Ravania is one of the most level headed, patient, and skilled defenders to set foot on the field. His sleepers have gained over 1,000,000 influence across thousands of regions, he's locked hundreds from future invasions, and has always entered operations with his best foot forward. While my service only overlapped with his somewhat, I have no doubt he deserves a commendation.
In 2022 I resolved to complete what I considered the trinity of historically infeasible defender commendations: Tim-Opolis, Numero Capitan, and Ravania. I would like to wrap that endeavor up.
With respect to the NPA leaking scandal involving Ravania and The North Pacific - I had spoken with their government when I first began pursuing this and we both seemed happy to leave the decade+ past in the past. Considering Ravania has gone on to serve in militaries allied by treaty to the North for years since, I think that is sensible and should not preclude his commendation. This is unlikely to prevent agitators from showing up here, but I figured I would mention it nonetheless.
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The Security Council,
Recalling that Ravania Ultra’s infancy was as a native of Vlaanderen, a small founderless community of culturally similar nations, plagued with constant vulnerability,
Admiring Ravania’s role in Vlaanderen’s long-term security, taking a leading role in refounding the region through the proxy nation 1302. This operation has allowed Vlaanderen to exist peacefully since, and the region has gone on to form a confederation with other historic communities of cultural similarity, Belgium and Nederland,
Respecting Ravania’s long-term loyalty to Belgium’s community in their governorless era, maintaining numerous nations in the region, ensuring its security for over a decade and supporting the region’s native government militarily when not conducting defender deployments themselves,
Grateful that Ravania would go on to explore lands beyond Belgium’s borders, aiding in 2011’s liberation of Christmas and joining the United Defenders League (UDL) where they quickly became an officer and eventually Chief of the Band, the principal leader of the organization,
Acclaiming Ravania’s contributions to the major anti-fascist liberation of Anne Frank during their time as the UDL’s leader and thankful that they have continued to aid in keeping the region alive and out of deplorable hands,
Lauding Ravania as a prolific user and innovator of defender tactics surrounding “sleepers”, proxy nations stationed in vulnerable regions to heighten the barriers to regional destruction and aid in liberation efforts. Ravania's extensive sleeper network generated millions of influence for the defender cause and inspired others to adopt the tactic for the preservation of native communities,
Firmly believing that without the proliferation of sleeper tactics by Ravania, defending would be immeasurably disadvantaged. Such efforts greatly increase the chances of protecting native communities, and Ravania’s diligence, patience, and longevity in this effort as well as passing it down cannot be fully done justice on paper,
Acclaiming Ravania as a pioneer in detagging (removing invader vandalism from vulnerable regions) where they meticulously compiled vast records of regions in need of such assistance, prior to the introduction of modern resources that aid defenders in this process,
Emphasizing the usefulness of Ravania’s patience and attention to detail in defender activity, especially before the introduction of world-wide tracking by global census-takers. Ravania excelled in noticing in-progress and completed invasions at a time when it was much more laborious, their commitment allowing them to be a staple of spotting, defenses, and post-invasion aid in this time, including:
- Protecting historic governorless communities from invasion, such as a liberation of Asia and repeated defenses and liberations of Christmas, the latter of which Ravania has been WA Delegate of twenty-four times throughout various interventions, prominently in preventing 2014’s seasonal invasion attempt,
- Liberating Cascadia, Scotland, and Federation of Herbshire from various occupying coalitions alongside historic defender militaries such as the FRA, RIA, and Lazarus,
- Eradicating the last multiversal stains of The Black Riders, accomplished alongside the Spiritus Defense Force,
Admiring Ravania’s role in the creation of the operations venue #jump, a precursor to Libcord. Through this platform, Ravania and other defender officers ushered in an era of widespread defender collaboration which had been made difficult by incendiary figures in the preceding years,
Appreciating the service of Ravania to the Rejected Realms Army in 2019 and 2022-present, where they have served with distinction. In addition to making unmatched use of their sleeper networks to shield scores of regions from future invasions, they served as the lead during the liberation of The Potato Union, an operation including over seventy liberators,
Cherishing Ravania’s patience and dedication to the long-term security of historic communities, such as Ireland and Christmas. In 2017, Ravania aided Drop Your Pants in refounding Ireland, forever shielding it from the risk of invasion. Later, Ravania would aid Christmas in gaining a new Governor as well,
Appreciating that Ravania’s legacy in the Belgian community came full circle in 2023, when they coordinated with Riemstagrad to oversee Belgium’s transition to gaining a Governor. This allowed the region to be safe from occupation, ending Belgium’s twenty-year era of existential resistance to invaders as a governorless community,
Surmising that while Ravania has not been history’s most exuberant defender, their legacy of endurance and loyalty has rightfully earned them recognition among the cause’s greats,
Hereby commends [nation=long]Ravania Ultra[/nation].
No issue with the clause, thanks for the clarification.
