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[PASSED] Condemn Lancaster of Wessex

Postby Fachumonn » Mon Jan 13, 2025 3:23 pm

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Hello! Today I come to you today with a condemn of Lancaster of Wessex (also known as Menta Lee-IL).

Lancaster of Wessex (LoW) has wrote 8 issues for NationStates, a large amount which makes up the base of this condemn. On top of that, LoW has done some very elaborate and creative roleplay. In addition to that, before they retired, LoW had 2 #1 stats. There are some other things mentioned as well :). I believe that in totality, these contributions should be recognized.

I hope you agree, and be sure to give constructive criticism/feedback, as this is not a finished draft. Thanks!


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Condemn Lancaster of Wessex

Proposed By: Fachumonn | Category: Condemnation


The Security Council,

Alarmed at the deceitful habits formed by Lancaster of Wessex (concisely, LoW) over the course of 20 long years of oppression, quietly covering up the connection between themselves and certain satellite states with carefully crafted propaganda,

Highlighting the outright villainous misinformation spread by LoW through their eight reports, actively infiltrating the decision making bodies of countless nations, by:

  • planting phony reports of customer dissatisfaction in an effort to entice public officials to live out their childhood dreams of going incognito in a department store, leaving them stuck between repetitive retail rants (such as Are We Being Served?) and exasperated employees, while Lancastrian spies sow the seeds for future misdeeds behind their backs,
  • carefully positioning nicotine-addicted white-collar workers, truant teens and senior citizens along national leaders' daily commute in an attempt to tip the moral scales in countless countries, with Lancastrian agents discreetly placed to guilt trip presidents into pro-smoking policies, tempt heads of state into buying absurd quantities of high-end tobacco products, or land Smokers Cornered, all with the end of filling LoW's own coffers,
  • implicating Dàguó in a counterfeit alcohol-peddling scheme, throwing major wine producers into chaos and inveigling some to adopt needless and self-sabotaging regulatory schemes or open up the market, just to be able to fill some Champagne In The Glass, allowing Lancastrian wines to infiltrate countless economies in yet another scheme to leave foreigners dependent on Lancastrian vices,

Distressed to learn that, all the while, LoW has drawn attention away from their misdeeds and malice by scapegoating figurehead “THE MOST GLORIOUS LEADER IN THE HISTORY OF HISTORIES” for any atrocities or psychotic crimes committed within the notorious dictatorial regime of Menta Lee-IL (MLI for short),

Frightened that MLI has sustained defense forces and corruption classifications that had at one point eclipsed all other nations, rankings that were held even well past their dormancy around four and a half years ago and still remain within the top-10, brutally repressing their hopeless citizens whilst subjugating any dissenters into submission,

Horrified by the treatment of the World Assembly by MLI’s shadow government, in which they reacted extremely positively to the condemnation of their very own region (SC#305) by the so-called “SCUMBAG WA”, subsequently initiating name calling and threats of “ANNIHILATION FOR TREASON”, in hindsight an obvious Lancastrian ploy to redirect attention,

Shocked that LoW has, at many times, attempted to hoodwink other nations by repeatedly denying the connection between themselves and MLI, as well as instituting amicable policies on LoW merely as an intent to clean up and improve their image, only later being forced to admit the truth after suspicion grew to the point where the deception became untenable,

Appalled to note further examples of Lancastrian duplicity waged in the meantime, including:

  • the induction of Payday Groans across countless nations as Lancastrian agents convinced unsuspecting leaders and free-market advocates of the value of payday loan outlets, allowing for the continuance of predatory financial practices preying on the poor all, of course, to enrich none other than LoW,
  • the manipulation of other countries into treading down the same dark road LoW lies at the end of, employing bootlicking lackeys with promises of future attention to quietly suggest that leaders start thinking about Who's In Your Wallet, resulting in the increasingly-well-documented phenomena of leaders quickly going from putting their face on currency to putting it on propagandic posters on every sidewalk, and
  • the insertion of long-term sleepers into countless Minister of Ethics positions, who inform and evaluate the moral susceptibility of a nation (a method LoW refers to as Keep Me Appraised), as well as literally by making boatloads off of counterfeit Lancastrian art and subsequently defending the practice to chiefs of state everywhere,

Terrified at two additional operations carried out by Lancastrian executives for personal amusement, where they nastily enforced school uniforms without regard for personal expenses (School’s In, Cash is Out!), and purposely spread additional allergens among populaces (Scents and Sensibility),

Troubled by the sheer tyranny employed by LoW upon thousands of nations, whether that be manifested through their squalid schemes or with the influence of their ruthless governments, to an extent that requires a condemnation,

Concluding that with this in mind, the only true “DESTROYER OF DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE!!!” will finally meet their ironic fate, and so

Hereby Condemns Lancaster of Wessex.

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The Security Council,

ALARMED at the deceitful habits formed by Lancaster of Wessex (now to be referred to as LoW) over the course of 20 long years of oppression, quietly covering up their squalid schemes while attempting to hide the connection between themselves and certain satellite states,

HIGHLIGHTING the eight schemes designed and organized by LoW in an attempt to actively harm thousands of nations, including:

  • Planting rude customer service employees in major department store chains across the multiverse as a means to make it appear as if there is a genuine problem, all for the sake of pure evil, as evidenced by Scheme #660 “Are We Being Served?”,
  • Deploying wine sellers that used false advertising and foreign imports to cover up their mischievous operations, misleading customers and creating dilemmas for world-leaders in Scheme #929 “Champagne In The Glass”,
  • Misleading global decision makers about the severity of nicotine epidemics via the utilization of for-hire misfits artifically inflating the percentage of populaces smoking, demonstrated by Scheme #1076 “Smokers Cornered”,

SHOCKED by even further missions to manipulate thousands of governments in total, such as:

  • Scheme #1358 “Who’s In Your Wallet”, where LoW desperately tries to convince numerous nations to implement propaganda on their banknotes by bribing inside advisors to suggest the idea to their leaders in return for an enormous payoff,
  • Scheme #1364 “Payday Groans”, in which LoW convinced many nations to keep mind-numbingly high interest rates on payday loans, thus sinking many poorer-off citizens further down into the poverty line in an effort to make everyday life as terrible as possible,
  • Scheme #1610 “Keep Me Appraised”, where LoW secretly ruined as many art sales as physically possible, prompting distress from citizens and high-ranking officials alike, and overall harming the cultural and artistic works of well-known artists across the realms,

DISTRESSED by the authoritarian regime of notorious puppet state Menta Lee-IL, in which they have:

  • Masterminded the creation and facilitation of Psychotic Dictatorships, a region so evil in its atrocities it was condemned by [resolution=SC#305]SC#305[/resolution] in a list-ditch effort to warn this august assembly of their barbaric actions,
  • Forced all those referring to their leader to refer to them as “DEAREST LEADER”, a maniacal tactic intended to suppress all freedom of speech within their nation, restricting many sapient humanoids of any civil rights or political freedoms by instituting a death sentence for those who do not obey this policy,
  • Persecuted and exploited their citizens through the boasting of the highest corruption and defense forces in the world, rankings that were held even well past their dormancy around four and a half years ago,

HORIFIED by the treatment of the World Assembly by LoW through Menta-Lee-IL, in which they not only reacted positively to the condemnation of Psychotic Dictatorships by the so-called “SCUMBAG WA”, but also instituted a policy banning nations from even joining the World Assembly for quite a long period of time,

TROUBLED by the sheer tyranny employed by LoW upon thousands of innocents nations, including ones they happen to control themselves, as well of their enlisting of others to join them in their abhorrent mission, all of which truly merits a condemnation through the means of this council,

CONCERNED that the absent of a condemnation for such a horriying actor sets a bad precedent for the future of the Security Council, and so a condemnation must be attributed to LoW at the very least,

CONCLUDING that the best retirement gift that LoW is to receive is a statement regarding the numerous disinengenous deeds they have committed over the course of decades, and so

Hereby Condemns [nation=long]Lancaster of Wessex[/nation].
The Security Council,

ALARMED at the deceitful habits formed by Lancaster of Wessex (now to be referred to as LoW) over the course of 20 long years of oppression, quietly covering up their squalid schemes while attempting to hide the connection between themselves and certain satellite states,

HIGHLIGHTING the eight schemes designed and organized by LoW in an attempt to actively harm thousands of nations, including:

  • Planting rude customer service employees in major department store chains across the multiverse as a means to make it appear as if there is a genuine problem, all for the sake of pure evil, as evidenced by Scheme #660 “Are We Being Served?”,
  • Deploying wine sellers that used false advertising and foreign imports to cover up their mischievous operations, misleading customers and creating dilemmas for world-leaders in Scheme #929 “Champagne In The Glass”,
  • Misleading global decision makers about the severity of nicotine epidemics via the utilization of for-hire misfits artificially inflating the percentage of populaces smoking, demonstrated by Scheme #1076 “Smokers Cornered”,

DISTRESSED by the authoritarian and dictatorial regime of notorious puppet state Menta Lee-IL (henceforth known as MLI), a nation that LoW has been able to control and access since its inception, and which they have utilized to further their ulterior motives,

APPALLED that LoW was the mastermind behind the creation and facilitation of Psychotic Dictatorships through MLI, a region so evil in its atrocities it was condemned by [resolution=SC#305]SC#305[/resolution] in a last-ditch effort to warn this august assembly of their barbaric actions,

WORRIED that LoW forced all those referring to MLI’s leader to refer to them as “DEAREST LEADER”, a maniacal tactic intended to suppress all freedom of speech within their nation, restricting many sapient humanoids of any civil rights or political freedoms by instituting a death sentence for those who do not obey this policy,

AGHAST that LoW employed MLI as a means to persecute and exploit their citizens through the boasting of the highest corruption and defense forces in the world, rankings that were held even well past their dormancy around four and a half years ago,

HORRIFIED by the treatment of the World Assembly by MLI’s shadow government, in which they not only reacted positively to the condemnation of Psychotic Dictatorships by the so-called “SCUMBAG WA”, but also instituted a policy banning nations from even joining the World Assembly for quite a long period of time,

SHOCKED by the discovery of even more missions LoW embarked on with the purpose of manipulating thousands of governments in total, such as:

  • Scheme #1358 “Who’s In Your Wallet”, where LoW desperately tries to convince numerous nations to implement propaganda on their banknotes by bribing inside advisors to suggest the idea to their leaders in return for an enormous payoff,
  • Scheme #1364 “Payday Groans”, in which LoW convinced many nations to keep mind-numbingly high interest rates on payday loans, thus sinking many poorer-off citizens further down into the poverty line in an effort to make everyday life as terrible as possible,
  • Scheme #1610 “Keep Me Appraised”, where LoW secretly ruined as many art sales as physically possible, prompting distress from citizens and high-ranking officials alike, and overall harming the cultural and artistic works of well-known artists across the realms,

TROUBLED by the sheer tyranny employed by LoW upon thousands of nations, including ones they possess, to an extent that requires a condemnation at the very least for their truly mischievous deeds,

CONCLUDING that that the only belated retirement present LoW is to receive is a handpicked statement regarding the numerous disingenuous deeds they have committed over the course of decades, and so

Hereby Condemns [nation=long]Lancaster of Wessex[/nation].
The Security Council,

Alarmed at the deceitful habits formed by [nation=Lancaster of Wessex] (concisely, LoW) over the course of 20 long years of oppression, quietly covering up their own carefully crafted propaganda while attempting to hide the connection between themselves and certain satellite states,

Highlighting the purposeful misinformation spread by LoW through their eight accounts, actively attempting to trick a large amount of world-leaders, including:

  • completely fabricating a so-called dilemma where customer service employees in major department store chains across the multiverse were supposedly being rude, when in reality LoW created it as a ploy to prevent officials from actually focusing on productive things, leading some to ponder Are We Being Served?,
  • inventing yet another convincing fake news story where wine sellers were apparently using false advertising and foreign imports to cover up their mischievous operations, sending top-government missions on a wild goose-chase as a way to redirect growing suspicion of their very own journalistic malpractice, all while casually sipping Champagne In The Glass and watching the chaos ensue from afar,
  • confusing global decision makers about the severity of nicotine epidemics via the utilization of fully made-up statistics that artificially inflated the percentage of populaces smoking, misleading leaders with carefully calculated statistical presentations trying to justify their conclusions whilst unfairly getting certain Smokers Cornered,

Distressed by the authoritarian and dictatorial regime of notorious puppet state Menta Lee-IL (henceforth known as MLI), a nation that LoW has been able to control and access since its inception, and which they have utilized to further their ulterior motives,

Appalled that LoW was the mastermind behind the creation and facilitation of Psychotic Dictatorships through MLI, a region so evil in its atrocities it was condemned by [resolution=SC#305]SC#305[/resolution] in a last-ditch effort to warn this august assembly of their barbaric actions,

Worried that LoW forced all those referring to MLI’s leader to refer to them as “DEAREST LEADER”, a maniacal tactic intended to suppress all freedom of speech within their nation, restricting many sapient humanoids of any civil rights or political freedoms by instituting a death sentence for those who do not obey this policy,

Aghast that LoW employed MLI as a means to persecute and exploit their citizens through the boasting of the highest corruption and defense forces in the world, rankings that were held even well past their dormancy around four and a half years ago,

Horrified by the treatment of the World Assembly by MLI’s shadow government, in which they not only reacted positively to the condemnation of Psychotic Dictatorships by the so-called “SCUMBAG WA”, but also instituted a policy banning nations from even joining the World Assembly for quite a long period of time,

Shocked by the discovery of even more systemic corruption and manipulation within the official accounts LoW has published, written solely with the purpose of manipulating thousands of governments in total, such as:

  • convincing numerous nations to implement propaganda banknotes by bribing inside advisors to lobby for the idea in return for an enormous payoff, all whilst simultaneously running with the story that suddenly, more and more nations were conveniently putting notable inside figures on their monetary indicators, resulting in more and more citizens to become concerned at Who's In Your Wallet,
  • tampering with the evidence that payday loans were indeed not only sinking poorer-off citizens but increasing wealth inequality by persuading lesser-educated and informed nations that these loans actually had the inverse effect, consequentially ending up with both a higher amount of payday loans and Payday Groans,
  • spreading disinformation as to whether many art sales and shows were being secretly ruined by nefarious "griefers", in a viral news story that made individual sapients fret over an art epidemic that never even occurred in the first place, and even causing a singular nation to halt all art-showcases until they could figure out "the problem", annoyingly while Low themselves were gladly singing Keep Me Appraised,

Troubled by the sheer tyranny employed by LoW upon thousands of nations, including ones they possess, whether that be pure malpractice and propaganda within their news coverage or with the influence of their evil governments, to an extent that requires a condemnation at the very least for their truly mischievous deeds,

Concluding that that the only belated retirement present LoW is to receive is a handpicked statement regarding the numerous disingenuous deeds they have committed over the course of decades, and so

Hereby Condemns [nation=Lancaster of Wessex].
The Security Council,

Alarmed at the deceitful habits formed by Lancaster of Wessex (concisely, LoW) over the course of 20 long years of oppression, quietly covering up their own carefully crafted propaganda while attempting to hide the connection between themselves and certain satellite states,

Highlighting the straight-up villainous misinformation spread by LoW through their eight accounts, actively infiltrating the decision making bodies of countless nations, including:

  • completely fabricating a so-called dilemma where customer service employees in major department store chains across the multiverse were supposedly being rude, when in reality LoW created it as a ploy to prevent officials from actually focusing on productive things, leading some to ponder Are We Being Served?,
  • confusing global decision makers about the severity of nicotine epidemics via the utilization of made-up statistics that artificially inflated the percentage of populaces smoking, misleading leaders with carefully calculated statistical presentations trying to justify their conclusions, prompting unfair crackdowns on Smokers Cornered,
  • inventing yet another convincing fake news story where wine sellers were apparently using false advertising and foreign imports to cover up their mischievous operations, sending top-government missions on a wild goose-chase in an effort to redirect growing suspicion of their very own journalistic malpractice, all while casually sipping Champagne In The Glass and watching the chaos ensue from afar,
Distressed by the authoritarian and dictatorial regime of notorious puppet state Menta Lee-IL (for short, MLI), a nation that has been under LoW’s iron grip since its inception, and which they have utilized to further their ulterior motives,

Terrified that LoW has instituted a death penalty for those who do not bow down to “THE MOST SUBLIME AND GLORIOUS LEADER IN THE HISTORY OF HISTORIES”, a maniacal tactic intended to scare any sapient citizens brave enough to stand up to their oppressive government, citizens they also refer to as “OBJECTS”,

Frightened that LoW employed MLI as a means to persecute and exploit their citizens through defense forces and corruption classifications that had eclipsed all other nations, rankings that were held even well past their dormancy around four and a half years ago and still remain within the top-10,

Horrified by the treatment of the World Assembly by MLI’s shadow government, in which they not only reacted extremely positively to the condemnation of their very own region by the so-called “SCUMBAG WA”, but also initiated a policy requiring the regions’ delegate to adhere to their bogus commands, otherwise fearing “ANNIHILATION FOR TREASON”,

Appalled that LoW has, at many times, attempted to hoodwink other nations by repeatedly denying the connection between themselves and MLI, as well as instituting amicable policies on LoW merely as an intent to clean up and improve their image, only later being forced to admit the truth after suspicion grew to the point where the deception became untenable,

Shocked by the discovery of even more systemic corruption within the official accounts LoW has published, written solely with the purpose of manipulating thousands of governments, such as:

  • tampering with the evidence that payday loans were sinking poorer-off citizens, increasing wealth inequality, and damaging the consumer by persuading lesser-educated and informed nations that these loans actually had none of the aforementioned problems, consequentially ending up with both a higher amount of payday loans and Payday Groans,
  • bribing inside advisors to lobby for propaganda banknotes in return for an enormous payoff, as said advisors convinced numerous nations to print their figurehead onto their currency, all whilst simultaneously running with the story that suddenly, more and more nations were conveniently putting notable inside figures on their monetary indicators, resulting in many vocal citizens raising doubt and concern over Who's In Your Wallet,
  • spreading disinformation as to whether many art sales and shows were being secretly ruined by nefarious "griefers", in a viral news story that made individual sapients fret over an art epidemic that never even occurred in the first place, and even caused a singular nation to halt all art-showcases until they could figure out "the problem", annoyingly while LoW themselves kept gladly singing Keep Me Appraised,
Troubled by the sheer tyranny employed by LoW upon thousands of nations, whether that be manifested through corrupt malpractice within their media coverage or with the influence of their ruthless governments, to an extent that requires a condemnation,

Concluding that with this in mind, the only true “DESTROYER OF DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE!!!” will finally meet their ironic fate, and so

Hereby Condemns Lancaster of Wessex.
The Security Council,

Alarmed at the deceitful habits formed by Lancaster of Wessex (concisely, LoW) over the course of 20 long years of oppression, quietly covering up the connection between themselves and certain satellite states with carefully crafted propaganda,

Highlighting the outright villainous misinformation spread by LoW through their eight reports, actively infiltrating the decision making bodies of countless nations, by:

  • planting phony reports of customer dissatisfaction in an effort to entice public officials to live out their childhood dreams of going incognito in a department store, leaving them stuck between repetitive retail rants (such as Are We Being Served?) and exasperated employees, while Lancastrian spies sow the seeds for future misdeeds behind their backs,
  • carefully positioning nicotine-addicted white-collar workers, truant teens and senior citizens along national leaders' daily commute in an attempt to tip the moral scales in countless countries, with Lancastrian agents discreetly placed to guilt trip presidents into pro-smoking policies, tempt heads of state into buying absurd quantities of high-end tobacco products, or land Smokers Cornered, all with the end of filling LoW's own coffers,
  • implicating Dàguó in a counterfeit alcohol-peddling scheme, throwing major wine producers into chaos and inveigling some to adopt needless and self-sabotaging regulatory schemes or open up the market, just to be able to fill some Champagne In The Glass, allowing Lancastrian wines to infiltrate countless economies in yet another scheme to leave foreigners dependent on Lancastrian vices,

Distressed to learn that, all the while, LoW has drawn attention away from their misdeeds and malice by perpetrating horrifying and, dare one say, psychotic crimes against sentience in their puppet state, the notorious dictatorial regime of Menta Lee-IL (MLI for short),

Terrified that one of these crimes includes instituting a death penalty for those who do not bow down to “THE MOST SUBLIME AND GLORIOUS LEADER IN THE HISTORY OF HISTORIES”, a maniacal tactic intended to scare any sapient citizens brave enough to stand up to their oppressive government, citizens they also refer to as “OBJECTS”,

Frightened that MLI has sustained this violent rampage through defense forces and corruption classifications that had at one point eclipsed all other nations, rankings that were held even well past their dormancy around four and a half years ago and still remain within the top-10, brutally repressing their hopeless citizens whilst subjugating any dissenters into submission,

Horrified by the treatment of the World Assembly by MLI’s shadow government, in which they reacted extremely positively to the condemnation of their very own region (SC#305) by the so-called “SCUMBAG WA”, subsuquently initiating namecalling and threats of “ANNIHILATION FOR TREASON”, in hindsight an obvious Lancastrian ploy to redirect attention,

Shocked that LoW has, at many times, attempted to hoodwink other nations by repeatedly denying the connection between themselves and MLI, as well as instituting amicable policies on LoW merely as an intent to clean up and improve their image, only later being forced to admit the truth after suspicion grew to the point where the deception became untenable,

Appalled to note further examples of Lancastrian duplicity waged in the meantime, including:

  • the induction of Payday Groans across countless nations as Lancastrian agents convinced unsuspecting leaders and free-market advocates of the value of payday loan outlets, allowing for the continuance of predatory financial practices preying on the poor all, of course, to enrich none other than LoW,
  • the manipulation of other countries into treading down the same dark road LoW lies at the end of, employing bootlicking lackeys with promises of future attention to quietly suggest that leaders start thinking about Who's In Your Wallet, resulting in the increasingly-well-documented phenomena of leaders quickly going from putting their face on currency to putting it on propagandic posters on every sidewalk, and
  • the insertion of long-term sleepers into countless Minister of Ethics positions, who inform and evaluate the moral susceptibility of a nation (a method LoW refers to as Keep Me Appraised), as well as literally by making boatloads off of counterfeit Lancastrian art and subsequently defending the practice to chiefs of state everywhere,

Troubled by the sheer tyranny employed by LoW upon thousands of nations, whether that be manifested through their squalid schemes or with the influence of their ruthless governments, to an extent that requires a condemnation,

Concluding that with this in mind, the only true “DESTROYER OF DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE!!!” will finally meet their ironic fate, and so

Hereby Condemns Lancaster of Wessex.
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Interesting. Going to need a few read throughs of this.

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Postby The Ice States » Mon Jan 13, 2025 4:45 pm

No particular objections to this proposal, though I do have some minor comments if they help :D

Fachumonn wrote:TROUBLED by the sheer tyranny employed by LoW upon thousands of innocents nations, including ones they happen to control themselves, as well of their enlisting of others to join them in their abhorrent mission, all of which truly merits a condemnation through the means of this council,

What is this in reference to? Also added a minor correction to the text.

CONCERNED that the absent of a condemnation for such a horriying actor sets a bad precedent for the future of the Security Council, and so a condemnation must be attributed to LoW at the very least,

CONCLUDING that the best retirement gift that LoW is to receive is a statement regarding the numerous disinengenous deeds they have committed over the course of decades, and so

It seems unnecessary to have two concluding clauses like this; why not merge them into one clause and cut some of the characters?
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Postby Of The Revived Soviet Union » Mon Jan 13, 2025 4:48 pm

Fachumonn wrote:-snippy-

Full support, well-written proposal to a player that's written many prominent issues and deserves it by now.

I think you should submit it soon. It won't have a problem reaching quorum unless you've made some errors.

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Postby Honeydewistania » Mon Jan 13, 2025 7:29 pm

It's okay but... that's it. Just okay. The first part is a rehash of done to the death issues C/Cs, and the next part is a rehash of Condemn Psychotic Dictatorships. Of course, it's a lot easier to say "find a unique take" than to actually have one, but I'm gonna do that anyway. Find a storyline. Weave a narrative. Obviously Menta Lee-Il is an interesting character/nation with psychotic dictatorial tendencies so you can include his possible tampering/influence on Lancaster of Wessex, juxtaposing the seemingly quaint LoW with the evil hellfire of the other. Or something totally different, the SC resolution is your oyster.
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Postby Of The Revived Soviet Union » Mon Jan 13, 2025 8:59 pm

Fachumonn wrote:Note: I have permission for this draft.

Hello! Today I come to you today with a condemn of Lancaster of Wessex (also known as Menta Lee-IL).

Lancaster of Wessex (LoW) has wrote 8 issues for NationStates, a large amount which makes up the base of this condemn. On top of that, LoW has introduced, created, and facilitated one of the most elaborate roleplay regions in all of NationStates, Psychotic Dictatorships. While this region has already been condemned, LoW’s contributions to the region have not. In addition to that, before they retired, LoW had 2 #1 stats. There are some other things mentioned as well :). I believe that in totality, these contributions should be recognized.

I hope you agree, and be sure to give constructive criticism/feedback, as this is a very rough draft. Thanks!


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Condemn Lancaster of Wessex

Proposed By: Fachumonn | Category: Condemnation


The Security Council,

ALARMED at the deceitful habits formed by Lancaster of Wessex (now to be referred to as LoW) over the course of 20 long years of oppression, quietly covering up their squalid schemes while attempting to hide the connection between themselves and certain satellite states,

HIGHLIGHTING the eight schemes designed and organized by LoW in an attempt to actively harm thousands of nations, including:

  • Planting rude customer service employees in major department store chains across the multiverse as a means to make it appear as if there is a genuine problem, all for the sake of pure evil, as evidenced by Scheme #660 “Are We Being Served?”,
  • Deploying wine sellers that used false advertising and foreign imports to cover up their mischievous operations, misleading customers and creating dilemmas for world-leaders in Scheme #929 “Champagne In The Glass”,
  • Misleading global decision makers about the severity of nicotine epidemics via the utilization of for-hire misfits artificially inflating the percentage of populaces smoking, demonstrated by Scheme #1076 “Smokers Cornered”,

DISTRESSED by the authoritarian and dictatorial regime of notorious puppet state Menta Lee-IL (henceforth known as MLI), a nation that LoW has been able to control and access since its inception, and which they have utilized to further their ulterior motives,

APPALLED that LoW was the mastermind behind the creation and facilitation of Psychotic Dictatorships through MLI, a region so evil in its atrocities it was condemned by [resolution=SC#305]SC#305[/resolution] in a last-ditch effort to warn this august assembly of their barbaric actions,

WORRIED that LoW forced all those referring to MLI’s leader to refer to them as “DEAREST LEADER”, a maniacal tactic intended to suppress all freedom of speech within their nation, restricting many sapient humanoids of any civil rights or political freedoms by instituting a death sentence for those who do not obey this policy,

AGHAST that LoW employed MLI as a means to persecute and exploit their citizens through the boasting of the highest corruption and defense forces in the world, rankings that were held even well past their dormancy around four and a half years ago,

HORRIFIED by the treatment of the World Assembly by MLI’s shadow government, in which they not only reacted positively to the condemnation of Psychotic Dictatorships by the so-called “SCUMBAG WA”, but also instituted a policy banning nations from even joining the World Assembly for quite a long period of time,

SHOCKED by the discovery of even more missions LoW embarked on with the purpose of manipulating thousands of governments in total, such as:

  • Scheme #1358 “Who’s In Your Wallet”, where LoW desperately tries to convince numerous nations to implement propaganda on their banknotes by bribing inside advisors to suggest the idea to their leaders in return for an enormous payoff,
  • Scheme #1364 “Payday Groans”, in which LoW convinced many nations to keep mind-numbingly high interest rates on payday loans, thus sinking many poorer-off citizens further down into the poverty line in an effort to make everyday life as terrible as possible,
  • Scheme #1610 “Keep Me Appraised”, where LoW secretly ruined as many art sales as physically possible, prompting distress from citizens and high-ranking officials alike, and overall harming the cultural and artistic works of well-known artists across the realms,

TROUBLED by the sheer tyranny employed by LoW upon thousands of nations, including ones they possess, to an extent that requires a condemnation at the very least for their truly mischievous deeds,

CONCLUDING that that the only belated retirement present LoW is to receive is a handpicked statement regarding the numerous disingenuous deeds they have committed over the course of decades, and so

Hereby Condemns [nation=long]Lancaster of Wessex[/nation].

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Of The Revived Soviet Union wrote:-snip-

From a glance, they are BBCodes that work gameside but not forumside, but are the most concise version. You'll have to suck it up.

I have thoughts on this and will try to let you know them as soon as I can.
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Postby Of The Revived Soviet Union » Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:28 am

Bisofeyr wrote:
Of The Revived Soviet Union wrote:-snip-

From a glance, they are BBCodes that work gameside but not forumside, but are the most concise version. You'll have to suck it up.

I have thoughts on this and will try to let you know them as soon as I can.

Fair. My bad.

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Fachumonn wrote:-snippy-

Full support, well-written proposal to a player that's written many prominent issues and deserves it by now.

I think you should submit it soon. It won't have a problem reaching quorum unless you've made some errors.

Which is the whole point of having an extended drafting period so that any errors, illegalities, etc., etc. can be caught and corrected and other improvements made.
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Postby Fachumonn » Tue Jan 14, 2025 5:52 am

Bhang Bhang Duc wrote:-snip-

Thanks for that pointing that out, as for the draft in general, it's definitely not in its final form and definitely could be improved.
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As noted offsite this should be fixed, with some general improvements around the rest of the text as well that makes it better.
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Thanks for your support, but as I noted drafting is a marathon, not a sprint. A winning resolution is much more than a first draft.


As for Honeydew...
Honeydewistania wrote:-snip-

I definitely think the issue descriptions could be fixed, and I'm currently brainstorming ways to improve it. Unfortunately, I don't believe the MLI part is a rehash of PD' condemn as I have mentioned different things and their role in actually facilitating the region in the first place.

Thanks for your feedback, due to these suggestions the MLI part and the end has been changed into a Draft 1.5/New-Ish draft.

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After a few days of attempting to rewrite the issues sections, a new draft is out! Character Count is 4993, so uh, yeah, not much room :) .

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Postby Astrobolt » Fri Jan 17, 2025 7:48 am

Half this condemn seems like Condemn Psychotic Dictatorships 2. My gut thinking is that the Psychotic Dictatorships stuff shouldn't be focused on, and at maximum it should be minor, given it already has SC recognition.
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Postby Jutsa » Fri Jan 17, 2025 9:30 am

Never would I have ever thought these two were the same person... :shock:

Very happy to see you working on this though. I know it's probably a bit tricky coming up with a new angle every C/C, but I don't have any qualms with this as an outsider. They really covered some pretty interesting topics. :)

Astrobolt wrote:Half this condemn seems like Condemn Psychotic Dictatorships 2. My gut thinking is that the Psychotic Dictatorships stuff shouldn't be focused on, and at maximum it should be minor, given it already has SC recognition.


I only read two lines as having anything to do with that at all, with the one bringing up the condemnation and the other the result of said condemnation. That's already pretty minor/unfocused. :P

That said, I can see an issue with "DEAREST LEADER" being mentioned in both, but in this case it is more of a setup for recognizing their nation's political suppression and civil rights abuses. That being said, it's the one line I could see potentially being cut anyway.

Only other potential overlap is the HORRIFIED clause, which covers an event that happened in response to the condemnation. Again, not necessary to keep in in the proposal, but like...
1) "SCUMBAG WA" is such a based thing to put in a proposal/resolution, and 2) the ban on WA membership is just... genuinely such a deranged thing to do why wouldn't you include it here :rofl:

tl;dr this gets a thumbsup from me, though afraid I'm lacking in the critiquing department. :)
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Postby Fachumonn » Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:15 pm

Astrobolt wrote:Half this condemn seems like Condemn Psychotic Dictatorships 2. My gut thinking is that the Psychotic Dictatorships stuff shouldn't be focused on, and at maximum it should be minor, given it already has SC recognition.

I mean, I certainly believe that section can be improved, but the idea that half the condemnation is Psychotic Dictatorships 2 when I only mention the region twice in the entire resolution in only two clauses (with one simply being a passing mention used to give context to the time period) is false.

The order of the MLI stuff is essentially Introductory clause -> Creation and facilitation of Psychotic Dictatorships -> WA Reactions/Policies -> "Dearest Leader" clause -> Stats clause. Now, I certainly believe the second and fourth clauses I've mentioned here could be improved and/or made distinctive, but it's certainly not to the extent you suggest.

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Postby Fachu WA Mission » Sun Jan 19, 2025 8:44 am

After a couple of days of just letting this sit, I've come with a draft I'm very happy with.

The Psychotic DIctatorships rehash points shouldn't be an issue now, and I believe I generally improved the writing over all sections of the draft. Feel free to leave any new comments.

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Postby Fhaengshia » Sat Jan 25, 2025 6:01 am

This has been improving, some suggestions below to make it feel less "tame" and more condemnatory (also some less use of passive voice):

Highlighting the purposeful misinformation spread by LoW through their eight accounts, actively attempting to trick a large amount of world-leaders, including:

Unveiling the dastardly planned misinformation spread by LoW through their eight accounts, actively infiltrating the decision making bodies of countless nations, including:

completely fabricating a so-called dilemma where customer service employees in major department store chains across the multiverse were supposedly being rude, when in reality LoW created it as a ploy to prevent officials from actually focusing on productive things, leading some to ponder Are We Being Served?,

completely fabricating a so-called dilemma where customer service employees in major department store chains across the multiverse were supposedly being rude, when in reality this was merely a ploy to distract officials, reduce productivity, and lead some to ponder Are We Being Served?,

confusing global decision makers about the severity of nicotine epidemics via the utilization of fully made-up statistics that artificially inflated the percentage of populaces smoking, misleading leaders with carefully calculated statistical presentations trying to justify their conclusions whilst unfairly getting certain Smokers Cornered,

conspiring to falsely heighten the severity of nicotine epidemics via bogus statistics artificially inflating the percentage of populaces smoking, hampering civil rights through their slick presentations unfairly getting certain Smokers Cornered,

Distressed by the authoritarian and dictatorial regime of notorious puppet state Menta Lee-IL (for short, MLI), a nation that LoW has been able to control and access since its inception, and which they have utilized to further their ulterior motives,

"Distressed by the authoritarian and dictatorial regime of notorious puppet state Menta Lee-IL (MLI), a nation under LOW's iron grip purely to oppress hundreds of nations under their heel,

Terrified that LoW forced all those within MLI to bow down to the “THE MOST SUBLIME AND GLORIOUS LEADER IN THE HISTORY OF HISTORIES”, instituting a death penalty for those who do not obey, a maniacal tactic intended to scare any sapient citizens brave enough to stand up to their oppressive government, citizens they also refer to as “OBJECTS”,

Terrified of how MLI enforced through penalty of death the kowtowing to themselves as “THE MOST SUBLIME AND GLORIOUS LEADER IN THE HISTORY OF HISTORIES”, with this brutality using fear to suppress any "OBJECTS" as MLI referred to the sapient citizenry,

Frightened that LoW employed MLI as a means to persecute and exploit their citizens through the boasting of the highest corruption and defense forces in the world, rankings that were held even well past their dormancy around four and a half years ago and still remain within the top-10,

Frightened of MLI's persecution and exploitation of its own citizens through defense forces and corruption that had eclipsed all other nations, only being surpassed due to dormancy and still remaining within the top-10 four and a half years later,

Horrified by the treatment of the World Assembly by MLI’s shadow government, in which they not only reacted extremely positively to the condemnation of their very own region by the so-called “SCUMBAG WA”, but also instituted a policy banning nations from even joining the World Assembly for quite a long period of time,

Horrified of how MLI's shadow government has treated the World Assembly, not only by their extremely positive reaction to having their region condemned by the so-called "SCUMBAG WA", but systematically banning nations in their region from membership in the World Assembly,

Appalled that LoW has, at many times, attempted to hoodwink other nations by repeatedly denying the connection between themselves and MLI, as well as instituting amicable policies on LoW merely as an intent to clean up and improve their image, only later being forced to admit the truth after suspicion grew and they were called-out,

Appalled at LOW's deception of repeatedly denying any connection between themselves and MLI, only using a veneer of amicable policies to further this deceit, and maintaining the lie until being forced to admit the link when suspicion grew enough to make the deception untenable,

Shocked by the discovery of even more systemic corruption and manipulation within the official accounts LoW has published, written solely with the purpose of manipulating thousands of governments in total, such as:

can remove the "in total".

convincing numerous nations to implement propaganda banknotes by bribing inside advisors to lobby for the idea in return for an enormous payoff, all whilst simultaneously running with the story that suddenly, more and more nations were conveniently putting notable inside figures on their monetary indicators, resulting in more and more citizens to become concerned at Who's In Your Wallet,

bribing advisors of numerous nations to propagandise national currency in return for an enormous payoff, spreading this scheme so internationally to cause doubt and concern over Who's In Your Wallet,

spreading disinformation ... annoyingly while Low themselves were gladly singing Keep Me Appraised,

fix capitalisation of LoW

Troubled by the sheer tyranny employed by LoW upon thousands of nations, including ones they possess, whether that be pure malpractice and propaganda within their news coverage or with the influence of their ruthless governments, to an extent that requires a condemnation,

Trembling at the sheer tyranny employed by LoW upon thousands of nations, even those under their direct control, whether through corrupt malpractice and propaganda of their media, or the frightful influence of their ruthless governments, to such an extent requiring a condemnation,

Concluding that with this in mind, the only true “DESTROYER OF DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE!!!” will finally meet their ironic fate, and so

Concluding that with this in mind, this “DESTROYER OF DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE!!!” will forever be branded as such, and so
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Postby Fachumonn » Sat Jan 25, 2025 10:49 am

Re Fhaengshia I took a decent portion of your feedback and also implemented other stuff on my to-do list, but I'll admit some of it just wasn't my style, so unfortunately for a few of the issue rewrites I did indeed decline.

Anyways, this is probably like 20 days away from submission, so make sure to get your feedback in.

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Postby Fachumonn » Sat Feb 01, 2025 6:21 am

Bumping this.

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Postby Fachumonn » Fri Feb 07, 2025 5:04 pm

Bump.

This is getting closer and closer to submission, probably looking at about two more weeks pending further comments.

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Postby Westinor » Fri Feb 07, 2025 10:42 pm

I really love this!!! It's a great draft and I think a fantastic nominee. The work you've put into this is great and I think it's a unique approach to condemnation that took a bit of tough framing but that you did it well. I will admit I feel like a bit of this is off to me - the issues clauses, which are the core, all feel like they're going the same direction and are constructed to frame the issues as false news stories when I think you can get a bit more ridiculous but also literal (and so in-universe more sensible) than that without twisting your back to it, though I appreciate trying to include the issues titles in (and perhaps that's possible still?). I have a couple more comments!

Fachumonn wrote:Alarmed at the deceitful habits formed by Lancaster of Wessex (concisely, LoW) over the course of 20 long years of oppression, quietly covering up their own carefully crafted propaganda while attempting to hide the connection between themselves and certain satellite states,

Someone probably isn't covering up their own carefully crafted propaganda, given propaganda is intended to be dispersed, especially MLI, who was screaming it into the void. "...quietly covering up the connection between themselves and certain satellite states with carefully crafted propaganda" is straight to the point and closer to the meaning I think you're trying to convey.

Fachumonn wrote:Highlighting the straight-up villainous misinformation spread by LoW through their eight accounts, actively infiltrating the decision making bodies of countless nations, including:

I think there are probably better adjectives than "straight-up", which is okay and kind of humorous given its informal tone but sort of jarring given you're not even at the MLI section + it doesn't super fit the tone of an IC serious body would take here. I don't think the latter of these is as convincing of an argument not to use "straight-up", but I don't think it comes off as as humorous as it ought to, if that was its intention. Substituting it for "outright" would be my preference. "actively infiltrating the decision-making bodies of countless nations, including: completely fabricating/confusing global decision makers/inventing yet..." is grammatically incorrect - the subject would be the decision-making bodies, but the subclauses cite additional actions taken upon those decision making bodies (or actions taken in general). Can probably swap "including" with "by".

Fachumonn wrote:completely fabricating a so-called dilemma where customer service employees in major department store chains across the multiverse were supposedly being rude, when in reality LoW created it as a ploy to prevent officials from actually focusing on productive things, leading some to ponder Are We Being Served?,

I appreciate the tone you're going for here, but it doesn't quite land for me. "productive things" feels vague, "major department store chains across the multiverse" is probably misattributing the presence of these major department stores (they should exist within nations instead of being implied to exist across them + it feels IC more accurate to me to note that only some nations are eligible). I think it'd be palatable to me if you changed "from actually focusing on productive things" to "from actually governing" and nixed "across the multiverse".

Fachumonn wrote:confusing global decision makers about the severity of nicotine epidemics via the utilization of made-up statistics that artificially inflated the percentage of populaces smoking, misleading leaders with carefully calculated statistical presentations trying to justify their conclusions, prompting unfair crackdowns on Smokers Cornered,

"via the utilization of" is an unnecessary mouthful, you can delete that and go with "...the severity of nicotine epidemics by making up statistics that misrepresented...". I don't know how I feel about citing statistics when the actual issue doesn't mention statistics except vaguely pointing out that a "sizeable portion of the population" smokes? I think a more absurd way to go about this might be playing on the mention of stressed out teenagers + office workers etc.; it also might be neat not to imply that nations don't have a problem when in IC reality they do, and maybe simply imply that LoW had some role in making that problem? Like

"carefully positioning nicotine-addicted white-collar workers, truant teens and senior citizens along national leaders' daily commute in an attempt to tip the moral scales in countless countries, with Lancastrian agents discreetly placed to guilt trip presidents into pro-smoking policies or tempt heads of state into buying absurd quantities of high-end tobacco products, all with the end of filling LoW's own coffers,"

It's maybe a bit pretentious? But maybe that way you can play around with the issue presentation a bit more, making options 2 and 3 seem like part of the LoW plot while options 1 and 4 are the good moral-fibred citizens/government members that would be cautioning leaders against making those decisions, as opposed to the entire issue itself somehow being a dossier presented (which I feel like has been a bit of a continuity/in-universe credibility issue with past Issues C/Cs!). I think it might be fun to rework the other issue subclauses along similar lines:

"planting phony reports of customer dissatisfaction in an effort to entice public officials to live out their childhood dreams of going incognito in a department store, leaving them stuck between repetitive retail rants and exasperated employees while Lancastrian spies sow the seeds for future misdeeds behind their backs,"
(stole a little bit from your current idea to keep them from doing actual work, to set up what might later be otherwise insanely intricate plots for these other issues?)

"implicating Dàguó in a counterfeit alcohol-peddling scheme, throwing major wine producers into chaos and inveigling some to adopt needless and self-sabotaging regulatory schemes or open up the market, allowing Lancastrian wines to infiltrate countless economies in yet another scheme to leave foreigners dependent on Lancastrian vices,"
(I didn't really see what you were getting at with journalistic malpractice etc. given there is very little about that in the issue at all, I figured it might make more sense to just make this more directly representative of the topic at hand in the issue?)

These sort of have more of a cohesive theme/connection to the actual issue options while portraying LoW as having some sort of actual goal here other than general mischief, which maybe makes it easier to draw up a stronger condemnation of more clearly evil efforts:

"Casting a light on villainous Lancastrian schemes to hijack the minds and pockets of countless nations with a intricately-waged misinformation and misdirection campaign, meddling in other countries to and leaving their citizens reliant on Lancastrian turpitudes with their leaders none the wiser by:"

I couldn't work in the issue titles like you did, but if you figure you can with these options that would be pretty awesome. Up to you if you like anything at all from this!! Just some suggestions, I feel like the issues options fell a bit flat as is.

Fachumonn wrote:Distressed by the authoritarian and dictatorial regime of notorious puppet state Menta Lee-IL (for short, MLI), a nation that has been under LoW’s iron grip since its inception, and which they have utilized to further their ulterior motives,

authoritarian + dictatorial is redundant! I also feel like framing MLI as under LoW's iron grip is a bit strange?

Something I like about the current draft is that there is a clear dichotomy between LoW as the mastermind, pulling the strings and manipulating others under a perfectly amiable and winsome guise. Why not play into that with the MLI section? It would make sense in-character to draw the attention of bodies that would be trying to protect nations from the previous schemes, like this very chamber, by taking their attention away with very, very obvious and egregious violators of interregional morals and law. Playing this up in this clause might look like:

"Distressed to learn that, all the while, LoW has drawn attention away from their misdeeds and malice by perpetrating horrifying and, dare one say, psychotic crimes against sentience in their puppet state, the notorious dictatorial regime of Menta Lee-IL (MLI for short), which has, for many years, drawn the interregional limelight for their campaigns of terror and threats of violence against their own regionmates, in an ostentatious display intended to deflect scrutiny from Lancastrian schemes elsewhere,"

Which should loop in your later clause as well! You can justify noting some of the random policies under this, then:

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Fachumonn wrote:Terrified that LoW has instituted a death penalty for those who do not bow down to “THE MOST SUBLIME AND GLORIOUS LEADER IN THE HISTORY OF HISTORIES”, a maniacal tactic intended to scare any sapient citizens brave enough to stand up to their oppressive government, citizens they also refer to as “OBJECTS”,

Frightened that LoW employed MLI as a means to persecute and exploit their citizens through defense forces and corruption classifications that had eclipsed all other nations, rankings that were held even well past their dormancy around four and a half years ago and still remain within the top-10,

I figure that the SC wouldn't be, itself, terrified about some of these things - they might be terrified for, for example, but I just want to note that I'd use a different starter! I also think that attributing this to LoW when you've noted that this is under the MLI regime is a tad bit confusing. You could probably organize this like mentioned above in a way that conveys why you're mentioning these things aside from them just being "bad":

"Recounting some of the most atrocious violations of intrinsic freedoms enacted by the MLI regime, including a crusade to terrify citizens into submission, executing citizens, referred to as "OBJECTS" in an effort to denigrate them below sentience, who do not bow down to "THE MOST SUBLIME AND GLORIOUS LEADER IN THE HISTORY OF HISTORIES", a frighteningly-high level of corruption still tracked as one of the highest in the world that likely reflects but a public front for the immense Lancastrian scheme to defraud other nations, and one of the world's most powerful armed forces, used just as often to deter good-willed nations and bodies attempting to intervene in MLI's atrocities as it is to cow any dissenters into submission,"

Fachumonn wrote:Horrified by the treatment of the World Assembly by MLI’s shadow government, in which they not only reacted extremely positively to the condemnation of their very own region by the so-called “SCUMBAG WA”, but also initiated a policy requiring the regions’ delegate to adhere to their bogus commands, otherwise fearing “ANNIHILATION FOR TREASON”,

I figure it's probably a bit fustian of the WA to be horrified at its own treatment, and being a bit more cheeky might be fun and fit the tone of MLI and PD as well (which has always had a bit of that tongue-in-cheek rivalry with the WA in comparison to perhaps more serious WA-defiance efforts):

"Admitting that perhaps this body has been a bit distracted by MLI's obvious flamboyance, and that attempts to induce fits of rage in the more grammatically pedantic among our colleagues were successful following SC#305 and subsequent namecalling and threats of "ANNIHILATION FOR TREASON", which, in hindsight, showed clear signs of a classic Lancastrian ploy to turn policymakers' own scruples against themselves in a cover to extend their venomous grip across the face of this world,"

Fachumonn wrote:Shocked by the discovery of even more systemic corruption within the official accounts LoW has published, written solely with the purpose of manipulating thousands of governments, such as:

Can I suggest, then, for narrative continuity/reframing (and so that it doesn't seem like you're just randomly plugging in another issues section here, with an opportunity for a bit of humor following from the above):
"Finding it prudent to note further examples of Lancastrian duplicity waged in the meantime, including:
- the induction of Payday Groans across countless nations as Lancastrian agents convinced unsuspecting leaders and free-market advocates of the value of payday loan outlets, allowing for the continuance of predatory financial practices preying on the poor all, of course, to enrich none other than LoW,
- the manipulation of other countries into treading down the same dark road LoW lies at the end of, employing bootlicking lackeys with promises of future attention to quietly suggest that leaders start thinking about Who's In Your Wallet, resulting in the increasingly-well-documented phenomena of leaders quickly going from putting their face on currency to putting it on propagandic posters on every sidewalk, and
- the insertion of long-term sleepers into countless Minister of Ethics positions, who Keep LoW Appraised as to the moral susceptibility of a nation, as well as literally by making boatloads off of counterfeit Lancastrian art and subsequently defending the practice to chiefs of state everywhere,"

(I felt the current issue subclauses felt a bit contrived as well, trying to bend each one into seeming like a misinformation campaign/false news story that bent the actual issue into a different shape - my feeling was that being more direct about it was better? Up to you on this)

Fachumonn wrote:Concluding that with this in mind, the only true “DESTROYER OF DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE!!!” will finally meet their ironic fate, and so


I like :D

Sorry, this ended up being a lot more direct suggestion of writing than anything else. I feel as if the draft is well-written as is, but didn't really go all the way in building the character of the nominee up + leaning deep into the in-universe implications of this C/C, so it was more in-between settling and trying to go a bit more for that. I felt like just giving general comments in that direction didn't make much sense and would waste your time. So it's up to you how you feel about this!! I think it's a wonderful draft regardless, and good luck Fachu :)
Stay safe, be kind, and have a great day! :)

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Postby Fachumonn » Sat Feb 08, 2025 12:23 pm

Commenting here that a new draft is up, and that Westinor has been added as co-author due to their immense help in the improvement of this proposal.

This is probably around 8-10 days from submission at this point.

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Postby Fachumonn » Wed Feb 12, 2025 5:38 am

Alright, moving this to [LAST CALL]. Submission in 4 days.

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Postby Of The Revived Soviet Union » Wed Feb 12, 2025 5:58 am

Full support. Will be voting FOR on my current WA nation.

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Postby Bhang Bhang Duc » Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:23 am

Highlighting the outright villainous misinformation spread by LoW through their eight accounts, actively infiltrating the decision making bodies of countless nations, by:

Accounts is going to be an R2(a) violation methinks. Satellites, colonies or such would be legal substitutes.
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