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| Hyukai | Im alright with him visiting Hyukai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The Nation of Eurania | Simple I endorse someone, and if they don't endorse back, I withdraw it | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aromea | Post on our regional message board the answers to these three questions: How did you hear about The Western Isles? What's some information about yourself (hobbies, interests, country, etc.)? What kind of nation are you trying to make? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Nation of Eurania | Welcome to TWI! Here's a few dispatches for getting started in our region: ...  ... THE WESTERN ISLES MAP DISPATCH Rules Read all of these and make sure you understand them before you send the required map application to Ainslie via telegram.
List of Member Nations Greater Raedlon
Central & South Mesder Eterna-Argean North & Central Argus South Argus Gael
Southern Sea About TWI In-Character The Western Isles, like many regions, exists in its own separate reality or plane of existence in order for members to reconcile their own histories with each other. We are Earth-based humans with Earth weapons and Earth culture, although we do not exist on the map of Earth itself. Although Earth's countries exist in our reality, we do not typically interact with them nor do they interact with us; we almost exclusively interact with only the nations in our region. The Western Isles is very roughly 7000 miles long and 4000 miles wide (10 km by 10 km per pixel). We exist in a northern hemisphere, with the nations at the north typically experiencing colder climates and the nations at the south typically experiencing equatorial climates. If it helps, you can picture our map as being the area between Japan, the western American coast, the Aleutian islands, and Hawaii, although we do not actually exist in that realm. Nations are given free reign to decide their inner geography, so long as it does not bend too deep into unrealistic territory. Similarly, nations may decide their own resources or lack thereof, so long as it is kept reasonable and realistic. We are modern time, specifically current time, meaning that the real-life calendar day is the same as our role-play day. The central island is named Argus; the large island to the northeast of Argus is called Gael. The island to the west of Argus is called Raedlon. Bold Territories What are they? Bold territories are those little areas on the map circled or marked by black borders - their names are typically smaller and emboldened. They are portions of the map which are set aside with the sole purpose of being hubs for activity - not for the mere sake of having more land or getting something that you want. Rather, these are made normally to facilitate some sort of in character role-play. There are generally two types of bold territories - the larger, older and more traditional ones devoted to role-plays that are typically only overseen by one or two people. There is then the second category which is smaller and newer islands which are typically made with the view of having them change hands in character relatively quickly and are designed to be a proxy for wider tensions - whether this be diplomatic, economic or even in the sense of armed conflict. In order to apply to get responsibility to out of character manage a bold territory not listed below, you should create a factbook and then post a link to it in Which ones exist, and what are they like?
... ...Resources:  Blank Map | How to calculate area... Map Rules The map is key to developing relationships between our nations and engaging in role-play. As it has limited space, it is therefore reserved for nations who actively engage in RP and new nations (who have a fair probability of engaging in RP in the future). Please do not request a map spot unless you plan on being active for a long time. For new nations in the region, you must do ALL of the following to receive a map spot: 1. Have a realistic nation name and use that name to role-play with. Do not use the name of a real-life country or something extremely similar to it. Standard Application for Map Spot
In order to stay on the map, you must post on any regional in-character role-play thread at least once a month AND you must also do at least one of the following every ten days or less: 1. Publish or significantly and clearly add to a factbook or dispatch about your nation. If you're going to be on an extended vacation or unavoidable absence, telegram the current Secretary of Role-Play (Roendavar), Aizcona and Ainslie and they will likely hold your spot for you if you have shown in the past to be an active member. No puppets. No nation on the map may serve in any capacity in any foreign region's government. All players must use a single nation name for all of the region's affairs. Creating and using a new nation to RP as a territory or province is heavily discouraged. See also additional rules for specific instances: page=dispatch/id=426501 In General 1. Treat others how you want to be treated. RMB Rules The RMB is used for: 1. Communicating with the region as a whole, for announcements either on personal matters or about your nation. The RMB is NOT used for: 1. One-on-one conversations. These should occur through telegram. Telegram Rules 1. No regional telegrams can be sent out by non-officers, for any reason, including to campaign Breaking the Rules Upon violating the rules, the following events are likely to happen: 1. Suppression of RMB posts These events may occur in a different order depending on the severity of the offense(s). The telegram/post may come from any nation; if someone warns you that you are breaking the rules, that counts as a warning. Additionally, here's a dispatch for our concurrent roleplays: .... .... .... Roleplay Directory of The Western Isles .... The Western Isles is a region with a broad, complex and active role-play environment, which is centred on our map. To help you get acquainted and to keep you informed about the happenings of TWI, there are a number of resources created and updated for the benefit of map nations. This - the RP directory - is one of those resources and was an excellent dispatch run by Ostehaar for much longer than I have administrated it. This dispatch lists active RPs, international organisations and collaboration threads that you may want to take a look at. Whilst I’ll keep an eye out for new threads, you can help me by letting me know about new RPs as they're opened and about changes to ongoing RPs. Please do so via TG or by tagging me in the RMB post in which you announce or publish your RP (make sure to include a link to the IC and OOC threads). These are threads that typically are restricted to members of The Western Isles so if you are not on the map yet or not in The Western Isles contact the RP manager/OP before you write anything in either the OOC or IC threads. New to Role-Playing in The Western Isles? I'd highly recommend you read this post written by The Macabees. It is very helpful and is instructive on what it is like to be an RPer in our region. Key: The terms below indicate the status conditions of different roleplays (RPs) in the region.
Completed RPs: Islevision Song Contest (  OOC), The Red Hand, Unburied (OOC, IC), Netil Summit Thread (IC), Iershenovan War (OOC), Baumish-Romanian Conflict (Summary, OOC, IC), 2023 IFAF TWI Club World Cup (OOC), IFAF Western Isles Cup 2023 (OOC), The Sobrausze Chess Tournament (OOC), Ahnslen Rally Championship (OOC), Baumish Open - Men's Singles (OOC), RCL Ahnslen National Rally Championship '21 (OOC), The Lankan-Rehaajlian War (OOC), East Lankia-Rehaajl Negotiations (IC), Peace talks between East Lankia and Rehaajl (IC), TWI Basketball League (OOC), CEFA Cup (OOC), UAFA Cup - 2022 (OOC), The Red Sunset Crisis (OOC, IC, Court Case), Wimberlisk Open (OOC), IFAF Western Isles Cup 2022 (OOC), The Rains (OOC, IC), Shadow Over Gael (OOC), GFA Champions Cup (OOC), Ahnslen National Rally Championship (OOC), UAFA Cup 2021 (OOC), Isles Cup (OOC), The Spectre (IC, OOC), A Threat Realised (IC, OOC), The Unraveling (IC, OOC), The High Life (IC, OOC), The Second Imperial War (IC), The Atomic Secret (IC, OOC), Contagion (IC, OOC), The North Mesder War (IC, OOC, The Western Isles Climate Change Summit (IC, OOC), The Western Isles Human Right Summit (IC, OOC) and Cooperative Union Leader’s Summit (IC), Preserve/Profit (OOC, IC), Western Isles Gala (OOC, IC), Oh Night Unholy (OOC).Dormant RPs: The Nisri-Esterazian Crisis ( Dead RPs: Ioodiisitie Anti-Authoritarian Summit ( Southern Sea Treaty Organisation (SSTO) (Active) - Dispatch
Organisation for Isles Nuclear Regulation and Organisation (INRO) (Active) - Dispatch
Southern Sea Alliance (SSA) (Active) - Dispatch
The Association of Eternan States (TAES) (Active) - Dispatch
Catholic Conference of Isles Bishops (CCIB) (Active) - Dispatch
Eastern Tripartite (Active) - Dispatch Gael Four Agreement (G4) (Active) - Dispatch
Organisation for Regional Cooperation in Argus (ORCA) (Active) - Dispatch,
Western Isles Trade Organisation (WITO) (Active) - Dispatch
Eterna-Argean Friendship Accords (Active) - Dispatch
The Western Isles Climate Response Council (Active) - Dispatch, Treaty
Western Isles Democratic Alliance (Active) - Dispatch
Raedlon Organization of States (ROS) (Active) - Dispatch
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| Hyukai | Yeah its a good idea to place a spot in the map. That way, you could be involved in more rp. Just follow the rules and stuff to get a spot. Oh where are my manners, Welcome to TWI! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Nation of Eurania | Got my TG? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aromea | I almost forgot to mention this, I have been working on developing a Website. I have nothing to put on it :P | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The Utopian Kingdom of the Union of Roendavar | The Roendavarian monarch still has a bunch of countries to visit so it might take a while before he gets to Nhoor but it can be arranged. A visit from one monarchy to another. The main purpose of the Royal Tour is to improve Roendavar's standing and strengthen diplomatic relations, especially now that we have assumed some major roles and are in hot water with some forces within Roendavar and other nations. Athara magarat and Nhoor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Westmoor isles | Hello everyone! I’m new to TWI but have been on NS on and off since around 2016. My hobbies and interests include video games (Paradox grand strategy games particularly), philosophy, and psychology, which I’m currently studying at college. Oh, and I’m from the United States but that’s not particularly interesting. I found The Western Isles by looking through some of the embassies for old regions I once was in on here. I want my nation to be a relatively small federal republic that is a British Colony. I’m mostly interested in diplomatic RP and potentially some light military conflict. I look forward to meeting all of you! Ioudaia, Dormill and Stiura, Athara magarat, Corindia, and 5 othersThromsa, San Montagna, Nhoor, New jacobland, and Serpens land | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hyukai | Welcome to TWI! First of, you could read our dispatches and rules and those stuff which I suppose you have done already. Since you are interested in rp why not claim a spot in the map? It's a great way to get better rp experience. There are lots of fun things you can do here! Oh and if you have discord, feel free to join our discord server. Have a great time in The Western Isles! Corsitilia and Westmoor isles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serpens land | Ooo, very snazzy. While it certainly is possible to write yourself as a British colony in the past (as I have). I'd advise against currently being a British colony, as we don't really interact (in character) with nations outside our region. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hyukai | True. Most nations here are actually independent nations that probably were colonies in the past | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hyukai | Not sure. Which one? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Nation of Eurania | The last one I've sent to you. On nationbuilding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hyukai | Ah yes. I'll go reply to it soon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hyukai | It's alright. Typos and errors happen al the time | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Republic of Corsitilia | That's another way to show that typos happen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serpens land | Ah OK. Maybe we could combine one another's histories some how? Ioudaia and Westmoor isles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hyukai | Yeah lol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Serpens land | Oh, and also, here's my history dispatch. ||Updated: March 2021
It is estimated that Serpens Land and it's surrounding islands were inhabited by humans around 65,000 years ago. They most likely crossed the North Mesder sea using small sailing canoes and navigated using stars and waves. The oldest known human remains found in Serpens Land have been dated 45,000 years ago, although there has been earlier evidence of human presence on the island. These people are the ancestors of the modern day Native Serpens Landers or Serpans Peoples. The Serpans Peoples have a complex oral culture with it's roots in the first group of humans that arrived in Serpens Land. By the 16th century the Serpans Peoples had split into multiple tribes spread across the island. Sometimes the tribes would cooperate with one another, and sometimes they would fight. Wars between Serpans tribes were fought with sharpened sticks called u'meas. U'meas were not just used as a weapon. It was said that an u'mea contained one's sole, and if lost in battle or otherwise, the owner's sole would be forever lost after death. The first Europeans known to have reached Serpens Land were the British explorer John Eaton and his crew in 1723. The Serpans People were friendly to Eaton and his crew, allowing them to come ashore. Europeans would not return to Serpens Land again until 1778 when another British explorer James Lonsdale mapped the coastline of Serpens Land. Lonsdale traded European food, metal tools, weapons and other goods for timber, Serpans food, artefacts and water. Nine years later in 1787, Lonsddale arrived once more, this time setting up a fort on the south island called Fort Charlotte and a trading post. Due to the introduction of European weapons, the Serpans tribes began to wage longer and deadlier wars with one another. These wars were known as the Serpans Wars and killed over 50,000 Serpans Peoples from 1790 to 1832. At around the same time, Christian missionaries began arriving to Serpens Land converting most of the Serpans population. On April 23, 1907, Serpens Land became a dominion within the British Empire. Since then, April 23 is celebrated every year, and known as Dominion Day. The Constitution of the Dominion of Serpens Land was drafted, and passed with overwhelming popularity. Along with responsible government, the office of the Governor General was created. At this time, Governor General was the representative of the British monarch in Serpens Land. It was also at this time that the first elections were held in Serpens Land. All European adult men were allowed to participate in elections held every four years. Along with mainland Serpens Land, the new Dominion government was given authority over the territories of the Westmoor isles, Diachen, and the North Mesder Islands. These territories were governed directly by the Dominion government, and had little to no say in their affairs.  on July 10, 1914   Serpens Land and the Erodesian Free State Many Erodesians were not contempt with the Erodesian Protectorate and wanted even greater autonomy inducing the power to decide foreign policy. In May 1914, a group called the Edrium Republican Front (ERF) lead by Thomas S. King began attacking British and Serpens Land troops stationed in Broadway. By May 22, ERF rebels had managed to push the British and Serpens Land forces out of the city, where they declared an independent republic. Other Erodesian cities followed suit with rebellions sparking up across the Erodesian Protectorate. On June 5th, 1914, then Prime Minister of Serpens Land Archibald Gardener invoked martial law within the protectorate. When Serpens Land troops attempted to reoccupy areas of the protectorate they faced heavy resistance from the Erodesian rebels. One of the bloodiest battles of the rebellion occurred from July 10-23, 1914 when British and Serpens Land troops tried to retake Carisbrooke Island. British forces attempted to land on the island using unmodified row boats vulnerable to enemy fire. The month before, rebels had managed to capture Fort Patrick, a small British garrison on the island. During the landings, British and Serpens Land troops suffered heavy casualties with only about 40% of troops making it off the beach. The Erodesian rebels were able to hold their positions for nearly two more weeks until the British withdrawal from the island on July 23, 1914. Fighting would continue for another year, with repeated attempts from the now unsupported Serpens Land Army. Finally on September 15, 1915, the Dominion of Serpens Land and the Erodesian Republican Front signed the Treaty of Lonsdale. This treaty laid out the border between the newly established Republic of Erodesia, and the Dominion of Serpens Land.  General Allard's troops march through the streets of Fort Charlotte Main article: Republic of Serpens Land Serpens Land continued to recognize the British monarch as it's head of state, even after it was given self government in 1907. This continued until 1957 when republican sentiment was at an all time high in the country. Political tensions were also sparked by what many viewed as Joseph Panton's Labour government's mismanagement of the country. On May 31, 1957, along with the support of the Serpens Land Armed Forces, General Cornell Allard - a high ranking army officer - stormed parliament and declared himself interim prime minister. Initially, General Allard had no plans to declare a republic. However, when Governor General Sir Albert Eaton tried to intervene and dismiss General Allard, Allard overthrew the governor general and declared himself as the "Supreme President of the Republic". Days later, the overthrown Sir Albert Eaton and his family fled to the Serpens Land territory of the Westmoor Isles in exile. On July 12, the economically struggling Republic of Erodesia, which had been independent from Serpens Land for nearly 42 years, agreed to join the Republic Serpens Land.  The flag of the Republic of Serpens Land Under the military junta, civil rights were suspended, and political freedoms were nearly nonexistent. The parliament of Serpens Land continued to operate under the leadership of General Allard. This was more a symbolic measure than anything else, as parliament held very little power, and elections were often rigged. Serpens Land maintained it's continued economic growth until it eventually plateaued in 1962. In the early months of 1965, the aging General Allard began to fall ill. General Allard died on May 17, 1965. Immediately following his death senior members of parliament led by Richard Seymour attempted to gain control of the government. They eventually succeed and on May 18, King Edward I of the Westmoor Isles returned to Serpens Land and was appointed King of Serpens Land. After the accession to the Serpens Land throne, Serpens Land and the Westmoor Isles entered into a form of personal union under King Edward I. Despite the shared head of state, Serpens Land and the Westmoor Isles remained distinct, sovereign nations with their own laws and governments. This personal union exists to this day under the current monarch Edward II. Following the restoration of the monarchy, Serpens Land underwent a series of social and political reforms. A new constitution was written, establishing the many rights and freedoms that all Serpens Landers enjoy today. Under the new constitution the parliament of Serpens Land was established as the primary legislative body in the Serpens Land government. On September 17, 1965, Richard Seymour was elected prime minister with the support of the majority of parliament. A referendum on the Serpens Land monarchy was held in 1967 reaffirming the monarch's place in the Serpens Land government. In 1968, Serpens Land, under the leadership of Prime Minister Richard Seymour joined the Cooperative Union. During the latter half of the 20th century, Serpens Land experienced rapid economic growth. The once primarily resource based enonomy of Serpens Land gradually transitioned into a service based economy. Durng the 1980s, Serpens Land experienced a spark in Erodesian nationalism. The radical Second Republican Front (SRF) ingited a series of bombings and kidnapings in the provinces Northland and Camridia. This period also saw a large number of pro-Erodiesian politicians elected to provincial and national office. This culminated in the Crisis of '82 which saw the kidnaping of Edward Hastings, the premier of Northland by the SRF. Martial Law was declaired in Northland until Hastings was found dead by police two weeks later. Very few arrests were ever made in connection with the case. In addition of Erodesian nationalism, Serpens Land faced many other issues in the 1980s and 90s. These included the sinking of the SS Coventry, the greatest maritime disaster in Serpens Land history, and the Stanley Crisis of 1993, a violent confrontation between Serpans groups and the Serpens Land government. Serpens Land continues to have problems with it's treatment of Serpans peoples. ... ... ... Services and Information ... _____________________________________________________________________________________________
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| Aromea | DAAMN BOII, How am I supposted to compete with that lebel of bbb-code skills!? On another note, I am currently working on the pixelarmy of my nation. And yes, there will be tanks [is horrible at making planes]. Ioudaia and Serpens land |
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