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The Dominion of Drystar | Considering we’ll take anyone, the odds are with us on that claim, but you know I hate general statements, and to my knowledge I’ve never claimed to be the best at anything. Now I can’t speak for my fellow country people, but you’ll have to get them one by one. Rebel-topia, Volaworand, Melicorium, Saint Cinder, and 1 otherPagrosse | |
The Eternal Gratitude of Land Without Shrimp | There ya go. Drystar, Volaworand, Melicorium, Saint Cinder, and 1 otherPagrosse | |
The Retired Crazy Old Man of Rebel-topia | What you meant to say is "Dumb is dumb". Dont associate crazy with stupidity. Theres the cliche of the "silent majority"... those kinds of people are the loud ones. Drystar, Volaworand, Melicorium, Purple Hyacinth, and 3 othersSaint Cinder, Unojo, and Pagrosse | |
Tenth russian empire | Hello. Melicorium, Unojo, and Pagrosse | |
The Dominion of Drystar | No, you have to be crazy to believe the world is flat, contrary to all evidence. And honestly, Bill doesn’t need to inject us with chips to control us, he can just ask them to bring back the paper clip. Rebel-topia, Auphelia, Volaworand, Melicorium, and 3 othersPurple Hyacinth, Saint Cinder, and Pagrosse | |
The Retired Crazy Old Man of Rebel-topia | Drystar, Auphelia, Volaworand, Melicorium, and 4 othersPurple Hyacinth, Saint Cinder, Unojo, and Pagrosse | |
The Holy Ecclesiarch of Saint Cinder | You know you hit rock bottom of sanity when the crazy old man is calling you crazy. Or... perhaps WE’RE the crazy ones… and he's the sane one? What a twist that would be! No, that’s impossible, not with that factbook. Speaking of innocent clause for insanity, Ladyrebels you better not be drinking, it is far too early for that. Rebel-topia, Drystar, Volaworand, Proctethia, and 3 othersMelicorium, Unojo, and Pagrosse | |
The Floofy Foxes of The Solar System Scope | I have now achieved the greatest accomplishment. There is nothing more for me to do. Oh you sweet summer child. Rebel-topia, Drystar, Land Without Shrimp, Volaworand, and 3 othersMelicorium, Unojo, and Pagrosse | |
Grennback | IM NEW TO THIS BUT GRENNBACK IS TRUE TO THIS Melicorium, Unojo, and Pagrosse | |
Erinor | Good evening, TSP! Here's tonight's reflection from the Church of the South Pacific: https://tspforums.xyz/thread-6532-post-215378.html#pid215378 Rebel-topia, Land Without Shrimp, Auphelia, Volaworand, and 4 othersConcrete Slab, Melicorium, Unojo, and Pagrosse | |
Melicorium | Welcome to the South Pacific! . Guides . Welcome to the South Pacific! HOLD IT! This dispatch is really long. What’s the TL;DR, please? Well, the game pretty much plays itself, but if you’re looking to get involved in the region beyond the basics, then there are a variety of things you can do:
You may also find this Glossary of Common Abbreviations and Terms useful. And here's a guide to getting involved in Politics in the South Pacific. Okay, I want more detail, but start with the basics, please! So, you’ve just started playing NationStates and you’ve been randomly assigned to the South Pacific region. What now? There’s already a great FAQ on the site that’s worth reading, but I’ll do my best to give you a basic run through here as well. Firstly, you will want to get to know your nation and get a feel for how you can mould it to your will. This is done by answering issues, which pop up every six hours or so. [Pro-tip - you can change the frequency that you receive issues in your settings] Each issue has a number of possible decisions to choose from. These will usually cover a range of positions on the political spectrum, but they will also tend to be rather extreme - that’s part of the fun! When you’ve chosen which decision you want to take, you’ll get a screen showing you its effect on your nation, as your stats go up or down in various ways, as well as a humorous tagline which will usually make it sound like you made a bad decision (don’t worry, it’s just being funny). Answering issues is the only way you can directly change your nation’s stats (except population, which just increases steadily over time as a measure of how long you’ve been playing - population milestones will unlock some new customisation features for your nation, like naming your capital city), and it is, basically the whole of the base game. Anything else NationStates has to offer is kinda added-on. Indeed, the only other part of the game that connects directly to your nation is the World Assembly. It’s kinda like NationStates’ version of the UN, and if you join it you can vote on resolutions created by other nations, the outcome of which will affect your nation’s stats. You can only have one WA nation. Don’t try and have more than one - it’s a serious offence! There’s more to being in the WA, but that’s the only part of it that affects your nation’s general stats and is, therefore, part of the basics of the game. We’ll look at the other features of being in the WA later. Okay, so you said I’d been assigned to a region. What is a region anyway and can I change which region I’m in? Well, regions in NationStates are communities which your nation can be part of. Each nation can only belong to one region at a time, but you are free to move your nation as much as you like, or you can create multiple nations to experience several regions at once. The South Pacific is a Game-Created Region (GCR), meaning that it was not founded by an individual player and, as one of the five Pacifics, it serves the purpose of being a ‘feeder’ region, meaning it is where new nations are randomly assigned once they are created, because everybody has to start somewhere. As such, there are a lot of nations in the South Pacific at any one time and nations come and go quite quickly, but this also means that the region is very diverse and inclusive and this is reflected in the aims of the regional government. Wait, what? The region has a government? Yes, but there’s more to tell you about regions first! Okay… You can find other regions by searching for them on ‘The World’ page and you can change your nation’s region by visiting the World Factbook Entry (WFE - here’s the South Pacific’s) of another region and then scrolling until you see a button labeled ‘Move [nation name] to [region name]’. Click it and you’re off! Right. Are you going to tell me about the regional government, now? Is that, like, a roleplaying thing? Yes, okay. Firstly, the regional government of the South Pacific (known as the Coalition of the South Pacific) is not a roleplaying government, at least, not exactly. It is made up of individuals within the South Pacific who have been elected to office by others in the South Pacific and, once in office, they have real power over the community and what happens there. In that sense, at least, this is not roleplaying. They are not ‘in character’. It is, however, a kind of gameplay, as it allows people to ‘play’ at politics and enjoy another aspect of being part of this community. So, how does it work? Well, regional governments sprang up not long after the game was first created back in 2003. They grew up out of the delegate system, which is where nations which are members of the WA can endorse each other and the nation with the most endorsements in the region becomes the regional WA delegate, with increased voting power in the WA itself. That automatically creates a kind of democracy and, since the regional WA delegate has certain powers (like banning nations and editing the WFE), it became a desirable position and one that people wanted to make sure was used wisely. The limitations of what is possible on regional message boards made regions begin to form the structures of government on off-site forums and, over time and through the work and effort of many ‘generations’ of players, those structures have evolved into fully-functioning governments. The Coalition of the South Pacific (found on these forums) is one of the oldest democracies in the game. It has a charter from which all our laws are derived, an Assembly which serves as the legislature of the coalition, creating and voting on laws and presided over by the Chair; a Cabinet consisting of a Prime Minister and the Ministers, respectively, of Regional Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Military Affairs, who serve as our executive; and a local government on the game website consisting of the Delegate and three Local Council members. All of these positions are elected at regular intervals, allowing players frequent opportunity to run for them. That sounds interesting. How do I get involved? The best thing to do is to join the forums here and register as a legislator, which will allow you to vote on laws. Then you should probably lurk a little while and look through old threads to see what people actually do in government and how it affects the community. I’d also recommend joining our Discord chat server. It’s great fun and a lot happens on there which is relevant to the forum-based government. Indeed, in many ways, it’s more active than the forums, with the latter serving as the place to store and action all our laws, debates and votes. What else is there to do? There is roleplaying on both the TSP forum and the NationStates forum. Most regions have their own journalism reporting on regional events and are keen to have new writers get involved. Our journalism is run by the Ministry of Regional Affairs, who also organise festivals and events and write guides like this to help welcome new players. You can join us on our Discord server There is military gameplay, which takes the form of using WA membership and delegate endorsement to ‘raid’ regions, taking over their in-game power-structure to make changes or just say that you’ve done it. Other’s ‘defend’ regions from attacks by raiders who seek to damage a region’s membership or culture. There are also independents, who raid or defend just for fun and don’t seek to cause any damage. (the South Pacific has it’s own independent army - the South Pacific Special Forces, which you can join here, or on their Discord server. There are even special GCRs called Warzones designed just for this purpose. And of course there’s the usual banter and word games, karaoke competitions, inter-regional festivals - all sorts of things really. There’s always something going on in NationStates! But don’t be overwhelmed. Take your time, get involved in whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it and don’t stress. Above all, have fun and play nicely with other players! Rebel-topia, Volaworand, Unojo, and Pagrosse | |
Grennback | no Unojo and Pagrosse | |
Melicorium | Why? I'm just trying to help out ;-; Volaworand and Pagrosse | |
The Dominion of Drystar | You and I have had these conversations before, 90% of Americans don’t care or think very often about Europe. We keep getting dragged into things with you guys, and while we don’t mind helping out, we do prefer peaceful neighbors. Rebel-topia, The Solar System Scope, Auphelia, Volaworand, and 5 othersMelicorium, Purple Hyacinth, Pagrosse, The rebel attack battalion, and The furry and co | |
Pagrosse | Good morning! Rebel-topia, Melicorium, and The rebel attack battalion | |
Nordic vikings empire | ||
The Retired Crazy Old Man of Rebel-topia | To be fair, 90% of Americans dont think PERIOD. Drystar, Auphelia, Volaworand, Melicorium, and 3 othersPurple Hyacinth, Alexsandria empire, and Pagrosse | |
Melicorium | Hail TSP's queen of evil, Auphelia! Hail Supreme Leader Amerion! Hail the Empress of Fire Fihami! Hail the supreme C H A I R Purple Hyacinth! Hail Plat, God of Doge Land! Oh my, I've hailed a lot of people; who else do I hail!? (I'm a quite experienced and somewhat well-known 1-year and 1-day old nation BTW) Rebel-topia, Drystar, Amerion, Volaworand, and 3 othersFihami, Purple Hyacinth, and Pagrosse | |
The Dominion of Drystar | I’ll grant you that one. Rebel-topia, Volaworand, Melicorium, and Pagrosse | |
Auphelia | Explain, then, how I pushed Amerion off of the edge to his death (until fifty episodes later when it is revealed he has survived but has amnesia and now works at the same bakery as Purple Hyacinth’s evil twin (who is actually a quadruplet and part of a scheme with Volaworand to keep Lily pad nation in a coma to steal her fortune (which is actually just two euros and a small box of empty chocolate wrappers after Alice Parker stole most of it for Erinor as part of his master plan to build his own Cat-echism Café and lure unsuspecting TSPers into long, meandering conversations of Biblical philosophy by using cats and coffee as bait (though unknown to him, Si-topia is using the store to launder money for her dog blood harvesting ring, where she uses dogs to steal peoples blood (like poor Lily, whose blood was taken, sending her into a coma)))))? So yes, the world is a thin plane floating in space, surrounded by an ice wall to keep all of the water in. These “scientists” with their “facts” cannot argue with the iron-clad logic of my opinion. Rebel-topia, Drystar, Amerion, Erinor, and 6 othersSi-topia, Volaworand, Lily pad nation, Melicorium, Purple Hyacinth, and Pagrosse | |
The sakhalinsk empire | We live in a society Melicorium, Unojo, and Pagrosse | |
The Congruent Repertoire of Unojo | You speakin French? What do you mean "Oui"? Volaworand, The sakhalinsk empire, Melicorium, and Pagrosse | |
The imperia order | ||