Grand Central

[Sea Lion]

Since when? Did I somehow miss the alliance negotiations between the OFO and GC? Or are you just claiming to be allies now because it's convenient?

The OFO never had formal relations with Grand Central before the Transitional Government.

Grand Central holds a forum embassy with the Osiris Fraternal Order. There is a formal tie between the OFO and Grand Central, Koth.

Unfortunately, that is not an alliance between any two regions in any scenario.

[The Ghost of Festavo]

Grand Central holds a forum embassy with the Osiris Fraternal Order. There is a formal tie between the OFO and Grand Central, Koth.

Unfortunately, that is not an alliance between any two regions in any scenario.

We have an embassy with the OFO and Grand Central interprets the OFO as an ally.

[South Boston Irishmen]

Nobody else would ever interpret the exchange of embassies as a declaration of alliance. Hence treaties.

[Cormactopia II]

Nobody else would ever interpret the exchange of embassies as a declaration of alliance. Hence treaties.

Especially when the embassy is only a few days old. It's so new that it was approved by The Almighty Jesus Whale and forum administration hadn't gotten around to creating it yet before the Transitional Government was established.

[95 block]

What's your point Cormac and Crew? Are you disappointed that we decided to not back you, or that we decided to even get involved? Are you saying that when we see our neighbor in need that we shouldn't come over and help out? Are you suggesting that we stay in our corner of NS and remain irrelevant? Are you saying that the legitament government of Osiris should just accept that you're the boss now and anything they do to complain or resist against you is pointless and unreasonable? What exactly are you trying to accomplish by arguing with us about our stance?

[Cormactopia II]

What's your point Cormac and Crew? Are you disappointed that we decided to not back you, or that we decided to even get involved? Are you saying that when we see our neighbor in need that we shouldn't come over and help out? Are you suggesting that we stay in our corner of NS and remain irrelevant? Are you saying that the legitament government of Osiris should just accept that you're the boss now and anything they do to complain or resist against you is pointless and unreasonable? What exactly are you trying to accomplish by arguing with us about our stance?

I'm pretty sure all we were saying is Grand Central wasn't and isn't an actual ally of Osiris, despite claims to the contrary.

[Ikania]

What's your point Cormac and Crew? Are you disappointed that we decided to not back you, or that we decided to even get involved? Are you saying that when we see our neighbor in need that we shouldn't come over and help out? Are you suggesting that we stay in our corner of NS and remain irrelevant? Are you saying that the legitament government of Osiris should just accept that you're the boss now and anything they do to complain or resist against you is pointless and unreasonable? What exactly are you trying to accomplish by arguing with us about our stance?

I'm pretty sure all we were saying is Grand Central wasn't and isn't an actual ally of Osiris, despite claims to the contrary.

Of course, many allies of Osiris aren't actually allies of Osiris nor anything close to valuable friends, considering that they all pulled their embassies. Not like almost all the GCRs are important, anyway...

[95 block]

I'm pretty sure all we were saying is Grand Central wasn't and isn't an actual ally of Osiris, despite claims to the contrary.

Good thing you don't have to be allies with someone in order to help them.

Now what about answering my questions, or the questions of the government in exile?

[Ultimate Sacrifice]

Not like almost all the GCRs are important, anyway...

At the moment, Osiris has in-game embassies with 4 GCRs (I'm not counting Balder as it's closing, or the Warzones--TP, TEP, TSP and TRR.) Which means... they don't have embassies with... 4 GCRs. So, almost all is a bit of a stretch, especially since TWP only closed because it was Cormac involved. So that leaves TNP (Raven, who has chosen a side in the conflict, and authorized his region, Kingdom of Alexandria to help JW and his disciples.), Lazarus (lol k) and Balder as those who are taking a stand against the Transitional Government.

[Plagentine]

Stationmaster elections and the new Cabinet!

As this month received a fresh start, so did the government and people of Grand Central. there were five candidates in the race for Statiomaster, the head of the government of the region, and they gave the voters good reasons to sit down and think who to vote for. The different candidates all gave their ideas and views, and brought different spectrums to the table which provided a variety of options. Citizens of Grand Central could choose to cast their vote to Brihimia, Camerom M. Romefeller, Festavo Vasentius, Aleiraq Walshsham, or Tungsten. However, the election would conclude with the independent candidate Festavo Vasentius as the winner and new Stationmaster, with 65% of the votes.

Festavo would proceed to appoint Nordic Arbor as his Deputy, Panzer IV Vasentius as his Regent of Military Affairs, Cameron M. Romefeller as his Regent of Internal Affairs, and Plagentine Kleopold Vasentius as his Regent of Foreign Affairs. The new executive cabinet of Grand Central is hard at work to keep the previously established order and prosperity, and to conquer new heights of greatness. Some of this is seen in the revitalized Foreign Affairs Department, which was previously in a quite sorry state, but currently holds a few new embassies(such as the LKE, TCB, Equinox, etc) and a reorganized list of ambassadors. The cultural department of the region has also witnessed some changes and improvements, and is doing handsomely under the leadership of Cameron Romefeller.

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Stationmaster Festavo's Opening Address

I would like to thank you all for electing me to the office of Stationmaster of this grand region. I hope that I do disappoint any of you and I hope that you will all join me in my mission of continuing the growth this region has been experiencing, increasing and maintaining activity and making Grand Central the best damn region around. It is about the future and we need to unite to make sure Grand Central reaches new heights and has a prosperous future.

I believe I laid out a pretty good outline of my goals and stances during my campaign and I am not one to rehash the same old shit. I would like to refer you to read my campaign if you have not already to understand my goals and what I stand for. My campaign thread can be found here: http://s15.zetaboards.com/Grand_Central ... 8373904/1/

I would like to set the goal of Grand Central reaching 500 nations by the end of my term. We currently rest at 349, but with the recent influx of DEN nations that may or may not stick I am wary of that number. Do not see this 500 nation goal as a limit, Centralites. This is merely a short term goal. If we reach 500 nations sooner than the end of my term (which is what I would really like), expect me to set a new goal. I would also like to set a goal of 10,000 total forum posts by the end of my term. That is 5,000 more posts than what we have right now, but it is certainly attainable. I want to see consistent activity in spam games, general discussion, strangers gallery, etc. If you like spamming, spam. If you like talking about things like politics or books or music or such, post about it. If you like posting legislative ideas, post them. I would like to see RMB activity as well if that is your thing. It is important to maintain onsite and offsite activity.

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Augustus Anumia elected as Conductor

On April 3rd of this year, the Grand Council elected Augustus Anumia to the seat of Conductor of Grand Central. As the new Conductor, Augustus is given the privilege of holding the regional WA Delegate seat, but also the responsibility of passing important proposals. Since his appointment, Augustus has worked tirelessly making quality proposals that would improve the World Assembly and increase Grand Central's involvement in the activities of both the Security Council and the General Assembly. Augustus has also devoted a great amount of time in increasing regional activity in any way possible, and the benefits of that are truly showing.

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Conductur Augustus' Opening Adress

Citizens of Grand Central,
It is an honour to address you as your new Conductor. I would first like to pay tribute to the outgoing Conductor, Feux, and also to Lios. Feux stepped up to the plate to become the first Conductor of the New Era, and as such he is responsible for defining the role for each Conductor that follows him. That is quite the legacy to live up to! Feux have proved himself a steady hand at the helm of the ship of state, and if I can marshal the World Assembly members of Grand Central half as well has he has, I shall consider my term a success.

Now onto what I intend to do this term: I aim to make Grand Central a key player in World Assembly affairs. We have risen rapidly in terms of regional population, but we have some way to go in making those raw recruits into productive World Assembly voters and regional citizens. This is not something that I can do alone, but I will pursue every avenue that I can, as well as helping the newly elected Stationmaster and his Cabinet.

The Conductor has a uniquely prominent position in Grand Central, and I intend to use that to increase regional activity in any way possible. I will welcome new members on the GC RMB (which I believe has been unfairly neglected up until now) and also encourage them to either join our military or to get involved on our forums. We here in Grand Central have an amazing contingent of veteran players, but that doesn't mean we can rest on our laurels and not get freshmen integrated into the region. That is one of the biggest challenges that any region faces, and Grand Central has historically been excellent at meeting that challenge. It is my aspiration that Grand Central reclaims the crown as the most welcoming region in NationStates!

This speech wouldn't be complete without addressing the events of recent days in DEN. Such a huge upheaval is always going to cause shockwaves in the raider community, and we here in Grand Central have felt it more than most. Working together with all the members of the Government, I am sure we can make Grand Central an attractive home, whether temporary or permanent, for all those who have chosen Grand Central as a safe haven in a crisis.

I thank the Grand Council for the trust they have placed in me, and the people of Grand Central for endorsing me. Three cheers for Grand Central!

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Cameron Malcom Romefeller elected as Grand Councilor

On April 16th of this year, the voting for the remaining empty Grand Council seat was concluded with Cameron M. Romefeller of the Liberal-Democratic party having the honor of filling the position, after gaining 10 out of the 19 votes that were cast during the voting period. Other candidates were Soames of the Liberal-Democratic Party with 3 votes, Lios of the Equality party with 4 votes, Gradea of The Ticket Collector's UnioN with one vote, unaffiliated Caligula with one vote, and unaffiliated Coraspia without any votes. Since his appointment, Cameron has been busy in discussions for new acts, and has contributed to the region greatly.

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Summary of recently passed acts

On April 18th of this year, the Grand Council passed the Attorney General Act, which effectively established the position of Attorney General, which would represent the interests of the Executive Cabinet in all legal matters and would serve as the default prosecutor in all criminal cases. Under the new act, people would be appointed to the position by the Stationmaster and could be removed from office at any point in time. The Attorney General also can't be part of the Supreme Court, and must prosecute any potential criminals himself or authorize a temporary prosecutor to prosecute the case.

On April 23rd of this year, the Grand Council and the Stationmaster have also amended the Constitution of Grand Central. The Amendment to the Constitution increases the number of seats on the Grand Council from three to five, which makes sense considering the growth in population and activity that the region has experienced so far. There is also a small change in semantics, which makes it possible for the number of seats on the Grand Council to be reduced according to the current circumstances.

On April 24th of this year, the Grand Council has passed the Awards and Honors Act, which introduces the ability to create and hand out awards and honors to the Conductor of the region. Though it was debated whether to create a list of awards and honors and simply engrave those into the act, it was eventually decided that it would be for the best if the Conductor decided when an award or honor should be created and for what purpose. This will no doubt prove useful in the future, as the list of people who made significant contributions increases.

[Consular]

Even if it were an imperialist stance for us to take, we can still call ourselves raider. Imperialism is a sublet of invading.

*shudders*

I suppose nobody owns the definition of any of these terms, but if you're talking about imperialism as practiced by the UIAF member states, then no, it most certainly is not merely a "sublet of invading". It is, or was, an entirely different world view to raiding and much closer to independence (as that term is conceived by the likes of Europeia and co, outlined in the independent manifesto).

[Eluvatar]

the UIAF member states

The UIAF? I thought you guys broke up.

[Consular]

the UIAF member states

The UIAF? I thought you guys broke up.

I meant to say as it "was" practiced by the UIAF member states. I mean, LKE is still imperialist. Albion is not. TNI is not active.

[95 block]

We surely have been busy in GC! It's always great to be able to look back and see our achievements thus far in this manner. Excellent read Kleo!

[RiderSyl]

Festavo won your democratic election for Stationmaster? Interesting stuff.

Don't mind me, just taking a moment to feel justified in some unrelated actions in another region. Ahhh. Feels good.

[Dark Robes]

Festavo won your democratic election for Stationmaster? Interesting stuff.

Don't mind me, just taking a moment to feel justified in some unrelated actions in another region. Ahhh. Feels good.

Yeah Syl, we've all seen how much you like democracy in Osiris.

[RiderSyl]

Festavo won your democratic election for Stationmaster? Interesting stuff.

Don't mind me, just taking a moment to feel justified in some unrelated actions in another region. Ahhh. Feels good.

Yeah Syl, we've all seen how much you like democracy in Osiris.

[The Ghost of Festavo]

In my opening address I set two goals. I set the goals of reaching 10,000 total forum posts and 500 nations by the end of my term. Currently we sit at approximately 9,500 forum posts and 430 nations. Since the day I gave that address we have gained 4,500 forum posts and nearly 100 nations. This region and community is growing fast. Is that because of me? No. That is because of all of you. Our community as a whole is what keeps this region growing. We have a very active forum and skype chat. It is because of every person who gets online every day and makes even just one post on the forum and one message in the skype chat. It is because of this atmosphere that new nations stay in this region after being enticed to join by 95 Block's recruitment campaigns that he generously finances. This is certainly something to be happy about. It is also certainly something that I cannot take sole credit or even majority credit for. This is something that we have all done.

Over the course of my first month in office we have seen gains on all fronts. The Grand Central Regiment contains a total of 14 soldiers now. That is a very nice number to have at this point. We have a total of 12 forum embassies now. We have also seen the release of the second Regional Update. That is up from something like 3 or 4 when I took office. We have seen the re-organization of the Internal Affairs department, creation of some snazzy userbars and the creation of a growing regional roleplay. As I mentioned above, we gained 4,500 forum posts and nearly 100 nations. We have over 10 candidates for this Grand Council election. Grand Central is an active and vibrant community right now that is growing fast on all fronts.

What does the future hold in store? I cannot say with 100% confidence as anything can happen at any time. However, I can say what my cabinet and I have been working on and planning. On the foreign affairs front me and Plagentine have been working on making some treaties with some of our allies, continuing to expand our embassies and publishing a new Regional Update after the Grand Council election. On the internal affairs front me and Cameron have a regional festival planned for mid-late May. Cameron has also started a new regional roleplay recently which we hope continues to grow and ends up being a fun time for everybody involved. On the military front I have created a list of Regiment members and have accepted applicants in the absence of Panzer, our Regent of Military Affairs. He disappeared very suddenly 2 weeks ago. After trying to contact him several times and giving him a respectful amount of time to return, I have decided to appoint a new Regent of Military Affairs. With a new leader at the helm of the Grand Central Regiment I hope to see increased activity through military operations on a regular basis and I am confident we will see that. In the meantime we have been assisting an ally in holding a region.

As a reward to everybody who stayed awake so far, I will be announcing the additions to the Government of Grand Central now:

I hereby appoint Kyorgia Vasentius to the position of Regent of Military Affairs. Kyorgia has been a raider for a while now and he has a good understanding of R/D as well as dignified service in many operations. He is up for the job and I believe he can do a great job at keeping the Regiment active and growing. I can't wait to see his leadership skills at work.

I hereby appoint Northeast Scotland to the position of Attorney General. After discussing this position with Arthur I have seen that he is very eager and dedicated to being our Attorney General. I had Augustus interview him to see how well versed in Grand Central law he is and he passed with flying colors. I am confident he will get the job done as Attorney General.

I hereby nominate Dustin Snider to the position of Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. Dustin is currently trying for the bar in real life and he is very passionate and interested in law. I have had Augustus do his duty and evaluate Dustin and he passed with flying colors. I am confident that he is well versed in Grand Central law and that he knows how to interpret it properly.

That will be all for now, folks. I am now open for questions and comments as always.

[Tom Vasentius HYDRA]

Woohoo congrats on the growth GC! And congrats to Kyo and all others appointed!

[Queen Yuno]

lol kyo

[Zenny]

Great to see GC growing and developing No doubt itll only get better with time

[Waldeck-Pyrmont]

We're on a roll, 100%.

[LoDankLo]

Looking forward to seeing more progress! Keep up the good work.

[RiderSyl]

No way this can go wrong.

[95 block]

Thanks for the words of praise everyone, especially you Syl!!