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Delegate: Charles Cerebella
Vice Delegate: Zander (Alvalero)
Ministers: Zander, North East Somerset, Rach, By Night and Cold Ice
Speaker of Riksdag:(Talman) Fuzzy
Riksdag members:(ledamöters) By Night, North East Somerset, Bryan von Richthofen, Liberty and Solm.
Forum: http://s11.zetaboards.com/Balder/index/
New Year for Balder and New Delegate
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New Delegate Charles Cerebella
On the 19th October Balder kicked off its celebrations for its first birthday. With a zombie invasion of the region, that Balderites are still battling, as the centrepiece there was fun and games all round. Former Delegate Zander was triumphant in the Spam Points competition and Riksdag Delegate Liberty won the best Nordic Avatar competition. Zander, who is planning to create a historical society for Balder, also created a history of Balder’s first year with all its ups and downs which you can check out here. To make the celebrations even better, during them the Delegacy finally changed hands from By Night, after 110 days of loyal service, to Charles Cerebella. A big thanks to Europeia, The New Inquisition and The Founderless Regions Alliance for aiding in the transfer! Also check out Jack Dixie’s excellent interview/role play interview with Charles Cerebella here.
All change legislatively!
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Riksdag Delegates debate the proposed Legislative Changes
After a quiet previous term when only three bills were enacted it has been all go for the Riksdag this time! Already we have had two bills enacted: The Behaviour Abroad Act 2012 and The Promotion of Culture and Media Act 2012; we have had a change to the Pan-Sinker Security Pact and there have been three Constitutional amendments with changes to the workings of the Government and the Riksdag as well as some other smaller alterations. With around half of the term still left and the Riksdag still brewing many ideas it looks like the Members will have their work cut out!
Council of State Changes
Things have been pretty busy in the Council of State too though unfortunately not all for the right reasons. Due to real life issues Topid has unfortunately been inactive almost from the very start of the term which eventually resulted in his removal both from the Council of State and from his seat on the Riksdag where Bryan von Richthofen won the closely fought by-election. Combined with activity problems for Drop Your Pants, who had to resign from Council because of them, it has meant that changes to our welcoming and naturalisation systems have been slower than would have been liked. Former Delegate By Night has been appointed to head these areas now though so it looks like we should have progress on that front very shortly. To add further to the problems in the Council, Culture Minister Rach has had to give up that portfolio due to exams draining her time though she has retained her seat to focus on getting Balder’s military back up and running again. Former Riksdag Member Cold Ice has been appointed to take over that portfolio.
Balder at the World Fair
With Nationstates celebrating its 10th Birthday, Balder duly took its place at the World Fair organised by Unibot. It was wonderful to see so many people and regions attending with Balder hosting a debauched Viking party which prompted some wonder at Europeia’s Common-Sense Politics’s ideas of what men’s legs look like. Smooth, shaven and shapely apparently! In addition to our stall Balder has been involved in the discussions for a new COPS treaty with both Delegate Charles Cerebella and Foreign Minister North East Somerset actively participating in the discussions. Though discussions seemed to have died down rather Balder is still very interested in making progress on that front and we sincerely hope that we will be able to bring the talks to a successful conclusion other participants.
In Other News…
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[li]Riksdag Speaker Fuzzy has opened a Comic Strip Market Stall for all of your amusing picture needs. Check it out here!
[li]Discussions are going on for the introduction of an Honours system in the region with a series of Orders of Knighthoods proposed as well as our very own Collage of Arms. Hopefully in the next update we will be able to tell you who the first recipients have been. If you are interested you can read the talks here.
[li]In an exciting game run by Minister By Night called Vassals, a take on the classic board game Diplomacy, the two alliance blocs of By Night and Liberty against Charles Cerebella and Fuzzy wear each other down to a stalemate after some fast paced agressive moves from Cerebella and By Night. You can see how it panned out here and sign up for the next game if you like the sound of it!
[li]Our very own Norseman, Mr. Riket, has corrected us on the grammar of some of our Norse based names. Thank you to him!
[li]We’ve been getting involved in Issue writing with Fuzzy coming up with an idea for a new one that he has now submitted! Hopefully it won’t be too long until we see that come up in our inbox!
[li]New Culture Minister Cold Ice has began discussions about a regional anthem for Balder with some very interesting, and odd, things being suggested so far! CI has also revived talks about a new oath based on the Norse 9 Noble Virtues.
[li]In the Nation Challenge mini-game on Nationstates that is running as part of the anniversary celebrations, By Night claimed the top spot briefly for twenty minutes on the opening night. Congrats to him!
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Written by Charles Cerebella.
Written by Charles Cerebella.