LKE March 2015 Update

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March was a momentous month for the region, with the LKE breaking domestic population records, and firmly securing it's position as the largest Imperialist user-created region in NationStates. The region currently stands at 717 nations and 82 World Assembly Delegate votes. This impressive feat comes at the heels of intensified manual recruitment operations, led by the new Home Ministry leadership as well as the effective automated recruitment system that remains in place; the LKE capitalizing on a game-wide population boost thanks to the advertisement on the game in Reddit.At the home front, Customs saw a rise of members signing up to become Electors (citizens) of the region.

When asked for a comment on the spike in regional numbers, the Home Minister had this to say: "Yes, all this recruitment has been quite some work, we even emptied the LKE tea reserves!"


March marks the second successive sweep for the Sebastian - Talleyrand-Epistre administration. Several months ago the administration was able to win without any abstain votes, however, the LKE is starting 2015 off strong with the Administration tallying the largest vote any administration in the history of the LKE was able to achieve, without any votes funneled to abstain. Combine this achievement with the ever-expanding population and activity boom in the LKE, 2015 is not starting with a sizzle, spice, or ember. 2015 in the LKE is starting with a Boom and Clap!


The LKE saw several elections at the start of March. For Prime Minister, the LKE has shown strength through unity by, as mentioned above, re-electing favorites Josh Sebastian and Akillian to Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, respectively.

For the Estates Common, it turns out to be a different story. The election to the Commons saw a surplus of candidates, which means unfortunately some bids had to be sent home. With a record combined total vote, the following were elected:

Josh Sebastian with 18.8%,
Valfor Talleyrand-Fominov and Charles IX with 17.2% each,
Alexander Rogerigo and Mystogan with 12.5% each.

The Imperial Party triumphed by securing 4 of those 5 seats. The other 6th seat, interestingly, had to be moved to a run off because of a tie between experienced member Akillian and new-comer Vaculatestar Fominov. Within that runoff, which also met the record of the PM vote, the Lion Party triumphed by securing Akillian a seat with 67% of the vote. New comer Vaculatestar Fominov of the Imperial Party was the final person who had to be sent home with a resulting 33% of the runoff vote. One thing is for sure - with activity comes competition, even for our most seasoned politicians!


With the new Imperial Council announced, the Prime Minister led the government in discussing new projects and programs for the next 10 weeks. On top of the agenda is a new welcoming and integration system which features closer cooperation between the Home Ministry and the World Assembly Delegate Office in encouraging new nations to join check out the forums and sign for full citizenship. The Civil Service is also currently being reviewed, with the government exploring ways on how to make members more engaged and involved in regional management, as well as the create an opportunity for newer members to learn and practice their leadership capabilities. The forum is also currently being reviewed, as there are efforts to simply and trim down the structure to make it more simple and user-friendly.

Meanwhile, the government has confirmed that there will be a regional festival slated for April which will feature the launch of the 10th Foundation Anniversary of The Land of Kings and Emperors. This was supposedly scheduled earlier sometime in January, but government has since decided to push back the launch date to April, alongside the planned Summer Festival.

The Prime Minister will be opening the theme-making contest, a competition open to all LKE citizens and residents that will identify the foundation anniversary theme. The submission of entries will be from 28th March and will run for two weeks. The judging and voting will follow, for another two-week period, with the winning entry to be announced during the summer festival itself.

The theme should be inline with the regions 10 years of existence, as well as it position as the leading imperialist region in the game.


Layton officials announced that the United Kingdom will be sending over a delegation to the LKE for a State Visit this March 27. The visit will follow up on the discussions that occurred earlier in the UK forums. Following the signing of the Treaty of Argyll last year, the two regions saw an increase in cooperation on multiple fronts, including diplomatic and military undertakings.

Meanwhile, the LKE is securing a treaty with the Kingdom of Great Britain, another promising imperialist region. Negotiators from both regions have been in touch for several weeks now, hashing out details for the document which will feature close security, military and diplomatic cooperation among other projects.

Thank you for the update, Akillian. Congrats to Josh on the elections and congrats to the LKE on the 10th anniversary!

~ Tomb

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