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We in TSP know what is like for people to try to take advantage of democratic governments in the feeders. We will always stand by a sovereign TNP.

Southern Bellz wrote:We in TSP know what is like for people to try to take advantage of democratic governments in the feeders. We will always stand by a sovereign TNP.

Unfortunately there is always those who think they have the right to take advantage of the Feeders and Sinkers. The unendorsement campaigns, get old, and annoying, quite fast. There seems to have been a bit of a surge of them recently. The Feeders and Sinkers must remain united against such threats.

I would also like to thank the United Defenders League for the offer of assistance that they gave us during the recent recall-transition to our Vice Delegate, and to Europeia for it's offer to assist us recently in my transition into the Delegacy. It is satisfying to know that The North Pacific has allies and friends that we can rely on, if the time comes where it is required.

Also - a thank you to everyone who has sent me a telegram of congratulations. It is very much appreciated.

McMasterdonia wrote:Unfortunately there is always those who think they have the right to take advantage of the Feeders and Sinkers. The unendorsement campaigns, get old, and annoying, quite fast. There seems to have been a bit of a surge of them recently. The Feeders and Sinkers must remain united against such threats.

Indeed. Fortunately, all of the recent threats have been addressed swiftly and effectively.

This was a great update. It is nice hear from fellow Game Created Regions.

Glad you enjoyed it Feux.

And you are quite right Milograd. The issue moreso I think, is that they are highly persistant and annoying, moreso than being effective.

The Government of The North Pacific

In what ended up being a very strange turn of events, World Assembly Delegate McMasterdonia was Temporarily Ejected from the World Assembly.

In the time before McMasterdonia came online to figure out the situation, all hell broke loose across TNP. Our reporters even saw a Recall Thread go up, but it was quickly shot down by shouts of "Oh at least let him log in first!"

After McMasterdonia logged in, he talked to the Moderators and it turned out that the Mods dun goofed. A New system with WA applications had been set up earlier that day, and McMasterdonia for some reason got hit by it. After much heated argument and raised voices, McMasterdonia was restored to the Delegacy and everything was happy and sunshiny again. The Moderation team then apologized, which in itself is a lolwut: Dat Apology

Peace was restored to The North Pacific and all the people asking for the recall suddenly felt really stupid.

The End.

Executive Council Elections

Following Mcmasterdonia's ascension to the Delegacy of The North Pacific he promptly called elections for the cabinet positions, with some changes. Five seats were available instead of the usual four, the Delegate and Vice Delegate taking an additional non-ministerial two seats.

The elections also switched to a simpler system of voting and counting. Voters comprised of all regional assembly members and citizens, who numbered each candidate lowest to highest, in order of preference. Eluvatar, Tim, Kiwi, Kingborough and Romanoffia were elected to the executive council.

The new council set to work straight away. Culture and Entertainment, the newest ministry, has been trailblazing and doing a lot of good work for the region. The next elections will likely be held sometime in January.

Vice Delegates Resignation and Fresh Elections

The North Pacific was embroiled in drama after the Vice Delegate Tim, resigned his WA to take part in a liberation attempt of Eastern Islands of Dharma. A recall motion almost immediately was introduced to the Regional Assembly for vote, but was halted when members demanded to hear from Tim before they acted. Tim apologized for resigning his WA in such a way, and promplty handed his resignation in.

New elections were called immediately, with many members putting their names forward as candidates. After a slight hiccup when a candidates name was left off the ballot, elections were restarted with Blue Wolf II and Romanoffia emerging as the clear front runners. Blue Wolf II emerged the victor and took his oath of office promising to ban Ramaba from the region if he takes the Delegacy seat at any time. His oath has since been challenged in the court in usual Blue Wolf style.

Emergency Judicial Elections

Judicial Elections also happened, here in The North Pacific, due to a lot of people stepping up and down and all around. More specifically, Former Associate Justice Blue Wolf II was Elected to Vice Delegate to replace Former Vice Delegate Tim. This Election Result left a gap in the Court of the North Pacific that caused another Emergency Election.

The Election happened and a clear winner emerged. Replacing Blue Wolf, as Associate Justice, is Gaspo. Gaspo is an older player with plenty of legal experience, and he has been very active in the Judiciary from the moment he was elected.

Good Luck to the new Associate Justice!

The Holiday Festival

The North Pacific has been hosting a Holiday Festival in joint cooperation with Osiris and The South Pacific. Administrator Eluvatar put a lot of work in creating a new Christmas skin for our forum, featuring falling snowflakes, bunnies, schnauzers and a variety of other animals and faces.

The festival has featured some new games such as "The most creative way to kill Blue Wolf II" and variations of the common spam games.

It has helped to generate some activity in what is usually a slow period, and has been a good way to start the festive season. The North Pacific wishes our friends and allies abroad a safe and happy Christmas and New Year.




(Magicality City, December 17, 2012) - Archaeologists from The North Pacific Ministry of Culture have unearthed evidence of the origin of JAL's ongoing trials believed to date from the Third Millennium, BCE.

"This is an astounding discovery!" said The North Pacific's Resident Archaeologist Emeritus, Methuselah Fossilberg. "This early tomb painting depicting JAL, in the form of a deceased Pharoah, having his heart weighed by the judges of the underworld to see if he is worthy to pass through. This tomb painting is so old that it depicts former Associate Justice in his former incarnation, Anubis. One of JAL's advocates (to the right of JAL) turns in disgust at the length of the proceedings while being admonished for doing so by another Justice (out of the image to the right) who is upset by the line of questioning."



"Egyptology experts are in the process of deciphering the hieroglyphic writing as we speak. So far, the they can only make out the phrase 'here we go again' from the crumbling image," said Fossilberg.




A recent development in The North Pacific has been the multilateral Galt Conference, which is taking place in Galt City, in the archipalego nation of the Almanianian Union. We dropped in on the national delegates in between their speeches to hear what they had to say about the conference. "Galt Conference is a means to strengthen unity, support, and relationships amongst nations that are in full accordance with benevolent governments that seek to place care and provision for the citizenry as its top priority," said the representative from the Democratic Republic of United Koryo.

The Malvad delegation had this to say: "Although the conference started out slow we have reached the point where we are discussing the formation of The North Pacific Community. It will connect nations of TNP economically, politically, culturally, and militarily. It will promote peace, stability, and democracy.

The NPC will also include a railway connecting the nations who form it. We hope this will improve relations between all nations of The North Pacific." Well, there was noticeably a buzz of excitement amongst the participants and we look foward to seeing where the RP will lead.

When we approached The North Pacific Government for a statement, Executive Councillor Kingborough gave us this response: "It is great to see some roleplay action taking place in The North Pacific, thanks to our very active new deputy Minister of Culture & Entertainment Mr. Alvino Castillion."



As many have noted, this time of year marks a lower level of activity on the forums and I must admit that the availability of many members of the NPA has struggled too. As a result, I have been actively encouraging joint operations with the UDL, the Cat Burglars and the Medjai Guard in equal measure.

The NPA defended Anarchy against a slow-raid, meaning it wasn't so much a rush to the region at a given time but rather just ensuring the native had a higher endorsement count at update. It was also a fantastic opportunity to try out the NPAs new battleflag. Until now I have been unable to get any feedback on it so take a look at my main nation KiwiTaicho if you want to see it!

We have also been attempting to take over the warzones whenever possible. The most notable being that of warzone sandbox which we held successfully for a few days.

I would also like to note the hard work of the few NPA members who have made themselves available recently. Firstly, although McMasterdonia is Commander-in-Chef, I would like to give him the military rank of Major General for when he eventually is no longer delegate. His tireless work as MoD in a range of missions, should not be understated. Secondly, I would like to promote Eluvatar to the rank of Lieutenant. Recently his assistance, scripting expertise and experience have been incredibly useful to the NPA. Thirdly, I would like to promote Kingborough to the rank of Sergeant given his recent activity and assistance in NPA missions.

We also participated in a raid against The Greater German Reich with our friends from a variety of regions. We decided to take the opportunity when the Delegate of the GGR became an executive position due to LCG ceasing to exist and being refounded. The Delegate approved this mission immediately, and was backed by 3 members of his cabinet condoning the course of action that followed.

On top of all that, I would also like to welcome our newest member Alvino Castillon! His help and good spirit are a great addition to the NPA.

Summarily I wish everyone in TNP a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

And if you're planning on drinking as much as I am, remember not to drive!

Kiwi
Minister of Defence

In Conclusion.....Violent for [Violet]

We've had some interesting times in these past few months. We would like to wish our friends and allies abroad a Happy New Year, may it always be more prosperous than the last.

Finally a shout out to [violet]. We hope that our friends and allies will join us in expressing our full, unwavering, and unequivocal support for a [violet] led coup of the site. No godly admin should be subject to the whims of underlings, and in this we are your staunchest fans.

Occupy the Mod Cave is a movement that will not end. Not even when bored. We will continue to support [violet] as the one true ruler of nationstates ruling with the divine right of god himself.

We support you fully and look forward to the violent crackdown against the mods that will follow.

Thanks For Reading Our Update!

Awesome update McMa!

This is a nice update. I'm quite happy with how the TNP-TSP-Osi event turned out.

Glad that you liked it Cere

Milograd: I agree. It certainly started to pick up more towards the end.

Also in additional news, Delegate elections have started once again. The Declared candidates so far are myself, Durkadurkiranistan, Bokeryville and DRUK.

Durk vs Druk. Hmmm?

Yes. Though if you meet DRUK you would see that he is totally different to Durk in almost every way. Durk has adopted him as his son though.

The Election Results are in!!!

McMasterdonia has been re-elected as Delegate of The North Pacific. McMasterdonia won the election with 35 of the 44 votes. The final results can be found here:http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/7009962/1/#new


Supporters of Mcmasterdonia celebrate his election victory! 4 more months!

In addition to Mcmasterdonia's election, Crushing our Enemies has been elected Speaker of the Regional Assembly narrowly defeating Tim and Iro for the position. The Vice Delegate elections have been forced to a run off between Blue Wolf II and Eluvatar.

Following the election results, McMasterdonia released the following statement:






Firstly I would like to thank everyone who voted in the General Election. I appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve the region as it's Delegate and I promise to not let the region down.

Once again, I have been handed a strong win with nearly 80% of the vote. I thank all my supporters for this strong victory.

As such I plan to continue to expand upon the work we started in my last term of office. Specifically you shall see us reorganize the Foreign Affairs department to make it more efficient, streamlined and with clearer guidelines for embassy requests both in-game and on the forum. I also intend to work with the Foreign Affairs Minister to aim for our regional updates to occur bimonthly.

In Culture and Entertainment, we will aim to expand the efforts of this still relatively new Ministry. We want to see increased games and entertainment for all citizens to enjoy. Expect to see some interregional tournaments, as well as some more joint cultural events in the months to come. I will also be watching the role-play in our region, that has started to develop recently. It's important that we continue to help this grow, and I am open to suggestions or ideas to improve and develop this further.

In Defence we shall be working on recruiting for the military once again, it is something admittedly that has been neglected in the last term. We will also work to make press-releases a major part of keeping the region and our allies informed of what the North Pacific Army is doing. Lastly, I plan to cooperate more with the high-command of the military, giving people such as General Blue Wolf II specific responsibilities and tasks under their authority.

The Department of Communications will be releasing the first full edition of The TNP-Wire. I have read over the first draft and it is a very enjoyable read. We will be adding some finishing touches to it, before releasing it sometime next week. The goal for the wire will be for it to release weekly or fortnightly tabloid style articles, to be distributed throughout NS and to our friends and allies abroad.

In WA Affairs we will strive to focus on getting our votes in early. With nearly 450 endorsements I now wield a much larger influence than other Delegates in recent years, so it's important that we try to stomp the vote at the beginning to help influence it's final result. Upon my return home, I plan to restart the communications with members of the World Assembly in the region, as I will be back to using my normal computer with the necessary scripts on it.

The Executive Council will also move to quickly deal with the issue that was somewhat divisive for us prior to the election. We will finish the Charter of the North Pacific Intelligence Agency, and present it to the Regional Assembly for discussion. It's important that we have this dealt with and move on to bigger and better things.

Finally congratulations to Crushing Our Enemies for winning the close election for Speaker of the Regional Assembly. I am confident in his ability and look forward to working with him over the next four months. The Vice Delegate run-off election has started between Blue Wolf II and Eluvatar. I like and trust both Candidates, and believe that both would do an excellent job. I will, therefore refrain from endorsing either candidate in this election.

Following the declaration of results for the office of Vice Delegate, Elections for the Ministries will be held. I look forward to seeing the new council sworn in.

This image is nice but I would work on the rest of the layout.

Interesting A few people have told me they don't like that. As to the format, unfortunately it comes out a little strange on the NS forums compared to Zeta. Even still, our government is large, making the list quite long.

Congratulations on your re-election, McM.

Thanks Milo

Congrats McMa

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Four more months! Four more months!

Congratulations to McM and COE! It's great to see a feeder that isn't afraid to let people who are relatively (by NS standards) new to the region take some of the most important positions.

Thanks for the congratulations!

I like that about The North Pacific as well. COE had a strong campaign and debate performance. He has set to work immediately and is doing very well.

In a strong show of military co-operation, the Greater German Reich has fallen to the combined forces of The North Pacific, Sovereign Confederation (Equilism, Osiris, The Pacific, and Unknown), the South Pacific, Balder, Lazarus, and The Kingdom of Denmark.



How long the region is held by coalition forces really depends on when the founder of The Greater German Reich logs in to discover the invasion. This is the second time the North Pacific has been involved in an invasion of The Greater German Reich.

McMasterdonia
On Behalf of the Minister for Defence KiwiTaicho

Congratulations!

In my role as the West Pacific's Ambassador to TNP I would like to pass on TWP's congratulations to TNP and all those involved in this takeover.

Well done everyone.

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