Embassy of Equilism

Nation Creation Competition 2!

We tried this 6 months ago, and it was a huge success... so here's to another go!

rules:
1. The competition shall take place in Equilism Playground. The founder and judge of the competition is E-Games Judge.

2. No UN nations allowed.

3. The competition shall take place between newly created puppets. The earliest date for creation is January 7th.

4. All participants must have in their puppet's motto the name of their main nation, for judging purposes.

5. The last nation in the daily UN ranking shall be ejected everyday, until only one nation is left thus becoming the winner. (except the UN ranking of the biggest population, where nobody will be ejected)

6. There shall be a period of 3 days of issue answering as a warm up for the game. (for diversity's sake).

incentive:
Tse points will be awarded, but the exact number will be based on how many are participating. Should the winner not be from Equilism, he or she will receive some other nifty prize.

Please TG the nation Astarial if you're interested in participating.
 
Important notice - nation creation begins midnight tonight in the time zone you are in!
 
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Equilism Weekly Update
January 9, 2006
President - Moo-cows with guns
Prime Minister/ UN Delegate – Tse Moana
Population: 184 Nations
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?act=idx

Note: Due to end of the semester finals and then the holidays, this update covers the past 4 weeks. Weekly updates will resume next week.

Prime Minister Grothistan retired from NS due to RL concerns, mainly the increased time he is having to devote to school now that he is in college. He has contributed to Equilism greatly and his humor, intelligence and debating skills will be missed. Yarrrrrrr Matey!

By the Equilism Constitution, Vice President Tse Moana is now the new Prime Minister.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chaucerin was appointed and confirmed as the new Vice President. His only duty as Vice President is to step into office if either Executive resigns or is otherwise unable to complete his/her term.

Senator Koona has stepped down from all government positions so he can pursue other interests; he has applied for citizenship in The Pacific.

The Equilism News Agency has published its sixth issue. It can be read here: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=3066

The new Mentor Program is being implemented by Speaker of the Senate Equalist Communist, and so far has been successfully used on two new members.

The Second Nation Creation Contest is underway! Nations from all regions are encouraged to participate!
1. The competition shall take place in Equilism Playground. The founder and judge of the competition is E-Games Judge.

2. No UN nations allowed.

3. The competition shall take place between newly created puppets. The earliest date for creation is January 7th.

4. All participants must have in their puppet's motto the name of their main nation, for judging purposes.

5. The last nation in the daily UN ranking shall be ejected everyday, until only one nation is left thus becoming the winner. (except the UN ranking of the biggest population, where nobody will be ejected)

6. There shall be a period of 3 days of issue answering as a warm up for the game. (for diversity's sake).

Tse points will be awarded, but the exact number will be based on how many are participating. Should the winner not be from Equilism, he or she will receive some other nifty prize.

Please TG the nation Astarial



The E-Army has been rockin' and rollin' all over NS: Musicologia, Costa Rica, Vatican, Seattle, People of RCCC, CnC Universe, Mexico, Zion Mountians x 2, Valhalla, 1 George Bush Too Many, Futurama, Kentucky x 2, Argentina, Zamboni, Yatta, and Anarchism x 2.

Debates have resumed their usual activity and interest, with discussions on GOP in Crisis, Pat Robertson remarks on Ariel Sharon, Right v. Left, The Death Penalty, College Football and Intelligent Design leading the pack. Check them out here:
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showforum=22

Medya: Artefacts of Power, Adventure 1 has finally gotten underway and they are 10 days out on the quest, You can see how the party is faring at:
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=2786

Fantasy Football finished with a surprising finish. It just goes to show that if you predict you will be in the cellar you just might win! Final standings are:
1. Chaucerin Visigoths
2. Bismarcia Mariners
3. Neocons
4. Nooterland Nasties
5. Zorns Raiders
6. MillitarismZepplins
7. Koona Salamanders
8. Vasilicorp MBucks
9. Moo-Cows Grazers
10. Penngroovians
11. Bomboodas Terrorists
12. Grothistan Gunners
13. The Tigerrianists
14. Zapvilla Rebels
 
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Equilism Weekly Update
February 05, 2006
President - Chaucerin
Prime Minister - Tse Moana
Population - 151

I'm very happy to announce that one of the veterans of Equilism has returned to us after a lengthy respite from the game. Join me in welcoming back Sub-Actuality.

While our Medya friends have taken on a statue state once again our E-Bar is running at capacity once again with the discovery of a swimming pool which turned out to be a giant Klingon pet tank.

How insulted would you be if the prophet of your god was publicly ridiculed in the papers? Hard question? Hardly, our debaters are as always the first on the scene to argue incessently about it. There's also more about Canadian takeover and Osama bin Laden being alive. There's also an interesting debate over President Bush's State of the Union address. As usual Farmerlaborers has his weekly report on our debating performance here.

There was also a small debate among our council as to who our new associate judge would be, we found that there were many who would fit the position perfectly before Tse Moana announced that Bismarcia was to be our new judge.

Our President Chaucerin has decided to try his hand at reversing the decline in Equilism's population by asking the region as a whole to take back up recruiting.

The E-Army has continued to rock and roll all over NS under the leadership of Commander Moo; if you looked hard enough you could have seen him bravely trotting into battle in: Southeast Asia once again, Kendaria, Seattle and Maine.

In other E-Army news, the new shinies have been awarded to our hardhitting military men and women.

We've also had the pleasure of adding Farmerlaborers to our force as our newest E-Army worm.
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Equilism Weekly Update
February 13, 2006
President - Chaucerin
Prime Minister - Tse Moana
Population - 157

There's finally an update in the Nation Creation Competition, since there's only a week left of the competition, it's easier to show who's still in rather than who's not, this is current at the writing of this update:
Gasponia - Is it in yet Zorny poo
Koona - Winged Beast
Moo-Cows with Guns - Moo-Cows Rebels
Nightfox - Nation Game Puppet
Nucleo - Cataclysmic Gas
Talkos - Nomikos
The Great Irwin Rommel - Agnotic Insomniacs

In Debate action, we've found out how nicely Joe Republican leads his life thanks to the hated liberals, then there's drama over the Danish cartoons of Mohammed, debates over the American elections, and continued controversy over Bush's State of the Union. For more complete cover of Equilism's debating habits they're here.
The quote of the week is included:
QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"I disagree, liberals are evil bastards who have done nothing good for our country. This piece is an utter lie. There, I posted for you Neo, I didn't miss anything did I?"
-Equalist Communist satirically commenting in "Joe Republican"

Thanks to the renwed recruiting efforts of our region our numbers have stayed relatively stable for the week which is a good thing.

The E-Army has continued its rocking and rolling all over NS, Linux, Airstrip One, and Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz have recieved visits from our gun carrying fairies of justice.
 
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Equilism Weekly Update
February 28, 2006
President - Chaucerin
Prime Minister - Tse Moana
Population - 164

Elections have come to a close at last leaving an exhausted Tse Moana as the victor in the PM race after having tied with Equalist Communist at the end of the election. Special arrangements were made just to break this unprecedented event, no one in Equilism has ever tied before, how odd! Also Chaucerin has managed to out prank Astarial and her haikus to win the Presidential election. Therefore....there has been no change in the Administration in that regard so the region doesn't have to remember all over again who to call what, pretty nice for those of us who have bad memories.

Next, the President and Prime Minister have the picky task of picking the pickiest people to be ministers in the changing Equilism government.

Dragon attacks, oh my my my what big flames you have my dear. There has been an unprovoked attack upon a recent arrival to Equilism, Tycholand, by one of our returning members, Garifulla. There promises to be mass destruction in this flaming RP.

Who should really elect the President of the United States, the people or a handful or representatives? That's one piece of debatable controversy going around Equilism right now. And just like the protests resulting from the Mohammed Cartoons spark flames so does the subject in Equilism continue to spark some more friendly banter than you'd find on the front lines. And long after it occurred the State of the Union is still in discussion by our men and women who really do enjoy things like that a tad too much. There would be the usual quote and link to the ODB report however the writer is taking the week off from it due to lack of inspiration.

Who will post next, possible the biggest waste of space in all of Equilism has finally reached 200 pages. Tycholand has also taken the intiative to help lighten the pockets of Equilism's billionaires by setting up a lottery destined to take as much money as does the real lottery.

Chaucerin is having a baby, we'll contact the press about this scientifically inpossible event as soon as it happens. In the mean time though it's been found to be the perfect way to take equiliants from the "hard working" people of Equilism. Zapvilla also has the chance to go to law school, no one's sure if they should congratulate or console him.

As always under the leadership of his Bovineness the E-Army have been dropping down all over Equilism to fight for the ideals of freedom, you've seen their presence in Adult Swim, The Egyptians-twice , Gondor, and they're currently duking it out with invaders in Anime.
 
Equilism Weekly Update
April 02, 2006
President: Chaucerin
Prime Minister: Tse Moana
Population: 192

General Government
In a week-long vote, Equilism has abolished the Senate and replaced it with a General Assembly with 86.36% of the voters in favour (19 for, 3 against). The General Assembly is open to all UN nations residing in Equilism for two weeks or longer and was one of the ideas thought up during Equilism Reloaded. Population of the EGA is happening right now with a thread having been opened for people to apply.

In the recent ADN Elections, Equilism voted for SWATH as Deputy Director and approved Majesto as Council President. The vote to determine the regions opinion on the cabinet selections at ADN has just begun. So far, with four people having cast their vote, it's ayes all around.

In the Justice department, Neo-Conservatism, who replaced Chaucerin as Chief Justice temporarily, has been approved as permanent replacement. To permanently fill the Associate Justice's seat Neo leaves behind, Moo-Cows with Guns has been asked and accepted. His confirmation vote has now started.

UN Resolutions
Repeal "Scientific Freedom" is currently up for a vote with 1 out of 1 in favour.
As for previous resolutions;
The Right to Form Unions: 4-3 in favour
UN Demining Survey: 8-2 in favour
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act: 9-1 in favour
Maritime Safety Standards Act: 6-0 in favour

Interior & Immigration
Immigration is on a definite roll with Equilism having 192 nations now, a high point we haven't been on in quite a while. We have new addition Tycholand and Interior Minister FarmerLaborers to thank for that as well as other recruiters Kertbeny, Tse Moana and Nooterland.

The introduction forum has been restructured to give new arrivals a better idea of what Equilism has to offer.

Foreign
The Foreign Minister has completed the ambassador audit. Only one ambassador did not sign in and lost his post. Some other ambassadorial positions have also changed hands.

Still going on is the regional audit to determine if there are embassies that can be closed.

Military
The Military has also conducted an audit to confirm soldier activity. Speaking of soldiers, two have graduated training and joined the Army while another one is currently being trained.

Recent Army activity has been in Middle Earth, Aequitas and US of A. Rejected Realms support continues in between missions.

Bar & Games
Languages spoken by our members have been the centre of activity recently. The high school juniors in the region, of which we have several, have been talking about the search for a college.
The NationDates april fool's joke went by without much mentioning but we've caught on to the re-occurence of the "0 of 0" error fast.

Caption Contest #19 finally finished leaving Ellezelles the winner. He has posted Contest #20 which has already gathered some really good captions.

Role Play
Garifulla has continued to harass Tycholand with dragons while "the last one wins" has resurfaced.

Debates
The debate section is in heavy demand these days with Guantanamo Bay, USA Immigration Policy, the Welfare State, "My Generation" and what makes people tick popular.

Quotes
Chainik Hocker:
Humph. Hard to argue with a man (Chauce, ed) who can quote Clint Eastwood and mean it.
Chaucerin:
While I am very, very old (but not old like Westwind)...
Chauerin:
Chainik Hocker:
Touche, sir. Point well made.
Agreeing with me is just going to make matters worse...
Astarial:
Oh my god the pink the pink!! :blink:
Neo-Conservatism:
Also met Togo West, Secretary of the Army under Clinton--a really nice guy and a Democrat. Who would have known? :wink3:
 
Equilism Update
May 30, 2006

President: Neo-Conservatism
Prime Minister: FarmerLaborers
Population: 224
Regional Influence: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Special Notice
As most know by now, the Equilism forum was under attack, through an exploit in the Invision Power Board 1.3 software. The attack was carried out on four occasions, the first three occasions each happened in the early hours on three consecutive Sunday's. The last time, occurred last Monday, and the attack was stepped up to include mass mailing emails to our users that contained a link to the source of the latest virus/trojan attack.

Our hosting provider suspended our account, due to the spamming being carried out by the attacker. After discussing the situation with our provider, the account was reinstated. All admin and system passwords have been changed, and all forum members are encouraged to change theirs as well.

The forum software has also been updated following the incident, and the Administrators have given the 'all clear'. A plethora of new forum skins are available for users on the upgraded forum.

General Government
Elections have concluded with the following results:

President:
Neo-Conservatism - 50.00%
Tse Moana - 27.78%
Astarial - 11.11%
Abstain - 11.11%

Prime Minister:
FarmerLaborers - 44.44%
Equalist Communist - 38.89%
Abstain - 16.67%

Congratulations to our new President and Prime Minister ! The new Chief Executives have decided that FarmerLaborers shall serve as our UN Delegate. The E-Army has returned to garrison the region and assist with the delegate changeover. All Equilism UN nations are encouraged to endorse the new delegate. Outgoing Prime Minister/UN Delegate Tse Moana will leave the region to complete the changeover when FarmerLaborers has gained enough endorsements, and we are comfortable with the Influence levels.

The Chief Executives announced, and the region has confirmed, their selections for the new Equilism Cabinet.

Minister of Foreign Affairs: Westwind
Minister of Internal Affairs: Tycholand
Minister of the Military: Astarial
Minister of Intelligence: Tse Moana
Cabinet Advisor for Foreign Affairs: Chaucerin

Neo-Conservatism resigned as Chief Justice upon his election as President. Neo and FarmerLaborers presented Chaucerin to fill the office of Chief Justice, which the region has confirmed. Congratulations !

UN Resolutions
On the Repeal "Stop privacy intrusion", Equilism voted 6-1-0 in favour.
On the Patients Rights Act, Equilism voted 6-1-0 in favour.
Rights of the Disabled, Equilism has so far voted 9-2-0 in favour.

Foreign
Kertbeny has been appointed as Deputy Foreign Minister, while Chaucerin will continue as special envoy to The Pacific.

Two new applicants to the Ministry are currently under consideration for ambassadorial appointments.

The Ministry has recieved a request from The Merlion of Jethnea to open diplomatic relations with Equilism.

Military
The Ministry has awarded it's highest medal to Moo-cows with Guns and Adyndril for their outstanding contributions to

Equilism's Military. Bismarcia also received the Equilism Military Medal for bravery or notable service in battle.

The E-Army successfully participated in missions in the Philipines and Feudal Japan.

Astarial and Chaucerin have successfully completed the Advanced Military training. Congratulations !

Bar & Games
Ellezelles turns 21 ! Happy Birthday !

The 'Competition' for most-funded military continues, though it seems that Winnepeg of The Meritocracy has the definitive lead.

Now that elections are over, contestants await the next round of the Miss Equilism Pageant.

Spam games continue to draw crowds: Who will post next ? Now over 9000 posts ! And those 5000 bottles of beer are now down to 4,563 bottles. A lot of thirsty people out there.

Role Play
Football (Soccer) fans throughout Equilism anxiously await the start of the Equilism World Cup 2006. Tycholand has made the first announcement of the teams and matches for the first round.

"Medya: Artefacts of Power", and "Seriphyn thrown under shrowd of evil" are now playing in the Equilism Theater.

Debates
The Great Debates continue, with Immigration and the 2006 Portuguese Presidential Elections most active currently.
 
Equilism Update
4 June 2006

President: Neo-Conservatism
Prime Minister: FarmerLaborers
Population: 225
Regional Power: High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Special Notice
Neo-Conservatism and FarmerLaborers issued an Official Proclamation of Gratitude to Westwind, new Foreign Affairs Minister, and Winnipeg, of The Meritocracy, for their work in recovering from and helping to reinstate our Forum.

Yes, it is now safe to return to Equilism. Admins have asked if you have not already done so, for the sake of safety, please change your password when you next log in to the Forum.

General Government
Chaucerin was returned, with a vote of 19-0, as Chief Justice of The Supreme Court of Equilism.

In his first official act as President, Neo-Conservatism awarded the Equilism Medal of Honor to Chaucerin “For exemplary and commendable service to the region.” A grateful region agrees.

The newly installed Ministers are working diligently on their plans for the forthcoming term. This has also been followed by lots of saws, hammers and dust as office renovations take place.

UN Resolutions
UN Security Act I is currently at 4-14-0. Voting is still under way.
Rights of the Disabled, Equilism voted 10-2 in favor. In the UN the resolution was passed 8,933 votes to 3,805, and implemented in all UN member nations.

Foreign
Tarricoe’s application for diplomatic service has been approved. One other member is in review.

The Ministry has received a request from Jethnea to open diplomatic relations. The review is moving along and should be finalized very soon.

Ambassadorial assignments are under review. Some of you may be seeing new faces at the embassies soon.

Military
Defero Emprie has successfully completed Academy training. Congratulations!

Several applications are being reviewed for acceptance into the Equilism Military Training Academy.

Bar & Games
Miss Equilism 2006 has finally moved into round two, with two new judges added. The questions have gotten more difficult, more personal, and this time call on the contestants to exhibit their artistic drawing abilities!

Lots of chatter has been added about final exam scores and worries. Good luck to all those out there testing away. Best wishes go out to recent graduates, we’re proud of you.

The threads have taken on a Sci-Fi bent lately, and the merits of various Star Trek captains are being hotly debated. If you’re a red-shirt ensign, watch out…and it was nice seeing you in the background.

The Equilism News Agency (ENA) is being overhauled. New names are being discussed. Apparently, “It’s a Contest!”

Role Play
Several nations have updated their tourism threads in hopes of attracting various summer holiday-makers…and their money.

The continuing sagas of "Medya: Artefacts of Power", and "Seriphyn thrown under shrowd of evil" are building and audience are on the edges of seats.

The Equilism World Cup 2006 is ready to start. Teams and matches have been set, and fans eagerly await the kick-off. Host nation The Commonwealth of Kertbeny is set to welcome EWC2006 fans, players and officials.

Debates
Immigration is once again the biggest debate, followed by Sex in Society and the roving circus that is the European Parliament.

Quotes
Chaucerin:
Astarial:
Teh Moo is also very very schmexy.
Could someone please turn a fire hose on the Minister of the Military?
Chainik Hocker:
(Referring to The Sopranos) I'm related to people like the people on that show. Unfortunatly.
FarmerLaborers:
(On the subject of Harry Potter and Horcruxes) Wow, having said that I feel like the world's biggest dork. I think I've lost all respect for myself.
Chaucerin:
The bleeding forum is off topic - it's what we do.
the Philosophes:
I'm a Picard man, definitely. Can't beat the bald badass.
 
Equilism Update
10 June 2006

President: Neo-Conservatism
Prime Minister: FarmerLaborers
Population: 222
Regional Power: High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Special Notice
Equilism founder, Equility, is reportedly celebrating a birthday.

Most Equilismers thought that Equility had moved into the realm of legend. Oddly dressed groups of Equilismers gather in the region's forests awaiting Equility's return.

General Government
Dual-citizenships and immigration of long-standing nations is on the rise. Equilism is proud to welcome such experienced and esteemed members.

Tarricoe has been tapped as new Deputy Interior Minister.

The Equilism General Assembly is starting to get interesting. Members are voting to decide if they should have their own leader, and what that should be called. Debates are still raging about the actual nature of the body, and how to get it more populated.

UN Resolutions
UN Resolution Repeal "Replanting Trees" passed in Equilism 11-3; within the UN it passed 6,764-4,832.

The newest UN Resolution #43: Legalize Euthanasia has not yet been presented to the Region.

Foreign
Nasicournia has encountered some internal strife and asked for help from Equilism. We wish them the best and hope for a quick recovery.

Jethnea has a brand new embassy to call their own. The work was hampered by squabbling workers' unions, but the Coca-Cola flowed freely at the opening celebration.

Belgium is choosing a new delegate to the region. Equilismers await invitations to yet another diplomatic fete.

Recently announced elections and changes in Genosha encourage the region that relations may soon increase.

We are pleased that Canada has opened its own university and can't wait for the first kegger.

Ambassadorial assignments are still under review.

Military
Applications to the Equilism Military Training Academy have soared recently.

The E-army has seen action in several regions, including Jamaica, Aequitas, the Federal Commonwealth Society, and Boston.

Several changes to the structure of the army are being discussed, and some talk has been heard that there may be a foreign exchange program in the works.

Bar & Games
Miss Equilism 2006 is still in round two. Bikini-clad contestants eagerly await the results while freezing in the air-conditioned auditorium.

Citizens chip in to help President Neo-Conservatism with his math homework.

The Equilism News Agency (ENA) has decided the name for the regional newspaper will be EquiFact. Discussion has now begun on a tabloid. Elvis sightings will surely increase.

Role Play
The People's Commonwealth of FarmerLaborers through their International Relations Board has announced the end to isolationism. Airlines are begging people to buy tickets, but few takers are yet to be found.

The Empire of Skimmelin opened a tourist board. Apparently the nation is all about money and freedom, but doesn't like poor people and has a staggering crime rate.

Our continuing sagas: "Medya: Artefacts of Power" appears to have gone into intermission, and "Seriphyn thrown under shrowd of evil" is experiencing some script rewrites.

Equilism World Cup 2006
Results are in for the first round of the Cup.
The Storm (Westwind) 1 1 0 0 3 3-2
AC (Adventing Chors) 1 1 0 0 3 2-1
Sedom (Sedom) 1 0 1 0 0 2-3
MCWG (Moo-Cows With Guns) 1 0 1 0 0 1-2

June 10 matches will find:
Sedom v Westwind (Bilitis Bulls Stadium, 20:00)
and
Adventing Chors v Moo-Cows With Guns(Gallindo Sports Complex, 20:00)

June 12 matches will be:
Sedom v Adventing Chors (Wincklemann University Stadium, 20:00)
and
Westwind v Moo-Cows With Guns (Mattachine City Center Stadium, 20:00)

Debates
The threads have gone from Sci-Fi to philosophy and conjecture while debating "Just where in the world is Equilism?" Guesses range from alternate universes to someplace in the Atlantic Ocean.

The sanity of Ann Coulter has recently been questioned, as have American Double Standards and how Zarqawi's death will impact Iraq.

Quotes
In a very un-Equilismic turn of events, no one said anything funny this week.

Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Kertbeny, would like to acknowledge Stargatopia by saying, "It takes a lot of coffee, and payments in Ethiopian or Kona whole-bean are greatly appreciated."
Stargatopia (Commenting on these very updates):
It's time consuming. I bet it takes a whole heap of coffee up.
 
I'm sorry to say that Equilism is undergoing yet another round of forum problems. But at least this one isn't contageous.

Only a couple of weeks after we upgraded to the latest (paid) version of Invision Power Boards, the same hackers that figured out an exploit for the older (unsupported) version hacked into the latest one. Same deal - an injection of an iframe with malware code.

Our initial complaint to Invision was met with "must be your fault, we don't consider this a problem". But then other boards got hacked, and they acknowledged that they had a problem and issued a patch.

So, the virus is gone... but we're having trouble restoring the forum backup. Westwind is slaving mightily to get it solved, but the restore is not going well.

Anyhow, we'll get it eventually. We have many backups and saves, so hopefully this will get fixed asap. In the meantime, we've created a temporary forum for chatter and essential government business. You can find it here:

http://www.equilism.org/june

There's not much to see, so don't feel obliged to visit or register. With any luck it won't be in use for long. Thanks for your patience!
 
Equilism Update
June 26, 2006
President: Neo-Conservatism
Prime Minister: FarmerLaborers
Population: 236
Regional Influence: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

FORUM DISASTER

The hackers just won't quit.
Having suffered a minor attack on the forum on Monday, June 19th, the Equilism forums were hit hard two days later, with a SQL injection attack that scripted a insert of files on our server, and inserted code into our database that crippled the region for a week.

Invision initially claimed that the problem must be due to our having left some remanent of the old forum software behind, leaving a vulnerability to our site. However, two days later, Invision released a patch for this newly discovered exploit, that makes use of BBcode to gain access and carry out a SQL injection.

Unfortunately, due to file corruption and additional data/code errors, we were forced to flashback in time and restore the forum to it's condition from May 24th. Citizens throughout the region are dazed and confused, wondering whether or not to turn back their calandars.

General Government

In an odd twist following the announcement of President Neo-Conservatism's absence this week, Prime Minster FarmerLaborers (in a backroom, temporary forum deal) announced Equilism's "undying devotion to the the region formerly known as the PRP, presently the NPO. An alliance will be crafted and agreed to by the two bodies of nations, and upon the signing of said document, the nation of Astarial will present to the People's Commonwealth of FarmerLaborers seven large pizzas and ten bags of delicious cookies, not to have cooled below regulation temperature. Said items must also be delivered by seventeen beautiful maidens. "

No response has been heard from the NPO on the announcement.

Bar & Games
Some claim that the collapse of forum communications throughout Equilism was due to the final match of the Equilism World Cup. The start of celebrations for the victory of Adventing Chors were strangely timed to the sudden 'blackout'.

While on the temporary forum, citizens felt that it was important to go on with our daily lives. 'Who Will Post Next?' never ends, even during the blackout. And there was plenty of beer to go around, another 1000 bottles were found on the walls of the temporary forum.

Sorry this update has been a brief one, but we were rather occupied with......well.....um......what do you do in a blackout ?
 
Equilism Update
10 July 2006

President: Neo-Conservatism
Prime Minister: FarmerLaborers
Population: 245
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Special Notice
After yet another hacker attack, Westwind has reestablished the Equilism Forum. A round of thanks goes out to him for his tireless efforts. He somehow managed to turn back time, much to the chagrin of Cher, so the latest updates on the boards is sometime in early May 2006. Please do not be alarmed, folks, time-travel is perfectly safe.

When last heard from, Westwind was being attended to by some very nice gentlemen wearing white lab coats who softly said something about a “health spa and retreat” somewhere in Glacier National Park. Gossip says it is a padded room.

Thoughts & Well-Wishes
Our thoughts go out Kertbeny’s mom and Westwind’s dad. Kertbeny’s mom underwent heart bypass surgery and is now recovering remarkably well. Westwind’s dad may have to go through that procedure, as well.

General Government
Due to the recent disruptions caused by the hacker, the Central Government is doing some backtracking and referencing copious notes. Combining this with the onset of summer holidays, the engine of government has been moving slowly.

The Equilism General Assembly, the citizen-based legislative body, has chosen to employ a leadership scheme with a monthly rotating basis. The leader-of-the-month gets to choose their title. The “whip” for July 2006 is Kertbeny…who has chosen to be called: Whatever.

Equilism General Assembly Proposition 1, “Weekly Recruitment Quotas,” has been referred to the Supreme Court for constitutionality review. The Proposition was deemed unconstitutional and was striken.

UN Resolutions
The UN Resolution “Individual Self-Determination” is put before Equilismers for debate and voting. The UN Delegate, FarmerLaborers will present the region’s vote.

Foreign
Ambassadorial assignments have been completed. Please welcome the ambassadors, whether new or prorogued, with your usual goodwill. Quite a few are either new or new-to-you. It should be a great chance for cultural and ideological exchange.

Please note that any damage suffered by embassies is being repaired as quickly as crews can get to you. Everyone will please, not panic.

Military
The E-army successfully liberated Vineyard. Defenders are grateful for the help of: CDA, GRADF, and PD.

The recent updates made to training manuals are being redone. Yep, those were lost, too.

Recent applicants may want to send a friendly note to the Military Minister, just in case.

Bar & Games
Miss Equilism 2006 is still in round two. Bikini-clad contestants eagerly await the results while freezing in the air-conditioned auditorium. We can thank the hacker for this development as all the question AND answers to Round Two were lost.

Most of the games were lost in the Hack Attack. Everyone is trying to get their post counts back up. Spam is flying in those boards like, well…flying pieces of spam.

Role Play
The continuing sagas we’ve all been enjoying for so long…well, they’re no longer continuing as they were. Thanks to time-travel, some new developments in the stories are about to take place. Mass resurrections and changes on alliances will surely ensue.

Equilism World Cup 2006
The Equilism World Cup 2006 was fun. Something happened and someone won. More details should follow. Congratulations to whoever won.

Debates
The only current debate is whether The New York Times is a bastion of free-press or a threat to national security.

Quotes
Commenting on the recent photographs of President Neo-Conservatism:
Chainik Hocker:
So that's what you look like.
You are really, really..... blonde, dude.

Astarial:
He's even blonder in person. In the sun. Ignoring me. *pouts*

Astarial:
Now that I'm a minister (well, now that I remember...) I suppose I should follow the trend of putting black and white pictures of old, generally dead guys as my avatar.
 
Equilism Update
26 July 2006

President: Neo-Conservatism
Prime Minister: FarmerLaborers
Population: 239
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

General Notices
There’s been something of a homecoming going on recently. We’ve had several former Equilsmers return to the forum and some long-term members of other regions join up. We’re certainly glad to welcome back old friends and for the insight offered by recent tranferees.

“You show me yours…I’ll show you mine.” We’re talking about blogs, of course. Members are having a great time sharing their blogs, and oh the things we learn!

The heat is apparently affecting the region…tempers are short and it’s just too darn hot to do much of anything else.

General Government
A suggestion box is the newest thing in the Halls of Government. FarmerLaborers calls for expletives and Equilsmers to kiss the hem of his…what is it that he wears, anyway? Is that a muu-muu?!

The Equilism General Assembly has grown by one member and recruitment phase is under way to get more Equilsmers involved.

UN Resolutions
Resolutions...get your resolutions here.

The UN Counterterrorism Initiative passed in Equilism 9-3.

Currently voting on UN Resolution: Child Pornography Prohibition.

Foreign
The Land of Kings and Emperors is the newest resident on Embassy Island. Welcome, and please enjoy the cookies.

Military
The E-Army has been engaged in super-secret maneouvers....manoe...actions. Early news reports indicate something involving kegs of beer, it could have been ale or mead, and fluffy pillows. This reporter is waiting for sources to confirm or deny these reports.

Bar & Games
Miss Equilism 2006 is still in round two. Contestants can be seen aging on the stage.

Role Play
The continuing sagas appear to be on hiatus. Everyone is catching up with summer reruns.

Debates
The current debates are suitably heated for the season: Bush Swears, Affirmative Action and Religion. Everyone get your protective gear on.

Quotes
Astarial:
And for debate, add that Tjausse got his ass whooped by ickle Fluffy.

Chaucerin:
[venom]Yes, please do add that it only took two years for someone to get me[/venom]
 
The Nation Creation Competition: v. 3.0

The highly-popular NCC is now back in action! The organizers had some RL-issues, but now the NCC is here, and it's going to stay!

The rules:

1. The competition shall take place in Equilism Playground. The founder and judge of the competition are Moo-Cows with guns and Tycholand. Note that judging nations are also allowed to participate in the game.

2. No UN nations allowed.

3. The competition shall take place between newly created puppets. The earliest date for creation is AFTER Friday the 25th of Augustus' update.

4. All participants must have in their puppet's motto the name of their main nation, for judging purposes.

5. The last nation in the daily UN ranking shall be ejected everyday, until only one nation is left thus becoming the winner. (except the UN ranking of the biggest population, where nobody will be ejected). If there are many particpants, the judges may decide to eject more than one nations a day.

6. There shall be a period of 3 days of issue answering as a warm up for the game. (for diversity's sake). This means the first nation will be booted after Monday the 28th of August' update. A password will be in place before the game begins, but will be removed to allow sufficient time for everyone to move in.

WANTED: Moo and Tycho are looking for a third judging nation to help out with the game. Interested? Contact Tycholand.

I hope yo see you guys at the NCC!

Tycholand
Equilism's Interior Minister
 
In light of the recent events in Equilism and the declaration made by Westwind, we are closing the Equilism embassy here and will also be closing our embassy in Equilism.
 
Given recent changes in Equilism, and the coming together of the two sides of their fractured community, I am delighted to reopen the embassy.
 
Equilism Update
February 2, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Neo-Conservatism
Population: 159
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Foreign Affairs
Ambassador Felasia has left his post in Crimea, being reassigned to North Pacific; Great Britain and Ireland. Also Ambassador MILLITARISM has taken the Rejected Realms and Wall Street posts, while Ambassador Tarricoe is taking the Founderless Regions Alliance post.

Military Affairs
E-Army helicopters, warships and fighter aircraft have been spotted in NationStates Bible Church and Secularia.

The College of Equilism
The amendment to the “Uniform Role Playing Currency Law” has passed into law after being signed by the Monarch Westwind. This amendments includes the scrapping of several passages and the implementation of a conversion rate.

The new Constitution has been ratified by the College, and now has been forwarded to the Monarch for final approval. Equilism should have a fully-ratified Constitution (providing Wesrwind agrees with it;) ) within a very short time!

Bar & Games
Talk talk, talk seems to be the theme of the week for Equilism. Many Equilismers have been heard discussing several new pictures being posted in the "Photo Gallery 1: Yourself" thread: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=87&st=1280

Discussion about members' absences and illnesses, what we're listening to, and the ages of our members have aslo been taking place while our members play many posting games and quizzes.

The “Who will post next thread?” deserves a special mention: it passed the 10,000 post-mark a couple of days ago…

Role Playing & Main Street
Many old and new threads have been in popularity of late, with the E-Bar being, as usal, the most popular.

Have a cheating spouse, a missing child, or an annoying neighbor? Hire "The Shady Side" private detectives. They'll investigate anyone or anything, for the right price. So come on in, don't be afraid. Let Scandinavian Duchies's "The Shady Side" take care of all your private investigation needs:
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=4722

Bought your car at the Dealership on Main Street? Rev up your engine and drive straight to Nootz Customs for some pimping of your ride! Noot’s new company customizes your vehicle:
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=4723

Reunification Festival
The pool is empty as the Equilism Pool Party comes to its end. Wagger-tribe, Whitewolfe, Bogans & Boozers, Tycholand, Westwind, Pope Lexus X, Nagabeth, Astarial, Tse Moana, Ellezelles, Notherfork, Naivetry, and The Merlion have been ejected, leaving Restored Othalla (game judge) the winner. Many members are claiming shenanigans and demanding investigations for foul play.
 
Sorry there hasn't been many updates, this is my fault. I've been having computer troubles and some problems with my health. So here are the last couple updates:

Equilism Update
February 9, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Neo-Conservatism
Population: 157
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Foreign Affairs
All regions whose Embassies in Equilism have been inactive for 6 weeks or more are kindly requested to make sure that the Embassy will return to activity.

Military Affairs
Our men and women from the E-Army have been sighted in Alberta and Wild Blue Yonder.

The College of Equilism
It is an honor to sign the Ratified Constitution of The Realm of Equilism.

Thank you all for your hard work !

Signed this 3rd day of February 2007
His Benevolent Majesty Westwind, Monarch of The Realm of Equilism

With these historic words, a new milestone was reached in Equilism history with the ratification of the new Constitution! Congratulations to Equilism! The new Constitution can be found here.

Today, Neo-Conservatism was officially appointed as Governor-General of Equilism with a 13-1 vote in favour. Congratulations!

On the 2nd of February, Westwind has signed the amendment to the Uniform Role Playing Currency Law.

Currently agenda points being discussed:
- Equilism’s future in the AND
- Military Liaison Pacts with two regions.
- College Law and Procedure
- Opening up the Reunification Talks for all to see.

Elections
The first elections of the Realm of Equilism are underway!

The vote on the Lord Chancellor, Equilism’s Prime Minister, is scheduled to begin on Saturday and will finish on Sunday. So far, Astarial, Restored Othalla and Tycholand have accepted their nominations and are in the race!

The UN Delegacy has been separated from the government and separate elections will be held for this position. So far, only Wagger-tribe has said he will run.

Bar & Games
Instruments are hot in the Bar these days, with members discussing what instruments they play(ed). Age, the new Harry Potter number seven and posting milestones are also popular subjects.

The traditional games are still popular. Restored Othalla still has this tendency to post a lot in the Games & Fun forum – his postcount has increased dramatically over the last month!

Role Playing & Main Street
“Attack the Previous Poster” has been moved to “Who will post last?” with members fighting over the lead for the former. Several members have tried to sabotage Tycholand’s flying carpet, without any success.

The Platinum Dragon Hotel has opened its doors in Main Street. Whether you’re a foreign diplomat or an Equilismer looking for relaxation, this five-star establishment offers a whole variety of services – and it’s not even finished yet!
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Click here for The Platinum Dragon Hotel.

Not far down Main Street, Govvistan’s Science Center (GSC) has opened its doors – Govvistan is ready to answer all your scientific questions! If you’re interested in finding out how much strawberry jelly you would need to fill-up the world’s oceans, then come and visit GSC!

Reunification Festival
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The Reunification Festival has finished – thank you to all the people who have worked to make this event a huge success!

Astarial and Gaspo announced their (RP) engagement at the Ball! Congratulations to the both of you and we wish you all the best!

Several titles, prizes and Orders were handed out at the end of the Ball:
- Tse Moana won the Reunification Festival Quiz
- Restored Othalla is the winner of the Equilism Pool Party. He organised the event, but he still has to push himself into the pool…
- Gaspo and Astarial have been elcted King and Queen of the Ball.
- Westwind has formally granted Astarial a Ladyship in the Monarch of the Realm. Astarial now bears the title “The Lady Astarial of the Knickerbocker Hexagon of Whim, Whimsy and Whimiscality”.
- Naivetry was the furst to find all 10 images hidden around the forum in the Scavenger Hunt.
- Tycholand has won the Reunificates Festival Caption Contest.
- During the vote for the Monarch’s new title, “My Lord Snuffleupagus” was number one!
- Pantera Nera was selected as the Festival’s best-dressed person.
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Pantera Nera during the Equilism Reunification Festival
- Astarial, Chaucerin, Tse Moana and Tycholand have all been presented with the “Order of Noble Conduct”.
- Neo-Conservatism and Westwind have been both been bestowed with the Order of the Realm.
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Congratulations everyone!

Equilism Winter Olympics 2006
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Equilism is hosting its own Winter Olympics! The event was scheduled for December 2006, but was put-off as the reunification got closer. After that the Reunification Festival was held, but now it’s finally here! All people are welcome to sign-up!

Click here to go to the Equilism Winter Olympics!

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Equilism Special Update
February 12, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Restored Othalla
Population: 154
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Lord Chancellor Elections

On Saturday the 10th and Sunday the 11th of February, members of the Equilism College (Equilism’s Parliament) went to the polls to vote on a new Lord Chancellor (Equilism’s Prime Minister).

The outcome:
Astarial – 2 votes (18.18%)
Restored Othalla – 7 votes (63.64%)
Tycholand – 2 votes (18.18%)

Congratulations Restored Othalla!

Official result announcement by Neo-Conservatism:
The voting period is now over. With over a 2/3 majority of the vote, Restored Othalla is the new Lord Chancellor of Equilism. Congratulations to him and let me again comment how fantastic it is to once again see the democratic process at work in this region.

Upon completetion of the oath of office, Othalla shall take office immedietely and all vestages of the Provisional Government will be terminated.

Shortly after the election announcement, Restored Othalla took the Oath of Office:

I do solemnly swear to execute the Office of Lord Chancellor of The Realm of Equilism, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of The Realm of Equilism.

Our new Lord Chancellor is the first democratically-elected Prime Minister from after the reunification. We wish him all the luck!
 
Equilism Update
February 16, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Restored Othalla
Population: 152
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Foreign Affairs
Equilism has opened relations with Lichentia and The East Pacific.

The College of Equilism
Congratulations again to Restored Othalla! He is Equilism’s new Lord Chancellor! More about that can be found in the Special (election) Update which is posted in the Embassy.

The Oath of Office taken by Restored Othalla:
I do solemnly swear to execute the Office of Lord Chancellor of The Realm of Equilism, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of The Realm of Equilism.

The First Cabinet of the Realm of Equilism has been announced:
Chancellor fof Internal Affairs: Nagabeth
Chancellor fof Foreign Affairs: Tycholand
Chancellor for Defense: The Merlion
Chancellor for Intelligence: Tse Moana

Shortly after the Cabinet-announcement, Westwind signed his approval.

Current College agenda-points are:
- College Law and Procedure
- The Military Liaison Pact with Jethnea is being voted on.
- A possible treaty with The Pacific
- Equilism’s future with regard to its membership of the ADN. It is expected that a vote about this matter will be held shortly.

Elections for the Chancellor of the Realm
The Chancellor of the Realm is Equilism’s UN Delegate. The position is separate from any government position. Registered candidates will have to lobby for endorsements.
Current standing:
Wagger-tribe: 18 endorsements
Thoughtful Ideas: 8 endorsements

Bar & Games
Instruments, Cybernations, age, Chauce’s prestigious award and dying puppets are dominating The Bar.

Meanwhile, the usual games are popular and Equilism continues its new passion for quizzes. However, I do dount that RO’s “1000 posts in 2 months”-thread will actually achieve its goal…

Role Playing & Main Street
”Who will post last?” has turned into a full-scale battle scene with posters trying to, sometimes violently, overtake each other on bikes, carpets, lunar rovers, etc…. Tycholand’s flying carpet is causing a big headache for the participants, but rumours have it that Tycholand has been pulled-over by the police for flying an unregistered carpet…

In Main Street, Wagger-tribe has opened a Tourist Information office. This is the place for when you need a friendly face to guide you around in Main Street. Promoting your company at the Tourist Office by means of leaflets is also possible.

Equiliants are back!
The Equiliants are back! With the posting of topics and replies, it is possible to earn CASH EQUILIANTS on the forum, which can be spent at the Store! Credit goes to Tse Moana for re-starting this system!
 
Equilism Update
February 23, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Restored Othalla
Population: 157
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Military Affairs
E-Army soldiers have come home with a tan from Italia.

The College of Equilism
The Military Liaison Pact with Jethnea has been voted on. With 12 in favour, 0 against and 0 abstains.
Thank you, Lord Chancellor. It is my pleasure to sign the Military Liaison Pact between Equilism and Jethnea, as passed by The College of Equilism.

Signed this 22nd day of February 2007
His Benevolent Majesty Westwind, Monarch of The Realm of Equilism

Besides that, the reunification talks have been opened to all members of the College.

There are currently two things being voted on:
- Astarial’s short bill on Equilism leaving the ADN:
We, the members of Equilism, do hereby state our intention to withdraw from the Alliance Defense Network. Our two week notice is effective immediately.
- A treaty with The Pacific

Points on the agenda, besides those mentioned above:
- Invitation from the Founderless Regions Alliance to join them
- College Law and Procedure

Elections for the Chancellor of the Realm
Wagger-tribe has been elected as the region’s new UN-Delegate. Congratulations!

Bar & Games
The usual games are still popular. A stream of casualties have arrived at the ER, all related to the new Google Fight thread.

Meanwhile, in the “1000 posts in two months” thread, Nagabeth accusations have been flying around that Tycholand eats kiddies, with this being the ultimate proof:
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Role Playing & Main Street
”The last one wins” remains a battle-scene, with various people fighting to maintain their recently-gained leading-position, only to lose it to someone else an hour later… In any case, magic carpets have been banned by thread-creator Ellezelles.

Wagger-tribe submitted a request for an Inquisition against Tycholand, accusing him of cheating to win “who will post last?”. High Templar Astarial has dismissed the case.

In Main Street, Merl’s Live Music Pub is in the spotlight. Restored Othalla, Tse Moana and K’Lach have been spotted on the stage there.
The Merlion has opened a “Privatised Prison System” where people can be held in cells and also tortured. First inmate? Tycholand, who has been accused of eating kiddies and is now being tortured…
Borealium has opened a thread about his bustling metropolis, Faireport, providing interesting details about this city.

Equilism Winter Olympics
The Equilism Winter Olympics are about to start! Tse Moana has posted a schedule with the dates of the different events. The Games will start on February 24th and last until March 18th. We wish the participating athletes and nations all the best!
 
Equilism Update
March 2, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Neo-Conservatism
Population: 154
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs is looking at closing relations with several regions. Relations with The South Pacific have started officially.

Military Affairs
E-Army soldiers were spotted drinking working at home: their task was to ensure a smooth Delegacy-transfer from Westwind to Wagger-tribe.

The College of Equilism
- The ADN-vote has been suspended, pending a vote on Westwind’s new plan (which in its turn has been suspended due to new Director-elections).
- The Treaty with the Pacific has been voted on, with the result being 5-4-2 (aye, nay, abstain). However, this does not meet the required 2/3 majority in the yet-to-be ratified Laws & Procedures of the College of Equilism-law.
- Tse Moana has posted a new draft of the College Law and Procedure, titled Laws & Procedures of the College of Equilism
- Closer cooperation with the Founderless Regions Alliance (FRA) are still on the College’s agenda.

UN-voting
Equilism voted 5-1-1 (aye, nay, abstain) for the repeal of “Hydrogen Powered Vehicles”. This is the first resolution-vote under our new Delegate/Chancellor of the Realm, Wagger-tribe.

Bar & Games
Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus – or “Happy St. David’s Day” to all Welsh-people out there! Buffeytown took this opportunity to start a “What does it mean to be Welsh?” thread.

The usual games are still popular.

There are doubts that we will reach make the “1000 posts in two months” challenge made by Restored Othalla in time…

Caption Contest number 28 has started!

The Equilism Winter Olympics are under way, and a number of nations have already obtained a fair amount of medals. More in a future update! (But you can always check-out the Equilism Winter Olympics forum yourself;) )

Role Playing & Main Street
The Inquisition-request against Tycholand (accused of child-eating) has been dismissed due to a lack of response from Restored Othalla.

Meanwhile, all kinds of arms-fire can be heard from the “who will post last?”-thread as people strive to be the first – at all costs. Magic carpets and invisibility cloaks have been banned. This means that Tycholand can no longer fly on his magic carpet that has irritated numerous participants in the past. (He now continuously zooms into the lead in an SR-91 Aurora).

In other RP-happenings, Borealium is trying to establish his place in Equilism and Tycholand has started a topic about Ambassador Island’s (a spot on the Equilism map) function.

In Main Street, Merl’s Live Band Pub is full of customers – including the Monarch himself and singers such as Tse Moana and K’Lach!
 
Equilism Update
March 9, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Restored Othalla
Population: 150
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs has just re-opened relations with the British Overseas Territory, a member-region of the FCSTO.
Just a reminder, there is a Diplomatic Training Course in Equilism’s University. The course teaches the basics of diplomacy and the Ambassadorship. The course is not only open to Equilismers, but also to all our friends across the NationStates world. If you have questions about this, please visit the Equilism forum or contact our Ambassador in your region.

Military Affairs
E-Army soldiers are still out there, defending and liberating regions across the NationStates world. Meanwhile, Military Chancellor The Merlion has been doing some Spring Cleaning in the E-Army. ?

The College of Equilism
- The Confederacy of Free Regions (COFR) has put forth an alliance proposal, which was discussed in the College. However, Equilism wants to exchange Embassies only at this moment.
- Equilism will not become a member-region of the Founderless Regions Alliance at this moment.
- The ADN discussion still continues. Voting on a possible withdraw from the alliance was halted due to elections and a vote on Westwind's proposal in the ADN. Neo-Conservatism has been nominated for the Director's post of the ADN. Good luck Neo!
- Discussions are still taking place about the vote on the Treaty with The Pacific. There was a disagreement about the actual result of the votes.
- The College Laws and Procedures are now being voted on.
- A majority of College-members want the Governor General to organise the Lord Chancellor elections.
- A discussion is taking place about the Equilism’s branch of the Ordo Herectus. After the reunification, it was turned into an RP. However, The Pacific has strongly protested the use of the Ordo in this thread. Using the Ordo as a spam-police is not acceptable for The Pacific.

UN-voting
“Repeal The Right to Form Unions” was voted 1-5-1 against.

Bar & Games
The Most Hated Song, the most hated songs, bizarre holidays in March and postcounts are being talked about in The Bar. Also, it seems that a lot of our younger citizens are turning 18 this, starting with Govvistan. Happy birthday Govvistan!

The usual games are still popular. The chances of fulfilling Restored Othalla’s challenge of 1000 posts in two months look pretty good. The challenge ends on the 11th of March and so far, there have been 945 posts. Knowing Equilism, we can surely make it in time!

The Equilism Winter Olympics are still being hosted/played. Details will follow after the games have finished, so watch our updates!

Role Playing & Main Street
The Dutch garbage-can Kliko has been found rolling around the battle-zone that is “Who will post last?”

We welcome the latest business to Main Street: The Steaming Cauldron run by Magical Representation!

Meanwhile, the first “client” of the Privatised Prison System has broken-out of prison! Rumours are that Tycholand had some assistance escaping from the facility. Meanwhile, many people are looking for him, but he has hired several look-alikes. Tycholand is believed to be hiding somewhere in Main Street.
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Besides the hunt for Tycholand, Equilism-residents enjoy the activities in Merl’s Live Band Pub and tea-drinking in Naga’s Tea House.
 
Equilism Update
March 16, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Restored Othalla
Population: 139
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Foreign Affairs
Diplomatic relations have been opened with the Confederacy of Free Regions (COFR) and reopened with The North Pacific.

Military Affairs
The men and women serving in the E-Army have been spotted in Wild Blue Yonder, Freedom and dresses-up as cowboys lassoing cows in Texas Rangers.

The College of Equilism
The following points are on the College’s agenda:
- College Laws and Procedures has been approved by an unanimous vote of 12-0-0. The Monarch has forwarded the law to the Judiciary for review.
- The discussion about Equilism’s branch of the Ordo Herectus is till taking place, but a decision is expected soon.
- The Monarch has asked the Judiciary to review the votes cast for the treaty with The Pacific vote, as there was some disagreement about the outcome.

UN-voting
The resolution “Climate Refugee Commission” was voted 4-0 for.

The Ordo Herectus issue has already lead to a heated discussion in the public thread about this issue. There was even an Admin-warning! The discussion can be found here.

Bar & Games
Equilism University, the default skin poll, hateable sounds, instruments and RL cruelties are hot in The Bar. Meanwhile, Equilismers gathered to wish our Chaucerin a very happy birthday – happy birthday Chaucerin!

And we’ve done it! With the deadline looming, the 1000-post-mark was reached in the “1000 posts in 2 months” regional challenge, proving Equilism’s talent for spamming.
Meanwhile, the same games are proving popular, with “The Previous Poster” evolving into a discussion about hairstyles and haircuts.

Role Playing & Main Street
The Role-Playing threads “who will post last?” and “attack the previous poster” are still the main battle-scenes in the region.

In Main Street News, the manhunt for Tycholand has come to an apparent stop, after many look-alikes were spotted in Main Street. The Platinum Dragon Hotel is now offering its customers the ability to pay for their accommodation through the Store and a suggestion has been made about introducing E-Miles, Equilism’s version of Air Miles.

Equilism University
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After a lot of work and testing, Equilism now has a proper University! Students taking the courses don’t have to visit the University-forum with its sub-forums, but can now visit the proper University. Already existing courses have been added and more courses are on the drawing-boards, including an Equilism History course, a course in Equilism Law and a Paintshop Course.
Announcement
The University

Equilism News Agency (ENA)
Efforts are underway to revive the ENA.
 
Equilism Update
March 23, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Restored Othalla
Population: 136
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Foreign Affairs
Embassies from Canada, The Proletariat Coalition, Europa and Wysteria have been closed.

Military Affairs
E-Army soldiers have been spotted in Osgiliath Ruins.

The College of Equilism
The following topics are being discussed in the College:
- A vote on the “Multiple Citizenship Act”
- Canada6’s application for dual citizenship
- A discussion about The Pacific
- “College Laws and Procedure” has been forwarded to the Judiciary for a review.
- A discussion about Equilism’s future in the ADN.
- A discussion about a Military Liaison Pact with the Founderless Regions Alliance (FRA).
- The Treaty with the Pacific has been voted on. The outcome was 5 for, 9 against. A 2/3rd majority was required for it to pass.
- The College voted unanimously against the preservation of the Ordo Herectus in Equilism (a total of 14 votes), which means that the Ordo’s branch in Equilism is closed. Westwind has granted his approval:
Thank you Lord Chancellor, and all College members.

In recognition of The Pacific's authority over it's judicial system and by extention the Black Cardinal's authority over the Equilism branch of the Ordo Hereticus, with respect and good will to the same, I hereby sign this decision of The College. It is with hope that future concerns and misunderstandings between the peoples of The Pacific and Equilism may be understood in terms of respect and friendship.

Signed this 22nd day of March, 2007
Westwind, Monarch of The Realm of Equilism

Public Courtyard
Notherfork the Scribe has returned from a long pilgrimage through the Pacific, carrying with him the message of ADMIN. He preached to an audience of Equilismers quite passionately about what he learned and his interpretation of the Pacific Orthodoxy doctrine. This was met with some disagreement as the Black Cardinal of the Ordo Hereticus, Agamemnon Mustang, challenged some of the Scribe's interpretations.
Read more here

Other topics being discussed concern the Ordo Herecticus and Canada6’s Dual Citizenship.

Bar & Games
Most Hated Song, College Essays, ages, greetings, Felasia’s 1000th post, instruments, and poems by the Scribe Notherfork are hot topics over at The Bar. We also wish Gateborg a happy birthday!

In the Games & Fun forum, Equilismers are spamming, just as usual. Meanwhile, the “1000 posts in 2 months”-challenge has a successor: post 30 thirty things a day!

Role Playing & Main Street
The usual battles are still raging in “who will post last?” and in “attack the previous poster”.
Two new RP’s have started:
- In “Subterfuge”, a Tycholandian commercial airliner was shot-down by a Seriphitican military aircraft.
- In an “Unidentified Object”, an unidentified object (yes, what else were you thinking? :P) crashed into international waters between Tycholand and Niels. Who will reach it first and discover what it is?

In Main Street, Scandinavian Duchies’ “The Shady Side” has been closed.

Open Debate Board
Equilismers are having fun taking a political compass quiz; proving that there is no consistency in Equilismers' political views. Some come out to be hard left liberals, while others are quite the opposite. Conservatives, communists, libertarians, socialists, centrists, we've got them all here in Equilism.
Read more here

The Libertarianism debate is still popular, started all the way back on November 10th and still an active source of arguing and entertainment. Recently some dispute over the meaning of "freedom" and "equality" has arose there.
Read more here
 
Equilism Update
March 30, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Restored Othalla
Population: 128
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Foreign Affairs
On request of Nasicournia’s Delegate, their Embassy in Equilism has been closed. Equilism’s Embassy in Nasicournia has also been closed. Nasicournia and Equilism have been through a lot together, and the Chancellory of Foreign Affairs wishes this didn’t have to happen. Good luck Nasicournia!

For news on Equilism’s declaration regarding The Pacific/NPO, see the section “The College of Equilism” further in the update.

Military Affairs
E-Army soldiers have been spotted in Michigan and 0ceania.

The College of Equilism
The following agenda-points are on the College’s table:
- A vote on a Military Liaison Pact between Equilism and the Founderless Regions Alliance.
- The vote on the Dual Citizenship Act has been cancelled when it appeared that something in the proposed law needed fixing.

After the College voted against a Mutual Defence Pact with the Pacific, the following Declaration has been drafted and released:
A Declaration of Equilism’s Goodwill towards the Pacific

In understanding previous relations between Equilism and the Pacific have not always been of kind nature, and that the recent failure to approve the Equilism-Pacific Mutual Defense Pact may lead to conclusions of Equilism inimicality towards the Pacific...

We, the Realm of Equilism, do hereby declare our goodwill and offer of friendship to the New Pacific Order. We pledge to conduct future dealings with respect and dignity, to rise over our differences so that we might pursue friendlier relations free of any incivility or animosity, and to move beyond former ornery transactions.

We declare these feelings with all humility, amity, and sincerity, in hope that the Pacific will share them and hold no contempt towards Equilism for the recent decision of the College. And once more, we shall still seek improved relations with the New Pacific Order and hope they will attempt the same with Equilism.

Signed,
Westwind, Monarch of The Realm of Equilism
Restored Othalla, Lord Chancellor of The Realm of Equilism
Tycholand, Foreign Affairs Chancellor of The Realm of Equilism
Read more here

The Lord Chancellor has issued a Legislative Order, granting Canada6 dual-citizenship.
Legislative Order #1

I, Restored Othalla, Lord Chancellor of Equilism, hereby issue Legislative Order #1. I hereby approve Canada6's request to become a citizen of Equilism.

I feel that this is the only way in which we can resolve this issue in a fast way. It has already been too long since Canada6 made his request and I fear that it could take a whole lot longer before appropriate legislation gets passed by the College.

Therefore on completion of the Oath that is given below, Canada6 will become a fullfledged Citizen of Equilism, with all rights and obligations

Canada6, If you will repeat after me;

I, Canada6, do solemnly swear to serve the Realm of Equilism to the best of my abilities, to uphold its laws and treaties, to raise alert of all threats to it that I may be aware of, and to honorably and faithfully defend the region, the Monarch, and the Realm, both from assault and slander.

I pledge this upon my citizenry and good standing amongst the regional fellowship.
The Legislative Order has been approved by the Monarch (Westwind) and the Lord High Advocate (Equilism’s title for the Chief Justice, Chaucerin) and Canada6 has taken the oath.
Canada6’s Dual Citizenship application
Link to Legislative Order

UN-resolution voting
Due to the Delegate having internet problems, there have been no votes for the UN-resolutions.

Bar & Games
Daylight Savings Time, Westwind’s looking for a job, Harry Potter number 7, what you’re listening to, greetings, postcounts and a contracting job from the Chancellery of Defence are hot topics in our Bar.

The Gay Cafay has returned to activity.

In the Games & Fun department, the usual games are still popular. Spamming is also popular, but that’s very old news.;)

Restored Othalla’s The New Challenge has not started yet. The challenge is to post 30 things a day. For some people on the Equilism-forum, that should be easy! :P

Role Playing & Main Street
Attacks and discussion continue in “Attack the Previous Poster” and “Who will post last?”

In RP’s, Tycholand commando’s have entered an OmniCorp (a company in Seriphyn) Paramilitary Base in an effort to find evidence about OmniCorp’s involvement in the shooting-down of a Tycholand commercial airliner. This can be followed in Subterfuge

In An Unidentified Object, Tycholand and Niels are trying to see what lies at the bottom of the sea in the international waters between their countries.

In Main Street, Tycholand has been spotted and the manhunt continues to put him back in the Privatised Prison Service.
Fast-food and take-away restaurant BackDomalds has been opened by The Empire of Byzantica. A conflict in the queue has already lead to the drawing of several guns, but the situation was resolved peacefully.
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Open Debate Board
Another week goes by, and even more Equilismers take the Political Compass quiz. However, on the same thread there has begun a small conversation about the free market.
Read more here.

It appears competitors are gearing up in the God doesn't work thread for another round of heated debate some time in April. Stay tuned for developments!
Read more here.

Some interesting discussions about homosexuality have been going on in the ODB. Real life stories and discussions of morality and social norms float around.
Read more here.

Recruitment Competition
Sign-ups for the new Recruitment Competition are open. The aim of the competition? Recruiting! Tse Points are available for people who meet certain conditions. Tse Points may be subtracted if a participant doesn’t recruit enough nations!
See announcement.

Quote of the Week
Neo-Conservatism:
Good night, sweet prince

Moo-cows with guns:
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But Neo....I'm still here.
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Neo.

Neo-Conservatism, commenting on the closure of diplomatic relations with Nasicournia.
 
Equilism Update
April 10, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Restored Othalla
Population: 223
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Foreign Affairs
Chancellor Tycholand took the week off, leaving his Deputy, Notherfork, in charge. But due to unforeseeable circumstances Notherfork was unable to preform his duties. This has lead to the delay in the release of the weekly update, and the Chancellery apologizes.

Discussion within the halls of the Chancellery have been going on concerning the Small & Intermediate Regions and Equilism Network (SIREN) proposal. This would improve and strengthen relations between the Realm and newly created and small regions.
Read more here

Military Affairs
E-Army soldiers have been spotted in Willoughby, Asia, Zealand, and Ginger Paradise.

The College of Equilism
The College has quieted down over the last week, but new issues are appearing on the horizon.

The College unanimously approved a Military Liaison Pact with the Founderless Regions Alliance, and was signed by the Monarch Westwind on April 3rd, 2007. An Equilism liaison has not yet been appointed.

A notice of intended withdrawal from the ADN has been approved by the College and the Monarch. The withdrawal will only take place if Equilism does not see satisfactory reforms to the ADN begin. Meanwhile, collegians have been discussing other issues concerning the ADN.

UN-Resolution Voting
Lord Chancellor Restored Othalla has temporarily taken UN duties, thus he brought the latest resolution (the repeal of "Sexual Freedom") before the UN voters. The proposal currently stands at 3-0 in favor of it.

Bar & Games
Equilismers were heard drunkenly celebrating Astarial's birthday this last week. She's now 18, and thus not jailbait!

The Gay Cafe has been somewhat popular of late, along with discussions on random thoughts, hated songs, daily greetings, the ages of Equilismers, and other such ramblings. For more of the madness drop by the Bar forum!

Fun and games, spamming and more spamming, it's all entertaining until someone loses an eye. This week we've seen the return of the Ask the Guru thread, with Restored Othalla acting Guru. And of course the use spam games and quizzes continue to see vast popularity.

Role Playing & Main Street
What is Ambassador Island's function? That is the question. Curious minds want to know.

Other popular RPs are still active, including the last one wins, Be Nice to the Previous Poster, and Attack the Previous Poster.

Main Street is seeing some life in the Privatised Prison Service and Cthulhu's Hospital. But buyer beware, Main Street is a good place to lose a fortune.

Open Debate Board
This week has been a busy one on the ODB. The U.S. Missile Defense System, Abortion, Homosexuality, and religion are the hot topics, sparking much debate and controversy. But on a lighter note, Equilismers are still having clean fun with the Political Compass.
 
Equilism Update
April 20, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Restored Othalla
Population: 215
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Foreign Affairs
Discussion concerning the Small & Intermediate Regions and Equilism Network (SIREN) proposal has left the Foreign Affairs Chancellery and been moved to the College for consideration. However, some discussion continues within the Chancellery.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=5092

Military Affairs
E-Army soldiers have been spotted in Paradise, DoomsVille, and Lazarus.

The College of Equilism
On April 1st the College approved the intention of withdrawal from the ADN, which was later signed by the Monarch on April 3rd. Now, after the two week waiting period has been elapsed, Equilism has now officially left the ADN.

The SIREN proposal has been directed to the College for consideration, and a general consensus has been reached that a collegiate committee should be assembled to study SIREN, MLP, and similar means of foreign and military relations with other regions. Currently the proposed committee has been forwarded to the Lord Chancellor, and the College awaits his approval.

The Judicial review of the College Laws and Procedures is under discussion. The main concern shown by the Judiciary has been that the document does not include public votes, but instead restricts all votes to the College. Currently no amendments to the document have been put forward for legislation.

The new Multiple Citizenship Act has been voted on and approved by the College. The document was signed by the Monarch on April 20th. The new law was drafted and approved to replace an earlier, out-of-date document governing citizenship between Equilism and other regions.

UN-Resolution Voting
Equilism voted in favor of the "Cultural Heritage in War" resolution, the votes standing at 5-0-0.

Bar & Games
As usual Equilismers can be heard chatting it up in the bar. The region's favorite conversation piece has seemed to remain random thoughts. This once and for all proves Equilismers have no thought process...
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?sh...502&st=2600

You'll always hear something good if you wander on over by the jukebox. Equilismer's enjoy the classical and the bizarre, and you can hear it all at the bar.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?sh...=299&st=880

Schools and colleges and universities, oh my! Many Equilismers are fighting to get a good education, and they share it all. Where they've been accepted, rejected, and are considering, Equilism's young undergraduates discuss it.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?sh...=4093&st=40

An awful silence, favorite pick up lines, real or fake news, and much more is also very popular at the bar. So, drop on by and take a seat; be prepared to chat it up.
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showforum=7

As usual, an insane amount of games and quizzes have received immense popularity on the games forum. Feel free to drop by and get in on the fun.
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showforum=46

Role Playing & Main Street
Tons of fun is to be had at the E-Bar, and much of Equilism can be found there. Do you want to be having fun too? Then take a seat, order a drink, and relax. We promise, the angry Klingons are under control.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?sh...=70&st=4640

The mapping of Equilism continues, as countries are discovered and name errors are corrected.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?sh...c=94&st=800

Restored Othalla is getting ready to solve its overpopulation issues, with the launch of the Restored Othalla Sea Dome Project (ROSDP). This is going to be accompanied by a large ceremony, at which several officials from across Equilism will be attending.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=4360

Govvistan has become the self proclaimed Grand Elf of Equilsim. Now a call for a picture of Govvistan with pointy ears has begun, and all await to see if the Grand Elf is all he's cracked up to be.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=5126

Subterfuge, Be Nice to the Previous Poster, and the last one wins have been continued favorites in the Role Playing forum.

Open Debate Board
Egos ready to burst, the debate board still proves to be a place of the rational and the irrational. God, abortion, the media, and the USA seem to be this week's main sources of debate.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showforum=22
 
Equilism Update
April 28, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Restored Othalla
Population: 209
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Foreign Affairs
A list of possible regions to open diplomatic relations with has been forwarded to the Chancellory by Lord High Prosecutor, Moo-cows with guns. Currently the Chancellor and Deputy are investigating further into these regions, weighing in on if an embassy exchange would be beneficial. The list had nine regions in all.

Currently the Region of Gay is being considered for an embassy exchange. The proposal has been met with no opposition.

Military Affairs
E-Army soldiers have been spotted in Gaelionica and Brigelle, and were victorious in both battles. Keep up the good work, E-Army!

The College of Equilism
Currently a Collegiate Committee to explore possible programs for better relations with small regions has begun taking volunteers. However, only two have stepped forward: Deputy Chancellor of Foreign Affairs Notherfork and Collegian Flexion, who originally proposed the SIREN project that got this all in motion. The Monarch, Westwind, has offered his assistance to the committee as an adviser.

The Small & Intermediate Regions and Equilism Network (SIREN) and the Military Liaison Program (MLP) are the chief subjects on the collegiate exploratory committee's agenda. They'll also be generating new ideas, as well as possibly proposing legislation.

Deputy Chancellor of Foreign Affairs and Collegian, Notherfork, has drafted a amended version of the "Laws & Procedures of the College of Equilism: Duties, Rights & Votes" after a Judicial review found the document did not allow for public votes. His original draft had some errors and had to be modified, and now it stands before the College for further review.

A proposed War Powers Act has been shared with the College. It was brought up during the discussion on the Laws & Procedures of the College of Equilism by the Monarch after Tse Moana (Chancellor of Intelligence, Advocate General, and Heir to the Throne of Equilism) put forward concerns over the War clause in the procedures.

An amended version of the "Laws & Procedures of the College of Equilism: Committees" has been drafted. This was done after some concerns were expressed that the document was too narrow in its scope, originally only having committees as tools of internal investigations into wrong doing. The new version would give committees further range, including the exploration of possible legislation and actions, as well as to analyze particular subjects, topics, etc for Collegiate review.

The idea for a possible law creating regional holidays has been brought up before the College. Currently it is under discussion, but all seem in favor of such a bill. Currently only three holidays have been suggested: Reunification Day (January 4th), Founding Day (January 13th), and Schism Day (October 20th). Activities have also been suggested for each of these days, such as a single Founding and Rebirth Festival, running from January 3rd through January 13th, and a solemn discussion and reflection on the past every October 20th.

This proposed holidays bill was accompanied by a suggestion for possible honorary titles of nobility to former members. Westwind, the Monarch, said that it would be acceptable if the College petitioned him to give out such titles to former and current members who've achieved much and served the region well. No petitions have been brought forward yet.

Events
The '07 Edition of the Equilism World Cup is finally here! The FEFA, the Federation of Equilism Football Associations, housed on Ambassador Island, is again proud to present this years edition of the Equilism (Football) World Cup!
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=5172

Bar & Games
A discussion over the region's current population and standing within NationStates has sprung up. It's been accompanied with some history of the region's fluctuating size.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=5114

Good Morning? Good Afternoon? Good Evening? Good Night? Cordial boredom to the extreme, check it out!
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=5008

Govvistan celebrated his 1000th post! Join in on the celebration.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=5155

Equilism keeps moving along it's musical experience, listening to everything from the elegant to the bizarre. Everyone seems to want to share their love of music, and discuss the latest cool groups.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?sh...=299&st=880

If you're bored and want somewhere to hangout or just want to observe the madness, then drop by the Bar!!
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showforum=7

The Spamathlon continues on the Games & Fun forum, Equilism's chief source of diversion.
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showforum=46

Also, don't forget Equilism's fabulous arcade! One of the best in NS!
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?autocom=arcade

Role Playing & Main Street
Tons of fun is to be had at the E-Bar, and much of Equilism can be found there. Do you want to be having fun too? Then take a seat, order a drink, and relax.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?sh...=70&st=4640

Borealium has been further developing his country, releasing new maps and information on the nation's various regions and social aspects.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=4908

Govvistan has started a thread to share short stories and information about his nation. So far he has only published one story, but more are no doubt on the way.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=5148

A lot of the classic threads are still popular on the Role Playing forum, such as Be Nice to the Previous Poster, Attack the Previous Poster, and the last one wins, along with other RPs like Subterfuge and An unidentified object.
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showforum=23

Open Debate Board
Egos ready to burst, the debate board still proves to be a place of the rational and the irrational. God, abortion, the media, Libertarianism, homosexuality, political leanings, and the USA seem to be this week's main sources of debate.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showforum=22

Quotes of the Week

While considering the Region of Gay for an embassy exchange...

Tarricoe
Why not, as long as their active.

Naivetry
Well, active and not affiliated with terrorists.
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Restored Othalla
So, you associate gay people as being affiliated with terrorists...
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Naivetry
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  I'm a 21st century American - I associate everyone with terrorists.
 
Equilism Update
May 4, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Restored Othalla
Population: 187
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Foreign Affairs
Equilism has opened relations with Gay and Taijitu. A request for an Embassy Exchange, made by Liberty Alliance, is being considered by the FA Chancellory. Also, one of the regions which was on the list provided by Moo-Cows with Guns (see last week’s update) is now also under review.

Military Affairs
The men, women and spammers of the E-Army have been spotted in Lazarus. They’ve also been spotted in San Marino; however, the Chancellory of the Military could not confirm if the soldiers were defending or watching Formula-1.

The College of Equilism
- A Committee has been formed (which evolved from the College’s discussion to cooperate in Defender-work with smaller regions, the SIREN-project) to evaluate the Military Liaison Program (MLP), create new and/or adapted/combined ideas for military cooperation with other ideas and possible creation or amending of legislation concerning these areas. The Committee has officially been installed by Lord Chancellor Restored Othalla and will start after the elections.
- Notherfork has made a “Standard Bill Template”. The aim is to ensure that each piece of legislation has a standard lay-out.
- The debates about amending the Committee section of the College’s “Law and Procedures” is being wrapped-up and a vote is expected to be held soon.
- Collegiates are motioning for a vote about the adapted College Laws & Procedures (this is separate from the point mentioned above).
- Collegiates are discussing about regional Holidays Titles.

Elections
The first term for the first government (excluding the Provisional government) of the Realm of Equilism is almost over. On April 30th, Governor General Neo-Conservatism, announced the following:
Nominations for Lord Chancellor will begin in approximately one week from today, on Saturday May 5th.

Members wishing to run for Chancellor of the Realm will have five days to announce their candidacy starting on Saturday the 5th as well.

Bar & Games
If you think Equilismers don’t spam, think again: The Merlion publicly announced his 3000-postcount milestone. Just a week before, Govvistan reached 1000 posts. Yes dear readers, spamming in Equilism can be a real battlefield – a fun battlefield though.

For the rest, discussions about greetings, what you’re listening to, activity in the region “The Realm of Equilism” and Naivetry’s birthday are taking place.

In the Games and Fun forum, the “Änswer the question with a question” game is proving popular. Meanwhile, Caption Contest number 30 has started, this time with Govvistan providing the following picture:
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Role Playing & Main Street
The usual games, such as “Attack the Previous Poster”, “Be nice to the previous poster” and “who will post last?” are still proving popular.

Meanwhile, Govvistan, who has appointed himself “Grand Elf of Equilism”, is being threatened. Several members are determined to “smoke him out” after Govv failed to post a picture of himself with pointy ears. If there are any Swedes around, Govvistan needs your Go to the thread!

Open Debate Board
The big bang theory, Abortion, Saddam Hussein’s execution, the US Missile Defence System in Central Europe and Libertarianism are some of the surprising and less-surprising topics being discussed and debated on in the Open Debate Board.
The United States is being picked on in “Hillary equals France” and “Brits Revoke American Independence”.

Quotes of the Week

What an utterly useless and brilliant idea!
Flexion responding to Tycholand’s explanation of Spam Day in the Regional Holidays & Titles discussion in the College.

Equilism Goes Hollywoord (continued) – Fantasy Moguls
After having hosted the Equilism Film Festival, Equilism is continuing its love-affair with Hollywood with it’s own Fantasy Moguls! Create your own movie studio and pick some movies which you think are going to be blockbusters. Scores are determined by a number of factors. Tse Moana has created Equilism’s own league in the Fantasy Mogul.
Go to the thread!

Equilism World Cup 2007
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After last year’s successful Football World Cup (and we’re talking about European football), Tycholand is yet again organising the Equilism World Cup! Besides the matches themselves, a number of other activities are being organised. The competition is open for everyone, so you’re also invited! And you don’t have to be a football-fan to participate! Interested? Click here!
 
Equilism Update
May 13, 2007

Monarch: Westwind
Lord Chancellor: Restored Othalla
Population: 187
Regional Power: Very High
Forum Link: http://www.equilism.org/forum
Equilism Wiki: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Equilism

Foreign Affairs
Currently the regions of Liberty Alliance, Uroca, and the Alliance of Socialist States are being considered for further diplomatic relations.

Military Affairs
All has been quiet on the E-Army front as elections go on. Other than finishing up a few open missions, the E-Army has been mainly confined to the barracks.

The College of Equilism
As elections are underway, activity in the College has slowed.

Currently a discussion about Equilism expanding into Cybernations is underway. This was opened as concerns grew over NationStates' low activity levels. Currently no decision has been reached, but it has been agreed that Equilism needs to start reaching out to other games.

SIREN is still under discussion, as possible candidates for involvement in the program are considered. This will be further developed when the Collegiate Committee setup to investigate the SIREN project gets started during the next term.

All other legislation has been put on hold, though this will end as the next term begins.

Elections
In a odd turn of events, the elections ended in a draw! In addressing the region, Nagabeth, Chancellor of Internal Affairs, released the following summary of the voting...

Dear people of Equilism,

The vote is closed and counted.  From the beginning this was a close race. In the last few hours it seemed that The Merlion would take the lead. But then there was a vote that was found not valid! So people shouldnt be surprised when I announce that there is no winner!! It ended up in a tie ladies and gentlemen! Both Merlion and Notherfork ended up with 5 votes each. Anyhow, Merlion an Notherfork you both did great!
What will happen will soon be determined.

Will there be a second round?? Stay tuned for more news!

Events
The '07 Edition of the Equilism World Cup is still having nations sign up teams. Currently twenty-one nations in all will be represented in the games, and more are still coming forward.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?sh...c=5172&st=0

Tse Moana has begun an Equilism "Fantasy Moguls" league. This will see nations of Equilism compete to produce the biggest blockbusters in the region.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=5197

Bar & Games
Equilism proves itself to be a region not bound by age, as more and more members talk about how many years they've been around.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=4767

Felasia and Merlion both celebrated landmark achievements this week, as they celebrate reaching 2000 and 3000 posts!
Read more on Felasia: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=5017
Read more on Merlion: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?sh...=4882&st=40

Heard a pin drop? A cow die? Some repulsive J-Pop? Post about it on the "What are you listening to now?" thread!
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?sh...=299&st=920

Voting on Caption Contest No. 30 has opened and all are invited to go and choose their favorite.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=5224

If you're bored and want somewhere to hangout or just want to observe the madness, then drop by the Bar!!
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showforum=7

The Spamathlon continues on the Games & Fun forum, Equilism's chief source of diversion.
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showforum=46

Also, don't forget Equilism's fabulous arcade! One of the best in NS!
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?autocom=arcade

Role Playing & Main Street
Tons of fun is to be had at the E-Bar, and much of Equilism can be found there. Do you want to be having fun too? Then take a seat, order a drink, and relax.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?sh...=70&st=4640

Unleash the dogs of war! Once again, the trigger happy region is kicking over ant hills and loading their rifles.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=5221

A battle of fantasies has broken out during Govvistan's declaration of Grand Elfness.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?sh...mp;#entry156446

A lot of the classic threads are still popular on the Role Playing forum, such as Be Nice to the Previous Poster, Attack the Previous Poster, and the last one wins, along with other RPs like "An unidentified object."
http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showforum=23

Open Debate Board
Egos ready to burst, the debate board still proves to be a place of the rational and the irrational. Conservatives calling people "French," abortion, British revoking of American Independence, the big bang theory, and capital punishment seem to be this week's main sources of debate.
Read more: http://www.equilism.org/forum/index.php?showforum=22
 
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