Well, it was originally a conference between those four regions. It is almost over, and feeders were a fairly minor topic. I’d have to defer to the Foreign Minister on that, though I expect you’d be welcome to view the Conference.
UPDATE LVII
September 15, 2011
36th Congress, 36th Cabinet, 31st Senate
Population: 711
NS Regional Power: Extremely High
Current Government of Europeia
Executive Government
Supreme Chancellor: HEM
President: Sopo
Vice President: Earth22
Grand Admiral: karthikking
Foreign Minister: Oliver Marlowe
Interior Minister: Carracalla
Culture Minister: Telthas
Integration Minister: Vacant
World Assembly Delegate: To Be Elected
Legislative Government
Senators:
ACKJVR (Speaker)
Klatonia
Jusduckria
North East Somerset
Crist Seymour
Vacant
City Council Mayor: Blake
Judicial Government
Chief Justice: Vacant
Associate Justice: Peaceful Llamas
Associate Justice: Bootskitten
Associate Justice: Asperta
Attorney General: Jusduckria
A Note From the President
As if you really wanted to hear from -that guy- again…
This can’t possibly be the third time I’ve written one of these, can it? Time sure flies when you’re having fun. Speaking of fun, we in Europeia recently concluded the End of Summer-fest (which I’m sure you’ll hear more about later on). It was a fantastic festival of fun and fantastic…ness! I didn’t win any of the awards, but given some of the categories, I should probably count my blessings.
We’re gearing up for an exciting second-half of the term, with less than a month until the conclusion. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been President for well over a month now, but I truly have enjoyed (almost) every minute of it. There’s still much to be done yet, though, so expect to see some new developments from us headed your way! Of course, this wouldn’t be a note from me if there wasn’t a lame joke tacked on the end. Sadly, I am not quite prepared. I nearly missed the deadline for my article because I didn’t know how late it was getting! I tried to find my watch, but I just didn’t have the time.
City Council getting Schooled
By PASD
To somewhat quote Adam Sandler in Billy Madison with a few changes Back to school, back to school, to prove Europeia we are not all fools. Europeias City Council has finally created an act that would reform Europeias University.
A bill introduced by newly appointed deputy Mayor Rachel Anumia introduces a rough sketch on what the University will look like. But much debate has arisen on who will run the University and who will appoint said person. The City Council is in for a fun time if they want this bill passed, then passed onto the Senate.
On a special note; the City Council has elected a new Mayor. Blake Hanover was elected by member of the City Council. Like said above, Rachel Anumia was named deputy Mayor by Blake. We, in the City Council, wish both of those members the best of luck in the coming term!
Senate Activity Grows
By Crist Seymour
The Senate has been quite busy the last few weeks! With some legislation coupled with numerous cabinet switches, weve all had to be on the floor, or question the nominees. ACKJVR (or as I call him Admiral Ackbar) was elected to be the Speaker, congratulations! Senator Jusduckria introduced an act to clean up and repeal some of our old treaties, NES introduced three acts: one act to dismantle the ability of the Senate to vote up or down on a Presidents cabinet nominee automatically, an act that expands the term, and one that makes the Speaker or his designate keep track of how Senators voted on legislation to provide accountability.
The Senate passed the Executive Elections Act as well as confirmed Earth as Vice-President after HEMs resignation, Telthas as the Minister of Culture, and Oliver as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. There is currently a hearing to replace Ogastein (who resigned due to disagreements and feeling he was useless in the cabinet, to run for a position he is better at: Senator!). (With the resignation of Cordova, the President may have to nominate a Justice, too!)
Klatonia resigned from the Senate due to fall out from a controversial piece of legislation, but deciding to run again, he won with a 77% victory. After his re-election he picked right back up on the Committee for Military Code, while Senator Seymour asked to get involved with the Committee for Formal Scrutiny in Government with the resignation of Oliver to serve as the Foreign Minister.
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Senator Klatonia (center) walks with supporters to his campaign event.
End of Summer-Fest!
By Earth22
The Winners Get a Shiny!
This past week we celebrated the end of summer with fun games and stories galore! Let’s start with the Europeian Achievement Awards (Summer 2011).
— Begin quote from ____
Best Europeian: r3naissanc3r
Best President: Earth22
Best Vice President: Skizzy Grey
Best Minister: Earth22
Best Senator: Oliver
Best Councilor: PASD
Best Writer: Skizzy Grey
Best Break-Out Newcomer: ACKJVR
Best Recruiter: Earth22
Best Legal Eagle: Skizzy Grey
Most Intelligent: r3naissanc3r
Best Debator: Klatonia
Best Idea: Earth’s Drunk Thread
Most Helpful: Cordova and Old Ogastein
Most Dramatic: Rachel Anumia
Best Blonde Moment: Rachel Anumia “What does the FRA stand for?” - President Rachel Anumia
Biggest Spammer: Allied Alliances
Funniest Europeian: Allied Alliances
Cutest Couple: NES & His Ego
Most Fabulous: Crist Seymour
Best Lurker: Falconias and Jamhug
Most Likely to Have a Psychotic Breakdown: Swakistek
Most Animal-Like Europeian: Earth (from the drunk thread)
Funniest Thread: Earth’s Drunk Thread
Biggest Fail: Everything in the ‘Biggest Fail’ thread.
Best Quote:
— Begin quote from ____
Sopo is the best prssi ze t ecer and we all shihd kove him fou’rewbe and eber. And I fycjing llve you all cause yihr the nestestest
Haha I warn yu sopoo kinda
Go gators
Fuck gesh
No obe xan bizh euro around ecer cause we’re badlassses
Fuck I love tuu all
T
— End quote
— End quote
That’s it for the Europeian Achievement Summer Awards! Seems like Europeia has an affection for underage drunkards…
We also had a Themed Avatar Week, celebrating our favorite childhood television characters. We saw a variety including Buttercup, Squidward, Kuzco, Doug, Maleficent, Tommy Pickles, Digimon characters, Pingu, Egon Spengler, and Rocko and Spunky.
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PASD, before arrest.
Loads more fun to be had with our Three Word Story, seen here:
— Begin quote from ____
In the beginning, Earth22 created the eight mile wide vagina of death. It was strangely hidden inside the mouth of AA which caused consternation and some constipation for those that entered. One day, elephants on wheelies ignored Earth’s post and used their giant purple bananas to utterly destroy the Pancake Tower that Sopo made. The doodling dinosaurs named PASD and Gustavus Adolphus Rex got arrested for killing Switz because he ate their seven sinister babies with three heads. Jusduckria arrested them for ignoring their kids, but let them have hugs.
— End quote
We also had Spam Points, with Tyranna ending as the overall Spam Queen and a Recruitment Contest with Earth22 just beating ACKJVR, with Oliver not far behind. We http://z6.invisionfree.com/Europeia/index.php?showtopic=25945, had a fun Europeian Skype Night as well as an IRC night, and had seven days of Pointless Polls.
From these polls we discovered that…70% of Europeians prefer Coek over Pepsi, 70% of Europeians put their toilet paper over rather than under, 58% (compared to 38%) use the English spellings of “honor, favorite, and color”, 57% of Europeians state MSN as their messenger of choice, 56% of Europeians use Chrome, and blue just barely edges out purple and green as Europeians favourite colors.
To end the summer, we found that 39% of Europeians described their summer as “orgasmic”, while 44% said they had a fun summer! Europeia hopes that your summer was as fun as ours!
Funnies
What do you get if you cross kangaroo with a hippopotamus?
Flat Australians.
Comic
Written By: Sopo, Earth22, Crist Seymour, & PASD; Compiled by Oliver Marlowe
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UPDATE LVIII
October 14th, 2011
37th Congress, 37th Cabinet, 32nd Senate
Population: 780
NS Regional Power: Extremely High
Current Government of Europeia
Executive Government
Supreme Chancellor: HEM
President: Rachel Anumia
Vice President: McEntire
Grand Admiral: Karthkikking
Foreign Minister: Bootskitten
Interior Minister: Ogastein
Culture Minister: JGlenn
Citizen Integration: Switzlanzia
World Assembly Delegate: Fortana
Legislative Government
Senators:
Crist Seymour(Speaker)
North East Somerset
West Dhaka
Stamosian
Vinage
Sopo
City Council Mayor: PASD
Judicial Government
Chief Justice: Peaceful Llamas
Associate Justice: Asperta
Associate Justice: Hyango
Associate Justice: Onder Kelkia
Attorney General: Common-Sense Politics
Message from the President
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Salutations,
My name is Rachel Anumia and I’m the recently elected President of Europeia. This term I hope to continue to build our regions ties across the NationStates world and encourage both diplomacy and communication between regions. We will be hosting a series of meetings, conferences and summits this term as well as increasing our presence on the NS forums. We can’t do it without you! If you have any idea’s on how we can work together, need help, concerns or even just want to chat feel free to send a pm or tg to our Foreign Minister, our Vice President or myself!
Let’s build a better world!
~Rachel Anumia
Presidential Election thrills with Record number of candidacies
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A re-enactment of one of the many exciting scenes in the Presidential Election.
The election for the 27th President of Europeia was an exciting affair. Originally, it started off with the incumbent, President Sopo and new running mate Jusduckria, against a team made up of Klatonia and Ogastein. Yet, soon the pressure of this major election started to cause problems and Klatonia decided to drop out. Taking Klatonia’s place, was firebrand Crist Seymour. The popular Senator quickly found himself involved in a tough fight. His manifesto thread amassed huge numbers of views, and it polling showed that his candidacy split the region 50/50 with the incumbent. After a controversial IRC debate ended early due to an argument breaking out, the Presidential hopeful called it quits and threw his support for the incumbent President Sopo. The controversies resulted in a few more bids from less well known candidates, who wanted to change Europeia and seemed to set the stage set for another Sopo victory.
However right at the last moment, Sopo pulled out and announced that he didn’t feel he had it in him for another term. In 11th hour bids, star Minister Jusduckria decided to run with Common-Sense Politics and Rachel Anumia launched a bid with McEntire. The first round was a nervy affair, with the two afore mentioned bids placing second and first respectively with only one vote between them but both failed to gain 50% of the vote! The stage was set for what many felt was going to be a very close run-off.
It was anything but. From the start, former President and comeback kid Rachel Anumia with running mate McEntire raced out in front and they didn’t look back. Jusduckria and Common-Sense Politics mounted a late comeback effort, but it was too little too late with the vote finishing 27-17. Turnout was high at 44, which is amongst the highest ever for the region. So far, the administration is off to a decent start. Forum activity has been good, and though it is too early to make a judgement for sure, it looks like the administration will fare much better than Rachel’s last term, which never really got going.
Fresh faced Senate for the Future
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A youthful, yet promising Senate race saw many new faces run with determination.
The Senate elections saw quite a few new faces run for the six seats, once again continuing the trend of new members becoming more involved. Unfortunately, a few candidates dropped out of the Senate race upon deciding to run for the Presidency. In the end; North East Somerset, Crist Seymour, McEntire, West Dhaka, Vinage and Stamosian were elected. However, McEntire resigned immediately following the election as he was also elected as Vice President. The run-off featured elder statesmen Sopo facing off against newcomers James and South Boston Irishmen. Sopo won comfortably with 70% of the vote.
Crist Seymour 19 ] [16.10%]
North East Somerset 25 ] [21.19%]
West Dhaka 16 ] [13.56%]
Stamosian 14 ] [11.86%]
McEntire* 18 ] [15.25%]
James 12 ] [10.17%]
Vinage 14 ] [11.86%]
Latest News from the Senate
(L-R Front) Senator Somerset, Senator Dhaka, Speaker Seymour, and Senator Vinage announcing to the Press the confirmation of the President’s nominee
The Senate election was rather quiet, and not exactly special. Some citizens have expressed concern about the experience in the Senate; whilst other more positive sentiments have been that it’s good to see new people get involved, and it’s too early to make a judgment of their abilities.
The first order of business for the Senate was to elect a Speaker, and Crist Seymour was the only person nominated for the position. With only one person voting against him, he is now the Speaker. The next items on the agenda were to vote on the confirmations of the President’s nominees, and all were confirmed by essential a 4-1 vote. The closest vote was Ogastein to the Interior Ministry where Speaker Seymour and Stamosian voted ‘Nay’. West Dhaka originally voted ‘Nay’ but only minutes later changed it to ‘Aye’. When questioned on why the Speaker voted ‘Nay’ he cited the fact that he was engaged to him.
Due to Bootskitten’s confirmation on becoming the Minister of Foreign Affairs he resigned from the Court, leaving an opening for an Associate Justice. The President decided to re-nominate OnderKelkia for the position of Associate Justice, who lost the nomination last time due in large part to Oliver’s objections. The Senate voted unanimously to approve OnderKelkia as an Associate Justice.
Cross-Cultural Conference Concludes
— Begin quote from ____
The Cross-Cultural Conference held earlier this term served as a bridge between two communities, that of raiders and that of defenders. While it did not go as planned, with the unfortunate premature departure of The United Federation, the Conference still served to bring together people of different backgrounds in order to find common ground. Together, Europeia, the United Kingdom, The New Inquisition, representatives of the FRA, and the Land of Kings and Emperors met for an unprecedented discussion of policy, including topics like Griefing, Feeders, and Warzone Games. Today, we have finally reached the conclusion of this Conference.
At the climax of the Cross-Cultural Conference, The New Inquisition and the Land of Kings and Emperors proposed to the Founderless Regions Alliance an offer of peace to end a years-long conflict between them. The FRA has been internally debating the offer for quite some time now, and has finally reached a conclusion. The peace offer was rejected, and no counter-proposal was made. This is obviously a disappointment, and it is a shame this war will not be brought to an end, but I will not allow this dark shadow to hover over a Conference that has set the stage for future raider-defender interaction. We in Europeia continue to support our allies in The New Inquisition and our friends in the Land of Kings and Emperors, and we sincerely hope that there will be a time in the future that such a peace offering will be accepted.
— End quote
WA Delegate Elections
Following Swakistek’s resignation due to real-life commitments, it was time for yet another election for the position of Delegate. The race featured Fortana and Stamosian, who had also run the previous election against Swakistek. The low turnout election saw Fortana edge out Stamosian 9-8. Following a slow start criticised by former Delegate Abbey Anumia, Delegate Fortana has been increasingly engaged with his duties both internally and externally, and now wields over 180 endorsements, just under a month into the job.
Funnies
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Newly elected President Rachel Anumia unveils new Cabinet.
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Written By: Rachel, Bootskitten & Crist Seymour; Compiled by Bootskitten & NES
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UPDATE LVLI
November 4, 2011
37th Congress, 37th Cabinet, 32nd Senate
Population: 780
NS Regional Power: Extremely High
Current Government of Europeia
Executive Government
Supreme Chancellor: HEM
President: Rachel Anumia
Vice President: North East Somerset
Grand Admiral: Common-Sense Politics
Foreign Minister: Vacant
Interior Minister: Ogastein
Culture Minister: JGlenn
Citizen Integration: Switzlanzia
World Assembly Delegate: Fortana
Legislative Government
Senators:
Crist Seymour (Speaker)
Skizzy Grey
West Dhaka
Vinage
Vacant
Vacant
City Council Mayor: Notolecta
Judicial Government
Chief Justice: Peaceful Llamas
Associate Justice: Asperta
Associate Justice: Hyanygo
Associate Justice: OnderKelkia
Attorney General: Abbey Anumia
Population Gain:
Europeia has seen a massive boom in population, growing from 755 to a population of 908 in just 4 weeks of our newest term. This is a grand achievement for the Interior ministry under the lead of Minister Ogastein, and this achievement has been reached with the help of many hardworking Europeians including JGlenn, Madiebee, Crist Seymour, Vinage, and many others. If growth continues at this rate we will hit 1061 by the end of the term.
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Immigrants flocking into Europeia
Senatorial News:
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Speaker Seymour [L] congratulates now Senator Skizzy [R] on his win in the Senate
The Senate has been rather quiet since our last update, which may be a good thing given the dynamics of it. McEntire resigned from the Senate to which Sopo filled his vacated seat, ten days later Sopo resigned from the seat, so another election had to be held. Skizzy won a multi-candidate race a few points under 50% of the vote.
Citizen Henry asked the Court how to remove a Speaker from power, to which the current Speaker provided the Rules to Order stating that only another Senator could challenge the Speakership. The Senate unanimously rejected the petition without floor consideration.
President Rachel issued Executive Order 72 to which the Senate lead a full charge against, nearly vetoing it before a parliamentary cluster. Seymour voted Aye, Dhaka voted Aye, Stamosian voted Aye, and NES voted Aye with Sopo and Vinage voting Nay. NES changed his vote to Nay momentarily before changing it again, this time to Abstain; and Seymour followed suit. By the time the vote was closed the result was 2-2-2 Aye, Abstain, and Nay. No one knows what happened with NES and Seymour’s vote changing, but we can only suspect some politicking.
The Europeian University Act, written by Senator Vinage was introduced to the Senate Floor with relatively little debate on the substance. By the time the quorum for a vote was called, no one knew how the vote was going to turn out as most Senators remained oddly quiet on it. The bill was objected to by the Dean of the University, which is what Speaker Seymour and Senator Dhaka cite as why they voted it down when it came time. The finality of the vote was: 2-2-1, Nay, Abstain, and Aye; Vinage being the only Senator to vote for the proposal.
Senator Vinage looks at the finality of the vote, frustrated at the end result
Sopo Resignation:
Not long after being elected, Sopo, citing personal issues, resigned his position in the senate. His resignation statement included the following statement showing that he is looking out for the best interests of Europeia, I have realized that, while I love Europeia, there are simply too many things going on in my life to adequately serve in any kind of consistent position. Following his resignation a by-election was announced and a mixture of Europeians, some old, some new, and others who had recently returned, announced their candidacy.
The first candidates to announce their intents to run were PASD, James, Notolecta, and Jglenn, but after PASD dropped out of the race to focus on being the Mayor of the city council, two more candidates, Skizzy Grey and Lord Chuck Anumia, threw their hats into the ring. The election got off to an even start; however, Skizzy Grey soon pulled away from the rest. The end result was a victory for Skizzy Grey, who received 14 votes with the runner-up, JGlenn receiving half that at 7 votes. This election may have wound up with an veteran Europeian winning, but it still showed that Europeia has a great respect for the skills and experiences brought to the table by both newer members, with JGlenn receiving 7 votes and James receiving 5, and those whom only just returned to the region, with Notolecta receiving 5 votes and Lord Chuck Anumia receiving 2.
Rachel Anumia Delivers State of Republic Speech (excerpt)
Europeia does not give second chances based on a belief that were the land of second chances. Rather, we give second chances because we feel that individuals deserve them. We believe that people can change, and we believe in the power of individuals to do great things. Recently, Lone Wolves United has bemoaned the fact that as a raiding region we are not doing what we can to aid the raiding cause and raider unity to fight the defender enemies. They are gravely mistaken to believe that we are driven by raiderism and are a raider region. We will always put our beliefs and values before any causes, whether it is our belief that individuals deserve second chances, or the fact that we wont partake in military operations with Nazi regions, or the fact that we raid not to advance raiderism but to advance our own interests. Europeia comes first and its our beliefs and values that drive us forward and that shape who we are.
When I came to office there had been much hurt and damage during the election and the future seemed uncertain. Could we continue to move forward? I can say with absolute certainty that we have been and that our beliefs and values remain strong. Anarchy was a test of that. Forum activity has been steady, our population has risen quickly, our brand and values have been on display for the world to see, we have performed in multiple military actions, Culture is steady and Citizen Integration has been working hard to get people involved.
One of our beliefs is that things can always be better and that we should always strive to reach the highest of heights. In the past, that belief has been damaging to individuals who felt that there work wasnt being appreciated. We must both appreciate the good work of the present while also critiquing and looking forward for the future.
Government Changes
The executive branch has had a fair number of resignations and replacements in recent weeks. In President Rachel Anumia’s State of the Republic address she announced that she would be replacing her Grand Admiral Karthkikking with CSP, which resulted in a vacancy in the position of Attorney General, which she announced would be filled by Abbey Anumia. It was also announced that Crist Seymour would replace Vice-President McEntire, who was by some believed to have been removed by the Mandatory Recruitment Act, but quickly debate came over whether the office of Vice-President was legitimately open, so the President pulled her nomination of Crist Seymour for Vice-President. Shortly following the debate over whether McEntire was still Vice-President, he resigned, and the President once again nominated a new Vice-President, but this time she choose North East Somerset. All three appointees were then confirmed by the Senate. Not long after the Cabinet shuffle another minister position is left vacant when Bootskitten resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
With McEntire the new Vice-President, that made a Senate seat be open for the third time this term, and before the vacant seat could be filled yet another seat opened up after the resignation of Stamosian just hours before he was removed by the Mandatory Recruitment Act, for missing three weeks of recruiting. Running in the by-elections for those two spots are Ogastien, JGlenn, James, and Switzlanzia, with the fifth candidate Notolecta dropping out after being elected to be Mayor of the City Council.
Military and Foreign Affairs
With the unexpected and sudden creation of two new feeders, came the chance to demonstrate Europeian might and values. We sought to establish a democratic convention in Balder, which we believed would be best, started by a democratic region and while we did not manage to start it ourselves, we supported the efforts to establish a conference. Most importantly, we pledged to protect the newly formed region through both our military and diplomatic strength.
A conference with The New Inquisition ended and resulted in the establishment of clear targets for military co-operation. Both sides pledged for greater communication, a joint operation every two weeks and to request the other if they plan on holding the region. World Assembly affairs, something that has never been a major part of either region were discussed and it was decided that they would continue to be discuss in an upcoming conference in The New Inquisition.
Written by Notolecta, Rachel Anumia, and Crist Seymour.
Edited by Abbey Anumia and Notolecta.
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UPDATE LX
November 29th, 2011
37th Congress, 37th Cabinet, 32nd Senate
Population: 960
NS Regional Power: Extremely High
Current Government of Europeia
Executive Government
Supreme Chancellor: HEM
President: Rachel Anumia
Vice President: North East Somerset
Grand Admiral: Common-Sense Politics
Foreign Minister: PASD
Interior Minister: Ogastein
Culture Minister: JGlenn
Citizen Integration: Switzlanzia
World Assembly Delegate: Fortana
Legislative Government
Senators:
Crist Seymour (Speaker)
Skizzy Grey
West Dhaka
Vinage
JGlenn
Ogastein
City Council Mayor: Notolecta
Judicial Government
Chief Justice: Peaceful Llamas
Associate Justice: Asperta
Associate Justice: Hyanygo
Associate Justice: OnderKelkia
Attorney General: Abbey Anumia
General Elections Called
The gathering of the Electoral Panel to determine the number of seats in the Senate marked the beginning of the end of the current term. The Panel seems close to agreeing on a raise of the number of Senators to seven or eight, from the current six. The logic for this being that it should rise in line with increased population and new citizens. However public discussion has been much less conclusive with some citizens even calling for a decrease of the Senate to five - the lowest number that can be ascribed by the Panel. It remains to be seen what the Panel will decide on, if they reach a decision at all. Failure to reach a decision will continue the status quo of six Senators.
Supreme Chancellor HEM made the following speech with the calling of general elections, which are scheduled to occur in the first week of December:
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Ladies and Gentlemen; citizens of Europeia, foreign dignitaries, and honored citizens, good evening.
Over the last few days I have spent more time looking upon the topics and debates of old than actually reading the affairs of today’s state. As I become more firmly rooted into the past, as my legacy cements, and as the days of the House of Tiberius wane, this region demands the utmost from all its leaders.
This next term will see challenges that we have not yet even imagined or conjured within our mind. But it is only through such challenges that we can place ourselves in the position to claim laurels that destiny will make available to us. It will take every one of you to make the dreams of today, the reality of tomorrow. It will take a massive corp of dedicated junior ministers. A legion of inquisitive and ambitious Councilors. It will take a select order of Ministers. An educated group of jurists. It will take a popularly elected, and well reasoned Senate.
And yes, it will take a President who will dare to wield of the torch and use it as a chisel to forge our destiny into stone.
Who are these leaders? They are our friends, our fellow Europeians. They are people we know well and respect, and they are people we know well and…detest. But the call of Europeia transcends personal relationships or strong willed vendettas.
These leaders are reading this thread, have read threads like it, or will someday read such a thread by one Supreme Chancellor or another.
My friends, you are the leaders of Europeia. You are the promise of this region. With you we will never fail, never falter, and never ever shut the doors of opportunity which we have revealed to this world.
With that, I, HEM Daphnes Augustio Tiberius, Supreme Chancellor and formerly the sole occupier of the granite throne of Europeia declare General Elections for the 5th of December, 2011.
Hail Europeia.
— End quote
Cultural Conference with TNI
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Recently Europeia has entered a great cultural experience with The New Inquisition. The two regions have started a Cross-Cultural Conference on the TNI forums. The government of Europeia hopes this can expand the relationship between the two regions, and we thank TNI for their wonderful hospitality and welcoming. The Cultural Conference will continue while the two regions discuss issues facing the two regions.
Boys Night Out
Recently TNI, Europeia, the LKE, TBH, Unknown and TIL have taken North Atlantic! Special recognition goes out to ERN Cadets Notolecta and Vinage for their work on the initial raid of North Atlantic. Grand Admiral Common-Sense Politics would also like to thank all those with WAs who have reinforced Iaxo. Overall deployment peaked at 40 WA units, of which 80% came from the first three aforementioned regions.
Quotas Rising?
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The Europiean Senate has just concluded a major overhaul of the Mandatory Recruitment Act. This was necessitated by the ambiguities in the previous Act resulting in various interpretations of how exactly Ministers and Senators are suspended by it, and debate about individual examples including former Vice President McEntire, whose failure to recruit was a key reason behind his removal.
These talks brought up the idea of increasing the quota of the number of Recruitment Telegrams sent by the Speaker and Vice President. A heated discussion on the matter saw a variety of opinions expressed such as should the they be forced to recruit more or should they be focusing on more important issues and let other ministers/citizens do all the work. Ultimately though the Act was passed, with only one Senator, Skizzy, against. However it still awaits the Presidential signature.
In general, the recruitment success of this term has continued, with the population now reaching 960 nations, up from 755 at the start of term. The future of the MRA and it’s role in the future of Europeia therefore seems certain.
This Isnt Your Mamas RP
Euro has started a new RP game based on an alternative history without the barriers of modern nations. Sign-ups have been active and it seems Euro has finally gained the RP game that has been absent for a while now. Have fun everyone!
Wedding Invite!
Written by PASD.
Edited by NES.
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UPDATE LXI
February 27th, 2012
39th Congress, 39th Cabinet, 34th Senate
Population: 1,800
Forum Posts: 402,000
WAD endorsements: 360
NS Regional Power: Extremely High
Current Government of Europeia
Executive Government
Supreme Chancellor: HEM
President: North East Somerset
Vice President: PASD
Chief of Staff: Crist Seymour
Grand Admiral: Rachel Anumia
Foreign Minister: Common-Sense Politics
Interior Minister: Montana Max
Culture Minister: Ogastein
Employment: JGlenn
Attorney General: Peaceful Llamas
World Assembly Delegate: Vinage
Legislative Government
Senators:
HEM (Speaker)
Common-Sense Politics
Rachel Anumia
Crist Seymour
Malashaan
Apollo
Jairo
City Council Mayor: JGlenn
Judicial Government
Chief Justice: Onderkelkia
Associate Justice: Anumia
Associate Justice: Skizzy Grey
Associate Justice: Notolecta
The…Wood Anniversary: Five Years of Europeia
— Begin quote from ____
Time changes everything. Only five years ago, Gatesville was the king of the userrite world. The Congress of Sovereigns was leading the imperialist cause, monarchies were all the rage, the Allied Defense Network still foiled our raids, and…Europeia was founded.
Being a founder has given me amazing retrospect abilities. Europeia is not a region that should have survived. 9 times out of 10, have things happen how they did in those early months, and the region dies. But fate – or whatever – dictated otherwise for us.
Europeia was my side project for a long time. My political scheming had gotten me a top job in Empires of Earth, and I was already vying for the Premiership in the Land of Kings and Emperors. Europeia attracted a…variety of character…and besides the local host of natives, we also became a land of “second chances” for former LKE politicians. One way or another we always tended to be a hotbed for some sort of drama.
Lord Alphanesia trying to provoke war with LKE, Rotalsia demanding that I flatter him at every turn, PRA trying to convert us into a socialist direct democracy. All these interests demanded to be fully fulfilled. For, while today we can afford to lose a few members here and there…when you have six active citizens, even losing one is a tough loss.
Founding regions isn’t an easy task. Don Corelone once described it to me as a “thankless job” and he is almost right. The risks are great. But every once and a while you get lucky and end up with a real gem – Europeia.
Through everything I have been proud to be Europeia’s founder. I have made my fair share of mistakes over the years…but I feel I rarely make the same one twice.The trials make the rewards that much more rewarding, and that is what founding is all about.
In the coming weeks we will be celebrating our longevity with a festival for all nations of all regions. Everyone is invited. Anyone may come, and anyone may speak. More details will be included later.
Until then, thank you all, and many blessings upon your own regions!
— End quote
On that note, everyone is invited to the Europeian Forums from the 7th-11th March, to join in the 5 years since Founding celebrations!
Numerical Eruption
One of our editors couldn’t resist…
Europeia has seen a huge explosion of new population recently, before and after the new NS rules took effect. Europeia was one of the first regions to adopt the use of a script recruiter; however we had seen a large increase even before that thanks to our top recruiters, including Crist Seymour, Vinage, JGlenn, Notolecta and NES. Over 23,000 recruitment Telegrams were sent by our manual recruiters in the 4 months up to its automation, with many citizens chipping in to what was an astonishing team effort as shown by this pie chart:
Jairo also contributed some telegrams just after that tally was made and before the switch over to automated recruiting! It is no surprise therefore that during the last term we reached several population milestones. We got back to 1000 nations and then powered on to 1200 nations, a mark we had never hit before, on the back of the effort of our recruiters. But hitting that mark was just the beginning, since the early implementation of the script recruiter (designed by Montana Max) we have passed the milestones of 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700. And now 1800. From December 17th, when Europeia was home to 1004 nations, weve had a 80 percent increase in our population. Along with this explosion of population, we have also seen a great increase in citizens and forum activity, with the forums hitting 400,000 posts on February 23rd.
Europeia passes first WA Resolution
— Begin quote from ____
Description: A proposal to encourage nations to fund renewable energy research.
ARGUMENT:
AWARE that the use of fossil fuels and fossil fuel related products depletes the limited reserves upon planets
UNDERSTANDS that the burning of fossil fuels such as coal to produce electricity releases the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide that contributes to global warming as well as other noxious compounds that can later cause acid rain as well as other environmental issues,
CONCERNED that this rapid depletion would leave no way to produce energy for future generations,
KNOWS that there are other ways to generate electricity without using fossil fuels. These include, but is not limited to, solar, wind, geothermal, and hydro,
HEREBY:
- Instructs World Assembly nations to devote sufficient funding in order to make a meaningful and good faith effort towards researching renewable energy
- Encourages nations to enact policies on fossil-fuel burning power plants to commit a minimum 5% from their expenditure to further renewable energy research and to develop ways to better utilize alternative energy sources
- Urges nations to take into account and implement results from the renewable energy research
IN ORDER to allow future generations to produce electricity without further polluting the atmosphere.
Co-Authored By The Free Land of Individuality-ness
Votes For: 8,115
Votes Against: 3,499
Implemented: Mon Feb 20 2012
— End quote
WA Delegate Vinage has not only presided over record endorsements as we top 360 endos, but he has put them to good use in the first ever Europeian delegate proposed GA resolution; the Renewable Research Commitment. This was a result of a grassroots effort to involve the City Council with World Assembly initiatives. Any Europeian citizen can join the City Council, which has a say in the regions legislative agenda.
The submission was successful and the well thought out Resolution soon got to the voting stage. A healthy in-context debate ensued in Europeia, with President Somerset opposing it with a mix of right-wing political arguments, anti-environmentalist rhetoric and a long rant about how fossil fuels will not run out. This contrasted with the NS forums discussion area where Forum Moderator Goobergunchia opposed the resolution because Europeia has supported raiding activities in Nationstates - a new low point for the defender, as many Europeians pointed out.
CSP followed by NES as TAP takes over Europeian Politics
NES enjoying a drink and a cigar following his victory
In the December elections, CSP created a strong Presidential ticket with JGlenn, which went on to win the elections. The final result of 22-16 was closer than many expected, with their opposing ticket, Seymour-Skizzy, putting up a solid campaign and finding a surprising level of support.
The next elections in February saw an early candidacy emerge in the form of NES and PASD, who jokingly ran under the banner of The Acronym Party (TAP) to reflect the plethora of Europeians currently at the forefront of politics known by acronym versions of their name. It was an unusually long time before a challenger came forwards, perhaps due to an aura of inevitability that the Europeian political heavyweight would win no matter who put their name forwards. When someone eventually did, it was in the form of experienced Europeian politician Ogastein, with the former Speaker, Seymour.
While Ogasteins platform was posted soon after standing, it was received with little enthusiasm and probing. It appeared to have gained some traction and support, but without an NES platform in sight with 36 hours until election day, there was political murmuring that he would be unelectable. To this effect, Skizzy Grey stood with Swakistek, declaring that an unopposed Ogastein bid for the Presidency was an emergency in the life of the region. Pundits are still debating whether Skizzy Grey, who subtitled his platform Standing in the gap, would have outdueled Ogastein at the ballot. Mere hours later though, NES finally posted his platform. The presence of a substantive NES platform countered, at least in the eyes of the electorate, Skizzys motivation for standing for the Presidency, while Ogastein stood down and cast his support firmly behind NES.
The race was back to where it started and the first Presidential Election of 2012 will be remembered as a landslide victory for NES/PASD, and an indication of widespread support for their vision of Europeia. Voters clearly had no qualms about the lateness of the platform, as NES/PASD won with 70% of the votes against former President Skizzy Grey and Swakistek, with 28 votes against 12. Some speculate though that the lateness of the campaign worked in NES’ favour as it was not thoroughly scrutinised, with outspoken political commentor PhDre saying “NESs victory is as much a product of his late run combined with his reputation as a behind-the-scenes maverick for Europeia as it is a product of any particular vision.” Moving forward, Europeians are hopeful that NES will be able to to capitalize on Europeias positive growth and place in the NationStates community.
The Senate: low-down on whats going on in Europeia’s Halls of Power
Two things have been dominating the discussions in its halls in recent times: The Law Reforms, and the work on Constitution V.
The new Senate saw new faces alongside some of the oldest, as HEM, CSP, Rachel Anumia, Crist Seymour, malashaan, Apollo and Jairo were elected to the Senate. The new Senate elected HEM as Speaker. The Speaker’s powers in Europeia are more administrative than anything else, but the Speaker also traditionally sets the agenda of the Senate. He put Constitution V at the front of the Senate priorities list. He then proceeded to break discussion of the Constitution into four committees, one for the Executive, one for the Legislative, one for the Judiciary, and the last for a miscellaneous section.
In the discussions that followed, Senators Jairo and malashaan were most involved in debating the language of the Constitution, ranging from small wording quibbles to major substantive issues. Conversation from the others died down recently somewhat until Hyanygo, a City Councilor who was among the three sent from this lay-legislature on to contribute though not vote to the discussions directly, posted an analysis of the activity of the various Senators in the four threads. This gave a bit of a kick in the pants, as it were, to the other five, and conversation has started apace again, with contributions from the City Council delegation.
HEM has issued a working plan that seeks to have the public referendum on a completed document done in time to be part of the five year anniversary of Europeia. So far, if activity and discussion continues at the current, renewed pace, odds look good that it shall be completed by HEM’s planned Senate Vote deadline of March 2nd, 2012.
All We Do is [EXPLICIT CONTENT] Win
Grand Admiral Rachel Anumia leads revival of Navy.
Following in the lead of then Grand Admiral Common-Sense Politics under then-President Rachel Anumia, the Navy experienced more success under Grand Admiral Notolecta during the Presidency of Common-Sense Politics. North Carolina and Animal House were both successfully raided and support was sent to Asia, Stargate, Corporate Profit Alliance and Belgium. In particular, Corporate Profit Alliance represented our first mission with Democratium. North Carolina was the flagship Europeian led operation for the term, and it was executed smoothly and effectively.
Under President North East Somerset, Grand Admiral Rachel Anumia has initiated reforms to the Navy geared towards long-term success. The Volunteers were established, a focus on strength implemented, the sign up sheet modernized to current global standards and the system of advancement revolutionized through implementation of the point system.
Thus far this term we have seen raids in Christmas, A United Kingdom and Catholic. Support had been successfully sent to Outer Heaven and Belgium, and the Euro Navy also participated with the South Pacific Army in the Warzones. Deployment has exceeded 15 units in some of those missions, as people queue up to join the Navy. We’re not sure entirely why, but we understand the Grand Admiral has a unique talent in “motivating” our soldiers. Classified information I’m afraid. You’ll have to join up to find out how…
Random funny
Articles by HEM, JGlenn, NES, PhDre, Kisrya and Rachel. Edited by CSP, NES, Henry and Skizzy.
http://z6.invisionfree.com/Europeia
UPDATE LXII
March 31st, 2012
39th Congress, 39th Cabinet, 34th Senate
Population: 1,589
Forum Posts: 405,000
WAD endorsements: 355
NS Regional Power: Extremely High
Current Government of Europeia
Executive Government
Supreme Chancellor: HEM
President: PASD
Vice President: Skizzy Grey
Chief of Staff: JGlenn
Grand Admiral: Vacant
Foreign Minister: Common-Sense Politics
Interior Minister: Montana Max
Culture Minister: Apollo
Attorney General: Peaceful Llamas
World Assembly Delegate: Vinage
Legislative Government
Senators:
HEM
Common-Sense Politics
Fortana
Malashaan (Speaker)
Jairo
Cerian Quilor
ACKJVR
City Council Mayor: Lord Chuck Anumia
Judicial Government
Chief Justice: OnderKelkia
Associate Justice: Anumia
Associate Justice: Notolecta
Associate Justice: Hyanygo
Happy Birthday Europeia!
Europeia celebrated the fifth anniversary of its founding with an 8-day festival that featured a series of events designed to celebrate the region’s history. Citizens from across the generations gathered to remember, telling humorous stories about past controversies and debating the legacies of various regional politicians. The centerpiece, however, was a series of speeches from senior statesmen and foreign dignitaries.
In his remarks, five-time President Pope Lexus X paid tribute to HEM, Europeia’s founder:Aside from founding the region we joined, [HEM’s] actions have made Europeia what it is more than any other’s. He was our King, but relinquished his power in the name of democracy, our most prized attribute today. The effect of this was dramatic, opening the realm up to make its citizens policy makers and leaders. He paved the way to give nations a fuller experience in Europeia.
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Former President Pope Lexus X
Europeia’s early days were fraught with obstacles; treason, forum deletion, and more, but HEM led us through and persevered. A clever diplomat, HEM excelled himself in standing up for his new region’s decisions when he came face to face with the 1000 nation giant of the day, Gatesville. HEM did not back down and showed his quality even at this early stage of Europeia.
Over our 5 years, he has only stepped in when it has been necessary. Often painted as part of the Old Guard, HEM guided many of Europeia’s members with his wise counsel (myself especially!) but HEM always recognized the potential and need for the newer member to take their place. Such was his conviction, that he aided the rising tide of the EFP whose mark on Europeia created a whole generation of statesmen.
Viktoria Gryfynn, the founder of The New Inquisition, also praised HEM for the risks he took to build Europeia into the great region it is today.Starting your own region is a pretty risky thing these days, especially considering how big some of the player created regions are getting. It was pretty risky 5 years ago too. As a founder, I know just how much work needs to be put into a region at the very beginning. At the start, you’re the one doing the recruiting, and about twice as much posting as anyone else in order to create activity.
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The ravishing Viktoria Gryfynn
HEM, you have proven yourself to be one of the great founders of NS, and keeping this region alive is a great achievement that not a large number of NS regions can boast. I raise my glass to you.
When HEM’s time to speak arrived, he did not dwell on Europeia’s greatest moments, but reminisced about its humble beginnings:Just over five years ago, a crazy venture was made. A semi-successful politician in Empires of Earth and The Land of Kings and Emperors decided to go out on a limb, and attempt one last time to create his own region.
This would have been my third serious attempt at this, and speculation abroad was critical at best . Most saw this a throw away move. A waste of my career, which was advancing with my rise to the Speakership in LKE, the House of Commons in GB&I and Lord High Chancellor in Empires of Earth. What a waste of talent they said. What a waste of players.
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HEM, in his most recent incarnation
Their fears were reasonable, and Europeia did not show an explosive start . I appointed eager resident – Rotalsia as interim Prime Minister. The Prime Minister’s office was a tiny subforum in the Grand Hall, and various Ministers were appointed from the ranks of forum members. Catholic Lousiana was out first Culture Minister, Ratatosk was our first Foreign Minister.
But our region grew in activity. Rotalsia helped me recruit for the region, and he I and Ratatosk spent long nights planning for the future of Europeia. We envisioned a strong, active and proud region. Perhaps they would all be just as surprised as I am .
Alas, inactivity was the plague. After amazing months of almost 3000 posts, we hit a dry spell. In fear of my region I pulled the plug on the monarchy. Today we see – more or less – the same system as the one our first Republican Constitution set out.
Europeia has been an amazing experiment. It has allowed me to grow personally, and I am honored to have known all of you. It would not have been possible without the early membership of Europeia, and the resolve we had (Just as tomorrow is not possible but for all the great people we have today!). For despite all the doubts, all the chaos, all the political infighting – we are still here.
And we shall remain here, and remain impactful here, until the end of Nationstates itself. I truly believe that.
We agree with HEM so long as people are playing NationStates, Europeia will be among its most prominent and esteemed regions. Happy birthday to us!!
PASD Goes to Goldenblock
Sometimes with all the effort and intensity we put into NationStates, it is easy to forget or let slip your mind that this is, at the end of the day, a game and that real life concerns can and will interfere with your ability to do whatever job you may have been elected or appointed to do.
Former President North East Somerset
And such was the case with North East Somerset, who won the last election by a substantial margin with the full intent of seeing out his term and putting all his various plans and proposals into effect. But midway through the term, after giving a speech on the State of the Republic, NES abruptly decided to step down for the good of the Republic.When I signed my name down for President, I had no inkling that it was possible that I would receive two job offers within my first two weeks of Presidency. And Ive shown my email records to a number of people to prove this. The job I have accepted involves long shifts on a 2 weeks on, 1 week off roster, at a remote site, and so maintaining the kind of regular activity required to be President will be impossible as I don’t expect to have much time for NS during the periods on site.
Saying that he had “served as long as I can as President,” NES made all the preparations a smooth and easy transition of power requires. Expressing confidence in the ability of his Vice President and his Cabinent to carry on for the rest of the term, North East Somerset formally stepped down as President, handing power over to Vice President PASD after handing out a number of awards to distinguished citizens in a variety of categories from overall service, to military, to recruitment, and many other things in between.
His resignation was met across the board from people who voted for him and people who didn’t with statements along the lines of those given by PhDre: “I’m sorry that RL has caused you to leave us.” The next day, PASD gave a speech of his own as he ascended to the Presidency. He said that he was “humbled” to be given the opportunity to lead Europeia, and he promised to do all he could to make Europeia better.
President PASD
PASD continued by stating his intentions for the rest of the term, which were: “for the most part I will be continuing the work NES laid down.” In closing, he said:Finally Europeia. Some people are going to say that I am not ready for this job. “PASDs inexperienced with this kind of work …He shouldnt be President …” I know I am going to have my critics. I will tell them now, I will work my hardest for this month I am President. I will not give up on this region. I may not have a full term, but I will do my damnedest to do my best. This region is ours, lets not let Europeia down.
This is Europeia, and we are strong.
At press time, Europeia was going strong under President PASD’s leadership.
By-Election Fever!
With the resignations of Crist Seymour for personal reasons and Apollo Anumia, who was appointed Europeia’s new Minister of Culture, the Senate has undergone a small makeover. Two new Senators have taken their place inside the Senatia. Two spots were up for grabs and three people decided to run. The following is a brief rundown of the by-election.
The candidates who ran for the two empty seats were Cerian Quilor, ACKJVR, and Alfie. It was a tightly contested race between those gentlemen and they worked hard to win over Europeian voters until the last minute.
March 5th rolled around and Vice President Skizzy Grey opened the polls. After much back and forth in the polls, the picture started to clear and by the time the polls closed Europeia had two new Senators. Cerian and ACKJVR were elected with twenty and nineteen votes respectively. Alfie finished just out of the running with thirteen votes.
Congratulations to the two new Senators and we wish them luck throughout the rest of the term.
Rachel Anumia Retires
Rachel Anumia retired from the Europeian Senate and as Grand Admiral of the Europeian Republican Navy on March 12, citing real life time constraints as her reason for retirement. Looking back on her longtime involvement in Europeia, Rachel noted that she considered her time as Minister of Welfare the high point of her distinguished career and said that she was “very proud” of her work with the Navy, “particularly when we did missions with purpose.”
Rachel Anumia
As Grand Admiral of the Navy, Rachel initiated needed reforms that aimed for modernization and long-term sustainability and success. She also presided over the ERN’s participation in several very successful raids. She will be greatly missed by her friends in Europeia and allies in other regions.
Vice Admiral Common-Sense Politics and Rear Admiral Apollo have taken joint command of the Navy as it transitions to new leadership. Their command has already seen the ERN’s involvement in the successful occupation of Soviet Union to mark The New Inquisition’s 6-year anniversary. We’re sure we’ll be seeing even bigger and better things from the Navy’s new dynamic duo!
Articles by Skizzy Grey, Cerian Quilor, PASD, and Cormac. Edited by CSP and Cormac.
http://z6.invisionfree.com/Europeia
UPDATE LXII
April 12th, 2012
40th Congress, 40th Cabinet, 35th Senate
Population: 1,514
Forum Posts: 409,973
WAD endorsements: 351
NS Regional Power: Extremely High
Current Government of Europeia
Executive Government
Supreme Chancellor: HEM
President: Skizzy Grey
Vice President: Common-Sense Politics
Grand Admiral: Apollo
Foreign Minister: NES
Culture Minister: Lethen
Welcoming Minister: Abbey Anumia
Media Minister: Vinage
Attorney General: Hyanygo
World Assembly Delegate: Vinage
Legislative Government
Senators:
malashaan (Speaker)
Cerian Quilor
Peaceful Llamas
Apollo
Notolecta
The Graz
Thomas Masterson
City Council Mayor: Cormac
Judicial Government
Chief Justice: OnderKelkia
Associate Justice: Anumia
Associate Justice: Swakistek
Associate Justice: Jahka[hr][hr]Guess Who’s Back… Back Again. Skizzy’s Back. Back Again.
It is fast becoming the norm for Presidential elections, two candidates fighting it out for one Presidency.
In the red corner we had Skizzy Grey, looking to return to Goldenblock Avenue, and in the blue corner JGlenn, thumb marked as a future President. Skizzy posted his platform first and scored a quick few jabs on JGlenn. However, after some effective body protection, JGlenn got the room to move and days later he released his platform. However it was the unorthodox nature of JGlenn and Vinage’s platform which raised some eyebrows and, later, became the focus of the debates - revealing the cabinet and to seek Europeia take on a moderate approach to raiding. While Skizzy Grey did call for the same values, JGlenn’s platform went further and, ultimately, isolated some voters. The success of Skizzy Grey’s half-term as Vice-President with the previous administration added to his already strong credentials.
While both were applauded for their fantastic domestic plans and domestic records, Skizzy Grey had the foreign affairs edge. An edge he was able to ride all the way to Election Day. Newspapers were trying to predict the results and all of the polls were indicating a landslide victory for Skizzy Grey and his running mate Common-Sense Politics. Were there any last minute shocks…
No. Skizzy won a comfortable victory and will be taking the helms of Europeia for the next 70 days as President. His opening address called for ‘Action, Not Words.’
— Begin quote from ____
"When we debate the issues in a thoughtful and cordial way, the insights that emerge make Europeia a better place for all of us. My gratitude extends to every citizen who participated in the campaign threads and in related discussions elsewhere on these forums. Each of you deserves credit for the thoughtful campaign season we have just enjoyed, which has only deepened my commitment to govern this region in a manner that embraces us all.
Now, it is time to move from words to action. Accordingly, I will keep these remarks brief and refrain from repeating what I have said elsewhere."
— End quote
Skizzy’s cabinet was announced soon after and will be discussed in our next update!
What the Presidential elections did highlight, though, is that both candidates took their positions to the Left of the Europeian Centre and it will be interesting to see if this continues in the coming months.[hr][hr]Personal Profile: President Skizzy Grey
Our external communications team asked me to write a few words introducing myself to Europeia’s friends throughout the NationStates community. Those of you who have spent time here likely know me from my past service in all three branches of government, including a stint as President last year. Some of you might even recall that I sabotaged a prior presidential bid by saying “f–k you” (twice) to prominent citizens in my campaign thread while polls were open. I’ve mellowed considerably since then, but I’m still a straight shooter who doesn’t mince words. You’ll always know where you stand with me.
The amazing transformation of Skizzy Grey.
Before: see above. After: see below.
We have recently concluded a campaign season that revealed a yearning by Europeians – including those who supported my opponent – for a vision that embraces us all. With that mandate in hand, I have assembled a team that reflects the diversity of our great region.
One of my administration’s key initiatives is to improve external communications. Because we have done too little to communicate with our friends throughout the NationStates community, others have defined us in ways that are not accurate. We extend to you a heartfelt welcome to visit us and learn what we are all about – you’ll have fun in the process![hr][hr]General Election + Candidates = New Senate
As the previous term ended, the call for candidates came. The opening period started rather slowly as only a few people standing and few of them newer citizens, leaving some old heads stroking their beards and wondering why. Cormac, a recent arrival, withdrew late in the race [admittedly to some surprise] but went on to win the election as City Council Mayor.
The race for a seat on the Senate saw only two Senators seeking re-election, Cerian Quilor and the Speaker malashaan. Two other recent Senators, Apollo and Peaceful Llamas, were also trying to muscle a way in. Rumour has it that the Senate’s cafeteria has had a remarkable dip in quality food so some have been put off running as to avoid taking a gamble on the Chilli Con Carne. The others fighting it out were the: recently returning the Graz, long-time resident Thomas Masterson, forever-running Notolecta, sarcastic-Brit StGeorgie and vocal ‘Mac’ McEntire.
malashaan’s victory was expected after the two previous terms a rounding success, the word on people’s lips was ‘by how much?’ With the campaign being fought out cordially and courteously, everyone was wondering when the fireworks would start as the pressure cooker of elections kept bubbling quietly. At last, a bit more heat was added! At first it was around some of the law reforms being discussed by the current Senate, such as the Pardon Act and Martial Law Act, as well as HEM’s Good Neighbour Act. Later, the discussion shifted to the Graz’s belief that the CC had pretty much failed where the CSO had succeeded, and his willingness to concede to the Executive on more things, and the various consensus challenging questions put forward to McEntire.
The results were as follows:
An easy victory was always on the cards for malashaan, who won the vote of nearly everyone who voted. In the chasing pack was the Graz, Peaceful Llamas and Apollo close behind. However the interest soon swapped to the last three seats with Notolecta, Cerian Quilor, Thomas Masterson, McEntire and StGeorgie fighting it out. StGeorgie had not posted a platform so his success was seen as a surprise, but I guess you can’t disappoint if you don’t promise!
With malashaan, Apollo, the Graz, Peaceful Llamas, Cerian Quilor, Thomas Masterson and Notolecta elected, the Senate quickly turned its attention to the Speaker of the Senate. malashaan was appointed to the position without contest and will continue where he left off last term.[hr][hr]And To Say Goodbye…
EuroUniversity’s Kindergarden Class Takes On History
We, at Europeia, hope you’ve enjoyed our update from the General Elections and wish you all the best.
Articles by Skizzy Grey, Cerian Quilor & Vinage
http://z6.invisionfree.com/Europeia
UPDATE LXIV
April 26th, 2012
40th Congress, 40th Cabinet, 35th Senate
Population: 1,458 nations
Forum Posts: 412,706
WAD endorsements: 340
NS Regional Power: Extremely High
Current Government of Europeia
Executive Government
Supreme Chancellor: HEM
President: Skizzy Grey
Vice President: Common-Sense Politics
Grand Admiral: Apollo
Foreign Minister: vacant
Culture Minister: Lethen
Interior Minister: vacant
Welcoming Minister: Abbey Anumia
Media Minister: Vinage
Attorney General: Hyanygo
World Assembly Delegate: Vinage
Legislative Government
Senators:
malashaan (Speaker)
Cerian Quilor
Peaceful Llamas
Apollo
Notolecta
The Graz
Thomas Masterson
City Council Mayor: McEntire
Judicial Government
Chief Justice: OnderKelkia
Associate Justice: Swakistek
Associate Justice: Jahka
Associate Justice: vacant
[hr][/hr][hr][/hr]Stocks boom in Europeia-Inc. as talks continue.
Europeia has, in recent times, seen some of its influential and important citizens also be shareholders in good standing in Region Inc. These include recent Euro presidential candidate and current RI CFO JGlenn, current RI Chairman and former Euro Senator Jairo, and other prominent dual citizens such as Henry von Hoffman, Notolecta, and Cerian Quilor. This close ties fostered by this diverse group of dual citizens led to a diplomatic conference, which in turn gave rise to the “Europeia Inc.” cultural exchange that was held recently in Europeia.
The culture festival was planned by Cerian and Culture Minister Lethen and featured a wide range of entertaining and humorous activities. Also, when theres an open bar, who can say no to a drink or five huh? With games ranging from “Pick JGlenns new avatar” to “Corrupt a Wish” there was a bit of something for everyone! So much fun that it overran its schedule by nearly a week!!
Why does JGlenn need a new avatar?
With much bridge-building, hand-shaking and investments made it seems that Europeia Inc. might become something of a regular occurrence. Kudos all round![hr][/hr][hr][/hr]The Europeian Republican Navy Strikes Again!
After the recent General Election discussed in our last Foreign Update, Apollo was nominated to the position of Grand Admiral, quickly looking to expand and get the ERN raiding regularly. Even more recently, several ERN seamen, led by Grand Admiral Apollo, successfully captured and held The Creed [With arms wide open, under the sunlight, welcome to this place] on April 12th with Cerian Quilor acting as ‘Point’. Captured, scouted and held in only a few seconds. Well played!
Something notable of the raid was the ERN posting a link to the previous regions flag as well as the old WFE to allow them to replace it after their occupation was complete. Well done lads! The other thing notable was the, frankly, boring World Factbook Entry write-up by Cerian Quilor. Come on boy! Wheres the world famous hilarious World Factbook Entry write-ups we are famous for?? Rumours has it, Grand Admiral Apollo will be giving them all lessons on how to tell a joke. Anyway, with the support of the ERNs Volunteers the TNI. Armed Forces, LKE Armed Forces and the Aphroditean Empire, by the end of the operation the ERN Delegate had over 30 endorsements which is a proud achievement and shows that raider unity is out there. Grand Admiral Apollo, pleased with the success, presented this to those who started the initial operation:
Pretty huh? Congratulations to Rear Admiral Rachel Anumia and Ensign Cerian Quilor for their great work on the raid led by Grand Admiral Apollo and our thanks to our allies who supported us on this mission.[hr][/hr][hr][/hr]Jahka, Swakistek Hit The Bench! the Graz To Follow?
At the start of President Skizzy Grey’s term, the Judicial Government had a gap that needed some filling. The opportunity was there to fill that gap with one of the usual suspects, one of the usual names that get waved about at these things. However President Skizzy Grey, seeing that there were already seasoned Jurists already present, had decided to allow someone different to prove themselves. Someone away from the small, core group who have previously dominated the Europeian Judiciary for last year or so. Speaking from personal experience, President Skizzy Grey felt that…
— Begin quote from ____
I believe Judicial experience is overrated – high activity levels and good critical reasoning skills are more important. Jahka possesses both in spades. I’m convinced he will be an excellent Justice.
— End quote
As another position became vacant for an Associate Justice which Swakistek was nominated and quickly approved for by the Senate. Swak’s previous qualifications for this role were self-evident for the Senate and a full AYE was given. Finally, the Graz is currently being nominated, and discussed, to replace Anumia as his term comes to an end. the Graz will be resigning from the Senate to focus on the Judiciary.
The recent nominations and the turnover of Associate Justices shows that Europeia will always give opportunities to a wide spectrum of people, and that devotion and interest can be, if not more, important as experience.[hr][/hr][hr][/hr]http://i42.tinypic.com/2dl9jdf.png
Why does it always end this way when Europeia has an open bar event?
As always, you can find Europeia http://z6.invisionfree.com/Europeia/index.php?
Articles written by Skizzy Grey, Apollo, Cerian Quilor & Vinage
UPDATE LXV
May 19th, 2012
40th Congress, 40th Cabinet, 35th Senate
Population: 1,322 Nations
Forum Posts: 421,402
WAD endorsements: 329
NS Regional Power: Extremely High
Current Government of Europeia
Executive Government
Supreme Chancellor: HEM
President: Skizzy Grey
Vice President: Common-Sense Politics
Grand Admiral: Apollo
Foreign Minister: Sopo
Culture Minister: Lethen
Interior Minister: Rachel Anumia
Welcoming Minister: Abbey Anumia
Media Minister: Vinage
Attorney General: Hyanygo
World Assembly Delegate: Vinage
Legislative Government
Senators:
malashaan (Speaker)
Cerian Quilor
Peaceful Llamas
Apollo
Notolecta
Thomas Masterson
Sopo
City Council Mayor: individuality-ness
Judicial Government
Chief Justice: OnderKelkia
Associate Justice: Swakistek
Associate Justice: Jahka
Associate Justice: the Graz
[hr][hr]The ERN - Always Supporting Our Allies
SPA, ERN, TNI - The Acronym Army
— Begin quote from ____
This successful operation shows that the ERN will always work together with their allies to promote Foreign Affairs advances.
Thank you,
Grand Admiral Apollo
— End quote
How true those words, spoken by the Grand Admiral of Europeia are. The South Pacific and Europeia had recently expressed an interesting in executing several raiding missions together as a sign of friendship and allegiance to each other. Behind the scenes everything was building up to this moment, the moment where Europeia would To support and aid a raid led by the South Pacific Army and helping them achieve a goal they set out. To take and hold Warzone Airspace. A date set, May 12th, and it was time for the plan to be executed.
5pm GMT… the sailors readied their targets and took aim for what would be the seventh raid of this term already. Grand Admiral Apollo glanced over to Cerian Quilor and gave the signal for the Europeian Republic Navy to jump with their allies The South Pacific Army and The New Inquisition. Acting as both Point and Scout for the mission was Sheepa of the SPA.
A success! The region was captured and soon after over 23 endorsements came pouring in to support the new Delegate and the region was now firmly under control of the incoming sailors. To this day the region is still under the control of the incoming sailors as Defenders fail to re-take a region that even allows them to re-use their puppets. Well done to all of those involved!
If you are reading over this article has made you interested in joining the ERN - http://z6.invisionfree.com/Europeia/index.php![hr][hr]Europeia Completes Re-Write of Laws
One of the first things a fledgling NationStates region must do is decide upon rules to govern its internal affairs. In Europeia, our intricate system of laws has been a point of pride since our earliest days. It came as a shock, then, when Hyanygo proposed a complete rewrite of those laws. Despite early opposition, Swakistek began the re-writing process in earnest late last year, and it has consumed most of the Senates time in the months since.
The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law. Dwight D. Eisenhower
On April 20, Senate speaker malashaan presented the final portion of the rewritten laws to President Skizzy Grey for signing. Several days later, Skizzy held a presidential ceremony to honor those whose work contributed to the success of the law reforms.
President Skizzy GreyBecause our legal system enjoys such great esteem, such a massive rewrite stands not only as one of the greatest accomplishments in our own regions history, but also stands as one of the great legislative accomplishments in the history of NationStates. This accomplishment could not have happened without the work of many people, both in and out of government
. Please join me in extending our congratulations and gratitude to [Hyanygo, Swakistek and malashaan], and to everyone whose efforts contributed to the successful completion of the law reforms.
Europeias commitment to good governance did not end with passage of the reformed laws the Senate continues to debate ways to make our Republic better![hr][hr]What’s Europeia Got? Election Fever!
Damn Close Race. By Which Candidate Is Neptune Collonges?
During our last Update, it was expected that the Gratz was going to be standing down from his position of Senator in order to take a place within the Judiciary. With an empty hole in the Senate needing filling HEM called for people to stand. What next happened did not come as much of a shock - two heavyweights deciding to go toe-to-toe in the ring. Sopo and JGlenn stood and their supports quickly thumbed their encouragement and tried to gather some drive between either candidate. Vinage at the Europiean Broadcasting Corporation staged a three day debate between the two candidates in order to try and make the decision easier for the voters. Did it? Not at all… and an even tighter election night began.
A neck-and-neck race from start to finish but, ultimately, Sopo pulled something out of the bag come the last few hours and victory was his.
A well fought race and one that does Europeia proud, commiserations to JGlenn but it won’t be the last time you read about him I am sure![hr][hr]What Goal’s better?
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Papa Cisse vs. Chelsea
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Dennis Bergkamp vs. Newcastle
http://z6.invisionfree.com/Europeia/index.php!!
Articles Written By Vinage & Skizzy Grey
Independent Regions, Joined in Friendship
Two regions who, until recently, shared only basic relations have come together as good friends. The Foreign Ministry of Europeia, and especially the hard working Common-Sense Politics, have marked a huge milestone in the development of closer ties with the Game Created Regions [GCR] and especially those with Lazarus, with whom a treaty was concluded last term. The regions celebrated their newfound ties with a Cultural Convention titled “The Europeia/Lazarus Zombie Jamboree” held on the Lazarus forums, where Europeian President Skizzy Grey delivered the following address:
The fabulous Skizzy Grey thinking about the policy address
Policy Address In Full
— Begin quote from ____
Esteemed Delegate, Distinguished Commissioners, Citizens of Lazarus and Europeia, and friends from throughout the NationStates world:
It is an honor to be here representing the government and people of the Republic of Europeia. I thank Viktoria Gryfynn and the entire government of Lazarus for the invitation.
The purpose of these festivities, of course, is to celebrate the new treaty between Europeia and Lazarus, and to continue to deepen ties between our two regions. The bulk of these festivities will, appropriately, be dedicated to creating opportunities for citizens of our two great regions to socialize and form new friendships. These personal relationships will sustain our interregional relationship over time, even as the shared concerns that provided the immediate impetus for this new alliance fade into history.
Those shared concerns are worth a few words. Although the game-created regions (feeders and sinkers) have always been prone to misuse by outsiders intent on capturing them as trophies, in modern times the GCRs have increasingly been under the control of strong, indigenous communities. Without question, these indigenous communities have changed the game of NationStates as a whole for the better not only are strong communities a good in themselves, but having every newly formed or revived nation born into such a community makes our game more attractive to newcomers. We in Europeia may not be visionaries, but we are sufficiently far-sighted to recognize that strong, indigenous communities are in our long-term interest, even though these indigenous regions’ will, based on their independent self-interest, occasionally act to the detriment of our short-term interests.
Unfortunately, the independence of the GCRs has increasingly come under attack. A supraregional so-called defender organization has turned its sights toward existing GCRs, using bullying tactics familiar to those of us in the user-created regions in an attempt to arrogate to themselves the right to dictate what sort of policies are moral or immoral, what sort of foreign relations are permissible or impermissible, and so on. These troubling developments have rightly earned the condemnation of many observers, including some who have historically been closely associated with defenderism.
We in Europeia have learned that any self-respecting, independent region with the temerity to stand up to this bullying will find themselves scorned by a group that is not only well-organized, but is motivated by a bizarre belief that their particular form of domination is somehow righteous. Fortunately, those of us who choose to stand up to such bullying need not stand alone. More and more, regions are setting aside labels like raider or defender, imperialist or isolationist, democratic or authoritarian and coming together to protect our common right of self-determination. Rest assured, Lazarus will always have a friend committed to its right of self-determination, even when we disagree on specific issues. We will respect, and indeed embrace, the institutions, values, and history of this great region, even when they differ from our own. We do not want Lazarus to be Europeia; we want Lazarus to be Lazarus. And we will stand together with Lazarus against outsiders who wish to remake it in their own image.
We in Europeia want future generations of players to discover the wonderful indigenous community here, which is different from any other and is more valuable to the NationStates community that way than it would be in any other way. And because we only want Lazarus to be Lazarus, we can confidently say that even when current causes pass into history, we will continue to stand beside Lazarus as your friends.
Thank you again for the invitation. I look forward to the rest of the festivities.
— End quote
The above address demonstrates to our fellow regions that Europeia will not seek to influence, warp or twist the policy decisions and direction of Lazarus or any GCR using our influence - something which other regions have attempted in the past towards other GCRs. Europeia sees Lazarus and other GCRs as being separate entities, their own region and their own decision makers. Something we clearly demonstrate in not sharing many citizens or elected officials.
Two separate regions coming together as friends. Europeia and Lazarus stand together on the world stage.
Article written by Vinage. Speech by Skizzy Grey
A Call For Support On
Repeal "Liberate The United Kingdom of Britain
Allies, friends and fellow players,
As you may know, a WA Security Council resolution liberating The United Kingdom of Britain was recently passed. That resolution would have struck down the password imposed by The Greater German Reich (GRR) – except that a coalition led by the Land of Kings and Emperors re-took the region and removed the password while the Liberation was still up for vote. Because this development was so late-breaking, the Liberation passed anyway, even though its effect now will be to prevent the native population from reforming their community free from outside aggression.
So, my friends, this is where we need your support with the recently proposed NationStates | Proposal. This resolution enjoys the support of the liberators and the native population. We would love to have your Delegate’s approval and later your Aye vote.
The sooner we can get this to a vote, the sooner the region is safe again from the GRR and other Nazi groups who may wish to retake it.
Thank You,
Vinage
World Assembly Delegate of Europeia
While we’re at it, just for the fun of being a pain in THEIR ass, can’t we just annihilate the GRR rmb?
I mean… we’re hundreds. I suppose tens of us have at least a puppet or two. We could take control of their RMB forever! 
That’d certainly be appropriate retribution for what they’ve done to the feeder RMBs.
An Update
Firstly, thank you very much to those who approved this Repeal and allowed us to bring it to a vote so quickly. Our worry was that we might see a strike back by the GRR or any other Nazi-led raiding group. That said we are only half way to successfully securing the region and ensuring its safety for time to come.
Now that the Repeal has now come to vote and we would greatly appreciate your aye vote so - NationStates | WA Delegate Votes
Thank You
I have casted my vote already and it’s FOR.
Thanks for your help.
…and that was after I got a huge number of donors telling me not to vote against. 