2021, updated easter egg issues guide

[Napaqaq]

I’ve been playing since 2017 and have not received one Easter Egg issue.

Why is that?

[Fauzjhia]

I’ve been playing since 2017 and have not received one Easter Egg issue.

Why is that?

you don't received easter egg because you do not qualify.
look at first post to known how to qualify for them.

[Difinbelk]

They do not repeat. Once you found an Easter Egg for a particular issue, you won't get it again for your nation.

Damn. That sucks but oh well.

[Easter Egg Test]

Pennyslov Created This Nation In Order To Get All Of These Easter Egg Issues.

[Fauzjhia]

Pennyslov Created This Nation In Order To Get All Of These Easter Egg Issues.

just follow beetles road and you'll come there.
you are lucky to be created with positive pizza. that's a net plus.

be warned it will take you at least until 1.25 population to get them all

[Pennyslov]

Pennyslov Created This Nation In Order To Get All Of These Easter Egg Issues.

just follow beetles road and you'll come there.
you are lucky to be created with positive pizza. that's a net plus.

be warned it will take you at least until 1.25 population to get them all

I Already Knew That Earlier

[Dexterra]

It was a dark and stormy Easter egg hunt. [...]

The sordid sequel: believing that the bunny monster had finally been killed, Dexter egg hunters suddenly hear a rattling at the door, and a faint groan of "Braaaaaaiiiinnnnnsssss..."

There's little time to consider how they caught this egg following just the inclusion of 'brains' in their national motto, though maybe all the nation's customizable yard decorations could have helped (probably not). Still, with days left until Hallow's eve and an onslaught of the living dead, Dexter egg hunters call this season's hunt all but a wrap as they go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over.

OoOOo0ooOO have a spooktastic Halloween...

[Amjedia]

Just got the : Zombies attack Easter egg issue with Brains in Motto and Currency. Also this nation never CTE'D.

[Pennyslov]

Pennyslov Could Already Recieve The Color Issue

[Pennyslov]

I Just Got "Breaching The Great Fourth Wall Of @@NAME@@"

[Nhoor]

Six of my seven nations have found 11 or 12 Easter Eggs each; the remaining ones are the Christmas (3) and St Patrick Day eggs (5), for which I obviously need to be patient.
My seventh nation (Tsatsakkh) is still quite young and has only 698 million inhabitants; it has not discovered any eggs yet despite the fact that there are alegedly no population requirements for some of them.

[Fauzjhia]

Six of my seven nations have found 11 or 12 Easter Eggs each; the remaining ones are the Christmas (3) and St Patrick Day eggs (5), for which I obviously need to be patient.
My seventh nation (Tsatsakkh) is still quite young and has only 698 million inhabitants; it has not discovered any eggs yet despite the fact that there are alegedly no population requirements for some of them.

you are just like me.
in search of those eggs for some nations

this year, I'm confident, I will finish the easter egg hunt.

[Geidi Centauri Prime]

Six of my seven nations have found 11 or 12 Easter Eggs each; the remaining ones are the Christmas (3) and St Patrick Day eggs (5), for which I obviously need to be patient.
My seventh nation (Tsatsakkh) is still quite young and has only 698 million inhabitants; it has not discovered any eggs yet despite the fact that there are alegedly no population requirements for some of them.

you are just like me.
in search of those eggs for some nations

this year, I'm confident, I will finish the easter egg hunt.

There is a 13th egg...

Easter Egg: 20 Years A-Workin’


The Issue
The clock chimes as you finally get home. Eleven bells. Is it really almost midnight? Your head is swimming from a day filled with inane meetings about park benches, how big supersize meals should be, and whether or not nuclear annihilation would really be a bad thing in the age of global warming (you figured it’d probably be fine, on balance). As you settle at your desk to finish a couple pieces of correspondence, you realise you’ve been doing this thankless job for twenty years now. Twenty years! A cause for celebration indeed, so maybe you can spare a couple of minutes to take a break. Thus the masochist within you has decided that, to celebrate this anniversary, “unwinding” on NationStates before bed would be “fun”. There’s so many things to do, though, and so little time — so what do you focus on?

The Debate
Ah, the General Assembly. The perfect place to go if you really want to waste time debating whether or not “shall” or “will” in a piece of legislation results in banning opposite-sex marriages, or potentially criminalising making your favourite horse a member of parliament. The friendly regulars, the welcoming Old Guard; they don’t exist in the General Assembly. It’s a free for all. It’s sink or swim, baby. Publish or perish. Only lawyers need apply. Or something to that effect. If you want to exert control over what is and isn’t legal in other nations, though, and mould a multiverse in the image of your own ideals, the General Assembly is exactly where you want to spend your time.

Accept

Then again, your trigger finger is itching to do some damage in International Incidents. First, you need to find a willing enemy. Then, you can demarcate the boundaries of bloodshed so no uninvited armies can interfere. And finally, you can test out those weapons of mass destruction that you’ve been eyeing in the shopfronts — only with your enemy’s permission, of course. Centauris aren’t monsters.

Accept

Thinking on it, though, who needs permission? There’s a whole world of regions out there, ripe for the taking. Even working alone, there’s plenty to be accomplished, if you’re content to play the long game. A word in the right ear here, a polite request for an endorsement there, it’s all too easy playing a role — they’ll never suspect who you were until it is far too late. Now which region was it you’ve always wanted to take down?

Accept

Of course, if a thrill is what you’re after then there’s bound to be a Sports tournament you can sign up for. Unfortunately, that’s no guarantee of success; Geidi Centauri Prime’s athletes are at the mercy of fate! Maybe you should call upon the priestess Margaret to sacrifice 1093 rubber chickens to the random number deities on your behalf. But you’d better move fast, because it’s almost cut off time!

Accept

That said, something inside has been gnawing at you. It has been a while. You look at the top of the page and see that you have five issues to address. The reason you first joined NationStates was to continue making decisions outside of work, even if those decisions had no real-world consequences. Except for those meaningless little golden badges on your page. Deep down in your heart of hearts, you know it’s time to answer issues on all of your puppets. After all, you’re just a primate who can’t help but to push buttons for a dopamine release.

Accept

You then remember that the United Federation Intelligence Agency recently published the latest version of its World Factbook, a widely used resource amongst foreign diplomats for information about the world’s nations. Much of the information it contained about Geidi Centauri Prime was just plain wrong, and your own diplomats found themselves fielding dozens of calls asking if it was true that you had been replaced as leader by a Stardust Phoenix. How much easier it is to set the record straight when you write your own factbooks! The stats are all wrong anyway — your words will tell the real story. If only somebody would read them.

Accept

Going to your Nation Page, you spot the little card icon staring back at you. Clicking it, you realise you have twenty-two copies of your own trading card. Perhaps this is a good time to add some variety to your collection — there are plenty of ongoing auctions, ready for you to swoop in at the last moment. All it takes is a nation, or fifty, to start sending you some gifts to sell. If you become wealthy enough, you can disguise your narcissism as altruism and stage a giveaway, or hoard a card that nobody will care about until you inflate its price to a ridiculous valuation. With every new pack comes the possibility of a legendary find...

Accept

The real treasure, however, is the hidden content. Do people even know about the NationStates Against Humanity minigame? Or the Challenge System? You should load up the secret URL and just wait an hour, or three, to see if anyone starts a game. Who cares if no-one turns up? You’ll get that great feeling of knowing that you’re part of a special elite, a secret Illuminati privy to mysteries that the hoi polloi know nothing of.

Accept

Out of nowhere, you’re struck with the sort of idea that normally only occurs to one of your loopy cousins after a indulging in a mix of self-prescribed herbal remedies: what if you just bought the whole website? That Max Barry fellow certainly couldn’t object to a new swimming pool filled with cash, courtesy of your National Treasury. With NationStates under your personal control, the site could finally have unending nuclear war! Zombie apocalypses that permanently affect your population! An IPO that actually earns you money! Maybe the admins could even bring back NationDates...

Accept

Seriously though, it’d be a terrible shame to waste all that money on a game where other people have the audacity to think their opinions matter — why, you’ve got literally all the answers to pressing real-life conundrums right here, inside of you! Indeed, people in general really should listen more to you. Wait, what is this? People in General arguing about left and right wing extremism? Gun control? Opinions on capitalism and cancel culture? Oh, abortion! *knuckles crack* Yes, the world needs to hear from you on this.

Accept

Alas, the tyranny of choice is just exhausting. You had a long day, and you’ve spent so much time trying to decide what part of NationStates to play, it’s almost time for bed. So how about you roll up your sleeves, pour a drink, and then just chill in one of the spam game threads for five or ten minutes? Whether it’s pretending to be a brony, or calling the AN a talentless troubadour, sometimes reverting to childhood silliness is the best way to spend one’s time.

Accept

[Ferengi Alliance Union]

I just got a new easter egg called 20 Years A-Workin’

[Djeeta]

you are just like me.
in search of those eggs for some nations

this year, I'm confident, I will finish the easter egg hunt.

There is a 13th egg...

Easter Egg: 20 Years A-Workin’


The Issue
The clock chimes as you finally get home. Eleven bells. Is it really almost midnight? Your head is swimming from a day filled with inane meetings about park benches, how big supersize meals should be, and whether or not nuclear annihilation would really be a bad thing in the age of global warming (you figured it’d probably be fine, on balance). As you settle at your desk to finish a couple pieces of correspondence, you realise you’ve been doing this thankless job for twenty years now. Twenty years! A cause for celebration indeed, so maybe you can spare a couple of minutes to take a break. Thus the masochist within you has decided that, to celebrate this anniversary, “unwinding” on NationStates before bed would be “fun”. There’s so many things to do, though, and so little time — so what do you focus on?

The Debate
Ah, the General Assembly. The perfect place to go if you really want to waste time debating whether or not “shall” or “will” in a piece of legislation results in banning opposite-sex marriages, or potentially criminalising making your favourite horse a member of parliament. The friendly regulars, the welcoming Old Guard; they don’t exist in the General Assembly. It’s a free for all. It’s sink or swim, baby. Publish or perish. Only lawyers need apply. Or something to that effect. If you want to exert control over what is and isn’t legal in other nations, though, and mould a multiverse in the image of your own ideals, the General Assembly is exactly where you want to spend your time.

Accept

Then again, your trigger finger is itching to do some damage in International Incidents. First, you need to find a willing enemy. Then, you can demarcate the boundaries of bloodshed so no uninvited armies can interfere. And finally, you can test out those weapons of mass destruction that you’ve been eyeing in the shopfronts — only with your enemy’s permission, of course. Centauris aren’t monsters.

Accept

Thinking on it, though, who needs permission? There’s a whole world of regions out there, ripe for the taking. Even working alone, there’s plenty to be accomplished, if you’re content to play the long game. A word in the right ear here, a polite request for an endorsement there, it’s all too easy playing a role — they’ll never suspect who you were until it is far too late. Now which region was it you’ve always wanted to take down?

Accept

Of course, if a thrill is what you’re after then there’s bound to be a Sports tournament you can sign up for. Unfortunately, that’s no guarantee of success; Geidi Centauri Prime’s athletes are at the mercy of fate! Maybe you should call upon the priestess Margaret to sacrifice 1093 rubber chickens to the random number deities on your behalf. But you’d better move fast, because it’s almost cut off time!

Accept

That said, something inside has been gnawing at you. It has been a while. You look at the top of the page and see that you have five issues to address. The reason you first joined NationStates was to continue making decisions outside of work, even if those decisions had no real-world consequences. Except for those meaningless little golden badges on your page. Deep down in your heart of hearts, you know it’s time to answer issues on all of your puppets. After all, you’re just a primate who can’t help but to push buttons for a dopamine release.

Accept

You then remember that the United Federation Intelligence Agency recently published the latest version of its World Factbook, a widely used resource amongst foreign diplomats for information about the world’s nations. Much of the information it contained about Geidi Centauri Prime was just plain wrong, and your own diplomats found themselves fielding dozens of calls asking if it was true that you had been replaced as leader by a Stardust Phoenix. How much easier it is to set the record straight when you write your own factbooks! The stats are all wrong anyway — your words will tell the real story. If only somebody would read them.

Accept

Going to your Nation Page, you spot the little card icon staring back at you. Clicking it, you realise you have twenty-two copies of your own trading card. Perhaps this is a good time to add some variety to your collection — there are plenty of ongoing auctions, ready for you to swoop in at the last moment. All it takes is a nation, or fifty, to start sending you some gifts to sell. If you become wealthy enough, you can disguise your narcissism as altruism and stage a giveaway, or hoard a card that nobody will care about until you inflate its price to a ridiculous valuation. With every new pack comes the possibility of a legendary find...

Accept

The real treasure, however, is the hidden content. Do people even know about the NationStates Against Humanity minigame? Or the Challenge System? You should load up the secret URL and just wait an hour, or three, to see if anyone starts a game. Who cares if no-one turns up? You’ll get that great feeling of knowing that you’re part of a special elite, a secret Illuminati privy to mysteries that the hoi polloi know nothing of.

Accept

Out of nowhere, you’re struck with the sort of idea that normally only occurs to one of your loopy cousins after a indulging in a mix of self-prescribed herbal remedies: what if you just bought the whole website? That Max Barry fellow certainly couldn’t object to a new swimming pool filled with cash, courtesy of your National Treasury. With NationStates under your personal control, the site could finally have unending nuclear war! Zombie apocalypses that permanently affect your population! An IPO that actually earns you money! Maybe the admins could even bring back NationDates...

Accept

Seriously though, it’d be a terrible shame to waste all that money on a game where other people have the audacity to think their opinions matter — why, you’ve got literally all the answers to pressing real-life conundrums right here, inside of you! Indeed, people in general really should listen more to you. Wait, what is this? People in General arguing about left and right wing extremism? Gun control? Opinions on capitalism and cancel culture? Oh, abortion! *knuckles crack* Yes, the world needs to hear from you on this.

Accept

Alas, the tyranny of choice is just exhausting. You had a long day, and you’ve spent so much time trying to decide what part of NationStates to play, it’s almost time for bed. So how about you roll up your sleeves, pour a drink, and then just chill in one of the spam game threads for five or ten minutes? Whether it’s pretending to be a brony, or calling the AN a talentless troubadour, sometimes reverting to childhood silliness is the best way to spend one’s time.

Accept

Just founded a new nation and got this. Cool. First time I'm getting an easter egg on 6 million nation without any hunting.

[Fauzjhia]

I just got a new easter egg called 20 Years A-Workin’

Yeah, I noticed.
I found it with it 13 nations without any effort.
I'll update the guide.
however, I don't know any information about its validities


So far, my success is like 52/52 always as the first issue

[Trotterdam]

It's likely that the conditions for receiving this issue will change after a few days, so years from now new players will still be able to get it, but not as easily.

[Fauzjhia]

It's likely that the conditions for receiving this issue will change after a few days, so years from now new players will still be able to get it, but not as easily.

Well. maybe its already random.
because I have like 3 nations that did not receive it. (green hills)
Still, others received it. I did not check world of beetles, Jeinnezslhaunia yet.

[Nhoor]

There is a 13th egg...

I'd even say that it is the 14th egg!

77 (World End), 78 (Pull the Lever), 80 (Aliens), 215 (Colour), 223 (Zombie), 256 (Suburbs), 266 (Fourth Wall), 375 (Lucky Charms), 408 (Pony Peril), 430 (More Eggs), 471 (Christmas), 622 (Masquerade), 1122 (No E), 1549 (20 Years)

I'm a little bit sad that all nations seem to have received it; now we can't hunt for them... :/

[Fauzjhia]

There is a 13th egg...

I'd even say that it is the 14th egg!

77 (World End), 78 (Pull the Lever), 80 (Aliens), 215 (Colour), 223 (Zombie), 256 (Suburbs), 266 (Fourth Wall), 375 (Lucky Charms), 408 (Pony Peril), 430 (More Eggs), 471 (Christmas), 622 (Masquerade), 1122 (No E), 1549 (20 Years)

I'm a little bit sad that all nations seem to have received it; now we can't hunt for them... :/

yeah, the 14th egg, in total
although, 1 is very difficult
so I would it's the 2nd unknown easter egg.
I'm waiting until the text is added to the issues thread, to edit the OP. As all other EE issues texts refer to this thread, there is no reason to refer to another thread/post just because it's a new one.

[Geele]

Hi! I've found the #1549 today.
Maybe it has something to do with mentioning NationStates in the motto? Honestly I have quite a small country, nothing special. Only did what everyone here said would help getting easter eggs and got it. And the only thing I can think was the reason behind it is mentioning the NationStates.
By the way, I've chosen the item about deciding upon the NationStates issues. Not really helpfull, I know, as there were 11 possible answers.

[Cataleenia]

Hi! I've found the #1549 today.
Maybe it has something to do with mentioning NationStates in the motto? Honestly I have quite a small country, nothing special. Only did what everyone here said would help getting easter eggs and got it. And the only thing I can think was the reason behind it is mentioning the NationStates.
By the way, I've chosen the item about deciding upon the NationStates issues. Not really helpfull, I know, as there were 11 possible answers.

Nope, it’s because the site turned 20 a few days ago. Most if not all people gained the issue

[GoldSilver918]

I’ve been playing since 2017 and have not received one Easter Egg issue.

Why is that?

only been playing 6 months and got an easter egg

[Fauzjhia]

Hi! I've found the #1549 today.
Maybe it has something to do with mentioning NationStates in the motto? Honestly I have quite a small country, nothing special. Only did what everyone here said would help getting easter eggs and got it. And the only thing I can think was the reason behind it is mentioning the NationStates.
By the way, I've chosen the item about deciding upon the NationStates issues. Not really helpfull, I know, as there were 11 possible answers.

Nope, it’s because the site turned 20 a few days ago. Most if not all people gained the issue

that checked out as true.
101 beetles on 101 got it. now checking precious nations.

every single of them too.
easier easter egg ever to hunt

[Big brained monkeys]

I got my first Easter egg issue shortly after I got 500 million population and the issue is basically is late at night your about to go to sleep but before that you play nation states and decide what to do and the issue name was Easter egg 20 years A-working' so is this a new Easter egg as nation states turned 20 a yesterday?