Europeia Monthly Updates

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by Ellenburg, Sanjurika, Sincluda, and UPC

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Senate Elections - April 2024

On April 20, a new slate of Senators was elected to the Europeian Senate. Nine candidates stood, and citizens voted to make the top seven be elected. Candidates Lloenflys, Prim, Ervald, Cordova I, Comfed, JayDee, and Rand were all elected. The first order of business was selecting a Speaker, of which Lloenflys was chosen to lead. However, Lloenflys surprisingly resigned soon after, and Cordova I was selected as his replacement.

Debate topics centered around the ongoing Constitutional Convention, the Peoples Assembly, Half-Terms, and Court Reform. Notably, Senator Ervald pledged to only serve half his term (following in the footsteps of former Senator UPC) to show his commitment to the Half-Term Senate proposal. The 94th Europeian Senate quickly got to work, and several proposals are working their way through the Senatia.

First Frontier Day

May 2nd marked the first anniversary of Europeia becoming a Frontier. The event was celebrated with a festival that included games, meme contests, and speeches. President UPC noted that, despite the challenges that the region faced during those early days, “our success this last year has been about as resounding an affirmation of the Europeian spirit as [he] can imagine.” In recognition of the community’s efforts this past year, President UPC and Senator Ervald introduced an amendment to the Awards and Honours Act (2021), which would create a new title, Praetor, which translates to “one who goes before,” to be awarded to every Europeian citizen at the time of the festival.

One additional honor was granted during the festival. Le Libertie (LL), one of Europeia’s all time greatest recruiters and the region’s first Frontier Delegate, was nominated for an Ovation of the Senate. The Senate unanimously confirmed this Ovation, with Senator Comfed saying that “Le Libertie has always been a considered voice of reason, providing a sober second thought in an environment where many rush to move fast and break things.” LL will be officially granted the Order of Republica during a festival held in his honor next term.

Senate By-Election

There will be a Senate by-election due to the recent resignation of Speaker Lloenflys, prompted by real-life conflicts. Consequently, there will be an election to fill his vacant seat and complete the remainder of the term.

So far, three candidates have emerged for the vacant seat, each presenting their ideas and plans for the short-term tenure in the Senate. The candidates currently in the race as of Thursday morning are former Senator and Presidential Candidate Olde Delaware, Former Senator Gem, and Prov, who has recently returned to the region.
The pressing issues for this campaign appear to be changes to the Bar Association, the Junior Senator option, the Pioneer Amendment, and the Diplomatic Affairs Act. We will find out on Friday who emerges victorious!

NationStates Shutdown

For about 10 days beginning April 14th, the NationStates website experienced a database failure and went into shutdown, and it wasn’t until recently that update started running normally again and the last effects of the event faded. Although some ministries, like the Navy, Outreach, Gameside, and World Assembly Affairs were almost completely disabled for this period, game nights and other events kept Europeians busy and revealed the social strength of the region.

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☆ Introduction by Vice President Grea Kriopia

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Hello all! Welcome to Europeia's June Foreign Update: Voices from the Outer World. Rest assured we will not be permanently rebranding Europeia after Dune -- these are just some temporary aesthetics for the administration. This month's edition features a number of exciting updates implemented on our new foreign update template, including some shiny new graphics. Read below about news from Europeia's domestic affairs such as recent Senate elections and a potential revival of the People's Assembly as well as major culture events hosted recently like the ovation of Le Libertie and EuroPride 2024. We've also got a neat deep-dive on the Europeian Book Club and a special Gameside feature about Minister Andusre's RMB Questions of the Day. Finally, our update includes any recently published content from Euro's bustling media scene for your enjoyment. We hope you enjoy and learn a bit about our region along the way!

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Below are some short extracts from this month's update. For the full update with SkyGreen's delightful new graphics, see the dispatch version!

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? Regional News by Grea Kriopia, Westinor, Andusre, and Maowi

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Population: 1,188 | Delegate Endorsements: 246

President UPC | Speaker Decacon | Chief Justice Primorye Oblast

Ellenburg Narrowly Victorious in Third Senate By-Election

Forced to a run-off, Ellenburg defeated John Laurens in the third by-election of the Senate term with 57.1% of the vote (24 votes to 18). The two faced off after already clearing a crowded field of competitors, with Caldrasa and Industhan defeated in the first round of voting and Grandfather Clock withdrawing candidacy after being involuntarily nominated. John Laurens conceded defeat gracefully at the end of voting and promised to launch another campaign in the coming Senate General Election at the end of this month.

Le Libertie Celebrated in Ovation Festival

To mark Le Libertie's receipt of Europeia's highest honour, nominated by President upc and confirmed by the 94th Senate, the Ministry of Culture ran a festival in our beloved tortoise enthusiast's honour. As well as spam games and a dispatch contest run by the Ministry of Gameside, multiple high-profile Europeians have stepped forward to speak at length on the former Europeian Delegate and current Regional Security Council member. Delegate upc reminisced about Le Libertie’s work alongside them in numerous gameside endeavours, the debate between Europeia’s future as a Frontier or Stronghold, and the development of gameside security after its transition to Frontier status. Supreme Chancellor Lethen then made sure to recount Le Libertie’s time as Vice Chancellor and talk about his broader impact as a community member, and Pland Adanna stepped in to tell of Le Libertie’s momentous influence on Europeian interior affairs and recruitment. Here’s to you, Le Libertie!

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? Culture Highlight: The Official Unofficial Europeian Book Club by Fillet minion

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Fostering a love of reading since the year 1326 (trust them), the Official Unofficial Europeian Book Club has in recent months become a hub of activity in the Palace of the People. Executive superdeputy Fillet minion (aka 12 AAA Batteries) sat down with founder Lloenflys for a chat about this cultural staple.

FM: What prompted you to start the Club?

Lloen: I have always enjoyed the idea of book clubs generally, and I had tried a few times previously to start one in Euro but it usually died out pretty quickly. This time when we decided to read Orconomics, a few people actually were reading along with us so it seemed like it was having more success. Tasting that success, I decided to formalize things (that's why I called it the "Official Unofficial" book club ... it started off as an unofficial assembly and then was formalized, and I wanted to honor that history in the title).

FM: Favourite book the Club has read so far?

Lloen: I think either the first one, Orconomics, or the second one, Tress of the Emerald Sea. Both were a lot of fun. Tress was a better book, and was the first one we read after a vote, so it holds the edge for that reason. But Orconomics is special because it is the one that held things together for long enough for the club to coalesce as a real thing.

Read the rest of the interview here!

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☆ Introduction by President UPC

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Hello everyone, and welcome to Europeia's July Foreign Update: This Newsletter Never Ju-lies! We have a lot to celebrate this month, from our Vice President Grea Kriopia's commendation, to our new treaty with the South Pacific. And this edition also contains a special segment on The Great Book of Lard -- In Its Incompletion, a work in progress by the brilliant Grandfather Clock. And of course, we've included some media highlights from the EBC and EBC radio, such as The Wacky History of Europeian Religions. Without further ado, let's get into the update!

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Below are some short extracts from this month's update. For the full update, see the dispatch version!

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☆ Regional News by Maowi, Andusre, and Istillian

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Population: 1,215 | Delegate Endorsements: 276

President UPC | Speaker Rand | Chief Justice Prim

Delegate UPC Reaches Endorsement High

Our region's WA delegate UPC reached 283 recorded endorsements on the 25th July, which is the highest this metric has been since upc took the position over 300 days ago. This regional high is in spite of recent activity in the Europeian Republican Navy, whose operations commonly decrease WA Delegate endorsements as players move their WAs abroad to serve the interests of Europeia. A strong showing from our region is of special importance in these and the coming days, with several proposals of Europeian interest on the Security Council voting floor, in the queue, and on the drafting forum.

Grea Kriopia Receives Security Council Commendation

The Commendation of Europeia's Vice President Grea Kriopia (GK) has resoundingly passed the Security Council after four days of voting in which the result never seemed in real doubt. In her half a year or so as a Europeian citizen she has become a hugely treasured member of the community, as well as an incredibly valued contributor to regional government with her years of experience across NationStates. It is these years that Commendation co-authors UPC and Westinor detail in the resolution; her expertise spans military gameplay, cultural events, mentorship, diplomacy, and more, and she has had huge achievements in 10000 Islands, The Order of the Grey Wardens, The Rejected Realms, and in interregional events. Congratulations GK on this thoroughly deserved honour!

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☆ Culture Highlight: The Great Book of Lard — In Its Incompletion

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The ever-growing Great Book of Lard has graced the Republic Square since August 2023, causing divine rapture among readers throughout the many months of its sprawl. It stands at a staggering word count of more than 22,000 at the time of writing. We include as a taster the newest revelation (xii. Burial), a few words with its creator (the one and only Grandfather Clock aka GC), and some reviews from its Europeian devotees.

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xii. Burial

There you sit, your waist all drenched in Murk. Oughtn’t you weep for what is to come, that everdreaded thatchery that overtakes you so? It is in complement to those who did come before, though you did not, having known they did come and you did not, why did you come if not to come as they did? You should have known better.

The Moon descends on her delicate slick of limbs from upwards. She is come to greet you, to slip her arms into yours. Feel that comfort, and you will be cleverly slumpt free. Every bloodoar you have seeps and weeps in grief for their fanged body to be unhoused and for their own to be unsheathed. You oughn’t weep for what is to come, lest that everdreaded thatchery overtakes you so.

You can count four fetid flowers thorned into your palm since the first branch waxed from that slipsome earth, since the lightsome and His bests crawled aheavenwards. You are the first of the daylings to make it this far. This will not go unpunished.
Erratum. This is no dreaded punishment.

Ere was it revelled, that moonshine did permeate those lands of craum and tempt, when you daunted and chanted for those aughs up nighly, who did not in hindsight flail you or others anyso. You wended and wandered, tempted and singed, tapping evermight etch plain dread into every a collarbone snapped briskly. Dread and dream, valleyfolk.

There came a time, not yet chewed and spat, where the daunting and crauming and shrieking and flailing became all too little much, sending sole, now that haughbest yheavenfrom, twisting and writhing homewards. And you were craumed with the best of them, charred friends and friends alike, outsights drained of let, where only carnations grew from their emptied eyeholes.

You were craumed alike, sprung when great swamps drowned dry land parch, shaken when drywet land roiled seethe you see your moonshone ways in fail. A great plundering took sole from valleyhame, thatching welcome otherways. You are not welcome here. Yet you have made it this far, anaw uncrossed if not for, yet made seen selve in your corpse for sole in grave did plant that honeysooth liquorsome froe, sprouted anupwards nothing at all, for its sake.

Read the rest of xii. Burial, GC's commentary, and reviews for the Great Book of Lard here!

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