My best terms were prior to r3n's Delegacy, so I will comment about those here.
First term(s)
I was first elected in late 2012 to lead a region that was at best divided, and at worst unstable. We had just had nearly two terms of Delegate Eluvatar, who had faced serious controversy over a number of his positive policies, and an ongoing battle with Former Delegate Blue Wolf II over the 'coup that never happened'. 'Oligarchy' was the word of the year. We had a major blow out over WA voting reform, because simply the idea of preventing people who did not have a WA nation in our region from determining our Delegates vote was considered to be a catastrophic policy by some. Of course, this policy has now been in place for years with little controversy. Eluvatar was removed from office, and in-game we faced a debilitating unendorsement campaign against Tim Stark, the Vice Delegate, by a nation called 'Oh My Goodness Gracious'. Tim's endorsements were a long way from Eluvatar's, and the unendorsement campaign ensured that they remained that way. Former English Colony took the Delegacy during the election.
The election itself did not see animosity between Tim & myself, however vocal supporters did attempt to create greater animosity and drama. I won't go into great detail, but you can read through the archives if you would like to know more. I did go on to win the election convincingly, and then sort to form government. I continued the elected cabinet proposed by Eluvatar, however with votes occurring on the regional forum. Unfortunately, Govindia ended up being elected by 1 vote, and given his reputation internationally, I decided to appoint Romanoffia to the remaining cabinet position rather than Govindia. This created some controversy, but it soon subsided.
For the rest of the term, I focused on creating a united and positive community. On forum events, rmb activities, and cultural orientated policies were my core focus. Over time, we saw some of the divisive figures in our community leave. A few left because of WA voting changes, however some simply faded into activity. Over this term we worked on developing closer relations with the South Pacific, Balder, Osiris, and to a lesser extent the East Pacific and Europeia (at this time). We saw the NPA deploy abroad regularly, and we hosted a number of inter-regional events, attended conferences, and collaborated with game created regions. I believe that this work helped to establish the North Pacific as being once again a stable and reliable partner for other regions. This work continued under other Delegates, and through other terms of my own.
The term was not without scandal. I was kicked out of the World Assembly, and then restored to office. We proposed a treaty with the South Pacific & Osiris, called "The Concord". This was at the same time as Sovereign Confederation was briefly a thing internationally. The Concord treaty did fail in the assembly, due to lack of communication between members. It was the right decision, and over time my skepticism of multi-regional treaties did continue to grow - with SovCon collapsing magnificently, and other multi-regional treaties facing serious difficulties.
Unfortunately I was forced to step down half way through my second term for personal reasons. Around the same time, we discovered that Ravania had been leaking confidential NPA information to Acting Delegate Blue Wolf II. While I briefly investigated on that, and attempted to smooth over relations with 10KI, Jamie Anumia was elected Delegate and I became Foreign Minister for the next one and a half terms.
Second Term(s)
Following Jamie's two terms of office, I ran for office again and concluded the transition quickly. I had become frustrated by a number of issues that had fallen to the side during that term. Sanctaria was elected as my Vice Delegate, and we worked quickly to re-establish the Culture Ministry, RP projects, and collaboration with some of our allies. This time I did not go with an elected model and instead appointed my cabinet directly.
This term we focused heavily on foreign affairs matters. We signed a number of new treaties - with the East Pacific and Albion. The Balder treaty may have also been written then, but I am not certain. We also discussed forming a treaty relationship with the Rejected Realms, however this was put on hold, only to be forgotten forever in the months to follow. It was during this period that my foreign minister, r3n, proposed the WALL treaty, which was a radical idea that we were sure would create a greater interest in the World Assembly and provide an opportunity for regions to collaborate on WA matters, without the serious issues that face other multi-regional treaty. This would later be ratified in r3n's term, and I know that it is one area of lost potential for both of us, because it has not reached the heights of success that we had hoped that it would.
The Security Council grew significantly during this term. We had a concentrated effort to get all members to higher levels and it worked to a certain extent. It was also the first time that a Delegate had reached 400 and then 500 endorsements. Which at the time was a huge achievement, as previous Delegates had struggled to get to 300 endorsements at times. The region was incredibly secure, and stable, and the political system continued to improve as great legislators such as Astarial, Crushing Our Enemies, and r3n began to pursue a legislative reform agenda. Our position as a region and as a major power in NS was at it's strongest during this period, and we had new found respect and opportunities for collaboration with regions.
This was also the first time that we began to actively target WA authors to come to the North Pacific to make their case for their resolutions if they wanted us to vote in favour of them. I recruited Abacathea who was an excellent WA Minister, and would go on to serve as Vice Delegate for a number of terms. I *think* that we also saw another coup in Osiris during this time, which created serious strain for a number of people with whom TNP had strong relations with. The OFO was formed, and our relationship stabilized but did not return to a treaty arrangement.
We also saw a number of successful military operations during this time against Nazi regions, and we collaborated with a greater number of regions that we had done so previously. Overall I view this third and fourth term to have been my best as Delegate. I was very disappointed to have to step down at the end of my term, because I would have loved a third term! However, I was very pleased to see r3n (my foreign minister) succeed me as Delegate, and then I was given the honour to serve as his Minister of Foreign Affairs
Our great team work continued and the region was better for it. Ultimately the two-term limit was the right call.
Of course my
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Though this summary only scratches the surface, I hope that some enjoy reading it.
