TWP Imperium Moves Forward with New Delegate

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TWP Imperium Moves Forward with New Delegate

Last month, Bhang Bhang Duc succeeded All Good People as Delegate of The West Pacific. All Good People, also known as Westwind, has been retained by the new Delegate as Prime Minister of The West Pacific Imperium, the forum government of The West Pacific. Bhang Bhang Duc previously served as Guardian of The West Pacific, a member of the high influence and high endorsement regional security council.

Delegate Bhang Bhang Duc has thus far made no substantive changes to the structure of The West Pacific Imperium. The Imperium was established as the forum government of The West Pacific by former Delegate All Good People, following an era in which other priorities were placed ahead of forum government by All Good People's most recent predecessors. These priorities included the NationStates Republic under former Delegates Punk Reloaded and Enlightened Defenders, and the in-game community of The West Pacific under former Delegate Yy4u.

The Imperium features an executive maintained and overseen by the Delegate, now with operational responsibility shifted to the Prime Minister. The Holy Grand Assembly of the West is the legislative body of the Imperium, open to anyone with a nation residing in The West Pacific. Executive ministers are selected through a combination of executive appointment and election by the Holy Grand Assembly.

The preservation of the Imperium is a welcome sign of continuity and sustained activity from The West Pacific, which in recent years has undergone many changes to its forum government structure. Despite maintenance of the Imperium, the strongest continuous institution of The West Pacific remains its council of Guardians. Like his recent predecessors before him, Bhang Bhang Duc has taken no steps to place constitutional forum government ahead of the game mechanics of electing a World Assembly Delegate. This primacy of game mechanics is unique to The West Pacific among Feeders and Sinkers.

In recent months, The West Pacific Imperium has also ushered in a shift toward the imperialist sphere of gameplay. The West Pacific, a historically defender region, has recently ratified treaties with The New Inquisition and The Land of Kings and Emperors, the founding member regions of the United Imperial Armed Forces (UIAF). The West Pacific had previously ratified a treaty with the third UIAF member region, Albion, in 2013 and also maintains treaties with Equilism and the New Pacific Order. The West Pacific joins Balder and Osiris as the only game-created regions thus far to ratify treaties with all three UIAF member regions.

With the resignation of Cassius Cerebella from command of The West Pacific Armed Forces, foreign observers will be watching for either a change or solidification of this policy shift toward imperialism with the selection of his successor.

 

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Edited version:

Last month, Bhang Bhang Duc succeeded All Good People as Delegate of The West Pacific. Bhang Bhang Duc previously served as Guardian of TWP, a member of the high influence and high endorsement regional security council. All Good People, also known as Westwind, has been retained by the new delegate as Prime Minister of The West Pacific Imperium, the forum government of TWP.

The Imperium was established as the forum government of TWP by All Good People during his term as delegate. This was a notable departure from an era during which other endeavors were placed ahead of forum government by All Good People's most recent predecessors. These included the NationStates Republic under former Delegates Punk Reloaded and Enlightened Defenders, and the in-game community of TWP under former Delegate Yy4u.

The Imperium features an executive maintained and overseen by the Delegate, with operational responsibility shifted to the Prime Minister. The Holy Grand Assembly of the West is the legislative body of the Imperium, open to anyone with a nation residing in TWP. Executive ministers are selected through a combination of executive appointment and election by the Holy Grand Assembly.

Delegate Bhang Bhang Duc has thus far made no substantive changes to the structure of TWP Imperium. The preservation of the Imperium is a welcome sign of continuity and sustained activity from TWP, which in recent years has undergone many changes to its government structure. Like his recent predecessors before him, Bhang Bhang Duc has taken no steps to place constitutional forum government ahead of the game mechanics of electing a World Assembly Delegate. This is also evident in the fact that, despite the establishment of the Imperium government, the strongest continuous institution of TWP remains its council of Guardians. This primacy of game mechanics is unique to TWP among game-created regions.

In recent months, TWP Imperium has also ushered in a shift toward the imperialist sphere of gameplay. TWP, a historically defender region, has recently ratified treaties with The New Inquisition and The Land of Kings and Emperors, the founding member regions of the United Imperial Armed Forces (UIAF). TWP had previously ratified a treaty with the third UIAF member region, Albion, in 2013 and also maintains treaties with Equilism and the New Pacific Order. TWP joins Balder and Osiris as the only game-created regions thus far to ratify treaties with all three UIAF member regions.

A facilitating factor for this strengthening of ties with the imperialist sphere has been the fact that Cassius Cerebella, a prominent member of the three UIAF signatories, had been serving for several months as Commander of TWP Armed Forces. Following his resignation from that post, foreign observers will be watching for either a change or solidification of this policy shift toward imperialism with the selection of his successor.

 

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