REAPERS

Today is a momentous occasion in the history of Nationstates!

I hereby announce the Grand Foundation of the REAPERS! Who are the REAPERS? The Rapid Excursion Alliance Promoting Extremely Radical Solutions! A group of Nationstates players who have decided to stop fretting about the future and instead have seized it in their hands!

Today, we make our own destiny! Today we clear the deadwood to allow new growth! While today we are small, we shall surely grow, and with us our mission. Will you join us?

We currently several positions open- For those who are military orientated, we are in need of a Field Marshal to lead our troops, as well as recruits to take back NS. If diplomacy is more your thing, we'd love to have you as a diplomat or even the Minister of Foreign Affairs! Most importantly, though, we need players who are willing to build an active and inclusive community.

Are you one of those players? If so, come to our forums at http://reapers.bb2.org!

Oh, by the way, we're at war with the FRA, so don't join if your in it. Unless you want to spy for us or something.

Quick question: what are the Reamers going to do that is different from the usual, tired, raider game?

You'll see.

If I gave it away, it wouldn't work.

Charter of the Rapid Excursion Alliance Promoting Extremely Radical Solutions

Ego postulo magis campana carnero

Nationstates is in decline- that's clear. What's less clear is what is causing this decline; many well respected people have come with various theories, some of which have real merit. However, I have my own theory. Currently, Nationstates simply isn't that interesting. An elitist group of players are doing everything they can to cling to power, as others are doing their best to maintain the status quo.

The system is broken- it rewards the inactive old guard and inevitably leads to regional death. At the same time, groups like the FRA actively defend founderless regions, whose founders apparently didn't care enough to take care of their nation, and by extension their region. These regions "founderless" regions need to be freed from their current state and refounded. Not by imperialist defenders, though, but by the proactive, iconoclast forces of progress. We are those forces embodied in an organization and a fighting army.

In the feeders, a group of old guard players actively suppress change, slowly killing their regions while at the same time desperately clinging to power. Several large player created regions dominate interregional politics.

Into this environment steps the REAPERS. We intend to bring back the activity and interest to Nationstates, while simultaneously fighting the elitists and hypocrites that have kept the smaller regions down. At the same time, we intend to destroy the blight of dead regions, as well as combat RMB spammers who make the game unpleasant for everyone.

While this may seem to be a tall and varied agenda, the overlap is greater than one may think. We invade those responsible for the slow death of NS and punish them. That simple. Our enemies? The entrenched elite and the armies that "defend" them, and prevent the revitalization of founderless regions.

Yes, the defenders must keep some regions founderless- if they were all active and revitalized, defenders would have no purpose and no fodder for their imperialist ambitions! They speak of sovereignty, but this is but a ruse.

Obviously, not all defending is bad- we have allies who may be attacked and need our aid. However, the concerted effort to prevent the revitalization and rebirth of regions, "defending" as practiced by TITO and FRA among others, is partially the cause of the current stagnation.

Who are our allies? All progressive and proactive forces of NS! We accept anyone who isn't a forum destroyer or similar criminal into our group, and welcome all political exiles from the elite into our ranks and alliance. All the tiny regions struggling to survive in this environment and everyone fighting the old system.

I offer the people of Nationstates this proposal- join us and together we can take on the forces killing NS and succeed! We must seize our destiny today- we can't wait any longer.

Hassan San,

Kharkistania

Founder of REAPERS