoyed)
Vordoslavia, Maen
Took a while but its back now
Vordoslavia
We need you! Citizens of NBB!
This Saturday, The Region That Has No Big Banks and the Forest are planning to host NationStates biggest Chess Arena with at least 13 regions participating!
We need as many of you participating for NBB, to ensure we win as many medals as possible, and achieve the highest score! We have 3 esteemed titles up for grabs including; Best Scoring Nation, Best Scoring Member Region and Best Average Scoring Member Region!
Check out the Tournament medals and sign up here; https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=2006584
Kind Regards
New United Chess-lands
Socialistic Britain, The Washington Federation, Vordoslavia, Western Arba Fir
Maybe an ant alone is stupid, but when they work together as a team they are magnificent and successful.
True.
this is -Annoyance-'s alt
pls go to disney
hey brit
time to work lololol
I am redoing dispatches
do not upload map I will be going to it and will kill my dp
Vordoslavia
Yaaaaassssssss WE ARE BACK ONNNNNNNN YEAHHHHHHHH
IM JUST HAPPY U CANT AVOID THAT
DUOLINGO
Vordoslavia, Western Arba Fir
Hey
How r u all
I am in New Jersey rn
I am on nation states cuz I dont want to unpack
Vordoslavia, Western Arba Fir
Cool
Vordoslavia, Maen
Wasnt really that crazy
Consuela De La Morrela, Vordoslavia
Post by Maen suppressed by Sicario Mercenary Corps.
Btw I am probably younger than all of u💀
Vordoslavia
LESSGOOOO
Vordoslavia
Domain Expansion
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=2500199
Vordoslavia
Post self-deleted by The Kaverian.
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=2016236
Vordoslavia, Western Arba Fir
WERE BACK BABYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
America The Greater, Vordoslavia, San Jorentino
Hell Yeah!
Vordoslavia, San Jorentino
Lemona!
Vordoslavia, San Jorentino
Post self-deleted by America The Greater.
HI NU!
America The Greater, Vordoslavia, San Jorentino
W Nationstates back!
America The Greater, New United Common-Lands, Vordoslavia, Maen
Hii
America The Greater, Vordoslavia
NUCL, HI HI!!!
America The Greater, Socialistic Britain, Vordoslavia
Hi NU?
America The Greater, Vordoslavia
And just in time for more parliamentary business, lessgooooo
America The Greater, Vordoslavia
Helo
Vordoslavia, Maen
Also wheres Vordo?
Vordoslavia
Alright everyone, we're back online and have no time to waste if we're gonna get these bills voted on before the election wraps up, so it's time to get back to work:
Members of Parliament,
Our last Voting Session has concluded! Given that it wrapped up on the same day that NS went down, I feel confident that everyone who intended to vote had time to do so. That said, here are the results:
[spoiler=Results]
[list]
[*]The Amendment to the Minor Officer Act - Minor Officer Dismissal, authored by America The Greater, has passed with a vote of 17 For - 1 Against - 1 Abstain.
[*]The Amendment to Article IV of the Constitution - Expansion of the Vote of No Confidence, authored by America The Greater, has passed with a vote of 16 For - 0 Against - 3 Abstain.
[*]The Amendment to Article VII of the Constitution - Guidelines for accepting applicants to Parliament, authored by America The Greater, has passed with a vote of 18 For - 1 Against - 0 Abstain.
[*]The Motion to Establish a Rules Committee (MERC), authored by The Washington Federation, has passed with a vote of 16 For - 2 Against - 1 Abstain.
[*]The Bylaws of Parliament, authored by The Kaverian, have passed with a vote of 15 For - 0 Against - 4 Abstain.
[*]The Amendment to Article V, authored by The Kaverian, has passed with a vote of 18 For - 0 Against - 1 Abstain.
[*]The Amendment to Article VII of the Constitution, authored by Gine Caruttiva, has failed with a vote of 11 For - 7 Against - 1 Abstain.
[*]The Motion of No Confidence in the Minister of Defense, authored by Gine Caruttiva, has failed with a vote of 6 For - 11 Against - 2 Abstain.
[/list]
[/spoiler]
That's a lot of legislation. To summarize, Minor Officers can now be dismissed by their relevant Minister, Parliament can vote out a lot more officials, we've got some bylaws, and generally our laws have been made a lot more clear. One of the more notable changes is the Rules Committee - I signed on with this piece of legislation, and as a result, I'm going to be officially dissolving the Activity Committee and rolling it into the Rules Committee. I'm assuming everyone on the Activity Committee is fine with being part of the Rules Committee, but feel free to tg me if you'd prefer to opt out.
See you soon for the announcement of the bills for the next (and my final) Voting Session - we're on a time-crunch now.
Thanks everyone,
Speaker of Parliament
Socialistic Britain, New United Common-Lands, Gine Caruttiva, Vordoslavia, Flomonga
Back in business
New United Common-Lands, Vordoslavia
This is the first voting session I didnt get a vote against for every bill I wrote lol
America The Greater, Vordoslavia
i need to start voting against your bills, desperate to be the person with the most bills passed forever
Vordoslavia
Isn't that already you?!
America The Greater, Vordoslavia
Lmao, nah youre still WAY ahead
America The Greater, Vordoslavia
LETS GO I GOT A 33 ON THE ACT
America The Greater, Vordoslavia, Mjau
nice!!!! but you missed 3 points TK please try harder
Vordoslavia
yes but it must stay me forever
Vordoslavia
You could also consider bribery. I hear it's quite effective at getting people to vote for your bill.
America The Greater, New United Common-Lands, Consuela De La Morrela, Sicario Mercenary Corps, Vordoslavia
ATG amending his own constitution100 times
America The Greater, Vordoslavia
i'll change each instance of American English over to British English separately, to appease our strong British voting bloc
New United Common-Lands, Vordoslavia
seriously though congrats, that's an incredible score!!
Vordoslavia
Pffft, thanks lol
America The Greater, Vordoslavia
First poll since the return folks!
(A kinda sad poll, but a poll nonetheless)
America The Greater, Socialistic Britain, New United Common-Lands, Vordoslavia
Thats so real
America The Greater, Vordoslavia, Mjau
San Jorentino is officially on discord! W
America The Greater, New United Common-Lands, Vordoslavia
How come The Amendment to Article VII of the Constitution failed?
It got 11 For.
Amendments to the Constitution require 2/3 of votes in favor, which this one did not receive.
Vordoslavia
i keep accidentally publishing dispatches instead of editing them.. gonna take me a bit to get back into the swing of things
Vordoslavia
WE ARE SO BACK
America The Greater, Vordoslavia
I bet the servers going down was like the events of Half Life
America The Greater, Socialistic Britain, New United Common-Lands, Consuela De La Morrela, Vordoslavia, Claibornia
With military intervention, aliens, and everything
Socialistic Britain, Consuela De La Morrela, Vordoslavia
hey atg, its been over 14 days, can i join parliament :p
America The Greater, Vordoslavia
yeah totally, lemme add you to the list! any specific party?
Vordoslavia
May Regional Elections
Hello! With NS online and somewhat working we now must press on with the crucial matters at hand - the May Regional Elections of course!
A refresher for those who are unaware, since the passing of the recent Constitutional amendment TRTHNBB will hold elections every 4 months, with the next election for Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Speaker of Parliament scheduled for May 1st.
However given the recent, untimely NS crash lasting around 10 days, the Election Commission (EC) shall convene a meeting with all candidates to seek to push back the elections. The maximum constitutionally available is 14 days if agreed by a majority of candidates. The EC will be recommending a re-scheduled election date of May 15th, given the current instability of the site this seems most pragmatic. In addition, this will allow for current proposed bills to be voted on prior to the election, proper campaigning time for those solely based on NS rather than discord and time for the EC to host interviews and debates between candidates.
The candidates standing for election are as follows;
Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister
Speaker of Parliament
Additionally it is important that the EC establishes clear guidelines to ensure a fair and respectful campaign process. Therefore, please see the following election and campaigning principles which the EC shall abide by, and equally we set out the expectation that candidates should do so as well.
[spoiler=Campaign Guidelines - please read]
Mutual Respect:
Candidates should engage in respectful debate and discussion refraining from personal attacks, disrespectful behaviour or breaking the CoC.
Campaign dont spam:
Candidates should try to provide campaign updates when they have new campaign media, policy or suggestions.
Equal Opportunity:
The EC will ensure all candidates get an equal opportunity to campaign. The EC will help to communicate campaign dispatches and announcements from all candidates to ensure all residents have access to see campaigning media.
EC Member Impartiality:
The EC individual members will be entitled to their individual opinions and voting rights. However, they must uphold independence and impartiality in their official roles, ensuring fairness during all election proceedings.[/spoiler]
Lastly please may all candidates share any campaign dispatches with the EC, we will be collating a Election Campaign dispatch shortly!
Kind regards,
Election Commissioner
Sent on behalf of the Election Commission
America The Greater, New United Common-Lands, Gine Caruttiva, Vordoslavia, The Kaverian, Western Arba Fir
I've now sent out all the interview questions for DPM candidates. PM candidates can expect their questions probably tomorrow, if not Saturday.
For Speaker candidates, the deadline for answering questions has passed, so if I have not received anything via telegram (which, is fairly impossible recently, though they were sent out long before the NS hamsters stopped running) I will have nothing to publish from you, which could reflect on your campaign results. Those candidates for any position who have not got any visible platform/manifesto, I have not sent questions to (as explained to you during the process) as I cannot write any questions for you.
DPM candidates have 48 hours (unless I receive anything saying they need more time, obviously, I'm not your mum lol) to answer their questions. The quality of answers from Speaker candidates has already been amazingly high, so I do hope that continues :3
America The Greater, Socialistic Britain, New United Common-Lands, Vordoslavia, The Kaverian
Post self-deleted by New United Common-Lands.
Also we need to get all the candidates to vote on pushing the election back rq
America The Greater, Syrasia, Vordoslavia, Western Arba Fir
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=the_kaverian/detail=factbook/id=2016236
New update or two to my campaign dispatch.
Remember to vote for The Kaverian!
America The Greater, New United Common-Lands, Vordoslavia, Mjau
yeah, EC is discussing some other business atm but that'll be on the agenda ASAP
Socialistic Britain, Vordoslavia, Mjau
Candidates for Speaker,
I promised this a while ago and now that NS is back, here it is: my personal Speaker of Parliament Guide.
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=2500272
Socialistic Britain, Vordoslavia, Mjau
Is that good
Vordoslavia
it's out of 36 so yeah, TK did an incredible job! 33 is like top 5% i believe
Socialistic Britain, Sicario Mercenary Corps, Vordoslavia
Schools will still find a way to reject you
My bro got a 32 and couldnt make it to some Midwest schools
America The Greater, Vordoslavia
Congrats TK, 36 next time 😉
America The Greater, Sicario Mercenary Corps, Vordoslavia, The Kaverian
Im gonna probably not be on ns as much
Im starting to cross-train for running
Also I had a meet today for track
Ran the 800m
I ran well for a while but my stupid contact fell off so I missed conference
America The Greater, Socialistic Britain, Vordoslavia, Krayo29, Mjau
I was stuck in the 3200m for the longest time and I finally got to run the 1600m.
Vordoslavia
What are you going for in Cross? I just started so my PR is only 21:53.
Vordoslavia
I cant remember exactly
Think it was around ~13:00
Thats was for 2 miles tho
Ive improved a bunch over the last 6 months since XC so it should have increased
Vordoslavia
Yippee!! New flag!
edit: yes im aware that the ratio is a vexilogical nightmare and i do not care one bit :)
America The Greater, Socialistic Britain, New United Common-Lands, Puttt, Vordoslavia, Mjau
Do YOU want to make an ADVERTISMENT? Well, get ME to MAKE one FOR YOU!!! (For a news dispatch)
Find out how to make your ad come to life in this message! I am getting a bit desperate for some divercity of ads in my dispatches and I would like YOU to preach YOUR IDEAS to me! As I don't want the same batch of ads over and over. I have yet set a limit for ads I can put into :/ but that's ok! Let your ideas pour out and get your ad on these dispatches (linked in message.) (This is purely optional) :3
https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=55578400
Socialistic Britain, New United Common-Lands, Vordoslavia
I think it's cool lol
Vordoslavia, Tinusha
Thanks! I was trying to go for a more geometric futuristic look while still sticking to vexillogical principles (except for the seal)
Yodle, America The Greater, Vordoslavia
I'll be independent for now, but I'm gonna form a new one
America The Greater, Vordoslavia
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