Mordor Dispatch IV

Mordor Monthly April and May






Elections

Mordor has just recently come out of a busy election period as the Denizens voted on who they thought should take seats in the Nazgul, should become White Wizard and should become Wormtongue/Delegate. The Wormtongue elections culminated in the rise of Majestas to the WA seat after a close run off election against RMB veteran The Cosmos. Majestas took the WA seat 11 votes to 9. The White Wizard elections saw Charax, Intelligent Holograms, Lolol-Copter, Dictatorship of the Panem Nation and Sauron all voted upon during the first round. The voting was so close after this first battle, a run-off election was declared between Charax and Intelligent Holograms as they both had 5 votes. The run-off lasted for three more days until, finally, Intelligent Holograms was announced as the new White Wizard of Mordor by 11 votes to 7. Intelligent Holograms quickly set about rebranding his position as White Wizard Picard and the infamous "Make it so" continues to ring through the tower of Orthanc in Isengard. The White Wizard's office is the highest elected position in Mordor.








Nazgul

It was also time to renew the Nazgul. As is customary in Mordor, His Malevolance, The Dark Lord Sauron chose Vladisvok and PhDre to take a seat amongst the Nazul. The newly elected White Wizard, Intelligent Holograms, elected Hellhound and Charax. For the final seat, many denizens were nominated, including: Beian, Charax (to hold two seats, something that is not expressly forbidden in the constitution), Jahrumai, Lolol-Copter, Majestas, and Wibblefeet. The first vote saw Wibblefeet and Charax tied with 4 votes each, they moved on with Jahmurai (3 votes) to a run-off election. The run-off election ended with Wibblefeet being elevated to the Nazgul with 8 votes to Jahrumai's 4 and Charax's 3. During the run-off election, the rest of the Nazgul voted Hellhound to the position of Witch-King of Angmar and head of the Nazgul. As one of his alleged responsibilities, Hellhound promptly choose the Ulaires, much to the White Wizard's dismay. Intelligent Holograms had set himself on trying to get the various departments back in production and wished to choose the Ulaires (ministers) himself since it was not written in the constitution that the Witch-King must choose the Ulaires.












Ulaire Debate

Upon his ascension to White Wizard and before the election of the newest Nazgul Council, Intelligent Holograms surveyed the ministries of Mordor and found that a few were lacking in content and activity, Foreign Affairs most notably. In order to to improve FA and to get the department working again, Intelligent Holograms assumed control of FA and began to turn it into a functioning department once more, assigning ambassadors and seeking relations with foreign entities. The prospect of activity didn't appeal to some in the incumbent cabinet and an almighty argument erupted on the IRC between the White Wizard and those that opposed him. Those arguing against fought under the banner that the Witch-King always selected the Ulaires and this should not change. During the course of the debate, it transpired that the constitution of Mordor does not recognise Ulaires or, indeed, who should select them. It was also during this debate that the White Wizard announced that he would be selecting all of the Ulaires as the constitution does not specify which governmental figure should select them. Many in Mordor were unsure as to whether the White Wizard would go through with his intended plans only to find out that he did. Intelligent Holograms announced on the Witch-King election thread that the Witch-King would not be needed in selecting the Ulaires this term, much to the dismay of newly elected Witch-King, Hellhound. Hellhound fought for the right to select the Ulaires and deservedly won the battle. All the while, the White Wizard Intelligent Holograms sits in the tower of Orthanc, Isengard, plotting his revenge.






The Court

Sauron attempted to create a court without the consent of the Nazgul, which was the target of fierce debate until the Nazgul passed a legislation that nullified it. Sauron's court was aimed at bringing justice to Mordor and Intelligent Holograms was designated as Head (and only) Judge and Chief Prosecutor.Justice clearly wasn't a high priority to the sitting Nazgul (last term) as they sought to remove it on the basis that it had no grounding in the consitution. A poor reason as most of Mordor doesn't have a grounding in the constitution. Nevertheless, being the great leader that he is, His Malevolence, Sauron ordered the Courtroom to carry out a constitutional review on the subject of the Courtoom's legality. The Courtroom ruled that Constitution dictates that a Court must be in operation in Mordor. Regardless, The Nazgul voted in favour of removing the Coutroom and the denizens right to a fair trial, rendering the denizens of Mordor silenced and unable to give their voice in their own trial. In his wisdom, Sauron created the Courtroom in the belief that denizens should have the ability to comment and actively defend themselves against the actions of the powers in the region; the Nazgul decided that this was not something that the denizens should have and reduced the rights of the denizens. It is a sad day in any region when the ruling forces of a region decide that its people have to many rights. The legislation removing Sauron's court invovled several drafts, pages and pages of posts to sort through and a big ol' stamp of approval from the previous White Wizard Alancar. Then, after much discussion, a new court system was finally put in place as part of the constitution. While it has yet to be put in use, an executive branch has been formed in Mordor. It should be noted that the Courtroom has yet to be used as the Nazgul decided to ignore the issue of a legislature once the Bill had passed. Apparently, the Nazgul believe that denizens should have little rights and they should be powerless to defend the rights they do have.






Avatar Theme Week

The Department of Cultural Events created the Avatar Theme Week (ATW), in which nations on both the forum and on Nation States styled their nation to a particular theme. For the first week, pandas marched through the Black Gate and took up residence in Mordor. Rustantinople won the NationStates category and Wibblefeet, the forum. Majestas won the overall competition for the complete transformation of both her NS account and forum account, her prize was to choose the next theme; she selected the interesting theme of Real Life National Pride. This caused some debate due to the fact that most people did not wish to participate using their birth nations or nations of residence, rather another nation around the world or in the fictional universe. While some took the side of the USSR (Intelligent Holograms) or North Korea (Beian and Charax), Alancar won with the use of the United Federation of Planets. Alancar's choice of theme Mecha is in the process of being organised.





Forces of Mordor

The Forces of Mordor have been very busy recently participating in numerous attacks on some of the warzones and the liberation of the South Pacific, along with helping to defend the International Commonwealth of Nations. A great step was taken with several joint defenses including some with the FRA, UDL, and TITO. Mordor thanks these organisations for cooperating with us.

Thanks for the update! A lovely read.