[Passed] Reflections on 2021

[Andusre]

Heya, folks. UPC and I have been working on this draft for a couple of weeks and would now like to open it to the SC forums for feedback. Some things to note about this are that we have not decided on a noteworthy event for March which we'd like to discuss, we were unable to find one though NSGE is being considered - we're open to suggestions. We're also looking for events happening this month in December which we could not write about, for obvious reasons. Ideally, we'd like to aim for this to be submitted in time for passage by New Year if that's feasible. Please do leave constructive feedback - would be much appreciated ^-^

The Security Council,

Wishing to reflect on the previous year to highlight, document and opine on its most prominent events;

Joyfully welcoming the inception of the Partnership for Sovereignty - a Security Council voting bloc committed to defending regional sovereignty and the rights of natives - in January and congratulating the bloc on its expansion to include 9 like-minded regions by the end of the year;

Fascinated by The North Pacific’s Cards Symposium in February which not only brought the leaders of prominent nations in the international artwork trade to give 4 Question and Answer sessions and 1 lecture to other leaders aspiring to trade their nations' artwork, but also organised the Card Awards to recognise nations that have left a significant impact in the artwork trade, for better or worse;

Frowning at the destruction of the inter-regional communication hub in The Embassy by a group of invaders and appreciative of the successful efforts to restore it, allowing the region and the world at large to recover from much of the damage inflicted by the raiders;

Meaning to express its admiration for the NationStates General Exhibition in March, which included a diverse array of events on topics such as international artwork collecting, leadership of military organisations, the Security Council and more Question and Answer sessions with assorted leaders of prominent nations, thus giving representation to a wide number of communities and information to new nations wishing to learn more;

Acclaiming the rise of Farnhamia to be rated best nation in the world in April after thousands of nations globally were consulted on the issue;

Marveling at the legendary force of 115 World Assembly nations that came together from all over the world, in a display of unbreakable anti-fascist unity, to destroy the fascist and highly antagonistic region Genua in May;

Jarred by the diplomatically-explosive debacle between the United Regions Alliance (URA), The North Pacific, The West Pacific and The Pacific and the Union of Force in June over the refounding of The Socialist Syndicalist Union, catalysing the end of the Consortium project;

Jovial over the invention of the Patriotism and Food Quality scales by the World Census, giving nations a new way to define and distinguish themselves in culinary and patriotic ways;

Jubilated by the invention of Declarations, giving this body the ability to express opinions and detail events in a non-binding fashion and introducing the newest Security Council resolution category since the advent of Liberations in 2009;

Amazed by the eclipsing of Koem Kab, which has hosted the most valuable gallery of international artwork for years, by Giovanniland and Mikeswill in August;

Showing great, yet confused, appreciation for the inexplicable population spike in September, which brought many regions a much-needed injection of energy following months of stagnation and decline;

Observant of The West Pacific’s Purgelympics in October, seeing the feeder region eject over two-thirds of its nations and temporarily bringing its population from over 6,500 to less than 2,000;

Offering its congratulations to Ko-oren for winning the World Cup 89 - the nation's first ever victory in such an international sporting event;

Needing an explanation of why a second mysterious population spike graced the world in November, yet still positively welcoming of the new nations and the growth they have brought;

Determined to recognise the service of One Small Island, which became the longest-serving World Assembly Delegate of a Warzone of all time in December;

Delighted by the liberation of China from invaders by a record-breaking 122 nations from across the world, breaking yet another all-time record of updaters this year;

However noting that these recollections are only up-to-date as of the time of passage and thus may not be reflective of the opinions of the future on these topics;

Hereby declares that:

2021, though a year which brought many challenges and misfortunes, overall has been a positive year of growth, stability and inter-regional peace; and

The world enters 2022 with ample reason for optimism and hope.

Co-authored by The United Peoples of Centrism

The Security Council,

Wishing to reflect on the previous year to highlight, document and opine on its most prominent events;

Joyfully welcoming the inception of the Partnership for Sovereignty - a Security Council voting bloc committed to defending regional sovereignty and the rights of natives - in January and congratulating the bloc on its expansion to include 9 defender-aligned regions by the end of the year;

Fascinated by The North Pacific’s Cards Symposium which not only brought the leading global nations of the international artwork trade to give 4 Question and Answer sessions and 1 lecture to other nations aspiring to trade their artwork but also organised the Card Awards to recognise nations that have left a significant impact in the artwork trade, for better or worse;

Frowning at the destruction of The Embassy by a group of invaders in February, and appreciative of the successful efforts to restore it, allowing the region and the world at large to recover from much of the damage inflicted by the raiders;

Meaning to express its admiration for the NationStates General Exhibition, which included a diverse array of events on topics such as international artwork collecting, leadership of military organisations, the Security Council and more Question and Answer sessions with assorted prominent nations;

Applauding the commitment of anti-fascist forces to the successful refounding of The Coalition of Fascist Nations in spite of monumental influence constraints, furthering the goals of this chamber and the fight against the evil ideology of fascism;

Marveling at the legendary force of 115 World Assembly nations that came together from all over the world, in a display of unbreakable anti-fascist unity, to destroy the fascist and highly antagonistic region Genua in May;

Jarred by the diplomatically-explosive debacle between the United Regions Alliance (URA), The North Pacific, The West Pacific and The Pacific and the Union of Force in June over the refounding of The Socialist Syndicalist Union, catalysing the end of the Consortium project of which the Union of Force was a member;

Jovial over the invention of the Patriotism and Food Quality scales by the World Census, giving nations a new way to define and distinguish themselves in culinary and patriotic ways;

Jittery over the occupation of Nasunia in July, where The East Pacific (TEP) accidentally broke the terms agreed upon in its treaty with 10000 Islands (XKI) by supporting the operation which - unbeknownst to TEP - utilised the infiltration of XKI, though relieved by the region's subsequent liberation and the diplomatic resolution reached between TEP and XKI;

Jubilated by the invention of Declarations, giving this body the ability to express opinions and detail events in a non-binding fashion and introducing the newest Security Council resolution category since the advent of Liberations in 2009;

Amazed by the eclipsing of Koem Kab, which has hosted the most valuable gallery of international artwork for years, by Giovanniland and Mikeswill in August;

Showing great, yet confused, appreciation for the inexplicable burst of activity in September, which brought many regions a much-needed injection of energy following months of stagnation and decline;

Overawed by The West Pacific’s Purgelympics in October, seeing the feeder region eject over two-thirds of its nations and temporarily bringing its population from over 6,500 to less than 2,000;

Nauseated by the conduct of a coalition led by The Black Hawks in their occupation of the unsullied region Trovons, whose founder was banned from the region in a morally abhorrent effort to resist the efforts of defenders’ siege;

Needing an explanation of why a second mysterious burst of activity graced the world in November, yet still positively welcoming of the new nations and the growth they have brought;

[Events of December]

However noting that these recollections are only up-to-date as of the time of passage and thus may not be reflective of the opinions of the future on these topics;

Hereby declares that:

2021, though a year which brought many challenges and misfortunes, overall has been a positive year of growth, stability and inter-regional peace; and

The world enters 2022 with ample reason for optimism and hope.

Co-authored by The United Peoples of Centrism

The Security Council,

Wishing to reflect on the previous year to highlight, document and opine on its most prominent events;

Joyfully welcoming the inception of the Partnership for Sovereignty - a Security Council voting bloc committed to defending regional sovereignty and the rights of natives - in January and congratulating the bloc on its expansion to include 9 defender-aligned regions by the end of the year;

Frowning at the destruction of The Embassy by a group of invaders in February, and appreciative of the successful efforts to restore it, allowing the region and the world at large to recover from much of the damage inflicted by the raiders;

[Events of March]

Applauding the commitment of anti-fascist forces to the successful refounding of The Coalition of Fascist Nations in spite of monumental influence constraints, furthering the goals of this chamber and the fight against the evil ideology of fascism;

Marveling at the legendary force of 115 World Assembly nations that came together from all over the world, in a display of unbreakable anti-fascist unity, to destroy the fascist and highly antagonistic region Genua in May;

Jarred by the diplomatically-explosive debacle between the United Regions Alliance and the Union of Force in June over the refounding of The Socialist Syndicalist Union, catalysing the end of the Consortium project of which the Union of Force was a member;

Jittery over the occupation of Nasunia in July, where The East Pacific (TEP) accidentally broke the terms agreed upon in its treaty with 10000 Islands (XKI) by supporting the operation which - unbeknownst to TEP - utilised the infiltration of XKI, though relieved by the region's subsequent liberation and the diplomatic resolution reached between TEP and XKI;

Amazed by the period of relative inter-regional peace in the month of August;

Saluting the end of the Entropy experiment in September, which saw the regional founder shut the region down as the expense of its maintenance became too great;

Showing great, yet confused, appreciation for the inexplicable burst of activity in September, which brought many regions a much-needed injection of energy following months of stagnation and decline;

Overawed by The West Pacific’s Purgelympics in October, seeing the feeder region eject over two-thirds of its nations and temporarily bringing its population from over 6,500 to less than 2,000;

Nauseated by the conduct of a coalition led by The Black Hawks in their occupation of the unsullied region Trovons, whose founder was banned from the region in a morally abhorrent effort to resist the efforts of defenders’ siege;

Needing an explanation of why a second mysterious burst of activity graced the world in November, yet still positively welcoming of the new nations and the growth they have brought;

[Events of December]

Hereby declares that:

2021, though a year which brought many challenges and misfortunes, overall has been a positive year of growth, stability and inter-regional peace; and

The world enters 2022 with ample reason for optimism and hope.

Co-authored by The United Peoples of Centrism

[Honeydewistania]

This is the YouTube rewind of NationStates gameplay. And that's not a compliment.

[Tinhampton]

I'd note that this is massively tilted towards one particular area of the site, disappointingly if understandably. No mention is made (for example) of Boston Castle/Hulldom's stratospheric rise as a World Assembly author, the return of Thousand Branches/Aramantha's relentless positivity, Jim the Baptist and Dabarastan's fledgling collaboration on issues, the rise and fall of the International Shield Defence Force, the discussions over the future of the NS Rugby Board, Fauzjhia's open-to-almost-all card lotteries, Treciene's "Man" thread and its innumerable copycats - or yes, Declarations themselves.

[Events of March]

Applauding the commitment of anti-fascist forces to the successful refoundation of The Coalition of Fascist Nations - in spite of monumental Influence constraints, furthering the goals of this chamber and the fight against the evil ideology of fascism;

The raid of CoFN actually began in March and was wrapped up at the end of April. The most important (gameplay) thing I remember commenting on in April was Traden's Delegate for Hire shitshow, for what it's worth

Amazed by the period of relative inter-regional peace in the month of August;

Come ooooooooon! August 2021 had the Siege of Chaylia, the catgirl-themed liberation of Liberal Democratic Union, whatever went down with August (the player) and Liberate NWA, the first regional statements on Frontier/Stronghold and all you have to say is this? It's one of the most exciting months in Gameplay history I can remember - however lopsided it ended up being

[Andusre]

I'd note that this is massively tilted towards one particular area of the site, disappointingly if understandably. No mention is made (for example) of Boston Castle/Hulldom's stratospheric rise as a World Assembly author, the return of Thousand Branches/Aramantha's relentless positivity, Jim the Baptist and Dabarastan's fledgling collaboration on issues, the rise and fall of the International Shield Defence Force, the discussions over the future of the NS Rugby Board, Fauzjhia's open-to-almost-all card lotteries, Treciene's "Man" thread and its innumerable copycats - or yes, Declarations themselves.

I think a broadening of the scope of the declaration would be quite a good addition, after all the site isn't just GP and we are sitting at, if I remember right, a bit over 3,000 characters which gives us quite a bit of wiggle room. If you could DM me with more details about some of these suggestions (most notably when they occurred this year, though I appreciate some of these examples are more spread out rather than one definitive date), that'd be awesome.

[Events of March]

Applauding the commitment of anti-fascist forces to the successful refoundation of The Coalition of Fascist Nations - in spite of monumental Influence constraints, furthering the goals of this chamber and the fight against the evil ideology of fascism;

The raid of CoFN actually began in March and was wrapped up at the end of April. The most important (gameplay) thing I remember commenting on in April was Traden's Delegate for Hire shitshow, for what it's worth

Hmmm... might have to adjust the wording then to be more clear that the raid concluded in April then, noted!

Amazed by the period of relative inter-regional peace in the month of August;

Come ooooooooon! August 2021 had the Siege of Chaylia, the catgirl-themed liberation of Liberal Democratic Union, whatever went down with August (the player) and Liberate NWA, the first regional statements on Frontier/Stronghold and all you have to say is this? It's one of the most exciting months in Gameplay history I can remember - however lopsided it ended up being

The sieges & liberation of both Chaylia & LDU admittedly slipped our memory but is definitely something to be considered. The deal with LibNWA & August is my own personal involvement, so it may be best to either get UPC to write something about that. Or perhaps a separate third party, we'll see what happens. With respect to F/S and the regional statements, we're not 100% sure on its inclusion but I think we'd be open to it. A reservation we had about it is that as it stands, all F/S is is a couple of forum threads and dispatches about a planned change, rather than one which actually occurred. But framing it as regional opposition to the proposal could be an interesting way of mentioning it.

Thanks Tin, very helpful stuff!

This is the YouTube rewind of NationStates gameplay. And that's not a compliment.

Most disappointing, Melons.

[Giovanniland]

The idea is interesting, but I agree with Tin that it is overwhemingly Gameplay-related. Though I disagree on some of her suggestions - I think there were other more impactful card events than Fauzjhia's giveaways (no offense to them, but card giveaways aren't exactly a new thing either), such as TNP's Card Symposium and its Card Awards, the end of Koem Kab's reign and Mikeswill taking #1, and the death of TCALS and pull events (though one would have to frame this in a way that doesn't mention the admins in order to not break SC rules). Also I am confused on why the mention of some random Forum 7 threads.

[Thousand Branches]

The idea is interesting, but I agree with Tin that it is overwhemingly Gameplay-related. Though I disagree on some of her suggestions - I think there were other more impactful card events than Fauzjhia's giveaways (no offense to them, but card giveaways aren't exactly a new thing either), such as TNP's Card Symposium and its Card Awards, the end of Koem Kab's reign and Mikeswill taking #1, and the death of TCALS and pull events (though one would have to frame this in a way that doesn't mention the admins in order to not break SC rules). Also I am confused on why the mention of some random Forum 7 threads.

Agreed on the KK reign ending, that and the ensuing fight for number 1 between Gio and Mike was a pretty awesome event and would definitely be something to immortalize as one of the first big shakeups of the card industry.

Honestly, I think you could easily find a different community event to highlight each month, there are absolutely 12 sectors of NS that do amazing things and I always prefer a more diverse lineup. Of course, this would require a lot more research and reaching out to folks around NS, I don’t know you that well Andy, but from this draft I’m guessing you’re pretty gameplay focused But either way, if you really went out into these communities and asked them about stuff, I’m sure they would have very noteworthy events to include on this list. This would my suggestion anyway, but I push far more for SC diversity than most people particularly enjoy

[Hulldom]

Re: Tin. I think if you're going to do much in the way of the WA, I think there's a relatively short list of things I'd mention:

• IA getting a second commend in July(? could've been August, but I coulda swore July).
• Repeal: "Condemn The Pacific" in May

I don't believe there have been any GA resolutions (without sounding insanely cocky) that broke stunning new ground and are thus worthy of our recognition. (The only ones I honestly believe might have are GARs 550 and 560, both of which I remain incredibly proud of.)

On a completely unvarnished OOC note: Maybe it's just me, but I'm not exactly doing this for the recognition. I commend friends of mine or people I look up to (for instance, it's not like the idea of Commend Maowi was new, Orca and Narwhal (Ash), Seva, and I had been working on it since April, and the original draft came from Europeia's Summer Olympics for crying out loud!). I write in the GA, and I know I've espoused this position publicly before because I believe that if we have the opportunity to have novel grants of power on international issues we not only ought to, but we should.

I guess one could say that my rise has been "stratospheric" in the sense that I've written or co-written 12 resolutions that have gone to vote this year, but I don't think that's necessarily equated to higher "standing" in the Assembly or anything. So by all means, feel free to include it if you're looking at "personalities that shaped the year", but I won't be heartbroken if you choose not to include me in it, Andy.

Returning back to your idea though, I quite like it. It's unorthodox, but I think it fits just the right vein of what a Declaration should be and I think giving us the ability to appraise the year in retrospect is something I didn't know I wanted to see from Declarations (I'm not sure I wanted to see them at all at first!) but I now know is an awesome use of them.

[Great Algerstonia]

Against, far too gameplay centric.

[Minskiev]

What a cool idea, wow. Okay I love this idea. I'll look over it

[Comfed]

I think this idea is pretty silly and I am against. Nonetheless, i will quibble with this part:

Frowning upon the griefing of The Embassy by a group of invaders in February and appreciative of the successful efforts to restore it, allowing the region and the world at large to recover from almost all the damage cruelly inflicted by the raiders;

Considering that the resolution is later only "awed" at the TWP purgelympics I hardly see why this dramatic language is necessary to describe this raid.

[Andusre]

I think this idea is pretty silly and I am against.

Could you elaborate on why you think this way?

Frowning upon the griefing of The Embassy by a group of invaders in February and appreciative of the successful efforts to restore it, allowing the region and the world at large to recover from almost all the damage cruelly inflicted by the raiders;

Considering that the resolution is later only "awed" at the TWP purgelympics I hardly see why this dramatic language is necessary to describe this raid.

TWP's Purgelympics were done by the government of TWP acting on its own region as part of - from what I gather - a cultural/integration event; the griefing of The Embassy was an act of destruction upon an unwilling region by invaders. The two are not comparable in my opinion, which I think explains the disconnected language.

[Comfed]

I think this idea is pretty silly and I am against.

Could you elaborate on why you think this way?

I don't think a summary of events is a particularly interesting or original use of the Declarations mechanic - it just says what happened in the past year. it doesn't propose anything interesting or express an opinion on a particular subject.

Considering that the resolution is later only "awed" at the TWP purgelympics I hardly see why this dramatic language is necessary to describe this raid.

TWP's Purgelympics were done by the government of TWP acting on its own region as part of - from what I gather - a cultural/integration event; the griefing of The Embassy was an act of destruction upon an unwilling region by invaders. The two are not comparable in my opinion, which I think explains the disconnected language.

I doubt most of the purged nations were on board, or possibly even aware, of the event in TWP. The Embassy's sole native obviously also wasn't on board with the raid but the only damage there was a bunch of embassies. For the record, I don't think that either event was "wrong", but I don't think the difference in language makes sense.

[Andusre]

Could you elaborate on why you think this way?

I don't think a summary of events is a particularly interesting or original use of the Declarations mechanic - it just says what happened in the past year. it doesn't propose anything interesting or express an opinion on a particular subject.

I don't particularly agree - the opening verb/word of pretty much every single clause was specifically chosen to be expressive of an opinion from the Security Council's point of view - hence why the difference you highlighted between TE & TWP exists. And with respect to whether or not it's interesting, I don't agree either - I found it was really enjoyable researching this and refreshing my memory of what happened this year. I think it also would be quite nice to generate this into a recurring thing year-on-year as recognition of when certain major events happened which otherwise would have been forgotten about/difficult to find information on.

TWP's Purgelympics were done by the government of TWP acting on its own region as part of - from what I gather - a cultural/integration event; the griefing of The Embassy was an act of destruction upon an unwilling region by invaders. The two are not comparable in my opinion, which I think explains the disconnected language.

I doubt most of the purged nations were on board, or possibly even aware, of the event in TWP. The Embassy's sole native obviously also wasn't on board with the raid but the only damage there was a bunch of embassies. For the record, I don't think that either event was "wrong", but I don't think the difference in language makes sense.

The griefing of TE obviously extends beyond just one native being upset that their region got raided, and implying that griefing is only a thing when it's a large number of natives involved just isn't true. The reason why TE was an episode of griefing was because those embassies were closed, which caused rippling effects across the world - you need only see the massive turnout of small delegates in favour of Liberate TE to see proof of this.

TWP on the other hand, its purge was by its native government making a sovereign decision to eject nations it no longer viewed as valuable to the region and did so in a way which, again from what I gather, generated a fair amount of internal activity. Heck, even some of the nations that were ejected came back to TWP.

Some others' input on this topic would be appreciated because it is something I'm quite interested in engaging on. Particularly with defenders & TWPers.

[Astrobolt]

This idea is an interesting one in theory, and could be useful as a way to record history, so I’m definitely open to the idea.

I agree that currently it is too Gameplay centric, but right now, I don’t have any substantive contributions. I’ll mull it over.

I also think that the draft should use IC negative language describing the TWP Purgelympics. Even if we think TWP had the right to do what they did, a “purge” of nations is at the very least IC iffy.

[Apatosaurus]

I'd note that this is massively tilted towards one particular area of the site, disappointingly if understandably. No mention is made (for example) of Boston Castle/Hulldom's stratospheric rise as a World Assembly author, the return of Thousand Branches/Aramantha's relentless positivity, Jim the Baptist and Dabarastan's fledgling collaboration on issues, the rise and fall of the International Shield Defence Force, the discussions over the future of the NS Rugby Board, Fauzjhia's open-to-almost-all card lotteries, Treciene's "Man" thread and its innumerable copycats - or yes, Declarations themselves.

Hmm, that's a good idea, though I don't think Boston Castle/Hulldom becoming a big author is necessarily important enough to mention, same with Thousand Branches/Aramantha (no offense to either :P), I think Fauzjhia's card lotteries, whatever International Shield Defence Force is or even the death of TCALS (rest in peace trans anarcho-communist lesbian snakegirls), are good ideas to mention, however.

Specific suggestions (mainly wording):

The Security Council,

Wishing to reflect on the previous year to highlight, document and opine on its most prominent events;

Joyfully welcoming the inception of the Partnership for Sovereignty - a Security Council voting bloc committed to defending regional sovereignty and the rights of natives of innocent regions - in January and congratulating the bloc on its expansion to include 9 defender-aligned regions;

Frowning upon Disgusted by the unjustifiable and odious griefing of The Embassy by a group of invaders in February]color=blue],[/color] and appreciative of the successful efforts to restore it completed within a few months of the invasion, allowing the region and the world at large to recover from almost all the damage cruelly inflicted by the raiders;

[Events of March]

Applauding the commitment of anti-fascist forces to the successful refoundation of The Coalition of Fascist Nations - in spite of monumental Influence constraints, furthering the goals of this chamber and the fight against the evil ideology of fascism;

Marveling at the record-breaking, legendary force of 115 World Assembly nations that came together from all over the world, in a display of unbreakable anti-fascist unity, to destroy the fascist and highly antagonistic region Genua in May;

Jarred by the diplomatically-explosive debacle between the United Regions Alliance and the Union of Force in June over the refoundation of The Socialist Syndicalist Union, catalysing the end of the Consortium project of which the Union of Force was a member;

Jittery over the events of the occupation of Nasunia in July, where notorious and infamous invader group The Black Hawks , accidentially or not, misled and significant feeder region The East Pacific (TEP) accidentally broke into breaking the terms agreed upon in the Treaty of Waxing Moon by infiltration of the historic and vibrant defender community of 10000 Islands (XKI), though relieved by the region's subsequent liberation and the diplomatic resolution reached between TEP and XKI;

Amazed by the period of relative inter-regional peace in the month of August;

Saluting the end of the Entropy experiment in September, which saw the regional founder shut the region down as the expense of its maintenance was too great; "Saluting" implies a region dying is postive. Which, in hindsight it may have been good, because of their anti-GA'ness (ew) and then Cormac's temper tantrum, but if it's good then at least explain why.

Showing great, yet confused, appreciation for the first inexplicable burst in activity in September which brought many regions a much-needed injection of energy following months of stagnation and decline;

Overawed by The West Pacific’s Purgelympics in October, seeing the feeder region eject over two-thirds of its nations and bringing its population from over 6,500 to less than 2,000;

Nauseated by the conduct of a coalition led by The Black Hawks in their occupation of the unsullied region Trovons, whose founder was banned from the region in a morally abhorrent effort to resist the efforts of defenders’ siege, but relieved that the liberation was then successful and broke multiple records with over 100 unique updaters;

Needing an explanation of why a second mysterious burst of activity graced the world in November, yet still positively welcoming of the new nations and the growth they have brought; and

[Events of December]

Hereby declares that:

2021, though a year which brought many challenges and misfortunes, overall has been a positive year of growth, stability and inter-regional peace; and

The world enters 2022 with ample reason for optimism and hope.

Co-authored by The United Peoples of Centrism

[Minskiev]

I stand vehemently against the idea of including nations for passing a few resolutions this year. That is absurd ego-stroking. Now, if the resolutions were rather important, then that's more of a case.

[Warzone Codger]

How can you have a Declaration for a Year in Reflection without a self-patting reference to the introduction of Declarations?

Besides 'too much GP', I don't think Saluting is the right word to use for the end of Entropy.

[Hulldom]

I stand vehemently against the idea of including nations for passing a few resolutions this year. That is absurd ego-stroking. Now, if the resolutions were rather important, then that's more of a case.

I agree here, but actually, if my math is correct, my contributions count for like a whole 1/9th of what's been passed this year across both chambers.

My math:
(LAST_PASSED_GA - FIRST_PASSED_GA)+(LAST_PASSED_SC - FIRST_PASSED_SC) + 2*
(586-532)+(376-339) + 2
(54) + (37) + 2
93

I've written (or co-written) seven GA resolutions this year: GAR #539, GAR #550, GAR #560, GAR #575, GAR #579, GAR #583, and GAR #586
I've written three SC resolutions this year: SCR #367, SCR #371, and SCR #376

10/93=10.75% of what's been passed this year.

Even if we exclude my co-authorship on 583, 9/93=9.68% or basically 10% of what's passed!

Tl;dr: more of a case than you think, but still up to Andy!

*2 is to count the resolutions not counted in the subtraction.

[Minskiev]

I stand vehemently against the idea of including nations for passing a few resolutions this year. That is absurd ego-stroking. Now, if the resolutions were rather important, then that's more of a case.

I agree here, but actually, if my math is correct, my contributions count for like a whole 1/9th of what's been passed this year across both chambers.

My math:
(LAST_PASSED_GA - FIRST_PASSED_GA)+(LAST_PASSED_SC - FIRST_PASSED_SC) + 2*
(586-532)+(376-339) + 2
(54) + (37) + 2
93

I've written (or co-written) seven GA resolutions this year: GAR #539, GAR #550, GAR #560, GAR #575, GAR #579, GAR #583, and GAR #586
I've written three SC resolutions this year: SCR #367, SCR #371, and SCR #376

10/93=10.75% of what's been passed this year.

Even if we exclude my co-authorship on 583, 9/93=9.68% or basically 10% of what's passed!

Tl;dr: more of a case than you think, but still up to Andy!

*2 is to count the resolutions not counted in the subtraction.

Congrats, but that's not a case for important events this year unless those proposals were anything truly memorable, like GA#499.

[Guess and Check]

I'll give more feedback later, but my thoughts to improve this:

I agree with others that we shouldn't mention things regarding specific nations.There's a lot of interregional/international events for consideration, and I think from the SC's interregional standpoint, those would be more important to mention. This isn't to say that what individual nations do isn't important, but a year-in-review should be more general in scope, rather than focusing on individuals.

I also agree that saying the SC is "Overawed" at TWP's purges sounds a bit weird at best. While I understand TWP has the right to ban whomever it wants, the SC tends to oppose purges (which is why they tend to get mentioned so much in condemns). So saying the SC is overawed tends to contradict the SC's general weariness of nation banishment, even if in most cases the SC is condemning purges done by foreign powers, not the native government.

[Hulldom]

I agree here, but actually, if my math is correct, my contributions count for like a whole 1/9th of what's been passed this year across both chambers.

My math:
(LAST_PASSED_GA - FIRST_PASSED_GA)+(LAST_PASSED_SC - FIRST_PASSED_SC) + 2*
(586-532)+(376-339) + 2
(54) + (37) + 2
93

I've written (or co-written) seven GA resolutions this year: GAR #539, GAR #550, GAR #560, GAR #575, GAR #579, GAR #583, and GAR #586
I've written three SC resolutions this year: SCR #367, SCR #371, and SCR #376

10/93=10.75% of what's been passed this year.

Even if we exclude my co-authorship on 583, 9/93=9.68% or basically 10% of what's passed!

Tl;dr: more of a case than you think, but still up to Andy!

*2 is to count the resolutions not counted in the subtraction.

Congrats, but that's not a case for important events this year unless those proposals were anything truly memorable, like GA#499.

I'm not saying it is, I'm saying there's more of a case than you're implying. That's not stating there really even is one. A 0.1% chance is still 100 times more than 0.001%, right?

I'll give more feedback later, but my thoughts to improve this:

I agree with others that we shouldn't mention things regarding specific nations.There's a lot of interregional/international events for consideration, and I think from the SC's interregional standpoint, those would be more important to mention. This isn't to say that what individual nations do isn't important, but a year-in-review should be more general in scope, rather than focusing on individuals.

I also agree that saying the SC is "Overawed" at TWP's purges sounds a bit weird at best. While I understand TWP has the right to ban whomever it wants, the SC tends to oppose purges (which is why they tend to get mentioned so much in condemns). So saying the SC is overawed tends to contradict the SC's general weariness of nation banishment, even if in most cases the SC is condemning purges done by foreign powers, not the native government.

Agree with what Zuk said. Unless that individual has their hand in literally every pie, no reason to mention them specifically!

[Great Algerstonia]

I stand vehemently against the idea of including nations for passing a few resolutions this year. That is absurd ego-stroking. Now, if the resolutions were rather important, then that's more of a case.

Fair Treatment of Prisoners, Right to Assemble, Reducing Microplastics, Equal Justice Under Law, and Homelessness Mitigation and Protections Act were all the GA resolutions passed under the Strong category.

Military Death Penalty Ban had double-digit pages of debate.

[Great Algerstonia]

Other various non-Gameplay topics I would add are COTA making all spots of the top 10 this N-Day, the two new stats (Patriotism and Food Quality) being implemented on June 12, the new regional banners that were added on May 22, and Farnhamia being the best nation in the world on April Fool's Day.

[Quebecshire]

I would just like to make it clear that I completely agree with this as a concept, and will try to come up with more specific suggestions at a time where I have less going on.

[Thousand Branches]

Edits!! Get your edits here!! Hot off the press!! Edits:

Wishing to reflect on the previous year to highlight, document and opine on its most prominent events;

Oxford comma.

Joyfully welcoming the inception of the Partnership for Sovereignty - a Security Council voting bloc committed to defending regional sovereignty and the rights of natives of innocent regions - in January and congratulating the bloc on its expansion to include 9 defender-aligned regions;

"s of innocent" can be nixed.

Perhaps add something like "by the end of the year" to the end?

Frowning upon the griefing of The Embassy by a group of invaders in February and appreciative of the successful efforts to restore it, allowing the region and the world at large to recover from almost all the damage cruelly inflicted by the raiders;

"upon" --> "at"

"The Embassy" should be region tagged.

Comma after "February".

"almost all" --> "much of"

As much as I love adverbs, "cruelly" feels (the best word I have for it) cheesy. I'd just nix it entirely tbh.

Applauding the commitment of anti-fascist forces to the successful refoundation of The Coalition of Fascist Nations - in spite of monumental Influence constraints, furthering the goals of this chamber and the fight against the evil ideology of fascism;

"refoundation" --> "refounding".

Regions should be bb tagged as such, especially because this one now exists as a trophy and not an actual fash region.

Dash before "in spite of" can be removed completely (also "in spite of" can just be "despite").

"Influence" shouldn't be capitalized.

There should be a way to tell the condemnation of raiders apart from the condemnation of fash. No matter what side you're on, the wording of this clause is in a dangerously similar vein as the last one and (indirectly) comparing an irl shit ideology to raiders is mildly unpleasant. i'd just try to make some changes to separate those things?

Jarred by the diplomatically-explosive debacle between the United Regions Alliance and the Union of Force in June over the refoundation of The Socialist Syndicalist Union, catalysing the end of the Consortium project of which the Union of Force was a member;

Same change with "refoundation" being "refounding"

Region tags

I believe "catalysing" has a z but that may be an American/non-American thing.

I think everything after "Consortium project" is probably unnecessary and if it isn't, I'd find a way to reword it because it absolutely murders the flow of this clause.

Jittery over the events of the occupation of Nasunia in July, where The Black Hawks and The East Pacific (TEP) accidentally broke the terms agreed upon in the Treaty of Waxing Moon by infiltration of 10000 Islands (XKI), though relieved by the region's subsequent liberation and the diplomatic resolution reached between TEP and XKI;

"the events of" is probably unnecessary.

Region tags.

"by infiltration of" is very confusing?

Saluting the end of the Entropy experiment in September, which saw the regional founder shut the region down as the expense of its maintenance was too great;

"was" --> "became"

Showing great, yet confused, appreciation for the first inexplicable burst in activity in September which brought many regions a much-needed injection of energy following months of stagnation and decline;

"yet confused" bit... ehhhhh I don't like it.

Delete "first"

"in activity" --> "of activity"

Comma before "which brought".

Overawed by The West Pacific’s Purgelympics in October, seeing the feeder region eject over two-thirds of its nations and bringing its population from over 6,500 to less than 2,000;

"bringing" to "temporarily bring".

Nauseated by the conduct of a coalition led by The Black Hawks in their occupation of the unsullied region Trovons, whose founder was banned from the region in a morally abhorrent effort to resist the efforts of defenders’ siege;

Okay, by this point in the resolution, this may as well by the 12 months of r/d. I know I said it was too gameplay centric earlier, but like srsly, it really needs some diversity. Reading about an occupation each month is killing me. Like physically so. I am dying.

Needing an explanation of why a second mysterious burst of activity graced the world in November, yet still positively welcoming of the new nations and the growth they have brought;

"Needing an explanation of why a" --> "Pondering the" (Also "graced" --> "that graced").

The world enters 2022 with ample reason for optimism and hope.

I would almost wonder if this is a rules violation? Like asserting that the world of NationStates does indisputably enter 2022 with hope? Maybe I'm super dumb but it seems a possibility

Okay edits done! Hope they were helpful and have a splendid day.

-A