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Taralus

And so it ends....?

Sweitchland

Guten abend from Yggdrasil.

Taralus

Anyone else still alive and kicking?

The State of Republic of Washinton

I'm still here.

Taralus

The Empire of Herya

Merry Christmas form all of us here in Portugal!
Happy Holidays!

Oceanyka

what year are we in

Taralus

Taralus

Happy New Year to all! Let's see what 2022 brings us...

South world

Why is our region shrinking? Only 26 nations now!

The United Kingdom of Nordamy

Lemuria Broadcast

News Bulletin

Unusual Activity In Kailash
Unusual activity ranging from paranormal apparitions to orbs of light are being reported to the authorities in the Kailash National Forest. Over the past two weeks there has been an increase in this unusual activity with some labeling it "paranormal" and some claiming it to be a vortex. The activity is occurring in Hoiabaichu Clearing, and area that is known by thrill seekers to have supposed paranormal activity and bizzare disaapeances. The clearing has been closed off by park police along with the trail leading to the clearing. Any instances of the bizzare are to be reported to the police.

*The bulletin end and a show goes on*

Cerma

Oceanyka wrote:what year are we in

the year is 2025

The United Kingdom of Nordamy

Lemuria Broadcast

News Bulletin

Vortex Activity
Physicists from Druk University confirmed the unusual activity in Kailash Forest is caused by a vortex. The location of the vortex has been sealed off to the public. Vortex activity has been reported to occur in the area since ancient times.

Typically when a vortex forms, disruptions in the atmosphere occur in the immediate area along with fluctuations in the electromagnetic field. Typically these are mild fluctuations that can make thrill seekers experience mild nausea and disorientation.

Union Strikes
The retail union has declared a general strike across the nation in response to poor pay. The wages have been acknowledged as being not up to par by state auditors.

Taralus

Taralus

*strolls through the RMB*

Nordamy, Lemona, and Connecticutvillopear

The 𝔐𝔢𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔤 ℭ𝔞𝔭𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔩 of Lemona

my region just went through a massive war. nice to just escape and look around other regions

Taralus

Cerma

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Nova capatenia

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The Peoples Republic of New United Common-lands

Greetings Citizens of The Coalition of Democratic Nations

The Region That Has No Big Banks has released the Ninth edition of our regional newspaper, The Social Reformer.

This contains a WA Delegate Update, information on our Regional Census, a Proposal for Summer Elections, and of course a Papers, Please. RMB inspired comic... plus more!

An upvote would be much appreciated, We hope you enjoy reading! :)

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The Social Reformer
Ninth Edition
Monday 2nd May 2022

Edited by: New United Common-lands and Ardeyn

Editorial
New United Common-lands, 1st May 2022

We are excited to bring to you the 9th Edition of The Region That Has No Big Banks official newspaper, The Social Reformer.
Please remember to upvote this Edition if you enjoyed reading it. Thank you!

And finally don't miss the Papers, Please. RMB inspired comic at the end of this edition :)


WA Delegate Update
29th April 2022

Dear all,

It is a great honour to be writing to you fellow citizens upon my selection and successful election as World Assembly Delegate for our region.

On the 16th of March, our founder Yodle announced their plan to retire as WA Delegate, after a successful reign of two and half years. Yodle has been a champion of The Region That Has No Big Banks, since it's founding back in 2016 and has provided great leadership for the region over the longest period. My role now starts by building upon the solid platform which Yodle has built for us, I'm very honoured to be taking over, and I know I have some very big shoes to fill. But equally, I want to bring a fresh outlook as I provide leadership for our region in the realm of World Assembly Affairs.

So I would be grateful if World Assembly members can endorse me, this will help to increase our regional power and increase my efficiency as WA Delegate, by making every WA vote count.

Endorse me here > nation=new_united_common-lands > then at the end of the page click the endorse button

Kind Regards,

New United Common-lands
WA Delegate Elect, Deputy Prime Minister



May 2022 Regional Census
New United Common-lands, 1st May 2022

***Attention Citizens we need YOU***

Given our massive influx of new nations we would like to take this opportunity to undertake a Regional Census, to learn more about our population and gather new ideas. We will feedback all the results in the next edition of The Social Reformer and how we plan to implement your ideas.

LinkClick here for the Census!


Proposal for Summer Elections
New United Common-lands, 24th April 2022

Back in November, we set out a proposal to kick start The Region That Has No Big Banks political processes and soon followed our January 2022 elections to five ministerial roles which have seen a massive shift in activity for the region.

Well now it’s the time to announce our plan for the summer elections, the elections will look slightly different from before, this will allow the chance for more Nations to get involved with regional government and our government to be structured more effectively.

There will be three separate election processes running throughout the summer.

    1. Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Elections
    2. Minister for Domestic Affairs & Minister for Foreign Affairs Elections
    3. Declarations of Interest for roles in government

Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Elections

Our Prime Ministerial Elections will be running a little differently this time around. Those interested in getting elected as Prime Minister should pick a running partner as Deputy PM. The elections will be for a joint Prime Minister & Deputy PM team, this should hopefully make for an interesting race in our region. We expect the PM & Deputy PM to be inaugurated by the Founder in Mid July.

Minister for Domestic Affairs & Minister for Foreign Affairs Elections

Once our executive officers are determined we will hold elections for our other two key ministries, giving our citizens their say in how they want their regional government to be run We expect the MoDA & MoFA to be inaugurated by Founder at the End of July

Declarations of Interest for roles in government

Alongside our MoDA & MoFA elections, other Nations will have the chance to put themselves forward to be part of the regional government, the Founder, Prime Minister and Deputy PM will decide how they want to form their government to deliver on their manifesto priorities.

They may choose to re-shuffle the existing officers and promote other nations to government, junior ministers can play a helpful part in performing the duties of Regional Government. At present nothing has been confirmed, below you can see a concept of a future state regional government.



Regional Parliament Reset
Ardeyn, 1st May 2022

As some of you may know, we've had a complete reset and rework of our regional parliament, which includes the newly appointed role in our government, the Speaker of the House (SotH). As our first Speaker, it is my duty to maintain and expand parliament, as well as hold its sessions. These changes came about after a lengthy conversation between me and our beloved delegate, New United Common-lands. We were both disappointed by parliament's inactivity and slowness, and so worked together to come up with an easily implementable solution, thus resulting in the Speaker of the House act.

The Speaker of the House Act, as approved on 13th April 2022 by 6 votes, (6|0|0)

This proposal is to introduce Speaker of the House role to regional government.

Given our recent regional elections, and influx in nations joining our region. We are using our mandate as regional government to improve and overhaul our regional processes and roleplay.

This bill recommends appointing a member of parliament to a new role “Speaker of the House".

On approval of this bill, Ardeyn will be appointed to, interim Speaker of the House to setup processes. Later we will hold an election through parliament to determine who should take this role forward.

Role Responsibilities

  • To give a voice for Parliament within our regional government

  • To remain neutral / independent on political debates and let all voices be heard

  • To support with MP election processes

  • To support with loading bills to parliament and general admin

  • To notify RMB of the outcome to all bills passed in parliament

  • To help increase engagement in a regional parliament generally

This act was a great step in the right direction toward increasing parliament activity, and there are certainly more reworks to come in the future!

If you wish to join parliament and shape our region's future, please read more about it and sign up or send us a bill via this dispatch.



Bankless Football League
New United Common-lands, 30th April 2022

The Bankless Football League (BFL) is a sports league within The Region That Has No Big Banks that partakes in the sport of football, also known as soccer. The inaugural season of the league started on April 6th, 2022 with 16 teams making an appearance.

Our Bankless League contenders have been clear since only four games in the season! Dashing Does FC (Costra Estil, Seed 10) and Danobia FC(Danobia, Seed 13) have been the top teams in their respective divisions, this has remained pretty clear throughout the seasons so far. These teams competed in the half-season exhibition match, where the top of both divisions face off. It was a closely fought affair, with Dashing Does coming out ahead winning 4 goals to 3. However, there was no clear margin which leaves us all guessing about the outcome of the soon approaching playoffs.

Our most recent round at the time of writing was round 11, with the teams fighting very closely for a top 4 position to be entered into the BFL Playoff competition, and now several teams are unable to make enough points to win their respective conferences, commiserations to New-Union (SC), Mr government (DC), Lkandria (SC), Huevina (DC), Ardeyn (DC) and Lemona (DC).

We thank the commissioner of the BFL and Minister of Culture The Washington Federation, for their excellent work and gripping entertainment which the BFL continues to provide, we look forward to the outcome of the next few rounds and into the playoffs to find out which Nation will be crowned champion of the BFL in our inaugural season.

Most recent Bankless league table


Papers, Please.
Socialistic Britain, The Washington Federation, 17th April 2022


Checkpoint Guard (The Washington Federation);

In your trance, you would end up at the East Grestin border checkpoint, now awaiting approval to enter Arstotzka.
"Papers, please."

Edward Jones (Socialistic Britain);

The man would hand over the Passport, He looked tired and appeared to be in a rush.
Dob: 1987.02.08
Sex: M
ISS: London
Exp: 2025.04.06
"I'm going to be a father soon."

Checkpoint Guard (The Washington Federation);

One discrepancy would be found on the passport.
"Your name, sir?"

Edward Jones (Socialistic Britain);

He paused for a second, Seemingly looking through his mind.
"Oh, uh.. Edward Jones"

Checkpoint Guard (The Washington Federation);

The checkpoint guard would only see the passport on his desk.
"Where is your access permit?"

Edward Jones (Socialistic Britain);

"Uhm.. Hold on."
The man looked through his pockets slightly panicking
"Sure I have it in here somewhere.."
He would pull out a small, crumpled piece of paper and opened it revealing an access permit
"Ah, here it is."
He'd put the access permit on the desk


ㅤㅤㅤㅤ-ARZTOTZKA-
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤM.A.O
ㅤㅤㅤㅤAccess Permit
This permit grants conditional access
To the sovereign nation of Arztotzka

ㅤㅤㅤㅤEdward Jonesㅤㅤㅤㅤ
Name

Obristanㅤㅤㅤ AMTNK-HJFMRㅤ
NationalityㅤㅤㅤId number

Visitㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ 6 Monthsㅤㅤㅤㅤ
PurposeㅤㅤㅤㅤDuration

164cmㅤㅤㅤㅤ 46kgㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
HeightㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤWeight

Short Hairㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
Physical Appearance
[Keep on person] 2025.04.06ㅤㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤEnter By

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤMinistry of Admizzionㅤ

Checkpoint Guard (The Washington Federation);

The guard would find a discrepancy between the access permit and the passport.
"Obristan? You do know that they don't issue passports in London, right?"

Edward Jones (Socialistic Britain);

The man stood still, appearing to have frozen and not being able to come up with a response.
"Uh.."
The man would look at the guard
"Is there perhaps a way we could ignore this?"

Checkpoint Guard (The Washington Federation);

"There is not. Once you sort out your passport, you may return."
The guard would stamp a prominent "Denied" onto Jones' entry visa, which is with the passport. He would be sent away.

"NEXT!"

Thanks yet again to Socialistic Britain for their excellent artwork and ever-intriguing RMB conversations to keep us all entertained.


Regional Anniversary
New United Common-lands, 1st May 2022

We are now very close to the 6th anniversary of our region, which will take place on the 5th June 2022, we plan to release the Tenth ‘special’ edition of The Social Reformer for our anniversary :). This will mark a big occasion for our region which the Regional Government is preparing some special events for, so stay tuned for more information and the Tenth Edition coming soon!



References


Please remember to upvote this Edition if you enjoyed reading it!
More Editions: Editions I-III | Edition IV | Edition V | Edition VI | Edition VII | Edition VIII
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Kind regards

New United Common-lands
The Region That Has No Big Banks
WA Delegate, Deputy Prime Minister

Christian confederation

Rip natives are welcome to join TMA

The 𝔐𝔢𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔤 ℭ𝔞𝔭𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔩 of Lemona

raiders suck bruv they remove everything good about the region and leave it soulless.

If I had the choice all raiders would be rounded up and punished.

The City-States and Leagues of The Land of the Ephyral

We are presently under repair. Please be patient. No nations are being admitted at this time.

The United Kingdom of Nordamy

Transmission 1
ᚦᚱᚨᚾᛊᛗᛁᛊᛊᛁᛟᚾ I

Connection Established
ᚲᛟᚾᚾᛖcᛏᛁᛟᚾ ᛇᛊᛏᚨᛒᛚᛁᛊᚺᛖᛞ

Logging in...
Bypass Wall....
Logging in 3...2....1

Congratulations!

ᛚᛟᚷᚷᛁᚾᚷ ᛁᚾ...
ᛒᛃᛈᚨᛊᛊ ᚹᚨᛚᛚ..
ᛚᛟᚷᚷᛁᚾᚷ ᛁᚾ I..II...III

ᚲᛟᚾᚷᚱᚨᚦᚢᛚᛇᚦᛁᛟᚾᛊ!

Switching to Sapien
ᛊᚹᛁᛏᚲᚺᛁᚾᚷ ᛏᛟ ᛊᛇᛈᛁᛖᚾ

Greetings to whomever receives this!
We are scientists from another reality attempting to reestablish peaceful connections with the world of humans after having been cut off for many years.

You have probably not heard of us but we go by the name of Lemurian. Our kind at one point in history were in contact with your kind. Some of your kind called us "gods" but we are not "gods".

We are not so different in our ways
We may be separated by veils and portals once closed but we wish to re establish contact.

If you can, please return out message on the same frequency you have received this. We await your reply and potentially contact!

May the peace that surpasses all understanding guard your hearts and minds in Christ.

Connection Terminated

The United Kingdom of Nordamy

Xinhua News

Premier Elections
Elections are beginning for the role of Premier of China. Those on the ballot are:
1. Bo Ling Chen(Kuomintang)
2. Xi Zeng(Labor)
3. James Soong(Solidarity Union)
4. Ding Weihau(Democratic)

The Chinese will go to the polls in a few days time to pick their Premier.

The favorable and popular candidate, Bo Ling Chen, is being touted as a favorite according to preliminary pools.

Hailing from a working class family from Shanghai, Ms. Bo is outside the norm given her young age(25) and populist stances. A newcomer to politics, Ms. Bo became a senior ranking Alderman for the Shanghai city council at the age of 22 straight out of University(St. Isiah University) and the Armed Forces(Chinese Army).

She has utilized social media in her campaign. Her style has been described as "Revolutionary, Inflammatory, Populist, and Hip"

*Commercial break to an Ad for Bo Ling Chen's campaign*

Hi I'm Bo Ling Chen. China stands at a crossroads between the people's interests and the interests of a few Socialist cronies. That's right, Socialists!

These cronies make the traitor, Mao Zedong, look like a tree loving hippie with their cunning deceit.

They want to take away your rights to guns, your pension, your property and more importantly, your civil liberties. They spit in the face of our Chinese identity and kiss the butts of our enemies in the Soviet Union

I will not stand for this at all. I will work with President Sun to stand up for you. Yes you!

The future of China is in your hands, get out there and vote for your future, vote for your China

*News comes back*

Suspicious Package On The Metro
A suspicious package was safely removed from the Beijing Metro by police during the morning commute. The package was reported to metro police by a commuter. The station was secured and a specialist team was called in to remove the package. Upon investigation, the package contained a bundle of M80s. It is unclear of who left the package and the exact motivation is unknown. The National Police are currently investigating.

The United Kingdom of Nordamy

Xinhua News

Premier Elected
The votes are in!

The candidate who has been selected for Premier is Bo Ling Chen representing the Kuomintang Party. She was sworn into office today by her brother, a pastor of the Church of China. Premier Bo ran on a populist platform and has been deemed "A young radical" by her opposition in the Labor Party.

Police Raid Triads
A club owned by a high ranking Triad was raided by the police before dawn in the Kowloon District of Hong Kong. The club had illegal guns and millions of dollars in illicit drugs. All were seized by the police and the club immediately shut down. More evidence was found in the apartments above the club including cell phones and laptops.

Communists March
Communists in Beijing held a march to commemorate the founding of their party. The march became violent when police arrived to keep order as demonstrators began to throw bricks and bottles at police. Riot control teams were called and the march was broken up by rubber bullets and tear gas.

The City-States and Leagues of The Land of the Ephyral

Wings of Skiron - Voice of the citizens of the League

Kalkadrion extends an invitation to the Chinese Premier...

The recent elections in China have brought the question of the relationship between the East Asian Republic and the Sacred League back to the forefront of foreign affairs. In response to the victory of the Kuomintang's Bo Ling Chen, a candidate predicted to have been a favourite for success, the Kalkadrion of the Sacred League has issued an invitation to the young Premier to visit Ephyra and be hosted in the League's seat in Haledon. The Helopon of the Sacred League affirmed this invitation and invites Miss Bo to be a guest at the Arophon, the official residence of the Helopon.

The visit will also enable an address by Miss Bo to the Kalkadrion at the Haledonian temple to Sykades. In its invite, the Kalkadrion acknowledged the "peculiarity" of a woman being admitted into the temple, but regards Miss Bo's appointment as a sufficient basis to allow exception.

It is expected that matters of trade, renewal of diplomatic commitments, and other issues will be discussed over the duration of the visit, although no doubt the first day shall be used to set the guest-right in place and make the Premier comfortable.

Syndicalist sympathiser rally in southern city dispersed by women...

In an unusual set of events in the southern kolos of Hidos yesterday evening, a small crowd of Syndicalist supporters numbering no more than two dozen temporarily occupied one of the central marketplaces of the city, and there voiced support for the Syndicalist regimes of Eurasia. The spread of the subversive ideology, emphasising slave-like fantasies of equality and universal brotherhood, into the Middle East and Africa, has long been a concern for the League ever since the support provided by said powers to the Tyrants' Revolt during the Decade of Blood. The infiltration of the ideology into a minority of citizens has been a deeper concern for individual city-states however, especially in the south of the country where the Tyrants' Revolt originated. Demonstrations of this sort are not unknown, though multiple cities have taken steps to limit their efficacy.

In this most recent display however, opposition to the Syndicalist nonsense arose not first from the city's law enforcement, on edge regarding such demonstrations since a larger protest late last year, but from the multitude of women engaging in mid-afternoon trading and purchases. Anger was aroused when the few women among the mostly male agitators publicly removed their veils and burned them, calling upon the rest of the women to do the same. Fearing a potential escalation as in the aforementioned protest the year before, where numerous respectable women had their veils forcibly removed by the Marxist thugs, the women in the marketplace moved to disperse the agitators, successfully driving them apart and away with their fury and superior numbers. In the confusion, law enforcement were unable to arrest any of the Syndicalists, but the Hidos City Watch nevertheless praised the response. A spokesman for the Hidos City Watch called upon families to ensure their sons and daughters were not "dishonouring the heart stone of their city with perverse displays of immodesty," referring especially to the veil-burning. The act was criticised as "an attempt to sever the important barrier between respectable women and whores", and warned families that their daughters may be mistaken for the latter if participating in such vulgar action.

The United Kingdom of Nordamy

Xinhua News

Invitation Received
The Kalkadrion of The Sacred League has invited the recently elected Premier of China on a diplomatic trip toThe Land of the Ephyral. Premier Bo has accepted the invitation and will meet with the leadership of the nation in a matter of days. Several talking points are on the agenda

Tremors in Everest
Earthquake tremors were picked up in the Mt. Everest area this morning. The government has issued an evacuation for all climbers on Everest to cease climbing immediately. There is an avalanche watch in effect for Everest and other peaks in the area.

The United Kingdom of Nordamy

Xinhua News

Church Authorizes Liturgy
The Church of China has authorized the Liturgy of St Addai for public use. The liturgy is considered one the oldest and was the first used among Chinese Christians. The liturgy was first allowed for experimental use and later for "Extrodinary Form" for limited public use. The mass was celebrated at Beijing Cathedral by the Bishop of Beijing,The Right Reverend Fr. John Zhang Wenzhi OblSB.

Premier Arrives in The Land of the Ephyral
Premier Bo has arrived in The Land of the Ephyral safely with her diplomatic and security teams. She is slated to speak with the leadership of the nation and establish national partnerships between China and Ephyra.

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