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Welcome new members of the IDU! Tulsinagar, Menagerie and haven,

Glenbrook wrote:Does anyone know some good flag designer softwares or websites? I'm looking to make a new flag for my country. Thanks in advance!


There's a mobile app called Flag Designer that is quick and easy. I also use Adobe Spark for simple projects that look pretty good.

A hearty welcome to new residents of the IDU within the past month:
Wildequas, Free qatar, Trefjall, Glenbrook, Tulsinagar, Ponoxien, Menagerie and haven, Galactic contigency, Mansilla (Welcome back!), Bjeorg (Welcome back!), Onesoul, Gonhog (Welcome back!), Tsiba, Maraix, North prilolhe, Assamland, and Kvask (Welcome back!).

Glad to have you with us. If you haven't yet done so, please endorse our elected delegate, Xiomera.

If you can hear the music, but don't know where the party is, join the Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/qrqaVwp

Also, please consider joining the International Democratic Union States Assembly (IDUSA), the lawmaking body of the IDU: https://theidu.us/forum/viewforum.php?f=18.

Finally, if/when you are interested in a placement on our regional map, please submit an application on this thread: https://theidu.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2174. The map is updated on or around the 15th of each month, approximately five days from now.

We are a friendly, democratic region, so if you have questions or would just like some support developing your nation, please reach out. We're happy to give you a hand.

Trive 38, Laeral, Comhar, Legionas, and 10 othersZamastan, Gonhog, Xiomera, United New England, Trefjall, Zerphique, Assamland, Free qatar, Glenbrook, and Wildequas

Just FYI, Discord appears to be down. It’s an issue with Discord on their end and not limited to just our Discord channel. No ETA on resolution.

It's Cloudflare. It's affecting many websites, NS included.

Cloudflare engineers have been notified of the situation and are investigating the issue. Several websites have been affected as Sanct said. I guess its time to crack out a novel and wait it out.

Cloudflare went absolutely wild. We've witnessed history!

Wait, what happened?

-Astoria wrote:Wait, what happened?

Half the internet went offline.

Trive 38 wrote:Cloudflare went absolutely wild. We've witnessed history!

I was asleep lol. Witnessing history is highly overrated - how many chapters of history textbooks describe events that are in any way pleasant? Not many.

Lauchenoiria wrote:I was asleep lol. Witnessing history is highly overrated - how many chapters of history textbooks describe events that are in any way pleasant? Not many.

I'm inclined to agree with you on this one, Lauch. 2020 is getting its own chapter in the history books and I haven't liked it one bit.

Anyway, I've been insanely busy with real-world stuff lately but I am proud to announce that Laeral and Trive 38 will be our 2020 IDUSA Speaker candidates in this upcoming election. The actual voting period will open up tonight and will close on or around July 25th, 2020. Stay tuned for more IDUSA related updates.

Trive 38 wrote:Half the internet went offline.

In what way?

-Astoria wrote:In what way?

Discord and a bunch of other apps crashed.

-Astoria wrote:In what way?

https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/17/cloudflare-dns-goes-down-taking-a-large-piece-of-the-internet-with-it/
https://deadline.com/2020/07/internet-down-outage-cloudflare-hack-dns-google-1202988757/

The "anatomy" of the internet is sometimes a crazy thing to contemplate...

Hiii. I have arrived.

The princia wrote:Hiii. I have arrived.

Hi there!

The princia

American federalist

Wow...it has been a long time since I was back here. A lot has changed but its good to see old timers like Malabra, Grosseschnauzer and Gnejs are still around.

Grosseschnauzer, Gnejs, Laeral, and Gardavasque

Voting for IDUSA Speaker will begin in a few hours. All IDUSA members can vote for the 2020-2021 Speaker at https://www.theidu.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=2212

Grosseschnauzer

AF, I’m unofficially in semi retirement mode. I’m still catching up on life after a rough patch a couple years ago, and the pandemic hasn’t helped things!

American federalist and Legionas

American federalist

Gross, I understand. I hadn't considered coming back, but sometimes you just start to wonder how things are after so long. Gotta say I am impressed with the updates they've made around here.

As the heavens opened today in Aunistria, and torrential rain lashed below, Gnejs has managed to secure the IDUFC Trophy in a hard fought victory vs Assamland. This means that the Gnejsians have held the title for two consecutive iterations of the IDUFC, and that is extremely impressive. The Gnejsians are now undoubtedly the most dominant IDU Football Nation.

The Kingdom of Legionas, on behalf of every other member of the International Democratic Union, wishes to extend a hand to the Gnejsians in good faith for a hard fought campaign. There have been many upsets, triumphs and moments of controversy, but the Gnejsians were superior to everybody else, and deservedly walk away with the title in hand, ready to defend it at the next iteration of the IDUFC.

His Majesty's Government wishes to thank all nations that participated in the spectacle, as well as their citizens for attending the matches, both those who traveled to Legionas to spectate live, as well as those who chose to tune in from the comfort of their homes, bars, and viewing platforms. Without them, the tournament would not have been a success as it was. Sport can be used to achieve positive change in the world, and HM's Government is committed to continue it's role in the IDU as a bulwark of peace, love and unity while also promoting global sportsmanship and integrity through sport and friendly diplomacy. The hosting of the IDUFC with the global attention it attracts can be a powerful catalyst for constructive dialogue between people and governments, helping to bring positive social developments, and that is what we will strive to achieve in the in the present and the future.

IN VARIETATE CONCORDIA

Relive all the action here;
https://theidu.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=106&t=2193

Gnejs, Laeral, Gonhog, Xiomera, and 3 othersGardavasque, Zerphique, and Assamland

The princia wrote:Hiii. I have arrived.

Welcome. Glad to have you here.

Xiomera and The princia

American federalist wrote:Wow...it has been a long time since I was back here. A lot has changed but its good to see old timers like Malabra, Grosseschnauzer and Gnejs are still around.

Welcome home.

American federalist and Xiomera

-Astoria wrote:Hi there!

Gardavasque wrote:Welcome. Glad to have you here.

Thank you so much guys for this warm welcome.

The princia wrote:Thank you so much guys for this warm welcome.

No problem. :-)

The princia

The map has been updated. Check it out here: https://theidu.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2174.

Please note, the continent names have been removed this update, but will be restored next update with replacement names for the continents formerly known as "Hespia" and "Catica." Unfortunately, these names were created by a previous cartographer and used on this map without consultation. As a result, there are conflicts on the wiki about references to different continents which use the same name. Therefore, I am proposing to re-name the northeastern continent "Hesperida" and the southeastern continent "Caxcana." IRL Hesperida comes from Greek mythology and is descriptive of gardens where golden apples were grown; the Caxcan (pronounced (kosh-KON)) were an fierce indigenous people of Central México.

I'm interested in public comment on this change. If you have any opinions about it, please let me know on the RMB thread above, or TG, or Discord.

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