Military Liaison Report
Highlights from the Reports of the Military Liaison through 7 June:
Equilism Army Headquarters
Leadership of the E-Army
Field Marshall/Military Liaison - Zorn Uzkul
Commanders - Felasia and Tarricoe
Public News
May 17:
- The E-Army was deployed to Zen and TARDIS.
- One new recruit has been accepted to the traning.
- SIREN (Small & Intermediate Regions and Equilism Network) is under discussion and consideration.
- The Traning Manual has been updated.
June 7:
- The E-Army was deployed to: A Silly Place, Vlaanderen, and Archipelago
- More work is being put into the training manual
- A new member was accepted into the E-Army
Foreign Affairs
Chancellory of Foreign Affairs Weekly Update: Highlights June 1-14 2008
Current Chancellory Posts
Chancellor of Foreign Affairs: Naivetry
Deputy Chancellor (for ambassador training): Biyah
Deputy Chancellor (for the Weekly Update): Midiri
The Chancellor is looking for one additional deputy to assist in the daily administration of the Chancellory in her absence. Candidates interested in gaining leadership experience in one of the most active Foreign Affairs teams in NationStates should contact Naivetry by PM with any questions.
Equilism has approached The North Pacific in an effort to normalize relations between our two regions. Currently, discussion is centered on the treaty of alliance formed between Equilism and The North Pacific during the Crimson Order and whether or not this treaty should continue in effect.
The Foreign Affairs Chancellory is once again in the process of cleaning up old embassies and consulates and reassigning ambassadors. Since the last update, Equilism has reopened relations with The Meritocracy. The establishment of consulates with The New Inquisition and The New Revolution in mid-April was also not recorded in the previous update. After a delay in communications, the consulate with Audux has also been approved, and we look forward to meeting representatives from the region shortly. Finally, the embassy of Flying Spaghetti Monster has been closed and archived at the request of The Hypercube due to regional inactivity.
Topics under discussion in the Chancellory currently include relations with the FRA, New Liberalia, The North Pacific, an invitation from the UK, publicizing SIREN, reestablishing an embassy with Nederland and with The Meritocracy, and more.
Staff Changes
Biyah has been appointed ambassador to
Fidelia and (potentially)
The Meritocracy.
Biyah has replaced The Monkye in
The Pacific.
Biyah has accepted a position as
Deputy Chancellor in charge of ambassador training.
Felasia has replaced The Monkye in
Liberty Alliance and
Tokugawa Japan.
Hamstin has replaced Tarricoe in
Gatesville.
Midiri has accepted a position as
Deputy Chancellor and will be assisting the publication of the Equilism Weekly Update.
Naivetry has been appointed ambassador to
The Black Hawks and
The New Inquisition.
Naivetry has replaced Wagger-tribe in
Lichentia.
Tarlisea has replaced Felasia in
Belgium.
Tarlisea has replaced Rodhama in
England and
The North Pacific.
Tarlisea has been appointed ambassador to
The New Revolution.
Whamabama has replaced Adyndril in
00000 A World Power,
10000 Islands, and
The West Pacific.
Whamabama has replaced Rodhama in
Australia.
Wesleiesm has replaced Rodhama in
New Liberalia.
After a long period of unrestricted expansion of access to Private Foreign Affairs, Chancellor Naivetry has completed a week-long roll call to identify active members. ADMIN has begun masking changes to restrict access to the Triumvirate of Guardians, E-Army High Command, current FA Chancellory personnel (ambassadors, deputies) and those who have shown both enough awareness of goings on in the Private FA forum and enough interest in them to request continued access. 15 members have been removed from Private FA for failure to meet these qualifications, with this high number suggesting that the last clean-up of the Chancellory access lists took place as long as a year ago.
Domestic Affairs
Chancellory of Domestic Affairs Weekly Update: Highlights June 1-14 2008
Chancellor: Tycholand
Deputy Chancellor: Thoughtful Ideas
June 1
- Thoughtful Ideas has been given the position of Deputy Chancellor of Domestic Affairs. Congratulations!
- Equilism Short News has been launched. These are short news bulletins posted on the Regional Message Board (RMB). Goal is to attract more nations/players onto the forum.
- The FEFA Equilism World Cup 2008 is about to start.
- Plans are being made for the E-Beach.
- A plan has been posted for a re-design of the Welcome to Equilism forum.
June 7
- The Equilism World Cup Stock Exchange has been created
- The Equilism World Cup 2008 will kick-off this Monday!
- Plans are still being made for the E-Beach festival. For those interested (friends from foreign regions are also welcome!), the planned opening date for this event is June 25th, just after the close of the Equilism World Cup.
June 14
- Plans are being made and carried out for cleaning-up of the Welcome to Equilism and Role Play forums.
- Brainstorming has begun (behind the scenes) for reviving the Role Play forum.
- The Equilism World Cup 2008 is still under way.
- Plans and ideas are still being worked-out for the new E-Beach Festival, which will begin June 25th.
Immigration
As of May 17, The Monkye has compiled a graph of Equilism's population recorded for almost every week since December 2004, and continuing until the last recorded population... the results are interesting.
And the average population during that time is: 184.7563025 nations
Chancellory of Immigration Weekly Update: Highlights May 31- June 9 2008
Chancellor: The Monkye
Deputy: Whamabama
Date: 31 May 08
Regional Population: 295 nations (+108 from last update)
WA Delegate: Chaucerin, 58 endorsements
Due to RL commitments, the Chancellor has been relatively lazy in his chancellory. This will continue for a few weeks. Have patience. He has, however, had time to find a willing accomplice to be his deputy: Whamabama! If things don't work and I'm not there, blame him. No others have yet decided to join the force that is the Chancellory of Immigration.
Also, The Chancellor has had the idea while writing this update that in the future,
recruiter of the week updates will be combined with Chancellory updates in order to streamline conveyance of information.
Date: 3 June 08
Population: 318 (+23)
Delegate Endorsements: 58 (No change)
Delegate: Chaucerin
- NEW RECORD SET FOR POPULATION. 3 year old record broken! Good job recruiters on bringing Equilism into a new era of greatness. nuff said.
- Whamabama won recruiter of the week ...um... 22 (Correct me if I'm wrong, I've lost track)! with 502 nations recruited. Monk also recruited 70 nations. Go Immigration team!
- New Naturalisation Officers need to be found. Old ones don't seem to be existing or working.
- Chancellor is working with domestic affairs for more effective naturalisation practices and some competitions.
- CHancellor is busy at the moment.
- Chancellor has an idea for a regional goal regarding WAD endorsements: details to be released shortly.
Date: 9 June 08.
Population: 330 (+12)
Delegate Endorsements: 63 (+5)
Delegate: Chaucerin
-Whamabama won recruiter of the week 23 with 753 nations recruited. Monk also recruited 70 nations. Go Immigration team! Outside of Immigration, Westwind recruited 30 nations, and Tycholand recruited 144 nations.
- A total of 997 nations were recruited last week. Where did the last three go?
- Recruiter of the week standings re-released:
Felasia: 9
The Monkye: 7
Whamabama: 3
Tarlisea: 2
Naivetry: 1
Wagger Tribe: 1
- The Chancellory is still interested in finding new peons to work for it. Applications go to the Chancellor or the Deputy.
- The first Recruitment competition of 2008 is underway.
- 100endos for the WAD campaign has begun, with a 5 endo increase this week. Enthusiasm has been expressed at the idea. Progress reports on this initiative will continue throughout the month.
At time of writing,
Equilism has broken the 350 mark for nations in region for the first time in recorded history. Due to nations ceasing to exist, the current population hovers just beneath that number, which was noted on June 12. Congratulations, recruiters!
The College
Elections:
Congratulations to Felasia, who, after a delay in the elections, was confirmed Lord Chancellor and
sworn in on May 17 for the May-July term. Within 72 hours, Felasia
presented to the College the following appointments to the Chancellory:
Chancellor of Domestic Affairs: Tycholand
Chancellor of Immigration: The Monkye
Chancellor of Foreign Affairs: Naivetry
Membership:
The College has welcomed four new members in the past month: Dalimbar (May 17), Biyah (May 20), Zorn Uzkul (June 13), and Numero Capitan (June 13). In addition, the following members have been removed as of June 13 for prolonged inactivity: Adyndril, Astarial, Cernun, Garneska, Restored Othalla, and Rodhama.
Legislation:
Legislation passed by the College in the last month includes:
Alternative Membership Requirements (passed May 17),
Endorsement Cap Law (passed May 17), and a Constitutional amendment involving the
Military Liaison and E-Army High Command (
passed June 14).
In addition, topics under discussion include a project to
clean up old legislation, a competition to create a flag, seal, motto, etc. representing
Equilism's regional identity, and a
proposal to award Naivetry the Medal of Honor. Last but not least,
Equilism welcomes back Westwind to his full duties as Monarch. We thank Chaucerin for his leadership and service to the region as Steward during the Monarch's extended absence.
Equilism Culture
Greetings to you lot. This section is written by a deputy of the Foreign Affairs department - yours truly, Midiri.
Open Debate
Several threads have come back - Tycholand's fairly recent
E-Poll of the US Presidential Elections and The Monkye's old
Should the Atom Bomb have been dropped on Japan. Pensée's
Intolerant Assertions continues, while the
Sci-Fi thread seems to be quieting.
Events
The Equilism World Cup proceeds apace, with
stocks being traded, the
Golden Goal active, and
team names being favorited.
Matches rage, fans cry and cheer as their teams lose or win, and other such football occurrences.
Role-Playing
Negativity abounds as two RP threads were locked, the common denominators being All of Man Kind and Midiri, the latter of whom hates the former with a passion reserved, in his words, only for intolerant fundamentalists, politicians, extremists, his own countrymen, L. Ron Hubbard, and people who talk in theatres. However, in threads where one of the two stays out, they continue going strong, such as AoMK's
Tycholandian Spy Executed, which Midiri has so far been uninterested in.
Beer, suicides, bar fights, and flamings - the literal kind, not the internet kind - abound in the
E-Bar, as well as the request for a moosual by newly-returned Simpistan, formerly Equalist Communist, the recipe for which had been lost with Moo.
Main Street
The Street - technically, it's a 'high street', but this writer wasn't around when it was written - proceeds slowly, with only two new shops there -
Hamstin's 89.1 WEQU Radio Station and the
Equilism Bureau of Heraldry, administered by Iberian Empire.
Bar and Games
What, were you expecting something other than spam here? Afraid not. While one does like Spam and eats it at every opportunity, electronic spam is not edible, and contains no information upon which to feed.
Quote of the Week
This week's quote brought to you by the Chatlogger in #equilism:
IRC:
[19:07] <Biyah> The ADN was a nude for-blondes only club.
[19:07] <Biyah> that is all you need to know
[19:07] <Biyah> The Pacific (as the PRP) was a gay bar.
[19:07] <Biyah> Zorn loved it
[19:07] <Darth-Zorn> the ADN was a bunch of... it was?
[19:07] <Darth-Zorn> .....
The Equilism Foreign Affairs Chancellory presents the 9th Digest of the NationStates News Wire!
Keep up to date with events as they happen daily on the Equilism forum. Breaking news posts will be collected and sent out once weekly, or as events warrant. Contact General Editor Naivetry to contribute a story or to find out how you can become a reporter for the Wire.
In the Past Month
1)
Nevadar has resigned the delegacy of Gatesville after more than 2 years (778 days) as one of the most visible players at the head of NationStates's largest user-created region. Nevadar, who has said she will continue to participate in the life of the region, has been replaced by Darkesia as of May 18, 2008.
2) The Pacific invaded Underwater Rifts in retaliation for adspam rules violation. See story in
The Pacific Post and in the
Trans-Pacific Times.
3) The West Pacific declared war on Global Union of Nations (GUN) for blatant disrespect and adspam violations. One Big Island supported TWP in the siege and eventual seizure of the region. After numerous insults, furthermore, Darkesia called in the Gatesville Guard, thereby "trumping everyone," in the words of
TAO. Logs of the Regional Message Board during the conflict (posted for entertainment value) and a more
detailed explanation of its causes are
available in The West Pacific.
Breaking News: Reform in the Order of Gryphons, Gatesville breaks treaty with TP, TGR questions logs of Taijituan plot to oust Moo
2008-06-14, 18:10 GMT
Grand-Duke Biyah, Viceroy of the Order of Gryphons,
announced at the beginning of June that reforms within the Order would be taking place shortly. The Articles of Revitalization have been suspended, and rule of the Order placed in Biyah's sole command, until the return of Thyatira. Current member knights have now been given one week in which to respond before the rest of the changes begin. See the
Order of Gryphons forum for more information.
2008-06-14, 20:06 GMT
Gates
posted today on The Pacific's forum, announcing that Gatesville has dissolved its long-standing alliance with the Pacific and declaring that The Pacific is now considered to be hostile towards Gatesville. Citing "betrayal" as the cause, Gates
closed the Pacific's embassy on the Gatesville forums as well, following Nevadar's
report that the alliance had been dissolved for undisclosed acts of dishonor committed by Moo-cows with Guns, present delegate of The Pacific.
While little has been confirmed in public, rumors in The West Pacific would attribute this sudden cooling in relations to an
IRC log posted by Biyah, wherein Moo-Cows states that TWP's recent former delegate, Lots of Ants, was a Gatesville plant. The present Gatesville delegate, Darkesia, shortly started a thread
claiming to have been Lots of Ants, but her post has widely been treated as a joke. The rumors may call to mind the "April Fool's Day" joke played this year in TWP, as the World Factbook Entry and several other regional
features were altered or added, renaming TWP "
West Gatesville." Gatesville concurrently advertised its membership in the New TAO Order (NTO), sponsored by former TWP delegate TAO. While the episode in April was soon revealed as a seasonal joke, the truth of these latest claims about Gatesville's involvement with Lots of Ants is as yet unknown.
2008-06-16, 02:25 GMT
New Kervoskia of the Trans-Pacific Times has posted IRC logs of a conversation between a number of prominent Taijituan citizens and Govindia, implicating Taijitu in a plot to take over The Pacific. The logs have been
removed from TNP for Terms of Service violations, but are still
available for viewing at time of publication on TWP's forums, where Invision ToS do not apply. In the course of the discussion, The North Pacific's recently elected delegate, Eluvatar, was mentioned as the means by which Taijitu "own[ed] TNP," later referred to as "Taijitu2." This has provoked protest from Eluvatar, who has denied knowledge of the logs, promised that his actions in TNP are undertaken in his role as TNP citizen alone, and has stated that he is investigating the authenticity of the logs in question.
The G Rebellion (TGR), co-founder and current delegate of Taijitu and one of the members implicated in the logs, has now
appeared in TNP to attest to Eluvatar's character and to raise a number of questions about the plausibility of such a plot. At the moment, opinion is divided about whether or not the logs have been entirely, partially, or not at all faked. The majority of the discussion continues on TNP's forums, as most of the citizens of TWP seem to agree that the whole plot, while a worthwhile read, is inherently unlikely to be true. Stay tuned for further coverage from the
NS News Wire as matters develop.
Publications in Syndication
All articles distributed by permission. Our thanks to the Trans-Pacific Times and
The Pacific Post. Only the latest issues have been quoted in their entirety. The others are available on several major NationStates forums; links are to the Equilism Foreign Media subforum.
The Trans-Pacific Times
Thousands Die in GV-Tai War
Elusive Interview with ScandinavianDuchies
Biggest Asshole in NS
View from Below: TP's Invasion of Underwater Rifts
Moo, Chanel, Trailer Trash & Abortion
Thel v TAO: Feudin' in the Feeders
The Pacific Post
The Pacific Army Goes Under The Sea
Krulltopia:
TAO Smash Puny Region!!
TAO's reaction shortly after recruiters from Global Union of Nations violated NS rules.
Global Union of Nations
7th June 2008
In another example of a Feeder refusing to give in to regional rule violators, The West Pacific's Black Sheep Squadron, including several allies, took over the region Global Union of Nations, after the founder was deleted for rule violations, and have just finished gutting the region. The region's natives had responded furiously and immaturely to the moderator's actions, resulting in further Mod action including the deletion of GUN natives for rule violations, and the argument spilling into TWP's RMB.
After this display, TWP delegate Biteland ordered BSS into the region, to the approval of many members of the region.
"Those stupid Pouchies have gone on far too long without being punished!!" snarled TAO, "It's about time them roo-fur licker's got what's coming to them!!"
After large amounts of whining and an insincere apology from the natives, Biteland ordered the region to be destroyed. But the stupidity from the natives continued, which included insulting the region One Big Island, who promptly declared war on GUN and moved in to bolster the TWP soldiers. GUN's biggest and most foolish mistake, however, was to insult both Darkesia, the delegate of Gatesville, and Gates himself. This resulted in the Gatesville Guard being deployed into the region, accompanied by the following statement by Darkesia: "I can not be responsible for injuries caused by your own gross stupidity."
Darkesia of Gatesville discussing the ordering of Gatesville Guard into GUN.
Although there has been some controversy on TWP's actions, native of The West Pacific, The Faeyas, had the following to say on the matter: "I think that it was sad that Star-san and Teachal-san had such two bad people in their region that it came down to this. In the end they couldn't force the two to apologize, and they didn't mind the action, so all in all , how could I find anything wrong with it?"
After gathering influence over a week, the BSS delegate proceeded to banject the remaining natives and ordered a pull out. The nation American Woman took the delegacy after BSS and its allies pulled out, with the stated intention of rebuilding the region despite still having no founder. However, the majority of the natives had already left to form two new regions, the imaginatively named The Global Union of Nations, and The Privateer Republic, the former containing the idiots who started this whole incident, the latter containing those who made some attempt to cool the situation. As to which split off region will be more successful.....The Pacific Post invites its readers to draw their own conclusions.
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Written by Krulltopia
Writer of The Pacific Post - If We Didn't Write It, It's a Lie!
Copyright 2008, The Pacific Post. All rights reserved
Note that all of this is fabricated and not based on (much) fact
The Incredible Hulk will be released in cinemas on June 11th.
New Kervoskia:
AoMK Weds Goat
The blushing bride, Ursula Ramaba, smiles for a pre-wedding photo
11 June, 2008
A drive-in chapel - Equilism
June is slowly displacing February as the most romantic month of the year. Barely a weak after Govindia said "I do", his daughter was popped the question by the Equilismer All of Man Kind. Love is truly in the air and it's infectious and airborne.
The bride, Ursula Ramaba, is the daughter of Govindia from a previous marriage to New Kervoskia. She works as a slaughterhouse supervisor for Happy Cow Farms in Francograd. We managed to track down hER estranged and alcoholic father to ask him about this happy occasion.
"She's an evil goat child. EVIL. Do you know how she was made? ME and GOV together. If that ain't cruel and unusual then I don't know what is!"
New Kervoskia could hardly contain his jubilation as he sucked down half a bottle of whiskey.
All of Man Kind, the groom, was just as joyous and a bit humbled, “Ursula is...is...everything I ever wanted in a
woman goat. She's stimulating...intellectually, she has a stable job and she's a fantastic chef. A true gourmet. Before I met her I never knew what spices could do for an old leather boot."
The couple has decided to write their own wedding vows. The soon-to-be Mrs. Mankind was kind enough to give us a glimpse of hers (but we had to promise not to show the groom,
)
"Bahhh, baaaaah, baaaah, BDSM, baaaaaaah, baaaaah, conversion to Islam baaaaaaaaaaaah"
The sweetest words really are the ones you write yourself.
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Written by New Kervoskia
Editor of The Trans-Pacific Times - All the Scandal That's Fit to Print!
Copyright 2008, The Trans-Pacific Times. All rights reserved
Note that all of this is fabricated and not based on (much) fact
The
Wire is obliged to note that AoMK has since responded as follows:
All of Man Kind:
I'm sorry to break your hopes folks, but the bride to be spoke blasphemously against my political views. I had her executed on the spot, and boy did she taste good
.
Nothing like roast goat for dinner.
Unfortunately for AoMK, he seems to have roasted the wrong goat.
New Kervoskia:
I'm afraid she has infinite HP and a force shield. So that's not her.
