Global Right Alliance

[SovereignLiberties (Ancient)]

A region mired in intrigue,

Well at least if we don't become a successful defender region we can be that region.

I think I'd rather be that region. Much more interesting conversation topic

Who do you guys mean by that region.. ?

Steeped in tradition,

**** common courtesy, this is the GRA.

I propose we introduce a new tradition to the great hall of GRA traditions (see especially that forum for abuse and ridicule, the Arse-Pussy-Dick Meter). The T(reaty) for I(gnoring) T(wats) list, or TIT list for short.

Infamous in its own respect,

So with respect, shut the **** up.

Anyway, unless you have anything further that is meaningful to add, I'm just going to stick with "**** off".

And where all are welcome,

Oh yes baby I want you, I want you so bad, oh yes baby. Come on over and liven up the party, I want you so bad, oh yes baby. You seem very sexual, I like that. Oh yes baby. Come to my region, the GRA, oh yes baby. Come on over today, baby. We want you.

Of course not, you're all too full of yourselves.

This is the GRA. If you don't like it, you're welcome to leave.

We're back...

Oh $h!7 yeah

the thing is, its just not fun here, but i might reconsider

-I'm going to go hang myself now- so long, maybe I'll see ya round sometime in this crazy world of ours-

I like how my drunken words have been twisted by you sick bastards in the GRA. Last time I ever pour my heart out onto a forum...

I weep for the GRA on this day, this day that I shudder to think I am one among you.

Ya he's quite right, i think we are all a bunch of ***holes...

Signed,

This player has left the region due to the barbaric nature of it.

[Klaus Devestatorie]

someone please end this horrible virus on the game, etc

wb

[Hungramy]

Wait... is the OP trying to be a troll?

[SovereignLiberties (Ancient)]

Government

President: Sovereign Liberties
Vice-President: Chin-Chillas
Internal Affairs Minister: TBA
Foreign Affairs Minister: Noiresque

Speaker: Seneca
Deputy Speaker: TBA
Chief Justice: Exploding Mice

Interregnum

After the presidential direct democracy atrophied, a constitutional amendment suspended the constitution and established the Chancellorship, replacing the presidential direct democracy with an emergency dictatorship. Uropa and then bad writers were subsequently elected to the office of Chancellor to stop the Global Right Alliance's decline in activity. Despite the change in government, the Global Right Alliance was in a free fall. After several months, the region elected to have another government change, and installed the People's Assembly as the sole instrument of the government.

The newly chartered legislature was given supreme authority, to be bent to the will of the narrowest majority. The theory was that such a simple system would allow individuals to slowly rebuild the region one segment at a time as they were motivated to do so. Several additional provisions were discussed, including adapting the council-manager system of municipal government to the region and opening a laissez-faire free-for-all of the executive functions, but none were added.


Rebirth

With the advent of the autorecruiter, the Global Right Alliance has entered its fourth rebirth. Within a week of recruiting, the region saw its population nearly quadruple. A mass email was sent out, recalling numerous veterans to the region to watch it rise again. With the increase in activity, the direct democracy was replaced with a presidential direct democracy once again. Elections were held and Seneca, Exploding Mice, and Sovereign Liberties were unanimously elected to the Speakership, Chief Justiceship, and Presidency, respectively.


People's Assembly

Shortly after the Constitution was enacted, veteran Pidgeon Island outlined his concerns over an absence of an appeals process, the potential for abuse of the election system, and the arbitary citizenship removal process. A deliberate and thorough debate has followed and solutions are being discussed. An amendment allow GRADF member to bypass citizenship residency requirements was proposed, as was a political party bill that was soundly defeated by a consensus to table the bill.


World Assembly

After replacing the region's longest serving delegate, Love and Honour, who served for 239 days, bucksavage was himself replaced by Chin-Chillas after a reign of 168 days. The latter won the delegate election against candidates bucksavage and angusp.

Resolution - Banning Extrajudicial Transfer - Against
Resolution - Double Jeopardy Prohibition - Against

Proposal - Commend Warzone Codger - Approved
Proposal - Freedom of Thought - Rejected
Proposal - Foreign Marriage Recognition - Approved

State of the Alliance

The Global Right Alliance lives again, but we are still in the throes of revival. We are seeing veterans return and new members join everyday. Internal Affairs is more than accomplishing its duties and Foreign Affairs has a new Foreign Affairs Minister, Noiresque, to head the department. He is directing the rebuild of our relationships with our allies, instilling the worth of our region.

All of our efforts are in our region, we will and must put everything we have in it. Our commitment is serious, as is our resolve.

[Frattastan]

Wait... is the OP trying to be a troll?

Nope. The GRA actually is as described, and proud of it.

[Zaolat]

Wait... is the OP trying to be a troll?

Nope. The GRA actually is as described, and proud of it.

Yup, people speak their minds freely, and if you can't handle it, it's your own fault.

[Joe Bobs]

As most of the world are now aware, the GRA is back! And I am gravedigging this embassy.

Any questions, please speak up.

[Joe Bobs]

Global Rights Alliance News
March Update

Forum
Region

Hello to all our diplomatic friends from the GRA!

Yes, once again the Phoenix has arisen from the ashes, and for better or worse, the Global Right Alliance is back.

Activity Returns



A perhaps slightly exaggerated view of the crowds on the GRA forum and IRC

Over the years, the GRA has risen and fallen with the tides, and once again it's back! From the previous peak of well over 400 nations in 2010, the region saw a steady decline. However, a few dedicated members kept things going, keeping both the forum and the region alive. Then, suddenly, several veterans returned, visitors began arriving, and activity on the forums has exploded! Be sure to come by and say hello.

Veterans Come Back, New Players Arrive



Joe Bobs is welcomed back to the region

This month has seen the return of Jonewest (boo!) and Joe Bobs (yay!) from retirement, as well as fighter4u, and we are pleased to welcome the new nations Danemarken, Yorke Peninsula, Doognia, OrangeFoundation, Peep Culture, Aviditas, Aliance Ceskych obcanu, The Sovereign United States of America, and Brodell. Recruitment is strongly underway and we anticipate the regional population, and activity, to continue to rise.

A New Government



The new government assembles

The region is currently still debating what form its new government will take, with Sovereign Liberties proposing a party-based system in which the majority party has the power to decide on government form, positions and laws, and rather than elections, the largest party automatically holds power (so one can 'vote' by joining a party). The region is now working out how to codify this into a constitution. Currently, a transitional government has been formed whilst the new constitution is decided, as follows:

Speaker of the Peoples Assembly: Old Zertaxia
Internal Affairs Minister: Sovereign Liberties
Foreign Affairs Minister: Joe Bobs
GRADF General: Jonewest

Currently, final executive authority is shared between these positions.

Opening of New Embassies



The newly opened Embassy Row

We are proud to announce reopening of embassies with The Pacific, The North Pacific, The East Pacific, Lazarus, The Rejected Realms, 10,000 Islands, Europeia, Yggdrasil, and United Kingdom as well as new embasses with Balder, Spiritus and Texas (scheduled to open 15th March). There are a number of embassy applications currently waiting to be confirmed. Unfortunately, Albion has rejected our embassy request on the grounds they don't open embassies with FRA members. Joe Bobs politely commented that diplomatic relations with non-allies, and even unfriendly regions, often make for the most interesting embassies. Old Zertaxia less politely commented "f**k Albion in its stupid ugly b*tch face".

GRADF / GRABR? Missions



Old Zertaxia sporting his new medals

The GRADF, under new leadership from Jonewest, is currently in boot camp, but its members continue to take part in FRA missions, currently the defense of Slavia. Meanwhile, they debate possibly changing the name, one suggestion being GRABR (GRA Bast*rd Rangers - Grabbers!).

Written by Joe Bobs, thanks to Old Z and Jonewest for contributions

[Joe Bobs]

Global Right Alliance News
Second March Update

Hello from the GRA!

The GRA was founded in 2005 and refounded in 2007, with our population peak in 2010 at over 500 nations. We are a founding member of the FRA. We are known for our political innovation, including the infamous 'rotatorship' (rotating dictatorship), and also for our "unique" character. In the GRA dictionary entry for 'politeness', it simply says 'who the f*ck are you, signed, Uropa'. We're so badass, we don't even click 'safely eject hardware', we tear that bad boy right out.

In the immortal words of Jonewest, 'f*ck common courtesy, this is the GRA.'

GRAvasion: GRA Overseas Junkets

Hoping I've grabbed your attention by swearing twice in the header, but knowing attention on the internet is a precious commodity I will likely lose in a few short paragraphs, I thought best to put this at the top!

The GRA would like to propose what we are calling 'GRA junkets' to our friends' regions. This would involve what the FRA are unkindly calling a 'GRAvasion', or what may be more favourably called a 'visit' to your region, during which as many members of the GRA as I can round up would pop over, get involved in whatever chats are open to foreign visitors, helping with activity and perhaps providing a helpful outsider's view on issues of the day. Equally, we would appreciate a return of the favour. We think it's a nice way to spread activity and meet new people.



The kind of rocking parties you can expect when the GRA come to visit.

If you're interested, please let me know. I warn you, I will not be held responsible for Uropa's actions!

GRA and Aura Hyperia lead the way in crossing the divide



This month, the GRA and Aura Hyperia began diplomatic relations with the exchange of embassies, crossing the invader/defender barrier. Aura Hyperia would be described as imperialist, but hold themselves to a moral code of no griefing, and no permanent banjecting. Both agreed that it was a shame that elsewhere in the NS world, the invader/defender barrier has become so large that we cannot talk across the gap, as evidenced by the embassy refusals and restrictive maskings that have become increasingly common around our game. Joe Bobs commented, 'Some of the most fun embassies I've taken part in have been defender embassies in raider regions, and vice versa. Several years ago, the GRA had an embassy with LWU, and the baiting that took place made it one of our most active embassies.'

This story has taken on an unexpected development however, as Aura Hyperia have proposed joint activities between the two region's militaries in a war focused against The Black Riders. High General Jonewest and Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Bobs have taken this proposal to the People's Assembly for debate. If this action is taken, it would, to this reporter's knowledge, be the first time a joint Defender-Imperialist Army had launched war against a Raider, with exercises likely to involve all aspects of warfare, including detagging, defending and liberation.

The issue has become the subject of a fierce debate in the GRA, with Jonewest and Joe Bobs leading the Pro argument, alongside Mara Sargon and Frostmark from Aura Hyperia, and Sovereign Liberties with some support from FRA members leading the Con argument. Old Zertaxia was eventually persuaded by the Pro-side.

At the time of going to press, the latest development is the proposal of creating a new wing of the GRA military, the GRA Invader Nut Smashers (GRAINS). This allows the GRADF to retain it's purist defender ideology, whilst the GRAINS try other tactics.



Population Explosion

In under 6 weeks, the GRA's population has exploded from a measly 35 to a whopping 81 nations! Joe Bobs has pledged that the GRA will overtake 10,000 Islands as the largest UCR within the next two weeks.

(Ed note: It is not clear if penguins understand numbers. It is even more unlikely that drunk penguins understand numbers.)

Sadly, this month saw Love and Honour, Jivdom and Lower Bowmania's nations CTE, three of the greats of the GRA. We hope they come back to the GRA some day.

New Constitution

The People's Assembly have agreed on a new constitution, authored by Sovereign Liberties. Full text as follows:

The People's Declaration of Assembling

Article One
People's Assembly

1.1 The People's Assembly is the supreme governing body of the region, the Global Right Alliance. The People's Assembly is composed of the enfranchised residents of the region, the citizenry. Residents gain enfranchisement with the approval of the Government.

1.2 The enactment of legislation requires proposal in the People's Assembly, deliberation for a minimum of forty-eight hours, and in an open vote lasting forty-eight hours, a simple majority for statutes and a three-fourths majority for amendments to this declaration.

1.3 The People's Assembly may dismiss the Government with a motion of no confidence, which is an open vote lasting forty-eight hours. Only one motion of no confidence may be proposed every seven days. The motion passes with a simple majority.

1.4 Whereupon a motion of no confidence is passed by the People's Assembly, the Speaker and the Government is dismissed and a new election for Speaker is held. Nominations begin immediately and end in forty-eight hours. Elections begin after nominations end and last for forty-eight hours. The candidate who commands a majority is elected Speaker. Elections repeat until a Speaker is elected.

1.5 Positive abstentions do not factor into the calculation of any required majorities.

Article Two
Government

2.1 The Speaker is the President of the People's Assembly and first among equals of the citizenry. The Speaker is responsible for the passage of laws and for the governance of the region.

2.2 The Speaker may appoint and dismiss offices and officers to the Government of the region. The governance of the region includes the following:

2.2.1 the administration of foreign affairs, including the composition and distribution of foreign updates of the Government, and the representation of the region abroad;
2.2.2 the protection of the region in cooperation with the founder nation and the forum of the region in cooperation with the forum administration;
2.2.3 the administration of military affairs and intelligence;
2.2.4 the recruitment of nations to the region;
2.2.5 the integration of nations into the region and citizens into the Government;
2.2.6 the approval of citizenship;
2.2.7 the recording of the affairs of the region, including the maintenance of a record of the citizenry;
2.2.8 and the moderation and facilitation of nongovernmental activity and the promotion, management, and supervision of nongovernmental regional events.

2.3 In the event of the resignation of the Speaker, the aforementioned election procedure begins immediately.[/align]

Other laws being discussed at the time of going to press are a Bill of Rights, the Separation of Militaries Act, the In-Game Embassies Act, and a selection of so called 'Practical Laws'.

Expansion of Embassies

Joe Bobs has been mercilessly spamming the NS world in a ruthless bid of regional self-promotion, as you are no doubt aware, or else you wouldn't be reading this! He has released the following statement:

Whilst I know some may see my Foreign Affairs program as excessive, it is based on solid principles. Firstly, I enjoy it. I have always enjoyed spreading across the NS world, engaging with new communities and meeting new people. I wish to share this with my fellow GRAers, and I also wish to share the GRA with others. Secondly, I believe the GRA has always seen some of its best activity through foreign visitors, so I see this, along with recruitment, as one of the essential ways to build forum activity. I also hope that our embassies bring activity to our friends. Thirdly, I'm a strong believer in NS internationalism, I think the game is at its best when we have multi-regional engagement, across the divides of feederite and userite, defender and raider, independent and imperialist, role-play and game-play. I want the GRA to be a nexus whereby all these different groups can meet, and I hope our overseas readers will come and visit to share in this.

To this end, we are proud to announce new embassies with the following: Aura Hyperia, British Isles, Capitalist Paradise, Gatesville Inc, Independent Order, Mordor, NeoConfederate States of America, The New Galactic Empire, New Warsaw Pact, Osiris, Renegade Islands Alliance and Wintreath.

And we are pleased to announce the reopening of embassies with: Belgium-Netherlands, Canada, Caprecia & Nysa, Equilism, Gay, Region Inc and The West Pacific.

Jonewest commented: 'Joe Bobs has been overworking the hardly working administration staff to setup a huge array of embassies on the GRA Forums. While they may be held together by glue and bondage, for the most part the embassies look good!'

(Ed note: Image removed after Google search of 'glue and bondage' was found to violate most forums' Terms of Service...)

Jonewest Vs. Sovereign Liberties



This month saw a return to the classical language of the GRA: flame wars lasting multiple days over an arbitrary point no one can remember. Our best investigative journalists have found that the war may have begun with Sovereign Liberties' criticism of Jonewest's dismissive tone when asked to perform his Admin duties, but no one is quite certain. Both accused the other of being 'non-contributors', which has now, like so many slurs before, become a term of affection and fraternity in the GRA.

Jonewest commented as follows: 'Tensions rose, fell, and sandwiches were made for me afterwards. All has been reasoned and resolved, with a new word being added to the GRA Official Dictionary!' (Ed note: The word was 'no', which Jonewest has redefined not as a refusal, but a tool of Admins to put people in their place.) Jonewest has been a vocal opponent of the 'say no to drugs' campaign in the past, but is now launching his own 'say no to admin requests'.

Uropa held a poll into who was likely to win, in which, surprisingly, the winner was 'I'm a fwuffy penguin and want everyone to be friends Joe Bobs', 3 votes to 2 to 2.

Sovereign Liberties could not be reached for a comment, because he has chickenpox. We hope he gets well soon and has a bath in calamine.



Old Zertaxia is particularly frightened, as he can remember smallpox.

(Ed note: Sovereign Liberties is now well, but I enjoy the above picture too much to take it out. )

GRADF

The GRADF continues to operate as part of the FRA Rangers, whilst Jonewest modernises the institution. He has stated 'We are currently moving the GRADF into the modern age of strategy and tactics. With this lengthy procedure of moving data and resources from Windows 95 to Windows Millennium Edition computers it has been decided that the following honorary titles be bestowed on the following: Old Zertaxia - GRADF Whore, Northern Chittowa - GRA Watchdog, Uropa - Chief of the Military Police.

Old Zertaxia has responded: 'Even though the word "High" in High General Jonewest's title is clearly not in reference to an extremely elevated place, and rather a reference to his intoxicated state (for all you dumdums out there, Jonewest is f*cking high as balls whenever he attempt to do things, especially Admin things, especially create forums and not f*ck them up), I graciously and grandly accept the honor of GRABR Whore. Thank you.' He also added that he hates everyone.

New Formal Address for Admin Requests

After multiple attempts to make admins do things by throwing rocks at them, Joe Bobs has tried a different tactic, making the following plea in the Admin Request Thread:

Oh mighty admins, oh ye powerful gods of Olympus, won't thy spare me a moment of thine great and powerful minds that unravel the mists of time, of thine mighty and strong arms that crack apart the world and the sky, of thine watchful and all-seeing eyes that look beyond the reaches of the universe! I bid thee here my plea, I pray thee grant my wish, and thou will have an obedient and loyal servant who will bring more followers to they cause, and together all the world shall tremble and quake, and fear thee and they shall know, thine names are Old Zertaxia and Jonewest!

Finally, the GRA maintains its eternal war against Falconias.

In the words of Uropa, beace.

Written by Joe Bobs. With thanks for contributions from Jonewest and Old Zertaxia.

[Port blood]

I love you guys for the first post,no homo

[G-Tech Corporation]

A new Constitution eh? Interesting, interesting.

[Joe Bobs]

Thanks Port Blood.

Gtech!! How the devil are you? Long time no speak. You are missed. Come back!

[Old Zertaxia]

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Global Right Alliance News
First April Update

Hello from the GRA!

The GRA was founded in 2005 and refounded in 2007, with our population peak in 2010 at over 500 nations. We are a founding member of the FRA. We are known for our political innovation, including the infamous 'rotatorship' (rotating dictatorship), and also for our "unique" character. We're so badass, sometimes we go to bed without taking out our contact lenses.

In the immortal words of Jonewest, 'f*ck common courtesy, this is the GRA.'

GRA History Project

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The Great Consolidated Library of the GRA - if you find Joe Bobs in here, do not approach him, we believe he has gone feral.

This month, Joe Bobs was appointed 'The Architect' of the GRA's Archives, as he foolishly volunteered to sort through the dumping ground of threads that previously had forum titles like 'General Discussion' and 'Government'. After reading through a decade of 'Happy Birthdays!', 'Pidgeon Island's Hate Lists' and Uropa asking newbies who the f*ck they are, Joe Bobs emerged from the Archives, having finally given order to the chaos. Having now read everything GRAers have said in a decade, Joe Bobs is seriously mentally ill and considered psychotic, do not approach him.

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However, it did enable the creation of a timeline of GRA leaders and the following historiography of the region:

*Foundation Era (April 2005 - October 2006)
- Dawn Age (April 2005 - August 2005)
- Dipes Presidency (August 2005 - February 2006)
- Later Foundation Era (February 2006 - October 2006)

*Zertaxian Revolution (October 2006 - March 2007)

*Council Era (March 2007 - April 2008)
- Early Council Era (March 2007 - September 2007)
- Later Council Era (September 2007 - April 2008)

*The Chaos (April 2008 - February 2010)
- First Rotatorship & People's Republic (April 2008 - September 2008)
- Warring States Period (September 2008 - March 2009)
- The Great Rotatorship (March 2009 - February 2010)

*Gilded Age (February 2010 - December 2010)
- The Rise (February 2010 - August 2010)
- The Fall (August 2010 - December 2010)

*Uropan Revolution (December 2010 - March 2011)

*The Restoration (March 2011 - May 2012)

*Soverties' Struggle (May 2012 - February 2014)
- First Try and eRepublik (May 2012 - February 2013)
- Second Try (February 2013 - February 2014)

And this funky little graph of activity over the years:



Joe Bobs would also like to thank Old Zertaxia and Jonewest for doing some minor admin things in relation to this. Nah, they were super-admins and we wub them.

Population Rise

We are pleased to announce the continuation of the GRA's rise in population. At the time of going to press, the region is home to 102 nations, up from 81 in the last update. Sadly, we have not yet overtaken 10,000 Islands, but we remain confident it will happen in the next two weeks (if we keep saying that, one day it has to be true, right?).

We are also pleased to be able to welcome back G-tech and Chin Chillas to the GRA this month. We also welcome new citizens Dyr Nasad, Horse, Takanashi and Libetarian Republics.

Govindia Strikes Again!



Govindia and the GRA have a long and ugly history, going back to the time he began Facebook stalking Old Zertaxia. This month, he bashed the GRA in his election campaign in Wintreath, calling GRAers 'trolls', 'argumentative', 'hostile', 'abrasive' and stating that we 'thrive off internet drama'. However, despite these compliments, he also said we have only been 'helpful to an extent as defenders'. The People's Assembly of the GRA lodged a formal protest against Govindia's statement, which has been hotly debated in the Wintreath GRA embassy. The GRA thanks all those Wintreathians who responded, and helped smooth past the matter to ensure relations between Wintreath and the GRA remained friendly and cooperative. Govindia did not respond.

Diplomatic Crisis with Captialist Paradise

A minor diplomatic crisis also occurred when Sovereign Liberties' stated his opposition to the opening of an embassy with Capitalist Paradise, when he revealed that last year, CP had attempted to recruit from the GRA. Sucrati, representing CP, has stated that this was a one-off action and it is the policy of CP not to recruit from regions with which they share ties. After some discussion, it was decided that as the matter did appear to have been a singular occurrence, it would be forgotten in the interest of building diplomatic relations between the two regions.

People's Assembly

The last few weeks have seen a number of topics discussed in the People's Assembly, the direct-democracy governing body of the GRA. Joe Bobs proposed the 'In-Game Embassies Act', to set punishments for members of the Founder Nation Control Board who took actions on approving or disapproving embassies. However, the act was not passed into law, due to lack of support.

The formation of the GRA Invader Nut Smashers (GRAINS) army continues, with opposition mostly coming from Sovereign Liberties and active FRA Rangers in the GRA, and support from Joe Bobs and Old Zertaxia, with Jonewest flip-flopping like a dying fish and Uropa taking the opportunity to vocalise his dislike for the FRA.

The main debate in the PA has taken place over the rights of citizenship in the region. Almost all workings of the GRA Government (excluding the GRADF) take place in public, and have done so almost since the region's founding in 2005. However, the rights to post in the People's Assembly came to question, as members of the Aura Hyperia delegation posted their opinions on the possible AH-GRA in the PA. Many said only citizens should have this right, whilst others wanted the right available to all, with only voting held for citizens only. However, the law became further complicated as two proposals came to the floor: Old Zertaxia's Citizenship Act, and Sovereign Liberties' redrafting of the People's Declaration of Assembling (the constitution of the GRA). These are currently being taken to vote.


Protestors demand rights for citizens.

Finally, one law has seen almost universal agreement (excluding Jonewest who is a party-pooper), the Anniversary Act, which would see the creation of six public holidays in the region. Whilst the dates and exact nature of the holidays are yet to be confirmed, the suggested line-up is:

GRA Founding Day
Old Zertaxia Day - to celebrate the GRA's longest-serving citizen, Speaker and former President, and in particular for his actions to save the region in its early days, when many natives abandoned the region following deletion of its founder.
Uropa Day - to celebrate the region's most vocal member and former Chancellor, and specifically to mark Uropa's actions in forcing the opening of Parliament to the public in its earliest days.
Dipes Day - to celebrate one of the longest serving Presidents and greatest Defenders, and to mark the creation of the first left-wing party in June '05, ending the region's right wing slant.
Northern Chittowa Day - to celebrate the FRA co-founder, former President, Foreign Affairs guru and Defender extraordinaire, and to mark the creation of the forums by NC.
South Land Day - to celebrate one of the founding fathers of the GRA and first President, specifically to mark the day South Land announced an end to the tyranny of New Emerica, the first democratic government, and the launch of the 'Defender only' policy.
Rotatorship Week - to celebrate the most infamous of the GRA's political system, a week of a mini-rotatorship will take place.

New Embassies

We are happy to announce the opening of the Kantrias embassy! Only one new embassy this month, following the thirty-two opened in March.

The GRA in the FRA

We are also pleased to announce that Jonewest, GRADF General, has been fulfilling his duties as Acting Arch Chancellor of the FRA during Karputsk's absence. This week, Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Bobs has also been elected Regional Liaison Officer in the FRA.


Finally, the GRA maintains its eternal war against Falconias.

In the words of Jonewest, NO.

Written by Joe Bobs. With thanks for contributions from Jonewest and Old Zertaxia.

Sorry I didn't feel like fixing all the whosits and whatchamatags. I'm barely computer literate...

[Old Zertaxia]

Blasted computers and blasted codes. IT CANNOT BE FIXED

[All Good People]

It was so much simpler when all the various forums codes were the same.

[Old Zertaxia]

It was so much simpler when all the various forums codes were the same.

Aye.

We have three different coded versions of the update and we still have forums that have problems (looking at you, Invision [plus these ones])...

[All Good People]

The only other option is to simplify the formatting....which is a drag.

[Joe Bobs]

I need to update this thread, but need to check through what I'm allowed to post... hmm... there have been 5 updates since the one above.

Those who have seen the updates on regional forums and know this forum better than me, is there anything on them I can't post here (of course, not including the infamous monkey gif, I'd remove that).

[Joe Bobs]

Well, I'm just going to skip the last four updates. Pretty much everyone has read them on some other forum anyway. This is the new one.

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Global Right Alliance News
Early July 2014

Hello from the GRA!

The GRA was founded in 2005 and refounded in 2007, with our population peak in 2010 at over 500 nations. We are a founding member of the FRA. We are known for our political innovation, including the infamous 'rotatorship' (rotating dictatorship), and also for our "unique" character. We're so badass, our volume dials go to 12. That's right.

In the immortal words of Jonewest, 'f*ck common courtesy, this is the GRA.'

New GRA Cabinet Announced!

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A meeting of the GRA Cabinet... photos of toilet breaks have been restricted.

Speaker and First Minister Joe Bobs has announced changes to the GRA Cabinet, the executive of the region who are answerable to the People's Assembly. The new Cabinet is as follows:

Internal Affairs Minister Fighter4u
Deputy Internal Affairs Minister WookieO

Foreign Affairs Minister Angusp (aka Bodegraven)
Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Wibblefeet

High General of the GRADF Shizensky

Congratulations to our new government executives!

Uropa Day

To all friends of the GRA, we proudly invite you to...

Uropa Day!

10th July 2014

Yes, this Thursday we will be celebrating the Gadfly of the GRA, Uropa. To those who have not met Uropa, he is one of the longest serving GRAers, responsible for the democratisation of Parliament in the early days of the region, and led the Uropan Revolution of late 2010. As well as holding many other positions in the region over the years.

We will be celebrating by:

A nation hunt game: Joe Bobs will be leaving a trail of breadcrumbs across NationStates, leading to a nation hidden somewhere. The clues will relate to facts about Uropa. The first to find the nation, enter the password and return it to the GRA will be victorious.

Fight Club: The GRA Debating Hall, aka Fight Club, will be hosting some classic debates in honour of Uropa, including Israel and Palestine, Colonialism, and whether the US invasion of Iraq was just.

Everyone will insult each other as much as possible, ideally using classic Uropa put-downs.

And Uropa will be inducted into the GRA Hall of Fame.

So please, come and join us for this celebration!

Embassy Changes

Th GRA has made changes to Embassy Row. The following embassies have been awarded the distinction of being upgraded to High Embassies:

10,000 Islands, Canada, Caprecia & Nysa, FRA, Gay, Lazarus, New Warsaw Pact, The North Pacific, The Rejected Realms, Renegade Islands Alliance, Texas, The West Pacific, Wintreath, Yggdrasil

All other embassies retain normal embassy status, but will not receive a permanent, fixed ambassador from the GRA, though will still receive all updates and regular visits from the Speaker, Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister. The choice of embassies is solely a reflection of the activity of the embassy subforum, the regularity of receiving updates, or the status of the region as an ally. All High Embassies have their flag show on Embassy Row.

People's Assembly: Breaking rocks in the hot sun, they wrote the law and, the law's done!

For the first time in weeks, the People's Assembly has no law on the voting floor. This is after weeks of rapid legislating, with the People's Declaration of Assembling (the GRA constitution) Election Amendment, creating a quarterly election for Speaker, an amendment to extend voting from 48 to 72 hours, The GRADF Act, The GRA Security Act, The FRA Representative Act, The Citizenship Act and The World Assembly Delegate Act.

"With this bout of legislation cleared", commented Speaker Joe Bobs, "I can focus my energies on organising cultural events, improving the region-forum connection, and building relationships with our overseas friends." However, paparazzi investigators believe Joe Bobs has been spending his energies in less productive ways...

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Elections Announced!

On 18th July, the nomination and campaign period for the next Speaker election will open, with voting taking place on 1st - 4th August. Watch this space for more news as the rumour mill begins to churn out possible candidates!

GRA wins Mundus Prize in Independent Order

The GRA has won the First Mundus Prize for best joke in Independent Order. Joe Bobs and WookieO entered on behalf of the GRA, and the winning joke was as follows:

Sherlock and Dr Watson have gone camping, and are falling asleep in their tent. A few hours later, in the dead of night, they wake up and Sherlock turns to Watson.

"My dear Watson, look up at those stars twinkling in the inky black sky. Look up and tell me, what do you see? What does this tell you?"

"Well, it tells me that the universe is an unfathomably large place. That space extends for infinity. That up there are billions of galaxies stretching like clouds of dust across the vast canvas of the cosmos. That our own Milky Way is but one small corner, and that itself is filled with billions of stars, each one so beautiful in our sky, but it's really just an unfeeling, unknowing gigantic nuclear explosion. That the sky is filled with unseen malevolent forces of nature that plow on their inevitable path towards the death of all being, that humanity and all we hold dear are like blades of grass to them, to be swept aside as the dance that has been danced since the dawn of time plays out.

"It tells me that each one of these stars is a vast number of lightyears away and that the stars themselves are probably long dead. I am reminded that when the light I am seeing now began its journey to my eye, dinosaurs roamed the earth, and that tells me that existence truly is futile. We will never be able to transcend such distances and will not communicate with another planet, or find our God up in the Heavens, and we will never escape of this cold, unforgiving rock we call the Earth, and that we are slipping inevitably towards our own demise. Our lives are short and cruel, and so is our planet, so is our galaxy, so is being."

Holmes was quiet for a while as he stared up at the sky.

"Yes, well that's all very nice Watson, but more importantly it means someone has stolen our bloody tent!"
By Joe Bobs


Finally, the GRA maintains its eternal war against Falconias.

Written by Joe Bobs with contributions from WookieO.

[Goddess Relief Office]

A belated happy Uropa Day to GRA friends!

[Joe Bobs]

Thanks GRO!

[Old Zertaxia]

Good times.

[Almonaster Nuevo]

Fucking awful times actually, but there's something about pissing into the wind together...

[Old Zertaxia]

Fucking awful times actually, but there's something about pissing into the wind together...

You should be a motivational speaker. Or a proctor for team-building exercises...

[G-Tech Corporation]

Fucking awful times actually, but there's something about pissing into the wind together...

Some of us had good times