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1.The Republic of VaravanoLeft-Leaning College State“War itself is the enemy of the human race.”
2.The Haunted Forests of KanoshuScandinavian Liberal Paradise“자유, 민주주의, 연대”
3.The Green Communes of LaevendellLeft-wing Utopia“What's mine is yours as well.”
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¡Hola a todos!
El nuevo envío de actualización de política exterior está disponible para cualquier persona interesada en leer.

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Primer Ministro Ajarma Vivííjato
Viceprimer Ministro Jobraqq Qaddii
Ministro del Parlamento Zolisteči Dezharmatt Pachaniij


Objetivos Generales de Política Exterior
Noviembre 2024 - Enero 2025

  1. Fortalecer nuestros vínculos con las regiones aliadas actuales y reclutar una Fuerza de Voluntarios de Emergencia que esté siempre presente frente a la angustia regional (es decir, redadas/invasiones).

    1. El Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores (Zolistečija) pronunciará un discurso introductorio oficial para los aliados regionales del DSA y garantizará que todas las líneas de comunicación se mantengan y cumplan con un alto nivel. Es responsabilidad del MoFA establecer confianza dentro de las regiones y embajadas miembros aliadas de la DSA, y también mantener nuestra prestigiosa influencia recordando a nuestros aliados que siempre estamos listos para ayudarlos y apoyarlos cuando sea necesario.

    2. A Zolistečija y las Islas Euqorijan les gustaría presentar una propuesta oficial para establecer un grupo de trabajo de emergencia de élite y experimentado con fines de liberación y seguridad regionales; Zolistečija se nombra como miembro voluntario. Como tal, la propuesta sugiere un reclutamiento de más de 20 Estados-nación bien establecidos y altamente experimentados que estén dispuestos a permanecer a la espera, preparados y listos para avanzar cuando sea necesario.

    3. Establecido en la Estatuto de la Asamblea Socialista Democrática, Artículo 1, §1.1.8. (página 8): “La política exterior del DSA se basa en una posición de presunta neutralidad. El DSA reserva el uso de sus capacidades defensivas regionales exclusivamente para su seguridad y la de sus aliados”. Sabiendo esto, el MoFA mantendrá una posición de neutralidad a menos que el DSA y/o sus aliados sean provocados. Sin embargo, Zolistečija quisiera recomendar que el DSA restablezca firmemente esta posición mediante campañas activas dentro del propio DSA y dentro de las regiones miembros aliadas.

      iii.i. Hacer campaña activa conducirá a defender políticas alineadas con: el fascismo, la política reaccionaria, el imperialismo, el totalitarismo, la política de extrema derecha y cualquier ideología que busque desmontar los principios fundamentales de la democracia, la equidad, la igualdad, la solidaridad, la libertad y el socialismo.

      iii.ii. La campaña también debería centrarse en el apoyo a la comunidad LGBTQIA+. A Zolistečija le gustaría proponer una operación mensual o bimestral para proporcionar listas completas de recursos para servicios profesionales que ayuden a las personas LGBTQIA+ en línea y fuera de línea (por ejemplo, servicios de salud mental, refugios locales, bancos de alimentos, etc.)

      iii.iii. Zolistečija propone un esfuerzo adicional para organizar una recaudación de fondos interregional de una semana de duración para otras organizaciones benéficas y organizaciones. Si se acepta, Zolistečija le enviará un mensaje con una lista completa de enlaces e información. Potencialmente, esto podría ayudar a las víctimas de desastres naturales, dificultades financieras, abusos y una gran cantidad de otros problemas que aquejan al mundo que nos rodea.

  2. Establecer requisitos previos y objetivos mínimos para las relaciones con la embajada después de consultar con el Delegado/Presidente de WA, el Secretario General y otros canales necesarios.

    1. Según la Estatuto de la Asamblea Socialista Democrática, Artículo 1, §1.1.7. (página 8): “La DSA buscará ampliar las relaciones entre sí y otras regiones y naciones compatibles que reflejen los principios regionales de la DSA y el deseo de construir relaciones significativas con la DSA”.

    2. El MoFA quisiera recomendar ajustar el requisito de residencia mínima para las solicitudes entrantes de embajadas de 100 países a 50 países. Esto permitirá que regiones más pequeñas y menos privilegiadas con ambiciones compartidas tengan influencia en la comunidad de los Estados-nación y creen espacios más seguros para los actores en su conjunto.

    3. Embajadas dentro del D.S.A. que contienen menos de 100 naciones son las siguientes:
      - Wintercrest (88)
      - The Free Nations Region (63)
      - Merciam (40)
      - Jellyfish Elite Fighting Force (37)
      - The Democratic Republic (15)

    4. Embajadas ya aceptadas dentro del D.S.A. que contienen menos de 100 países están exentos de los requisitos mínimos de nación.


Escrito y oficiado por: Zolistecija and the Euqorijan Isles

Fecha de creación: 1 Noviembre 2024 [12:20 EST]

Última edición/Autor de edición: 1 Noviembre 2024 [15:37 EST] / Zolistecija and the Euqorijan Isles

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¡Viva DSA y Socialismo!🌹

Zolistecija and the Euqorijan Isles

The Oyster Rockian Geological Survey is mapping our capital city of Haugheye Cape, and the Department of Foreign Affairs has allocated 5 plots of land to be used to conduct international affairs. If you would like to open an embassy building or joint laboratory in Oyster Rock, now is the time!


To: World Leaders
From: Noah P. Iannuchi<'niannuchi@oysterrock.orol'>


Hello, esteemed Leaders!

My name is Noah Iannuchi, and I am Deputy Minister for Emissarial Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs of The Commonwealth of Oyster Rock.

The Department of Foreign Affairs of Oyster Rock has allocated land in Haugheye Cape to gift to Ally & Comrade nations for Emissarial use.

If you would like to establish an Embassy in Oyster Rock, now is certainly the time, as you may choose from the below plots of land for your newly built Embassy Building, Office Building, or Research Laboratory. Please telegram the information below to Oyster Rock if you wish to request a land plot. Please note: All plots are first come, first serve.

___

Thank you!

Noah P. Iannuchi
Deputy Minister for Emissarial Affairs

Madigan Ann McNulty
Minister of the Department of Foreign Affairs

Carolina Oysterbaby
President of Oyster Rock


Please send the following information to Oyster Rock by Telegram:

Full Nation Name (ex: The Commonwealth of Oyster Rock):
Head of State:
Head of Country (ignore, if same as above):
Minister of Foreign Affairs, or Equivalent:
Letter of Land Plot (See below spoiler; you may choose 1 land plot, but may select backups in case your first choice is taken):
Land Use (ex: Embassy Building, Research Laboratory, Library, Monetary Exchange Building, Office Building):
(Optional) Building(s) name(s) (Default name is (YN) Embassy Building):

I agree to use this land gifted to me/my nation from the Commonwealth of Oyster Rock to advance the objective, global, betterment of society, and will do nothing with this land to harm relations between our sovereign nations:

I understand that Oyster Rock reserves the right to reclaim the land plot gifted to my nation if my nation does something to harm relations between itself and Oyster Rock, or brings poor reflection upon Oyster Rock:

PLOT A

Notes:

Road to the west of the property (Bradley Ave) has been rerouted to run parallel to the road to the east of
the property (Haugheye Cape Beltway).
There were underground gasoline storage tanks in the south of the property, but these have been removed.
There is access to ORTA's Bus Route 20 & The Beltway Subway.
Current Buildings may be used or demolished upon request.

-

Address:

1 Bradley Avenue, Haugheye Cape, Cape Cod

Size:

28.37 acres (11.48 hectares)

-

PLOT B

Notes:

There is marsh in the east of the property, along the Mill Pond.
There were underground gasoline storage tanks near the center of the property, but these have been removed.
There is access to ORTA's Rose Creek Tramline & The Beltway Subway.
Current Buildings may be used or demolished upon request.

-

Address:

7 Rose Creek Road, Haugheye Cape, Cape Cod

Size:

17.05 acres (6.90 hectares)

-

PLOT C

Notes:

The plot is cut in two by a road (High St).
The main building on the campus was previously used as a hospital & biology laboratory.
There is a helipad and a parking lot on the southwest side of the plot.
There is access to ORTA's Bus Route 14 & The Cape Subway.
Current Buildings may be used or demolished upon request.

-

Address:

8-9 High Street, Haugheye Cape, Cape Cod

Size:

17.71 acres (7.16 hectares)

-

PLOT D

Notes:

There is marsh on the northwest side of the plot, along the Parker Mills Pond.
All buildings on the plot were demolished.
There is a nature preserve to the north of the plot.
There is access to ORTA's Rose Creek Tramline.

-

Address:

41 Rose Creek Road, Haugheye Cape, Cape Cod

Size:

19.79 acres (8.01 hectares)

-

PLOT E
GIFTED TO Kanoshu

Notes:

The plot is undeveloped.
The main building on the campus was previously used as a hospital & biology laboratory.
There is a major farming facility to the northeast of the plot.
There is access to ORTA's Bay Head Tramline & Bus Route 20.

-

Address:

17 Bay Head Road, Haugheye Cape, Cape Cod

Size:

20.10 acres (8.13 hectares)

-

The Commonwealth of
~ Oyster Rock ~

This message was
brought to you by:
The Administration of
President Carolina Oysterbaby


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Kind regards,
The Department of Foreign Affairs of Oyster Rock

Oyster Rock wrote:The Oyster Rockian Geological Survey is mapping our capital city of Haugheye Cape, and the Department of Foreign Affairs has allocated 5 plots of land to be used to conduct international affairs. If you would like to open an embassy building or joint laboratory in Oyster Rock, now is the time!


To: World Leaders
From: Noah P. Iannuchi<'niannuchi@oysterrock.orol'>


Hello, esteemed Leaders!

My name is Noah Iannuchi, and I am Deputy Minister for Emissarial Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs of The Commonwealth of Oyster Rock.

The Department of Foreign Affairs of Oyster Rock has allocated land in Haugheye Cape to gift to Ally & Comrade nations for Emissarial use.

If you would like to establish an Embassy in Oyster Rock, now is certainly the time, as you may choose from the below plots of land for your newly built Embassy Building, Office Building, or Research Laboratory. Please telegram the information below to Oyster Rock if you wish to request a land plot. Please note: All plots are first come, first serve.

___

Thank you!

Noah P. Iannuchi
Deputy Minister for Emissarial Affairs

Madigan Ann McNulty
Minister of the Department of Foreign Affairs

Carolina Oysterbaby
President of Oyster Rock


Please send the following information to Oyster Rock by Telegram:

Full Nation Name (ex: The Commonwealth of Oyster Rock):
Head of State:
Head of Country (ignore, if same as above):
Minister of Foreign Affairs, or Equivalent:
Letter of Land Plot (See below spoiler; you may choose 1 land plot, but may select backups in case your first choice is taken):
Land Use (ex: Embassy Building, Research Laboratory, Library, Monetary Exchange Building, Office Building):
(Optional) Building(s) name(s) (Default name is (YN) Embassy Building):

I agree to use this land gifted to me/my nation from the Commonwealth of Oyster Rock to advance the objective, global, betterment of society, and will do nothing with this land to harm relations between our sovereign nations:

I understand that Oyster Rock reserves the right to reclaim the land plot gifted to my nation if my nation does something to harm relations between itself and Oyster Rock, or brings poor reflection upon Oyster Rock:

PLOT A

Notes:

Road to the west of the property (Bradley Ave) has been rerouted to run parallel to the road to the east of
the property (Haugheye Cape Beltway).
There were underground gasoline storage tanks in the south of the property, but these have been removed.
There is access to ORTA's Bus Route 20 & The Beltway Subway.
Current Buildings may be used or demolished upon request.

-

Address:

1 Bradley Avenue, Haugheye Cape, Cape Cod

Size:

28.37 acres (11.48 hectares)

-

PLOT B

Notes:

There is marsh in the east of the property, along the Mill Pond.
There were underground gasoline storage tanks near the center of the property, but these have been removed.
There is access to ORTA's Rose Creek Tramline & The Beltway Subway.
Current Buildings may be used or demolished upon request.

-

Address:

7 Rose Creek Road, Haugheye Cape, Cape Cod

Size:

17.05 acres (6.90 hectares)

-

PLOT C

Notes:

The plot is cut in two by a road (High St).
The main building on the campus was previously used as a hospital & biology laboratory.
There is a helipad and a parking lot on the southwest side of the plot.
There is access to ORTA's Bus Route 14 & The Cape Subway.
Current Buildings may be used or demolished upon request.

-

Address:

8-9 High Street, Haugheye Cape, Cape Cod

Size:

17.71 acres (7.16 hectares)

-

PLOT D

Notes:

There is marsh on the northwest side of the plot, along the Parker Mills Pond.
All buildings on the plot were demolished.
There is a nature preserve to the north of the plot.
There is access to ORTA's Rose Creek Tramline.

-

Address:

41 Rose Creek Road, Haugheye Cape, Cape Cod

Size:

19.79 acres (8.01 hectares)

-

PLOT E
GIFTED TO Kanoshu

Notes:

The plot is undeveloped.
The main building on the campus was previously used as a hospital & biology laboratory.
There is a major farming facility to the northeast of the plot.
There is access to ORTA's Bay Head Tramline & Bus Route 20.

-

Address:

17 Bay Head Road, Haugheye Cape, Cape Cod

Size:

20.10 acres (8.13 hectares)

-

The Commonwealth of
~ Oyster Rock ~

This message was
brought to you by:
The Administration of
President Carolina Oysterbaby


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Kind regards,
The Department of Foreign Affairs of Oyster Rock

OFFICIAL MESSAGE from the OFFICE OF PRIME MINISTER AJARMA VIVÍÍJATO

"Great People of The Commonwealth of Oyster Rock,

I speak not just for myself, but as one voice for the many nations & republics of Zolistečija when I say that the cost of perfection is infinite, but the time we have to afford it is not. Times will always call for someone to rise to the occasion so that we may have a better chance of surviving tomorrow than we did yesterday. You have shown us that there is no shortage of exemplars.

On behalf of Zolistečija, the Northern & Southern Isles of Euqorija, the Baejradíí Tribal Republics, Qaz M'ilá, and Čečqija ― we send our gratitude and deep appreciation for your commitment to the progression of scientific knowledge, to the art of intellectual pursuance, and the betterment of these lands in which we share.

We are incredibly honored to announce our plans to establish an environmental research centre within the beautiful nation of Oyster Rock: The Zolisteči-Oyster Rocker Centre for Environmental Sciences

Together, we can and will make a positive impact on the world, advancing our shared goals and progressing the world ever onward to a better tomorrow.
Oyster Rock, you are a paragon of nations and we wish you well. May your days be many and your troubles be few.

Ƶoљısтэпаšњá ģгáт, Soмљųđэпаžњá jųмqáт (Sun guide You, Moons abide You)"

Prime Minister Ajarma Vivííjato🌹

The Grand Confederacy of Zolistecija and the Euqorijan Isles ▪ Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Official TRTHNBB announcement

The Social Reformer, 20th Edition Released - November 1st, 2024
The News You Would Rid Your Big Banks For

Hello there dear my fellow Democratic Socialists,

Happy Halloween and Spooktober are over (but not our Spooky Week, not yet!) and winter is already coming! - And once more the TSR is delivered by all means of transport, be it bats, rats, cats or trains, and to all the planes of the multiverse.

Tonight, I bring with me our November edition of our regional newspaper, The Social Reformer, 20th Edition:

Regional Announcements

  • The Spooky Stories Contest is currently ongoing!

  • Yodle has been slain! Help us figure out who committed this heinous crime on our RMB!

  • We're always looking for new contributors to TSR, so get in touch with America the Greater if you'd like to write for us!

Dispatches to Look Out For
Regional dispatches from this past month to read and upvote!

Monthly Featured Nation

Our first Monthly Featured Nation is Mars Hotel!

Mars Hotel has been active for such a long time and is an important part of this community.

They're a very active NS player, spending lots of time answering issues and playing with the Challenge mechanic. It's a side of NS that most of us don't see featured very often.

Thanks for reading, and congratulations to Mars Hotel!

Statistics for this Issue

Total nations: 317 (+21)

Total RMB Pages: 9578 (+41)

Total Delegate endorsements: 76 (+7)

Make sure to endorse our Delegate America the Greater and upvote this dispatch!

State of the Region, November 2024
We're weathering the storm!

Hi, I’m ATG, here to talk generally about the current state of TRTHNBB. I think we all know that October has been an incredibly hectic month for our region – both Syrasia and New United Common-lands resigned, a Snap Election for Deputy Prime Minister was held, we’ve hosted a ton of events, recorded multiple Yodcast episodes, and worked on a bunch of treaties. More details will come on many of these events later, but I want to speak more broadly about NBB.

First, I’d like to say that I’m quite impressed with how our region has picked itself up from the chaotic, uncertain period directly following NUCL’s resignation in particular. NUCL was a bulwark of the regional government, and I wasn’t entirely sure how smooth our transition would be, but having Faralried and Venesia Grande by my side led to a quick recovery. As our new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Faralried has been doing great work, opening consulates and negotiating treaties left and right while also advising me on critical regional decisions. Venesia Grande has been another massive help, picking up the slack and working on key regional announcements.

Our events have also maintained a relatively high level of activity, and our domestic affairs are encouraging, with the recent Government Approval poll evidence enough that our government isn’t faltering, even after a massive shakeup. Gine Caruttiva has also been performing his duties as DPM excellently, helping me carry out the truly staggering amount of responsibilities of the Prime Minister. Western Arba Fir has even returned, and immediately began pitching in, helping to guide our government in an active direction. Finally, the inclusion of Rogue River on our Culture Committee has been incredible - he’s got great ideas and, like everyone here, he’s such a pleasure to work with. Having new people who are eager to join the government is always so encouraging, and as a result of their efforts, even our long-awaited regional roleplay is finally heading in the right direction.

I’d also like to highlight the NBBC, which is to say, The Social Reformer and the Yodcast. I’ve had a great time being the unofficial head of our region’s media programs, and I’m happy to announce that our recent media expansion has been a big success. The Social Reformer has expanded, including interviews with notable people, and those sections add quite a bit of interesting content to the newspaper. They also help highlight individual contributions, which is crucial to building a region, as people often don’t keep working if they aren’t recognized for their effort. Further, the Yodcast has exceeded my expectations by far. I didn’t think the project would last forever, as it was heavily experimental in the beginning, but I feel as if we’ve truly come into our own during this last month. At time of writing, we’ve published four episodes, and I’m genuinely proud of each of them. Our live viewership is also impressive; generally, we can expect more than 10 people to be present in the audience for the entirety of the podcast’s recording. As a whole, our media efforts are an exciting new direction for the region, and they’ve thoroughly proven their worth.

To conclude, I want to say thank you to everyone who’s contributed to our region during this past month. Whether you pitched in by directly working in our government or simply kept chatting on our RMB and creating a positive, eccentric environment, like (to name just a few) The Holy Cult of Julia, Brocklandia, and Bean territory, you’re all such incredible parts of this region. I’m very proud of how far NBB has come, and I’m excited to keep leading it into the future. With your help, I know we can continue to make our region the friendliest out there!

Written by America the Greater for The Social Reformer
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Resignations and our Recovery - Discussing Burnout
Mental health is crucial. If you need a break, take one.

It’s certainly no secret that running a NationStates government is not an easy task. Active regions have massive responsibilities – government officials have to maintain relations with dozens of regions, produce content like The Social Reformer, plan consistent cultural events, maintain the region’s dispatches, provide a functioning roleplay, and engage in the region’s legislature. That certainly isn’t an exhaustive list of duties, either. As a result, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that burnout is a key issue affecting NationStates leadership.

During this term, that sense of burnout has been one of the key factors impacting our region. We faced three separate resignations, and even prior to that, our former Head of Roleplay, Socialistic Britain, decided to step down from the regional government. Quite simply, none of us live only for NationStates – we’ve all got complex, busy lives outside of this website. New United Common-lands had spearheaded the region’s revival and remained as a steward of the region for years. Syrasia had dedicated countless hours to fully rebuilding our region’s roleplay from the ground up. Western Arba Fir spent so much time crafting new regional initiatives and welcoming new members. It only makes sense that people with so many responsibilities would naturally be forced to step back at a certain point.

However, as is probably evident, losing much of our regional leadership is not a problem with an easy solution. Remaining members of the government had to step in and carry out the duties fulfilled by these individuals, and as a result, burnout is actively setting in among those who remained. So how can we address this burnout?

The key, in the opinion of many regional officials, is to expand the regional government to include newer members. Enthusiasm begins to naturally fade away during lengthy terms in office, and regional officers can’t be expected to have enough time and energy to manage the region forever. New members bring with them new ideas and inject new activity into leadership, as older members of the region are forced to consider these new ideas and possibly reshape their understanding of governance. (For further reading, this topic is investigated in depth in an excellent dispatch written by Emiline of the Augustin Alliance, UCRs and Investing in the Common Nation.)

It is not as simple as waiting for new residents to volunteer for Cabinet positions, though. Nurturing newer talent requires older members of the region to be willing to step aside, and it also necessitates the creation of newer positions with smaller responsibilities in order to avoid overwhelming prospective officials. The ‘Old Guard’ of a region often has a working system and a specific delineation of tasks – each official generally knows what assignments are right for them, and there generally exists an easy shorthand. However, this efficiency comes at the cost of longevity. In order to maintain a region in the long term, the ‘Old Guard’ must be willing to forfeit the roles they enjoy and serve as mentors to newer generations of leadership.

In conclusion, our wave of resignations was certainly stunning, but it was not wholly surprising. In order to adapt, and ensure that our region does not once again slip into a period of inactivity when each current government member succumbs to burnout or takes on too many offsite responsibilities to fully engage on NationStates, we must be proactive. It is the responsibility of the regional government to identify, contact, and encourage new leadership at every turn. In doing so, we can create a cycle of officials through which our region can survive the loss of members of the Old Guard without having to rely on a few individuals to ‘fill in.’ Above all, we must recognize the extent to which NationStates can cause burnout, and recognize that no one can lead a region forever.

Written by America the Greater for The Social Reformer
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Approval Results Overview/Highlights
Results are "quite surprising", says Minister of Domestic Affairs Ardeyn

Recently, our government approval poll was set up once again, and we had a decent turnout of 24 people in total answering the poll, which gave us a good idea about how people feel about this term.

In this article, I'll overview just a select few percentages that I deem most interesting, but if you'd like to see them all, you can do so here.

First of all, our new government members Faralried and SidervidaII received respectable first results in this poll with Faralried receiving a score of 7.96 and SidervidaII coming out with a 7.13.

These are both pretty great first scores and in the coming months, I suspect these scores will gradually climb higher as their faces become more familiar with the community and as they prove themselves deserving of their positions.

Next, I'd like to highlight the results of New United Common-lands and America the Greater, as their results surprised me quite a bit. Both of them have been with the region and in the government for an incredibly long amount of time, with NUCL being largely responsible for setting many of our region's foundations and ATG being a co-founder, here in the region since its very beginning and before. However, both had decreases in their scores for this poll.

Though their scores are still incredibly high, and the amount they decreased in scores isn't too major, I find it quite surprising how they dipped at all, considering the amount of work they have been putting into the region.

First off, New United Common-lands score stands at 8.71, a decrease of -0.03 since the last approval poll. Though an incredibly small decrease, I am surprised nonetheless. This stands as his final score for the foreseeable future as he has retired from the regional government.

And lastly, we have America the Greater, who received the largest decrease, going from 9.30 to 8.83, a decrease of -0.47. My personal theory is a simple one, I suspect the reasoning behind this decrease has something to do with the prominent position ATG is now in, as being the Prime Minister means a much higher degree of expectations, whereas when he was Minister of Domestic Affairs he was seen as going far beyond duty and expectation.

If you have your own ideas about the cause of any changes behind these scores, feel free to let it be known on our RMB! And remember to check out the full results in the dispatch linked.

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Deputy Prime Ministerial Address
A New Voice for the region?

I was elected quite some time ago as the new Deputy Prime Minister of The Region That Has No Big Banks, promising to focus on direct democracy and citizen engagement. Well known for pushing reforms, I plan to introduce a new Cabinet Policy to give the Deputy Prime Minister more say in the creation of a government, ensuring that every elected position has a voice in the process.

I also aim to revitalize The Social Reformer, the region’s newspaper, by recruiting new voices and ensuring Ministers give monthly reports. As I said before, "Our region deserves a government that listens to its people, ", thus pledging to make the regional government more democratic, transparent, and welcoming.

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Roleplay Progress Report
"One last step", promises ATG

I’m excited to bring you a brief report on the progress of our ongoing roleplay reform. For context, we convened the RP Reform committee months ago, and it saw little progress for a long time. However, with the help of Syrasia, we were able to construct an entirely new scenario, including a new rulebook and some impressive dispatches which will serve as the hub for roleplay information.

Now that Syrasia has resigned, though, we have been left with an incomplete map. This map is the final requirement for us to restart our roleplay - when it is finished, roleplay is ready to commence. Thankfully, Gine Caruttiva has recently volunteered to complete the map, finalizing the plots and adding basic biomes and resources. As a result, I feel confident in announcing that our regional roleplay will be fully ready to commence by the end of the month.

The scenario is public, and we encourage citizens who are interested in our roleplay to begin crafting their lore now. Please submit it to roleplay administrators in order to ensure that your nation’s lore will be a good fit for our scenario and will not break any of our rules. In the meantime, have a lovely November, and I’ll get back to you soon with the official announcement of a new beginning for our roleplay.

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Cultural Events Overview
"Impressive turnout" for this month's events

This October was a busy month for our regional events, but I think we’ve learned our lesson with regards to event fatigue. We decided to slow our events down and space them much farther apart, and as a result, we’ve seen a serious uptick in attendance. On October 5th, we hosted regional Games Night, including Skribbl.io and King of the Castle. This event had an impressive turnout of roughly 15 people at its peak, which is quite remarkable compared to the lower levels of interest we’d been facing during Summerfest. Concurrently, NUCL decided to begin hosting watch parties for Doctor Who episodes. These watch parties did not see much turnout, but the idea is novel and I expect to see more TV and movie viewing events in the future, as they are quite easy to administer.

As October went on, we hosted a joint movie night with Blue Ridge, viewing Over the Garden Wall. That event saw truly massive turnout, which only serves to reinforce our strong ties of friendship with Blue Ridge!

As October drew to a close, the The Washington Federation and the Ministry of Culture announced TRTHNBB’s Spooky Week, a series of events including a Spooky Story competition, an as-of-yet unsolved Murder Mystery, a Nightmare Before Christmas movie night, a Horde Chess event, and two consecutive Games Nights! October may be over, but the Halloween celebrations certainly aren’t. I hope to see you at our next Games Nights, and in all of our November events!

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Condemn New Ordered?
The controversial proposal "draws attention to the issues facing smaller regions", claims ATG

This October, a proposal to condemn New Ordered was submitted to the Security Council. Collectively, after receiving Linkmany identical telegrams asking for support, delegates came together to ask: “Who?”

New Ordered is the founder of the region of Bangladeshi Puppet, but is currently located in The East Pacific. The majority of their posts within Bangladeshi Puppet consist of comments on different YouTube channels, but within recent times, they’ve become more belligerent, suppressing a significant number of seemingly innocuous messages on their RMB. Facing complaints about their behavior, they claimed “I hate when people lick my feet.”

It appears that New Ordered ran afoul of Drakonheimist, a compact of small regions with ties to the region of China. This pact worked together on the proposal to condemn New Ordered for his actions, drafting it openly on many of their associated RMBs. The proposal took many attempts, as the author, Mist Covered Mountains, repeatedly broke the SC rule against mentioning ‘NationStates’ itself within a proposal. I actually sent them a telegram personally and let them know why their proposal was failing, and they made the necessary adjustments, submitting it to the WA. I mistakenly sent this telegram to New Ordered himself at first, leading to Linkthis exchange.

So, who is Mist Covered Mountains? Mist Covered Mountains is an alt account of Mystic Shores, with some evidence presented here: LinkImage 1, LinkImage 2. If that name rings a bell, it’s probably because you’ve heard about the Roses Without Thorns drama. Mystic Shores is famously the author of multiple failed proposals to liberate and injunct that region, and also, most notably, coined the term “Gay Furry Pacific Clique.” It would appear, therefore, that Mystic Shores’ draft of this proposal was simply an attempt to badge-hunt, as they’ve since engaged in a great deal of seemingly unrelated WA activity.

However, I feel it is unfair to solely attribute Condemn New Ordered to an unsuccessful attempt at badge-hunting. Drakonheimist, the pact of small regions heavily involved in the drafting process, appears to be somewhat active and certainly was engaged in a great deal of diplomacy when the proposal was submitted. In fact, there was an open ‘war’ between Bangladeshi Puppet and the Drakonheimist regions at the time, leading to the short-lived seizure of Drakonheimist itself by nations supportive of New Ordered, and the raising of this flag over the region. Now that New Ordered has vacated Bangladeshi Puppet, the region has been seized by forces aligned to Drakonheimist.

Why go to all this effort, now that the proposal has been thoroughly rejected by the Security Council, both on- and off-site? It seems that, though the efforts of Mystic Shores may certainly have been intended to badge-hunt, there truly was passion for the idea of condemning New Ordered among a not-insignificant number of nations. Representatives of Drakonheimist consistently fought for the Condemnation, providing ‘evidence’ which generally consisted of screenshots of rude RMB posts by New Ordered.

Further, Mystic Shores themselves appears to follow a somewhat consistent set of ideals - they have frequently posted about engaging in defending, long before the RWOT situation emerged, and it appears that their frustrations with the DND may have come about as a result of a genuine feeling that all regions deserve to be defended. It is difficult to sympathize with Mystic Shores, given their frequent offensive comments on the forums, and I certainly do not recommend viewing Mystic Shores as any kind of noble defender. However, I do feel it is unfair to discount the idea that, perhaps, Condemn New Ordered was the result of a genuine effort to punish someone for treating others poorly.

In many ways, though this proposal has been severely maligned, it seems to have been at least partially legitimate. Even if Mystic Shores was simply taking advantage of a small group of regions in order to publicize their issue in the Security Council, those small regions still matter – they sought to address an interregional issue in the World Assembly. Many of us are quite familiar with the workings of the WA, and understand that proposals must be sufficiently high-stakes in order to merit any kind of approval. However, a proposal like Condemn New Ordered sometimes makes me wonder – is the WA being unfair to the plight of smaller regions? Looking back upon the very first SC proposals, most of them were quite low-stakes and largely based on the personality of the target. The current standard system for submitting a proposal requires a great deal of research and includes weeks of vetting on the forum to ensure top quality and sufficient relevance to the wider world of NationStates. Condemn New Ordered was certainly not an extensive, top-quality proposal, but it mattered to quite a few people. Should we really dismiss proposals like these out-of-hand?

Regardless of the quality of Condemn New Ordered, it certainly draws attention to the issues facing smaller regions. Drakonheimist was, at least at one point, an active community, serving as the hub for many different regions and facilitating dialogue and cooperation. They certainly don’t have the diplomatic weight of a feeder, or even a mid-size UCR, but they do have active members and interests of their own. If the World Assembly doesn’t represent those interests, then who will?

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Foreign Affairs Updates and Embassy/Consulate Highlights
"Treaties, Treaties and more Treaties!" announces Minister of Foreign Affairs Faralried

Recently NBB has signed not 1, not 2 but 3 treaties! And since I’m lazy my statement last week was so good on our discord and RMB, I have copied and pasted it here as well. Enjoy.

So to speak more generally, I am super excited about all 3 treaties and where our relationship goes with each region. All 3 regions have strongly culturally intertwined with ours and cementing a lasting relationship felt like a natural step, and we are truly blessed to have so many friends in other regions. Wanna shout out New United Common-lands who was still MOFA for the TEP and Forest treaty negotiations and helped establish relations with Blue Ridge and whose work helped allow that relationship to blossom. You did such an amazing job to the point I get to look good and ride your coattails a bit :p

Back to the treaties, I wanna touch on each one more generally.


Forest

I actually wasn't around for these negotiations but having been around Forest for a long time now through JEFF. That community is always a blast even if a bit chaotic at times much like I think we are as well. I'm glad to call them friends and I am really happy to be around for this new chapter of our relationship.

Full Treaty - page=dispatch/id=2537424

As reported by Faralried, Minister of Foreign Affairs.


The East Pacific

Our relationship really started with N day where JEFF and ANAL have worked really closely to until recently a vastly successful relationship with this most recent N day being the first time our relationship failed to produce an outcome that could be categorized as a victory for our team. Since that foundation the cultural cooperation has been great and the members who have moved here because of that relationship have been equally amazing. Future is bright!

Full Treaty - page=dispatch/id=2566769

As reported by Faralried, Minister of Foreign Affairs.


Blue Ridge

Finally the treaty I was MOFA for start to finish for, a truly grueling *checks notes* 4 total days from Adkissa DMing me with a full polished treaty to its announcement. The like 8-10 total messages I sent were truly hard work and I don't know if I'll fully recover.

Lowkey tho if any other MOFAs are lurking, come to me with a full treaty like Adkissa did and I'll love you forever lmao. I can't write to save my life.

As for the treaty itself the joint event every 6 months or so should be a blast. Already looking forward to our next one!

Full Treaty - page=dispatch/id=2568621

As reported by Faralried, Minister of Foreign Affairs.



NBB Adopts Consulate System

Recently we here in TRTHNBB have adopted the consulate system for our foreign affairs! We’ve grown a lot recently and believe establishing consulates prior to an embassy to be the best move forward to help us determine the best fits for our long term partners. While we did have some consulates before hand since the adoption of having consulates as an official policy, we have opened many consulates especially over the last month or so with the following regions-



The East Pacific Delegate elections

Recently our friends in The East Pacific have had a Delegate election. Our congrats go out to American-Cascadia for winning the delegacy with 21 out of 25 votes! Additionally congrats to Merlovich for their successful term as delegate!



The North Pacific Happenings Report, contributed by America the Greater

We've recently established a consulate with The North Pacific, and I'm pleased to be our representative to their region. The North Pacific quite recently conducted its Delegate elections, with Picairn defeating the assumed front-runner candidate. Picairn pledged to "address the activity and manpower issues plaguing our government and army, and implement necessary reforms to make TNP a stronger and better region."

The North Pacific has also recently released its newest round of WADP awards for active WA members in the region, increased the frequency of its raiding operations, and announced the beginning of its Judicial Election period.
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Interviews
Hear from New United Common-lands, Rogue River, and Arstotskiano Helix-Caelorum!

New United Common-lands

Like many of the new wave of NSers I joined after watching Drew’s Durnils video and stuck around ever since. Soon after making my nation, by coincidence Yodle’s telegrams was one of the first recruitment telegrams I saw, and this was the first region I joined after being in a feeder. I got a good vibe from the recruitment telegram, albeit I really had no idea what I had let myself in for. From the early days here, I felt like I could express my genuine personality, ironically under the facade of a fictional nation, and that’s what has made this region so appealing to me for so long. Basically I’ve never considered leaving, because the regional atmosphere is comfy and there is a level of stability here which you don’t find in all other UCRs, thanks to Yodle’s long term dedication!
ADR is lovely and eccentric. I feel like this question slightly conflates two periods because there was a long reign of the Provisional Governor, ADR at peak activity was providing a level of activity more than Yodle at the time. He led the revamp of political parties in the region and kickstarted the map RP. Yodle saw potential in him to be one of the leading figures in the region, and hence he was made Provisional Governor, in October 2020, it took until December 2021 for me to even enter the political arena. During the period prior, I dabbled in answering issues, challenge mode, chatting on the RMB, and making my own political party. Throwback to the Socialist Automation Party. I think this certainly enabled my political awakening, as I distinctly remember telegramming members of the region trying to get my political party membership up.

Anyways, I stood for election in December 2021 and was subsequently appointed (or technically elected) as WA delegate in March 2022. Did I really work with ADR in this time? No, not really I just focused on doing my own thing. ADR ran for PM because it made sense after his long reign as Provisional Governor, but he didn’t really have as much motivation for the game at that point. We didn’t really interact much for whatever was said on the RMB.

As DPM I focused on re-establishing connections with our embassies, in the days prior to me realising discord is a good tool for NS engagement... I telegrammed all our embassies notifying them we had only recently held elections, and later I also advertised our Eighth Edition of The Social Reformer quite heavily over telegrams and RMB. I also worked with BrendenE to bring back NBB’s Defender presence. We tried to make a liberation team and many of us joined Libcord for the first time.[/font]

I believe timing wise this was one of my first acts as PM, we were approached by a now former member of the InterLeft. This aligned very well with my PM platform and by chance we (me and Ardeyn) managed to tick off a commitment of “Forging New Inter Regional Alliances”. Why did we join, because we wanted to get closer with some other regions with similar regional values, ultimately it allowed us (the new generation of leadership) to dip our toe into NS Foreign Affairs, which has certainly served us all well. The InterLeft has served us well seeing strong connections with DSA and Wintercrest, formerly with Aurora too.
Mostly the same reason I wanted to hold elections, because I didn’t like seeing an inactive government, and ADR (as PM) was pretty inactive by that point. I would have run for PM originally, but was also worried that I wasn’t well known enough to win the election, so DPM in Dec 21 /Jan 22 was a safer bet. As I’ve said privately on many occasions I had never wanted to be the leading figure in the region, I’d always wanted to be the person in the background getting things done, but it was clear back then nobody was really that interested in taking forward the mantle of PM, (certainly nobody who I had confidence would deliver the level of activity I could). So I did put my hand in the ring, but as DPM I pretty much acted as the PM in the void of leadership.
I am probably going to merge terms a bit because my memory seems to mix up timings a bit (so you may need to factcheck). The single biggest thing which really changed the community was hosting Discord events. In April 2023, I hosted our first games night and from that moment forward I really felt more of a community spirit, as I was able to speak and make friends with members of the community who I’d mostly spoken to on the RMB. But not only that we met so many foreigners in those games night, it was more well attended by our embassy regions. I met Faralried at one of our first games night, Student Loan Debt attended quite a few, and other foreign ambassadors. The game nights, followed up by Summerfest in 2023 really put the region on the map as a Cultural Hub.
I loved bringing back the social reformer. I do think that was a big achievement, but also I wish I could have published more editions. I focused on trying to maintain the high standard of editions rather than rush something together, which I know if I’d set a monthly goal I wouldn’t have been able to meet. I really like the focus I put on organising for regional GP events, I liked my Nday/Zday write ups especially.

My main priority as PM was planning, planning and planning. One of my first things when entering government was making a spreadsheet dotting out the key events for the year, lining up census dates, anniversary dates, when we would release TSR and provide regular comms updates. Alongside events like Nday/Zday and elections etc. Planning is important to give a realistic idea of what you can achieve as a government, and not to overburden yourself, day-to-day management will always exist especially in departments such as Foreign Affairs. But for Domestic Affairs and Cultural Affairs planning our TSR, Census, Endorsement initiatives, games nights, zday/nday and anniversary dates etc. is a lot easier.

But I generally think maintaining an active government was key to the success, as most things delivered in my time were done by other people, because I gave them ‘permission’ to be creative (I’ll explain in the next question).

This arguably is the most important thing for a Prime Minister, is picking their team which is able to deliver on the objectives of the regional government. The PM is there for leadership, encouragement and to help when ministers are inactive or away but realistically the government cannot be a one nation affair because that will inevitably lead to burnout. Many of the successful things weren’t even delivered by me, especially in the realm of cultural affairs. Shoutout to Wash Fed, introducing the Bankless Football League, and Olympic RP events, both of which started when I was PM (maybe BFL under DPM), whilst clearly I will not take credit for actually delivering them because I didn’t but my role as PM was to create an active environment where I could encourage my ministers to deliver stuff which would benefit the region. Shout out to Socialistic Brit. for the countless amount of artwork that improved the quality of TSR articles, they also were Cartographers for a crazy long time and managed all things relating to the management of map RP. Ardeyn for bringing back parliament, revamping our WFE, and developing our foreign policy. Vlaskal, as an active MoD, managing our border and helping manage our RMB, came up with the idea of the Code of Conduct and the 3 strike rule.

Without mentioning every minister ever, I think the main achievement was trying to recruit new members into the regional government. Being persistently annoying and proactive is my tried and tested method for getting many people into government (or recruiting members from other regions to join our government..lol). Our region struggled as we never really recruited members who were that interested in running for regional government.

I feel I did dominate regional politics, it comes with the territory of being the main ‘go to’ person in the region, you know the politics inside out, and your approval makes or breaks proposals. Being the biggest stakeholder in NBB is massively fun and being able to manage a region how you see fit is great, especially in my time because we had no constitution and I could set up the regional government basically exactly how I wanted. But I always knew as a region we would need innovation as with the same person at the helm for too long it can go stale. Whilst realistically I could have continued for longer as PM, I am glad I decided to take a step back.
I feel like the process of drafting the constitution was really good, as we worked methodically section through section. I know there were potentially a few loopholes and oversights but it gave us plenty of content for our regional parliament. You (ATG) really did a great job collating and drafting the document + spearheading getting the constitution passed.
All Prime Ministers will run things slightly differently and how they see fit, it was always going to be difficult coming off the back of me being PM for 3 terms. I think the laissez faire Wash Fed leadership style (just letting the Ministers crack on) was the real shift from my ‘direct’ leadership, where I would be involved in lots of the encouragement and decision making across the government portfolio whereas Wash Fed wasn’t. We achieved a lot across the term because of extremely active ministers, I think a more direct leadership style could have helped, but at the same time when you have extremely active ministers it’s good to let them flourish.
It felt great to be formally recognised, for the sheer volume of time I dedicated to the region across the 2 ish years being either DPM/PM.
It felt like a natural fit after serving as the region's highest official in FA forums, I was the known person here and being able to leverage that to establish embassies and Foreign relations was very useful. I also was worried that nobody else would be able to excel in that forum as well as I could, and expanding NBB’s image in the Foreign realm was incredibly important to me - especially on the back of the good image we had already started to create whilst I was PM and hosting huge games nights.
Establishing a new foreign policy and ethos of using embassies to develop actual good community relations between both NBB and the respective embassy. Also, getting embassies with some of the big GCR’s and other UCR regions. Playing a leading role in JEFF and establishing an effective ambassador programme. I also really enjoyed organising the Bankless Forest Chess Tournament with 10 regions participating.
Similar to Wash Fed in a way, but I felt Mjau divided opinion (was a more divisive character), I was disappointed by his platform to stand for election - it was very disingenuous in my opinion due to my opposition to the 'elitism’ characterisation (something which always felt directed at me). Thereafter elitism became an election buzzword. Ironically, I’d argue my premiership as PM was one characterised by constantly promoting newer active members into government on a merit basis, the least elitist. That’s beside the point though, Mjau as a political communicator had the potential to be one of the best, his time as DPM was great, when he got to PM he became quite inactive - so that was massively unfortunate considering he had such an ambitious plan for government. I wish we could have given Ardeyn a chance as PM, hence why I was one of his main supporters.
I’ve always aligned with the ‘Defender’ stance, I think those that rip apart communities by raiding them is a horrible practice on NS (unless the region is bigoted). Defender-ism and being MoFA linked quite well, and I was happy to really bring R/D back to relevance in NBB.
I’ve definitely spoke at length about this issue, and I would refer back to the lengthy interview we had after leaving the InterLeft. Ultimately, the InterLeft didn’t deliver on it’s objectives and has distanced itself into NS irrelevance, that maybe sound like strong words but I honestly mean it in a factual way. As stated earlier I have a lot of respect for the regions in the InterLeft, I just think the organisation has been flawed from the start due to it sounding identical to the NSLeft, and due to some previous problematic members of Aurora giving the whole InterLeft a bad name.
Generally just not rushing into Foreign Affairs decisions. I think we have to recognise mistakes will always be made whilst your in government, and the sooner you recognise them the better in my opinion. I’ve definitely made my fair share of mistakes, but like to think I always try to hold my hands up and change tact. Infact, that’s what we did as we delayed the InterLeft referendum and held extensive conversations with InterLeft regions. I completely stand by closing embassies with Aurora due to them tactically withholding their opinions and then issuing another statement after the referendum was over, it was calculated and not something that was well handled by them. Albeit, I think that is water under the bridge now, and we could probably seek some better amends with that community.
Two reasons, mainly because of my personal life becoming increasingly busy with responsibilities, but higher and higher demands of government officials. Foreign Affairs is particularly time consuming when people reach out to you and expect responses very quickly. We’ve been victims of our own success in that regard as more and more regions want relations with us, this has been something always in conflict with a Foreign Policy which values close relations with a select few regions. I do think we have to be careful about creating too many embassies as that will put more pressure on our Foreign Affairs department and ambassadors.
Plan things better, I’d recommend a year plan with as many activities on that plan with dates, that way people can forward plan their lives to achieve the goals they set out. It will also enable us to be more strategic and effective in our communication with region members.
I’d urge people to be proactive, if they see something in the region which they believe they can improve then, just improve it. Nobody is stopping you creating a new organisation about trading cards, or creating a newspaper. If there is something stopping you let me know… I do want to break down the barriers for our new generation of leadership.

We are now one of the most influential UCR’s in the whole of NS in my opinion, and that is because of the proactivity and creativity of successive regional governments delivering, a regular and expanded TSR, RP like the BFL, an actual Podcast, games nights, summerfest, an incredibly active parliament, the BLF and so much more.

Being proactive to improve NBB will have a lasting positive effect on the community, and potentially springboard yourself to become one of the most influential members of the region.



Rogue River
I struggle to define my own positive traits, but what I get told is I am inquisitive, a good public speaker, and generally great at coming up with ideas. What people say I could work on is being more tactful, less idealistic, and maybe less brutally honest sometimes. I do pride myself on my ability to learn from my mistakes. I've never left the States, but I have visited family across the country. It is my dream to enter Public Service in some capacity, after joining my city government (partially to atone for my mistakes in Gravy), I realized I love how much I love giving ideas to our officials. My views I tend to lean left on most issues socially, and tilt economically, I tend to define myself as a Social Democrat, though my views shift a lot when it comes to economic system. I was raised by a generally conservative bunch, except my parents, who pushed me to define myself on my own.
I've always been a little bit hands off, more handing my ideas off for others to execute, though early on I was definitely very unsure. I founded regions like Gravy with New Anorlondo, and RIBBON EELS to generally get away from the drama surrounding other problematic regions I was part of. I'd describe my times in charge as directionless but prosperous, I think one thing I would have done differently is put a theme on Gravy, like how NBB loves Bernie Sanders and all! I sometimes let pride get in my way, but I was just a dumb student who had trouble trusting others with something I really wanted to succeed, overtime I believe I have overcome such shortcomings.
I'll be 100% honest, my first thoughts were horror, shock, anger, wanting to lash out, and generally just trying to figure out how to get back at the situation, the people who I feel wronged me. As the time passed though, I deeply grew to hate my actions even now, Anor and Ribbon maintained a degree of anger that moved into indifference over time, though I was just immensely disappointed in myself, I remember spending hours scrolling back on chatlogs, reading the evidence doc, trying to see every single thing I could have done differently. Honestly my role in that situation plays very deeply into my own sorta self hatred in a way, but I try to atone the best I can.
If I could have turned back the clock, I wouldn't have invited Anor or Ribbon.
Regarding the GUC, I actually don't know what I was going for, Gravy collapsed because Anor and Ribbon left, and I didn't know really what to do. I just formed the GUC and dragged who was left along because we just wanted to build our own region, but honestly, I wasn't very sure of it. I started feeling like I should just apply myself in an established region and maybe I can help said region bring more positivity to NS. Soon I was struck with the death of a couple family members, and well my motivation for everything was completely killed. I tried putting on a positive "we'll get it done!" sorta face, but inside I was very directionless, wondering why I was committing to a website of all things. I wish I could give a better answer on my image, but nothing comes to mind.
I'm gonna be honest, I don't think people were motivated enough. The only person who was received a lot of flak due to their handling of certain issues, a lot of us were upset when they deleted the Gravy Discord server, which we intended to keep for us to look back on and reflect. People were mostly living their lives, and getting caught up in more drama probably killed our motivation, I do commend former NS player So Pep, my Secretary of Foreign Affairs, for exposing some problematic regions. He's largely moved on, but he keeps me sane.

We felt particularly betrayed when Alcris was revealed to be...well Alcris.

Regarding the move to NBB, I was looking for a comforting place to be in, NBB struck me as that comfort, and I had hoped by applying myself in a place I enjoy, I'd find a way to look past my shortcomings one day. Now I know I'll get knives pointed at me, but I don't share the whole Bernie Sanders thing, I really don't have a favorite politcal figure, most actions they make make me uncomfortable, I am a big fan of people in Joe Biden's cabinet, names like Pete Buttigeg come to mind, or Harris herself. I will say my mom did take me to a Bernie Sanders rally back in 2016!
That was honestly a completely impulse decision, I wanted to do it, but then I realized that I probably wasnt cut out for the job yet. I've always been one to take lead on most things, drafting plans, and all that. I'm glad Gine won, and above all I really hope they get the RP running!
Im gonna be 100% honest, I just care about getting the RP set up. Thats literally all I want. Though I will say I am passionate about helping out elsewhere! I've always had a soft spot for RP, I'd do it in Elementary school, with my friends, I just love telling stories as they just feel more natural than reading or watching them!
I honestly hope I can clean up my act and run for Prime Minister one day, I have grand ideas I'm storing in my head, ideas that I really wanna see implemented, because I think it could work for a region as big as this. For now I want to mostly work on the RP, and generally make friends! I foresee myself doing serious running in maybe a year.
I learned many things.

Be assertive, don't hesitate to act if you see something wrong, I wish I could tell that to myself when I led Gravy

Be careful on what you say. Being a leader, one of my biggest focuses on improvement is how I joke and talk. Its become a lot less dark and just more snarky. I thinks its also contributed by the fact that I'm gonna be shipped off to college soon.

I was once told "don't hold on so tight, let some control slip" by one of my ministers in response to an electoral crisis in Gravy, so I learned that its okay to let others take lead sometimes! I think I probably relate to Anxiety from Inside Out 2 a lot come to think of it.



Arstotskiano Helix-Caelorum
Hi! Thank you very much for interviewing me, its a pleasure :)

I'm Arsto, a raider and the Prime Minister of Avaldonia. These days I mainly manage Avaldonia with my cabinet, Jay and the Privy Council but I still try to raid when I can in my capacity as an Assassin of the Brotherhood of Malice.

To be honest, I just like the people. I find all the drama stupid lol, I just like to sit on the sidelines of it and watch the entertainment. I'm here for :3 and sh*tposting, not rah rah rah you're banned from my birthday party. I've met a lot of really fun people on this site (some of whom have escaped and I'm still in contact with) and I just really enjoy messing about with people and having fun. Like, it's a 2000s browser politics game. I do not give enough sh*ts to take the game with "The Republic of Hawk Tuah Skibidi Toilet" on it seriously lmao.
So, as PM I have quite a few responsibilities, I manage the cabinet, I become a member of the Privy Council and as I've appointed myself as a minister and have been elected as a Member of Parliament arstocoup amirite I have a few extra responsibilities ontop of that. In the cabinet, I just make sure stuff is running smoothly, monitor what my ministers are doing and help them run their ministries, in the Privy Council I take part in advising the Emperor on whether or not to give assent to bills, what Imperial Decrees to pass and which not to and who to appoint to monarch-appointed positions. As a minister I run our WA department (or at least try to) and run our slackers program to get those WA members not endorsing our delegate to do so. I also run our WA voting program which advises our delegate on how to vote in the GA and SC.
As an MP, my responsibilities include debating bills submitted to Parliament, submitting bills to parliament and essentially being quality control. Make sure good bills get through, make sure bad bills get struck down.
When I ran for PM in my first term, I really just wanted to do something. I was getting a bit bored of NS at the time and was getting more towards a discord-centric Arsto and I decided "maybe I'll do something before I head off" and then I got invested in Avaldonia and really liked the community and like didn't head off. IRL trouble came up the first time and I had to resign but I intend to run for my third term next week when declarations of candidacy open. And if I had to guess about why I joined Avaldonia (because a-few-months-ago arsto wasn't very descriptive when he joined the server!!!!) I'd have to guess it was to have another server to spam ping Jay to be honest lmao I might have been invited, it might have just been I found the region he runs and decided I wanted to spam ping him in another server. Either way I think joining was a good decision.
This is a good question and I'm really happy that you asked that, in terms of across NS, I think people need to just be more calm with how they lead while still being stern. You don't need to write like you're making a speech after signing the Declaration of Independence, even a small "Hey, we've done something cool, check it out please :3 (link) @people" can work. Just as long as your message gets across, it's a good message. This was a big problem for me when I first joined NS, I thought the pacific delegates were like actual heads of state, with the way I read dispatches and stuff you'd think they were people you'd never interact with without being really lucky but like, no, they're actually usually really chill. I think people just need to be more relaxed in how they write, we're playing the haha funny browser text politics game, as long as people listen you're doing well.

In terms of future Avaldonian leaders, I'd just say try to maintain activity in the region and keep developing the region. We have lots of talented people in the region but quite a few don't get involved, even if you can get them involved for 5 minutes I see that as a success and you've helped to develop the community for the better.

If I had to change one thing on NS, I'd probably just nuke the drama to be honest. I'm here for having fun with people, not stupid drama. On the other hand for changing things in Avaldonia, I just want a more active region to be honest. We're already active but I'm working to make it better and get more of our talented community involved with what we do.
Thank you again for interviewing me - once again it has been a pleasure and I'd love to do it again some day =]


Interviews conducted by America the Greater for The Social Reformer
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WRITERS ON THIS ISSUE: America the Greater (Chief Editor), Ardeyn, Gine Caruttiva, Faralried
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This time with lots of info on our changes within the government during the last month, an extensive and quite important update from our Foreign Affairs, and more! - Feel free to leave an upvote on this TSR issue if you feel well-informed now!

Have a good start into this new month,

Venesia Grande,
NBB Diplomat to your region,
Head of Diplomats of NBB

Zolistecija and the Euqorijan Isles wrote:On behalf of Zolistečija, the Northern & Southern Isles of Euqorija, the Baejradíí Tribal Republics, Qaz M'ilá, and Čečqija ― we send our gratitude and deep appreciation for your commitment to the progression of scientific knowledge, to the art of intellectual pursuance, and the betterment of these lands in which we share.

Honorable Prime Minister Ajarma Vivííjato,

Thank you, sincerely, for your kind words.

Oyster Rock prides itself on being able to call the DSA home thanks to its incredible national leaders, such as yourself.

On behalf of the people of Oyster Rock, I send my best wishes for the continued success of you & your peoples. The establishment of The Zolisteči-Oyster Rocker Centre for Environmental Sciences is a great leap forward towards the science of tomorrow, and beyond!

A toast, to the continued collaborative efforts of Zolistecija and the Euqorijan Isles, Oyster Rock, and all nations in the DSA and abroad, in protecting our beautiful environments.

¡Viva DSA & Socialismo!

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Carolina Oysterbaby
President, Oyster Rock

Hello DSA!

Here is another update from Forest!

The Realizer has unveiled a new event! The Forest Storytelling Showdown!
The theme for all of the stories is "There's No Planet B"
It's a broad theme that you can interpret in countless different ways!
The event is running from October 25th to November 21st so there's plenty of time left!
For more info: page=rmb/postid=57395967

Also, Osionic has created the Forest Transparency Report, to keep you updated on everything happening in Forest these past couple of months, and a summary of more general regional news.

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Forest Transparency Report - November 2024

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A Bit of an Introduction


Welcome Forestians to the Forest Transparency Report for the period up to November 2024! As a refresher for those who may have forgotten, this will be an overview of everything we in the Forest government have been up to over the past couple months, as well as, a summary of some more general regional news! Without further ado let's get started!


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Foreign Affairs Branch


Here is a brief overview of what has happened in the realm of Forest Foreign Affairs:

The Accord of the Bankless Arboretum has been signed between Forest and The Region That Has No Big Banks
- Contents of the Treaty
- RMB Discussion
- Results of the Poll



Embassies were opened with Blue Ridge
- RMB Discussion
- Results of the Poll



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Events Branch


Here is a brief overview of what has happened in our Events Branch!

A poll was held on what Forestians expected out of the Events Branch for Garbelia's Forest Keeper term
- Results of the Poll
- RMB Discussion



We participated in N-Day with our friends in JEFF getting third place overall



Interviews In The Trees! Featuring Ruinenlust!



Forest Storytelling Showdown!



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Secret Government Documents and Other Stuff :)


Here’s a comprehensive overview of the discussions held by Forest's government over the past few months! Overall, it has been a promising and productive start to the term, and we eagerly anticipate the developments ahead. If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us!

A significant amount of discussion took place regarding our plans for Z-Day in Forest. We've decided to conduct a poll to determine what activities or events should be organized for this occasion. To add an exciting twist, we’ll also be incorporating some lore related to the event!
- For further details, click here





We engaged in discussions to clarify what constitutes RMB spam, as well as considerations about who should take on the primary role of enforcement and the most effective methods for doing so. Currently, the enforcement responsibility has been delegated to the Forest Wardens, specifically Osionic and Kannap. Given the recent decrease in spam activity compared to the earlier surge before the term began, we believe this system is functioning effectively. We remain open to making necessary adjustments to uphold the integrity of Forest's RMB culture and sincerely appreciate your cooperation in this effort! :)


Additionally, we have explored the possibility of creating a dispatch for Anxious and Kevin's Song of the Week, along with some general discussions about dispatch maintenance for Forest Arboretum.




That about wraps up the first transparency report! We hope to make these a regular thing to you should see more of them in the coming months. I hope this was useful to you all and have a great day! :)

- Osionic
Forest Warden

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A Quadra
A Quadra is a festival organized by the bands in Kixke that takes place twice a year. The event features four stages, each with a specific focus:

1. Thrasheira: the main stage, where performs alongside major names in thrash metal.

2. Crossover: dedicated to bands that mix thrash with other subgenres.

3. New Under: a space for new underground bands.

4. Ascension Ground: reserved for bands that stood out in the New Under the previous year.

The festival runs through the night and serves as a platform for new bands to gain visibility, promoting the underground metal scene and facilitating the exchange of experiences among artists.

In a 5 to 5 tie our writing contest is a tie Ive decided I will be awarding both parties a $15 reward instead of just spliting it 12.50 each our Authors and winners are Kanoshu and Marxstaat Thank You very much for your beautiful submissions! please telegram me your preferred method of payment!

Taliand wrote:In a 5 to 5 tie our writing contest is a tie Ive decided I will be awarding both parties a $15 reward instead of just spliting it 12.50 each our Authors and winners are Kanoshu and Marxstaat Thank You very much for your beautiful submissions! please telegram me your preferred method of payment!

🎊🏆 Congratulations, Kanoshu & Marxstaat 🏆🎊

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