Gulliver
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Aprilal Update
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Taijitu Foreign Service
Government of Taijitu
Citizen-Emperor: Wast
Citizen-Inquisitor: Aniane
Citizen-Diplomat: SPAMMINGNATIONSTATES
Citizen-Liaison: Maru
Registered Citizen-Legislators of the Ecclesia: 0
Happy Birthday!
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It's Wast's ninth birthday! This is the second consecutive ninth birthday of the Eternal Leader, and third in total. Taijitu mathematicians hope to discover a larger number so that Wast may grow older again by the end of the year.
Bloodlust Sated after Citizens Fail to Provide Kitteh
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Nearly half the citizens of Taijitu have been executed for their failure to meet Taijitu's daily quota of kitteh. Despite finding time to produce meaningless content in the form of Role-Playing, citizens have not made a single contribution to the most sacred of threads, the Daily Kitteh, in nearly a month. The surviving citizens have sworn to be more diligent in the production of adorable cat pictures, and legislation is currently in the works in the Ecclesia.
Some feline scientists have suggested this is a symptom of a greater crisis, warning that Taijitu's strategic meme reserves may be depleted within a year. Their claims, however, are unsubstantiated and further research has been interrupted by the executions. Emperor Wast would like to remind all citizens that dissidence will not be tolerated.
A New Revolution
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The Ecclesia has unanimously agreed to cede all authority to their glorious leader, Emperor Wast I. Although Wast has graciously offered to allow the Ecclesia to function as before, the former governing body of Taijitu believes that it is now unnecessary. Elections have also been postponed indefinitely. Citizens will continue to propose and vote on legislation, but they may only 'abstain'. The celebrated principles of democracy will instead be enshrined in a Daily Poll, where citizens may satisfy their need for voting without any risk of causing progress.
Something happens in RP
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Some kind of economic summit was organized by some nation. Then there was a pirate attack or something.
Foreign Affairs Update
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The Taijitu Militia has been deployed to defend the much less interesting region of Lazarus from invaders. Buttons have been pressed, links have been clicked and re-clicked, and numbers have changed.
An addendum
The past month has been a busy one for Taijitu! Myroria won the Citizen-Delegate election, and is currently holding the in-game delegacy as well as the head-of-state position as Official Stand-in for Emperor Wast. A sweeping set of reform bills for the Ecclesia made several changes. The most notable, perhaps, is that the Citizen-Liaison position is now elected rather than appointed by the Citizen-Delegate. The Citizen-Liaison is responsible for the Taijitu community, holding a position equivalent to Home Affairs in many regions. Elections are currently ongoing, with al'Khem, the incumbent Liaison, facing AwesomeSaucer and Dictator Collin.
In addition, the reform bills have established formal procedures for the Ecclesia, given the Citizen-Initiator the formal power to deny citizenship requests, and given those with their requests denied the ability to appeal the Initiator's decision to the Ecclesia. Finally, an Advisory Council Act established an eponymous council comprising the Citizen-Delegate, Citizen-Initiator, Citizen-Sergeant, and Citizen-Liaison, with the duties of setting executive policy and reporting their efforts to the Ecclesia bimonthly.
The list of Official Stand-ins For Emperor Wast of Ten Thousand Years is as follows:
Citizen-Delegate, Stand-in for Emperor Wast as Head-of-State: Myroria
Citizen-Initiator, Stand-in for Emperor Wast as Head-of-Government: Cormac (Mjollnira)
Citizen-Sergeant, Stand-in for Emperor Wast as Commander-in-Chief: Gulliver (Gullivania)
Citizen-Liaison, Stand-in for Emperor Wast as Community-Organizer-Supreme: Vacant, elections ongoing
Citizen-Diplomats, Stand-ins for Emperor Wast as Head-of-Foreign-Service: Cormac, Funkadelia
Number of Loyal Citizenry of the Wastian Dominion of Taijitu: 66
Taijitu hopes you have enjoyed this month's update! All Hail Emperor Wast, He of Eternally Nine Years!
