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The Rriknor of Einswenn

Rivierenland wrote:I've listened to Albania, France, Lithuania and Israel so far. Albania disappointed me, Israel was a mixed bag for moi, France I liked and Lithuania too

Lithuanian singer had a way better song last year. Same goes for Israel, she had a better song comparing to this insipid new entry. Israel is traditionally in my Top-10 every year but this time it is a unfortunate exception

Xelaxos

wait people actually watch Eurovision? now that's a bruh moment

Zarulia

Zarulian congress antics = malaysian parlimentary antics
https://youtu.be/LU54cdOVhwc

The british royalist union

The Cartographic Society of Rivierenland

Xelaxos wrote:wait people actually watch Eurovision? now that's a bruh moment

Are you smack-talking ESC? ⛏️

NorthPortugal and Viktorias

The Lusophone Commonwealth of NorthPortugal

Xelaxos wrote:wait people actually watch Eurovision? now that's a bruh moment

Rivierenland wrote:Are you smack-talking ESC? ⛏️

We all watch ESC.

I even made a celebration when Portugal won in 2017

Rivierenland and Viktorias

Anskerdank

Owlograd wrote:I had a Nightmare about Duolingo yesterday. Duo was hunting me down for not practising my french XD

Just don't miss your German practice.
I happen to be friends with German duo. He tells me what he does

The Velikoye Knyazhestvo of Novgorod-Pskov

Owlograd wrote:I had a Nightmare about Duolingo yesterday. Duo was hunting me down for not practising my french XD

Duo is feeling lonely...

The Velikoye Knyazhestvo of Novgorod-Pskov

Xelaxos wrote:wait people actually watch Eurovision? now that's a bruh moment

>_>
Yes, darling.

The british royalist union

Zarulia wrote:Zarulian congress antics = malaysian parlimentary antics
https://youtu.be/LU54cdOVhwc

You're Malaysian irl?

The Constitutional Monarchy of Regnum Italiae


The Eastern Kingdom of Othenhiem

This is going to be one crazy election, i just know it...

NorthPortugal, Apabeossie, and New skandenivia

Anskerdank

Sicilian imperial-capitalist empire
Libertandonien
St Scarlett
Walfo

Good luck guys!

The Government Department of European Home Office

Here is the debate transcript, soon to be wired!

| GOVERNMENT | HOME OFFICE | FOREIGN OFFICE | WA OFFICE | DISPATCHES |
| ABOUT | STAFF | MODERATION COMMITTEE | EVENTS | REPORTS |

European Electoral Debate
February 2021

The European Home Office brings you the full transcripts of the European Electoral Debate, held on the 20th of February at 5.30pm GMT+0 on the #comm-debates channel on Eurocord between Libertandonien, Sicilian imperial-capitalist empire, St Scarlett, and Walfo. The transcript was edited removing discord's quotes and tags to facilitate the reading.


The moderator's names are highlighted in orange, while the candidates' names are highlighted in blue. Questions are highlighted in italic. Editor's notes are enclosed between []. Naughty words are censored if present. The questions posed by the moderator in the first round were prepared by the whole Home Office staff.

Dizgovzy: Hello everyone, sorry about jumping the gun earlier. This is the debate for the Second Deputy Commissioner election. We'll be speaking with St Scarlett, Libertandonien, Sicilian imperial-capitalist empire, and Walfo. This election is looking to be pretty spicy so today's debate should be very important! First I'll ask that each candidate give a brief welcome, then I'll ask some questions. After the moderator questions are done I'll open it up to the floor.

Libertandonien: Hello

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: greetings!

Walfo: Hello, I am the Autocratic Empire of Walfo!

St Scarlett: Hello
I'm the red one [Her name on Eurocord is colored red because of her COE award]

Walfo: Are we going to answer one at a time to your questions?

Libertandonien: I hope y'all are feeling good :)

Dizgovzy: So let's get started on the first question. This one's for everyone. Let's take a short view back to the past. Last year, punishments had been handed out by the virtue of individual judgement + public opinion which made the whole process of punishments easier as one cabinet member could just ban a person without too much consideration from the rest of the cabinet. Nowadays, you have people saying that modcom is too lenient as it takes a long time to get a punishment served to a wrongdoer. A question for you all, do you think modcom is too lenient or not? Does it need change or is it good as it currently is?

Walfo: First of all, what is the topic? Of banning for spam?

Dizgovzy: "Do you think modcom is too lenient or not? Does it need change or is it good as it currently is?"

Libertandonien: It does feel like it's too lenient.

St Scarlett: I think its power should be expanded beyond simple mutes, but obviously careful consideration would need to be taken and it would likely make the process even slower

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: Well it definitely seems like the modcomm is perceived to be too lenient with regards to punishing spammers. As far as I can tell, people think that the modcomm is too slow to deal with spammers and isn't giving out harsh enough punishments.

Libertandonien: I agree with Sicily here

Dizgovzy: (try not to talk about spam walfo, that's the next question)

Walfo: I do believe that they are too lenient
I had more, but it was about spam, I will save it for later

Dizgovzy: Okay, so following up on that question, this is for everyone: In relation to the first question, as well as recent events, there has been confusion about what classes as spam. Such confusion led to an argument between government officials on the RMB and the Commissioner at the time leaving the region. Do you believe that spam needs to be better defined? Or is the current definition more than suitable?

St Scarlett: What's the current definition?
I assume it's the whole "content that doesn't add anything thing" but I don't think there's a clearly stated definition tbh
Which maybe needs to change

Dizgovzy: Current definition is unsolicited or meaningless posts.

Libertandonien: The meaning of spam should be better defined

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: I definitely think people have a problem with enforcement rather than the definition itself.

Dizgovzy: See RMB Regulations 2021, section 2.9 for the official definition.

St Scarlett: It's a delicate thing, you don't want to ban stuff completely but it is annoying to see the same single word posts over and over again or people spamming deliberately despite being told to stop
Maybe we should add a basic RMB rules section to the WFE so people who don't want to look through all the laws can get a grasp on how we run things

Dizgovzy: We already have one

St Scarlett: Oh yeah, it's pretty new too
Then it's more fixing the definitions

Libertandonien: If not already added, we should explicitly mention the point of not interacting with spam-nations

Dizgovzy: So the candidate is suggesting updating the WFE to include more RMB rules?

St Scarlett: For something that is so highly debated "posts whose contents are meaningless and unsolicited" is perhaps not detailed enough

Libertandonien: Agreed

Walfo: Spam is the act of purposly peppering public communication areas with offensive, or meaningless dribble/comments. Spam must be defined as people who make comments, or purposly break the rules for there own enjoyment and to the detriment of others. I belive that Modcom should receive support to combat this larger than life problem. If somebody makes a spam or spammy comment, the comment should be reviewed, and if it is a first time infraction, a warning. But if a person that has been given SEVERAL warnings continues, they should recive a mute or ban. If anyone makes a racist, homophobic, or attacks someone on purpose, they should recive a immediate mute for a investigation, and in a obivous situation, a ban.

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: [To Diz] I'm sorry for being a bit ignorant here, but I can't seem to find that particular thing

St Scarlett: There is already a separate section for defining 'defamation' in much greater detail, so why not add another for spam?
The defamation explanation also includes details on what doesn't count as defamation which might also be useful for spam

Dizgovzy: So would the candidate amend the RMB regulations to add such a section if elected?

St Scarlett: Yes
With help and discussion from others because we really need to get a solid definition down
and I don't think that's a one person job

Walfo: Nations should be educated immediately when joining the region (Welcome Telegram) on what spammy activity is, and taught why not to engage in it more explicitly.

St Scarlett: Maybe community input too

Libertandonien: I agree with Scarlett here

St Scarlett: [To Walfo] Kind of hard to do that with how many we get in every day, but we should maybe have more welcome posts with a link to the rules

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: I'd like to reiterate my position that I think people are more concerned about enforcement than the law itself

St Scarlett: Terminus Lambda used to do big welcome posts for every new nation every few days or so
Maybe we could set up a home officer to do something like that

Walfo: [To Scarlett] Fair enough, this is what I am thinking as well.

St Scarlett: Or multiple home officers to take it in turns

Dizgovzy: Noting the claims of hypocrisy by some, would the candidates opt for the punishments of "regulars" and other old nations for spamming?

St Scarlett: Nobody's above the law :sunglasses:

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: Everyone is equal before the law

Libertandonien: Everybody should be treated equally

Walfo: One of my ideas is to create specific positions in the Home Office to combat spam, as well as creating a Eurocord channel for explicitly investigation and reporting spammers.

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: [To Walfo] So you believe that the current report system is insufficient?

Dizgovzy: Forgive the hypothetical I am presenting, but say IA were to spam by posting "asdfghjkl" or something else that falls under the definition of spam that is implemented in your term. What would you do?

St Scarlett: [To Walfo] We already have the mod comm channel though, I feel like it would become redundant to have two channels of that nature

Walfo: [To SICE] No, I just belive that more action should be taken to make a larger system.

St Scarlett: [To Diz] We'd have to mute him, or ban him if it got bad enough
Then we'd have to deal with the chaos of getting a new delegate
But IA isn't a god appointed king so he isn't above the rules

Walfo: [To Scarlett] Well then, positions should created to help the system along, as well as help Modcomm deal with the massive amounts of spammers.

Libertandonien: [To Diz] Telling him to not post spam

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: I'd say that if IA were to spam to a degree that gets others banned, then he would get banned. After all, to reiterate, nobody is above the law. Nobody

Dizgovzy: Walfo, you say that positions should be created to help the system along. What do you think the role of commissioner should be if those positions are created instead?

Walfo: [To Diz] These positons would be new, and created to combat spam above anything else to help Modcomm. The commissioners could act as moderators to the postion, relay messages to officals, as well as partake and run elections for said positions.

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: [To Walfo] That just sounds like appointing more commissioners tbh

Walfo: [To SICE] These officals will not hold positions on the region page, but run and watch the channel for spam comments on Eurocord, as well as create ideas for combating spam itself.

Dizgovzy: One more minute and we need to move on, please.

Walfo: I also am currently putting in the works a conference to be created to discuss spam as a NS community. Representatives from major regions will meet and share ways they combat spam, and work together to find new more efficient ideas for the good of the future of NS.

Dizgovzy: Okay, this question is for everyone
"The last election saw a popular regular being replaced by a new player, do you think Europe is ready to replace the officials it has known for so long for new members that don’t pack as much experience compared to the regulars? Do you see this as a good time for change?"
I saw that :yum: emoji >:(

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: Honestly, if the people of Europe think a long time official needs to go, then it's their choice.
Who am I to challenge the democratic process?

St Scarlett: That's due to a change in demographics, I personally don't see it as the sole reason to replace someone. Whoever is the best candidate should win and that depends on who the people want

Dizgovzy: I should note I have created NONE of these questions. They were all written by other HO staffers.

St Scarlett: Experience is valuable too but new faces should be able to get a foot in the door

Libertandonien: I personally believe that there should be some change

Walfo: Change is nessesary, and having new blood inducted into the system should be reguarded as a triumph not a detriment. If you are elected the people trust you to do good, and if you win, you work as hard as your predecessor. Also, me and KoD have similar ideas, and are working together on this election.
[To Scarlett] You put up a good fight!

Dizgovzy: Funny you mention that Walfo, as that's the subject of the next question:
This question is for Walfo "In the last election, you told your voters to switch to KoD, helping him jump Scarlett in votes and win the election. What influenced you to make that decision?"
And here's a related question for Scarlett "With a strange twist of events, you lost your previous election to KoD thanks to Walfo’s action. Do you think that this is partly due to your lack of a clear program, to a decrease in your popularity or to a mix of more causes? Do you think that your pro-establishment stance helped you or worked against you?"
St Scarlett in case you didn't see it yet ^

Walfo: [To Diz] Simply this, a political stratagy used by the United States of America is for decades, that when a president runs, and you lose your party nomination, you ask your supporters to join the party ticket to take down the other (As shown in the 2020 Election). I knew that either of us had a slim chance if we stayed apart, so working together was the key. I know that he would have done the same the other way around. I am back to gain my position, and work to become a offical in Europe to make it a better place.

Dizgovzy: A question for Sicilian imperial-capitalist empire: "You disclosed that you have previously participated in raids with The Black Hawks. What is your opinion on raiding, and Europe’s neutrality in the NS community?"
And while we're at it, a question for Libertandonien: This election, like last one, seems centered around the issue we have with spam and newcomers. What exactly is your opinion on this situation? What motivated you to present yourself as a candidate?

St Scarlett: I had a clear program, it was just that I wasn't being harsh enough. I know I initially lost votes from people like Orient because I was being too lenient on spammers and trying to keep the status quo despite the degrading quality of the RMB. It was also because many of the voters are new and do not know me, while a lot of the people who do know me have become a lot more inactive on the RMB and so there was less reason to re-elect someone who's been around a while

Dizgovzy: So do you think you've learned from that and have a refined gameplan this election?

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: [To Diz] Ah. Well first, I'd like to mention for anyone currently tuning in that my last raid was 4 years ago, before I CTE'd for 3 years. Now, in terms of raiding, I think that raiding is an unfortunate event that plunges regions into chaos and destabilizes NS as a whole. I only partook in it back in 2016 because I thought it was "fun." Now, on Europe's neutrality, I think it's great that Europe is a strictly neutral region. It means raiders aren't going to target us, and it means we won't provoke raiders or other regions into attacking us. This policy also stops hostile Europeans from invading other regions with their fellow nations, which I think is great for everyone. So overall, I approve of Europe's neutrality, as it ensures peace at home and abroad.

Dizgovzy: There's one more personal question I have to give, to Walfo: "Looking at your election disclosure, you say you "led a region for a school purpose for a couple of months and then it fell out of order and collapsed. Do you believe this collapse was to do with your leadership?"
Not sure about that question ^ but I wanted to give them all

St Scarlett: [To Diz] I have taken a harsher view on it because I always felt it was somewhat necessary but wanted to keep up a more tolerant appearance. I see now that harshness is what people want.

Libertandonien: [To Diz] I want to decrease spam with explicitly adress of it and a faster process of punishing if one has broken the rule.
Sorry for the late response

Walfo: [To Diz] No, it simply collapsed for lack of interest.

Dizgovzy: That's what I would have figured. That wasn't the greatest question.
Okay. So it looks like that's all the moderator questions to give.
If anyone wants to ask anything, ping me in #commission!

Libertandonien: Also, after seeing all the elections Europe held, I myself wanted to participate in one and show the region my ideas for it

Dizgovzy: A question from Republic of Satherland for everyone!: "To everyone: How important do you feel endorsements are to one's competence as a Commissioner, and why?"

St Scarlett: They're irrelevant, they've got nothing to do with the job and neither does the influence they generate.

Libertandonien: A commish shall not be judged by the number of his endorsements, but by his character

St Scarlett: Considering people endorse you just for endorsing then it hasn't got much to do with how competent you are

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: I feel like endorsements are more of a symbolic gesture than one that marks competence.

Dizgovzy: And a question for Libertandonien from the Hon. Commissioner Rivierenland: "Lib, do you think that the more newer demographic will be more keen to vote for you, considering that this is your first election?"
That question also applies to SICE btw

Libertandonien: I think so

Walfo: [Referring to Diz’s previous question] This is probably for me, because I made a comment in my election statement. Endorsements elect our delegate, and although in these elections that does not matter, to get endorsements you need support, and you gain that through endorsements. K, no need to brag.

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: Ehhhhh. Not really. I think new players see me trying to act like a regular and think that I'm one of them. I don't exactly act like a new player, after all. At the same time, though, to touch on something that was never asked, I think my appeal to regulars is limited at best, since I'm still too "new" to really be part of Europe's regulars (which imo are a club of older or more established Europeans)

[Rivierenland interrupts the debate with some comments]

Dizgovzy: Riv.
No talking here please.

Libertandonien: [Referring to his own previous post] I'm arguably also one of the more popular nations in Europe, which will likely affect it

St Scarlett: [To Walfo] I don't think you need support for endorsements, most people endorse anyone

Dizgovzy: Walfo, you say that people gain support through endorsements. If that is true does that mean over 300 people support GanymedEuropa?

Walfo: [To Scarlett] True, but as shown in the past with Jim, sometimes you need the respect of others.
[To Diz] No, it is a number, but the support for the endorsement is just a button and a game mechanic. You need to support someone by giving them a endorsement, but I does not tie you to any promises.

St Scarlett: [To Walfo] Jim lost respect by asking for endorsements

Walfo: I removed it from the dispatch, it is kinda misleading.

Dizgovzy: To everyone: What is your opinion on the current state of the Statutes, and would you aim to amend any existing pieces of legislation?

Walfo: [To Scar] Once again removed it, that is the end. My mistake, we are Europe the endorsing capital of NS, and we endorse everyone not for respect. GOT IT!

St Scarlett: They're ok, I personally would write them in more simple English but that's not how this region runs things and nobody wants to re-write them all
I don't think anything needs re-writing right now
except maybe the definitions of the RMB rules

Libertandonien: Agreed

Walfo: Agree with scarlett everything seems in order.

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: [To Diz] I'm going to be honest here and say that I'm not knowledgeable enough to have an opinion on every piece of legislation. In general, I think it's fine since most people think it's fine. It's just that people seem a bit uppity about spam as of late, and if that means they want stricter spam laws, then so be it.

Dizgovzy: Okay, thank you everyone for participating. I'm getting called up to do some chores so good luck in the election, and keep campaigning! this concludes the debate

Walfo: Make sure to read my statement, that you all! page=dispatch/id=1508552
Interesting debate everyone!

Libertandonien: I wish everyone good luck in the election! [blush emoji]

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: Thank you to the people who watched this debate. I'd like to quote Vermin Supreme here for my final statement since this debate ended early, "a vote for me is a vote completely thrown away."

St Scarlett: May the best win :smile:


Moderators:
Dizgovzy

Candidates:
Libertandonien
Sicilian imperial-capitalist empire
St Scarlett
Walfo

Additional Questions:
Republic of Satherland
Rivierenland


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The Cartographic Society of Rivierenland

NorthPortugal wrote:

We all watch ESC.

I even made a celebration when Portugal won in 2017

I celebrated for both Portugal's and the Netherlands' victories in 2017 and 2019. I've watched the contest since 2013

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NorthPortugal wrote:I even made a celebration when Portugal won in 2017

How do I unsee this

NorthPortugal, Rivierenland, Anskerdank, and The new mexican confederation

Anskerdank

Tfw you have a blocked nose but your school has a no unauthorised drugs on site (on camera too now) policy so you can't use your Olbas oil

The Grand Falconer of Europe of The New Nordic Union

Anskerdank wrote:Tfw you have a blocked nose but your school has a no unauthorised drugs on site (on camera too now) policy so you can't use your Olbas oil

Do it in the break

Rivierenland and Anskerdank

The Federal Council Republic of Pilipinas and Malaya
The Lusophone Commonwealth of NorthPortugal



Secretary of the Foreign Office

Incumbent

Roberto Alcântara Lopes
since 25 April 2021

Style: Foreign Secretary

Formation: Diplomacy Major
Faculty of Economics
University of Coimbra

Diplomat to Prussia:
2001 - 2021

The Foreign Office is the ministry that deals with the international relations that the Lusophone Commonwealth has with the rest of the world.

It is one of the ministries with the most powers, since one of the Commonwealth's portions is its relations with other countries.

Since 1789, when the world changed, the embassies of the then Portugal in other countries here abolish, ​​which caused some stress for a month, with papers being sent to Lisbon and others to the new embassies, while the Luís Pinto de Sousa Coutinho, Viscount of Balsemão, Prime Minister between 1780 and 1806, decided to send new ambassadors to the various embassies, being the first ambassador to be sent was to Tokyo.

Thereafter, new embassies were sent to several countries, while others were closed, especially with unionist countries.

Another aspect that the Foriegn Office deals with is relations in the European Economic and Military Community (EEMC). Created in 1949, the Community serves to help economically and militarily countries that were part of the Community, this also to do against the Napoleonic Dynasty, led by France. Currently eight countries are part of the Community.

Another aspect is that through the Foreign Office that the Commonwealth declares wars. In the last wars that the country pariticipated, it was necessary that the Foreign Office passed a resolution to be able to participate militarily in the conflicts, with the exceptions in the two civil wars in France had after the end of the First European War, since many rebels attacked Lusophone ships passing in the area.

Another function of the Foreign Office is for when there are general elections for President of the Government. All the citizens who were there were from the national territory when there are elections, and if those citizens want to vote, they will have to go to the embassy or else to the consolation, present their passport and vote for the candidate they want. This has worked since 2000, when it was noted that many people were outside imperial territory when elections were taking place.

It also has the function that if a foreign citizen wants to obtain Commonwealthee citizenship they will have to go to a consoled or to the embassy to request a form to be able to apply for nationality. The process takes about a month to complete.

Now, without further ado, below this short text, will be the world map and the current embassies in each continent, and the tensions that the Foreign Office reports every three months.

I hope you enjoy this revamped factbook.


World Map
LinkFor the larger version, click here

If you want to see the other versions of the map, just click on the box below:

5th August, 2021:
LinkThe New Beginning

11th September, 2021:
LinkTo North Africa

5th October, 2021:
LinkGuns of Iberia

17th October, 2021:
LinkThe Imperial Way

17th October, 2021, 20:48pm:
LinkMinor Update on Lusophone India

02nd February, 2022:
LinkEgypt is not Forgotten

12th June, 2022:
LinkIt is the Imperial Way

16th June, 2022:
LinkThat's not Australia...

23rd July, 2022:
LinkWelcome to the Imperial World!

20th October, 2022:
LinkThe World Is Not Enough

22nd October, 2022:
Link1959: The Terranova Project Fails

31st December, 2022:
LinkAtlantida Lives with Us

1st January, 2023:
LinkNew Year Update

5th April, 2023:
LinkAtlantida Sunks Again

10th February, 2024:
LinkTomorrow Never Dies

Embassies:

Europe, Africa and Arabia:

Countries

Location of the Embassy

Status

The Kingdom of Prussia

Koninsberg

Open

The French Empire

Marselle

Closed

The Byzantine Empire (EEMC)

Constantinople

Open

The Kingdom of Arabia

Riad

Open

The United Kingdoms of Sicily (EEMC)

Naples

Open

The Kingdom of Congo

Kinshasa

Open

The Moscow Principality

Moscow

Open

The Kingdom of Romania (EEMC)

Bucharest

Open

The Kingdom of Hungary (EEMC)

Budapest

Open

The Kingdom of Ukraine

Kiyv

Open

The Kingdom of Poland (EEMC)

Warsaw

Open

The Kingdom of Denmark (EEMC)

Copenhagen

Open

The United Kingdoms of Germany (EEMC)

Berlin

Open

The United Kingdom of the Netherlands (EEMC)

Amsterdam

Open

Asia and Oceania:

Countries

Location of the Embassy

Status

The Kingdom of Afganistan

Kabul

Open

The Kingdom of Thailand

Bangkok

Open

The Imperial State of Iran

Tehran

Open

The Empire of Japan

Tokyo

Open

The Republic of Nepal

Kathmandu

Open

The Kingdom of Tibet

Lhasa

Open

The Republic of Siberia

Yakutsk

Open

The Indian Kingdom

New Delhi

Open

The Empire of China

Nanjing

Open

America:

Countries

Location of the Embassy

Status

The The Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo

Open

The United States of British America

New York

Open

The Kingdom of Texas

Austin

Open

The Central American Republic

Colón

Open

The Empire of Mexico

Mexico City

Open

The Kingdom of Gran Colombia

Bogata

Open

The Amazonian Principality

Acre

Open

The Republic of Columbia

Vancouver

Building

The Argentinian State

Buenos Aires

Closed


Tensions:

Countries

Since

Motive

The French Empire

1789

Napoleonic Dysnaty

The Argentinian State

1987

Far-Right Regime/Falklands War (1987)

Paraguay

1887

The War of Paraguay (1865 - 1870)


NationStates Puppets:

Countries

Since

Location

The Commonwealth of Nations of Northportugal diplomat

February 03rd, 2022

The Apolean Frontiers

The Constitutional Monarchy of The brazilian imperial federation

February 05th, 2022

Official European Union

The Commonwealth of Nations of Northportugal ambassador

February 06th, 2022

United Kingdom




Factbook designed by Slavatania.
Name and symbol designed by St Scarlett.


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Good morning guys.

I just updated the world map, and there are three new countries in Arabia, because of the Kingdom of Persia been on the Iberian rule.

I hope you like it,
NorthPortugal

Rivierenland, New skandenivia, Othenhiem, The new mexican confederation, and 1 otherAnglonica



Anskerdank

The New Nordic Union wrote:Do it in the break

I'm going to but I have a really REALLY bad nose atm so if I disappear I've suffocated because an anti-congesting oil needs prior approval

Update: The teacher's on the PPT and the kids don't care so I'm managing to get whiffs of it

Post self-deleted by The yahjan republic.

The Grand Falconer of Europe of The New Nordic Union

Anskerdank wrote:I'm going to but I have a really REALLY bad nose atm so if I disappear I've suffocated because an anti-congesting oil needs prior approval

Update: The teacher's on the PPT and the kids don't care so I'm managing to get whiffs of it

Why would any medication need approval smh

Either a doctor prescribed it, then who is the school to challenge that judgement
Or it is not even a prescription drug, then the school should stay quiet no matter what. If anyone has anything to say it should be maybe parents of underage students
Also, how will they police you in your own house smh

Anskerdank

The New Nordic Union wrote:Why would any medication need approval smh

Either a doctor prescribed it, then who is the school to challenge that judgement
Or it is not even a prescription drug, then the school should stay quiet no matter what. If anyone has anything to say it should be maybe parents of underage students
Also, how will they police you in your own house smh

Detentions when we return
And no, it's not prescription. I could maybe understand if it was in school and we had to go to the bathrooms or something because it's quite strong, but it's just the smell, and there's no side effects if you don't need it. The only real concern is allergies, but they won't even do a check to see if people have anything that could be triggered by it

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European Electoral Debate
February 2021

The European Home Office brings you the full transcripts of the European Electoral Debate, held on the 20th of February at 5.30pm GMT+0 on the #comm-debates channel on Eurocord between Libertandonien, Sicilian imperial-capitalist empire, St Scarlett, and Walfo. The transcript was edited removing discord's quotes and tags to facilitate the reading.


The moderator's names are highlighted in orange, while the candidates' names are highlighted in blue. Questions are highlighted in italic. Editor's notes are enclosed between []. Naughty words are censored if present. The questions posed by the moderator in the first round were prepared by the whole Home Office staff.

Dizgovzy: Hello everyone, sorry about jumping the gun earlier. This is the debate for the Second Deputy Commissioner election. We'll be speaking with St Scarlett, Libertandonien, Sicilian imperial-capitalist empire, and Walfo. This election is looking to be pretty spicy so today's debate should be very important! First I'll ask that each candidate give a brief welcome, then I'll ask some questions. After the moderator questions are done I'll open it up to the floor.

Libertandonien: Hello

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: greetings!

Walfo: Hello, I am the Autocratic Empire of Walfo!

St Scarlett: Hello
I'm the red one [Her name on Eurocord is colored red because of her COE award]

Walfo: Are we going to answer one at a time to your questions?

Libertandonien: I hope y'all are feeling good :)

Dizgovzy: So let's get started on the first question. This one's for everyone. Let's take a short view back to the past. Last year, punishments had been handed out by the virtue of individual judgement + public opinion which made the whole process of punishments easier as one cabinet member could just ban a person without too much consideration from the rest of the cabinet. Nowadays, you have people saying that modcom is too lenient as it takes a long time to get a punishment served to a wrongdoer. A question for you all, do you think modcom is too lenient or not? Does it need change or is it good as it currently is?

Walfo: First of all, what is the topic? Of banning for spam?

Dizgovzy: "Do you think modcom is too lenient or not? Does it need change or is it good as it currently is?"

Libertandonien: It does feel like it's too lenient.

St Scarlett: I think its power should be expanded beyond simple mutes, but obviously careful consideration would need to be taken and it would likely make the process even slower

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: Well it definitely seems like the modcomm is perceived to be too lenient with regards to punishing spammers. As far as I can tell, people think that the modcomm is too slow to deal with spammers and isn't giving out harsh enough punishments.

Libertandonien: I agree with Sicily here

Dizgovzy: (try not to talk about spam walfo, that's the next question)

Walfo: I do believe that they are too lenient
I had more, but it was about spam, I will save it for later

Dizgovzy: Okay, so following up on that question, this is for everyone: In relation to the first question, as well as recent events, there has been confusion about what classes as spam. Such confusion led to an argument between government officials on the RMB and the Commissioner at the time leaving the region. Do you believe that spam needs to be better defined? Or is the current definition more than suitable?

St Scarlett: What's the current definition?
I assume it's the whole "content that doesn't add anything thing" but I don't think there's a clearly stated definition tbh
Which maybe needs to change

Dizgovzy: Current definition is unsolicited or meaningless posts.

Libertandonien: The meaning of spam should be better defined

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: I definitely think people have a problem with enforcement rather than the definition itself.

Dizgovzy: See RMB Regulations 2021, section 2.9 for the official definition.

St Scarlett: It's a delicate thing, you don't want to ban stuff completely but it is annoying to see the same single word posts over and over again or people spamming deliberately despite being told to stop
Maybe we should add a basic RMB rules section to the WFE so people who don't want to look through all the laws can get a grasp on how we run things

Dizgovzy: We already have one

St Scarlett: Oh yeah, it's pretty new too
Then it's more fixing the definitions

Libertandonien: If not already added, we should explicitly mention the point of not interacting with spam-nations

Dizgovzy: So the candidate is suggesting updating the WFE to include more RMB rules?

St Scarlett: For something that is so highly debated "posts whose contents are meaningless and unsolicited" is perhaps not detailed enough

Libertandonien: Agreed

Walfo: Spam is the act of purposly peppering public communication areas with offensive, or meaningless dribble/comments. Spam must be defined as people who make comments, or purposly break the rules for there own enjoyment and to the detriment of others. I belive that Modcom should receive support to combat this larger than life problem. If somebody makes a spam or spammy comment, the comment should be reviewed, and if it is a first time infraction, a warning. But if a person that has been given SEVERAL warnings continues, they should recive a mute or ban. If anyone makes a racist, homophobic, or attacks someone on purpose, they should recive a immediate mute for a investigation, and in a obivous situation, a ban.

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: [To Diz] I'm sorry for being a bit ignorant here, but I can't seem to find that particular thing

St Scarlett: There is already a separate section for defining 'defamation' in much greater detail, so why not add another for spam?
The defamation explanation also includes details on what doesn't count as defamation which might also be useful for spam

Dizgovzy: So would the candidate amend the RMB regulations to add such a section if elected?

St Scarlett: Yes
With help and discussion from others because we really need to get a solid definition down
and I don't think that's a one person job

Walfo: Nations should be educated immediately when joining the region (Welcome Telegram) on what spammy activity is, and taught why not to engage in it more explicitly.

St Scarlett: Maybe community input too

Libertandonien: I agree with Scarlett here

St Scarlett: [To Walfo] Kind of hard to do that with how many we get in every day, but we should maybe have more welcome posts with a link to the rules

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: I'd like to reiterate my position that I think people are more concerned about enforcement than the law itself

St Scarlett: Terminus Lambda used to do big welcome posts for every new nation every few days or so
Maybe we could set up a home officer to do something like that

Walfo: [To Scarlett] Fair enough, this is what I am thinking as well.

St Scarlett: Or multiple home officers to take it in turns

Dizgovzy: Noting the claims of hypocrisy by some, would the candidates opt for the punishments of "regulars" and other old nations for spamming?

St Scarlett: Nobody's above the law :sunglasses:

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: Everyone is equal before the law

Libertandonien: Everybody should be treated equally

Walfo: One of my ideas is to create specific positions in the Home Office to combat spam, as well as creating a Eurocord channel for explicitly investigation and reporting spammers.

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: [To Walfo] So you believe that the current report system is insufficient?

Dizgovzy: Forgive the hypothetical I am presenting, but say IA were to spam by posting "asdfghjkl" or something else that falls under the definition of spam that is implemented in your term. What would you do?

St Scarlett: [To Walfo] We already have the mod comm channel though, I feel like it would become redundant to have two channels of that nature

Walfo: [To SICE] No, I just belive that more action should be taken to make a larger system.

St Scarlett: [To Diz] We'd have to mute him, or ban him if it got bad enough
Then we'd have to deal with the chaos of getting a new delegate
But IA isn't a god appointed king so he isn't above the rules

Walfo: [To Scarlett] Well then, positions should created to help the system along, as well as help Modcomm deal with the massive amounts of spammers.

Libertandonien: [To Diz] Telling him to not post spam

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: I'd say that if IA were to spam to a degree that gets others banned, then he would get banned. After all, to reiterate, nobody is above the law. Nobody

Dizgovzy: Walfo, you say that positions should be created to help the system along. What do you think the role of commissioner should be if those positions are created instead?

Walfo: [To Diz] These positons would be new, and created to combat spam above anything else to help Modcomm. The commissioners could act as moderators to the postion, relay messages to officals, as well as partake and run elections for said positions.

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: [To Walfo] That just sounds like appointing more commissioners tbh

Walfo: [To SICE] These officals will not hold positions on the region page, but run and watch the channel for spam comments on Eurocord, as well as create ideas for combating spam itself.

Dizgovzy: One more minute and we need to move on, please.

Walfo: I also am currently putting in the works a conference to be created to discuss spam as a NS community. Representatives from major regions will meet and share ways they combat spam, and work together to find new more efficient ideas for the good of the future of NS.

Dizgovzy: Okay, this question is for everyone
"The last election saw a popular regular being replaced by a new player, do you think Europe is ready to replace the officials it has known for so long for new members that don’t pack as much experience compared to the regulars? Do you see this as a good time for change?"
I saw that :yum: emoji >:(

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: Honestly, if the people of Europe think a long time official needs to go, then it's their choice.
Who am I to challenge the democratic process?

St Scarlett: That's due to a change in demographics, I personally don't see it as the sole reason to replace someone. Whoever is the best candidate should win and that depends on who the people want

Dizgovzy: I should note I have created NONE of these questions. They were all written by other HO staffers.

St Scarlett: Experience is valuable too but new faces should be able to get a foot in the door

Libertandonien: I personally believe that there should be some change

Walfo: Change is nessesary, and having new blood inducted into the system should be reguarded as a triumph not a detriment. If you are elected the people trust you to do good, and if you win, you work as hard as your predecessor. Also, me and KoD have similar ideas, and are working together on this election.
[To Scarlett] You put up a good fight!

Dizgovzy: Funny you mention that Walfo, as that's the subject of the next question:
This question is for Walfo "In the last election, you told your voters to switch to KoD, helping him jump Scarlett in votes and win the election. What influenced you to make that decision?"
And here's a related question for Scarlett "With a strange twist of events, you lost your previous election to KoD thanks to Walfo’s action. Do you think that this is partly due to your lack of a clear program, to a decrease in your popularity or to a mix of more causes? Do you think that your pro-establishment stance helped you or worked against you?"
St Scarlett in case you didn't see it yet ^

Walfo: [To Diz] Simply this, a political stratagy used by the United States of America is for decades, that when a president runs, and you lose your party nomination, you ask your supporters to join the party ticket to take down the other (As shown in the 2020 Election). I knew that either of us had a slim chance if we stayed apart, so working together was the key. I know that he would have done the same the other way around. I am back to gain my position, and work to become a offical in Europe to make it a better place.

Dizgovzy: A question for Sicilian imperial-capitalist empire: "You disclosed that you have previously participated in raids with The Black Hawks. What is your opinion on raiding, and Europe’s neutrality in the NS community?"
And while we're at it, a question for Libertandonien: This election, like last one, seems centered around the issue we have with spam and newcomers. What exactly is your opinion on this situation? What motivated you to present yourself as a candidate?

St Scarlett: I had a clear program, it was just that I wasn't being harsh enough. I know I initially lost votes from people like Orient because I was being too lenient on spammers and trying to keep the status quo despite the degrading quality of the RMB. It was also because many of the voters are new and do not know me, while a lot of the people who do know me have become a lot more inactive on the RMB and so there was less reason to re-elect someone who's been around a while

Dizgovzy: So do you think you've learned from that and have a refined gameplan this election?

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: [To Diz] Ah. Well first, I'd like to mention for anyone currently tuning in that my last raid was 4 years ago, before I CTE'd for 3 years. Now, in terms of raiding, I think that raiding is an unfortunate event that plunges regions into chaos and destabilizes NS as a whole. I only partook in it back in 2016 because I thought it was "fun." Now, on Europe's neutrality, I think it's great that Europe is a strictly neutral region. It means raiders aren't going to target us, and it means we won't provoke raiders or other regions into attacking us. This policy also stops hostile Europeans from invading other regions with their fellow nations, which I think is great for everyone. So overall, I approve of Europe's neutrality, as it ensures peace at home and abroad.

Dizgovzy: There's one more personal question I have to give, to Walfo: "Looking at your election disclosure, you say you "led a region for a school purpose for a couple of months and then it fell out of order and collapsed. Do you believe this collapse was to do with your leadership?"
Not sure about that question ^ but I wanted to give them all

St Scarlett: [To Diz] I have taken a harsher view on it because I always felt it was somewhat necessary but wanted to keep up a more tolerant appearance. I see now that harshness is what people want.

Libertandonien: [To Diz] I want to decrease spam with explicitly adress of it and a faster process of punishing if one has broken the rule.
Sorry for the late response

Walfo: [To Diz] No, it simply collapsed for lack of interest.

Dizgovzy: That's what I would have figured. That wasn't the greatest question.
Okay. So it looks like that's all the moderator questions to give.
If anyone wants to ask anything, ping me in #commission!

Libertandonien: Also, after seeing all the elections Europe held, I myself wanted to participate in one and show the region my ideas for it

Dizgovzy: A question from Republic of Satherland for everyone!: "To everyone: How important do you feel endorsements are to one's competence as a Commissioner, and why?"

St Scarlett: They're irrelevant, they've got nothing to do with the job and neither does the influence they generate.

Libertandonien: A commish shall not be judged by the number of his endorsements, but by his character

St Scarlett: Considering people endorse you just for endorsing then it hasn't got much to do with how competent you are

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: I feel like endorsements are more of a symbolic gesture than one that marks competence.

Dizgovzy: And a question for Libertandonien from the Hon. Commissioner Rivierenland: "Lib, do you think that the more newer demographic will be more keen to vote for you, considering that this is your first election?"
That question also applies to SICE btw

Libertandonien: I think so

Walfo: [Referring to Diz’s previous question] This is probably for me, because I made a comment in my election statement. Endorsements elect our delegate, and although in these elections that does not matter, to get endorsements you need support, and you gain that through endorsements. K, no need to brag.

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: Ehhhhh. Not really. I think new players see me trying to act like a regular and think that I'm one of them. I don't exactly act like a new player, after all. At the same time, though, to touch on something that was never asked, I think my appeal to regulars is limited at best, since I'm still too "new" to really be part of Europe's regulars (which imo are a club of older or more established Europeans)

[Rivierenland interrupts the debate with some comments]

Dizgovzy: Riv.
No talking here please.

Libertandonien: [Referring to his own previous post] I'm arguably also one of the more popular nations in Europe, which will likely affect it

St Scarlett: [To Walfo] I don't think you need support for endorsements, most people endorse anyone

Dizgovzy: Walfo, you say that people gain support through endorsements. If that is true does that mean over 300 people support GanymedEuropa?

Walfo: [To Scarlett] True, but as shown in the past with Jim, sometimes you need the respect of others.
[To Diz] No, it is a number, but the support for the endorsement is just a button and a game mechanic. You need to support someone by giving them a endorsement, but I does not tie you to any promises.

St Scarlett: [To Walfo] Jim lost respect by asking for endorsements

Walfo: I removed it from the dispatch, it is kinda misleading.

Dizgovzy: To everyone: What is your opinion on the current state of the Statutes, and would you aim to amend any existing pieces of legislation?

Walfo: [To Scar] Once again removed it, that is the end. My mistake, we are Europe the endorsing capital of NS, and we endorse everyone not for respect. GOT IT!

St Scarlett: They're ok, I personally would write them in more simple English but that's not how this region runs things and nobody wants to re-write them all
I don't think anything needs re-writing right now
except maybe the definitions of the RMB rules

Libertandonien: Agreed

Walfo: Agree with scarlett everything seems in order.

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: [To Diz] I'm going to be honest here and say that I'm not knowledgeable enough to have an opinion on every piece of legislation. In general, I think it's fine since most people think it's fine. It's just that people seem a bit uppity about spam as of late, and if that means they want stricter spam laws, then so be it.

Dizgovzy: Okay, thank you everyone for participating. I'm getting called up to do some chores so good luck in the election, and keep campaigning! this concludes the debate

Walfo: Make sure to read my statement, that you all! page=dispatch/id=1508552
Interesting debate everyone!

Libertandonien: I wish everyone good luck in the election! [blush emoji]

Sicilian Imperial-Capitalist Empire: Thank you to the people who watched this debate. I'd like to quote Vermin Supreme here for my final statement since this debate ended early, "a vote for me is a vote completely thrown away."

St Scarlett: May the best win :smile:


Moderators:
Dizgovzy

Candidates:
Libertandonien
Sicilian imperial-capitalist empire
St Scarlett
Walfo

Additional Questions:
Republic of Satherland
Rivierenland


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