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The Bureaucratic Divergence of Overthinkers

Bhang Bhang Duc wrote:Thanks Gio, Tera. I just checked how Westie got his noctilucent cloud photo into his dispatch and he linked it to the Equilism forums I think. Possible alternative to use my TWP forum account? - I don’t want to open an image hosting account for two photos.

I think the only way to upload to the forum (without backend access) would be to attach them to a post.

Edit: Also, still no love for Decepticons. At least Teralyon is with me. #forthewest

The Serene Sanctuary of The Holy Principality of Saint Mark

#ForTheWest

Kentucky Burgoo
~roadkill stew~

Ingredients for Burgoo
⅔ cup bacon grease, divided
1½ pounds bone-in pork shoulder
1½ pounds bone-in beef or lamb shoulder, or cross-cut shanks
2 pounds skin-on chicken thighs
1 large yellow onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
4 ribs celery, diced
⅔ cup flour
2 large tomatoes, diced
2 quarts chicken or beef stock
2 large potatoes, scrubbed and diced
1½ cups corn kernels
1½ cups green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces
Ingredients for Seasoning Mix
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon sage
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon white pepper
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Directions
Heat ⅓ cup bacon grease in heavy bottomed, large stockpot (at least 2 gallon) over medium-high heat. Working in batches, sear all sides of pork, beef and chicken. Set aside in bowl.

Reduce heat to medium, and add remaining bacon grease. When hot, add onion, garlic and celery. Stir vigorously. Cook until vegetables have softened and released a fair amount of moisture, about 10 minutes. Add flour, and stir vigorously to avoid sticking. After flour has incorporated into fats and cooked about 2 minutes, add tomatoes and stock.

Stir vigorously until bottom of pot is smooth and without trace of sticking. Once the liquid has incorporated, add meats. Fill pot with more stock or water to cover meat by 2 inches. Add seasoning mix. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until it boils.

Once the first bubbles emerge, reduce to low heat. Simmer for 3 hours. Stir frequently, and skim fat from surface. The meats should fall apart when pulled with tongs.

Remove meats to bowl. Add potatoes, corn and beans to pot. Cook for 45 minutes, stirring regularly, or until potatoes are tender. While vegetables cook, pull meat from bones and shred or chop coarsely. Add meats to pot, and adjust seasoning to taste. Serve with cornbread or cornmeal muffins. Serves 6–8.



The ᗷIᖇᗷᗰᗩᑎ of Yy4u

The Holy Principality of Saint Mark wrote:#ForTheWest

Kentucky Burgoo
~roadkill stew~
.......

You had me at bacon grease

#ForTheWest



The Furutani Shrine Youkai of Hertfordshire and Jammbo

Some say that the Cetorhinus Maximus is probably basking in it's own glory as we speak,
and that when someone asked to look at a mermaid, I gave them a picture of a statue in Copenhagen.
All we know is, I'm running out of ideas.

#ForTheWest

Xener smoneack

I'm making a muesuem and this is the first part, more is coming

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Hello and welcome to the Ship measuem of Xener snomeack, a historical place where you can learn about ships of the past! Enjoy! And also make sure to gather your choclates! Cause they all belong to Darkesia! Also more tour attractions are coming!
Winds of calibar.
well, this is one of the most famous ships one of them, but not the most, this ship was the first best ship when Xener smoneack was created in 1689 and lasted to 1701 which was 12 years in all, this ship was king Max the thirds, idea since he wanted his own royal battle ship, since the only ships they had were tiny sail ships, with cannons, the problem with them was it was to small, soon in it's first battle, he looked like it came from another planet, is was 32 meters in height, the small ships were only 4 meters tall, with the sails eight, so if you combined it it would be four times bigger from eight to 32.

a man named jerry Wilson was on the ship till it's very last day, he wrote a 534 book of it, the second time it was used, to battle the french where it sank 3 ships, out of nine, this ship was used to fight with the french since they were in war with them, the King Max the third always went on the ship until 1691, anyways, on the third battle, with 12 french ships it was shot by cannon balls three times, the water leaked at the back, and since it was very big, it was hard to get through, since it also delivered goods, soon five crew members( jerry wilson, Thomas hare, Louis Tranquil, Barry Stand and Mchdughcy williams) were rushing threw, the water had already destroyed the back, and the ship started to sink, soon Louis Tranquil finally made it, and then patched it up with rubber, the crew supplied supplies, there to help and finally saved the ship in it's third battle, Max the third was joyed, and wanted more like it, even though the ship factory's only

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the Winds of Calibar.
made smaller ships, in it's fourth battle, Barry stand was looking over deck as the ship and 12 other small ones, were going for a trade voyage and then it bumped into 50 french ships, the battle of boton was born, soon the ship faced five fires during, but it still battled.

during the battle Barry was killed by the fire, after he was shot by a cannon ball, and burned to death, luckly his gun which was the main harpoon of the ship still worked, soon they used it and then finally destroyed a french ship which was like the main one, as it blew up, soon enough the french used some big cannons, which blew up the whole ship, the ship retreated for safety before it sunk, if had already been damaged badly on it's fourth battle, it then came back in 1690, just in case of what happened again struck, it soon battled whale ships from England, they were giant ones which was very big the length of them were about 70 meters to 90 meters, the height was 64 meters twice the Calibar, this is the battle where it got the nickname winds of calibar it soon started to fire, at very far distance missing 5/20 25% the rest of the 75% hit three ships, which didn't do a lot of damage, and then soon it battled by itself, soon then Louis tranquil soon used a cannon which was nick named the air bubble, since it was huge, and also could fire cannon balls very far, like it was floating at fast speed, cutting the air soon then they fired it five times in one minute average, it fired for six minutes thirty cannon balls, he then travled throw the ocean like fast air, and then soon those cannon balls sunk and blew up five Whale ships, and soon they fled, the ship finally had to make a long voyage back from battle five, since it was right in the middle of the Atlantic, but also they had good news, but bad news came, during the battle, they had carried rats from Italy, from trading session, from 11:00 pm to 5:35 pm, and then the rats soon bit some crew members on board one of them were Mcdughy williams, soon 13 of them were effected a started a new virus named SAP short name for Serious Atlantic pandemic, it soon came to Xener smoneack and soon they discovered it only three weeks after, it soon was paused as soon enough already a 1/4 of the population was affected by the virus, they soon started working on a vaccine, soon Jerry wilson found it, and then tried it for the first time on a effected, it worked, after three months they cured them, and the ship went back, soon on it's sixth battle it battled three ships which were french, with four other tiny boats helping, they soon sank the first one, which made a hole lots of them in the ships side, soon they targeted at the calibar, which was on fire and lots of smoke was coming out mean while lots of water came in from the left side, they didn't know this since after a blast in the ship supplies covered the door way, and also the people who checked on it died during the blast, after they found out when the ship went to the left and started to sink by it's left, they soon jumped over to get into the leaking hole, soon jerry wilson and 9 other men helped patch it up, soon they did, just before it exploded, soon then the English ships soon were sinking as the ship claimed it's sixth victory after losing one.

the ship was now in 1691, this time when king max the third died, on the eight battle he was in the top while looking, he helped the crew with the cooridnates, since he was good at the coordinate plane, he then noticed that English whale ships were behind the misty cloud(1691-1693, splited the atlantic with a misty fog.) then the whale ships soon noticed and started firing, soon the king got down, but then it blew up the middle dock ejecting six men, including the king only three survived, max died, soon they got him to the bed, to rest him and help, soon the ship faced a major fire in the front, Captain George Hero, soon knew the ship could sink, sixty fires were on the ship, and then soon they used the air bubble, which then sank and exploded two whale ships, the air bubble was like the super cannon, Soon the whale ships went away, with seven victorys, the king soon died when they made it, and then soon protests about the ship begun it was named, the time of Craziness, from 1691-1693, people threw fires and crackers at it, they soon didn't use the ship from 1691 to 1700, for nine years they improved it more, as soon the new king Hillary Stance the first the son of max, soon decided it to come out again for one more year, during this it destroyed many whale ships, then on it's last battle with nine victory's, it soon was destroyed in less than 67 minutes, there was 103 fires on, six black smoke leaks, the holes in the side of the ship was to big, and then inside deck was on fire, and worst of all it was night. Soon the ship started to sink, then some of the supplys were bombs they exploded, destroying the top deck, in sank in 70 minutes, jerry Wilson soon handed the book which was 534 pages, gave it to Thomas hare and also Louis tranquil, he then locked his door after, as they tried breaking it, lous and thomas survived, but jerry Wilson sank with the ship he died. After 313 years in 2014, they restored the ship, and rebuilt it, like it was when it was first made, they put it in the national ship mesuem, where it stands even today.
Thank you bran astor and Fujai.

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The Kingdom of Giovanniland

The Holy Principality of Saint Mark wrote:Giovanniland!
I just noticed your new flag!
I love it!

Thanks, Halo! Mermaids and cards are the perfect combination for my flag during Casserole of Humanity.

#ForTheWest

Chanel no 5

Almost at 6,000!

The Yipee-ki-yay of Bran Astor

Xener smoneack wrote:I'm making a muesuem and this is the first part, more is coming

Looking pretty good. I strongly suggest joining us on Discord, especially the one for our RP community. There are plenty of great folks that will be able to offer feedback and advice and it comes with the added benefit of not evoking the eternal wrath of our watchful red dragon.

Xener smoneack

The Snarky Solar Observer of Bhang Bhang Duc

Bran Astor wrote:Looking pretty good. I strongly suggest joining us on Discord, especially the one for our RP community. There are plenty of great folks that will be able to offer feedback and advice and it comes with the added benefit of not evoking the eternal wrath of our watchful red dragon.

Who me? I’m a complete pussy cat. Honest guv.

Numpties, Saransh, Bran Astor, and Xener smoneack

Xener smoneack

Bran Astor wrote:Looking pretty good. I strongly suggest joining us on Discord, especially the one for our RP community. There are plenty of great folks that will be able to offer feedback and advice and it comes with the added benefit of not evoking the eternal wrath of our watchful red dragon.

well sure.

Southern fre norve

Hi I'm new

The unified missourtama states

The Yipee-ki-yay of Bran Astor

Hi New!

I'm Dad.

The Holy Principality of Saint Mark, Numpties, Saransh, Ostellan, and 3 othersIbelin secundus, Raverinsus, and Xener smoneack

The Swifty of Teralyon

Overthinkers wrote:Edit: Also, still no love for Decepticons. At least Teralyon is with me. #forthewest

Decepticons definitely aren't getting enough love :(

We need some sort of art poster for the potential Decepticons to rally behind!

Help me Dilber Mer Crabobi, your my only hope!

#ForTheWest

Xener smoneack

Bran Astor wrote:Hi New!

I'm Dad.

what you mean "I'm dad?"

Post self-deleted by The unified missourtama states.

The Yipee-ki-yay of Bran Astor

The unified missourtama states wrote:False! Quote the July 2020 Cabinet meeting:
“I'm not your daddy, just your Delegate“
- Bran Astor

MYTHBUSTED

First, this is amazing.

Second, there's a difference between dad and daddy. ;)

Yy4u, Westwind, Bhang Bhang Duc, Dilber, and 15 othersFujai, Big Bad Badger, The Holy Principality of Saint Mark, Numpties, Teralyon, Fuentana, The unified missourtama states, Giovanniland, Varanius, Ostellan, Zoran, Bobki, Arkazka, Ibelin secundus, and Xener smoneack



Xener smoneack

Making the ship measuem ,next part of my ship history, more coming!

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Hello and welcome to the Ship measuem of Xener snomeack, a historical place where you can learn about ships of the past! Enjoy! And also make sure to gather your choclates! Cause they all belong to Darkesia! Also more tour attractions are coming!
The white destroyer of Stainer.
This one was made in 1709 and lasted to 1714, only five years, but during that it has made better sunks,it was a very good ship of Xener smoneack and also sank lots of ships, during it's time while alive, but the fate, was not like the winds of calibar, it was retired in peace, so anyways now lets start with the story of the ship the white destroyer of Stainer. It also was 50 meters wide, and 36 meters in height.

the man who made the ship was Henry Howard, and his team of twenty men, he worked on the ship as the Captain, and also wrote a book named experience, which is 345 pages long, anyways, this ship was used in the French wars from 1709 to 1714, but then for the first time, the king who was Hillary, needed more big ships, since the french had many, this ship was presented and went into battle, on it's first battle it faced 20 french ships, it sank about five, a good start to a very good ship in the future, it then was shot once, making a big hole inthe right, the ship which did that, was the Kenbrillar(Xener smoneack later on ship) the french were defeated, as the white destroyers, name was just the white shield, it soon was used one week after, against 20 french ships this time destroying 12, then


the white destroyer
on it's third battle, a cannon so big destroyed the Main sail, making a fire burst in the sails, back then ships really relied on sails, other wise it was poop, the crew soon knew, that the fire would spread quick, good thing you had lots of extra sails, the six men who helped put the extra ones were Harry Ben, Stin Stick, robby Randosm, William Halter, Benjamin Harison and finally louis Swuite, they did good and replaced the sails, coming home, the maker who was Henry Howard, tried making better cannons with his team.

after then a few years only one, in 1710 they returned with super cannons, which they named air shells, these cannons, could fire two at a time, and the max distance was as far as, 435 meters, soon they put all of them, they had the before cannons still there, and they sued the bottom more cannons to, the king ordered it's third battle against 29 french ships were it already destroyed 12 in 23 minutes, it soon blasted very fast, french crew members, said it was like the sky was dropping cannon balls at every second, soon enough for the first time all the french ships sank, a super victory it came back , congratulated, soon in it's fourth battle, it faced 34 french ships it then started it's mighty fire, a french ship aimed for it's side, it only bounced off, into the sea then blew up, the White destroyer started firing like fast, like really fast, soon the french were looking like they were falling into the seas, the french ships started blowing up, but one bad thing Benjamin Harison and also robby randsom, were killed on a other ship when they were blew up, for that the white destroyer sank every french ship(again.) And returned home, soon enough people started telling storys about the ship, the king was proud, and made it his royal ship, soon on it's fifth battle, with 35 ships against 45 french ships, it battled and fired it's storm of cannon balls, in 3 hours it sank the most, but a weird thing, it was the only ship standing not sunk, but also Harry ben died, because of a cannon blow, which ejected him into the seas, and the rough waves, he was never found from 1710 to 1888, so then it returned with no ships, soon the king praised the ship a lot.

after a few years from 1710 to 1711, one year it battle many times, and then lets fast forward to it's 23 battle, it was the last battle of the french and the Xener smoneack soon they battled for five hours 100 to 100, the white destroyer had sunk many french ships, soon it sank 89 in only two hours, soon enough sank all, the white destroyer got the nickname now, after it soon was the reason the french forfeited. Then after on the 27 battle, it swept into action, and then a cannon ball destroyed a sail, and killed Stin stick, they soon came home with 36 ships left, the king who was praise in it, soon tossed many money when it went for it's 28 battle, soon the crew upset, threw the money at the king, as the king ordered it to stop, he was mad, and made the ship stay in the garage for two years, it came back in 1713, as the king died, of a stroke, and heart attack, the next king was Clinton Harry the fifth, and allowed it to come back, it's best battle which was it's 43 destroyed all 167 English ships, it destroyed that many in six hours, it swept into the battle shooting the cannons and destroying english ships, some say that the sky the clouds and the sun released an army of cannon balls, whenever the white destroyer came into battle, it soon won it's last battle, as the king retired it, as soon the only ones alive were was most of the crew, the ship was Nominated in for the National meusuem, which they built a statue of the founder, Henry Howard, now today it's a very famous toruist attraction.
thank you to bran astor and Fujai.

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Isle Royale, Rikanhimel, and Alacris

The Crimson Knight of Warzone Commandant

Seven....wait, almost eight years ago, Westwind Flying Circus helped rebuild The West Pacific Armed Forces and begin their return as one of the Finest Militaries in all of NationStates. It began as TWP Delegate Yy4u commissioned Westwind/All Good People to establish the new Military of The West Pacific:

November 2012:
"I have a goal: we need a new military machine. Should the sanctity and peaceful nature of the region need to be defended a military machine would do just that. The region is at your disposal for you to achieve this." - Yy4u

Westwind Flying Circus
#ForTheWest

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The Kingdom of Giovanniland

Free nanjang wrote:-snip-

We have a RMB etiquette to be followed, if you could follow it that'd be great.

Zoran and Xener smoneack

The Factory of Aluminum Oxynitride

Warzone Commandant wrote:Seven....wait, almost eight years ago, Westwind Flying Circus helped rebuild The West Pacific Armed Forces and begin their return as one of the Finest Militaries in all of NationStates

And a darn fine military it is today, if I do say so myself. Time to raid the kitchen? (Which just so happens to conveniently be located by the Hufflepuff common room...)
#ForTheWest

Bhang Bhang Duc, Bran Astor, Varanius, Ibelin secundus, and 1 otherXener smoneack

The Chocolate Loving Paradise of Darkesia

Anyone interested in an AMA on the RMB, I'm here for a couple hours.

*sips coffee* *joins the Flying Circus* #ForTheWest

Yy4u, Bran Astor, and Xener smoneack



The ᗷIᖇᗷᗰᗩᑎ of Yy4u

Old delegates and guardians never die, they just lurk in the darkness

#ForTheWest

Darkesia, Bhang Bhang Duc, Big Bad Badger, Numpties, and 3 othersBran Astor, Ibelin secundus, and Xener smoneack

Cronecradle

Hello everyone, Mel of Cronecradle here, I hope my message is allowed here, but the basic history of our blossoming nation has been posted onto our factbook, as well as an explaination of the incident. Please give it a read if you wish!

—Kindest Regards,
Mel, founder of Cronecradle

The Holy Principality of Saint Mark, The unified missourtama states, and Xener smoneack

The Kingdom of Giovanniland

Welcome to the West Pacific, Cronecradle! We don't roleplay here in this message board, that means we talk as players instead of national leaders. We have a nice guide for new players that you might want to read:



All your chocolate belongs to Darkesia

Hello and welcome to The West Pacific!

Quick Contacts

Delegate & World Assembly Recruitment:
Overthinkers
@weirdoxvii

TWPAF:
Teralyon
@.zafo

Foreign Affairs:
Varanius
@tertiaryantagonist

Cultural Trust:
Fujai
@smithy876

Regional Guides:
Zoran
@oblivionwind

Congratulations! Your nation has made its way to NationStates' premier meritocracy! In this guide you'll find all you need to navigate this game and get involved in our community here in the West Pacific.

TWP Quick Links: The West PacificLinkJoin the Discord Server!LinkRegional ForumsMaster Dispatch


What is NationStates?

NationStates (NS) is a nation simulation game where we, the players, run nations and band together in regions to have a good time.

First and foremost, there is your individual nation. This is what you see with when you login to NS. You have the authority to govern it as you see fit by answering issues, which change your laws, statistics, and rankings. These can be found using the different symbol tabs on your nation page.

You can also join the World Assembly, get to know the people of TWP, apply for regional citizenship, and join the regional government, which you'll read about in the next few sections.

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Regions and the World Assembly

Every nation is a part of a region, and like you, they start out in one of the five Pacific regions. Most regions have their own systems of government that have been created by the players who live there. Each region is headed by a Delegate, the nation with the most World Assembly endorsements.

The World Assembly (WA) is similar to the United Nations in the real world. In this body, resolutions and laws are passed that all WA member nations must abide by. Please join the World Assembly to help secure your new home and raise its influence on the world stage!

Once you have joined the WA, you may vote on proposals in the General Assembly (GA) and Security Council (SC), and endorse other TWP nations. Please note that you are only allowed to have one nation in WA.

As mentioned earlier, the nation with the most endorsements in a region is the Delegate, gaining executive power in the region. For those reasons, it's extremely important to join the WA and endorse our Delegate Overthinkers & the Guardians.

In order to endorse a nation after you join the WA, find their page and then scroll to the bottom, where there will be a button to endorse.

If you have any further questions about NationStates you can send a telegram to our current Delegate, Overthinkers. She’s a great person and will kindly help with and questions or concerns you may have!

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All about The West Pacific!

Here in The West Pacific, we use a meritocratic system of government with the Delegate at its head. The more active you are in the region and the more capable you show yourself to be, the more opportunities you will get for responsibility and advancement.

Because of this, we are one of the most continuously innovative regions in the game. The regional government is made up of the Delegate, the Guardians, Ministers, Deputy Ministers, and staff. All positions are appointed by the Delegate based on merit except for the Speaker of the Hall and the Hall of Nations Guardian, who are elected by the members of the Hall of Nations.

Members of the Hall of Nations are citizens of The West Pacific. You can join by making an account on our forums, Linkfilling the citizenship form, and repeating the citizenship oath.

Your application will be processed as soon as possible. While you wait, it's a good idea to talk on the Regional Message Board and get to know our LinkDiscord community.

After being accepted as a citizen, you can join one of TWP's government ministries to get more involved!

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Getting involved!

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FA) is all about developing relations with other regions, especially allied regions, and spreading our culture abroad!

The West Pacific Armed Forces (TWPAF) is a sovereign military that offers raider and defender operations by using endorsements to take over or defend other regions!

The Office of Recruitment recruits new nations to move to the West Pacific!

  • Send a telegram or message to the Director of Recruitment Noton Mast at @quadc to apply!

The Ministry of World Assembly and Recruitment (WAR) has the goal of strengthening The West Pacific in the World Assembly and encouraging regional involvement in the WA!

  • Send a telegram or message to the Delegate Overthinkers at @weirdoxvii to apply!

The Regional Guides are tasked with welcoming new players and getting them comfortable and involved in the regional community!

  • Send a telegram or message to the Head Regional Guide Zoran at @oblivionwind to apply!

The Western Post is the official newspaper of The West Pacific and reports on a wide range of topics, from serious to lighthearted and everything in between!

  • Send a telegram or message to the Editor-in-Chief Giovanniland at @.giovanni_ to apply!

The Cultural Trust is the home of regional culture, composed of several independent cultural communities!

  • Check this dispatch for information on each community: Card Club, News Group, The West on the Waves, Roleplay Community, Fine Arts Society, and West Pacific Gaming!

For more detailed information on each of our Ministries, please check the How to Get Involved in TWP dispatch.

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Would you like to know more?

You can find our regional hub, the forums, Linkhere.

We also have an active discord server that you can Linkjoin here. This is where you can find the contacts mentioned above in the volunteer group list.

Congratulations, you made it to the end! Enjoy your stay in The West Pacific!

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