God-Emperor

You already know.

Welcome to The West Pacific.

I was under the impression that it's during this time frame every year.

What about rogue delegacies supported by the Guardians? I envision the Regional Guard that I mentioned in my fifth and final point as a check against rogue delegacies. Seeing a few scores of regional guard flags endorsing the delegate and vice delegate that can potentially disappear within just a few days should give any potential rogue delegates pause. If the Guardian system was abandoned all at once, I would agree with you, but I'm only suggesting a very gradual phasing out of the system. As the Guardians are very gradually phased out, their nations would still maintain a very high level of influence. That being said, any GCR is virtually impervious to external threats, and, as almost every GCR has shown, it's almost impossible to protect against internal threats indefinitely. While the Guardian system is the reason why TWP is the most secure GCR behind The Pacific, I believe it's also the reason why TWP is also the most stagnant GCR behind The Pacific. Any nation that has been founded in the region in more than two years has had zero chance of becoming delegate, and we all know that's the one thing most new nations want to eventually do. I think we need to stop trading security for activity. A reputation as a more inclusive region is one we need to begin to foster.

It's hard to disbelieve when someone says they're allergic to dogs, if they don't have a dog.

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I remember those days.

Welcome to The West Pacific.

I view the relationship between the Regional Message Board and the forum as symbiotic. The RMB and the forum are, in fact, two separate entities, but both are connected by their close association with The West Pacific, the sovereignty of which lies with the Delegate. However, greater interaction between the two would be to the advantage of both. As a feeder, the region has been given a gift that is the envy of every User Created Region, people. New people, different people. New and different people are a gift that the RMB community can bestow upon the forum community, but the RMB community is not the only one with something to give. The forum presents an unique opportunity to group these people into work groups that can benefit the region, namely foreign, military affairs, judicial and regional affairs. As you can see, the relationship between the RMB and the forum can be mutually beneficial. In order to make reality reflect these underlying assumptions, my approach would fundamentally change the region. I believe such a paradigm shift is necessary. As I stated before, the sovereignty of the region lies with the Delegate, and the Delegate derives that authority from the World Assembly members in the region. I believe the Delegate simply ruling over the forum government does not confer that legitimacy to the forum, but it must be derived from the people themselves. To this end, I would: 1. Split the Holy Grand Assembly into two houses and hold regular elections for the HGA via regional poll. One house would be comprised of non-WA members voted upon by the region at large, but, in order to avoid voter fraud and undue foreign influence, the other house would be made up of WA members voted upon only by the WA members of the region. 2. Eliminate the Prime Minister and have the Delegate preside over the HGA as a non-voting member, except in case of a tie. 3. Gradually phase out the Guardians in favor of a Vice Delegate elected by the WA house of the HGA to exercise the office of the Delegate in their absence or in case of resignation. 4. Require the HGA to post a journal of its proceedings on the RMB regularly. 5. Establish a regional guard in which WA nations that endorse the Delegate and Vice Delegate may enlist to fly The West Pacific Armed Forces' flag and be activated in intra-regional operations. I believe the nations of the region would actively support elections via regional poll, as I said, because it confers legitimacy upon the forum, and the checks and balances between a non-WA and WA house could be supported by both 'resident' and 'citizen' nations, as they're now described.

Really? Ya must be a foreigner.

Not a shred.

Commercials keep tellin' me everything does.

People like piggy backing on other welcome threads here.

Lately? Always.

Closed.

Inception.

Thanks for the invite.

I'm usually not sure what you're sayin' either.

So welcoming that people try to thread jack it as their own welcome thread.

Aw shucks.

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.

If they announce their departure, they always come back.

Welcome to The West Pacific.