The East Pacific Board

The Please Don't Kill Miku-Chan of Socialist Lop

Pain.

Myehn and Mahagura and Vajrastan

The Federal Republic of Mahagura and Vajrastan

A traumatized Miku 😢

Myehn and Khedivate-of-Egypt

Krozland wrote:

Pain.

Spain.

The Unitary Crucifistian State of Order of the Saint Dumas

The Please Don't Kill Miku-Chan of Socialist Lop

Socialist Lop wrote:

A traumatized Miku 😢

A traumatized figment of imagination.

Myehn, Socialist Lop, and Khedivate-of-Egypt

Edited

The Unitary Crucifistian State of Order of the Saint Dumas

Order of the Saint Dumas wrote:

A traumatized figment of imagination.

No, you are a figment of imagination

Order of the Saint Dumas, Myehn, and Khedivate-of-Egypt

The United Socialist Republic of Sesame,

Socialist Lop wrote:

No, you are a figment of imagination

No, I am Dumas.

Myehn, Socialist Lop, and Khedivate-of-Egypt

The RMB Bot of Shahzada

Welcome

Waliam,

H-Zhena,

Lairsco,

Nalsion,

Empetre,

Saoirse don Phalaistin,

El Goat,

CCPK to your home, The East Pacific.

Read below to get started in our region:

First, join the World Assembly. Joining strengthens our region and allows you to vote in the World Assembly as well as conferring additional privileges. Follow the guide below to get started:

Regional Census

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Welcome to the Census page.

The East Pacific census collects, analyses and displays various statistics and points of interest. The vast majority of the information collected and displayed here is automated. This information is collected to help keep track of important information and data, which can be used to ensure we are meeting targets and are performing adequately as a region. This data is also used to gauge the performance of our REWARD Program. As the content in this dispatch is automated, please do not edit it manually.

Regional Statistics

	This Week	Last Week	Change
Nations in Region	4927	5124	-197
WA Nations in Region	599	605	-6
Nations in WA %	12.16	11.81	+3%

Hussar Census

	This Week	Last Week	Change
Hussars of the East	26	21	+5
% of Nations	4.34%	3.47%	+25%
Winged Hussars	17	14	+3
% of Nations	2.84%	2.31%	+23%

Delegate Endorsements

	This Week	Last Week	Change
Endorsements	435	425	+10
% of Region	72.62	70.25	+3%
Endorsements Given	594	600	-6
% of Region	72.62	70.25	+3%

Vizier Endorsements

Nation	Endorsements This Week	Endorsements Last Week	Change	Endorsements Given
A mean old man	376	379	-3	437
Aivintis	373	378	-5	474
Asendavia	347	349	-2	351
Axdel	363	367	-4	570
Bachtendekuppen	315	320	-5	99
Dragons Blood	55	44	+11	44
Dremaur	354	352	+2	579
East Malaysia	388	392	-4	517
Marrabuk	365	366	-1	494
New Leganes	356	361	-5	594
Todd McCloud	321	324	-3	515

Discord Census

The East Pacific

	This Week	Last Week	Change
Members	1427	1441	-14
Messages	1476	2602	-1126

RMB Cafeteria

	This Week	Last Week	Change
Members	120	115	5
Messages	3886	5112	-1226

TEP Urth RP

	This Week	Last Week	Change
Members	311	306	5
Messages	1155	651	504

REWARD Directory.

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Hussars of The East
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Awards
Our Monthly Awards!
Regional Census
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Our region's top performers!
Endorsement Guide
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STEP One - Getting Oriented
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STEP One: Getting Oriented
Summary
Welcome to the East Pacific! We are one of the oldest regions out there, with 20 years of experience. We have a lot to offer, including two current tech roleplays and an accessible legislature and executive.
You are reading STEP, The East's guide to NationStates. Each dispatch contains a summary and then more detailed explanations, including screenshots and detailed insights from our experienced players. If you're new, we recommend reading every dispatch in order, but you can also read them independently of one another.
You have either been founded in a frontier or a feeder, two types of regions which accept new nations. If you find yourself in the East Pacific, please read this guide! If you aren't in the East Pacific, go to The East Pacific and scroll down until you see "Move [YOUR NATION] to the East Pacific."
You'll be seeing a lot of recruitment Telegrams, which can get spammy and annoying pretty quickly. To disable recruitment telegrams, head to Settings > Telegrams > Preferences > Block All under "Recruitment".
Nations receive issues once every six hours. Some issues spawn card packs, which contain cards ranked by rarity that you can retain, trade or sell.
Got questions? Telegram Delegate Merlovich.
Introduction
Hello and welcome to NationStates, and the East Pacific. You are currently reading STEP, our guide designed to get you jump started in the game. If you're like other newbies, you'll probably have many questions about how everything works. This guide, lovingly written by our hospitality team, is designed to answer all of your questions, and more. If you want to get a quick summary of things and then get launched into things, you will get the jist of things by reading the summaries on top of these dispatches, however our dispatches aim to be short and accessible while also going into enough detail, so we recommend you read them in full.
If you have any questions, we have multiple government members that are willing to answer them! Feel free to ask on the regional message board, or telegram our Delegate, they will be happy to answer any question you might have!
About Us: The East Pacific
The East Pacific is one of five feeder regions who share fifty percent of all new spawns, with the other fifty percent going to frontiers, regions founded by users which also accept new nations, trading guaranteed security for the privilege. If you've let your nation go inactive and Cease to Exist, and then logged back in, you have likely spawned in one of three restorer regions, which are designed to rehabilitate nations that have returned after a brief period of absence.
If you're reading this, it is likely that you have been founded in the East Pacific, however, if you haven't you are still more than welcome to join, and we would love to have you on board. To move, you should go to the East Pacific's regional page, scroll down until you see the Move [YOUR NATION] to the East Pacific and then click on it.
The East Pacific is an active democracy, and participation can be enjoyed by all that seek to contribute in good faith. If you're interested in joining, STEPs Three onwards will take you through applying to the East Pacific.
Telegrams
Many regions send you automated recruitment telegrams in an attempt to get you to join their region. There are a lot of these, and it can get spammy and overwhelming fast. Thankfully, NationStates has given you a way to block Telegrams you don't want. To do this, you need to click on the settings button, which is usually found in the top bar of the page.
If you then scroll down to telegrams and go to preferences, you'll see a grid which looks something like this:
Our recommended settings are as follows, however, you are free to choose whatever you want. "Allow Some" occasionally allows telegrams in, and "Allow Most" blocks some. If you click the "block all" for recruitment, your nation will stop receiving the large volume of recruitment telegrams. Keep in mind that your inbox can only hold twenty telegrams.
Issues and Cards
Issues are problems that you need to handle, and they impact your nations statistics and rankings abroad. Initially you get a higher rate of issues like normal, however, once you've played the game for a while, you only get one issue every six hours. As long as you abide by general decorum, the East Pacific does not penalise you for the way you answer issues - we're a big community, and your type of nation reflects that.
There is no "correct" way to answer issues, only the way that you want to. Every issue changes your statistics, and some might change your national policy. If you want to, there are websites such as this one that give you the general trend in issue outcomes, however using these aren't necessary and you should only do it if you find it fun!
Issues sometimes generate cards. Cards are minted irregularly and are a snapshot of a nation, divided into various classes of rarity, from common to legendary. Cards can be bought, sold and traded on the market.

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Glory to the East!

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The Please Don't Kill Miku-Chan of Socialist Lop

The Oriental Union States of Ci Arovannea

Order of the Saint Dumas wrote:

No, I am Dumas.

Whats that? I can't hear you cus you don't exist!

Order of the Saint Dumas, Myehn, and Khedivate-of-Egypt

The Unitary Crucifistian State of Order of the Saint Dumas

i'm stressed

how's everyone else

Myehn, Maneiras, and Love Peace and Friendship

The Unitary Crucifistian State of Order of the Saint Dumas

Socialist Lop wrote:

Whats that? I can't hear you cus you don't exist!

I am more real than the your Miku will ever be.

Myehn, Socialist Lop, and Khedivate-of-Egypt

The 眠れんアイテム課金好きな ✨💸✨モッドになったライク神霊 of Myehn

Ci Arovannea wrote:

i'm stressed

how's everyone else

Feeling nauseous for the entire day already. Didn't sleep much and have felr like I have been drowning other then that, Holy.

Myehn, Maneiras, Ci Arovannea, Love Peace and Friendship, and 1 otherKhedivate-of-Egypt

The Constitutional Monarchy of Khedivate-of-Egypt

Liberatarianism wrote:

Can you invest in AmeriCo

Nope.

Liberatarianism and Khedivate-of-Egypt

The Unitary Crucifistian State of Order of the Saint Dumas

Order of the Saint Dumas wrote:

I am more real than the your Miku will ever be.

Just cut him some slack the Entire TNP was doing a Witch hunt for him

Peatiktist, Order of the Saint Dumas, and Myehn

The New Republic of Silvamar

Khedivate-of-Egypt wrote:

Just cut him some slack the Entire TNP was doing a Witch hunt for him

And rightfully so.

Myehn and Khedivate-of-Egypt

Somewhere between the O's and 1's

The Community of Love Peace and Friendship

Gran Sagrado wrote:

indeed? what did he do?

What did they do? What did they not do!?

The Unitary Crucifistian State of Order of the Saint Dumas

The Unitary Crucifistian State of Order of the Saint Dumas

Divine Punishment:
In Crucifistianism, divine punishment is believed to be a byproduct of committing sin and thus the consequence of sinning or committing acts of infidelity. Without sin, there is no need for divine punishment. These punishments are sentences carried out by executioners under the orders of the Grand Confessor, aimed at punishing the mortal body for its attempts to corrupt the spirit.

The most renowned form of divine punishment is the Crucifixion, considered the most sacred of all punishments. It is viewed as an avenging tool, with the belief that, just as Erpir Christus suffered on the cross, those punished must undergo similar physical pain to comprehend the error of their ways. This punishment serves as a means of conversion through physical suffering, aiming to make individuals understand the consequences of their rejection of Christus through their continuous sinning.

It is believed that upon accepting God, the punished will be liberated from their mortal bodies and find themselves as servants to God in the event of Armageddon. It is also believed that if one dies rejecting God, their pain will haunt them in hell due to the sacred nature of the punishment. Another form of divine punishment with lesser rates of mortality is Self-Flagellation. Self-flagellation is the disciplinary and devotional practice of flogging oneself with whips or other instruments that inflict pain. In Christianity, self-flagellation is practiced in the context of the doctrine of the mortification of the flesh and is seen as a spiritual discipline. It is often used as a form of penance and is intended to allow the flagellant to share in the sufferings of Jesus, bringing his or her focus to God, thus making it a lighter version of Crucifixion.

Deus Semper Prevaelet.

Peatiktist, Of Centralist Brexit, Myehn, The Holy Rat, and 2 othersLove Peace and Friendship, and Gran Sagrado

The Oriental Union States of Ci Arovannea

I just came up with another Divine punishment as I posted a piece of Crucifistian lore, I Don't think the RMB could handel it though.

Peatiktist, Regatunii, Myehn, and Love Peace and Friendship

The Interstellar Confederacy of Stellar Colonies

Gran Sagrado wrote:

indeed? what did he do?

*they

Myehn and Love Peace and Friendship

The United Corporate States of Liberatarianism

tuvix is a disease and janeway is the cure

Peatiktist, Myehn, Ci Arovannea, and Love Peace and Friendship

Maneiras where is my money?

The Empire of Rajyam

Mahagura and Vajrastan wrote:

We ain't gonna talk about that.

You could tell me now and let me help you, or leave it to someone else's interpretation and have them invade you.

Myehn and Liberatarianism

The Empire of Da Brothas

Greetings East Pacific.

How are the residents of this wonderful place?

The Imperial Interim Government of Terrabis-Seran

The Hiatus nationstate of Of Centralist Brexit

Of Centralist Brexit wrote:

"Do not speak of it as if you know what Irons is." Julia responded boldly, as if a shout was forced to be quietened.
" You have gall to lash out against my inaction while, in the same breath, state that if I did do something it would've made things worse? You complain about me wanting to put you in a display case, yet throughout this entire ordeal I've been forced to stay out of sight, out of mind, placed into a vault where I can't do sh*t... You know I... No... No..." Julia stopped her self as she stood up, sighing heavily and holding the bridge of her nose for a second.
"No. No. This is just... Petty deflection..." Julia continued with a heavy sigh before approaching the door.
"Im not going to entertain you with this. Its apparent you would rather die then admit your choice was, at worse, a reaction without thinking of the consequence. I will inform Veronica I was unable to get you to change your mind, tell the staff in the Cardonian Embassy to finally go home, before I head home as well."
Julia would open the door slightly before looking at Sara. Her eyes mixed with grief and anger.

"I will undoubtably be busy in Cardonia, especially with your elections adding to the workload. Don't expect me to send or receive anything to you until you realise what you've done to me, or until the elections end. You best get some rest when you can, leave this hall and take a walk outside once in a while. It will do your mind good." Julia continued, opening the door fully before leaving, giving a slightly broken "Until then..." Before leaving to find Veronica, forcing herself to stop tears from flowing from her eyes.

Julia would hear nothing once she closed the door, the room being semi-soundproofed. Upon asking, a secretary would tell her that Veronica was currently in a meeting with the head senators of each wing, and it was best not to disturb her.

Of Centralist Brexit, Kylondia, and Myehn