Embassy - The BeNe Confederation

[Ananke II]

Welcome to the Embassy of Belgium and Nederland!

I've already handed out muffins at your own forum, so how about some Lichto water instead?

[Free4All]

Greetings and Salutations,

It is my pleasure to represent regions Belgium and Nederland (The BeNe Confederation) to 10000 Islands.

As ambassador I shall regularly provide information about the BeNe Confederation and its regions, and make sure important information about 10000 Islands is brought to the attention of nations back home.

Ambassador Free4All

[Ananke II]

Welcome to 10ki, Free4All. I expect you're already more or less familiar with us though.

[Free4All]

That's odd. My account had vanished and I had to re-register!

And it *STILL* says I need to TM Grub, even though I did that back when I first registered. I guess I'll resend that TM...

Free4All

[Free4All]

"Please telegram Grub through NationStates to confirm your forum name"

What is the normal time period for this to vanish and my account to be confirmed?

Free4All

[Ananke II]

Hmm, I'll pm him about it. Just to make sure though, could you tg him again? Sometimes tgs slip through the cracks.

[Free4All]

Bulletin BeNe-Confederation #1
The Bulletin BeNe-Confederation (BBC) is a newsletter of the Confederation of the regions Belgium and Nederland. It appears at irregular intervals.

Issue date: February 24, 2010
Population: 89 (35 + 54)
Forum: z6.invisionfree.com/BeNeForum/

Confederational government:
General of the Army: Haken Rider
Minister of Culture: Pongotopia
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Blaatje

Delegates:
Belgium: West-Flanders
Nederland: Ballotonia

Ministers of Belgium:
N/A

Ministers of Nederland:
Minister of Domestic Affairs: Tycholand

Confederation News:
- At the end of 2009 the BeNe-Confederation was founded. An unusual happening in the history of NationStates since two completely independent regions merged their Foreign Affairs and their Forum Activities. With this merger several offices were moved from the regional level to the confederation level. Haken Rider became General of the Confederation Army. GMTA became Minister of Foreign Affairs and Pongotopia became Minister of Culture.
- Soon after the Minister of Foreign Affairs, GMTA, resigned so he could become judge in region Nederland. Blaatje replaced him as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- A Real Life Meeting will be held on the 13th of March in Breda, the Netherlands.

Cultural News:
-The first edition of the "Het Grote Van Dale spel" was won by Baranthar. He managed to trick all the other players and shows an extensive knowledge of obscure Dutch words. Please keep us informed if you happen to start a "Great Oxford Dictionary Game" More information about this game can be given upon request.
-The "Raad je plaatje" game is a big success. In this game run by Ballotonia various pictures of Belgian and Dutch locations are shown and participants have to figure out where the location is.
- The Cryptoquiz where someone writes down a cryptic word puzzle and other people have to solve it, is currently on a small break. We hope to continue this soon.

Foreign Affairs:
-The Confederation is looking for new regions to have friendly relations with. We're looking for active similar sized regions without invader ties. Please telegram Minister Blaatje ingame for more information.

Domestic News Nederland:
-Currently Delegate elections are being held in Nederland for the term March through May. The candidates running are Ballotonia and Bradiak


Domestic News Belgium:
-Last week Belgium was the featured region in NationStates.

On behalf of the BeNe-Confederation,

Blaatje
Minister of Foreign Affairs
BeNe-Confederation

[Ananke II]

Thanks for the news.

[Free4All]

Bulletin BeNe-Confederation #2
The Bulletin BeNe-Confederation (BBC) is a newsletter of the Confederation of the regions Belgium and Nederland. It appears at irregular intervals.

Issue date: May 4, 2010
Population: 96 (35 + 61)
Forum: z6.invisionfree.com/BeNeForum/

Confederational government:
General of the Army: Haken Rider
Minister of Culture: Kapellen
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Pongotopia

Delegates:
Belgium: West-Flanders
Nederland: Ballotonia

Ministers of Belgium:
N/A

Ministers of Nederland:
Minister of Domestic Affairs: Tycholand

Confederation News:
- Blaatje has vacated his post as Confederal Minister of Foreign Affairs due to time constraints. He has been replaced by Pongotopia!
- Kapellen has filled the vacancy of Confederal Minister of Culture, as Pongotopia left to fill the post of Foreign Affairs.
- The governments of Belgium and Nederland have launched a proposal to amend the Treaty. Things they want to include are combined WA-resolution votes and a confederal judiciary. So far, the reception of the ideas has been mixed.
- Haken Rider has opened a discussion on transparency within the Confederation.
- The sixth forum meeting is planned. Members of the forum will meet IRL, somewhere in either the Netherlands or Belgium.

Cultural News:
- A new edition of the forum-adaption of the game ‘Werewolves’ will has started! In this game, players have the roles of werewolves, civilians, the mayor, the seer and the witch. Each night, the werewolves will murder one person. The civilians already managed to lynch one werewolf (Bradiak) so far.
- Further, Archoz started a new edition of his Castlelands game. In this game, players can build castles, produce wheat and wood, or raid other castles in order to steal horses.
- Aaaargh! Gnomes, they’re everywhere! The countries of Bradiak, Cnuf, Tycholand and Pongotopia have been taken over. Elves and smurfs popped up in other countries.
- The Gnome First International has started with representatives of gnomes from all over the confederacy taking place. Little has been decided on so far, although there are calls to start an inquisition against the smurfs!


Foreign Affairs:
- Equilism and the BeNe-Confederation have agreed to exchange ambassadors. Waterschei will be the confederal ambassador in Equilism.

Domestic News Nederland:
- Ballotonia won the last Delegate elections and started another term as Delegate.
- Four weeks ago, Nederland was the featured region.

Domestic News Belgium:
- Due to the thick ash-cloud above Belgium, our news reporters weren’t able to gather any intelligence information on Belgium.

On behalf of the BeNe-Confederation,

Pongotopia
Minister of Foreign Affairs
BeNe-Confederation

[Free4All]

Bulletin BeNe-Confederation #3
The Bulletin BeNe-Confederation (BBC) is a newsletter of the Confederation of the regions Belgium and Nederland. It appears at irregular intervals.

Issue date: March 20, 2011
Population: 210 (104 + 106)
Forum: z6.invisionfree.com/BeNeForum/

Confederation government:
General of the Army: Haken Rider
Minister of Culture: Kapellen
Minister of Foreign Affairs: vacant

Delegates:
Belgium: West-Flanders
Nederland: Leepaidamba


Domestic News Nederland:
Region Nederland has done away with its Constitution. It's still part of the BeNe Confederation though. The election of the Delegate is no longer done by voting on the forum, but by collecting endorsements within the region, per NS rules. The Delegate is the political leader, per standard protocol in NS.
The Founder of Nederland continues overseeing the security of the region. In essence the mode of operation of the region has returned to the way it was before the Constitution was originally put in force on July 4th, 2004.

Cultural News:
- Both regions Nederland and Belgium now have over 100 nations residing within it. The number was purposely boosted so gold-colored regional trophies are handed out each day.
- The first BeNe soccer tournament was completed recently. Winner was Blaatje, followed by Ballotonia and West-Flanders. Due to its success a second tournament is already being organized.

On behalf of the BeNe-Confederation,

Ballotonia
Interim Minister of Foreign Affairs
BeNe-Confederation

[Ermoluland]

I would like to announce my ambassadorship for the BeNe confederation, replacing Free4All untill further notice.
I am a dependency of Leepaidamba, the current WA-delegate of Nederland.

[Free4All]

Mar 22, 2011 8:53:17 GMT -5 Ermoluland said:

I would like to announce my ambassadorship for the BeNe confederation, replacing Free4All untill further notice.
I am a dependency of Leepaidamba, the current WA-delegate of Nederland.

I'm hereby confirming this statement.

Free4All

[Markanite]

I'd like to extend a warm welcome to the new ambassador!

[Ermoluland]

Bulletin BeNe-Confederation #4
The Bulletin BeNe-Confederation (BBC) is a newsletter of the Confederation of the regions Belgium, Nederland, and Vlaanderen. It appears at irregular intervals.

Issue date: August 31, 2011
Population: 218 (101 + 102 + 15)
Forum: z6.invisionfree.com/BeNeForum/

Confederation government:
General of the Army: Haken Rider
Minister of Culture: Bradiak
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Leepaidamba

Delegates:
Belgium: West-Flanders
Nederland: Ballotonia
Vlaanderen: East-Brabant


Confederate News:
- This August the region of Vlaanderen was admitted to our Confederacy. They are a small dutch speaking region related to the RL region of Flanders in Belgium. This was done by an unanimous vote from all involved regions. Congrats Vlaanderen!
- On August 23 a new Confederal Minister of Foreign Affairs was appointed: Leepaidamba.
- On August 27 a new Confederal Minister of Culture was appointed: Bradiak.

Cultural News:
- The second BeNe soccer tournament was convincingly won by HC Eredivisie. The second place silver award went to Hamme, with Ballotonia capturing third place Bronze. The success of the second tournament led to the immediate start of a second tournament.
- The third BeNe soccer tournament marked a record of twelve participating teams. Games were played over a period of three months (June, July, and August), culminating in a tension-filled final game day. The winner was decided on that last day when Dangertk took over the lead position in the rankings. Alcmaer had been in the lead for most of the tournament, but nevertheless had to settle for the honorable Silver award. The Bronze award was awarded to Heinekenbier, who barely managed to prevent being overtaken by The Blaatschapen. Both nations tied in ranking points, so their ratio of total goals scored for/against decided which nation got to take the third place award home.


Army News:
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Foreign Affairs:
- Formal in-game embassies were established between Belgium, Nederland, and Vlaanderen, to honor our confederacy.
- Region Belgium established embassies with Beneforum (a region established to promote the forum of the BeNe Confederation to all dutch-language NS players), the Rejected Realms, France, and Vrij Vlaanderen (the emergency backup region of Vlaanderen).
- Region Nederland established embassies with 10000 Islands, Equilism, The Rejected Realms, The South, and Antarctic Alliance, as well as Vrij Vlaanderen, De Betuwe (a RL part of the Netherlands), Beneforum, regions Fokpol and Radboud (also Dutch-language), United Nations of the Moon, de KoffieSjop, Afrikaans, Fryslan (a province of RL Netherlands), and the region Nederland colonies of Holland, Netherlands, and The Netherlands.
- Region Vlaanderen established embassies with Vrij Vlaanderen, Flanders, Land van Waas, Swieneparredies, and Lisbon.

Domestic News Nederland:
- Region Nederland has had no problems since having abolished its entire Constitution. Despite the total lack of formal documentation the region keeps running calmly and smoothly as ever.
- Ballotonia has taken over the position of Delegate from Leepaidamba.
- Longtime resident Ballotonia was honored by the Security Council with an official Commendation.

Domestic News Belgium:
-

Domestic News Vlaanderen:
- The nations Young Wolves, The Magical Ring, Huilende Konijntjes and Klauwaerts were ejected from the WA for rule violations. All these nations adopted the same flag, the motto "Bye bye" and all but one the pretitle "Going into the void". All four departed Vlaanderen for The Rejected Realms.
- Following Young Wolves' departure East-Brabant has taken over the position of Delegate.

On behalf of the BeNe-Confederation,

Leepaidamba
Minister of Foreign Affairs BeNe-Confederation

[Markanite]

Thank you very much for the update, its great to hear from Be + Ne