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Governor: The Emirate of Upper Northern

WA Delegate: None.

Founder: The Emirate of Upper Northern

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An advisor approaches you with a piece of parchment with the seal of House Ellenburg broken. “You will want to read this, My Lord!” the advisor says. You take the parchment and begin to read: “My Lord, This is Great Lord Ellenburg. The King is dead and the Southern Kingdom is in chaos giving us a chance to break free. From this day forward, I reclaim the title of the King of the North. The Great North will rise again!"



Welcome to The Great North. Join us at our LinkGreat Meeting Hall, where great stories are told and the Northern Council meets to discuss important matters of the kingdom.

Want to learn more? - Check out our Charter, join our Roleplay, or join the Knights of the North.

Please remember to endorse the Grand Vizier



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Tags: Anti-Fascist, Democratic, Imperialist, Map, Monarchist, Offsite Chat, Password, Regional Government, Role Player, Security Council, Small, Trading Cards, and 1 other.World Assembly.

The Great North contains 6 nations, the 3,517th most in the world.

Today's World Census Report

The Most Stationary in The Great North

Long-term World Census surveillance revealed which nations have been resident in their current region for the longest time.

As a region, The Great North is ranked 13,723rd in the world for Most Stationary.

1.The Emirate of Upper NorthernMoralistic Democracy“Unity, Discipline, Work”
2.The Incorporated States of YirkashFather Knows Best State“Spirit, Superiority, Patriotism”
3.The Loving Couple of One True PairingMoralistic Democracy“Lumity”
4.The Federal Republic of SaitenttiCorporate Bordello“You Can't Stop Progress”
5.The Kingdom of BethodInoffensive Centrist Democracy“From Many, One”
6.The Theocracy of Balan Bar IIPsychotic Dictatorship“All will find salvation through the light of the seven”

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The Great North Regional Message Board

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The Federated Councils of Kyldigard

It was fun while it lasted

United Region Alliance, Yes but actually no, and Upper Northern

Yes but actually no

Kyldigard wrote:It was fun while it lasted

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The Endless Kakistocracy of Basementees

I, Basementees, am throwing Pax Britannia into the ring of regions which you should consider merging into.

We are a heavy RP based region, currently on our third iteration of Roleplay.
We use dice roles to decide the nitty gritty, which can lead to hilarity such as pre-industrial nations defeating 2nd world powers.

Pax Britannia is a 7.5yr old region, founded after an exodus from the British Isles. We operate under puppet founder, run by the collective of Parliament.
Despite our RMB looking quite sparse, we are heavily active on our Discord.
Why not pop-into our Discord and say hello? All of this could be yours, and more!

Pax Britannia For Merger!

The Notorious Witch Hegemon of Chaotic Sparkles

As you consider which region you would prefer to call your new home, I beckon you to consider our region of Sparkalia!

We are primarily an RP based region that lends a lot of freedom to creativity and our own map as well. We have both fantasy and future tech in our roleplay on a planetary scale. Our roleplay focuses on collaboration and telling a story so that there is a fun and enjoyable experience for all. :)

We also field a military that continues to grow stronger and stronger with regularly carried out operations and a World Assembly delegacy with a respectable amount of World Assembly votes.

The Queendom of Sparkalia is one that while absolute caters the best way possible to its wonderful growing community and the sky is the limit as we continue to develop and grow!

We hope you will choose us, and if not we wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors! If you have questions, be sure to tag me and I am sure to answer :)

The Republic of Kodiak Envoy

Hello The Great North.
I am a representative from the Kodiak Republic and Ellenburg has invited me to explain what we have to offer.
Our short recruitment introduction video can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRfZO9voP2c

Quote wrote:Our Community
Our community was founded as a revolutionary democracy after the unacceptable attempts by the founder-King of our former home to unilaterally change the character of the community. Since then, we have always believed that the Community is greater than any individual within it, and that especially included the Founder. We are moderated by a team of adults all of varied backgrounds and timezones. Our community is build on the pillars of Democracy, Integrity, Community, and Equality (more information in the dispatch linked below). To that end, we consider ourselves a Community that plays games (including nationstates) and not a NationStates community. In the past we have offered Chess tournaments, Minecraft, Valheim, Hoi4 MP games, Jack-box nights, movie nights, and myriad other interactive content for our community. Our hope in bringing The Great North into our community is that with your membership we can not only have much to offer you, but also we are excited to see what you can offer us. I hope to comment more on this below.

Quote wrote:Unique Simulated Mock Government
Kodiak offers a complex and unique Mock-Government Roleplay where all members are politicians in our Legislature. This includes a custom simulation of Kodiak using the acclaimed political simulator Democracy 4 to which is used to systemically process population growth, taxes, schooling, economics, labour rights, healthcare, and more. Our term of government is 12 RL weeks, abstracted into three IC years. Every term of government comes with a unique national crisis which obligates governments (and Legislators) to balance the needs of their ideologies with the pressing needs of the Nation. Many of you may recall that last year, The Great North was the villain who successfully invaded Kodiak Putin-style, ultimately siphoning away billions in Kodiaker state funds to defend our territory, the results of which still echo through policy decisions even today.

You can read more on our wiki: https://kodiak.wiki
**I also want to note that Kodiak does not require community members to reside within the NS region, meaning you're all eligible regardless of the outcome of this vote. Also, our elections are presently ongoing and I would encourage you to join us as soon as practicable if what we offer is at all interesting to you, as once polls open on Monday, it will be twelve weeks until the next election.

Quote wrote:Freeform Modern NS Roleplay
Additionally, the Kodiak Republic hosts a freeform, player driven NS RP in our capital region. This role play is minimal rules and player driven, based on the idea of story telling from a moment-to-moment point of view. In this RP, our members will often build individualised lore that is wildly incompatible with one another, and work together to drive a new story out of competing ideas. Numerous trade blocs, alliances, and defensive pacts, as well as a number of semi-magical dimensions have been built over the last year and I am excited to see what else is built over the summer. Our RMB is nearly always relatively active, but not so much as to be a stream of unfollowable conversations like in the Pacifics. The vast majority of our RMB posts are (thankfully) useful to the RP, or playing NS in general.

Quote wrote:Ancient Empires NS Roleplay
Kodiak is working to expand from a single region RP to multiple themed regional roleplays. In cooperation with feedback from our community, many members have requested that we experiment with different themes, styles, and RP rulesets. Ancient Empires is our first beta-test and is set to begin in Mid-May. This RP will be a rules-heavy board-game like RP based on imperial expansion within the Bronze Age. We already have 10 active players ready to begin from day one, and we are excited to see how our custom drawn world map ends up by Christmas.

Quote wrote:The Great North NS Roleplay??
For much of the last year I have been in talks with many of the various TGN RP leadership to try to include TGN within both the Mock Government's international Roleplays and integrating TGN as Kodiak's Medieval-based RP region. This has been made difficult by the resignations of the RP coordinators here in TGN. As mentioned above, Kodiak is working to expand its RP offerings as a centralised community into multiple themes, and we would love the opportunity to both integrate the players here in TGN into our community as well as work to rebuild TGN's Theme and Region to provide still more opportunities for the membership here as well as Kodiak.

I greatly urge and request the citizens here please consider voting for (or switching to vote for) the Kodiak Republic as your new home. Or if not, you're welcome to join us anyway.
I am always available to answer questions - you can tag the founder nation The Kodiak Republic or TG me on my main nation Rykkland.
Regardless of your choice, it has been a privilege and an honour to play alongside you all here in TGN.

Our master dispatch may be read here:


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Motto: "One more unto the breach!
.......... Dear friends, once more!"

Discord:

Assembly President

Braughn Kryos (NWP)

Executive Chancellor

Dr Edmund Maltravers (NUP)

Chief Justice

Ethward Staples (Unaffiliated)

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Welcome to Kodiak! This guide is a work in progress. Thank you for your patience!
(Last Updated: 04 May 2023)
Recent Additions: Bulletin: TKR NS RolePlay Rules, Bulletin: TKR Embassy Policy


Welcome to the Kodiak Republic!

Whether you are new to NationStates, or an old hat in this global community of ours, you are very welcome. If you simply cannot wait to get involved and meet everyone, please feel free to jump straight to the LinkDISCORD and apply to take part in the Assembly. If you need any help, a citizen of Kodiak is right around the corner, so please feel free to give us a shout and we will see what we can do for you!

Who are we?
The Kodiak Republic is a region that is community first, we do this for friendship, fun, and having a good time with our government roleplay. To us, why bother doing any of this if we are not enjoying it and meeting good people to spend our precious time with? The Kodiak Republic, otherwise known as TKR, is a democracy for the people where the power to make change truly exists in the peoples’ hands in both the Chancellery (the elected government) and the General Assembly (the legislature where all citizens participate).

Our founding pillars of this society revolve around the importance of democracy of the people, integrity in all we do, equality for all people, and finally, community. As a community we recognise that people come from all sorts of places, with all sorts of history, and should be free from discrimination and free to have a voice. These pillars focus on things that build the foundation to a strong, safe, and friendly community to spend your time in. That is important.

As a democracy, we believe that the people should be enfranchised to have a say, rather than keeping power within a small circle of popularity, our governing bodies are designed such that every voice can be heard regardless of perceived importance. If you are new to NationStates, you will have the opportunity to participate and add your flavour of ideas to an ever-growing community with an ever-growing repertoire of opportunity.



What can I do?
If you are eager to get involved but just don’t know where to start, have a look here!

• You can immediately join us on our LinkDISCORD and join discussions, or simply chat with your fellow Kodiakers!
• Apply for membership in the ASSEMBLY when you are ready, this opens all our doors and lets you participate in our government roleplay and other activities.
• The Kodiak Republic runs a custom Democracy 4 simulation which simulates our nation as a living, breathing state where our decisions truly matter! Have opinions about healthcare, or social spending, or many other real-world considerations? Democracy 4 allows us to explore all of that. You can participate as a citizen via the General Assembly or via our various Ministries led by our elected Chancellor.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY is the place for all citizens to discuss or vote on-going legislative proposals, have serious open discussions about the direction TKR (as a region or via the simulation) can or should go.
• Elections happen regularly and are open to all citizens, however you do not have to be an elected official to make change happen. Why not join a ministry or chat to the elected government about an idea you have? You can reach all elected officials via LinkDISCORD.
• Kodiak regularly runs activities and clubs that revolve around our citizen’s areas of interest, check out our LinkDISCORD to see if there is anything you like. Or start your own!



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Kodiak is more than a mock government simulation. It is first and foremost a community of members.
To best ensure a quality and enjoyable environment, we follow four central tenants to guide the interactions
between members, staff, and visitors. They will be explained in detail below.


E – Equality

All members are expected to treat one another equally with respect and empathy. Within a rich and dynamic political simulation, our community must embrace the reality that members will often have nuanced and varied opinions that are influenced by their experience, background, culture, religion, and education. These opinions are all equally valued and equally necessary to maintain a healthy mock-government community. While these situations may rise tensions in some debates, it is expected members will always be considerate of the human on the other side of the screen. Specifically, while some many metres of print have been spent on the ‘paradox of tolerance’, we stand firmly that intolerance cannot be accepted. An educational example may be on the point of homosexuality. It is expected and probable that a member will consider homosexual conduct a sin in their religion. It would be expected that member would both, 1) be able to respect the personal decisions and debate points of a person who has a different opinion on sexuality and 2) feel safe to voice their religious reasoning in a religious context without being attacked. Perhaps another similar example would be the witty quip, “if you don’t like gay marriage, don’t get gay married.”


C - Community

Kodiak does not exist without its community. When a service Kodiak provides (national simulation, inter-discord relations, dedicated gaming) begins to experience a degradation towards toxic interactions, the safety and enjoyment of the members of the community will always come first over the minor specifics of a service. We are all eachothers’ Kodiak neighbours, and it is expected some members may not always get along. It is also probable that two members who do not get along well will both be equally committed to their place in our community, which may prolong an unhealthy social conflict. It is expected that all members will, especially in circumstances like described above, consider the effect their actions take on the health of the community, and adjust their behaviour accordingly. Our moderation team includes members who are trained in conflict resolution and counselling, and while it is always the responsibility of a member to ensure their behaviour is aligned with these four values, help will be given if help is requested. Lastly, it is important to understand that the rules of our community are written by and approved by our community and therefore it is expected that members will do their best to interact in a way that is positive and compliant to those rules.


I - Integrity

The strength of our community and the ability to participate in good faith in political or other discussion will rely entirely on the strength of character of our members. Members are expected not to lie or to use excessive logical fallacies to force their positions. While there will always be opportunities for well meaning individuals to use poor logical argument to support a position, it must always be in good faith. Replace strawmen with steel-men arguments, and never use ad-hominem. If a position seems ridiculous, try to ask questions to learn why someone thinks that way. You may be surprised how often a person did not mean an argument to sound the way they typed it. And if you treat others this way, you will find your mistakes are treated with respect and compassion as well. It should also go without saying that fraud and sock-puppetry is unacceptable conduct.


D - Democracy

The root of our community is its foundation on its democracy. The decisions we make and the opportunities to participate are all rooted in the belief that fair and good faith debate within a respectful forum, followed by a fair and transparent acceptance process like voting, are essential to the healthy functioning of our community. While not every moderation decision can be (or will be) debated ad-infinitum, the way our moderation team operates should always be as near as possible to the rules and procedures agreed upon by the informed consent of the community. Opportunities to appeal moderation decisions to an impartial arbiter should always exist, but actions which result in banishment because they jeopardise the strength of these four pillars do not often find themselves successfully appealed.






I want to finish by saying that these descriptors aren’t here to scare you, and they aren’t even necessarily important to study and memorise. The crux of the point is; don’t be a jerk. These four pillars exist to make you feel safe - safe that you can expect to be treated with respect and to be treated fairly in as many of your interactions in Kodiak as possible. I cannot guarantee that all members will always effectively follow these values and there will certainly always be trolls that try to push the boundaries. What I can guarantee though is that every time you choose to do the right thing, it almost always encourages others to make the same choice, and that this is what will always make Kodiak strong. I am excited you are with us, and I am excited to see what you can bring to our community. Every member, big or small, makes Kodiak a better place and if you want to be a part of something great then you are always welcome here in Kodiak.


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Yes but actually no

huh

The Emirate of Upper Northern

Yes but actually no wrote:huh

The region above are in the running for us to merge with them. Please make sure you vote.

Yes but actually no

welp time to merge

The Federated Councils of Kyldigard

GOODBYE TGN 🔥💥🫡❤️💔

The Endless Kakistocracy of Basementees

So long, and thanks for all the fish

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