The Rejected Realms Embassy

[Evil Wolf]

Given your conduct in office elsewhere when given an actual portfolio, I think the system in the Rejected Realms worked quite well.

I don't know, my time as Delegate and Vice Delegate in The North Pacific and King (Delegate) in Lazarus earned me a shiny Commendation, so clearly I did something right.

But that's neither here nor there. Taking examples of me acting outside of TRR and applying it to the politically motivated sandbagging that happened when I was shortly an officer in TRR is both a false dichotomy and intellectually dishonest.

[Unibot III]

To me, there will never be an "Officer of Please Challenge" quite as competent at his mandate as Evil Wolf.

Was that before or after my appointment as "Officer of Finding Carmen Sandiego", given to me a mere week after becoming an Officer?

Gah, I love TRR.

[Sedgistan]

Such "appointments" just served to underscore how broken TRR's system is and how the delegate can, could, and would assign elected officers that they, the delegate, disagreed with to useless positions in order to either force the officer out or provoke a challenge.

Not exactly a system I would recommend potential governments follow if they want to be successful.

Mahaj had five weeks to re-write a short FAQs about the region. He had a fair chance.

[Mallorea and Riva]

Such "appointments" just served to underscore how broken TRR's system is and how the delegate can, could, and would assign elected officers that they, the delegate, disagreed with to useless positions in order to either force the officer out or provoke a challenge.

Not exactly a system I would recommend potential governments follow if they want to be successful.

Mahaj had five weeks to re-write a short FAQs about the region. He had a fair chance.

Now to be fair to Mahaj, no one really asks questions about TRR. You kinda set him up to fail.

[The Church of Satan]

Sure they do. We get questions all the time. ^_^

[Fratt Armed Forces]

Mahaj had five weeks to re-write a short FAQs about the region. He had a fair chance.

Now to be fair to Mahaj, no one really asks questions about TRR. You kinda set him up to fail.

They do. "Can I be banned / what happens if I am banned from here" is annoyingly common.

[The Church of Satan]

Statement on Funkadelia's coup of Lazarus

Earlier today Funkadelia, Lazarus' Sovereign and World Assembly Delegate, declared a legally baseless "state of emergency", ejected the region's Vice Delegate and Guardians, and removed the forum access of several other members.

Funkadelia has justified his actions accusing the opposition of plotting a coup against the legitimate government, using evidence that could be considered flimsy at best, and that certainly does not constitute a sound legal basis for the swift purge of a majority of the officials of Lazarus - including the head of state and most of the security apparatus.

His accusations are based on out-of-context quotes taken from a recent gathering of a number of Lazarene citizens concerned with the region's recent political turmoil - involving a suspicious influx of new citizens and a Prelate (justice) election of dubious legality. However, at no time these Lazarenes planned or attempted to execute the unlawful removal of Funkadelia.

In fact, the aforementioned gathering seems to be nothing more than a legitimate exercise of the right to assembly, that has been twisted and exploited by the triumvirate of Funkadelia, Lamb and Killer Kitty to execute a plan that may have already been in the works for weeks, with the timely appointment of Lamb as Guardian and the candidacy of Killer Kitty as Prelate preceding the alleged plot.

Having reviewed the actions and the statements of the parties involved, the Rejected Realms considers Funkadelia's actions illegal, and subversive of the sovereignty, democratic government and stability of Lazarus.
We call on Funkadelia and his affiliates to reverse their actions as soon as possible.
Until that happens we will not recognise him as the legitimate ruler of Lazarus, and we will seek to support the Government-in-exile with all means at our disposal.

The Church of Satan, Delegate
Frattastan, Officer of Foreign Affairs

[Cormactopia Prime]

May I ask how you intend to support a "government-in-exile," given that Funkadelia has not legally been removed from office and remains the legal Sovereign? There is no "government-in-exile" until there is a new Sovereign, according to the laws of Lazarus, with which you seem to be so concerned.

[The Church of Satan]

The Sovereign is not the head of state. Full executive power is with The Celestial Being. So we have all the authority we need.

[Cormactopia Prime]

The Sovereign is not the head of state. Full executive power is with The Celestial Being. So we have all the authority we need.

Can you cite me the specific provisions of the Mandate that say that? Specifically, the provisions that say you don't have to legally remove the Sovereign from office before declaring Doperland the new Sovereign. Because the "government-in-exile" has done that.

[The Church of Satan]

Article 4 Section 3 of the mandate says Aumelodia has executive power, not Funk. And Doperland is not the sovereign. He is the Vice-Delegate (Defender of The Realm.)

[Cormactopia Prime]

Article 4 Section 3 of the mandate says Aumelodia has executive power, not Funk. And Doperland is not the sovereign. He is the Vice-Delegate (Defender of The Realm.)

That was not the original claim made in the statement from the "government-in-exile," but I see that it has been corrected. Nonetheless, can you point me to the provisions of the Mandate that permit a government without the legal Sovereign? I'm not seeing it.

[Solorni]

It's disappointing to see Lazarus become about partisan R/D politics instead of any semblance of values or morals.

[Glen-Rhodes]

It's nice to see Lazarus's main allies not folding to Wolf's propaganda

[Frattastan II]

It's disappointing to see Lazarus become about partisan R/D politics instead of any semblance of values or morals.

I agree that the tensions that had been mounting in Lazarus over the past few weeks were bad for the region.
I thought it could all be solved with the good offices a non-partisan figure (the solution that The South Pacific was working towards), but the Delegate preferred to throw the region in a civil war in the hope of getting his way.

[Kylia Quilor]

Color me shocked who TRR is choosing to support. Also, color me shocked that this happened at all. I didn't realize there was gambling in this establishment.

[Drop Your Pants]

It's disappointing to see Lazarus become about partisan R/D politics instead of any semblance of values or morals.

Well it's still got me, I'm full of values but not many morals any more.

[The Church of Satan]

Article 4 Section 3 of the mandate says Aumelodia has executive power, not Funk. And Doperland is not the sovereign. He is the Vice-Delegate (Defender of The Realm.)

That was not the original claim made in the statement from the "government-in-exile," but I see that it has been corrected. Nonetheless, can you point me to the provisions of the Mandate that permit a government without the legal Sovereign? I'm not seeing it.

A new Sovereign will be elected.

[Kylia Quilor]

It's disappointing to see Lazarus become about partisan R/D politics instead of any semblance of values or morals.

Well it's still got me, I'm full of values but not many morals any more.

Given your fondness for sheep, that would not be very surprising.

[The Church of Satan]

The Rejected Realms Update

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WA Delegate: The Church of Satan
| Culture Officer: Catalyse | Foreign Affairs Officer: Wabbitslayah |
| Media Officer: John Laurens | Outreach Officer: Marilyn Manson Freaks |
Speaker of the Assembly: Kyorgia

An election, and another election... and wait, is that another election?

If there's one thing we can be sure of it's that the Gods of elections are surely pleased with The Rejected Realms. Throughout the last three months several worthy candidates have lined up to be sacrifices to the Gods of elections, but only a few of them were holy enough to enter the sacred walls of Electionhalla. Even some of those that were thought to be worthy at first were rejected entry into Electionhalla, and were expelled from it, or how we call it in Electionism, they resigned.

The first of the several sacrificial rituals started in August, and several pious rejects lined up, citing the reasons of why they were worthy, and soon enough all rejects were enjoying the election rituals, casting their vote into the sacred ballot box. Flower Boy, Catalyse, Katie Rybeck and Frattastan were deemed worthy of being sacrificed this election season, but many of them were not capable of faring through the trials and tribulations the gods set before them.

By early September one of the officers had already been excommunicated, resigned, and a challenge for this newly vacated position, erupted from two worthy candidates, Marilyn Manson and John Laurens. Battling between each other with the best election weaponry they could find, in the end, after Manson had received 13 votes and Laurens had received 6, it was Marilyn Manson that was chosen to be sacrificed on the Holy Sepulchre of Outreach on the 8th of September.

Soon after another challenger appeared from the crowd. Wabbitslayah challenged Frattastan, who decided to not meet his opponent on the field and instead cower inside the walls of Electionhalla, which was not a good sign of things to come. In the end Wabbit was selected to be an officer on the 16th of September, while Frattastan was expelled from the godly realms.

But this wasn't the last we had seen of Laurens, and again on the 12th of October, after another resignation occurred, he again battled, this time with his wits as no worthy opponent had emerged from the crowd, to obtain the favour of the gods, and after four days of strenuous discussion with the gods he did.

Last but not least, undefeated and unopposed champion in the coliseum of Speaker elections, Kyorgia was again chosen as the holy champion of the Assembly, the Speaker. And now, with only a few days before the next holy festivities we await for the new candidates.

Werewolf Fever

There's a new fever passing through The Rejected Realms, and it all started on the night of the 15th of October when a hooded man was spotted poisoning the water depots. A lab analysis of the water discovered that it had been contaminated by the lycanthropy virus, but by then it was already too late to stop the virus from spreading through the water supply.

As generalized distrust between the citizens of the region and chaos ensued, the mayor of The Rejected Realms, Frattastan, was found dead in their office. Further inspection showed that not only had he been killed by a werewolf, but that he was the one who had contaminated the water supplies too, apparently as a cruel prank. The few citizens that had gathered at the town hall hurried to elect a new mayor, and as soon as they could, hurried back to their houses and hoped for the best during the night.

To everyone's horror, the new mayor that had promised to find a solution to this crisis had too perished the following night. The townspeople decided that the best course of action was to vote on who they believed was a werewolf, and then executing them. Soon after a consensus was formed as to the guilt of Escade. Escade was taken to the pyre on the town square and lighted on fire, and as she burned many could observe her werewolf fur appear under her skin.

Believing that they were finally free of the werewolf menace, the citizens went about their daily life. To their horrible surprise, they again found another body, that of resident superstar fan, Marilyn Manson, which showed all the signs of having been killed by a werewolf. Again, accusations were flung around, and as the names of Catalyse and Kyorgia were thrown around, it was finally decided that the more suspicious of the two was Kyorgia, who, after being skinned, was shown to be hiding werewolf fur under his human skin.

While The Rejected Realms seems to be safe for the moment, there are scary tales that the epidemic has reached the underground levels of the region only known as discord, where the plight of the innocent citizens continues on.

The Rejects' Brigade

The Rejected Realms Army (RRA), otherwise known as the UDL's Rejected Renegade Squadron, continues to soldier on against the raider menace, as the invaders continue to attack The Rejected Realms by sending the worst of the membership of the regions they have raided, such spammers and trolls, and I assume, some good people too.

The RRA has, in the past few months, seen an increase in members, with new recruits coming from all sorts of backgrounds to join the RRA's power couple, guy and frattastan, in the march towards the inevitable continuation of the march. People from all walks of life have flocked to join the RRA: refugees from the latest GCR civil war, recently dugged out FRA veterans, out of work defender ideologues or just your common reject, all have come together.

When lucky enough not to fall asleep during update, the RRA can show itself to be a large force, though sadly the many seniors in its ranks need to take long rests between updates, lest they end up out of commission sooner than expected. If lucky enough, or if Command is daring enough to wake her from her slumber, we can even count on Crazy Girl, who has interrupted her retirement in order to update a few times.

Beyond the usual update routine of liberations, defences and detags against more or less notorious invader groups, the RRA took part in the liberation attempts of Socialist Alliance of Eurasia, where, along with other defenders, we were left to be picked one by one by invader sharpshooters and their BC rifles.

Also noteworthy for us were the minor update of the 23rd of September, when 7 soldiers were able to wake up just in time to set our most recent record of update attendance, and the liberation of Shrektopia and the other operations on the 17th of October when, exceptionally, we outnumbered any other group in Libcord.

At this point we're confident that the only thing that can put an end to the RRA is the RRA itself, or rather, a member of the RRA. As the army's self-appointed chief ideologue, The Grim Reaper, has prophesied, if in his second coming he is not accompanied by any other member of the RRA into update then that may very well mark our end, if not all of R/D or even Nationstates. But until then, the Space Unicorn Brigade marches on.

Update written by Catalyse

[Unibot III]

Props to Catalyse. That last section made me spit out my drink about three times. "Power couple, Guy and Frattastan," was amazing. As was "I assume, some good people too."

I'm slightly miffed about the UDL's Rejected Renegade Squadron though. Wouldn't I be commander of the UDL's rejects?

[The Church of Satan]

I suppose it depends on who you ask. Who's the new NS illuminati? Grey Wardens or is the UDL still somehow taking over everything?

[Roavin]

I suppose it depends on who you ask. Who's the new NS illuminati? Grey Wardens or is the UDL still somehow taking over everything?

According to Onder, the Wardens are just the latter-day UDL, so it's all the same.

[Kanglia]

I suppose it depends on who you ask. Who's the new NS illuminati? Grey Wardens or is the UDL still somehow taking over everything?

According to Onder, the Wardens are just the latter-day UDL, so it's all the same.

The Order of the Grey Wardens, Church of the Latter-Day Defenders.

[Catalyse]

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WA Delegate: Catalyse
| Culture Officer: Marilyn Manson Freaks | Foreign Affairs Officer: Frattastan |
| Media Officer: John Laurens | Outreach Officer: The Church of Satan |
Speaker of the Assembly: Kyorgia

New Delegate Elected


The RRA parading with a portrait of a former delegate. We're not too sure of which one this is...

For The Rejected Realms, December was not only the holiday season for the celebration of Rejectmas, but it also turned out to be a far larger election period than the triannual general election for Officers. Late into November, Catalyse declared her intentions to challenge sitting Delegate, The Church of Satan, followed soon by the incumbent's declaration of intent to run in opposition, alongside Crazy Girl to again take over the mantle of the perennial candidate.

We'll skip through the boring election process, pass the political manoeuvring and ignore the vote buying by going straight to the election results! Coincidentally, this article happens to be written by election's winner, but that there is just a mere coincidence.

Truthfully the campaign was much less interesting, and much less stressing, than any allegations of wrongdoing or electoral manipulation would have made it, and instead all three Delegate candidates conducted their campaigns respectfully, with the only incident of notice having been The Grim Reaper's torturously long SWOT analysis presented to Catalyse.

The elections were closed on the 11th of December and Catalyse was declared the victor with twenty four first preference votes, while bot The Church of Satan and Crazy Girl enjoyed five first preference votes each. This marked the first time in TRR's History that an incumbent Delegate that has decided to contest an election challenge lost an election.

Catalyse's inauguration took place on the 13th, and while the initial celebrations were interrupted by a group of protesters throwing tangerines at the Delegate, the RRA was quickly called into action to curb the resistance, I mean unlawful protests... and make sure democracy takes it's due course.

During her inauguration speech, Catalyse delineated her mandate of which she hopes to accomplish during her term, including her short and long term plans, from reviewing and revitalising TRR's Foreign policies to exploring and developing new cultural activities.

Written by Catalyse

Hall of Fame given a Rejectmas Present

The Hall of Fame, instituted in late November by the Assembly of The Rejected Realms to honour past members of the region and their contributions not only to its community but to NationStates as a whole, was graced with a most joyous and happy Christmas morning when a gift was found inside the office of the Hall of Fame's Director, right next to the fireplace. A Rejectmas miracle, as some have called it.

The present's wrapping, decorated with drawings of tangerines allusive to Rejectmas, was quickly torn into shreds by the Hall of Fame's Director, after a vote determined they'd be the one to open the mysterious gift, while the rest of those present hid behind the Director's desk.

The present turned out to be a portrait of an angel, along with a plaque with a small biography of someone. Everyone was left befuddled as to what the gift actually was, but a well timed call from the office of the Speaker of the Assembly quickly answered any question that there might have been. Apparently the Assembly forgot to inform that Sedge was to be the first inductee to the Hall of Fame and their induction would quaintly fall on the 25th of December.

Sedge is not only a former Delegate of The Rejected Realms and prominent regional member, having stood out as an Officer and during the time following Kandarin's resignation, he was also one of the most prominent defenders and a NationStates Moderator, credited with having brought better insight and greater attention to many Gameplay-related issues. And perhaps now we add the much lesser achievement of having been the first inductee to our Hall of Fame to his accomplishments.

Written by Catalyse

A Hairy Rejectmas Story

This year, to celebrate the Rejectmas season, the Delegate opened the hall of the Reject's Palace to everyone and invited all Rejects to participate in the festivities, the banquets and the various activities offered in the festival grounds. The festivities began on the 26th of December, the date marking the traditional start of the Rejectmas season, and will be ending upon the conclusion of its activities.

To show that we were celebrating a hairy Rejectmas, we decorated our numerous cities in black, silver and indigo. Fun fact: dramoon is also recognised by most local authorities as a Rejectmas colour but has been lost since the thirteenth century, yet, some choose to represent dramoon with the colours of either "Thistle", "Chestnut" or "Mauvelous"!

On the RMB, nations were invited to change their flag in the spirtit of Rejectmas and sing Rejectmas Carols, and then further invited to share those carols on the forums so they could be submitted in the Rejectmas Carol Contest for a chance to be dubbed "Head Rejectmas Tangerine Sprite" if their submission was voted the best, along with having their submission featured in a TRR publication!

Other activities and games included a festive purple Rejectmas Tree decoration, a Rejectmas Edition Werewolf game, a Rejectmas Chess Tournament, a Rejectmas Flag Contest, along with several quizzes and spam games.

Written by PowerPAOK

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