Lazarus regional update (February - March 2023)

Current Leadership

Hegemon (Delegate): Treadwellia
Herald (Vice Delegate): New Rogernomics
First Citizen (PM): New Rogernomics
Epistates of the Ekklesia (Assembly Speaker): Debussy

Epilektoi (Councillors of Lazarene Security): McChimp, Debussy and Leonism

Areios Pagos (Court of Lazarus): Chanku, Wang Yao, and Wymondham

Lazarus will be having a major in-game event called the Second Annual LazAnarchy, playing off the name of LazAnarchy that popped during Imki's overthrow of the last regime. This event will involve residents of Lazarus sending TGs to suggest who gets purged from the region, and then going to a RMB poll vote every 48 hours. The top 5 suggestions will go to vote, and the highest three will be purged. The leaderboard in the Second Annual LazAnarchy dispatch will show the hits taken and given by each faction. Hopefully this will be an interesting event that gets Lazarus out of its activity slump. Obviously, no actual ejections, unless someone wants to be. The dispatch for the Second Annual LazAnarchy is here: page=dispatch/id=1856795#lazanarchy

Lazarus has made a shift in how it organizes the government ministries, embassies, and citizenship applications, which will now all take place on the Lazarene discord server. This is part of the effort to increase the speed in which the bureaucratic wheels turn and make the region a whole lot easier to manage. Government ministries will discuss and organize on the discord server, and foreign regions that have an embassy with us will have their own channel on our server. Citizenship applications being slow has been a constant issue, which could now be resolved through the new policy of allowing applications on the discord server. The Lazarene forum now will purely perform legislative, archival, and role-playing functions, so no applications (that aren't just simple masking requests) and embassies will exist on the forum from this point on. Those interested can visit the Lazarene discord server here: https://discordapp.com/invite/e3m4fdM

Ellenburg ended his term as First Citizen (PM) having decided to not stand for re-election. His term ended on a high note of having achieved what he set out to do in his platform, and he now returns to private life as a citizen of Lazarus.

Elections began on the 16th of February to select a First Citizen (PM) of Lazarus. First Citizen, Ellenburg did not stand for re-election. New Rogernomics was elected as the new First Citizen (PM) with 100% of the vote and no abstentions.

First Citizen (PM) New Rogernomics has been running a regular parliamentary question time on Saturday at 9 PM (EST) / 2:00 AM (UTC/GMT). This initative on the Lazarene discord server which started off rather slowly, now seems to now be picking up in participation. Unfortunately, the last question time had difficulties with the craig bot and stage. Next time there will be some music running in the background during the question time to resolve that issue, as pausing speaking caused the craig bot to stop recording and delete it. If you want to join the question time and ask questions or just listen, foreign dignitaries and visitors are also welcome.

General Updates
By New Rogernomics
- Lazarus updates its discord server and forum
- ACSSA confederation was appointed Deputy First Citizen (Prime Minister)
- Lowe was appointed Proedroi (Minister) of Internal Affairs
- Debussy was appointed Deputy Proedroi (Minister) of Foreign Affairs
- Wang Yao was appointed as Deputy Proedroi (Minister) of Internal Affairs
- Tinhamption/Inimitable Nukes was appointed Deputy Proedroi (Minister) of Internal Affairs tasked with WA matters
- The Lazarene Gazette has been merged with the regional update, so this ends its time as an independent publication

The Lazarene Gazette has had a great run through the years, though the lack of private support for the Lazarene Gazette has forced it to shut its doors and be taken over as a supplement to the Lazarus regional update. Doubling up on a regional update and a regional newspaper caused issues for most administrations, as if private citizens did not step up and contribute articles it fell to one or two people to publish the newspaper, which led to it being published rarely or having few articles. As a supplement to the regional update, it is hoped that the Lazarene Gazette can have a new life, as staff from the foreign affairs ministry and internal affairs ministry can contribute to articles. Private citizens will continue to be allowed to contribute articles to the Lazarene Gazette, which will be advertised before the next issue, though it will have added government oversight and support. The political neutrality of The Lazarene Gazette of course will not be interfered with, as it is the voice of private citizens on their government and region. Articles will be assumed, as usual, to not be the official opinion of the government but private citizens.

This regional update was brought to you with all the best wishes of the region of Lazarus. Thank you for reading!