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• Heated poltical debates intertwined with bits of relaxed and non-sensical banter;
  
• An over-the-top sense of national pride which has secured its independent status, having suffered 3 foreign invasions;
  
• Sebastianism, the belief that the region's founder will return in a foggy morning, on top of a white horse, to vanquish and solve all its problems.

• Bi-annual Writing and Singing contests;
  
• A regularly published avant-garde magazine that pays homage to the Modernist movement;
  
• Several satirical comics inspired by the Latin mantra "ridendo castigat mores" (one corrects customs by laughing at them).

Alentejo and Algarve wrote:PRAISING the community's efforts to turn their region into a harbour of free-speech, free-expression and tolerance as defined by its constitution, while mantaining a funcionting democratic system with fair elections for Delegate every 6 months.

CELEBRATING Portugal's very own and unique culture, characterised by:

• Heated poltical debates intertwined with bits of relaxed and non-sensical banter;
  
• An over-the-top sense of national pride which has secured its independent status, having suffered 3 foreign invasions;
  
• Sebastianism, the belief that the region's founder will return in a foggy morning, on top of a white horse, to vanquish and solve all its problems.

APPLAUDING the organization of multiple international cultural initiatives focused on bringing the Portuguese language and traditions to a larger audience while strenghting ties with the dispersed lusophone community abroad, as are examples:

• Bi-annual Writing and Singing contests;
  
• A regularly published avant-garde magazine that pays homage to 20th century Modernism;
  
• Several satirical comics inspired by the Latin mantra "ridendo castigat mores" (one corrects customs by laughing at them).

MARVELLED by the abundance of compelling and exceptionally written stories originating in the plethora of historical and political scenarios developed by the community.[/list]

ADMIRING the innovative and novel concept behind Portugal's Map in which regional influence has a direct link to the portion of land a nation can settle.

REGARDING this Commendation as a tribute to everyone that somehow or in someway contributed to this region, throughout the more than a decade and a half of its existence.

Written in collaboration with the sovereign nations of Portugal

~Happy New Year Folks, now please approve our proposal, we're cool!~

Atheris wrote:Self-commendation. This is my first time catching one in the wild.

Rule 2a (referring to NationStates as a game): 'Sebastianism' clause - a nation cannot ride a white horse. Rule 4(b) branding - co-authors must be listed as named nations.

Alentejo and Algarve wrote:Thank you all for the feedback! I have slightly rewritten it in order to remove any reference to the 20th Century. I believe it now follows the WA guidelines.

Jakker wrote:I also marked it as illegal since it references 20th century Modernism which to me is a RL reference.

Rule 2a (referring to NationStates as a game): 'Sebastianism' clause - a nation cannot ride a white horse. Rule 4(b) branding - co-authors must be listed as named nations.

Porto and the North of Portugal wrote:

Jakker wrote:I also marked it as illegal since it references 20th century Modernism which to me is a RL reference.

in this order of ideas, a reference to capitalism, communism, fascism, leftism or any ideology that was not created in NS is also a RL reference.

It's a YES for me.

The Rules, which you should all read by the way wrote:Note that reference to solely real world ideologies without reference to NationStates is prohibited. Real world ideologies are ones such as Thatcherism, Fabian Socialism, or Peronism that refer to particular real world people or groups, as against ideologies that are not considered real world dependent, such as communism, capitalism, fascism. Nazism is not considered a RW ideology - it is considered synonymous with national socialism, and also has an established presence within the NS multiverse (e.g. in Issues).

Ofiussia wrote:This is a YES for me.

Porto and the North of Portugal wrote:It's a YES for me.

RiderSyl wrote:

Ofiussia wrote:This is a YES for me.

Porto and the North of Portugal wrote:It's a YES for me.

Members of Portugal coming into a Self-Commend of Portugal and giving cookie-cutter approval does not make this look better.

Alentejo and Algarve wrote:As for it being considered ilegal, I do understand that the last line should be removed. However, I don't agree with the interpretation that was made about "Sebastianism'". I feel like reading a poetically written sentence such as "the founder will return riding on a white horse" and interpreting it as a real life reference "because nations can't ride horses" misses the point. we must not forget that individuality is an important aspect of the History of any nation/region. When the founder is mentioned in our proposal, we aren't referencing the specific nation that founded Portugal not the person behind it, but the idea of the generic founder, the individual or group of individuals that came together to create the place we call home lore-wise.

Alentejozinho and Algarvezinho wrote:A lot of people who posted here must be fun at parties...