HELLO HO HO HO UNION OF DEMOCRATS
WHICH ONE WILL WIN
MAYBE PETER PAUL AND MARY
OR MAYBE WHAM
OR MAYBE CHUCK BERRY
WE HOST DAILY POLLS
TO FIND THE BEST CHRISTMAS SONG
I am sorry to say that we will be closing the Embassy between The Labyrinth and the Union of Democrats due to not meeting the 5th requirement in our Embassy Policy which states: "Any regions applying for embassies must have no posts older than 15 days old on the front page of their RMB." I am once again sorry for closing the Embassy
on behalf of Prudentia, we are sorry to announce that we will be closing our Embassy between Prudentia and the Union of Democrats, as it doesn't meet our requirement in our Foreign Policy which states: "The candidate region has to be approved as active region from First Council" We wish your region best of luck for the future!
I am now head minister of Celtia. This term will be a collaborative government, yes with whom I appoint to my cabinet, which I have initially chosen but I'm reconsidering so stay tuned, but with the "regular" citizens of Celtia. In fact, most of Celtia will be "regular" citizens. My telegram box is always open, so feel free to send me a telegram, I log on into my nation at least once per day. I'm really excited and I hope to breathe life into Celtia.
The United Star Wars Alliance regrets to inform that due to the closure of the region, we have been forced to close our embassies with the region. Thank you for your time. Happy New Year!
As an embassy of The Region Of Gargery, you all have a voice in the future of it. And, with the current inactivity and problems our region is facing, it has never been more important for us to request help from our allies.
That's why TRG: May Gargery Thrive has been enacted. This will be a policy, written by people on a task force, that will aim to get Gargery out of it's rut. If you want to join the task force, and help us (with as little or as much involvement as you wish), then follow this link to join a Discord server: https://discord.gg/rRKHFcYVy4
You can also join, and just oversee operations. Whatever you want.
Once you join, just read the last part of the welcome channel to get special embassy privileges.
I appreciate all of you,
The Constitutional Monarchy of Aredita Founder of The Region Of Gargery
P.S. We've been having some trouble with the Discord link, so just let me know if you can't get it.
The Global Roleplay Organization announces that a new role-play is being prepared and will start soon. In order to better organise ourselves, but also to fully involve you in the development of this RP, we would like to know if any of you are interested.
It is a modern day RP, which context is based on a mix between real and alternate history. When the RP will start, the map will be made of nations controlled by players and nations without players, but which the moderators will manage. The existent world order at the start of the RP and the existence of all nations will therefore be explained by a basic historical context. This world order, this historical context is named Global Context. It will be built both by the moderators and by you, the players. We, the moderators, will give basic guidelines regarding history and the world order. Then, you will all add your nations one by one to the game, and each of your nation's history will complete the world history. New nations will always have to be compatible with the Global Context, meaning that it can't be absolutely crazy. But don't worry, we are very flexible.
World history can change starting 1815, after Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Waterloo, named Mont-Saint-Jean by the winner. It's a date that is early enough to give you ample leeway, but recent enough to keep the world from going completely mad compared to reality. The Congress of Vienna took place, and peace was maintained as the French Empire accepted the new european order. So, the Global Context will be a clever mix of reality and fiction, that makes the world different from reality while keeping the most important tendencies and events which we all know, even if they existed / took place a bit differently. For example, the World Wars both took place, with a broadly similar outcome, but took place a bit differently if you look at the details. Communism rose, Russia became the USSR during WWI, and the Cold War began after WWII. But again, the Cold War took place differently and ended differently, making the RP world different from the one we know... (Don't worry, the communists didn't win and invade the world ;-) )
So, send a telegram to The modern roleplay head if you would like to participate, or if you have questions. The RP might not begin straight away; we will wait for enough nations to sign up, otherwise the RP will not be as interesting. You can already skim / read the rules, even though they are relatively obvious. In fact, you will be quite free. But the reason why we are giving you the following link is mostly because it contains the application form to join the RP. The dispatch:
For role-play to be interesting, it is necessary to establish a certain framework. Every nation participating in role-play and every member region of the Global Roleplay Organization agrees to abide by all the rules in this document.
Section 1: The Structure
1. There are two ways to participate in the role-play:
a) Your region registers with GRO and builds an embassy. In this way, all nations in the region that wish to do so can apply. b) You want to join a role-play individually. In this case, either you join a member region of the GRO (a region that meets criterion a just above) or you join our storage region.
2. A person can only have one nation taking part in each role-play. A nation wishing to take part in the role-play must meet one of the following two criteria:
a) Be a nation member of the World Assembly (WA). b) Be a non-WA nation with a WA-registered controller elsewhere in NationStates.
3. GRO will manage several role-plays with different themes, for example a modern role-play, a medieval role-play, etc. By the way, we welcome any suggestion. 4. The GRO masters the role-play rules and reserves the right to make changes. GRO undertakes to inform members of any changes made. However, members can make requests or suggestions. 5. Each role-play is managed by one or more moderators. GRO has its own chief moderators but any nation that wishes to do so can apply to become a moderator. We will validate or reject applications. If your application is accepted, you will be asked to create a puppet that will join the region of the role-play in question. 6. We reserve the right to sanction nations that violate these rules. We undertake to act proportionately to the seriousness of the facts. Generally, we will give one or more warnings to the nation concerned before considering other sanctions such as temporary or permanent suspension. 7. The authorities of GRO's member regions undertake to use their regional powers to enforce these rules. For example, if we suspend a member nation of a region connected via an embassy, the regional authorities should not allow the sanctioned nation to continue posting on our RMBs. 8. Any user of the RP must be respectful of others and must not rage, swear, be rude, vulgar or insulting, or engage in any other form of indecent or disrespectful behaviour. Spamming is also prohibited.
Section 2: Rules for all role-plays
1. The role-play is carried out on the RMB of the role-play. The RMB is considered the international stage. Anything that is not indicated on the RMB does not count. It is allowed to communicate secretly via telegrams. 2. A distinction is made between In Character (IC) and Out Of Character (OOC). By default, everything posted is considered IC. If it is OOC, it must be specified. If you want to share secret information with another player, you are encouraged to use spoilers. It will be considered as secret (other nations won't know it in IC) but it will still allow other players to understand the RP better. 3. The role-play will also contain in-game nations defined as Non Player Characters (NPC). These nations are managed by moderators. 4. Godmodding is forbidden. It is defined as taking control of another player's characters. 5. Metagaming is forbidden. It is defined as making use of OOC (Out Of Character) knowledge in RP. For example a player reveals secret plans for winning a war OOC but does not IC (in character). The opponent would be able to counter them perfectly because of his OOC Knowledge of the plans, which is Metagaming. 6. The participating nations and NPCs will be indicated on the map. 7. No nation is invincible. No nation can claim having unlimited ressources (including financial ressources). 8. No technology (military), diplomatic or trade strategy is infallible (for example trade routes or military equipment). 9. Players need to accept the consequences of their nation's actions. A provocative behaviour can have a bad impact on another nation as well as in-game nations for example. 10. You can do anything you think is realistic, just have fun. Anything you think is relevant can be done as long as it is within the rules. 11. The moderators control the RP and have the final say. That is, they can invalidate an action deemed unrealistic. 12. Moderators also have the role of inventing scenarios to stimulate role-play. 13. It is forbidden to coerce another player in a scenario. Although players must assume the consequences of their actions, two protagonists of a war RP must pretty much agree on a scenario. In case of major disagreement, moderators will intervene. It is prohibited to lead another player in a major scenario such as a war during a period of inactivity of the latter. 14. Remember that we are all friends and that RP has to remain fun. Don't be aggressive and don't be a sore loser. When being hostile to another nation (in role-play), don’t say something that can be seen as offensive even if it is IC.
Section 3: Rules for the modern role-play
1. To join the modern role-play, a player needs to fill in the following form and send it to the Head Moderator:
Role-play nation name:you may want (or not) a different name for your nation in the RP Map claim:describe clearly and precisely the territory you wish to have on the map Role-play population:determine your population in RP. Keep in mind that too high a population density can have disadvantages (including economic ones) Official government type:what kind of country is it? Liberal democracy, military junta, single-party republic, etc. ? Political system:main institutions. For example the parliament chambers, the Prime Minister, the President, the King, etc. Describe. Head of State and/or Head of Government:insert your head of state and government and tell who has the executive authority and who represents your nation abroad. Capital city:where the political institutions are located. Largest city:name your largest city if it's not the capital. You can give its population. Economy:describe the economic policy (e.g. ultra-liberal, interventionist, etc.). Indicate your main economic activities (e.g. oil resources, agriculture, tourism, textile industry, financial services, etc.). Add anything else you find interesting (e.g. unemployment, imports/exports, etc.). You are allowed to add figures and statistics if you want. Currency:Name of currency. Add the value if you want (compared to the ICU) Economic figures (GDP, GDP/capita):Estimate your Gross Domestic Product and your GDP per capita. GDP = GDP per capita * population Military:Describe your military strength. If you have dispatches that describe your military, add it as well please. Diplomacy:if you want you can describe your foreign policy (e.g. isolationist, imperialist, multilateralist, interventionist, etc.) Member of the United Nations (Yes/No):The United Nations are an assembly of nations that vote on world issues. Same as IRL, but can evolve during the RP Other information and requests:If you have any other information or requests you would like to share with us, please do so here. Main factbook:do you have a main factbook, an overview of your nation? If you do, please post the link. Other factbooks:if you have other dispatches that describe some areas of your nation (military, culture, etc.) post the link here.
[b]Nation name in RP:[/b]
[b]Map claim:[/b]
[b]Role-play population:[/b]
[b]Official government type:[/b]
[b]Political system:[/b]
[b]Head of State and/or Head of Government:[/b]
[b]Capital city:[/b]
[b]Largest city:[/b]
[b]Economy:[/b]
[b]Currency:[/b]
[b]Economic figures (GDP, GDP/capita):[/b]
[b]Military:[/b]
[b]Diplomacy:[/b]
[b]Member of the United Nations (Yes/No):[/b]
[b]Other information and requests:[/b]
[b]Main factbook:[/b]
[b]Other factbooks:[/b]
2. This is a modern RP, so the technologies and means can't be futuristic. 3. All types of magic, sorcery, divine intervention, and other forms of powers not grounded in science are forbidden. For example, the nations' species can only be human and teleportation doesn't exist. 4. Every country can have their own currency. But the world uses a common currency, the International Currency Unit (ICU) for comparisons. 1 ICU = $ 1 IRL. No nation, real or NPC, can take control of this currency. It is the International Bank that controls this currency, and it is not under the influence of any state and will not support any country or ideology. The ICU can be used for economic exchanges by public or private entities as well. 5. To declare war players need a reasonable Casus Belli, or better known as warcause. Nations must play the diplomatic escalation first. 6. Players who wish to wage wars (which is not mandatory) are obliged to list their military forces in a dispatch. It does not require elements of extreme precision, but some basic elements are necessary. The more precise, the better. 7. The minimalist effort will not be interesting. In the case of a major event (e.g. declaration of war) it is necessary that the post is long enough. 8. It is possible to sign diplomatic agreements and create international organizations, even economic and military ones, as long as they respect the other rules. 9. Indicate who is behind each of your IC posts, e.g. whether it is the President speaking, a diplomat, the private sector, the media, etc. 10. In any case, the more accurate you are in your posts and the way you play in general, the better the RP will be for everyone!
That's already quite long, sorry! But we still have a few things to tell you. Firstly, we are quite flexible on nations and puppets: if you prefer playing with a puppet because you think it will better suit the RP country you want to play, you can do it without any problem. It can be interesting for example if you want it to have a name that is close to the country you are playing, or if you want a more / less authoritarian nation, a monarchy instead of a republic, etc. Secondly, we want to tell you that even though there are rules, don't think you will be limited by the moderators: the aim of the RP is above all to have fun! Also, don't hesitate to take the country you want on the map: please don't reject african countries just because you think that they are inevitably poor; it's your country, so you choose how it looks like. Lastly, we the moderators are here to answer any question you may have, give you any advice you need, and take any suggestion you have for the map / the Global Context with great pleasure!
P.S. If you want to be a moderator, please telegram this nation. There are two of us at the moment, and we might need more moderators.
I'm going to put this up for a vote of the region, and I'll respond to this proposal in accordance with the wishes of the region.
I think that we should accept, our region has been inactive for a long time, and I don't think there is much of a chance of the region being active again, and that this would be our best chance in preserving our region's legacy. But I will support whatever the region decides, and will stay on until the last person leaves or until elections are held.
As an embassy region with you, I probably don't post here as much as I should. I would like to invite all of you to take a look at The Sportsbook. We are a very different region for NationStates in that our focus is on Sports and Sports Gambling. In fact, we have a daily bet on our World Factbook Page. Today's bet is the first of 2 UEFA Nations League games. page=poll/p=187448 We also have a great Discord server where we run Fantasy games and season-long games. We even have a casino and D&D. Feel free to stop over there too. The link is on our WFE.
I would like to note that we have absolutely NO NATIVE REQUIREMENTS. We just want to let you know about a cool, slightly different place to spend some time at outside of your regular region.
I know it's been awhile. The last time I posted here I talked of putting up for a vote a merger proposal from the Liberty Democratic Alliance. I have just informed them that I held that I had to turn down their proposal. In the over a month since their proposal, the majority sentiment that I have gauged in this region was against the merger proposal, so I have turned it down. I know that I didn't facilitate the best of processes during that period, and for that I apologize, but I think I have followed the will of the region in that decision.
But in recent days I have received another merger request, this one from The Orange Order. I hope that I can run this consultation process for this proposal, better than I did for the last. I will be putting a poll up on this proposal now, when I first informed the region of this proposal, and I will let it run for 14 days, and I will ensure that the will of the people is truly reflected in whatever I respond to their request.
This is part of the telegram I received on the proposal:
I am Meercovo, from the region of The Orange Order. I would like to inquire about a possible merger between our two regions. Our region is growing, and has already successfully merged with another region who have all become active members of our RMB and Role Play.
I believe that a merger between our regions would be beneficial to all nations in both regions. Our region is very active, and we are looking for regions and nations who want to join us. We are a democratic, open and fair region, we hold regional polls regularly and the RMB is always busy.
Currently, we have 21 nations and you have 18. With a successful merger, our combined power would be over 40 nations. This would give us, as individual nations and as a single block, much more global significance. It would mean that the WA delegate of any such region would carry anywhere between 10-25 endorsements, making them incredibly powerful in the World Assembly, compared to current endorsements of 2 in your case and 7 in ours. Together, our two regions might, just might, be able to start a new global NS power, as more and more nations would see the appeal of such a region.
I hope you consider my proposal, and if you have any questions or ideas, please don't hesitate to ask.
I have come to express my full solidarity with the members of this great region. Our own region, Liberty Democratic Alliance, was born on the ashes of our previous, raided region Liberty Nations Alliance.
Like always, raids are cowardly actions. They take advantage of a moment of weakness, a drop in vigilance, the absence of a founder or a small number of endorsements to come and soil the floor of regional communities with their big hooves.
Our Minister of Foreign Affairs The north american unified states has publicly condemned the raid. LDA stands by you at this difficult time, and in particular in support of the legitimate WA Delegate Hopal.
As soon as you can, clean up, mop up and get the dirt out of your region!
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