The Valley Breeze: May Edition - An Exciting Retrospective!

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[hr][center][size=200][font=futura][color=#A56E06]THE VALLEY BREEZE: MAY EDITION[/color][/font][/size][/center][hr]

[hr][center][size=150][font=futura][color=#A56E06]Frontiers: An Exciting Retrospective![/color][/font][/size][/center][hr]

[font=futura][size=125][color=#B89600]A while ago, the Valley of Peace[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1869400][color=#A56E06]announced[/color][/url] [color=#B89600]that we shall be directing the community to a Frontier era for our region and its continuity. Naturally this brings with it an exciting aspect considering what was already present in gameplay by introducing a new, significant feature which has been unprecedented within years within the NationStates community and came to the global community by storm without much alert which did initially cause a few ruffling of feathers to say the very least… But, nonetheless, I could not have had a twinkle of excitement to how such a change would evolve for us particularly.[/color][/size][/font]

[font=futura][size=125][color=#B89600]Within the first two weeks of the Frontier update, we as a region and greater gaming community witnessed the introduction of the very first frontiers of their kind including[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_wellspring][color=#A56E06]The Wellspring[/color][/url][color=B89600],[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_apolean_frontiers][color=#A56E06]The Apolean Frontiers[/color][/url][color=B89600],[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_frontier_sea][color=#A56E06]The Frontier Sea[/color][/url][color=B89600],[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/region=community][color=#A56E06]Community[/color][/url] [color=B89600]and[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/region=greater_sahara][color=#A56E06]Greater Sahara[/color][/url] [color=B89600]to name a few which of these mostly collected the vast majority of what was then an extremely elevated level of foundings with the first as aforementioned reaching a population of more than 515 nations within the very first few hours of the update rolling out which would in retrospect, only be telling and suitable of our great T-rex sized feeder,[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_north_pacific][color=#A56E06]The North Pacific[/color][/url] [color=B89600]to lead us in this new age by example as they assumed the mother parenting figure over their abode starting off with the start of a new nifty community-led[/color][url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1879160] [color=#A56E06]Charter[/color][/url] [color=#B89600]and[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1876161][color=#A56E06]World Assembly Program[/color][/url][color=B89600]. Populations tended to elevate extensively to what is now in trends with not many Frontiers present then. We also got to see other new government’s achieved in Greater Sahara and especially Community who are to be praised for the steadfast integration of their members who are already in key roles within the region’s administration.[/color][/size][/font]

[font=futura][size=125][color=#B89600]Before the first two weeks, once older regions got into their jet chairs to begin their first flights, pre-flight checks where in order with[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/region=europeia][color=#A56E06]Europeia[/color][/url][color=B89600],[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/region=concord][color=#A56E06]Concord[/color][/url] [color=B89600]and our neighbors,[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_amaranthine_isles][color=#A56E06]The Amaranthine Isles[/color][/url][color=B89600] implementing their own government-led endorsement caps with Concord seeing the inception of their[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1848366][color=#A56E06]Rangers program[/color][/url][color=B89600], a similar iteration of The North Pacific’s[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=801659][color=A56E06]Keepers of the North[/color][/url] [color=B89600]within their own WADP. We followed similar fashions as well with our own endorsement cap with the general intention of having a security hurdle in safeguarding our region from what was at the time uncertain concerns regarding our security and wellbeing; something we have consistently maintained and followed as well and we hope other frontier have done the same up until now. The three aforementioned regions also set up their own formations of 'regional security councils' in monitoring the internal and external stability metrics of their respective regions in what was a very rightfully weary mentality against their own perceived areas in strengthening their security apparatus against the uncertain seas ahead.[/color][/size][/font]

[font=futura][size=125][color=#B89600]In the next two weeks following thereafter we saw some regions rise and fall as CTE’s checked in while there have been sharp rises and occasional stalemates in WA Endorsement caps with us settling for 37 eventually and also venturing recruitment efforts from some frontiers including us in potentially getting a better threshold of WA Members who often in their foundings were scarce or attracted to other regions thus huge disparities in population and WA representation were to be expected in any case. We also implemented our own[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1874361][color=A56E06]Border and Recruitment Policy[/color][/url] [color=B89600]as to primarily filter out inactive and puppet-struck nations coming to streamline our WA and non-WA population ratios. We are yet to see some of the later established UCR’s CTE in the next incoming hours and also saw[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/region=algerheaven][color=#A56E06]Algerheaven[/color][/url] [color=B89600]and[/color] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/region=carcassonne][color=#A56E06]Carcassonne[/color][/url] [color=B89600]come into prominence as well.[/color][/size][/font]

[font=futura][size=125][color=#B89600]If there’s one thing out of all this, I think we can all agree that some of the aspects have more or less had been unpredicted in huge capacities, but nonetheless, we are only to be excited for future conversation and polarisation in this new gameplay lifestyle and the Valley of Peace’s all for it.[/color][/size][/font]

[hr][center][size=150][font=futura][color=#A56E06]Riddle of the Month[/color][/font][/size][/center][hr]

[size=150][font=futura][color=#B89600]Forward, I am heavy; backward, I am not. What am I?

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[hr][color=#A56E06][font=futura][size=125]Getting Involved[/size][/font][/color][hr]

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