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Greetings all, as present Vice Delegate I feel I’m in an excellent position to continue in the position, with my Handshaker influence rating and 28x current endorsements. In the future term I plan on remaining a stalwart pillar with an awesome giant squid flag on the regional top 10. I also have...

I nominate myself for another term as Vice Delegate.

Count me in too!

I think that we don't necessarily need to put in a provision for 'hostility' so long as we have the understanding that nations caught up in a diplomatic tiff or something similar would be given a benefit of the dobut. The thing that stands out in Freedom and pride's case in point is having good...

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I'll start out with a more pertinent argument, that science both provides for a more effective defense force (an idea which became widespread in the 19th century) and scientific advances have been improving the quality of life of citizens (this one was known to the framers of the constitution...

I also agree with Flem -- functionally it would be a simple matter to go ahead and declare war on any group after it commits agressive acts. However I think it would be better to deny such a group a potential relations boost if we were to declare war. If we changed the text to "declaration or...

My line of thought on the matter mirrors Monte Ozarka's: even though the sitting government of Lebanon should be able to control what is going on inside its borders, it doesn't actually have control over the Hezbollah forces. If Israel is actually interested in creating a peaceful neighbor to...

I was perusing the constitution last night and was smacked by this: There's the amendment up for vote right now shifting the Associate Justice's terms up but people still need to take care of the Chief Justice soon (the vote should start on the 25th at the latest for the term to begin correctly).

(-) Alaska, because of Ted Stevens (+) Wisconsin, because of cheese curds I like the idea of games to take advantage of regionalism Alabama (10) Alaska (11) Arizona (10) Arkansas (10) California (10) Colorado (10) Connecticut (10) Delware (10) Florida (11) Georgia (10) Hawaii (11) Idaho (9)...

I'd also be concerned about the clause requiring a formal declaration of war, but when it comes down to it there are a few broadly recognized methods of waging war, including seeking the delegacy outright or taking steps to lower the endo count of a sitting official. These actions ought to...

I'm up to 23rd largest! That still means I'm about a billion behind TNP's #1, though!

I think the idea behind article 1 is fine, but we need clear guidelines to set up how elections will occur after the crisis. I think that the MoIA should be required to give a reason for rejecting an application. I don't particularly care if it's a good one or if it's reviewable, though...

I don't remember how we planned on using them at the time, but the interim rules look like an interpretation of the constitution by the then-MoJ (Schnauzer) of procedures which would fufill the Constitution. The word 'guideline' suggests that to deviate from the stated procedure would risk...

Unterwasserseestaaters totally go YEA for science!

I've been TGing people in the normal course of endotarting, but mostly encouraging people to ask questions and visit the forum. The general lesson I've caught from previous times of trouble is that most of the people in the region don't care too terribly much and don't read much into...

Here's my update: I'm TGing people left and right, and will be devoting more time to that in the forseeable future. Also, Dinas Bran is someone to start talking about (9million/71 endo recieved).

For Fedele and anyone else who has an opinion: since the VDel is basically our human endocap, what would be an appropriate spread between the Del and VDel, given the possibility of Puppetmaster and Other Nefarious Ways of invading? I've been trying to keep my levels fairly high (albeit without...

I think this consolidation would work for the regional government; one thing which concerns me is this might swamp the MoEA in the event of a diplomatic flare-up. Any concerns would be alleviated by a thumbs-up from any previous MoEA, though.

:worship: Brilliant! It's good to know I don't need to worry about the zombie corpse of Edward III with the protection of our country's many brave Fireworks Enthusiasts. (About all I've accomplished is to have made three bottle rockets fire in sequence mid-air.)

This argument is spurious, the offsite fora don't really have much to do with the game or game mechanics. Having a member in temporal control of a region makes things look less silly, but is in no way necessary for a group of people to come together, declare themselves the rightful power and...

Would it be more appropriate to specify which absolutely must be put into a public forum, say "formal discussions" and (if anyone thinks it appropriate) purely domestic topics of legislation under consideration or if consideration of a Constitutional amendment gets to the point where specific...

The EigenNation of Unterwasserseestaat "With Kelp, All Things Are Possible" Vital Statistics: Population: 6,784,000,000 Civil Rights: World Benchmark Economy: Frightening Political Freedoms: Superb Tax Rate: 14% Government Budget: $82,049,670,862,984 Administration:$0 Welfare Spending...

Just finished The Stone Canal by Ken Macleod.

For anyone who's interested, here is the text of the TNP Consulate agreement: It does not make an offer of safe harbor to plot insurrection or war, it doesn't offer any sort of value judgement on the activities undertaken by any region. It is merely a recognition of the existance of a region...

Hey, looks good! Also, I've actually figured out how to find my way around PGH, so I figure I may as well enjoy it while I can. :) I still need to go to the zoo and Mr. Small's at some point.

Huh, I've been reading "Mod Act" and thinking Vaudeville for all this time. So how many different permutations of how many different ways should we take into account? I don't think anyone has mentioned that the role of Mod/Admin is essentially an Executive one and any 'you can only do this'...

I too am not entirely sure of what actual puropse this is trying to get at. If the read range is that small it really only helps armies tell how many grenades etc. they have, not who bought the gun a sniper is using. Also, most of this sort of stuff is stored in metal boxes, which radio waves...

Hey NOD, the actual game itself doesn't pay much attention to what the tax rate is, for instance, there's no public discontent factor to worry about. My nation's been ruled by biker gangs while still having one of the largest economies in the region. I do think it would be interesting to have...

Heck yeah, cheesecake! This is obviously the region for you!