Edward Leben

Seventh Foreign Update of The Kingdom of Ainur 25th of December, 2014 EXECUTIVE The Steward Jack Dawkins Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Leben Minister of Internal Affairs Klaus Mikaelson Minister of Colonial Affairs James Dawkins Attorney General Edward Leben ROYAL FAMILY HM The King Augustus HRH The Prince Consort Aubrey Royal Chamberlain Mr. Jack Dawkins LEGISLATURE The Speaker of the Senate Klaus Mikaelson Senator Greyvendal Senator Nikolas The Lord President of the Assembly James Dawkins ELECTION RESULTS FOR DECEMBER From December the 13th to December the 15th, the Citizens of Ainur flocked to the polling stations to elect the next group of people who would serve in the Senate, as well as elect a new Steward to lead the executive. The results were as follows: Senate Greyvendal: 13 Klaus Mikaelson: 10 Nikolas: 6 All three were elected to the Senate Steward Jack Dawkins: 14 Re-open Applications: Nil Jack Dawkins was elected as Steward of Ainur The Senate have already been hard at work, with two large debates going on regarding both the formalisation of the powers and regulations which should govern Ainur’s Assembly (a lawmaking body which the general populace can be involved in) and the abilities of the King to amend legislation quickly and easily when the need arises. Newly elected Steward Jack Dawkins appointed Klaus Mikaelson as Interior Minister, Edward Leben as Foreign Minister and Attorney General, and James Dawkins (formerly known as 94 Block) as Colonial Minister. He promised great things from his team, saying he will ensure the utmost activity from his Ministers and has big reforms in mind (including the managing of Ainur’s new Mentor Corps, the acquisition of new colonies, and reforms to Ainur’s Diplomatic Corps): to him, 2015 will be “Ainur’s year”. AN INTERVIEW WITH AINUR'S NEW STEWARD - Congratulations on being elected Steward! What is it like being able to hold such a position? Jack Dawkins: Thank you! It is a special job. I already knew what to expect going into the term and I wanted more out of it than what I've seen in past Stewards. Trust is hard to find here and to be trusted to do something on your own seemed to be a no no to some previous Stewards. This term I am going in with trust in my ministers. Let them do their own thing as long as they inform me. I trust the people I picked enough to get their jobs done. If I didn't I would not have given them the job. It is not the Steward's job to micromanage. The Steward is there to advise, help out and make sure all departments are working in well working order. Also on a side note I believe Skype or some form of instant message system is a necessary requirement for any executive government. Ministers are well informed and discussion is instant and everything just runs a lot smoother. - Being Steward obviously puts a fair proportion of regional efforts under your control. What plans do you have for your term? Jack Dawkins: Our FA Department was revamped a few terms back and now that most of the kinks are worked out I have tasked Edward Leben in finding new regions to present ourselves to. I want to see something special between us and other regions. I want our ambassadors to get to know their assigned regions and be able to promote Ainur's views and culture while being out going and active in whatever region they are in. Internal Affairs is due for a reform. I have tasked Klaus Mikaelson with creating the mentor corps and starting some activities to promote a fun environment and activity. Together with Edward Leben of FA he will develop a festival in January in which we invite many of our allied regions for events and discussion. I have also pushed for an Ainurian Roast where we can poke fun at some of our own people. Colonial Affairs has been a debated issue in Ainur under past terms. Legislation was created yet never implemented. I tasked James Dawkins (AKA 94 Block) with the task of implementing some of these laws. Creating forums and keeping our colonies protected. James is also the Lord Commander of the Knights of Ainur. I trust him to use his military knowledge to protect our colonies and to recruit for them. - What made you choose these people in general? Jack Dawkins: I see them all as competent people who are willing to contribute to Ainur. They all have different views, yet they are willing to debate, discuss and follow an organised procedure to get their views across. On top of that I trust them enough to do their jobs where I don't have to hound on them to get their duties done. A Steward takes responsibility for his minister's actions. If they fail then I fail and therefore I only pick the citizens I know will do Ainur well. - You speak of 2015 being "Ainur's year". Why do you think this will be the case? Jack Dawkins: When I came here during the summer the government was held together by string from Emrys Mercer and King Augustus. After Emrys' term it went all to hell and things barely got done. As we gained more and more people who were willing to turn Ainur around we started developing laws including the Minister Resolution, Colonial Affairs, Assembly Resolution and so on. All these have laid out the ground work for a well run, interesting region. Now that they are in place it is time to actually implement them. Clean off the cobwebs of the government's gears, oil them up and get them moving again. This term will be far from perfect, but it is a new step in having a well functioning government. We get to test out these laws and see the flaws and are able to make it work for us. Makes it a fun challenge from my point of view. I get to lead the executive into this trial and error of a term. I look forward to it. - Are you excited for Christmas? Doing anything nice? Jack Dawkins: Very much! It is a very hectic, yet enjoyable time of year. I have family flying in from the UK and we are just going to enjoy ourselves at my home, pass around gifts and eat some good food. THE KNIGHTS OF AINUR SPREAD THEIR WINGS Having been revamped recently under the leadership of Lord Commander James Sebastian Dawkins, the Knights of Ainur have been going from strength to strength, and look set to continue to do so into the future. Both zz 9 Plural z Alpha and The Land of Amani were tagged by the Knights, with them also providing assistance to The Black Hawks in their occupation of Equestria. We will certainly be seeing further increased activities of the Knights in future updates! CULTURAL EXPLOITS GOING STRONG Excitement has been brewing in Ainur as planning for a Winter Festival in January gets well underway. Since November, there has been discussion on from what theme to choose to what games to include. Word from the Cultural and Foreign Affairs Departments is that there will be fun ranging from a game of Whodunnit, to role plays. People from regions across NationStates will be welcome and more information will be on its way soon! Also booming are the region’s role plays, under the watchful guidance of Ashton Mercer. The options available for the average Ainurian range from NationStates based role plays with one’s own nation, to Ainur’s most recent role play hit: Legacy. Players play mutants who live in a society where there are hated and stigmatised. “Will you be a hero, uniting humans and mutants under a banner of justice and prosperity? Or will you be a villian, murdering thousands and wreaking havoc for greed, religion, revenge, or just plain insanity? You decide!” HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM US ALL! We are sure the vast majority of you out there in NationStates are looking forward to Christmas, and we here in Ainur all wish you well! To finish off, the Steward of Ainur has a message for you all: “I would like to wish our friends in regions around Nation States a happy holiday season. I hope you all can find time to enjoy your real life family and friends as well as your virtual ones here in game. This wonderful game of ours is very special and I hope we all can help advance it positively in the upcoming New Year. Happy Holidays! Yours, Jack Dawkins”

The region of Ainur requests an embassy with the West Pacific. http://w11.zetaboards.com/New_Ainur/index/ (I am Edward Leben, the Minister for Foreign Affairs).

Foreign Office The New Inquisition Foreign Office Update From the Foreign Office 31st May 2013 || Region || Forum|| Population: 555 Forum posts: 422,421 Kaiserin: Her Most Gracious and Imperial Majesty, Viktoria Gryfynn von Hohenzollern Crown Prince: His Imperial Highness, Onder Kelkia Reich Elector: His Excellency, The Rt. Hon. Christopher Bishop Vice-Reich Elector: The Rt. Hon. Edward Leben Reich Chancellor: The Rt. Hon. Gavin Novawk Deputy Reich Chancellor: The Rt. Hon. Cephal Talleyrand Secretary of State for Home Affairs: The Rt. MagentaFairy Secretary of State for Culture: The Rt. Hon. Edward Leben The Newly Elected Government! The previously elected Reich Chancellor Mr Friedrich Wilhelm considered the Reichstag to be too inactive and so decided that it was fit to call for a general election and assemble a new Reichstag. This was done in hopes of getting fresh people into the Reichstag to boost activity. The election results are as follows: CaesarInvictus (Primrose League) [ 13 ] [11.21%] Cerian Quilor (New Progressive Coalition) [ 8 ] [6.90%] Christopher Bishop (Primrose League) [ 18 ] [15.52%] Edward Leben (Primrose League) [ 18 ] [15.52%] Friedrich Wilhelm (New Progressive Coalition) [ 11 ] [9.48%] Hamilcar Barca (New Progressive Coalition) [ 10 ] [8.62%] Gavin Novawk (Primrose League) [ 16 ] [13.79%] Isaac (Primrose League) [ 11 ] [9.48%] MagentaFairy (New Progressive Coalition) [ 11 ] [9.48%] The Primrose League managed to obtain a super-majority in the Reichstag, after several terms of trying to regain said dominant position, allowing for excellent control over the elected house. With the super-majority, many possible opportunities have been opened for their legislative agenda. An added bonus for the league was they were able to get their nominated Reich Chancellor Mr Gavin Novawk into power. The New Executive Friedrich Wilhelm was replaced as Reich Chancellor on the 9th of May. With a 4:1 vote (with one abstaining) Gavin Novawk was elected Reich Chancellor for his first time. His first undertaking was appointing his Cabinet. His Deputy Reich Chancellor is an individual that he has worked with successfully in the past named Cephal Talleyrand. The position of Culture Secretary has been given to Edward Leben, who according to the Reich Chancellor is “a great member of this community, [who] shall utilise his experience and knowledge of TNI and NationStates to put on several events that we all can enjoy”. The State Secretary of Home Affairs position has been given to MagentaFairy for her being “a rising star within TNI, [who] shall use that excellent and friendly personality of hers to transform TNI and the Government of TNI into an approachable area for all members of the community to get involved in.” With Mr. Novawk’s term underway, we look forward to what him and his Cabinet can do to advance the region. TNI has also seen the election of Christopher Bishop as Reich Elector and Edward Leben as his Vice Reich Elector. Negotiations with Game Created Regions has been a priority in his tenure and treaties with newer region such as Albion have been conducted. Recently a conference for Beltaine members being hosted in TNI has been set up by Earl Bishop (the Earl of Calüfrax) and is currently ongoing. The region wishes him continuing success as Reich Elector. Convention Time Since 2010 TNI has had its current Constitution which has remained the same (not counting of course the various edits to it over the past 3 years). But with the recent changes to recruitment and the WAD’s administration powers, and after a very convincing speech from the one of the region’s most respected statesmen, Charles Cerebella, it was decided a new constitution would be needed to deal with the potentially vast changes coming to NationStates Regions. And so the region chose to hold a Constitutional Convention to draft a new Constitution. After the Reichstag passed a bill allowing it to commence, discussion got underway. People allowed to discuss in the Convention are the Kaiserin, the Heir Apparent, all Peers of the Realm, currently seated members of the Reichstag and any people who have been members of the Reichstag prior to the one who enacted the Convention. Jet Black, one of the regions strongest legislators was appointed in charge and discussion is in full flow at the moment. All different areas of a constitution such as the Monarchy, Executive, Judiciary etc. are being considered and potentially a new constitution for future colonies will be implemented. Heated debates have included whether to merge the positions of the Reich Chancellor and Reich Elector back together and whether the World Assembly Delegate should be given more powers on the offsite forum or not. And so discussion continues on the Constitution and there’s no knowing where it will head next! Festivities Citizens of The New Inquisition gathered to celebrate the 7th birthday of the region on March 31st. The crowd gathered wearing party hats and wielding party poppers as the Kaiserin kicked the week-long festival off. The citizens were treated to one of her world famous addresses. Many citizens were seen swooning in awe and many described themselves as "weak at the knees" afterwards. As the afternoon festivities died down, the more boring citizens enjoyed a one of a kind talk show from the comfort of their own homes. The show featured many famous TNIers including Charles Cerebella and Joshua IX. They discussed topics such as the early days of TNI, old TNIers they would like to see again, and why the youth of today are so inferior to the older generation. The festival also hosted discussions on a wide range of topics, from the threat of North Korea to Rome Total War 2 to beautiful, pointless spam. In the town square, the ever popular People Choice Awards was also held. There were categories for everyone ranging from the “Best Lord” to “Who is most likely to have a sock fetish”. Winners of each category were showered in roses and socks, as appropriate. Losers were booed and pelted with rotten fruit. Just because the Foundation Day Festival is over, doesn't mean that the culture office has stopped planning. Foreign Affairs Amongst a few things that are going on, The New Inquisition and the new imperialist region Albion have signed the treaty of Avalon, which binds the two regions together hoping for a more prospective future for both regions. TNI has high hopes for the new region and what it will be capable of in the upcoming future. Now it has almost been a year since the signing of the Beltaine Accord with not much happening done with amongst the various signers. In hopes to correct this problem the Reich Elector decided to hold another conference to discuss with the other signers about trying to get such activities planned and bringing on new member regions to hopefully bring the regions closer. The FRA, like it has done in the past, sent in operatives into other regions to try to change their military and political identities. This is no different than what the FRA had attempted to do in Ainur. Due to assistance provided from TNI through the ISIS, Ainur was able to uncover the plot and prevent any further damage from occurring to the region. TNI stands strong with her allies. Military Activities The United Imperial Armed Forces (UIAF) has seen a lot of success in recent times with providing significant numbers to the Black Hawk occupations, Japan and Furry Federation, and the Europeia Republican Navy (ERN) of St Abbaddon. The UIAF Made up the largest number of reinforcements during all of the occupations mentioned. Now under the command of Deputy Commander Christopher Bishop the UIAF has been able to break previous record of raids during a single update, which was 11 with the new record being 27 regions. Christopher lead an operation that broke the previous record first with 18 regions then a few days later organized the capture of 27 regions. Such significant improvement and there is no way besides going up from here! We will be seeing a much more active UIAF in the coming months and updates!

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Greetings, Could an embassy for The New Inquisition please be set up and if applicable I be given any appropriate masking as an ambassador to TWP from TNI? http://z11.invisionfree.com/The_New_Inquisition/index.php? Thanks