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Andusre
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Postby Andusre » Thu Mar 17, 2022 3:13 pm

Democratic independent regions are free to decide what activities they do in GP and which regions they do that with. Just because a region has decided - in accordance with internal democratic protocols - that it is no longer in its interests to align with your ideology, does not mean that your opponents are pulling the strings.

Some of y'all have no idea how Thaecian Foreign Affairs operates, and the opinions you're gracing this thread with lay that bare to see.
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The North Polish Union
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Postby The North Polish Union » Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:24 am

Wayneactia wrote:
The North Polish Union wrote:A deeply regrettable decision that further demonstrates that the so-called 'independent' regions in reality only serve the interests of the current pre-eminent ideology.

A decade ago, 'independent' regions were little more than imperialist colonies, today they parrot the lines fed to them by defender organizations; the actors change over time but the broad patterns have not.

It's almost as if defenders have become imperialists.....

I've been making this argument for the better part of a decade; rather than assisting founderless regions in any meaningful way defenders swoop in to maintain the status quo (any status quo), leaving the regions they 'defend' essentially dependent on various defender groups for any sort of stability. Additionally, virtually all founderless regions (fascists being the largest exception) are viewed as falling under the defenders' allegedly protective purview. This is a form of colonialism that the great imperialist regions of NS history could only dream of.
Andusre wrote:Democratic independent regions are free to decide what activities they do in GP and which regions they do that with. Just because a region has decided - in accordance with internal democratic protocols - that it is no longer in its interests to align with your ideology, does not mean that your opponents are pulling the strings.

Some of y'all have no idea how Thaecian Foreign Affairs operates, and the opinions you're gracing this thread with lay that bare to see.

Your first sentence is the exact same line nominally-independent Balder used to trot out almost daily, even as they outsourced their foreign policy to the LKE and for all meaningful intents and purposes subjugated their internal politics as well. It wasn't a good look then, and it isn't now, even if the actors have changed.

"What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done."
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Postby Haganham » Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:29 am

Wayneactia wrote:
The North Polish Union wrote:A deeply regrettable decision that further demonstrates that the so-called 'independent' regions in reality only serve the interests of the current pre-eminent ideology.

A decade ago, 'independent' regions were little more than imperialist colonies, today they parrot the lines fed to them by defender organizations; the actors change over time but the broad patterns have not.

It's almost as if defenders have become imperialists.....

It's almost as if people don't want to work with a faction that uses working together as cover for harming their political interests.

The North Polish Union wrote:A deeply regrettable decision that further demonstrates that the so-called 'independent' regions in reality only serve the interests of the current pre-eminent ideology.

A decade ago, 'independent' regions were little more than imperialist colonies, today they parrot the lines fed to them by defender organizations; the actors change over time but the broad patterns have not.

If you want to lay blame with some other organization for Thaecia's decision you can look to The Black Hawks, The Brotherhood of Malice and Osiris, who have repeatedly antagonized Thaecia and targeted it's allies in an attempt to create legal crises and diplomatic incidents, to, at best I can tell, try to bait it it into isolating itself from the rest of NS. Clearly if this was the intent behind it, it failed.
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Postby Spode Humbled Minions » Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:38 am

The North Polish Union wrote:I've been making this argument for the better part of a decade; rather than assisting founderless regions in any meaningful way defenders swoop in to maintain the status quo (any status quo), leaving the regions they 'defend' essentially dependent on various defender groups for any sort of stability. Additionally, virtually all founderless regions (fascists being the largest exception) are viewed as falling under the defenders' allegedly protective purview. This is a form of colonialism that the great imperialist regions of NS history could only dream of.

(Partially snipped down this post)
For an argument that you’ve been making for the “better part of a decade”, it’s a pretty bad one.

One of your central claims is that defenders are imperialist because regions are reliant on them to fight off raids.

But we don’t go around saying that the fire department is imperialist for putting out fires, do we?

There’s an understanding that each household having its own complete fire suppression system would be too expensive. Instead, we get instructions on what to do during a fire as well as tools to try and prevent them from happening in the first place. Meanwhile, we concentrate most of our resources to centralized bodies that can more efficiently protect properties from burning down.

I guess defender sleeper puppets are sprinklers in this analogy.

Anyhow, I guess if you want to… extinguish… defender imperialism, a good place to start would be to educate households er regions about how to protect themselves from fire er, raids.

I could even grab a fire marshal uniform (well one from the dollar store)!
Wait Spode you’re being hypocritical, you’ve said that defenders could be imperialist before!
Yes, I am being hypocritical, but I’m also right- You know how some of the first firefighting departments worked? Yeah, like that. Probably fortunately though, I’m not actually in a position of much importance in defenderdom so my bad ideas have limited reach.
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Postby The North Polish Union » Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:53 am

Haganham wrote:
The North Polish Union wrote:A deeply regrettable decision that further demonstrates that the so-called 'independent' regions in reality only serve the interests of the current pre-eminent ideology.

A decade ago, 'independent' regions were little more than imperialist colonies, today they parrot the lines fed to them by defender organizations; the actors change over time but the broad patterns have not.

If you want to lay blame with some other organization for Thaecia's decision you can look to The Black Hawks, The Brotherhood of Malice and Osiris, who have repeatedly antagonized Thaecia and targeted it's allies in an attempt to create legal crises and diplomatic incidents, to, at best I can tell, try to bait it it into isolating itself from the rest of NS. Clearly if this was the intent behind it, it failed.

Right. And the FRA, UDL, and so on repeatedly targeted Balder and its UIAF allies in an attempt to create legal crises and diplomatic incidents?
Spode humbLed minions wrote:
The North Polish Union wrote:I've been making this argument for the better part of a decade; rather than assisting founderless regions in any meaningful way defenders swoop in to maintain the status quo (any status quo), leaving the regions they 'defend' essentially dependent on various defender groups for any sort of stability. Additionally, virtually all founderless regions (fascists being the largest exception) are viewed as falling under the defenders' allegedly protective purview. This is a form of colonialism that the great imperialist regions of NS history could only dream of.

(Partially snipped down this post)
For an argument that you’ve been making for the “better part of a decade”, it’s a pretty bad one.

One of your central claims is that defenders are imperialist because regions are reliant on them to fight off raids.

But we don’t go around saying that the fire department is imperialist for putting out fires, do we?

There’s an understanding that each household having its own complete fire suppression system would be too expensive. Instead, we get instructions on what to do during a fire as well as tools to try and prevent them from happening in the first place. Meanwhile, we concentrate most of our resources to centralized bodies that can more efficiently protect properties from burning down.

I guess defender sleeper puppets are sprinklers in this analogy.

Anyhow, I guess if you want to… extinguish… defender imperialism, a good place to start would be to educate households er regions about how to protect themselves from fire er, raids.

I could even grab a fire marshal uniform (well one from the dollar store)!
Wait Spode you’re being hypocritical, you’ve said that defenders could be imperialist before!
Yes, I am being hypocritical, but I’m also right- You know how some of the first firefighting departments worked? Yeah, like that. Probably fortunately though, I’m not actually in a position of much importance in defenderdom so my bad ideas have limited reach.

I disagree, in no small part because I reject the firefighter analogy. We are not dealing with fires in that raiders differ from a house fire in important respects; the house fire is an irrational inanimate object of sorts whole raiders (even at their most arbitrary) are still rational actors making their own decisions on that basis. For this reason alone, raiders and house fires cannot be viewed as analogous.

In the current state of defenderdom, founderless regions are 'liberated' again and again, because (barring extraordinary circumstances) the defenders are uninterested in anything but the pre-invasion status quo. This leaves their client regions powerless to take steps for the betterment of the region, they are perpetually subordinated to the defender groups. In this respect, defenders engage in the same kind of imperialism practiced in the real world since the Cold War; rather than direct colonization (such as British India) dependent governments exist in client states which are unable to support themselves on their own, making those client governments receptive by necessity rather than choice to the great power's ideology (see South Vietnam or Communist Afghanistan).

Even in cases where a major liberation takes place, the native communities only have limited scope with which to accomplish their goals. An example of this was seen recently in A Liberal Haven, where in spite of the fact that a number of nations had expressed interest in staying and Garchyland as the native delegate had given them permission to do so, many were still banned by an RO flying a Grey Wardens flag. If the natives are not ideologically pure enough for defenders, they will step in and take care of matters themselves.

It is easy to see the attractiveness of this arrangement for independent regions such as Thaecia. Rather than follow the old quasi-imperialist path where long-term occupations and significant interregional opposition were required, they can simply have as many client regions as they want (and possibly carry out a raid or two on those that disagree with them to boot! Such is the advantage of 'independent' ideology) without needing the lengthy commitments which the old occupation methods required.
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Minskiev wrote:You are GP's dross.
Petrovsegratsk wrote:NPU, I know your clearly a Polish nationalist, but wtf is up with your obssession with resurrecting the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
The yoshin empire wrote:Grouping russians with slavs is like grouping germans with french , the two are so culturally different.

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Postby Refuge Isle » Fri Mar 18, 2022 1:49 pm

The North Polish Union wrote:In the current state of defenderdom, founderless regions are 'liberated' again and again, because (barring extraordinary circumstances) the defenders are uninterested in anything but the pre-invasion status quo. This leaves their client regions powerless to take steps for the betterment of the region, they are perpetually subordinated to the defender groups. In this respect, defenders engage in the same kind of imperialism practiced in the real world since the Cold War; rather than direct colonization (such as British India) dependent governments exist in client states which are unable to support themselves on their own, making those client governments receptive by necessity rather than choice to the great power's ideology (see South Vietnam or Communist Afghanistan).

What in the actual world is this nonsense?

Defenders restore control of the region to natives. What natives what to do before, during, or after the invasion is ultimately up to them. We have recommendations on how they can protect their regions, but ultimately its up to the native government how, and to what degree, they are willing to improve their own security apparatus. We do not run their regions at any point during or following a liberation.



The North Polish Union wrote:Even in cases where a major liberation takes place, the native communities only have limited scope with which to accomplish their goals. An example of this was seen recently in A Liberal Haven, where in spite of the fact that a number of nations had expressed interest in staying and Garchyland as the native delegate had given them permission to do so, many were still banned by an RO flying a Grey Wardens flag. If the natives are not ideologically pure enough for defenders, they will step in and take care of matters themselves.

That RO was appointed by the delegate so that the invaders could be banjected while preserving as much of Garchy's influence as possible. This was the offer that was made to Garchy, who accepted, and the RO subsequently carried out those operations. What arrangements Garchy wants to make with the invaders' residency is again not our prerogative, Garchy can choose what nations occupy the region. And the last raiders were removed by that delegate of their own volition. At this point it seems like you are the one with the issue with how natives operate their region, perhaps because you were of the party that was piling to help grief it.

The pseudo-concern is neither convincing, nor supported by evidence.

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Postby Aurum Raider » Fri Mar 18, 2022 3:43 pm

The North Polish Union wrote:Additionally, virtually all founderless regions are viewed as falling under the defenders' allegedly protective purview. This is a form of colonialism that the great imperialist regions of NS history could only dream of.

This has to be the spiciest take I have ever read, and by the lord do I like me some spicy food :clap:
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The North Polish Union wrote:Additionally, virtually all founderless regions are viewed as falling under the defenders' allegedly protective purview. This is a form of colonialism that the great imperialist regions of NS history could only dream of.

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Postby Haganham » Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:01 am

The North Polish Union wrote:
Haganham wrote:

If you want to lay blame with some other organization for Thaecia's decision you can look to The Black Hawks, The Brotherhood of Malice and Osiris, who have repeatedly antagonized Thaecia and targeted it's allies in an attempt to create legal crises and diplomatic incidents, to, at best I can tell, try to bait it it into isolating itself from the rest of NS. Clearly if this was the intent behind it, it failed.

Right. And the FRA, UDL, and so on repeatedly targeted Balder and its UIAF allies in an attempt to create legal crises and diplomatic incidents?

Wow. Someone's out of date.
But yes, they did. You know what they didn't do? Bitch and moan when Balder didn't want to do events with them.
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… wbats dis??? uwu awe stwill weedinb mwie sinatwr?? uwu habe awot ob detewemwinyanyatiom!! 。◕‿◕。! u habve comopweedid tha signwtr, good job!

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Postby Brototh » Tue Mar 29, 2022 3:34 pm

Thaecia | Regional Update March 2022

New Executive government following General Elections
Written By: Brototh | Edited by Islonia


Thaecia recently held the region's ninth general election in which all elected positions were up for grabs: namely here, President and Prime Minister. 72 votes were cast for the positions. The President serves largely as the ceremonial Head of State and WA Delegate, whereas the Prime Minister is the Head of Government.

The Presidential race saw three candidates duke it out: Sunipi, the Chairman of the Thaecia Globalist Party [TGP], the region's second largest party, and an incumbent Deputy Speaker, Of Altonianic Islands, the Chairman of the Coalition of Thaecian Citizens [CTC], the region's third largest party, and an incumbent Member of Parliament, and Cerdenia, one of the region's first members and an incumbent Member of Parliament. The first two candidates ran Sevae and Snalland as their running mates. Whereas Cerdenia ran a joke campaign, both of the other candidates ran a campaign on involving the President more in the region's day to day affairs. Sunipi ran a campaign focused more on forming more relationships with other regions, and Altonianic ran a campaign on focusing more on Thaecia's internal matters.

The Prime Ministerial race similarly saw three candidates: Brototh, the region's most prolific law maker and an Independent who had previously served as President and currently the incumbent Speaker, The United Provinces of Kerovia, who had previously served as Culture Minister and a member of the Coalition of Thaecian Citizens, and Saltmore, a Thaecian newcomer. Saltmore did not publish a campaign, but both the other candidates ran on a largerly similar agenda of bringing the region into a more Executive focused culture, increasing advertisement of available positions, reducing workload, and bringing back the Communications Ministry. The candidates differed mainly on two points: Kerovia in favour of leading an effort to revive the Education Ministry, whereas Brototh in favour of disbanding it- and the other on their political support, with the Freedom Party [FREE], the region's largest, and TGP supporting Brototh's run whereas CTC supported Kerovia. Brototh ran Islonia as her running mate, where Kerovia ran Primo Order as his.

The results came as follows, both the winning candidates reaching majorities in their first rounds:

Brototh (Cinema) / Islonia (Altys) - 38 Votes (52.8%) [Winner]
Kerovia / Primo Order - 27 Votes (37.5%)
Saltmore - 7 Votes (9.7%)

Sunipi / Sevae (Seva) - 40 Votes (55.5%) [Winner]
Of Altonianic Islands / Snalland - 21 Votes (29.2%)
Cerdenia - 11 Votes (15.3%)


New Congress following General Elections
Written By: Brototh | Edited by Islonia & Toerana V


At the same time came elections for Thaecia's Congress, a bicameral elected legislature comprising the House of 11 seats and the Senate of 7 seats. The House serves a 2 month term, and the Senate, along with the President and PM, serves a 4 month term.

Campaigns again tackled the issue of a direct democracy, changes to how the region's recall systems work, growing partisanship in Thaecia, if the Congress should update the Law Registry or the Home Affairs Ministry should be responsible, the wave of many Thaecians resigning from offices lately, and the status of Congress's oversight on the Thaecian military. Currently, the Thaecian legislature has the power to veto any military engagement, and all 18 members must be informed of all military operations before they can take place.

The election was largely a battle of the parties: the Freedom Party of Thaecia, the region's conservative-isolationist party and the largest, formed a coalition prior to the election with the Thaecia Globalist Party, the region's conservative-globalist party, and the second largest. Additionally, candidates from the Coalition of Thaecian Citizens, the region's catch-all party, and the Radical Party of Thaecia [RAD], the smallest party and the region's reformist party that mainly serves as a direct democracy pressure group, contested the election. The amount of Independent candidates running was significantly lower than past elections.

In the Senate election, 12 candidates contested 7 seats. The results came as follows:

Sevae [TGP]
Porfloxia [TGP]
Gifty [FREE] [Incumbent]
Creckelenney [FREE] [Incumbent]
Angypt [CTC] [Incumbent]
Actias [CTC]
Vedenmark [IND] [Incumbent]

In the House election, 19 candidates contested 11 seats. The results came as follows:

Solittus [TGP] [Incumbent]
New Central Iowa [TGP]
Embrona [TGP]
Marvinville [FREE] [Incumbent]
Santa Marana [FREE] [Incumbent]
Mardis [FREE] [Incumbent]
Beganshan [FREE]
Of Altonianic Islands [CTC] [Incumbent]
The United Provinces of Kerovia [CTC]
Mafsachufetts Bay [CTC]
Snalland [RAD] [Incumbent]

As it stands, the TGP-FREE Coalition now control a majority in both Chambers of Congress, at 4/7 and 7/11. In the House, only Marvinville [FREE] declared their candidacy for the position of Speaker, being confirmed with 10 votes in favour, and no votes against. Snalland [RAD] abstained. In the Senate, the election was between Sevae [TGP] and Vedenmark [IND], resulting in Sevae being elected as Chairperson 5-1. Creckelenney [FREE] did not vote.


Cabinet Nominees Confirmed by Senate
Written By: Vedenmark | Edited by Toerana V & Brototh

Following election, Prime Minister Brototh asked for applicants for Ministerial positions, after having nominated Islonia for Minister of Foreign Affairs. As a result of those applications, on March 13th Brototh announced her Cabinet nominations as follows:

Islonia DPM as the Minister of Foreign Affairs [FAM]
The United Provinces of Kerovia MP as the Minister of Cultural Affairs [CAM]
Mardis MP as the Minister of Legal Affairs [LAM]
Snalland MP as the Minister of Domestic Affairs [DAM]
Toerana V as the Communications Minister [Comms]

All Cabinet nominees were then sent to the upper Chamber of Congress (the Senate) for a confirmation vote.

Confirmation Vote Turnout:

Aye / Nay / Abstain

Islonia: 5-0-2 [Passed]
The United Provinces of Kerovia: 6-0-1 [Passed]
Mardis: 6-0-1 [Passed]
Snalland: 6-0-1 [Passed]
Toerana V: 6-0-1 [Passed]

Order of Thaecia Nominees
Written By: Toerana V | Edited by Brototh

On the 2nd of March 2022, then-incumbent Prime Minister Xernon nominated The Islamic Country of Honour [ICH], a former Prime Minister and long term Thaecian, for the Grand Order of Thaecia, the region's highest honour. Xernon's nomination cited ICH's long term participation in domestic programs and foreign affairs expansions, naming the passing of the EIA Treaty, and referencing their long-standing position in the Senate.

The nomination post can be found here.

3 days later, President Andusre accepted the nomination, inducting ICH into the Grand Order of Thaecia, making him the fifth individual ever to receive the award. A full list of individuals who have ever received any rank of the Order of Thaecia can be found here.

Legislation Passed in March
Written By: Toerana V | Edited by Brototh

The following pieces of legislation have passed both Houses of Congress and have been signed into law by the Prime Minister:

Other Announcements

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Postby Malphe II » Tue Mar 29, 2022 3:55 pm

Brototh wrote:The following pieces of legislation have passed both Houses of Congress and have been signed into law by the Prime Minister:
An Amendment to fix Problems that I created because I am not very smart and my Two mega bills were not 100% perfect which is why I am No longer a Legislator
[...]
Mental Health Resources Repeal Act
By: Marvinville
Mental Health Resources Repeal Act Full Text wrote:Recognizing that L.R. 054 has never been enforced by the Executive.

This Act hereby repeals L.R. 054 Thaecian Mental Health Resources Act

This is so laconic?? I adore it so much
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Postby Pichtonia » Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:32 am

Great news! Congratulations to all, and especially to ICH for the award as well.
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Postby Andusre » Sat Apr 02, 2022 1:27 pm

Operation Jacobite
Installing the Legitimate King of England
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It was Spring of 1296. English soldiers, led by Robert De Clifford, cross the Tweed River en route to Berwick. They sack the trading town and slay between 4,000 and 17,000 people, laying siege to Berwick Castle which promptly surrenders.

Approximately one month later, they continue northwest onto Dunbar. On the 27th of April, Scottish and English forces made battle near Dunbar: the Scots occupied a position upon a hill and, after being deceived by English manoeuvres, charged in a greatly disorganised nature down the hill to be met with the reorganised and stronger English forces. The Battle of Dunbar resulted in an English victory, and the occupation of the Scottish lowlands by the English.

Onwards the invaders advanced along the eastern coast of Scotland, laying successful siege to several castles including that of Edinburgh.


English Siege of Edinburgh Castle, circa 1296
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So far north did the English army go that they reached the north-eastern city of Aberdeen. With Scotland subjugated, Pretender King Edward I returned to Berwick content with his conquest. Many treasured Scottish artefacts - including the crown and the Stone of Destiny - were stolen and taken to London.

Revolt!


All across the subjugated nation, unrest and disorder ruled. In 1297, the nation raised its banner in open revolt against its occupiers, using guerrilla warfare tactics to ravage English holds across the country. A man renowned in history, William Wallace, killed the English sheriff of Lanark, rose to national prominence and was granted legitimacy by the Bishop of Glasgow.

Edward I, engaged in events in France, sent foot soldiers and horsemen to crush the uprisings - included among this was the Earl of Carrick
Robert the Bruce. Bruce, reflecting upon his loyalties, is quoted as saying:

"No man holds his flesh and blood in hatred, and I am no exception. I must join my own people and the nation in whom I was born."


Months after the Scots secured a stunning victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge, the French signed a truce with England - deserting & leaving Scotland to fend for itself. The English seat of government was relocated to York and its army marched northwards. They struck a crushing blow to the Scottish army at the Battle of Falkirk, and Wallace - humiliated - fled to the forests.

Years later after many events - including but not limited to another betrayal by the French - Wallace is captured in a town north east of Glasgow. He is taken to London, where he is tried, hung, drawn and quartered.


Robert the Bruce arguably thereafter took up the mantle of the war effort: he secured a series of successes most notably at the Battle of Bannockburn, resulting in the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320. The declaration, addressed to Pope John XXII, affirmed England's recognition of Scotland as an independent nation.





Vengeful Justice


Though the First Scottish War of Independence was long, long ago, the anger and bitterness remain to this day. Indeed, the scars inflicted upon Scotland by unwarranted English aggression and expansionism justified retribution. This sentiment was shared by a coalition comprised of Thaecia, Europeia, Lone Wolves United, The West Pacific, Balder, Sky Haven and The Communist Bloc. On the major update of April 1st 2022, our forces invaded England with the noble goal of righting the wrong infringed upon Scotland 900 years ago. Thus far, the operation has been greatly successful - seeing off an attempt to undermine our holy crusade for justice and hand control of the region back to its natives.

We shall remain steadfast in our determination to see the right thing done. No longer may London oppress the poor, helpless residents of the best nation in the United Kingdom. No longer may they say "the question of independence was settled in 2014". No longer shall there exist an English state, so long as this coalition remains extant.


Come hell, high water, or a flood of 60 defenders whose point missed the jump, we stand resolute.




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Please note - I wrote this op report based on a history class I took years ago with a lot of help from Wikipedia. It's definitely not an accurate representation of the war, but it's a good story to tell anyway. Read up on it at your own leisure! :)
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Postby Altys » Sat Apr 02, 2022 1:31 pm

I'm still salty you didn't include my paragraph about the unexpected_moralism incident Andy. Such wasted potential. :(
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Postby Vleerian » Sat Apr 02, 2022 1:52 pm

Andusre wrote: - snip -

As much as our regions might be at odds, I'll wish you best of luck in besting the defenders all the same.

Excellently done :)
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Postby The United Peoples of Centrism » Sat Apr 02, 2022 1:56 pm

William Wallace is smiling upon us from the great beyond!

Excellent work on organizing this and writing the report Andy
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Postby A Bloodred Moon » Sat Apr 02, 2022 2:01 pm

It was a pleasure working with everyone on this operation. Great raid, great target, great report. I look forward to many more.
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Postby Sincluda » Sat Apr 02, 2022 2:36 pm

A blast, as always! Love the report, too.

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Postby Chef Big Dog » Sat Apr 02, 2022 7:12 pm

Always good to aid in righting wrongs.
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Postby Bhang Bhang Duc » Sun Apr 03, 2022 1:54 am

Excellent report - as a Welshman I can only endorse someone giving the Saesneg a good kicking. :)
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Postby Haganham » Sun Apr 03, 2022 2:02 am

as a scot this whole thing makes me feel very conflicted. I want to defend things but... the English?

Please note - I wrote this op report based on a history class I took years ago with a lot of help from Wikipedia. It's definitely not an accurate representation of the war, but it's a good story to tell anyway. Read up on it at your own leisure!
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Postby Altys » Sun Apr 03, 2022 3:10 am

Haganham wrote:as a scot this whole thing makes me feel very conflicted. I want to defend things but... the English?

You can defend the Scottish cause! After all, this is simply a long overdue counterattack in the never-ending struggle against the English.
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Postby Andusre » Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:43 am

27 minutes ago: English Freedom Fighters I was ejected and banned from England by The Federation of Taun.

Doing God's work :bow:
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Postby Andusre » Sat Apr 09, 2022 1:06 pm

The Tale of a Subjugated Lion
A Historic Debt At Long Last Repaid
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After one week of occupation, the occupying forces in England depart; despite several unsuccessful sieges from the defender faction, the coalition has prevailed in all of its goals. After the minor update, our win condition was satisfied as WA Delegate Taun banned East Riding of Yorkshire, a sleeper nation operated by HumanSanity, from the region.

The success of this operation - the first of its kind led by Thaecia - represents a major triumph for the region and is a political landmark of the ever-changing landscape of gameplay. Reliant upon no other to pursue our own goals and interests, we declare unequivocal victory in this occupation. With a peak of 106 endorsements on point, England proves the continued and unwavering strength of Independent/non-aligned regions and their partners in the face of rising adversity.

We are grateful to our partners in
Europeia, Lone Wolves United, The West Pacific, Balder, Sky Haven and The Communist Bloc for their support in this occupation, and look forward to further collaboration with these regions soon.

And thus, we return to our home regions content with our liberation of the world from the regional government of England.


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The Unicorn Departs, Victorious and Prideful


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The only thing that's coming home is Thaecia pensive
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Postby Malphe II » Sat Apr 09, 2022 1:25 pm

Yorkshire has been destroyed mashallah.
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