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    Activity (and how we get it)

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    Decadence and depravity is certainly a goal to work toward.

     

    Aye, WW, I know the nature of TWP's system makes the nature of theming a Government very tricky. For the purposes of the theme aspects (and the elections too I suppose) I figured we should treat the Imperium as the sole legitimate Government of the The West Pacific, as it is the current and only state to stake that claim.

     

    Personally, I do like the title of Imperator. I'd be open to doing something with my own ministry toward involving new players, a Civil Service of sorts. Though personally I'd like a theme in place first. The more Menacing, Decadent and Depraved the better IMHO.

    Activity (and how we get it)

    in Archived Threads

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    The more astute of you may have noticed a distinct lack of activity in the West Pacific's forums of late. There are many reasons for this, but the highly trained gerbils of the Interior Ministry have decided that its probably due to us having very few active posting members. I had intended to write up a plan of things I'm going to do to get activity started, but I've just decided that sucks so I'm ad libbing this announcement. You'd better get used to that if you don't intend to recall me or something.

     

    In my opinion, the activity levels of the forum are chronically poor. I can't speak for the source of the issue, but I think if we don't take action to reverse it fairly soon then we may never fully recover. With that in mind, I think its time that we as a region and a community sit down with one another, take stock and think seriously about where we want to be in two, six, twelve months time.

     

    I'd like to keep this discussion largely organic, so for now I'll not let my own agenda taint the discussions too much. But there are two questions I believe we should consider. Firstly, the question of Democracy, which I raise due to the notoriously democratic TNP being the most active feeder. I believe that TAO's Guardian system works excellently, and would not seek to change the way delegates and guardians are appointed to their posts. However, with regards to Ministerial positions I encourage the members of the Concilium to push for elections, whether by challenge or cycle. I'll not say more on that, as its a legislative issue that should probably be dealt with by the Speaker, but I feel it would increase activity and at least wanted to mention it.

     

    Secondly, and strictly relating to this Ministry this time, are themes. My reasoning for bringing this up are the staggeringly high activity levels of well-themed regions like Lazarus, Albion and every UK themed region in history (seriously, all of them - what's up with that). Would we as a community be willing to adopt a theme for the Government of the region? If so, what? 

     

    So, let's discuss! What does the active West Pacific of the future look like to you?

    Request: Counter-Recruitment

    in Office of The Delegate

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    Delegate and Guardians;

     

    I, along with at least seven other nations in The West Pacific, have recieved this recruitment telegram from a member of International Northern Union (it's recuitment if you tl;dr):

     

    Hello to you all.

    My name is zwotstyg__782350t2.jpgZwotstyg; I am the founder and secretary of recruitment of the International Northern Union, a medium-sized region of currently 92 nations. I apologize for bothering you; however, rather than choose new nations from the spawning lists, I search through regions and choose the most appealing nations I can find. I am aware that recruitment telegrams are annoying, but if you bear with me, you will find this much more of a personal invitation than a mass-recruitment effort.

    I have an unusual story to tell, and it is the reason you are receiving such an unexpected recruitment telegram. To begin, my original nation is gross_independency__895276t2.jpgGROSS Independency, located in the International Western Union (IWU). About five months ago, myself and several others from the IWU decided to form several sister regions to the IWU; these became the International Arctic Union (IAU), the International Southern Union (ISU), and the region I founded, the International Northern Union (INU).

    Our goal with the sister regions was to bring each one to a population of 40 nations, with a regional government; at that point, the IAU, ISU and INU would speak with the IWU to form an interregional government. We had created plans to form a full interregional government, complete with a president, legislature, and various other offices; once established, it would have had authority over each of the regions, though each individual region would retain its own regional government. Alongside this interregional government, though, we'd hoped to create something a little more significant.

    Recently, I witnessed a series of raids by The Black Riders, most notably on K and J Alliance. This--the destruction of innocent regions years in the making--made me very frustrated that I was not doing anything to help those regions defend themselves (and, to date, nobody has helped any of them). As a result, the other regional leaders and I created a plan to form, alongside the interregional government, an interregional defense organization. This organization would work like a defender region; however, it was to be comprised of four regions (the IAU, ISU, INU and IWU) working as one. The organization would also have kept its primary focus on smaller regions--the ones raided most often--and be set up to respond to raids within a very short time. Of my courtesy, we have a complete 15-page, detailed plan on how the organization would be set up and how it would specifically function.

    However, recently, we had a turn of events. The INU met stark hostilities from kialga__746445t2.jpgKialga (the founder of the IWU) and vasuvius__223990t2.pngVasuvius (the founder of the IAU), and, believing that such hostility would make the interregional work with the IAU and IWU impossible, the INU voted to break away from the IWU. Fortunately, we still plan on carrying out interregional plans, rather with the ISU and the International East Union (IEU), an independently-created region, as well as possible sister regions of our own. Furthermore, the INU recently voted to become a defender region, which is the first step towards our intended interregional defense organization. These two things--the interregional government and the interregional defense organization--will both be very difficult to implement. It will require the most active and best nations possible for help; your nations fall into that section, and that, then, is the reason I have chosen you eight to invite to the INU.

    As I feel it is necessary, I will also provide you with some information on current events within the INU itself. We have recently concluded our second regional elections; our new government is ready to operate. As mentioned, we recently voted to become a defender region; we have completed our regional elections for the defense and intelligence ministers, so applications to join the military or intelligence branch are now open. Eventually, if events allow, we will pick up our interregional work with the ISU, IEU, and possibly new sister regions of our own. Extra features of the INU include a map that your nation can be placed on, an offsite forum with political parties and regional roleplay, and a regional website with additional information for everyone to access.

    That concludes my message to you; if you have any questions or comments, feel entirely free to contact me.

    If you decide to move to the INU, simply click the button at the bottom of this telegram that says "Move to International Northern Union" (if you didn't already know that). Please note that, if you come, you will be expected to contribute to the INU's mission by helping within the defense organization and regional government as you can; you have been specifically selected as among the elite of NationStates, and as a result, we expect you to be--or become--the elite of the region.

    I very much appreciate your time, everyone, and I do hope you will consider helping us at the INU!

    Best regards,
    zwotstyg__782350t2.jpgZwotstyg

     

    In the meantime I replied with this telegram to the 7 others I know have received it;

     

    Hi!

    I'm Charax, and I'm the interior Minister of the West Pacific, the region in which you're lucky enough to reside. Like you, I've just received a telegram from a nation called zwotstyg__782350t2.jpgThe GROSS Independency District of Zwotstyg. This telegram is filled with lies and mistruths, designed to lead you astray from residency in one of the game's greatest regions. The message claims that you "have been specially selected from the elite of NationStates". This is a lie, as this nation has been known to frequently blanket telegram nations throughout the West Pacific and her sister feeder regions, begging for the numbers to inflate their region. The telegram also claims that they "expect you to be--or become--the elite of the region". This is perhaps the most obvious lie of them all. Here in the West Pacific there is no limit on your potential to achieve. Want to become a statesman, or a legislator? These opportunities are open to you with the greatest of ease on the The West Pacific's regional forum. Want to be the delegate? In the West Pacific, if you have the support of the World Assembly nations in the region, you can be just that. User Created Regions which function on forum democracy are all too often dominated by exclusive and elitist cliques. Here in the West Pacific, we are a true Democracy. And here in the West Pacific is your home.

    Thanks for reading this, and I hope you see through the lies and choose to stay here, where you truly belong.

     

    I'd like to request that the delegate sends a region-wide telegram informing the region of these mistruths, as well as advertising the forum. In addition, I was wondering if the Guardians would consider sanctioning a counter-recruitment strategy, sending West Pacifican recruitment telegrams to every nation that enters International Northern Union.

     

    Thanks for your time!

    Hello from Getti

    in Information and Introduction Centre

    Posted

    Hello, and welcome to The West Pacific! I've seen you in NSGP sporting the Malice flag in various OFO related threads, nice to finally meet you. There's plenty of things you can do here in West Pacifica. We've got the WPAF for you to enlist in, the Imperium Secret Service for you to apply for (though I'm not sure how active it is - but then, who is? It's a secret) and the Concilium (assembly legislature) for you to join.

     

    Also, you have the privilege of joining on a Karaoke Friday. So get on the RMB, post lyrics and stuff. It's a tradition, and not partaking has been known to cause sudden outbreaks of Marsupial related death.  :mellow:

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