Ladies and Gentlemen of Nationstates;
The Arch Chancellor of the Founderless Regions Alliance releases this special statement regarding the nation Rougiers. On the 20th June 2010, this nation callously destroyed the forums of the Crusaders of Justice and deleted every topic on the forum of the Council of Narnia. Rougiers has since been confirmed as an agent from the region of Unknown.
Forum destruction is a devious act. It critically damages the community of a region for little strategic gain without regard for the people therein. The region of Unknown, who appear unable to adequately perform on the battlefield, find it acceptable to use forum destruction as a legitimate espionage tactic. They then have the indecency to insult both the Council of Narnia and Crusaders of Justice by claiming the mission a success.
FRA Intelligence has held administrative and moderation powers over many raider regions - some of the biggest in the game - including Unknown and their predecessors. Yet The FRA has never endorsed or partaken in such an illegitimate tactic as forum destruction. The FRA respects the rights of all NationStates communities to exist and maintain their sovereignty without compromise, and instills such values and regulation in it's agents. In the event of any FRA agent or member committing the crimes of the nation of Rougiers, the subsequent disciplinary consequences would be severe.
Unknown will no doubt argue that they have little control over the actions of their agents- I wish to pre-empt this point. In running espionage operations Unknown carry the responsibility of their agents, in as much as the FRA does with it's own agents and Rangers. The inability of senior officials of Unknown to control their agents is unacceptable.
In light of this, I see only two conditions for justice to be adequately served; the issuing of a full apology by Unknown on behalf of their agent, and the rejection of Rougiers, who they are currently sheltering and reinstating, from both their community and region. This can be done by banning Rougiers from their forum and region in the manner that countless regions have already done without pressure or request. The FRA commends and thanks these regions for doing as such.
Considering Rougier's banning and/or awaiting trial in countless defender, raider and neutral regions in light of his violation of the COPs treaty, the FRA finds it absolutely astonishing that Unknown consider it acceptable to allow Rougiers to continue to reside in their region. The FRA firmly believe that this event transcends the defender-raider sphere, as shown by the countless messages of goodwill that the Council of Narnia has received.
The FRA hopes that the NationStates community, regardless of whether invader, defender, neutral or otherwise continues to shun the region of Unknown, its members, and the nation of Rougiers until it denounces these actions and punishes the individuals responsible.
Thank you for your attention in this grave matter.
Regards,
Cocodian
Arch Chancellor of the FRA
