The Ragerian Imperium has always seen it as an important task to be involved with other regions diplomatically. Most recently we have opened embassies with two regions. The first of which is Europeia which we have participated in military exercises with in the past. We look forward to continuing to strengthen our relationship with them as our embassies are now open. The second embassy that has been opened is one with United Kingdom. We look forward to getting to know them more and working with them.
New Constitution Passed and New Officials Appointed
On December 3rd, the Citizens' Assembly voted to pass a new constitution for the region, titled Constitution II. This will allow our region to continue to adapt to its needs as it grows at a rapid pace. Shortly after it was passed by the Assembly, His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Vulturret granted the new constitution Imperial Assent and began the legal implementation of it. One of the main changes in the new constitution was the creation of the Imperial Senate. Our new Senate will be the principle legislative body for the Imperium. Furthermore, our new Senate approves requests for treaties and declarations of war. With this new constitution separating powers, it was required to appoint new officials. The first of which was Jake, who was appointed as Grand Councillor. We are happy to have him back and are already excited about the work we have seen from him. With the creation of the Senate, we had three slots to fill in that legislative body. We are happy to have His Imperial Highness, Samsonyte as President of the Senate and look forward to his work in this branch of government. Crodnu, a new face in our government was appointed as a Senator as well, and we are optimistic about his work there. Aav Verinhall was also named a Senator filling the remaining seat on the Senate as well as being appointed as Chief Justiciar of the Imperium. We can't wait to see who his picks for Associate Justiciars will be.
Declaration of War on The New Pacific Order
On November 25th, Emperor Vulturret issued an Imperial Edict for Declaration of War Against the New Pacific Order. This followed a week of conflict in which we battled with some of our allies over St Abbaddon as we remain committed to fighting alongside our allies for what is right. TheRagerian Imperium strongly condemns the behavior of the New Pacific Order's government in their inexcusable actions. We find their actions of harboring a known forum destroyer as well as their unprovoked attacks on our friends and allies completely unacceptable. Our region also denounces how they are treating their citizens by ejecting those that ask questions and restricting their use of the forums. We believe that all nations should be free to ask questions and post on forums as they wish. The war is going well with the Security Council passing Condemn The Pacific by an overwhelming majority, as supported by our Executive Government and Armada. Their crimes against regional sovereignty across NationStates must be punished or their behavior will continue. We continue to chide them for their actions and remain committed to the war against them.
New Prince of The First Rank
With the sad disappearance of the previous Prince, Sithis the region was left with no choice but to find a replacement. His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Vulturret searched all throughout the region to find a worthy candidate. After a very longsearch one was finally found. We are pleased and happy to announce that His Imperial Highness, Samsonyte has been named as the new Prince of The First Rank. His Imperial Highness, Samsonyte has been highly involved in most branches of the government and the armada wherever His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Vulturret has needed him. At times throughout the region he has served as Grand Councillor, Chief Justiciar, Fleet Admiral, and as our ambassador to other regions. With such extensive experience we know he will lead the region well. We wish His Imperial Highness, Samsonyte the best of luck and great success as our new Crown Prince.
Recent Armada News
This past month has been a great time for ourarmada. We had a successful occupation of The Philippines where we spent some time vacationing with some of our allies. We were joined there for a great time by The Black Hawks and the Independent Joint Command Coalition. A great time was had by all due to the great weather as we relaxed in the pool there. In addition our armada assisted one of our allies, The Black Hawks on a raid of St Abbaddon which had initial success. The performance of our troops were fantastic and resulted in Crodnu being promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade in the armada. We look forward to the armada's continued success.
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The Ragerian Imperium: November Foreign Update + New Treaty Signed
Monarchy
Executive Government
Legislative Government
Judiciary
World Assembly
Emperor: Vulturret Prince of the First Rank: Xhakhaslovakia
Grand Councillor: Xhakhaslovakia Councillor of Interal Affairs: Xemt Councillor of External Affairs: Aav Verinhall
Citizens' Assembly Speaker: MarriClairita
Chief Justiciar: Frederick the Wonder Associate Justiciar: Samsonyte
World Assembly Delegate: Toopaka
Affirming a Friendship The Ragerian Imperium’s oldest ally, the Land of Kings and Emperors, has long been an important region in the NationStates world, and the Imperium is honored to have the LKE as a partner. However, the Imperium and the LKE wished to expand their relations, and after working on this for a while, their plan has come to fruition. Following negotiations between the Governments of the LKE and TRI, the Treaty of Niso, named after a colony of the Land of Kings and Emperors, was signed, and it passed the Imperial Senate of the LKE and the Citizens’ Assembly of the Ragerian Imperium with extremely strong majorities in both.
Both the Land of Kings and Emperors and the Ragerian Imperium hope that the new treaty, which includes many provisions for cooperation in different areas will only expand the close relationship between those two regions.
New Government Formed Following the conclusion of Aav Verinhall’s tenure as Grand Councillor (Head of Government), His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Vulturret was quick to appoint a longtime Ragerian, Sithis (Xhakhaslovakia), as the next Grand Councillor. In his acceptance speech, the new Grand Councillor expressed aspirations to revive interest in the civil service and to further the Imperium’s foreign strength. Additionally, the Grand Councillor appointed the outgoing Grand Councillor, Aav Verinhall, as his Councillor of External Affairs, while Xemt returned to his prior position as Councillor of Internal Affairs. The Emperor offered kind words of encouragement for the new government, saying that the Grand Councillor’s record of service to the Imperium is “paralleled by few.”
Z-Day Fosters New Cooperation During the Z-Day period, the Imperial Council got to work quickly fostering a response plan for the region- attempting to research a cure and exterminating the zombies in the meantime. Internal Affairs Councillor Xemt and several Citizens were extremely active on the Regional Message Board, discussing plans for the events. We are delighted that such cultural cooperation was fostered between our residents during the event.
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July Foreign Upate
Emperor: Vulturret[NS]
Prince of the First Rank: Sithis[NS]
Grand Councillor: Madeline[NS]
Internal Affairs: Xemt[NS]
Communications: Vulturret[NS]
World Assembly Affairs: Manson[NS]
External Affairs: Samsonyte[NS]
Chief Justiciar: Aav VerinHall[NS]
Associate Justiciar: Smith VerinGuard[NS]
Associate Justiciar: Zaphkael[NS]
Speaker: McMannia Whitehall[NS]
After a period of inactivity following a period of turmoil and instability, The Ragerian Imperium is now back and doing better than ever. This will be a fairly long update since the last one was all the way back in March and quite a lot has happened since then. Now that things are more stable these updates will come on a much more consistent schedule of one every couple weeks and be a more manageable size.
Staff Changes
Since there has been so much staff turnover since the last foreign update four months ago, a list of all changes to the Imperial Council will be provided instead of an in-depth explanation of each change as usual.
3/04/18 - The first Councillor of Internal Affairs, Manson, resigned due to personal issues.
3/10/18 - Emperor Cognat I (Scott/Tawks) abdicated the throne to Vulturret and left the region after a disagreement with Grand
Councillor Zarhust and External Affairs Councillor Rachael. Zarhust and Rachael also left the region.
3/11/18 - Fleet Admiral of the Armada and Chief Justiciar Valkyrie Vytherov resigned due to issues with a few members of the region.
4/2/18 - The Imperial Council was finally filled after the turmoil of the previous month. Samsonyte was appointed to Grand Councillor, Jake became the Internal Affairs Councillor with Xemt as his deputy, Rachael was appointed to External Affairs Councillor and Aav became the Chief Justiciar.
4/16/18 - Eli Hesial was elected Speaker of Citizens’ Assembly
4/28/18 - Grand Councillor Samsonyte was replaced by Madeline VerinGuard.
5/31/18 - An expanded Imperial Council was introduced with Madeline remaining as the Grand Councillor, Samsonyte as the External Affairs Councillor, Jake retaining his role as Internal Affairs Councillor, and Rachael and Vulturret in the new positions of WA Affairs Councillor and Communications Councillor, respectively.
6/03/18 - Rachael left the region without explanation, leaving the office of Councillor of WA Affairs vacant.
6/18/18 - In a very close race for Speaker of the Citizens’ Assembly, McMannia Whitehall just barely edged out incumbent Speaker Eli Hesial, becoming our new Speaker.
6/18/18 - Manson was appointed to WA Affairs Councillor.
6/20/18 - Xemt replaced Jake as Internal Affairs Councillor after Jake’s activity level fell.
The State of the Region
While the last section focused on the happenings in the region over the past few months, this section will focus on the current affairs of the Ragerian Imperium.
The Department of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs had been a vital asset the region and our most active department under Jake’s leadership, but when Jake got a new RL job, his activity dramatically declined and it was clear that some changes were necessary. Enter Xemt, longtime Deputy Councillor of Internal Affairs and possibly the most consistently active member of the region. Xemt was promoted to Councillor of Internal Affairs on the 20th of June and has continued to do a fantastic job in the department. He plans to focus on generating more activity on all platforms, increasing our nation count and active citizen numbers, and starting a regional roleplay.
The Department of External Affairs
The Department of External Affairs had not been doing very well with Rachael at the helm but it is starting to improve with new Councillor of External Affairs Samsonyte. Samsonyte was appointed to the position on May 30th and has since worked hard to revive the department. His main goals for the immediate future are improving our relationships with our current allies, putting out more frequent and consistent foreign updates, and forging new relationships with other prominent raider regions.
The Department of Communications
One of our new departments, the Department of Communications is led by Emperor Vulturret. The Department of Communications was created as a split from the Department of Internal Affairs to allow for more focus in certain areas. The purpose of the department is to keep all our citizens up to date on all the happenings within the region through, newspapers, telegrams, or whatever other medium best suits the needs of our people. So far Councillor Vulturret has begun working on telegram campaigns to encourage residents to be more involved and has started an interview series, My Fellow Ragerian. The first installment, An Evening with Naj, can be found here. Vult’s goals for the near future include continuing My Fellow Ragerian, encouraging more citizens to join offsite platforms, and establishing The Ragerian Sentinel, our newspaper.
The Department of World Assembly Affairs
Our other new department, the Department of World Assembly Affairs was established to keep our citizens informed on matters relating the WA and help TRI have more of a global presence in the World Assembly. After Rachel left, the future of the department was uncertain but now with Manson leading it, the department is sure to become a vital part of the region. Councillor Manson is currently focused on encouraging citizens to be active voters and increase discussions on the RMB, discord, and the forum.
Executive Branch Overall
Overall, the executive branch is doing well and is on track to become even better. Under Grand Counsellor Madeline’s leadership, it has become increasingly active and important each day. Both of our original two departments, EA and IA, have been more active than ever before and our two new departments, Comm. and WAA, are becoming just as vital to the region. Grand Councillor Madeline is working hard to increase activity on all platforms, grow our citizen base, improve our presence in the raider community with raids at least 3 majors a week, and establish a schedule for raids, games, interviews, and other regional activities.
Judicial Branch
The Ragerian justice system has already been tested multiple times in our short existence and it has held fast each time. Chief Justiciar Aav has presided over 4 cases since the last foreign update, one ending in a permaban, one ending in a temporary mute, and the other two ending in out of court settlements. Two more justiciars, Zaphkael and Smith, were appointed and unanimously approved by the Citizens’ Assembly on June 1st. Aav and his team remain committed to serving justice and interpreting the law fairly.
Citizens’ Assembly
The Citizens’ Assembly, our lawmaking body consisting of all our citizens, was created in April with the introduction of our new constitution that replaced the edicts that were used under Emperor Cognat I. It has been largely inactive since its creation in April, but in recent weeks it has seen more activity with a couple bills currently being discussed. A lack of effective election law has been a hot topic for months now but no serious effort to improve it has been made by anyone yet. It remains at the top of Speaker McMannia’s goals, followed closely by the establishment of a higher house of legislature, the introduction of more activities to engage our citizens, an elected head of state, and the promotion of raider ideologies.
The Ragerian Armada
The Ragerian Armada, the military force of the Ragerian Imperium, is not doing as well as many of the other areas of the region. Despite numerous attempts by the Imperial War Command to organize raids, there seems to be a lack of interest among the general citizenry. The Imperial War Command is continuing to offer frequent raids for those who want them and is currently working on a campaign to interest more people in the Armada. Don’t think our military isn’t still active though, we’ve gotta couple big projects planned. Watch out, natives!
That's it for this update! Our next update will be coming shortly. Our plan is to have small updates every few weeks instead of larger ones less often. For more information about anything discussed here talk to Councillor of External Affairs Samsonyte.
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