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An operative clause is the statement of what a proposal will do. Will it: Commend the nominee? e.g. "Hereby Commends Exampleland" Condemn the nominee? e.g. "Hereby Condemns Exampleland" Liberate a targeted region? e.g. "Hereby Liberates Example Region " Repeal a previous resolution? e.g. "Hereby Repeals SC#000 Commend Exampleland" e.g. "Hereby Repeals SC#000 Condemn Exampleland" e.g. "Hereby Repeals SC#000 Liberate Example Region" The operative clause must clearly state which of these it will do. Failure to do so will make the proposal be in violation of Rule #3 which in turn will make the proposal illegal.

I dunno, my daughter once said I'm Batman and named one of my cars 'The Batmobile'. (I no longer have it though)

Marvel, yes! Strictly based on the movies. I have never read a comic book. Less angst. More snark. It's the West Pacific Way! I bet Tony Stark and Cap like Funyons, not fascists.

The GA rules are a set of rules used by the Secretariat to check if proposals are legal, illegal or should be discarded if they have serious rule violations. Of course, all site rules in the OSRS also apply to proposals. Here is a summary of the most important parts written by me (with some help of the forum post containing the full set of rules), so feel free to correct grammar or other errors if there are any: Proposals are written as laws and have an operative clause; They can create a committee, but it must interact with WA member nations, instead of just being created for nothing; Proposals cannot: Contradict or duplicate current resolutions; Outlaw economic, political, religious, or other ideologies; Rely on existing resolutions to support it (except for repeals); Reference anything of the real world; Break the 4th wall (meta-gaming), which is to refer to the NS world as part of a game; Propose things that need a code change in the game; Affect only a part of WA nations, or non-WA nations; Mention the author as 'I', 'me', etc. (branding); Plagiarise another player's proposal (the offending player will be ejected from the WA or even worse!) Proposals can't be amended; instead they should be repealed and then written again; Repeals can't do anything else than repeal the target resolution, and must be only submitted by the repeal link in the end of the target resolution;

The Security Council The Security Council is the Counterpart of the General Assembly. Together they make up the World Assembly, the Security Council focuses primarily on Gameplay as opposed to the role-play centered General Assembly. Security Council resolutions are almost all based on Gameplay involving regional politics rather than any sort of role-playing. Unlike the General Assembly, the Security Council passes only three different types of resolutions: Commendations, Condemnations and Liberations. Commendations Commendations Are resolutions that are usually written in gratitude and meant to showcase the outstanding contributions of a certain nation or region. Condemnations While Commendations are written in gratitude a Condemnation is the exact opposite and are resolutions that are written to express disdain towards a certain nation or region. Liberations Liberations Are a type of resolution written that focuses only on regions, a liberation removes the ability to put a password on a region so that it may not be able to continue to be held by raiders that have taken over the region. It is also important to note that all three types of resolutions can also be repealed. This is done by a new resolution being passed in the Security Council that nulls any previously passed resolution, for Condemnations and Commendations this will remove the badge that the nation or region gained in the previous resolution and for Liberations it will mean that a region regains its ability to place a password. The Procedure for how a Security Council resolution comes to pass is done by writing one but its not just as simple as writing one out and have it be the next thing the Security Council votes on. First you’ll want to follow the rules, there are 4: You cannot commend or condemn site staff for their actions unique to staff roles, Your proposal must have a new and relevant argument, Your proposal must contain an operative clause that explains what your resolution will do, Your proposal must fit NS canon. It is important to note that to even be able to submit a proposed resolution you will first need to have your nation be apart of the World Assembly and it must hold a minimum of two endorsements. Before you submit your proposal it is recommended that you get feedback, a great way is to go to the Security council section of the Nationstates forums. The first thing to do after your new resolution has been written is to start by submitting your proposed resolution. Once you have submitted your proposed resolution you will need to reach the minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly which is called attaining quorum. For your proposal to reach quorum all it needs to do is be approved by at least 6% of World Assembly Delegates within 3 days of submission which can become very difficult since many delegates do not look through the proposed resolutions. It is highly advised that you run a proposal campaign to try and reach as many delegates and get them to vote as you can within your 3 day period. One of the best ways to do this is by running a telegram campaign letter which will allow you to not only get delegate's to vote on your proposal to reach quorum but will also allow you see what delegate's aren't so convinced with your proposal and may end up voting against it. If your proposal attains quorum, your proposal will be placed into the Security Council's queue but be careful and make sure that you have more then just the bare minimum of delegate approvals because if it falls below 6% the amount of approvals required, it will drop out of the queue. Now finally if you attained quorum and made it to the front of the queue your proposed resolution will finally move to the voting floor and will be at vote for four days by all everyone that is in the World Assembly which means both WA delegate's and ordinary WA members will be voting. It is highly recommended that you also are active on the Nationstates forums while you proposed resolution is at vote. Many WA nations will vote either for or against your resolution based on the arguments for or against that are made in the thread for your proposal so you should address as many criticisms people have about your proposed resolution there. Written By; @TUMS, @Kurabis and @Teralyon