The New Inquisition

[Barb]

Viktoria,

Alas! Treachery most deplorable.

In case you have not explored it yet (I almost wrote “seen” - we sighted people use so many visual metaphors), the founder of the region I represent as ambassador, Ulthar, was one of the proponents of:

http://m.nationstates.net/

Although it’s touted as a mobile site, mobile sites are also friendlier in many instances to people using assistive technology like screen readers to enjoy the Internet.

Some forums have similar accessible-friendly versions. Two examples:

http://www.half-hp.net/yggforums/lofiversion/
http://cityofulthar.wordpress.com/

The latter has a plug-in PHP script that automatically redirects the device to a simpler, much less visual text-oriented site. I don’t know if either support Administration. I’m pretty sure WordPress does not. They do have an extra line of Python code that “forces” the mobile site to be shown.

If sighted people were forced to read ALT tags all day long, they’d be a lot kinder in their coding. It’s deplorable anyone would take advantage of your trust in this way.

Best wishes!

[North_East_Somerset]

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Dear friends of TNI

Please find below an update on the situation reported to you recently by Michael Christopher Somerset.  Rest assured that the situation has been resolved.  Here are statements from the Reich Chancellor and the Kaiserin of The New Inquisition.

If you have any questions, feel free to address them to me.

Regards,
H.P. Lovecraft
Minister for Foreign Affairs, TNI

— End quote

[North_East_Somerset]

I just thought I would update this fine region on this matter for your convenience seeing as it was discussed here previously, and I am aware that your current official ambassador has not been around for some time, even in our region.

In conclusion the matter has been resolved successfully through negotiation and a satisfactory outcome for all participants and TNI in general has been reached.

[North_East_Somerset]

Foreign Office
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs H.P. Lovecraft
New Inquisition Foreign Office Update
May 11th, 2010
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Kaiserin: Her Majesty, Kaiserin Viktoria Gryfynn Saxe-Sommerdersatz I
Heir Apparent: His Royal Highness OnderKelkia & His Highness North East Somerset
Reich Chancellor: The Right Honourable Artorius Arcnor
Reich Elector: C. I. Cerebella
Deputy Reich Chancellor: Duke H.P. Lovecraft
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Duke H.P. Lovecraft
Secretary of State for Home Affairs: Right Honourable Olde Delaware
Secretary of State for Culture Affairs: Right Honourable Jewlaw
Secretary of State of War: Sir Wullamudulla

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New Constitution

After months of constitutional crisis over the role of the Monarchy within the region, the region has banded together and passed a new Constitution. The new Constitution outlays several changes that hopefully lead the region back to prosperity. These changes include a new office, the Reich Elector, whose role it is to ensure the continued operation and efficiency of the region during times when the Monarch is away. With this new office came alterations to the Legislative Branch. New Inquisition’s Diet now instead of a bicameral will be unicameral. The Reichstag will now consider all legislation alone and without the need of consent from the Herrenhaus, which now has a largely advisory role.

With these changes have come a new hope and spirit within TNI. People speak of a new beginning and the possibility of returning to a time when TNI was prosperous. The credit for the new Constitution goes to everyone in the region for it truly was a united effort to make a change for the greater good. Conservatives and progressives briefly put aside their differences for this landmark piece of legislation, but naturally the old cracks opened once again and TNI is engaging in debate as to its future direction.

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Newly Elected Reich Chancellor

Following the passage of the new Constitution, the region elected a new Government. Artorius Arcnor a major contributor to the new Constitution, was elected the first Reich Chancellor under the new Constitution. Winning a majority support within the Reichstag, Arcnor quickly moved to form a government and get to the business of state. Below is Arcnor’s first address to the region:

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My fellow citizens,

Today we begin the long journey back to prominence and opportunity; back to a time when we were respected for the strength of our military, for our ideas, and our commitment to our allies.

This past term we have proven that together we can accomplish anything; that we can take one giant step forward. We proved that no matter our political allegiance or creed, that we can come together and in one voice make a change for the greater good. With our new Constitution, we have given the region hope at a time when we knew only decline and darkness. We have climbed the mountain top and the Promised Land lay ahead.

I stand before you mindful of the task ahead. At every turn we face challenges and enemies at our gates. Now more than ever we must come together and work towards a better tomorrow. In the history of TNI, there has never been anything we couldn’t do, no problem that we couldn’t solve.

I am ready to lead us through the battle ahead, to face our challenges head on, and to send a message to our enemies that we are still a force to be reckoned with. No matter what obstacles stand in our way, we can do this.

Now a leader with no followers is just a man taking a walk. I ask that you trust me and that you trust that we will accomplish our goals. More importantly I invite anyone and everyone, who would like to contribute to TNI, to come forward as together we move ahead. More than anything else, I need your help as we press onward.

— End quote

TNI’s first Reich Elector
TNI’s new consitution created the position of Reich Elector, who has the power to substitute for the Kaiserin in times of inactivity and to address any area of TNI with their opinions. It has been widely noted that this position will be defined by its first incumbent.

Unsurprisingly, this position was contested by some of TNI’s most respected and distinguished inhabitants. Contestants for the role have been Joshua IX, TNI’s most celebrated Reich Chancellor; Belgium Fighters, TNI’s most accoladed military officer and C.I. Cerebella and Dominius Aurelius, who each possess an unfeasible number of awards.

Only one candidate could win, though. Joshua IX withdrew in favour of C. I. Cerebella, who won a majority of the votes.

Cerebella has since worked overtime to prove his worth in the role, serving as admin in TNI, and making a great contribution to TNI’s foreign service.

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Reich Elector C. I. Cerebella

Announcement on Treaties

With the passing of the new Constitution all but a select number of our laws were repealed unfortunately including our treaties with other regions. While they will remain in effect for the rest of the term through executive order they will need to be ratified once again. Due to the changing circumstances of NS, and the fact that many of these were originally written a long time ago, the Government will be looking to renegotiate a number of these rather than just ratify them directly. The Reich Chancellor intends to conduct a tour of our allies to do this in the near future though if you wish to speak about a treaty sooner (or to negotiate a completely new one) then please contact the Foreign Secretary.

TNI goes Tweeting Mad

In an effort spearheaded by the Reich Elector and the Foreign Office, TNI has introduced Twitter to be posted in our ambassadors signatures. The aim of this is to allow the Government to regularly keep our friends in other regions completely up to date on what is going on here between updates. Each tweet includes a link to a thread on the recent news so don’t hesitate to give it a click and jump right into the conversation on our forum!

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100 Nations!

After months of decline in the regional population celebrations have begun after recently breaking through the 100 nation barrier once again. With a sterling effort from the Reich Elector recruiting, and a call put out to the entire region to play their part, it is hoped that this rise will snowball to take us up to new heights. The Reich Chancellor recently stated in his Ministerial Report that he wanted the region to be in the top 20 nations within three months and it is hoped by all that this will be reached faster than expected.

Elections for the Reichstag

Under new constitutional rules, the Reichstag is now composed of six generally elected delegates and three Lord Delegates elected by the Herrenhaus. The nine delegates as a whole now are elected on a stage basis, with a third elected every month to ensure representation and activity within the region:

— Begin quote from ____

Speaker of the Reichstag & Lord Delegate: Viscountess Tyranna
Lord Delegate: Prince North East Somerset
Lord Delegate: Viscount Salohcin
Delegate: Right Honourable Jewlaw
Delegate: Right Honourable Arcnor
Delegate: Right Honourable Olde Delaware
Delegate: Right Honourable Wullamudulla
Delegate: Right Honourable Gun Nutty Buddies
Delegate: Right Honourable Peaceful Llamas

— End quote

[North_East_Somerset]

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[North_East_Somerset]

Foreign Office
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Gun Nutty Buddies
New Inquisition Foreign Office Update
June 25th, 2010
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Kasiserin: Her Majesty, Kaiserin Viktoria Gryfynn Saxe-Sommerdersatz I
Heir Apparent: His Royal Highness OnderKelkia
Reich Chancellor: The Right Honourable C. I. Cerebella
Reich Elector: His Grace, Duke Michael Christopher Somerset
Deputy Reich Chancellor: The Right Honourable Harshhaven
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: The Right Honourable Gun Nutty Buddies
Secretary of State for Internal Affairs: The Right Honourable Joshua IX
Secretary of State for Culture Affairs: The Right Honourable Olde Delaware
Chief of the Imperial General Staff: His Royal Highness OnderKelkia

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The Reich Chancellor is gone, long live the Reich Chancellor
The region plunged into a state of shock as Reich Chancellor Arcnor resigned from his position effective immediately citing pressing real-life family issues that needed his immediate attention. The liberal leader of the governing Sanity Party handed the reins of his one-month-old Government to his Deputy, veteran politician HP Lovecraft, who presided over the government until an election could be held in the Reichstag to determine the next Reich Chancellor.

Two candidates then emerged to vie for the top position in the land from both the Opposition Conservative Party and an independent candidate with the backing of the incumbent party. They are Cerebella, who was at the time TNI’s Reich Elector and has held the position of Reich Chancellor in the past, and former Reich Chancellor Olde Delaware. As the Conservative Opposition was still at its infancy stages and unable to muster required Reichstag support, it was a shoo-in for the former. Cerebella was hence elected with a decisive majority of votes in the Reichstag, and became the region’s 26th Head of Government.

The new Reich Chancellor wasted no time as he announced his new slate of Cabinet Ministers, which includes old faces from the previous administration. There’s a surprising twist though – in the induction of his former rival Olde Delaware -who belongs to the Conservatives - into Cabinet, for Culture Secretary. Despite that, it is anticipated that there will not be any significant shifts in policy as both the previous and current Reich Chancellors previously belonged to the same political entity, the Sanity Party.

The legacy of Cerebella is now in the making, his initiatives and programs still are works-in-progress. It remains to be seen whether it will have a lasting impression.

Military Victories!
The TNI Armed Forces have scored several recent military victories. The first one took place at Opplysia, where a number of FRA attacks were repulsed. The next took place in the region Western Europe, a region which the FRA and TITO had liberated only weeks before. The third raid occurred in The New Empire of Gallifrey, a region of around 30 members. The most recent raid was in Awkward Zombie, which TNI forces took with aide from our close allies the LKE, mobilizing over 20 units between us. Spare forces have also been deployed to aide allies in Luna and The Franco Spanish Empire. Congratulations to the Minister of War and the Chief of the Imperial General Staff for their great work.

Population Hits 200!
The New Inquisition just broke the 200 nation barrier, continuing its upward trend in population. The hard work by all of the recruiters, especially Kaiserin Griffin, Cerebella, and Alarm Siren, made this possible. North East Somerset has also issued a challenge to the region, claiming that “We must continue recruiting towards our long-term aim of being in the top 20 regions (c.300 nations - which could be reached before the end of term if people keep contributing), but for now, well done to all involved.” Recruiting is one of the most vital tasks in NationStates, and it is our belief that the Home Office and recruiters will continue to do a terrific job.

Rebirth of Two Party System Yet Another Sign of Vitality for TNI
It all began one day when much to everyone’s surprise former Reich Chancellor and self-proclaimed arch monarchist Sir Pitt made his return to TNI after a prolonged absence while he finished his last year of university. Pitt wasted no time in rejuvenating the right-wing movement by getting himself sent as Lord Delegate from the Harrenhaus to the Reichstag and then forming a new conservative party which quickly began taking in new members, some of whom had not previously been involved in the politics of TNI. Although the Conservative Party was too far into its infancy to make inroads into the Left leaning Sanity Party controlled Reichstag, a body Sanity Party had controlled for several cycles, in the election which followed on its heels for Reich Elector former Crown Prince Michael Christopher Somerset defeated former several term Reich Chancellor and Sanity member Joshua IX by two votes in what many thought was a stunning upset. It is no doubt that Sir Pitt and his conservatives played a crucial role in Michael’s victory. Debate between Sir Pitt and several other Reichstag delegates has been hot at times on the floor of the Reichstag and these new developments signal a return to political vitality in the New Inquisition.

Sir Pitt

Elections
The first round of phased election has occurred in TNI. Gun Nutty Buddies, Harshhaven, the Indian Maharajah, and Olde Delaware have all won seats in the Reichstag. Harshhaven came in first, with an astounding 41% of the vote, followed by Gun Nutty Buddies at 23%, and Indian Maharajah and Olde Delaware each with 18%. We wish the new delegates the best of luck, and hope that their election provides a prosperous time for The New Inquisition.

People’s Choice Awards
The results of the People’s Choice Awards are in! The region’s favorite member is Jet Black this year, while the region’s most evil member is Stanley Smith McMahon. And Palza’s signature was so memorable that he won the award even though he hasn’t posted in months. And for the Best Quote award, there we’re a couple winners. Sir Pitt claimed, “The Constitution is irrelevant”, while Citizen Tinsy stated “See you in hell, Foreign Office!”. And to wrap it up, Carraterra is the TNI citizen most likely to start a revolution. For a full list of the results, head on over to our forums!

TNI CONDEMNS ROUGIERS
TNI wishes it to be known that we condemn the treacherous actions of Rougeriers who after defecting to the FRA deleted parts of the forums of Crusaders of Justice, the Equinox defender guild, and the FRA region The Council of Narnia and later in a bizarre twist claimed it was some form of a Raider plot. The New Inquisition unreservedly condemns this action and would never have anything to do with such a scandalous and childish action and our sympathies are with those harmed.

[Todd_McCloud]

Thank you for the update!

[C.I.Cerebella]

The New Inquisition War Office
Victory Update
2nd July 2010
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I am pleased to announce that The New Inquisition and The Land of Kings and Emperors have successfully taken the Arnopria in a raid that went undetected by defender forces. With the assistance of our friends the New Britannian Empire we have now amassed 24 endorsements for our point and don’t look like being unseated until we decide to leave ourselves.

Long live the Kaiserin!

Reich Chancellor and Brigadier

[Emjay]

Thanks for the update!

[C.I.Cerebella]

The New Inquisition War Office
Victory Update
7th July 2010
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I am happy to announce that The New Inquisition taken The League of Reason in a raid that once agains went under the defender radar. Thanks agains to our allys The Land of Kings and Emperors and the New Britannian Empire for helping reinforce the region.

Long live the Kaiserin!

Reich Chancellor and Brigadier

[C.I.Cerebella]

The New Inquisition War Office
Victory Update
13th July 2010
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In the first raid of the United Imperial Armed Forces of The New Inquisition and The Land of Kings and Emperors we have taken the ‘Persian Empire’ at the morning update. The defenders seem to be continuing their track record of being terrible at defending, once again failing to spot our forces moving in. Thank yous go out to Unknown and the New Britainnian Empire who have assisted us with reinforcements.

Long live the Kaiserin!

Reich Chancellor and Major- General

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Foreign Office
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Viktoria von Hohenzollern
New Inquisition Foreign Office Update
October 27th, 2010
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Reich Chancellor: Ferdinand Lennox
Reich Elector: C. I. Cerebella
Deputy Reich Chancellor: Gun Nutty Buddies
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Viktoria von Hohenzollern
Secretary of State for Home Affairs: Sotheros Pelinor
Secretary of State for Culture Affairs: Nash
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Elections Elections Elections!

Due to resignations left right and centre, TNI has seen many elections in the past month, however the most important is that of the Reich Chancellor.

Michael Christopher Somerset gained the position 2 weeks before the end of the previous term and with the help of a hard working cabinet turned TNI into a more active and more successful region. Before his term, the regions population sat at less than 180 nations, and now it is well over 300. This success insured his reelection to the position for a full term, but unfortunately due to that horrible beast known as rl, he was unable to continue leading the region in the manner of the previous short term.

His resignation speech can be found
https://forum.theeastpacific.com/invision-404
TNI thanks Michael for his contributions over the years and for helping TNI to become an active region again.

This resignation led to another election for the position of Reich Chancellor, and the only candidate to put his hand up was the foreign minister Ferdinand Lennox, who had campaigned for the position once before. The coalition of the Peoples Action Party and the Royal Conservative Party, plus his willingness to recruit and success in negotiating the Treaty of Prussia meant that a lot of support went his way and he was elected to the position.

You can read Ferdinand Lennox’s speech and cabinet announcement https://forum.theeastpacific.com/invision-404

With the retirement of another well known player that we shall come to later, the position of Reich Elector was also vacant, necessitating another election. C. I. Cerebella was eager to serve in this capacity and while GNB considered running for the position, he soon decided against it and Cerebella was the only candidate running in the election. And while it was possible for citizens to vote to abstain, noone did, and he received 100% of the vote and with that the confidence of the region.

If you would like to read
Cerebella’s campaign speech, you may do so https://forum.theeastpacific.com/invision-404

At almost the same time, the position of World Assembly delegate also became vacant when Wullamudulla resigned due to rl/school reasons. For a long time it looked like noone would sign up to run for the position, however Long-time TNIer Harshhaven, who was also the former delegate of The Anti-Liberal League, decided that he would stand. He was the only person to do so, and thus another 1 candidate election was held.

He has since proven to be an active delegate, putting up polls on time for the region to vote upon.
To read a few words from Harshy, go Tep Forum | 404 - Link Expired

Finally, due to Cerebella’s forced resignation from the Reichstag after election as the Reich Elector, a bielection was held for his seat.
This saw 3 members running for the position. EmperorForgue [RCP] Jewlaw [sanity] and The Holy Empire of Renhet [RCP].

It was a very close election, with Jewlaw only just beating Remhet to the post.

https://forum.theeastpacific.com/invision-404

https://forum.theeastpacific.com/invision-404

The results of the election were as follows:

EmperorForgue [Royal Conservative Party] 0 ] [0.00%]
Jewlaw [Sanity] 13 ] [52.00%]
The Holy Empire of Renhet [Royal Conservative Party] 12 ] [48.00%]

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TNI says goodbye

Earlier this month TNI received a shock when long-term politician, prince and friend North East Somerset resigned, not just from a position, but from NS entirely.

In his resignation speech he said:

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It is time to call it a day. A long day maybe, over 6 and a half years to be precise.

This isn’t going to be a grand speech. It’s not going to even be a speech. I am just going to say that I am stepping down from my active roles in Nationstates and I no longer intend to participate in the game. I go away with an overwhelmingly positive feeling for the game and my time spent in it. I certainly don’t have the time to talk about what I have done now, or ever, so don’t worry. I planned on making a phased retirement and writing my memoirs back in early 2009, retiring on my 5th anniversary of playing the game - but it didn’t feel right. I preferred to spend what little time I could still give doing what little I could do, even if that resulted in ending it like I am now. I think that was the right choice and reflects my way of doing things. I leave behind a record I am proud of, and contributions to a wide variety of regions. Over 1000 nations in Europeia and TNI, to mention the two places I have spent my time over the past couple of months. I wish those regions, and all the others that share their values - my values - the whole imperialist sphere - well, in the future. I will still be on MSN occasionally.

I am stepping down as Reich Elector and Joint Commander here, to clarify. I am happy to retain my title as Prince, though I will not be an active member of the “Monarchy” any longer.

— End quote

North East Somerset was a member of several regions and will be sorely missed throughout the Nationstates World. Among his successes were 3 terms as Prime Minister and then king of Great Britain and Ireland and Heir Apparent of The New Inquisition. It would be impossible to mention all the important things he has done for so many regions. NS is losing one of the best.

We salute you, NES.
To read reactions to his retirement, click Tep Forum | 404 - Link Expired
and to read an article by Gun Nutty Buddies, click Tep Forum | 404 - Link Expired

In other news however, TNI is happy to welcome back old members who are returning.
H. P. Lovecraft, Peaceful Llamas and Terribad have all returned within a week of each other.

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Training Day

With the recent influx of new players to The New Inquisition, interest in the UIAF has grown substantially. There has been a sizable surge in applications for the armed forces, with many applicants appearing to want nothing more than to wage war in the name of the Empire. This resurgence of military activism, combined with the return of several veteran members to TNI, has offered new life and new hope in what had, up until recently, been a stagnating institution. In addition, recent changes in regional leadership have left both the positions of Reich Elector and Reich Chancellor in the hands of veteran members, who are themselves no strangers to war. These factors, combined with assurances by the Kaiserin that the militant energy of new members will soon find an outlet, lead one to believe that TNI may, in fact, resume active military operations in the foreseeable future. Enemies of the Kaiserin beware: the gears of war turn once more in The New Inquisition.

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The Treaty of Prussia

The New Inquisition and The New Britannian Empire are proud to announce the new alliance between their regions. The alliance covers all the usual points, such as military support and information sharing. This is a fantastic opportunity for both regions and TNI are proud to be allies with the NBE.

Viktoria von Hohenzollern has made an official state visit to the region and received an overwhelming welcome from citizens of the NBE, with the promise of a ball in honour of the occasion.

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This new treaty is fantastic for TNI, considering the decline in our foreign affairs in the past few terms. I’m really looking forward to working with the NBE, who really do share a lot of our aims and goals. This treaty is a logical next step in working with this region, and it really will benifit all sides.

— End quote

To view the signed treaty of Prussia, go Tep Forum | 404 - Link Expired

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Cultural Happenings

Yesterday, another TNI Last Man Standing competition officially began. The competition is about finding out who can run the best nation overall, according to the World Assembly reports. More than 10 people have signed up to compete, so this competition should be an interesting one.

Competing nations reside in the region of Gallia, a gift region from an old invader region that is used for this purpose. Nations that are shown to be performing poorly by the WA reports will be ejected - 1 nation per day.

Nash, the culture minister, has also started his own fun competition - the Ultimate Rock Paper Scissors game.
to take a look at it, go Tep Forum | 404 - Link Expired

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Threads of Interest

There have been a number of interesting discussions in TNI within the last month or more, and if you’re interested in the topics that have been discussed, I am including a list of threads that have been active. ambassadors to TNI should feel free to drop by and take part in discussion if they wish. If you haven’t visited your embassies in a while, you should do so, we miss you. Thank you to the deputy Foreign Minister, Renhet, for his assistance in writing this update.

https://forum.theeastpacific.com/invision-404
https://forum.theeastpacific.com/invision-404
https://forum.theeastpacific.com/invision-404
https://forum.theeastpacific.com/invision-404
https://forum.theeastpacific.com/invision-404

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Foreign Office
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ferdinand Lennox
New Inquisition Foreign Office Update
November 25th, 2010
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Reich Chancellor: Dominius Aurelius
Reich Elector: C.I. Cerebella
Deputy Reich Chancellor: Tyranna
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Ferdinand Lennox
Secretary of State for Home Affairs: Terribad
Secretary of State for Culture Affairs: Nash
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The End of the Lennox Administration, New Reichstag Delegates and Reich Chancellor

After the completion of a blowout election by the Sanity Party and Independents, Dominius Aurelius was proclaimed victor of the Reich Chancellor elections, defeating the incumbent Ferdinand Lennox by 7-1-1. An administration marked by a heightened level of recruitment and expansion of foreign affairs has seen its end, giving way to the Aurelius administration which seeks further improvement of foreign affairs and further development of the military.

Dominius Aurelius, the new Reich Chancellor of The New Inquisition, campaigned on a clean note, promising to overhaul the Foreign Department, as well as seek expansion on military terms. He is a member who has been entrusted with the position by most in the region, many glad to see his return to active politics. His clean record, and clear and concise campaign lifted him up, making him the ideal candidate for the leadership position.

Olde Delaware, a Richter of The New Inquisition, ran on the offense for the Reich Chancellor position, using a main tactic of distancing himself from the incumbent Reich Chancellor. However, this tactic seemingly turned people away from his campaign, not even gaining a seat in the Reichstag.

Ferdinand Lennox, the incumbent Reich Chancellor, campaigned on the premise of the continuation of the success in The New Inquisition and the popularity of his ministers. However, The New Inquisition stilled cringed of his past and didn’t seem to be willing to move past it.

The results of the TNI General Elections for November 2010 ended as such:

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Ferdinand Lennox [Royal Conservative Party] 8 ] [6.15%]
Prince George II [Royal Conservative Party] 6 ] [4.62%]
Jewlaw [Sanity Party] 9 ] [6.92%]
Dominius Aurelius [Independent] 11 ] [8.46%]
Terribad [Beard Party] 14 ] [10.77%]
Nash [Royal Conservative Party] 12 ] [9.23%]
Tyranna [Sanity Party] 13 ] [10.00%]
Gun Nutty Buddies [Royal Conservative Party] 7 ] [5.38%]
Olde Delaware [Independent] 4 ] [3.08%]
The Holy Empire of Renhet [Royal Conservative Party] 13 ] [10.00%]
Julian Anumia [Independent] 7 ] [5.38%]
Joshua IX [Sanity Party] 13 ] [10.00%]
Jet Black [Independent] 13 ] [10.00%]

The following are elected Delegates:

Dominius Aurelius [Independent]
Ferdinand Lennox [Royal Conservative Party]
Jet Black [Independent]
Jewlaw [Sanity Party]
Joshua IX [Sanity Party]
Nash [Royal Conservative Party]
Terribad [Beard Party]
The Holy Empire of Renhet [Royal Conservative Party]
Tyranna [Sanity Party]

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Condemnation of The United Kingdom

The Reich Chancellor and the Kaiserin of the region released a condemnation of the actions of King George in The United Kingdom after much international controversy was created by the shutting down of TUK forums.

The Acting Reich Chancellor released the following statement:

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[The Reich Chancellory]
Acting Reich Chancellor Tyranna Lucina Anumia
[Government Statement Concerning Relations with TUK]
27 of November, 2010
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While we applaud King George’s efforts against the FRA and his efforts to make TUK a raider region, we cannot support tyrannical abuse of power of any kind. Therefor, the government of TNI wishes to make the following statement: Either King George immediately unbans any citizen of TUK who is not a proven member of the FRA, or TNI withdraws any and all support from the region, be that advisory, administratively, military or of any other kind.
If King George shows himself to be a benign ruler by complying with our demands, we are willing to help him restore democracy within TUK and make it a region it’s citizens can feel safe and at home again.

The government of TNI also wishes to apoligize for its previous statement. We had only received partial information - information that has since been completed, and we were able to revise our opinion on the situation since then.

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Population Explosion

In the past few weeks, The New Inquisition saw its population surpass the population goal of 350. As of today, The New Inquisition stands at 407 nations, making it the 14th largest region in the entire NationStates game. While recruitment levels are on the rise, the main task is now to curb the amount of nations being CTE, as well as bringing more people from the region to the forum.

Nonetheless, the regional population has been on a steady incline since the restoration period almost four months ago.
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Inter-regional Event!

Today, the Minister of Cultural Affairs issued the official plans for a new inter-regional event in The New Inquisition. Below is a quote from the minister himself:

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Inter-Regional Brainstorming Event

Ladies and Gentlemen in our Allied Regions,

The Foreign Minster Ferdinand Lennox and Culture Minster Nash Of The New Inquisition invites all Honorable members of Culture to help in developing a Inter-Regional event. We encourager all Allied Regions to get involved. Our plans is to run it in the Month of January so we have over a month to pull it off. I think we can do this with your help. We would ask every Honorable member of culture to join us here.

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Update is provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The New Inquisition

[C.I.Cerebella]

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Foreign Office
Katherine, Minister of Foreign Affairs
New Inquisition Foreign Office Update
January 3rd, 2011
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Reich Chancellor: Dominius Aurelius
Reich Elector: C.I. Cerebella
Deputy Reich Chancellor: Tyranna
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Katherine
Secretary of State for Home Affairs: Terribad
Secretary of State for Culture Affairs: Nash
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Reich Chancellor Releases Official Stance on The United Kingdom

Inquiry into The United Kingdom Incident Called

C. I. Cerebella announced on December 5th the formation of an inquiry into the TUK Incident. It is currently in progress, and its findings are planned to be published soon. A new update will be released immediately when the finding are published.

Foreign Secretary Reluctantly Resigns!

Ferdinand Lennox, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced his resignation on January 2nd, after a tough term. He stated his resignation was due to family obligations. The New Inquisition wishes him the best of luck in his future endeavours, and hope that he enjoys his time relaxing.

Dominius Aurelius later issued a statement appointing Katherine to replace Ferdinand for the rest of the term.

Culture Year End Report and Awards Announced for December!

The New Inquisitions Culture Minister has released the Year End Report, and awarded a number of people Culture Commendations for their hard work at having fun and being amusing. Though this has been a challenging year for the New Inquisition in some regards, our cultural centres have always been active, thanks, in part, to the people awarded Commendations this month, and of course, the hard work of Nash, the Minister of Cultural Affairs.

In Nash’s report he also reviews all of the newspapers from November, finally awarding a belated Paper of the Month for November, which was awarded too Reuters Issue 7. Nash stated; “Very informative. Great interviews.”

The Battle of the Bands continues, with only 4 bands remaining; Queen, Rammstein, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and System of a Down. Feel free to come help select the winner!

All Month Long Fart Day Bash!
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Update is provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The New Inquisition

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Katherine, Minister of Foreign Affairs
New Inquisition Foreign Office Update
January 23rd, 2011
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Reich Chancellor: Tyranna
Reich Elector: C.I. Cerebella
Deputy Reich Chancellor: Joshua IX
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Katherine
Secretary of State for Military Affairs: Katherine
Secretary of State for Home Affairs: Crist Seymour Fominov
Secretary of State for Culture Affairs: Nash
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Reich Chancellor Elected!

Concluding a lengthy election, Tyranna has been elected Reich Chancellor of The New Inquisition.

Her Cabinet for the term;

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Victories of the TNIAF

Commander OnderKelkia is off to a fine start, with his first operation being a success, only two days after being appointed by the former Reich Chancellor.

The New Inquisiton, with the help of Golden Dusk, Unknown, and the UNION, conquered the Allied States of EuroIslanders;

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Sending reinforcements to the Land of Kings and Emperors in Free Haven, The New Inquisition assisted in repelling a FRA counter attack on the region.

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Reichstag Elections Over!

Elections for the Reichstag have ended recently. Of the 9 seats available to run for, 8 were filled, and another is currently being voted on in a by-election.

The elected candidates are;

Currently running in the by-election;

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Honours Awarded - January 2011

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Cultural Activies

Battle of Political Figures: The Battle of Political Figures continues to rage in TNI. Entering round 3, we have Winston Churchill vs. Vladimir Lenin, Constantine the Great vs. Gauis Julius Caesar, Napoleon vs. Ronald Reagan, and Harry Truman vs. John F. Kennedy.

Battle of the Bands: The Battle of the Bands has concluded, with Queen beating out the Red Hot Chili Peppers for first place.
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New Inquisition Foreign Office Update
From the Desk of Harshhaven, Foreign Minister.
March 5th, 2011
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Population: 405
Forum posts: 290,000

Reich Chancellor: Tyranna
Reich Elector: Dominius Aurelius
Deputy Reich Chancellor: Joshua IX
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Harshhaven
Secretary of State for Military Affairs: Dominius Aurelius
Secretary of State for Home Affairs: Gun Nutty Buddies
Secretary of State for Culture Affairs: Nash
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TNIAF Dominant

The TNIAF (The New Inquisition Armed Forces) has continued to go from strength to strength under the leadership of Commander OnderKelkia, with a series of impressive achievements recently. Improved co-ordination and training has led to a consistent string of victories during the past couple of months. A very high proportion of attempted operations have been successful, with delegates overthrown, FRA liberation attempts defeated with ease, and several regions taken in one update on a couple of occasions.

We continue to take pride in our military - protecting our right to invade regions, and cementing our status as a Premier military force in Nationstates. Our most frequent enemies, the FRA, cannot match our strength and skill - and with increased co-operation occuring with our raider and imperialist allies especially the LKE, TBH, LWU, Europeia and Unknown - our cause will continue to go from strength to strength.

Here is a selection of some of the main successful TNIAF operations in February alone:

• New Dragonia
• Marxist Leninist Party
• Leiran
• United Antarctic Commonwealth
• Universal Spaces
• The Blight
• Unicorn Central
• Cilicia
• Zootai Volcanic Islands (Assisting LWU)
• North
• Constanta
• Communist
• London Below
• Somerset and Dorset Republic
• Geneticor (Assisting LKE)
• Erisopia (Assisting LKE)
• The high ground
• The Bloody stump
• Scotland (Reinforcing Europeia)
• The Northwestern Territories
• The Warific

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Confirmation of three additional victories yesterday, March 4th, was posted by Commander OnderKelkia
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New Reich Elector

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Dominius Aurelius was elected Reich Elector on February 19th after a closely-fought (1 vote difference) election with Frenchman at Heart, who was immediately appointed as Vice Reich Elector. The election was triggered after the previous Reich Elector, C.I.Cerebella, stepped down from the post after many months of service.

From a legal perspective the key role of the Reich Elector is to ensure the legislative process can be completed if the Kaiserin is unable to do so, but on a wider front the Reich Elector is a leadership figure within the region who seeks to promote regional stability and activity through various initiatives.

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TUK Inquiry Reports Findings

In November 2010 the seizure of internal control of the region ‘The United Kingdom’ (TUK) from its elected Government by its Former King George shocked and appalled most UCRs across Nationstates. It was apparent that the seizure was a disaster and spelled the end of TUK, and TNI’s response of support to the new regime, apparently due to its non-FRA alignment, became a target for the frustrated masses.

After the TNI government ‘U-turned’, at first demanding democracy be reinstalled, and then declaring it’s full opposition to the new TUK regime, many in TNI wondered just how and why their Government got it so wrong. An Inquiry, of 6 senior members of the region to be Chaired by North East Somerset, was set up by Reich Elector C.I.Cerebella, to look into the matter in December.

It reported its findings in late January, claiming the Kaiserin was responsible for misleading the Government to support the new TUK regime, the Reich Chancellor showed poor leadership throughout the crisis, and the Foreign Office proved incapable of putting forwards a coherent message. It criticised the failure of ISIS (The Imperial Security and Intelligence Service) to become involved, and lamented the failure of TNI’s government to more actively attempt to work with King George to reinstall democracy when there was still an opportunity to save TUK. Since the crisis, measures have been taken to prevent reoccurrence and bolster TNI diplomacy.

The Chairman’s Statement is shown below, and the Full Report can be viewed Tep Forum | 404 - Link Expired

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Intelligence Reforms

Following on from the TUK Report recommendations to revisit the structure of ISIS, the long running Reichstag debate on a new Intelligence Bill was given direction and promise. The newly amended Intelligence Bill created a position for an Independent Executive Director whom is not the Kaiserin, and promoted a more reliable and consistent interface between the ISIS and Government with a new Governing structure.

On March 1st, subsequent to the new bill being signed, and with the approval of the Reich Chancellor, Reich Elector and Monarch - North East Somerset was appointed to the position of Executive Director of ISIS. He has extensive experience in NS intelligence working at a senior level for several major regions and organisations in this area since 2004.

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By-elections see old faces return

By-elections for vacant seats in the Reichstag saw the re-election of two old faces to the chamber: Harshhaven and Gun Nutty Buddies. Despite running against one another for a single seat, with further candidates no doubt deterred by the presence of the high profile figures, the vacancy of a further seat saw both contestants elected after a judicial clarification.

A second by-election saw another two political heavyweights, and both former Reich Chancellors, seek election. C.I. Cerebella beat Alexander Olaubius to secure a position as delegate. The new delegates will be working on new reforms to the Region’s Constitution, including amendments to give back some powers to the appointed upper chamber, the Herrenhaus, with some caveats.

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Cultural Activities

The Battle of Political Figures proved to be a major highlight of late January. The results of the 3rd Round following where we left off in the last update were:

Sir Winston Churchill 10 - 5 Vladimir Lenin
Gaius Julius Caesar 12 - 3 Constantine
Napoleon Bonaparte 9 - 6 Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy 12 - 3 Harry S. Truman

So there were fairly comfortable victories across the board in Round 3, and apart from some discussion on Truman and the nuclear bombing of Japan in WW2 there was little controversy. However the next Round evoked more discussion, particularly the Churchill vs Bonaparte battle, which was very close and provoked a good discussion and voting turnout.

Sir. Winston Churchill 12 - 11 Napoleon Bonaparte
Gaius Julius Caesar 11 - 7 John F. Kennedy

There was a passionate final as TNI members Julian Anumia and North East Somerset put their cases forwards for Caesar and Churchill respectively, both sporting an avatar of their political hero. The debate soon became extensive with Tyranna also wading in to discuss a series of “What if” scenarios regarding how different the world would be without Caesar. After a tense and very equally matched vote, Churchill narrowly prevailed.

Sir. Winston Churchill 10 - 9 Gaius Julius Caesar

Churchill with his iconic V for Victory!

Following the success of the competition, our allies Europeia undertook a similar tournament for the most quotable historical figures. It also proved highly successful and went down extremely well there. It was interesting to note Napoleon and Churchill featured in the top 4 of both competitions.

Other official Cultural activities undertaken recently include “Guess the Lyric” which appears to have been won by Gryfynn with Nash a close 2nd, and “Ultimate Showdown” which is about to start.

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TNI Minecraft

Minecraft has taken off in TNI in a big way with a new Regional Society forum created for the purpose. The game is proving popular in TNI with over 300 posts made in forum area in the short period it has been established, as members scramble to organise the elaborate civilisation that has been constructed. Vast amounts of time and resources have been put into the building of the capital city Scone, the coastal city of Sevilla, and an underground rail link between them. A whole economy has been instigated with a system of taxation, a market for exchange of goods, and banks and businesses to provide services.

A new TNI server has been set up and paid for by TNI Minecraft members in order to facilitate the increased demand put on the system, with over 10 users. The TNI Minecraft forums are well worth a visit, become a TNI citizen and post on there to get involved.
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March 31st to April 14th: TNI’s fifth birthday celebrations!

TNI is turning five years old very soon, and your Region is invited to join us in celebrating. Nash, the Culture Minister, includes the following invitation to you:

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The New Inquisition War Office
Victory Update
17th April 2011
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I am very happy to announce that The New Inquisition has taken The Security Council in a glorious victory! Thank you to The Land of Kings and Emperors for assisting us in capturing this important region.

Prince Onderkelkia, Commander of the TNI Armed Forces had the following to say:

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The Security Council, the region, has long been a hive of senior members of the FRA and their associates to draft defender liberation and commendation resolutions in the World Assembly, in violation of regional sovereignty. Amongst these defenders have been Unibot, the current Arch Chancellor of the Founderless Regions Alliance; and Sedge, one of his illustrious predecessors in the art of regional sabotage. Among the resolutions they have written was World Assembly Security Council Resolution # 14, which not only liberated Free Thought, then occupied by our close ally the LKE, but effectively conndemned our own region, as well as the LKE and Unknown, as griefers. This region has been abused by FRA defenders for years.

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Even today Unibot is the sole administrator of The Security Council’s forum and it is still used for the drafting of World Assembly resolutions. Yet now The New Inquisition Armed Forces, aided by The LKE’s Imperial Army, has launched a successful invasion of The Security Council, dealing The Security Council, abandoned and left defenceless by the FRA for the time being, a blow. This is a particularly well deserved act of sovereign war against the FRA and its leader. If the Arch Chancellor cannot even defend his own founderless region from being raided, what can he do? The importance of this operation is demonstrated by the fact a stunned FRA Chief of Defence, Frattastan, rushed to the scene shortly after update and thought it wise to proclaim ‘Wow!’ on the RMB in awe and admiration of TNIAF’s elite action:

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The post was immediately suppressed and the intruder banned.

The FRA have now refounded the ceased-to-exist founder nation, but this update they were resoundingly defeated and embarrassed! We note when the Founder of The Security Council, who is an FRA Assembly member, revived, he chose to stick up a TNI flag defiled with the “spray-painted” word ‘Fail’. We expected a pathetic attempt by the FRA to attempt to defer embarrassment and perhaps mock TNI in an unchivalrous manner. They didn’t disappoint.

Down with the FRA!
Praise the Kaiserin!

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Long live the Kaiserin!

Major General

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Greetings, and a good day to you all.

I am Joshua IX, Reich Elector of the New Inquisition and I will be taking over as ambassador to this fine region.

My finest regards to you all!

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Welcome to The New Inquisition’s Embassy

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The New Inquisition, commonly known as TNI, is an imperialist constitutional monarchy. One of the oldest and largest monarchies in Nationstates TNI was founded a few years ago by Kaiserin Viktoria Gryfynn Somerset. The region has gone through many changes from a democracy to the imperial constitutional monarchy that it is now and has pulled back from disaster following a revolution to become a culturally and politically thriving region defying the trend for decline so common elsewhere.

Your ambassador is: The Most Honourable Marquis of the Nordmark, Sir Joshua IX

Thank you for taking the time to read about our region and ambassador. If you have any questions please feel to post in the embassy, PM our ambassador to you or visit the forum Tep Forum | 404 - Link Expired

Signed,

The New Inquisition Foreign Office

[C.I.Cerebella]

The New Inquisition War Office
Victory Update
2nd July 2010
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I am pleased to announce that The New Inquisition with the support of Europeia and The Land of Kings and Emperors have successfully taken the North Atlantic in a precision raid that left defender forces no chance of intervening. With the assistance of our friends The Imperial Legion, Unknown and the Black Hawks we have now amassed 27 endorsements and have defeated one liberation plot already. Needless to say another attempt will meet with failure as well.

Long live the Kaiserin!

Reich Chancellor and Major-General