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BY-ELECTIONS IN THE LEGISLATURE

This month several special elections were held for both chambers of Thaecia's bicameral legislature. In the House of Commons, The peoples caribbean union resigned after a recall attempt was mounted against him, and Republika poludniowej wyspy ksiazecej left the region, leaving two seats open, which were won by Dizgovzy and Asean nations. Shortly after, in the Senate, Snowflame resigned, and Pap sculgief won his seat in a landslide. Meanwhile in the House, Speaker Zanaana got into several successive fights with members of the House and the region over the pressure he applied to MPs with real-life committments to invest more time into NS. He resigned, and Dizgovzy was elected Speaker, while Antenion, the now-former Culture Minister, won the snap election for his seat. Emazia was then nominated to be the new Culture Minister.

A CHANGE IN RECRUITMENT POLICY

Also this month, the Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Korsinia and Foreign Affairs Minister The Bigtopia, decided to stop the region's aggressive recruiting strategies officially used by the region in favor of a more laid back approach, which would allow for a broader and more active foreign affairs policy.

LATE NITE FESTIVAL

Named after the long, open conversations which typically take place on the Thaecian Discord late at night, the Late Nite Festival is coming to you tomorrow (August 7th) and running until August 16th. People from all across NS are welcome to come to this event organized by leaders in Thaecia, the East Pacific, Europeia, and more! Activities and games will be held such as Skribbl.io, AtWar, Secret Hitler, and Minecraft. We hope to see some faces from your region there, it'll be a lot of fun! Below is a statement from festival organizer Altys (Islonia on NationStates) inviting you all to come more cordially!

Remember last night's sky? That's right. On August 4th, for one night, your sky became a colourful mishmash. Sadly, yesterday night those beautiful colours had disappeared. Thinking it was a one-shot happening, your hype starts to go down. This evening you invited some friends to watch the 2nd season of the Umbrella Academy on Netflix, carefully muting your phone notifications to prevent anyone from spoiling you. As one of your friend asked to pause the episode for an urgent matter, your cat starts meowing at the patio door. Curious as you are, you decide to look at what she's meowing at. You stop marching 1m from the door. Your garden is illuminated in nine different colours. You open the door, get out the house and look at the sky. "Late Nite Festival" and the hundreds of stars are back! Before you can even think about what's up in here, another of your friend runs at you. She's been receiving countless notifications about some sort of happening one kilometer away. « Everyone's saying there's a festival tomorrow! And guess what, it's named 'Late Nite Festival'!! Just like what's in the sky.. wait.. did they really paint the SKY?! How?! » Intrigued by this, you and your friends, as well as a sizeable part of the metropolis NationStates decide to go to this mysterious festival.

Discord: https://discord.gg/xCE7BHb
NS Region: region=late_nite_festival

CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUMS PASSED

In the same elections that saw Dizgovzy, Asean nations, Pap sculgief, and Antenion enter the legislature, several constitutional amendments passed their referendums, strengthening regional voting rights, reforming the impeachment procedure, and more.

REFORMS IN THE ROLEPLAY REALM

Roleplay staff have been hard at work reforming the Roleplay Realm, launching a new season the Nation RP, led by Brototh, and starting a brand new forum RP focused around the politics and government of Thaecia in a more realistic setting (led by Altys). Generally, foreigners are welcome to join both RPs, but must understand the rules and guidelines laid out by staff.