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• First, join the World Assembly. Joining strengthens our region and allows you to vote in the World Assembly as well as conferring additional privileges. Follow the guide below to get started:

  Regional Census

  by The Delegate's Messenger of The Information Center

  

  Welcome to the Census page.

  The East Pacific census collects, analyses and displays various statistics and points of interest. The vast majority of the information collected and displayed here is automated. This information is collected to help keep track of important information and data, which can be used to ensure we are meeting targets and are performing adequately as a region. This data is also used to gauge the performance of our REWARD Program. As the content in this dispatch is automated, please do not edit it manually.

  Regional Statistics

  	This Week	Last Week	Change
  Nations in Region	5124	5233	-109
  WA Nations in Region	605	607	-2
  Nations in WA %	11.81	11.6	+2%

  Hussar Census

  	This Week	Last Week	Change
  Hussars of the East	22	18	+4
  % of Nations	3.64%	2.97%	+23%
  Winged Hussars	13	11	+2
  % of Nations	2.15%	1.81%	+19%

  Delegate Endorsements

  	This Week	Last Week	Change
  Endorsements	425	426	-1
  % of Region	70.25	70.18	0%
  Endorsements Given	600	603	-3
  % of Region	70.25	70.18	0%

  Vizier Endorsements

  Nation	Endorsements This Week	Endorsements Last Week	Change	Endorsements Given
  A mean old man	379	388	-9	451
  Aivintis	378	385	-7	491
  Asendavia	349	358	-9	359
  Axdel	367	371	-4	597
  Bachtendekuppen	320	327	-7	101
  Dragons Blood	44	33	+11	44
  Dremaur	352	359	-7	592
  East Malaysia	392	401	-9	535
  Marrabuk	366	375	-9	508
  New Leganes	361	369	-8	600
  Todd McCloud	324	329	-5	535

  Discord Census

  The East Pacific

  	This Week	Last Week	Change
  Members	1439	1441	-2
  Messages	2602	3176	-574

  RMB Cafeteria

  	This Week	Last Week	Change
  Members	119	115	4
  Messages	5112	8719	-3607

  TEP Urth RP

  	This Week	Last Week	Change
  Members	306	306	0
  Messages	651	1624	-973

  REWARD Directory

  1. Master Dispatch
     The REWARD Homepage.

  2. Hussars of The East
     Become a Hussar today!

  3. Regional Census
     Regional data collection.

  4. Endorsement Rankings
     Our region's top performers!

  5. Endorsement Guide
     Endorsing for dummies!

  6. FAQ
     Answering those questions.
     

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• After you have joined and endorsed the Delegate and the Viziers, follow the below guide to get oriented in NationStates and our region:

  STEP One - Getting Oriented

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  WELCOME NEW NATIONS

  Welcome List

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  STEP One: Getting Oriented

  Summary

  Welcome to the East Pacific! We are one of the oldest regions out there, with 20 years of experience. We have a lot to offer, including two current tech roleplays and an accessible legislature and executive.

  You are reading STEP, The East's guide to NationStates. Each dispatch contains a summary and then more detailed explanations, including screenshots and detailed insights from our experienced players. If you're new, we recommend reading every dispatch in order, but you can also read them independently of one another.

  You have either been founded in a frontier or a feeder, two types of regions which accept new nations. If you find yourself in the East Pacific, please read this guide! If you aren't in the East Pacific, go to The East Pacific and scroll down until you see "Move [YOUR NATION] to the East Pacific."

  You'll be seeing a lot of recruitment Telegrams, which can get spammy and annoying pretty quickly. To disable recruitment telegrams, head to Settings > Telegrams > Preferences > Block All under "Recruitment".

  Nations receive issues once every six hours. Some issues spawn card packs, which contain cards ranked by rarity that you can retain, trade or sell.

  Got questions? Telegram Delegate Merlovich.
  

  Introduction

  Hello and welcome to NationStates, and the East Pacific. You are currently reading STEP, our guide designed to get you jump started in the game. If you're like other newbies, you'll probably have many questions about how everything works. This guide, lovingly written by our hospitality team, is designed to answer all of your questions, and more. If you want to get a quick summary of things and then get launched into things, you will get the jist of things by reading the summaries on top of these dispatches, however our dispatches aim to be short and accessible while also going into enough detail, so we recommend you read them in full.

  If you have any questions, we have multiple government members that are willing to answer them! Feel free to ask on the regional message board, or telegram our Delegate, they will be happy to answer any question you might have!

  About Us: The East Pacific

  The East Pacific is one of five feeder regions who share fifty percent of all new spawns, with the other fifty percent going to frontiers, regions founded by users which also accept new nations, trading guaranteed security for the privilege. If you've let your nation go inactive and Cease to Exist, and then logged back in, you have likely spawned in one of three restorer regions, which are designed to rehabilitate nations that have returned after a brief period of absence.

  If you're reading this, it is likely that you have been founded in the East Pacific, however, if you haven't you are still more than welcome to join, and we would love to have you on board. To move, you should go to the East Pacific's regional page, scroll down until you see the Move [YOUR NATION] to the East Pacific and then click on it.

  

  The East Pacific is an active democracy, and participation can be enjoyed by all that seek to contribute in good faith. If you're interested in joining, STEPs Three onwards will take you through applying to the East Pacific.

  Telegrams

  Many regions send you automated recruitment telegrams in an attempt to get you to join their region. There are a lot of these, and it can get spammy and overwhelming fast. Thankfully, NationStates has given you a way to block Telegrams you don't want. To do this, you need to click on the settings button, which is usually found in the top bar of the page.

  If you then scroll down to telegrams and go to preferences, you'll see a grid which looks something like this:

  

  Our recommended settings are as follows, however, you are free to choose whatever you want. "Allow Some" occasionally allows telegrams in, and "Allow Most" blocks some. If you click the "block all" for recruitment, your nation will stop receiving the large volume of recruitment telegrams. Keep in mind that your inbox can only hold twenty telegrams.

  Issues and Cards

  Issues are problems that you need to handle, and they impact your nations statistics and rankings abroad. Initially you get a higher rate of issues like normal, however, once you've played the game for a while, you only get one issue every six hours. As long as you abide by general decorum, the East Pacific does not penalise you for the way you answer issues - we're a big community, and your type of nation reflects that.

  There is no "correct" way to answer issues, only the way that you want to. Every issue changes your statistics, and some might change your national policy. If you want to, there are websites such as this one that give you the general trend in issue outcomes, however using these aren't necessary and you should only do it if you find it fun!

  Issues sometimes generate cards. Cards are minted irregularly and are a snapshot of a nation, divided into various classes of rarity, from common to legendary. Cards can be bought, sold and traded on the market.

  
  

  
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That was the headline he read on his phone over a thousand times, and everytime he combed through the article he came closer and closer to the verge of a breakdown. That same morning he turned on his TV, and it was nothing but pure lies. He turned the TV up louder, and listened to the broadcast.

“...Ioannis’ planned visit to the East..”

“...Authorities told to ‘clear a path’ for his visit…”

“…police fired rubber bullets at close range…”

“...killing 29 year old Liridia Rosa, a prominent member of the FKO.”

His eyebrows raised when he heard her name. So that’s how she ended up..

Dead.

But he didn’t have time to dwell on it any longer. Him getting up much later than usual had thrown him off, and now he was going to be late.

[Mexas Shopping Center]

The day would go on as usual. He’d park in the front lot, make the long trudge to the break room and clock in. Except this time, thinking straight couldn’t have been any more difficult. He took a seat in the break room to recollect his thoughts and prepare himself to act as if nothing had happened day before.

Liam would soon enter the break room to spot a visibly distressed Hyari, and would chuckle at what he thought was his hangover.

“Surprised you made it today lookin’ like that.”

“You’re not gonna make it home if you don’t shut the f*ck up, Liam.” Hyari replied with, his train of thought being broken with his comment.

“Christus, did you sleep on glass last night? No need to be so hostile, Anderson.”

Another employee would enter the room, ignoring the conversation between them.

“Aren’t you full of jokes you prick?” Hyari would get up and look Liam right in the eyes, not leaving much space between the two.

The other employee would step in between them “Come on Anderson, it’s too early for this sh*t, just let it go.”

A smug grin appeared on Liam’s face, and it would soon cause Hyari to ball his hands into fists.

“I think you should take his advice, HR wouldn’t like to you you’re threatening emplo-”

HR, Liam’s favorite card.

Just as he finished saying the first half of his argument, Hyarl winded his right arm back quickly and slammed it right into Liam’s jaw, which would be followed by his left until Liam collapsed onto the floor. The other employee would try his hardest to pull him off, and after struggling for what felt like hours, he would finally pull him off. Just as the fight ended, the manager had came bursting into the break room.

“Hyari, in my office, now!”

Hyari stared blankly at the manager’s silver plated name plate.

Collin O’Brien

How could he and Liam be related at all? One is way less of an asshole than the other, and much more bearable to be around. Hyari didn’t talk to Collin that much, but when he did there were rarely any issues.

Today has become a rare case.

“Anderson, what’s this about? You clock in late, fall asleep in the break room and now you’re beating up my brother.” Even with a calm tone, Collin still seemed agitated.

“Your brother’s a prick” He snapped back with.

“And you think I don’t know that? I literally have to sit in a friggin’ car with him every day for 30 minutes, and you think I don’t know how much of an ass he is? I’ve known him for the past 41 years and it took me way less time to understand that. But you know what I don’t do? Beat his face at 9 in the morning!”

Collin sighed. He knew full and well what his brother was, and watched time and time again as Liam would antagonize and agitate him any chance he had. Even with the threat of firing him, there was never any change in his behavior.

“You’re being suspended for 2 weeks.”

Hyari would look at him with a shocked expression. In his eyes, he deserved every hook that he was given as a result of his antics every single day.

“Don’t look at me like you don’t know what you did. Because of you I have to sit in a car with him for 30 minutes to take him home. I don’t want to hear him speak to me about this the whole way home, Anderson. But I don’t have a choice. You’re getting suspended with pay, anyways.”

Hyari stayed silent. Even though he wasn’t punished as much as he thought he’d be, he had never heard as much bullshit in his life than he had now.

“Is that all?” He said with a dismissive tone.

“Yes, now get the hell out.”

Hyari walked back into the break room for his stuff, and stepped over the bloodstain left by the fight. Initially, it was the blood of someone who deserved blood to be spilled from his body. But then, the shiny floor of a hardware store had become the asphalt of a street in Dalesburg.

It had all come back to him now.

Before it could get worse, he grabbed his things and left for the parking lot. Wasting no time getting into his truck and speeding out like he had done a week ago. The noise coming from the V8 of his truck had finally made it possible for him to catch his breath, and before he knew it, the street lamps of Broken Hill no longer had immigrants hanging under the lights.