Embassy of The West Pacific | Dusk and Dawn

[Heavens Reach]

Exciting to see this in print! Great work!

[The West Pacific Master Dispatch]

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The Western Post - July 2026 Issue

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The July edition of The Western Post is live!

Your charming non-LS editor is back, bearing another newspaper edition! Featuring this month: graphs and movies.

Read and upvote here!

[The West Pacific Master Dispatch]

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Successor to the Delegacy

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Denizens of this awful forum, it has been my utmost pleasure to varyingly terrorize, demean, and attack you in my nearly 500 days as Delegate of the West Pacific. It has been a beautiful and enthralling ride which it has been my pleasure to lead. But every day is a new day, and soon a new sun will be flying over the West Pacific. Withcraft and Sorcery has been an all-round West Pacifican star in every department for my entire delegacy, and I am delighted to pass the region's torch into his capable hands. You can read the official speech on the Succession here.

Hail WS! Hail The West!

[Northern Slatavia]

Great read once again, and congrats to W&S!

[Oseao]

Congrats to WS and The West!

[Witchcraft and Sorcery]

Per TWP tradition and game-mechanical superiority I’ll save the grand speech for when I actually take the seat, but thanks to all who have offered their good wishes in public and private. Safe to say I’m very excited.

[Wolflandil]

Congrats W&S! Looking forward to seeing the big speech!

[Heavens Reach]

Congratulations W&S! Looking forward to continuing to work with TWP under your delegacy

[HumanSanity]

Congratulations to W&S!

[Dengist China]

Congratulations W&S! I can't believe it's been this long since Vara became delegate, too.

[Feux]

Congratulations

[Omnicontrol]

What the fuck do you mean Vara has been TWP delegate for five hundred days

[Bhang Bhang Duc]

What the fuck do you mean Vara has been TWP delegate for five hundred days

Please read the detail.

nearly 500 days as Delegate of the West Pacific.

Currently at 491 days. Probably will be 500+ days by the time W&S gets sufficient endos to take the chair.

[Omnicontrol]

What the fuck do you mean Vara has been TWP delegate for five hundred days

Please read the detail.

nearly 500 days as Delegate of the West Pacific.

Currently at 491 days. Probably will be 500+ days by the time W&S gets sufficient endos to take the chair.

Still way longer than I thought

[Tim-Opolis]

So proud of Vara for getting a real job and quitting his unpaid volunteer online position. GL W&S!

In all seriousness, it's been a generational Varanius run over this delegacy term.

[Badger]

Great job Vara! You made us all proud!

W&S glad to have you in the seat and looking forward!

Be brilliant!

[Rhaza]

"This entire thing has been somewhat of a gamble on our part. That we think Vara will flop."
- Then-Senator of Diplomatic Affairs of the New Pacific Order, April 2025

An excellent tenure, kid.

[Bhang Bhang Duc]

"This entire thing has been somewhat of a gamble on our part. That we think Vara will flop."
- Then-Senator of Diplomatic Affairs of the New Pacific Order, April 2025

An excellent tenure, kid.

It’s amazing sometimes how comments come back to bite the commentator in the arse.

[Adriatic Democratic Empire]

congrats TWP!

[The West Pacific Master Dispatch]

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The Poppy Accords

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It has been nearly 3 years since the West Pacific and the Leftist Assembly went our separate ways following the death of Laika. In that time the state of the game has shifted drastically, and the world we live in is nearly unrecognizable. Despite this, the two of us remain largely the same. Some new faces, many swapped around, but at our core TWP and TLA are much what we were then. Our values, our communities, and the basis of our friendship have remained every day of our brief separation. But the time has come that our friendship is able to flower once again, as we both move into the new age stronger, and now, together.

We present the Poppy Accords, the new bilateral mutual defense treaty between the West Pacific and the Leftist Assembly, and right our wrongs as one.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=2811347

[The West Pacific Master Dispatch]

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The Western Post - August 2026 Issue

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The August edition of The Western Post is live!

It's still August, even! Barring a few unimportant time zones. Featuring this month: love, war and slaughter for the entire family!

Read and upvote here!

[Punk Daddy]

Good to see TWP still rocking and rolling as independent as ever!!

[Dilber]

Good to see TWP still rocking and rolling as independent as ever!!

Always! Good to see you.

[The West Pacific Master Dispatch]

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Delegate Witchcraft and Sorcery's Inaugural Address

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Friends,

It’s been a long journey. Thirteen and a half years, to be exact.

It’s no secret that I’ve had many homes over those thirteen and a half years, but this will in all likelihood be the final one. Nowhere have I felt more “at home” in NationStates than in the West Pacific, and it is for that reason precisely that it is my great privilege to stand before you today and accept the title of 55th Delegate of the West Pacific.

I could belabor the point with a long story about the weight of the role and my own winding tale on this game, but that would be very un-West Pacifican of me. This is meritocracy, and it’s best we get down to business. So here’s the plan.

As my first act in the seat, I hereby grant my predecessor Varanius the titles he held prior to his term as Delegate: Guardian and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Vara’s management of TWP’s foreign affairs network has cemented it as a modern superpower. I could speculate on exactly his methods of creating such an… immense… gravitational pull… toward TWP, but he has graciously agreed to continue his excellent work managing our network of allies.

I would also be remiss not to extend my profuse gratitude to Vara for his service as Delegate. This past term has seen intense challenges both at home and abroad, and he has met them all with outstanding skill. The Sovereign Seven movement he built saw its greatest test to date in the reset of the General Assembly, and so far the results have been astounding. We achieved what we set out to do and so much more. Not only did TWP secure the Secretary-General’s seat, but the S7 has continued to dictate the tempo and standards of the GA. Our foreign agenda, at least in the near term, will largely continue to be WA-focused, with promotion of TWP authorship and strict adherence to the Seven Principles top of the list. TWP’s long history of support for national sovereignty was top of the reasons I joined in the first place, and I intend to follow that with the same dogmatic commitment that got me commended in 2023.

For the time being, the Cabinet and Guardians otherwise retain their current membership. Noton Mast and United Adaikes retain their respective portfolios of World Assembly Recruitment and Captain of TWPAF. Democratic Wer continues to impress with their behind-the-scenes management of much of TWP’s critical infrastructure, and retains their cabinet position. We might shake things up at some point, but for now I see no reason to do anything but stay the course.

Still, it’s no secret that foreign and WA affairs is not TWP’s biggest challenge at the moment. We need to improve regional culture and develop talent. All of the feeders are hurting right now since the Frontier and Stronghold update, and the reduced flow of new recruits has been felt across the board. TWP has thankfully been hurt less because of our relentless commitment to maintaining a high endorsement rate, but as Delegate my number one directive to my Cabinet will be getting new people involved.

To that end, I’m excited to share that I’ll be promoting one of our most active newcomers, The Three Rivers Nations, to Head Regional Guide. Zoran is stepping back after an excellent run of service on several different posts, and Three Rivers has been consistently active and welcoming on the RMB. I’ve told them the role is theirs to make their own, and I am excited to see what they do with it.

Culture is a cornerstone of this community. It is arguably THE cornerstone of this community. From Karaoke Friday to OcTWPerfest to any one of a million other things, there’s always something going on, something silly to wear on your head, or new people to talk to. NationStates is, at its core, a social game. Virtually every part of this game beyond the surface-level issues mechanic cannot be done alone. Culture is about more than just game nights and annual festivals. It’s about how we interact with each other both within and beyond our borders. Throughout my tenure as Delegate I’ll be trying new experiments and seeking creative minds to build on our brand of “snarky and free.” I’m already in talks to revive some elements of our roleplay sphere, as I’ve seen many people come through our doors looking for that and disappointed at how it’s been left. I am not a roleplay expert, but as Delegate it’s my job to be nimble and provide what support I can. I think we can at least get a Rugby World Cup going soon.

In the near term, here’s what you can expect: N-Day is coming up…literally this next weekend. TWP will be flying the SPEAR flag once again. That will preoccupy us until the final nuke hits its target, most likely. Fall and winter are a very busy time for the cultural calendar and my first weeks as Delegate will largely be focused on getting us set up for those. We are going to make a very big deal of the cultural calendar and getting people excited for it. We also have a couple of major foreign affairs projects which, while largely started during Vara’s administration, will be seen to fruition very soon. And there are, as always, many other things in the works I can’t talk about yet.

I recognize that I have a few things to prove. I became delegate extremely quickly for a West Pacifican. It is my sincere hope to live up to the trust you have placed in me, and it is truly the honor of a career to be your Delegate.

Witchcraft and Sorcery,
Delegate of the West Pacific

View the dispatch version here: Now available!

[Rhaza]

Neo-moralist patriots... stand back and stand by.