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The sith empire1

Euricanis wrote:i’m pretty sure everyone here knows that

well if it still exist but not common and i been away on my old account for long time and forgot the pass word on it
i would not know if its common still or not

Sminishia wrote:OOC: YEY!!!!! ;v;

IC:
Upon the capital city of Novvy Sotsial'nyy Gorod, Damir Stasov receives the invite from the nation of Krionik, he and his daughter Ziva Stasov views this. The summit is in the city of Carynth, interesting. Both Damir and Ziva Stasov are going there, as Damir sends a message that they'll go.

OOC2: Sorry for late response and not noticing, I'M EXCITED!

The Kriosaivak Department of Foreign Affairs, having received the confirmation of attendance by Damir and Ziva Stasov, eagerly awaits your arrival. Upon arriving in Carynth, you will be greeted with State Honors at the airport, after which you will be escorted to the Grand Forum, where the various other delegates will be staying, and where the Summit shall be held.

Merlovich wrote:OOC: Let's gooooooooo

IC: Representatives from the Militariat Republic will be in attendance. Notably the First Marshal, the Marshal of Defence and several staffers to relevant ministries via video call. The First Marshal is reportedly jubilant at Merlovich's extended invitation to the event as a guest of honour, and sends a personal letter back to The Krionik, warmly thanking them for the invitation, and gladly accepting it.

The Kriosaivak Department for Foreign Affairs wishes to echoes the warm sentiment displayed by their counterparts in Merlovich, and eagerly anticipates your arrival. Additonally, First Marshal Petrovic, President of the Council and Lady Regent of the Confederal Throne has sent both a personal response to the First Marshal of Merlovich, as well as a small sampling of wine from her family's vineyard for her counterpart's pleasure.

Upon arrival, your party will be greeted with all due respects and honors, then be escorted to the Grand Forum to await the beginning of the conference.

OOC: Again, it feels like my writing quality has gone drastically down from what it once was. :(

Sminishia and Merlovich

Levantin wrote:And I’m still awake.

Why am I making myself suffer...?

bruh it's 7:45- oh wait 99.696969696969% of NS lives in usa

Daonraland wrote:Hello, everyone!, i'm gonna present myself... I'm Daonraland! (A new ireland) and i want to have an great friendship with you all! >.<

Hallo! Welcome to The East Pacific! I hope you have a great stay! ...but first, if you have the time, read this:

Hi there! I sure hope you're well.

You have joined the amazing, great, wonderful, fantastic, brilliant, joyous, happy, lively, ecstatic, marvellous (I'm British, get used to my spellings), ecstatic, can someone please give me some more positive words The East Pacific!
We call it TEP for short.

Before you can enjoy your newfound freedom, though, you gotta do the important if boring stuff.

First, join the World Assembly which is where we get to vote on important decisions and stuff. Of course, the MAIN reason for joining it is so that you can increase the INFLUENCE of TEP. Of course, this is entirely optional, but it would be great if you could join. After that, endorse (i.e. scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Endorse {nation}") the WA Delegate of TEP, who is currently, as of the writing of this dispatch, Libertanny.

After you've endorsed the Delegate, endorse the Viziers (basically the high-ranking officials on TEP) too if you have the time. All of them are listed here.
Once you've done all that, you're set!



There are a few extra things you CAN do though and SHOULD do if you have the time.
1) Become a citizen If you'd like to gain even MORE rights, then I suggest Linkbecoming a citizen. It doesn't take too long, all you need is an email address (which won't be public), and after a few clicks bang! You are officially a CITIZEN of TEP. One of the major benefits of becoming one is listed below:

2) Join the government If you'd like to be able to have an influence on all the big decisions in TEP, then look no further than Linkjoining the regional government, or the Executive. You'll find there are a lot more choices than you might think, and there's a good chance you'll see something you like the look of. If you want to know in detail about what the various roles do, then you'll want to ask on the:

3) Discord server Linkhttps://discord.gg/qhDtwr9 If you like to chat, then this is the way for you. It's almost always more active than the Regional Message Board, and you can ask questions directly to the experts there.

4) Roleplay I presume you know what Roleplay is. Roleplay maps are maps on which you can roleplay with others (well, I'm not the best at explaining). If you want to join the Roleplay map, then you can't. Because we don't have a "The" roleplay map! Unlike some regions, we have several amazing maps for you to pick your choice from, or even join multiple of. The full list is here.

5) Stay in touch with the news The official news service (there are others, but this is the official one) is called the East Pacific News Service or EPNS, and the latest publication is here. You'll find the articles are expertly written, and the topics are well-chosen and always very informative. Ok, so I may be a little biased, but if you want to see for yourself, check it out.

6) Upvote this dispatch in the top-right-hand corner! If you like it of course

Thanks for reading and have a happy time in TEP!

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Kavanos and The sith empire1

i'm beginning to draw spaceships for the CCS. The first one seem to have around 1.5 km long

Karatol-Advenra, Kavanos, and The sith empire1

Hola youngins. Welcome to NS and TEP

Here are your first steps...

Join the WA: page=un

Endorse Libertanny our delegate and leader

Endorse the Viziers and Regional Officers by clicking here

Gain more rights to troll without being kicced out by cliccing Linkhere

Endorse me if u feel like it

Look at the play maps we have:

page=dispatch/id=1389645


Here's a general guide to the nature of each map, and what you'll experience if u join:

Urth roleplay works very slowly. It's on the TEP forums, which is a separate site and takes a while to understand

Valsora is an old and stable RP map. If you want to be sure to have a long game life for your nation, this is your choice. It also has the most war of all the maps, and a lot of options for diplomacy and exploration

Windsor is somewhat like a text version of Civilization 5. Economics, diplomacy and politics is more in depth than Valsora, and war isn't as frequent. Currently it's sort of dead, so make sure there is activity on Windsor before joining by messaging Volinovia or [nation]Technocratic Tagalog.[/nation]

Courisia is an older version of Windsor. Unfortunately, it's close to dead right now

Outside joining an RP map, the most common game action is to answer the issues that pop up. Depending on your answers, your nation's stats change and the kind of fictional country you want to build is modified

Note that NS issues are not that serious. You can answer an issue seriously and get ridiculous results. Just take it as a joke, chuckle and continue answering : ) Try to be #1 at different things and show off like Virgolia or try to be as turrible as possible and make jokes about it on RMB like the awful Wiranath


Things you can do with roleplay and world creation do are:

1. create imaginative worlds (history, religion, technology, civilizations, etc) for your fictional nation and states, cities and people
2. create graphics national or region flags, emblems, countryballs, anthems, poetry, comics or art that's related to your imagined nations
3. create short stories, longer stories or even novels alone or with others on RMB
4. create your own map and invite others to join

And then, my special brand of RMB funz...


5. make jokes and troll people (my job! MINE!)
6. worship the Lord of the Blessed Corn and be forever enriched with popcorn
7. Bother other n00bies with this dispatch when they first say 'im new here how do I play]


Here are the 5 cardinal rules of RmB:

1. Don't triple post (posting 3 times in a row). Double posting is okay, but not recommended. After you make a post, do check the RMB (the place where you're reading this) and wait for someone else to post. Then make your next post

2a. No advertisements for regions. This region is TEP, and we use the [region][/region] tag like The East Pacific. To be on the safe side, don't link to any regions.

2b. No advertising for sites. You can post imgur images or Youtube links and so on, but don't go 'Oh, this site is awesome! You have to join' and then link us to your uncle's fairly-illegal questionably-human-rights-violating sweatshop

3. Don't directly insult people or seriously troll to truly hurt or offend people. Trolling should be done in a fun, joking manner (if you want to know more, sign up for my Trolling 101 class on Udemy)

4. Don't spam with meaningless posts. Example include but are not exclusive to:
a. Foreign languages without translation
b. A bunch of emojis
c. A bunch of ASCII art or Lennies (sniff)
d. Single or double meaningless words
e. Any kind of copypasta
f. Dots or 'bump'

5. Don't make sexual references of any kind. You will find some very slight pg-13ish material here and there, but please watch the RMB for a week before figuring out where the line is.

If you follow these simple rules, you'll have lots of time to learn rest as u go. Have fun!

For more pedantic information, click here:

page=dispatch/id=1075631

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New maiya and Kavanos

Dreamersistan wrote:
Hola youngins. Welcome to NS and TEP

Here are your first steps...

Join the WA: page=un

Endorse Libertanny our delegate and leader

Endorse the Viziers and Regional Officers by clicking here

Gain more rights to troll without being kicced out by cliccing Linkhere

Endorse me if u feel like it

Look at the play maps we have:

page=dispatch/id=1389645


Here's a general guide to the nature of each map, and what you'll experience if u join:

Urth roleplay works very slowly. It's on the TEP forums, which is a separate site and takes a while to understand

Valsora is an old and stable RP map. If you want to be sure to have a long game life for your nation, this is your choice. It also has the most war of all the maps, and a lot of options for diplomacy and exploration

Windsor is somewhat like a text version of Civilization 5. Economics, diplomacy and politics is more in depth than Valsora, and war isn't as frequent. Currently it's sort of dead, so make sure there is activity on Windsor before joining by messaging Volinovia or [nation]Technocratic Tagalog.[/nation]

Courisia is an older version of Windsor. Unfortunately, it's close to dead right now

Outside joining an RP map, the most common game action is to answer the issues that pop up. Depending on your answers, your nation's stats change and the kind of fictional country you want to build is modified

Note that NS issues are not that serious. You can answer an issue seriously and get ridiculous results. Just take it as a joke, chuckle and continue answering : ) Try to be #1 at different things and show off like Virgolia or try to be as turrible as possible and make jokes about it on RMB like the awful Wiranath


Things you can do with roleplay and world creation do are:

1. create imaginative worlds (history, religion, technology, civilizations, etc) for your fictional nation and states, cities and people
2. create graphics national or region flags, emblems, countryballs, anthems, poetry, comics or art that's related to your imagined nations
3. create short stories, longer stories or even novels alone or with others on RMB
4. create your own map and invite others to join

And then, my special brand of RMB funz...


5. make jokes and troll people (my job! MINE!)
6. worship the Lord of the Blessed Corn and be forever enriched with popcorn
7. Bother other n00bies with this dispatch when they first say 'im new here how do I play]


Here are the 5 cardinal rules of RmB:

1. Don't triple post (posting 3 times in a row). Double posting is okay, but not recommended. After you make a post, do check the RMB (the place where you're reading this) and wait for someone else to post. Then make your next post

2a. No advertisements for regions. This region is TEP, and we use the [region][/region] tag like The East Pacific. To be on the safe side, don't link to any regions.

2b. No advertising for sites. You can post imgur images or Youtube links and so on, but don't go 'Oh, this site is awesome! You have to join' and then link us to your uncle's fairly-illegal questionably-human-rights-violating sweatshop

3. Don't directly insult people or seriously troll to truly hurt or offend people. Trolling should be done in a fun, joking manner (if you want to know more, sign up for my Trolling 101 class on Udemy)

4. Don't spam with meaningless posts. Example include but are not exclusive to:
a. Foreign languages without translation
b. A bunch of emojis
c. A bunch of ASCII art or Lennies (sniff)
d. Single or double meaningless words
e. Any kind of copypasta
f. Dots or 'bump'

5. Don't make sexual references of any kind. You will find some very slight pg-13ish material here and there, but please watch the RMB for a week before figuring out where the line is.

If you follow these simple rules, you'll have lots of time to learn rest as u go. Have fun!

For more pedantic information, click here:

page=dispatch/id=1075631

Read dispatch

.-.
Hi Dreamer

What?

Nasaguvini wrote:What?

Hello!

Welcome to NationStates! Please read this!


Welcome to the East Pacific!
... or as we call it, the Best Pacific!

Welcome to... YOUR REGION

Greetings! This is Todd McCloud here to brief you on the recent goings-on across the region. What is "the region"? Why that would be The East Pacific, of course. And it's a large region. Large regions are often fun regions, so you're in luck! Of course, when I say "you" I refer to the entity that is your state, and may be taken in context to mean something like your leader, prime minister, president, overlord, whatever.

First, let me say congratulations for arriving in The East Pacific, if you have arrived recently. We noticed the helicopters flying overhead as they plopped your nation down into its rightful spot. And what a spot to be! You're one of the lucky ones, of course, as there are many other regions out there all with their own flairs, quirks, flaws, and so on. A team of scientists recently put together a pie chart intended for the game at-large, but, of course, they want to wait on more data to confirm their studies. Nevertheless, there's no harm in releasing data prematurely, so here goes!

So that's great! Nothing else to do, right? Well, not so. See, your nation is precious. And like precious, precious blood that flows through every living animal, an active person behind that nation is extremely important. Don't think of it as a job as much as it is ensuring all the little virtual people, plants, and animals living in your nation are well-managed.

If your nation existing is enough of a lesson today, you may close out of this and read the rest tomorrow. But, if you wanna know the next step, here goes!

What is all this stuff and what does it mean?

Here, this is all this stuff and what it means:


Check out the green and yellow numbers on our regional page (that's what it's called).
1. Left-hand frame. Here you'll find links to things generally found outside of your nation. Things like the World Assembly (read below for more), other, less enchanted regions, and so on exist there in the ether.

2. Top frame. This space has links that apply directly to your nation. Notices let you know if something has happened to your nation. Issues are conflicts that you may address in your nation. Telegrams are direct correspondences from other nations (feel free to ignore recruiting telegrams). Settings is where one can change things about their nation, and so on.

3. Regional links. Here, you can find out what's going on at the RMB (Regional Message Board), which you can also access by scrolling. Sometimes, we'll have polls to vote on. If you wanna see major regional events as recorded by the game, you can check out History. And so on, and so on.

4. The World Factbook Entry, also called "WFE". Pertinent information exists here, like various links, laws, dispatches, and any officers that may be present in the region.

5. These links are important! Here you'll find all the links as they relate to getting the most out of your game - our forums, how to become a citizen (you'll want to do that), where our Discord server is, and so on.

6. This is our delegate. They ensure things go smoothly here. Any citizen of our region can be voted in as delegate. Who knows, maybe one day that will be YOU???

7. Our flag. It changes over the years, but that's our flag. Why the freemasonry imagery? Well, we happen to be connected with various underground organiza- actually, long ago we decided we liked it, so it stuck.

8. An ugly mug. Seriously.

The World Assembly and YOU
Big Kahuna has spoken!


By now, you've probably seen a lot of hubbub concerning the United Na WORLD ASSEMBLY. It's a fair body full of other nations, some that care about policy, others that do not. But you can join - it's not an exclusive club yet. Simply apply, follow the instructions and YOU'RE IN. Note that only one of your nations can be in it - the rest cannot!

So now that you're in the World Assembly, what can you do? Well... let's see... you can possIBLY ENDORSE ALL OTHER NATIONS IN YOUR REGION. How does one go about endorsing? It's simple! Follow these three steps:

1. Go to another nation's page, one that is in the World Assembly and is in The East Pacific.
2. Scroll down. We do this a lot in this game.
3. Click "add your endorsement"

And done! You've just endorsed another nation. Nothing major happens - you don't suddenly adopt the policies of that nation, you just happen to have endorsed that nation and nothing more. Why are endorsements important? Well, they keep our region safe and secure. Did you know that because we're a great region that there are other folks who want to take us down? Those laggards! So join the World Assembly, endorse other nations, they'll endorse you back, and all will be well! Just stay below the endorsement cap, which is stated in the World Factbook Entry

This Game Looks Like Web 1.0

Well, it kind of is. It's a game that was designed to advertise an author's book - Jennifer Government - way back in the early 2000's. The author? Max Barry. It kind of grew into something a bit more, and now it's well-played by a lot of other nations. It's changed little over the years, which is a testament to how unique and fun this game can be. How fun can this game be? It depends on what YOU put into it. I've shown you some regional mechanics, but now, maybe it's time to learn a lil bit more.

Remember: The more you put into it, the funner it becomes and the more interactions you'll have!

FORUMS? DISCORD??

Oh you bet there's forums and Discords. Notice I said Discords with an "s". Forums are where much of the action occurs. Here, one can apply for citizenship, join our government in another capacity (like army, legislature, and so on), and interact with other nations on an in-character basis. How do I know this? Well, I've done almost every damn thing there is to do in this region, and I'm still here, so that should say something! Some other more articulate individuals have written "how-tos" on subjects such as this, so lemme link to you some guides.

Role...Play? What is Roleplay?

So you have a nation, right? Well, what if I told you that everything was made up and the points don't matter? That's pretty much the start of roleplay. Roleplaying, or storyweaving, is you or I playing out a particular nation that we created and seeing how it can grow, the people within it interact, and so on. The possibilities are endless. The stats on my nation don't really matter. I can emulate those stats, but in no way am I bound by those stats. Can I make a nation of sentient lemurs? Sure, we have those. What about a nation that colonized that nation at one point? LinkWhy not. Okay... okay, what about a nation that was once split from that nation but is now its own country and is kind of backwards and run in the background by a crime syndicate? LinkYeah, we have that too. Oh, we also have a burgeoning LinkWikipedia site too, which helps with keeping information accessible and consistent.

It kind of sounds like the wild west, right? Make things up as you go, kind of like Bob Ross painting a nice background, right? A touch of Van Dyke Brown, maybe some happy trees, then we rinse our our brush and beat the devil out of it.

Yes... and no. There are some rules, and there's actually a bit more than what I'm about to explain, but it basically amounts to the following: no godmodding (like nuking the world with your first post sort of thing), all-powerful nations all-powerfully suck, and any kind of strength you give your nation, try to find a balancing flaw.

Read dispatch

Although you may have not joined due to YT, a guide is a guide!

Post self-deleted by Kavanos.

Nvm
Paki Already done it
.-.

What is a caek

Dannemarie wrote:What is a caek

Idk :P
Also, seems like you're only posted on our RMB once :/
How about joining our maps?
But first, remember to read this to understand about our rules here:

Newcomers Start Here: Welcome to The East Pacific


Welcome to the East Pacific!
...or as we call it, the Best Pacific!

Whether you are coming from another region, or you've just joined Nation States, we have some tips for you:

1. Join the World Assembly to help us build the influence of our beloved Region.

2. Then endorse our WA Delegate, Libertanny, our Viziers, and our Regional Officers who can be found here.

3. If you wish to gain citizen privileges, apply Linkhere.

4. After you're accepted, you may wish to join our Linkregional government or our LinkUniversity.

5. You might want to join our legislative body, Linkthe Magisterium, where you can debate and vote for TEP laws.

6. If you want to stay in touch with us, join our Linkregional Discord!

7. If you have some free time, you may wish to join one (or even two or three) of our Roleplay Maps!

8. Upvote this factbook and all our other dispatches.

9. Stay in touch with Eastern Pacific News Service!

Original Dispatch Credit: Libertanny
Edited by: Nociav
Header and Footer Credit: Libertanny

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Krionik wrote:To the honorable representatives of Sminishia, Gorbastan and Belekria, you are hereby invited to the Mabryn Summit, to be hosted in the city of Carynth, the City of the Gods. The purpose of the Summit shall be to agree on the purpose of our Coalition moving forward, the inclusion of new nations such as Belekria, and what course of action to take in order to ensure that our homeland shall never again be threatened by foreign jackals. The Summit shall be hosted throughout the coming weeks, beginning when all representatives have arrived. Also invited as a guest of honor, are the honorable representatives of Merlovich, who have been invaluable in our fight for freedom.

Representatives of other nations are welcome to attend the festivities surrounding the summit, which shall include a grand military parade, as well as several displays of our regional culture. However, talks regarding the future of our Coalition shall be restricted to only those representatives listed above.

OOC: Sorry for how long it took. Hopefully, I'll be able to respond to Brethren and Evrigenis fairly soon as well. Also, it feels like my quality of writing has gone down drastically since even a year or so ago, which really sucks.

The United Kingdom of Gorbastan will send a delegation including the Prime Minister to attend the summit.

The delegation includes:
-Elliot Pearce, Prime Minister
-Mèlodie Bureau, Deputy Prime Minister
-Estelle Couture, Minister of Foreign Affairs
-François Thevenet, Minister of National Defence
-Claire Baume, Minister of International Trade

We have also decided to appoint the skilled Adrienne Lalande, a former diplomatic consul to the International Court of Justice and now shuffled to the position of Minister of Regional Affairs. She will also be part of the delegation.

If possible, the Gorbastani Armed Forces requests a position in the military parade.

We aim to send twenty tanks, one entire infantry group, and other armoured AFV's to participate in the parade.

We look forward to talking. We have several plans to discuss.

Karatol-Advenra wrote:I know you havent slept but, you ok?

No. I am definitely not okay.

hello eastmen
yeast

Krionik wrote:To the honorable representatives of Sminishia, Gorbastan and Belekria, you are hereby invited to the Mabryn Summit, to be hosted in the city of Carynth, the City of the Gods. The purpose of the Summit shall be to agree on the purpose of our Coalition moving forward, the inclusion of new nations such as Belekria, and what course of action to take in order to ensure that our homeland shall never again be threatened by foreign jackals. The Summit shall be hosted throughout the coming weeks, beginning when all representatives have arrived. Also invited as a guest of honor, are the honorable representatives of Merlovich, who have been invaluable in our fight for freedom.

Representatives of other nations are welcome to attend the festivities surrounding the summit, which shall include a grand military parade, as well as several displays of our regional culture. However, talks regarding the future of our Coalition shall be restricted to only those representatives listed above.

OOC: Sorry for how long it took. Hopefully, I'll be able to respond to Brethren and Evrigenis fairly soon as well. Also, it feels like my quality of writing has gone down drastically since even a year or so ago, which really sucks.

Representatives from the Belekrian Federation Include

President of the Federation Georgy Blankov

Prime Minister Alexi Tackov

MIS Director Leonid Karkov

Belekria also Requests to Send a Contingent of Troops for the Military Parade

Gorbastan, Merlovich, and Brethren

Nice r/nba having a field day

Kavanos wrote:.-.
Hi Dreamer

Hola Kavanos

How's life?

hello guys I changed my Flag

here is one funny coming up
"

"
hope you had a good laugh

Dreamersistan wrote:
Hola youngins. Welcome to NS and TEP

Here are your first steps...

Join the WA: page=un

Endorse Libertanny our delegate and leader

Endorse the Viziers and Regional Officers by clicking here

Gain more rights to troll without being kicced out by cliccing Linkhere

Endorse me if u feel like it

Look at the play maps we have:

page=dispatch/id=1389645


Here's a general guide to the nature of each map, and what you'll experience if u join:

Urth roleplay works very slowly. It's on the TEP forums, which is a separate site and takes a while to understand

Valsora is an old and stable RP map. If you want to be sure to have a long game life for your nation, this is your choice. It also has the most war of all the maps, and a lot of options for diplomacy and exploration

Windsor is somewhat like a text version of Civilization 5. Economics, diplomacy and politics is more in depth than Valsora, and war isn't as frequent. Currently it's sort of dead, so make sure there is activity on Windsor before joining by messaging Volinovia or [nation]Technocratic Tagalog.[/nation]

Courisia is an older version of Windsor. Unfortunately, it's close to dead right now

Outside joining an RP map, the most common game action is to answer the issues that pop up. Depending on your answers, your nation's stats change and the kind of fictional country you want to build is modified

Note that NS issues are not that serious. You can answer an issue seriously and get ridiculous results. Just take it as a joke, chuckle and continue answering : ) Try to be #1 at different things and show off like Virgolia or try to be as turrible as possible and make jokes about it on RMB like the awful Wiranath


Things you can do with roleplay and world creation do are:

1. create imaginative worlds (history, religion, technology, civilizations, etc) for your fictional nation and states, cities and people
2. create graphics national or region flags, emblems, countryballs, anthems, poetry, comics or art that's related to your imagined nations
3. create short stories, longer stories or even novels alone or with others on RMB
4. create your own map and invite others to join

And then, my special brand of RMB funz...


5. make jokes and troll people (my job! MINE!)
6. worship the Lord of the Blessed Corn and be forever enriched with popcorn
7. Bother other n00bies with this dispatch when they first say 'im new here how do I play]


Here are the 5 cardinal rules of RmB:

1. Don't triple post (posting 3 times in a row). Double posting is okay, but not recommended. After you make a post, do check the RMB (the place where you're reading this) and wait for someone else to post. Then make your next post

2a. No advertisements for regions. This region is TEP, and we use the [region][/region] tag like The East Pacific. To be on the safe side, don't link to any regions.

2b. No advertising for sites. You can post imgur images or Youtube links and so on, but don't go 'Oh, this site is awesome! You have to join' and then link us to your uncle's fairly-illegal questionably-human-rights-violating sweatshop

3. Don't directly insult people or seriously troll to truly hurt or offend people. Trolling should be done in a fun, joking manner (if you want to know more, sign up for my Trolling 101 class on Udemy)

4. Don't spam with meaningless posts. Example include but are not exclusive to:
a. Foreign languages without translation
b. A bunch of emojis
c. A bunch of ASCII art or Lennies (sniff)
d. Single or double meaningless words
e. Any kind of copypasta
f. Dots or 'bump'

5. Don't make sexual references of any kind. You will find some very slight pg-13ish material here and there, but please watch the RMB for a week before figuring out where the line is.

If you follow these simple rules, you'll have lots of time to learn rest as u go. Have fun!

For more pedantic information, click here:

page=dispatch/id=1075631

Read dispatch

New maiya wrote:Hallo! Welcome to The East Pacific! I hope you have a great stay! ...but first, if you have the time, read this:
Hi there! I sure hope you're well.

You have joined the amazing, great, wonderful, fantastic, brilliant, joyous, happy, lively, ecstatic, marvellous (I'm British, get used to my spellings), ecstatic, can someone please give me some more positive words The East Pacific!
We call it TEP for short.

Before you can enjoy your newfound freedom, though, you gotta do the important if boring stuff.

First, join the World Assembly which is where we get to vote on important decisions and stuff. Of course, the MAIN reason for joining it is so that you can increase the INFLUENCE of TEP. Of course, this is entirely optional, but it would be great if you could join. After that, endorse (i.e. scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Endorse {nation}") the WA Delegate of TEP, who is currently, as of the writing of this dispatch, Libertanny.

After you've endorsed the Delegate, endorse the Viziers (basically the high-ranking officials on TEP) too if you have the time. All of them are listed here.
Once you've done all that, you're set!



There are a few extra things you CAN do though and SHOULD do if you have the time.
1) Become a citizen If you'd like to gain even MORE rights, then I suggest Linkbecoming a citizen. It doesn't take too long, all you need is an email address (which won't be public), and after a few clicks bang! You are officially a CITIZEN of TEP. One of the major benefits of becoming one is listed below:

2) Join the government If you'd like to be able to have an influence on all the big decisions in TEP, then look no further than Linkjoining the regional government, or the Executive. You'll find there are a lot more choices than you might think, and there's a good chance you'll see something you like the look of. If you want to know in detail about what the various roles do, then you'll want to ask on the:

3) Discord server Linkhttps://discord.gg/qhDtwr9 If you like to chat, then this is the way for you. It's almost always more active than the Regional Message Board, and you can ask questions directly to the experts there.

4) Roleplay I presume you know what Roleplay is. Roleplay maps are maps on which you can roleplay with others (well, I'm not the best at explaining). If you want to join the Roleplay map, then you can't. Because we don't have a "The" roleplay map! Unlike some regions, we have several amazing maps for you to pick your choice from, or even join multiple of. The full list is here.

5) Stay in touch with the news The official news service (there are others, but this is the official one) is called the East Pacific News Service or EPNS, and the latest publication is here. You'll find the articles are expertly written, and the topics are well-chosen and always very informative. Ok, so I may be a little biased, but if you want to see for yourself, check it out.

6) Upvote this dispatch in the top-right-hand corner! If you like it of course

Thanks for reading and have a happy time in TEP!

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#my intro is more detailed than your intro na na-na na na
(jk yours is pretty good but i spent half an hour on mine so APPRECIATION)

New maiya wrote:Hallo! Welcome to The East Pacific! I hope you have a great stay! ...but first, if you have the time, read this:
Hi there! I sure hope you're well.

You have joined the amazing, great, wonderful, fantastic, brilliant, joyous, happy, lively, ecstatic, marvellous (I'm British, get used to my spellings), ecstatic, can someone please give me some more positive words The East Pacific!
We call it TEP for short.

Before you can enjoy your newfound freedom, though, you gotta do the important if boring stuff.

First, join the World Assembly which is where we get to vote on important decisions and stuff. Of course, the MAIN reason for joining it is so that you can increase the INFLUENCE of TEP. Of course, this is entirely optional, but it would be great if you could join. After that, endorse (i.e. scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Endorse {nation}") the WA Delegate of TEP, who is currently, as of the writing of this dispatch, Libertanny.

After you've endorsed the Delegate, endorse the Viziers (basically the high-ranking officials on TEP) too if you have the time. All of them are listed here.
Once you've done all that, you're set!



There are a few extra things you CAN do though and SHOULD do if you have the time.
1) Become a citizen If you'd like to gain even MORE rights, then I suggest Linkbecoming a citizen. It doesn't take too long, all you need is an email address (which won't be public), and after a few clicks bang! You are officially a CITIZEN of TEP. One of the major benefits of becoming one is listed below:

2) Join the government If you'd like to be able to have an influence on all the big decisions in TEP, then look no further than Linkjoining the regional government, or the Executive. You'll find there are a lot more choices than you might think, and there's a good chance you'll see something you like the look of. If you want to know in detail about what the various roles do, then you'll want to ask on the:

3) Discord server Linkhttps://discord.gg/qhDtwr9 If you like to chat, then this is the way for you. It's almost always more active than the Regional Message Board, and you can ask questions directly to the experts there.

4) Roleplay I presume you know what Roleplay is. Roleplay maps are maps on which you can roleplay with others (well, I'm not the best at explaining). If you want to join the Roleplay map, then you can't. Because we don't have a "The" roleplay map! Unlike some regions, we have several amazing maps for you to pick your choice from, or even join multiple of. The full list is here.

5) Stay in touch with the news The official news service (there are others, but this is the official one) is called the East Pacific News Service or EPNS, and the latest publication is here. You'll find the articles are expertly written, and the topics are well-chosen and always very informative. Ok, so I may be a little biased, but if you want to see for yourself, check it out.

6) Upvote this dispatch in the top-right-hand corner! If you like it of course

Thanks for reading and have a happy time in TEP!

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Dreamersistan wrote:
Hola youngins. Welcome to NS and TEP

Here are your first steps...

Join the WA: page=un

Endorse Libertanny our delegate and leader

Endorse the Viziers and Regional Officers by clicking here

Gain more rights to troll without being kicced out by cliccing Linkhere

Endorse me if u feel like it

Look at the play maps we have:

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Here's a general guide to the nature of each map, and what you'll experience if u join:

Urth roleplay works very slowly. It's on the TEP forums, which is a separate site and takes a while to understand

Valsora is an old and stable RP map. If you want to be sure to have a long game life for your nation, this is your choice. It also has the most war of all the maps, and a lot of options for diplomacy and exploration

Windsor is somewhat like a text version of Civilization 5. Economics, diplomacy and politics is more in depth than Valsora, and war isn't as frequent. Currently it's sort of dead, so make sure there is activity on Windsor before joining by messaging Volinovia or [nation]Technocratic Tagalog.[/nation]

Courisia is an older version of Windsor. Unfortunately, it's close to dead right now

Outside joining an RP map, the most common game action is to answer the issues that pop up. Depending on your answers, your nation's stats change and the kind of fictional country you want to build is modified

Note that NS issues are not that serious. You can answer an issue seriously and get ridiculous results. Just take it as a joke, chuckle and continue answering : ) Try to be #1 at different things and show off like Virgolia or try to be as turrible as possible and make jokes about it on RMB like the awful Wiranath


Things you can do with roleplay and world creation do are:

1. create imaginative worlds (history, religion, technology, civilizations, etc) for your fictional nation and states, cities and people
2. create graphics national or region flags, emblems, countryballs, anthems, poetry, comics or art that's related to your imagined nations
3. create short stories, longer stories or even novels alone or with others on RMB
4. create your own map and invite others to join

And then, my special brand of RMB funz...


5. make jokes and troll people (my job! MINE!)
6. worship the Lord of the Blessed Corn and be forever enriched with popcorn
7. Bother other n00bies with this dispatch when they first say 'im new here how do I play]


Here are the 5 cardinal rules of RmB:

1. Don't triple post (posting 3 times in a row). Double posting is okay, but not recommended. After you make a post, do check the RMB (the place where you're reading this) and wait for someone else to post. Then make your next post

2a. No advertisements for regions. This region is TEP, and we use the [region][/region] tag like The East Pacific. To be on the safe side, don't link to any regions.

2b. No advertising for sites. You can post imgur images or Youtube links and so on, but don't go 'Oh, this site is awesome! You have to join' and then link us to your uncle's fairly-illegal questionably-human-rights-violating sweatshop

3. Don't directly insult people or seriously troll to truly hurt or offend people. Trolling should be done in a fun, joking manner (if you want to know more, sign up for my Trolling 101 class on Udemy)

4. Don't spam with meaningless posts. Example include but are not exclusive to:
a. Foreign languages without translation
b. A bunch of emojis
c. A bunch of ASCII art or Lennies (sniff)
d. Single or double meaningless words
e. Any kind of copypasta
f. Dots or 'bump'

5. Don't make sexual references of any kind. You will find some very slight pg-13ish material here and there, but please watch the RMB for a week before figuring out where the line is.

If you follow these simple rules, you'll have lots of time to learn rest as u go. Have fun!

For more pedantic information, click here:

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La Xinga wrote:Hello!

Welcome to NationStates! Please read this!


Welcome to the East Pacific!
... or as we call it, the Best Pacific!

Welcome to... YOUR REGION

Greetings! This is Todd McCloud here to brief you on the recent goings-on across the region. What is "the region"? Why that would be The East Pacific, of course. And it's a large region. Large regions are often fun regions, so you're in luck! Of course, when I say "you" I refer to the entity that is your state, and may be taken in context to mean something like your leader, prime minister, president, overlord, whatever.

First, let me say congratulations for arriving in The East Pacific, if you have arrived recently. We noticed the helicopters flying overhead as they plopped your nation down into its rightful spot. And what a spot to be! You're one of the lucky ones, of course, as there are many other regions out there all with their own flairs, quirks, flaws, and so on. A team of scientists recently put together a pie chart intended for the game at-large, but, of course, they want to wait on more data to confirm their studies. Nevertheless, there's no harm in releasing data prematurely, so here goes!

So that's great! Nothing else to do, right? Well, not so. See, your nation is precious. And like precious, precious blood that flows through every living animal, an active person behind that nation is extremely important. Don't think of it as a job as much as it is ensuring all the little virtual people, plants, and animals living in your nation are well-managed.

If your nation existing is enough of a lesson today, you may close out of this and read the rest tomorrow. But, if you wanna know the next step, here goes!

What is all this stuff and what does it mean?

Here, this is all this stuff and what it means:


Check out the green and yellow numbers on our regional page (that's what it's called).
1. Left-hand frame. Here you'll find links to things generally found outside of your nation. Things like the World Assembly (read below for more), other, less enchanted regions, and so on exist there in the ether.

2. Top frame. This space has links that apply directly to your nation. Notices let you know if something has happened to your nation. Issues are conflicts that you may address in your nation. Telegrams are direct correspondences from other nations (feel free to ignore recruiting telegrams). Settings is where one can change things about their nation, and so on.

3. Regional links. Here, you can find out what's going on at the RMB (Regional Message Board), which you can also access by scrolling. Sometimes, we'll have polls to vote on. If you wanna see major regional events as recorded by the game, you can check out History. And so on, and so on.

4. The World Factbook Entry, also called "WFE". Pertinent information exists here, like various links, laws, dispatches, and any officers that may be present in the region.

5. These links are important! Here you'll find all the links as they relate to getting the most out of your game - our forums, how to become a citizen (you'll want to do that), where our Discord server is, and so on.

6. This is our delegate. They ensure things go smoothly here. Any citizen of our region can be voted in as delegate. Who knows, maybe one day that will be YOU???

7. Our flag. It changes over the years, but that's our flag. Why the freemasonry imagery? Well, we happen to be connected with various underground organiza- actually, long ago we decided we liked it, so it stuck.

8. An ugly mug. Seriously.

The World Assembly and YOU
Big Kahuna has spoken!


By now, you've probably seen a lot of hubbub concerning the United Na WORLD ASSEMBLY. It's a fair body full of other nations, some that care about policy, others that do not. But you can join - it's not an exclusive club yet. Simply apply, follow the instructions and YOU'RE IN. Note that only one of your nations can be in it - the rest cannot!

So now that you're in the World Assembly, what can you do? Well... let's see... you can possIBLY ENDORSE ALL OTHER NATIONS IN YOUR REGION. How does one go about endorsing? It's simple! Follow these three steps:

1. Go to another nation's page, one that is in the World Assembly and is in The East Pacific.
2. Scroll down. We do this a lot in this game.
3. Click "add your endorsement"

And done! You've just endorsed another nation. Nothing major happens - you don't suddenly adopt the policies of that nation, you just happen to have endorsed that nation and nothing more. Why are endorsements important? Well, they keep our region safe and secure. Did you know that because we're a great region that there are other folks who want to take us down? Those laggards! So join the World Assembly, endorse other nations, they'll endorse you back, and all will be well! Just stay below the endorsement cap, which is stated in the World Factbook Entry

This Game Looks Like Web 1.0

Well, it kind of is. It's a game that was designed to advertise an author's book - Jennifer Government - way back in the early 2000's. The author? Max Barry. It kind of grew into something a bit more, and now it's well-played by a lot of other nations. It's changed little over the years, which is a testament to how unique and fun this game can be. How fun can this game be? It depends on what YOU put into it. I've shown you some regional mechanics, but now, maybe it's time to learn a lil bit more.

Remember: The more you put into it, the funner it becomes and the more interactions you'll have!

FORUMS? DISCORD??

Oh you bet there's forums and Discords. Notice I said Discords with an "s". Forums are where much of the action occurs. Here, one can apply for citizenship, join our government in another capacity (like army, legislature, and so on), and interact with other nations on an in-character basis. How do I know this? Well, I've done almost every damn thing there is to do in this region, and I'm still here, so that should say something! Some other more articulate individuals have written "how-tos" on subjects such as this, so lemme link to you some guides.

Role...Play? What is Roleplay?

So you have a nation, right? Well, what if I told you that everything was made up and the points don't matter? That's pretty much the start of roleplay. Roleplaying, or storyweaving, is you or I playing out a particular nation that we created and seeing how it can grow, the people within it interact, and so on. The possibilities are endless. The stats on my nation don't really matter. I can emulate those stats, but in no way am I bound by those stats. Can I make a nation of sentient lemurs? Sure, we have those. What about a nation that colonized that nation at one point? LinkWhy not. Okay... okay, what about a nation that was once split from that nation but is now its own country and is kind of backwards and run in the background by a crime syndicate? LinkYeah, we have that too. Oh, we also have a burgeoning LinkWikipedia site too, which helps with keeping information accessible and consistent.

It kind of sounds like the wild west, right? Make things up as you go, kind of like Bob Ross painting a nice background, right? A touch of Van Dyke Brown, maybe some happy trees, then we rinse our our brush and beat the devil out of it.

Yes... and no. There are some rules, and there's actually a bit more than what I'm about to explain, but it basically amounts to the following: no godmodding (like nuking the world with your first post sort of thing), all-powerful nations all-powerfully suck, and any kind of strength you give your nation, try to find a balancing flaw.

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Although you may have not joined due to YT, a guide is a guide!

Kavanos wrote:Idk :P
Also, seems like you're only posted on our RMB once :/
How about joining our maps?
But first, remember to read this to understand about our rules here:

Newcomers Start Here: Welcome to The East Pacific


Welcome to the East Pacific!
...or as we call it, the Best Pacific!

Whether you are coming from another region, or you've just joined Nation States, we have some tips for you:

1. Join the World Assembly to help us build the influence of our beloved Region.

2. Then endorse our WA Delegate, Libertanny, our Viziers, and our Regional Officers who can be found here.

3. If you wish to gain citizen privileges, apply Linkhere.

4. After you're accepted, you may wish to join our Linkregional government or our LinkUniversity.

5. You might want to join our legislative body, Linkthe Magisterium, where you can debate and vote for TEP laws.

6. If you want to stay in touch with us, join our Linkregional Discord!

7. If you have some free time, you may wish to join one (or even two or three) of our Roleplay Maps!

8. Upvote this factbook and all our other dispatches.

9. Stay in touch with Eastern Pacific News Service!

Original Dispatch Credit: Libertanny
Edited by: Nociav
Header and Footer Credit: Libertanny

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bruh wtf is this
just remember, i posted the original welcome message.

Post by Debby downers suppressed by Pakitsk.

Don't a Debby Downer like me. This is pretty funny!

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