EuropeBoard

Bored of just answering issues? If want to get involved in Europe, there's always something to do here.

Endorsements

Europe has a free endorsement policy. That means that your Delegate is chosen freely by the people. As former delegate Alsted replied to the question 'Don't they force the nations to endorse the current WA Delegate and limit their endorsements?', the answer is 'In 10000 Islands and The North Pacific? Yes. Here? No'.

You are free to endorse or not endorse whoever you please. Whilst we encourage you to do more endorsements so you build influence, expand the power of the region, and increase the number of endorsements all around (thereby assisting our security), we do not force you to do any such thing.

If you are curious on how to endorse someone, click here. If you simply want to know whom you have not endorsed, simply use this handy-dandy tool!

Europe-game

Europe has an off-site community. From the start of Europe, this off-site community has consisted of some of our most ancient members, stretching further back than EuroFounder. If you want to learn about how EuroFounder became founder, click here!

This forum community runs a roleplay based off technology from the post-war period. So, if you want to talk about 1955, this is the place to be. Also, this forum hosts Europe's map and with its strong roleplay situation, is always a place for fun. The forum community always welcomes new players and is represented by one of their moderators, Ivernia.

The forum is also the place where the government deliberates on decisions and generally, runs. If you want to join the government, that is the next heading, but it is also a place where members and aspiring members of government should make an account to join in discussions on Europe's future.

Government

If you want to make a difference in Europe and do good for and by the region, you can join Europe's government. The government is composed of the WA Delegate and two Secretaries, one for the Home Office and one for the Foreign Office. These two Offices, not including the Delegate's WA prerogative, have entirely different matters (though only a few overlap).

The Home Office deals with affairs of internal security and player retention. If you have any skills in investigation or retaining players in Europe and persuading them to return to the region, this is the place to be. The Home Office also deals with the moderation of the RMB and responses to threats once they have entered Europe. In summary, the Home Office generally deals with all things relating to the internal affairs of the region. This makes it the most important office.

The Foreign Office, by contrast, deals with affairs outside the region. These mostly deal with recruitment of new players, maintaining positive relations with foreign embassies and ambassadors (especially those with embassies on Europe's forum), and most importantly, maintaining our status as a neutral region. Should the Foreign Secretary open spots for Ambassadorships or representatives, this is a starting point for a career in our diplomatic corps. Our Delegate, Imperium Anglorum, is putting out a call to all Java programmers in Europe to help on building a better and more powerful set of tools to help administer and recruit for the region. If you have any interest, send him a here!

The WA Delegate has personal control over his or her domain in the World Assembly. Affairs in the World Assembly are dealt with by analysing the proposals which come up for vote and recommending to the population their votes. These are entirely recommendations with no mandate. The Delegate is always looking for more people to advise and discuss WA proposals in the General Assembly as well as utilise Europe's ~175 votes best.

All of these positions are not set in stone, as many of their powers overlap. This is nothing more than a blueprint of the specialities and focuses of these different positions which specialise in a function integral to the operation of Europe. You can join this government by being available to assist any of our Secretaries or our Delegate.

NS Forums

If you're still bored, there's always more to do on the NS Forums! There, you can roleplay with members of other regions throughout the world in the Diplomacy forums, build a better NationStates in the WA and Techincal forums, or just play around in Forum 7! NationStates is a land of infinite possibilities from primitive RPs to far-future spaceships and lasers, there is always something to do from here in the ancient and glorious land of Europe!

Dispatches and Factbooks

And if you still have nothing to do, you can write Dispatches and Factbooks for your nation or for our region! The government has endless need for people to help write for Europe and so does the elements of roleplay! You can start by:

1. Upvoting this Dispatch by clicking on the up arrow on the top-right corner,

2. Telegramming the Delegate and this nation of InfoEurope, and

3. Helping Europeans dispatch information more effectively by joining the crew!

Also, you can do this for your nation as well so you can establish the historical elements of your nation and its essence in coming to be. Build a history and a story for your nation to present to the world. Be proud of your creation and tell its stories!

Welcome | Government | Dispatches

What is Europe?

If you haven't already heard this from the Delegate, people on the RMB, &c., Welcome to Europe! Europe was founded in November 2002 shortly after the emergence of NationStates. We are an extremely ancient region, but that doesn't mean an old dog can't learn new tricks. By the way, if you want to learn more about the history of our region, click here!

Quite clearly, we are named after the real-world continent of Europe. In many ways, the people who come to Europe hold those values dear, as does our government. We are committed to freedoms and liberties and here is the place to be part of that endeavour, that European project.

Why Europe?

Why should you stay in Europe? What is there to love about our region? Well...

• We are one of the oldest, most influential, and most powerful regions in NationStates. Here, you can be part of one of the few and only legacies which stretches back to the foundation of NationStates!

• We are one of the few regions with a free endorsement policy! Europe entrusts its security to its residents, not to some artificially created and rigorously enforced endorsement cap. We encourage you to endorse and be endorsed by your neighbours to both elect the Delegate and maintain Europe's freedom!

• Europe is neutral! We stay out of the eternal interregional conflict and the gameplay of raiders and defenders. Peace and neutrality reign in Europe (guaranteed by Europe's immense endorsement system and our active founder).
  

History of Europe

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Explanatory Notes on the RMB Moderation Regulation

This is a collection of explanatory notes on the current RMB Moderation Regulations (full regulations here) to help newcomers and already established players to familiarise themselves with the rules, to better understand their provisions. For ease of use, the notes’ order follows that of the rules.

• Triple post

  Posting three RMB messages in a row is forbidden.
  

  Details

  Posting three RMB messages in a row, without another player posting in between them, is forbidden. This includes three posts from the same player made using different nations. Any message made by another player interrupts the chain, even if those messages are later deleted or suppressed. A message made by the same player but later deleted does not count.

  This rule was initially created because NationStates did not save more than 10 RMB posts until a site update. But today, it is meant to prevent any single player from monopolising the discussion for too long without anyone else intervening.
  

• Roleplay

  Attempts at roleplay and in-character declarations are forbidden.
  

  Details

  Attempts at roleplay, meaning the attempt to start roleplaying, and in-character declarations, meaning declarations done from the perspective of a fictional character and not the player behind it, are forbidden. Sharing dispatches or discussions about roleplay (also known as out-of-character) or the lore of the nations from a player’s perspective is however permitted and encouraged. The RMB should not be used as a forum for roleplay itself, but rather, to facilitate roleplay’s happening.

  Roleplay inherently creates walls of text which are mostly, if not entirely, irrelevant to the uninitiated reader. We want the RMB to be readily accessible for people who just joined the region. Requiring them to read thousands of pages of RMB roleplay or some handbook explaining the complex and bewildering state of the world in a hypothetical regional roleplay is an enormous barrier which prevents meaningful uptake. This is exacerbated by the size and length of that roleplay crowding out casual discussion, which noticeably is not dependent on doing detailed background reading as to the state of the RP. Imperium Anglorum, NationStates (23 Jan 2021) page=rmb/postid=42496963.

  Examples:

  Forbidden

  “Greetings fellow Europeans, the king of Regnum Italiae is happy to invite you to the royal wedding of his most gracious daughter.”

  or

  “We declare war on Regnum Italiae”

  or

  “I’m gonna invade you”

  Permitted

  “Hi, I wrote a dispatch on my royal wedding! Telegram me if you want to participate!”

  or

  “My nation gained its independence from Germany in 2013.”
  

• Hate speech

  Insulting, cursing, or promoting violence against someone or a distinct group of people because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc is strictly forbidden.

• Threats

  You may not make any posts which contain threats of violence or violent acts against anyone.

• Defamation

  Spreading lies to undermines someone’s reputation is forbidden.
  

  Details

  A post is considered defamatory if it undermines someone’s reputation non-trivially with lies or unproven statements of fact. This does not include statements made in good faith, with an honest belief in their truthfulness, or with the consent of the person being described. Obvious jokes and other humorous expressions are not considered defamatory regardless.

  This rule exists mostly to ensure discussions do not turn into a series of unsubstantiated personal attacks, even if made in a manner which is on the face a suitable tone for the discussion. If you are to make negative claims about other people, you must be able to substantiate them with evidence.
  

• Malicious link

  Linking illegal or harmful content is forbidden.
  

  Details

  Linking videos, images, or any other content which is illegal (eg piracy or drugs), not suited for a younger audience (eg shock content or pornography) – a population which is generally not unprevalent in NationStates – or that may otherwise damage a user or computer is strictly forbidden. Linking sites where one can access such content is also prohibited.
  

• Sensitive content

  Joking or exalting violent acts and their perpetrators is forbidden.
  

  Details

  Joking about, exalting, or defending tragedies and atrocities (especially genocides) is strictly forbidden. The same applies to joking about or exalting the perpetrators of such atrocities or the ideologies behind them.
  

• Quote editing

  Maliciously editing a quote is forbidden.
  

  Details

  Editing a quote with offensive or malicious intent is prohibited. Quote editing is permitted in a limited manner if done with humoristic intentions and with the assent of the quoted person, especially if the original content of the quote is still visible, such as when using the strike-through feature. It also is permitted to ‘snip’ or spoiler long quotes, as there is no ill will involved.
  

• Spam

  Posting meaningless or unsolicited messages is forbidden.
  

  Details

  Spam is “irrelevant or unsolicited messages sent over the Internet[...]”. Recently, this rule has been applied more broadly than how it was in the past to appropriately react to increased amounts of spam-activity. The Moderation Committee, generally, stays strict to the rule's definition and considers the repetitiveness of the action merely as aggravating. Although players are encouraged to discuss freely, at the same time the constant search for attention through posts designed solely for this purpose is, as of now, generally regarded as spamming.

  Greetings or expressions of agreement are not included in this definition unless they are made repeatedly without any kind of solicitation.

  Posts designed specifically to be meaningless, untranslatable, or offensive are always considered spam.
  

• Flaming

  Cursing or insulting someone to start a fight is forbidden.
  

  Details

  The use of profanity, curses, insults, and other verbal abuse with the intent to provoke, harm someone’s feelings, or start a verbal fight is forbidden. Those starting the flame and those participating in the flame are punished equally.
  

• Sexual contents

  Sexually explicit posts are forbidden.
  

  Details

  Posts containing sexual contents of any nature are forbidden unless made during a serious discussion on topics like politics, biology or similar serious matters (eg age of consent in different countries or the reproduction habits of animal species) or with humoristic intentions if done without falling into mere vulgarity.
  

• Recruitment

  Trying to persuade players to join another region is forbidden.

• Offense solicitation

  Soliciting or furthering illicit behaviours is forbidden.
  

  Details

  Any action that furthers or prompts a behaviour that violates any of the rules above (especially spam or flame) is punished as well. For example, in the case of spam, engaging with a troll or spammer in a way that furthers spam is considered a solicitation of spam and thus punished accordingly.

  Generally speaking, confronting spammers or other offenders to warn them that their behaviour is against the rules is not forbidden, but constantly answering and bickering with them is considered a violation of this rule. Report believed infractions to a regional officer with proof (like a screenshot and direct link to a post) and avoid giving more attention since, in most of the cases, attention is what they want.
  

Further Notes

While not being part of the most recent RMB Moderation Regulation, the following clarification of selected provisions of the Criminal Law Act 2018 (full text here) are included because of their potential impact on communication through the RMB.

• Harassment

  Invading privacy or releasing the personal information of someone is forbidden.
  

  Details

  Carrying out or threatening to carry out an invasion of privacy or releasing someone’s personal information without their consent, also known as doxxing, is strictly forbidden. The definition of personal information includes name or full name, residence, address, age, nationality, sexual orientation, or any other information that someone might deem not to disclose to strangers online.
  

Welcome | Government | Dispatches

What are the reports?

Every month the Home Office issues a report on the state of the region. These reports contain information on regional population changes, legislative and executive activity, world assembly activity, approvals rates and much more. On this page, you can find links for the current and the previous report, see here for our Reports Archive.

Latest Report

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Previous Report

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Endorsement Watchlist

A list of nations close to the delegacy compiled each month for security assessment according to the Transitionary Powers Act 2024.

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Electoral Debates

Debates between candidates to the Commission are originally hosted on the #comm-debates channel on Europe's Discord and then transcripted into a dispatch. An archive for all the transcripts can be found here.

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Tutoring

The Home Office makes available for all new players a number of tutors to get acquaintant with the region, our community and its customs. Among their duties, a tutor will assist you in your first steps and answer to all of your questions. For more basic needs you'll find our official Vademecums at the end of this page.

Tutor(s)	Availability
Yahlia	🟢
Lagene	🟢
Saarenmaa	🟢

Do you need a tutor? Just send them a telegram stating your intention and your tutoring will begin right away! Alternatively, you can always contact Regnum Italiae for having one assigned to you ex officio.

Vademecums

Vademecums are, as the name itself suggest, a collection of basic informartion on a specific subject. Here you can find our assortment of vademecums for easy finding and reading.

• History

  Coming soon!

• Laws and Rules

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• Community

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• Roleplay

  Coming soon!

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Link to First Round of Voting (CLOSED)

The original rules stated that submissions had to be made only by current residents of Europe, but that is no longer a requirement.

Link to First Round of Voting (CLOSED)

The Republic of The Aosta Valley

The Imperial Kingdom of Iceagea

The Arab Kingdom of KKoRea

The Federal Kingdom of Nardin

The Spooky Matriarchy of St Scarlett

The top 3 nations who will advance to the final round of voting (which begins 10/27/24) are as follows:

Iceagea with a total score of 180 points.
The Imperial Kingdom of Iceagea

Nardin with a total score of 161 points.
The Federal Kingdom of Nardin

St Scarlett with a total score of 151 points.
The Spooky Matriarchy of St Scarlett

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