The World Assembly is central to NationStates, and you do not want to miss out! By joining the World Assembly, you can cast a vote on all WA resolutions that reach the floor of either the General Assembly or the Security Council; endorse other WA nations that are in the same region as you are; submit your own resolution proposals for consideration by all of NationStates; join the ERN (our navy!) to help further our foreign policy and experience one of the most exciting aspects of NationStates; and contribute to our Sororal Republic's security and success by (if you're in Europeia) endorsing our Europeian Delegate UPC, Vice Delegate PhDre, and Regional Security Officers Decacon, Le Libertia, Pland Adanna, Primorye Oblast, and JayDee II or (if you're in Estalcia), endorsing Estalcian Delegate Ervald.

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 Join the World Assembly

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On the World Assembly page, there's a button up top that says Apply to Join. Provided you have an email address on your settings page, clicking on that button will send you an email within a few minutes. In this email, you'll be invited to click a link which will confirm your membership in the WA. If the email doesn't appear in your email inbox, make sure to check the spam box too. (And if it is in the spam box, marking the email as "not spam" should hopefully prevent future emails from getting lost.)

Remember to never have more than one nation in the World Assembly! NationStates rules permit only one World Assembly nation per player, to ensure fair resolution votes and endorsement counts. Having more than one can result in the deletion of all your nations, a year-long ban from the World Assembly, or even your permanent ban from the World Assembly and the game itself.

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 How to Exchange Endorsements

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Once you have joined the World Assembly, you can endorse other nations who are in the World Assembly and in the same region you are. You simply go to the nation page of whomever you want to endorse, and, near the bottom of this nation page, just below their National Happenings, you'll see a World Assembly subheading, along with a list of "Endorsements Received." Just below that list of nations, you'll see a button that reads: Endorse NATION. Click that button to have your endorsement applied to that nation. Here is a helpful screenshot:

After you click the "Endorse NATION" button, you should see their endorsement count increase by one, and you should also see your nation's name added to the end of the lists of nations endorsing them. If you would like nations to endorse you back, you can send them a friendly telegram asking them to do so.There are a few very important items to remember when you are exchanging endorsements:

1. If you're in Europeia, you should absolutely endorse our Europeian Delegate UPC, Vice Delegate PhDre, and Regional Security Officers Decacon, Le Libertia, Pland Adanna, Primorye Oblast, and JayDee II to strengthen and protect the region.

2. If you're in Estalcia, you should endorse Estalcian Delegate Ervald, to boost our representation in the World Assembly!

3. You may not exceed your endorsement cap. If you are a citizen of our Sororal Republic and you are endorsing UPC or Ervald, your maximum endorsement count is 50. If you are not a citizen but you are endorsing the delegate, your limit is 25 endorsements. If you are not endorsing the delegate, your cap is 10. If you exceed your endorsement cap, you could be ejected from the region. If you ever notice that you have exceeded your cap, you should immediately either temporarily resign from the WA for 1 minute (your endorsement count should reset, and you can then rejoin) or apply for citizenship to raise your cap to 50.

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 Military Gameplay - Join the ERN!

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NationStates warfare is based primarily on many people using their World Assembly nations to capture the World Assembly Delegacy of a region. (Sorry to those of you who thought it would use your defense stat. It doesn't.) This is done by endorsing one of their number, who will then have the most endorsements in the region and become the World Assembly Delegate. Over the years, many intricate tactics for speed and stealth have been developed based on this simple mechanic.

Our navy, the ERN, is the military force of Europeia and Estalcia. Its primary purpose is advancing our Sororal Republic's foreign interests abroad, and in service of that aim it participates in a wide variety of operations. We often cooperate with other regions, too, making naval service a great chance to get to know the NationStates world. The ERN is a Defender military, meaning that it mostly works to reverse vandalism and destruction done to other regions, as well as to defend them from attacks from Raider forces.

The Navy has two divisions: Active Duty, and the Militia. Active Duty sailors communicate mainly by Discord, and need to be online for military operations during the NationStates server update periods at 9AM-10AM Pacific Time and 9PM-10:30PM Pacific Time.

If your availability is limited or if those time requirements are unreasonable for you, you can still participate in our Navy through the Militia, which has looser requirements and mainly involves moving into regions outside of update times. All Citizens who don't opt out are automatically enrolled in the Militia—no additional sign up necessary!

To apply for Active Duty, follow the instructions pinned in the Office of Naval Recruitment!

After you join, the Grand Admiral (the leader of the Navy) will contact you with some instructions and to schedule training. Feel free to send the Grand Admiral or President (listed on both Europeia's and Estalcia's region pages) a telegram at any time if you have questions!

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