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Post by Markanite on Oct 7, 2017 12:20:10 GMT -5
Welcome to the embassy of The Union of Democratic States
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Post by Relfa on May 1, 2018 19:04:51 GMT -5
Hello all!
Some of you may know me or not. I've been here sometimes since I have a nation in 10000 Islands. This was my first region and I care very much about it. I am The Rejected Realms' Culture Officer, but I'm not here to represent them.
I am also a citizen of the Union of Democratic States, I am their new Director of the Foreign Office (basically Minister of Foreign Affairs) and I am going to be their ambassador to your region.
I am so sorry for our silence. We can see that this thread was created in October 2017 and there wasn't any reply to it, but in my new position, I won't let that this happens again. We will keep you updated of what happens in the region with a bimonthly update.
Thank you for your attention.
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Post by Flemingisa on May 1, 2018 19:48:56 GMT -5
Relfa, Glad to hear it. i love seeing more activity! plus you guys have an awesome discord!
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Post by Alkasia on May 2, 2018 6:34:38 GMT -5
Hi Relfa! Good to have you here!
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Post by thepeninsular on May 2, 2018 13:28:17 GMT -5
G'day there Relfa! Nice ta hear from yall!
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Post by Relfa on May 15, 2018 20:46:27 GMT -5

Current Government
~Founder: The Noble Thatcherites
~World Assembly Delegate: The Noble Thatcherites
~Prime Minister: Khevo
~Deputy Prime Minister: Asdersland
~Minister of Education: The Noble Thatcherites
~Minister of Roleplay: Wonkeyblurtz
~Minister of the Census: Kade
~Minister of Foreign Affairs: Relfa
~Chief Justice: Relfa
~Associate Justice: Phoenix
~Associate Justice: Diamond Confederacy
~Associate Justice: Glaciosia
~Associate Justice: United Arkadia
~Attorney General: Comlogical
April General Elections
~The Union had a General Election to all public seats of the region in April 20th. The elected officials were inaugurated in April 30th.
~In the race for Prime Minister, Khevo defeated We The People and Asdersland by 15 votes against 12 and 1, respectively. There was no votes to Re-Open Nominations. Brittalia, who was the sitting Prime Minister decided not to run for reelection.
~In the race for Chief Justice, Relfa defeated the Diamond Confederacy and Phoenix by 14 votes against 10 and 4, respectively. There was no votes to Re-Open Nominations. The position was left vacant since Kanglia resigned in the middle of March.
~Comlogical, who ran for reelection as Attorney General, and The Noble Thatcherites, who ran for reelection as World Assembly Delegate, were lonely candidates for the offices they were running for. Both were elected with 26 votes against 2 votes to Re-Open Nominations.
~In the race for the Senate, the Union was testing a new style of voting system, the Average Placement System. Duckstan, North Plegia, Drawception, Wonkeyblurtz, Australia Hungary, Levantx, Eurech and Tanisha were the candidates. All candidates got elected. Duckstan was further elected Speaker between the senators after facing North Plegia.
Senate Report:
Current Senators:
~Speaker: Duckstan
~Senator: Australia Hungary
~Senator: Drawception
~Senator: Eurech
~Senator: Wonkeyblurtz
~Senator: North Plegia
~Senator: Tanisha
The Senate discussed the following bills in the last two months:
~The UDSAF Incentive Act - Defeated
~The Investigative Standards Act - Passed
~Motion to Amend the Constitution 2018 (2) - Passed
~Motion for an Amendment to the Legal Court System Act - Passed
~Roleplay Improvement Act 2018 - Passed
~Relevant Authorities Act of 2018 - Defeated
~Bill Prioritization Act of 2018 - Passed
~Legislative Docket Officiation Act of 2018 - Passed
~Oath of Neutrality Act of 2018 - Passed
~Motion for an Amendment to CL-010 - Passed
~Electoral Commission Act - Passed
~Motion for the Removal of Provisions Relating to the Founder - Passed
~Motion for an Amendment to the Regional Permissions Act - Passed
~Motion to Amend the Constitution - Passed
~The Premiership Succession Act - Passed
~The Parole Act of 2018 - Passed
~Abstention Act 2018 - Passed
~Motion to Amend the Constitution - Passed
Foreign Affairs Happenings
~The Foreign Affairs Program was started by its author, Relfa. This program established the ambassador program and a bimonthly report program. If you want to check who is our emissary to your region check it here (if there is none, we will get one ambassador to your region as soon as we can).
~The Union has severed all relations with Enadia and rescinded the Enadian embassy status. This happened after Enadia showed total disrespect to our region’s sovereignty. Such acts includes enadian recruitment in the UDS, ejecting and banning official UDS diplomats from their Discord server and comments that undermine nations of the Union. More information can be found here.
Other important happenings:
~Our regional forum was overhauled and it looks a bit different now. If you want to take a look on it, check it here.
~Ozzz, a citizen of the region, accused the former Prime Minister Brittalia of harassment after he complained about the use of certain words on Brittalia’s newspaper, The Union Tribune. The owner of the paper defended himself and counter-accused Ozzz of violating the first amendment of the Bill of Rights by disrespecting the Freedom of the Press. The Supreme Court and the Attorney General are currently working on the case and it may lead to a trial.
~After a discussion in the Senate, Senator Levantx, who couldn’t stand his arguments and got irritated with being contradicted, resigned from his position and left the region. The senator was a controversial figure in the region.
Latest Issues from Our Newspapers:
Written by Relfa
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Lethoica
Ceased To Exist
Posts: 1,989
House of: Wordiness
XKI Political Party: MSPP - Mayor Shelter Political Party
XKI Map Nation Color: Bottom Left
XKI NS Join Year: 173 - Friday, 28 September 2012
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Post by Lethoica on May 15, 2018 21:36:16 GMT -5
Great report Relfa! I can't wait to see more of them.
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Post by Alkasia on May 16, 2018 0:10:51 GMT -5
Loving the carrot colour of the report. Goes well on the Paradise theme.
And congrats to you, Chief Justice Relfa! Thanks for the update!
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Post by Relfa on Jun 19, 2018 20:21:28 GMT -5
I have bad news from the UDS. I resigned from my position of Chief Justice and Minister of Foreign Affairs along with Thatcher's announcement that he's not running for re-election as delegate and his resignation from Minister of Education. Anything related to UDS affairs, contact Khevo. Now I'm only rejected Relfa 
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Lethoica
Ceased To Exist
Posts: 1,989
House of: Wordiness
XKI Political Party: MSPP - Mayor Shelter Political Party
XKI Map Nation Color: Bottom Left
XKI NS Join Year: 173 - Friday, 28 September 2012
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Post by Lethoica on Jun 19, 2018 22:04:56 GMT -5
I wish I could unlike a post. I do understand why you left your positions and I wish you the best of luck moving forward.
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Post by thatcherwhitehall on Mar 18, 2020 23:40:30 GMT -5
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Post by thatcherwhitehall on Mar 26, 2020 14:51:54 GMT -5
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Post by Kuriko on Mar 26, 2020 16:35:26 GMT -5
Thanks Thatcher 
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Post by thatcherwhitehall on Apr 2, 2020 9:49:34 GMT -5
Thanks Thatcher  You're welcome.  Good luck in the Sec Gen election!!
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Post by thatcherwhitehall on May 6, 2020 11:24:56 GMT -5
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Post by Kuriko on May 8, 2020 13:12:48 GMT -5
Tags are broken Thatch  . Thanks for the update!
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Post by thatcherwhitehall on Jun 5, 2020 19:18:57 GMT -5
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Post by thatcherwhitehall on Jun 5, 2020 19:24:08 GMT -5
A few days late but please read and enjoy our May embassy update! I hope that you are all healthy and safe. 
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Post by Kuriko on Jun 10, 2020 16:50:57 GMT -5
Thank you for the update Thatcher 
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Post by thatcherwhitehall on Jun 30, 2020 22:49:58 GMT -5
Thank you for the update Thatcher  Thanks, Kuri! I hope you are doing well! 
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Post by thatcherwhitehall on Jun 30, 2020 22:54:02 GMT -5
June Embassy Update Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kanglia Elected Chairperson by Kanglia Switching up the typical news report convention here, I (Kanglia) was elected Chairperson this past month. For me, it was my return to NS politics, and my return to the UDS’ political body. Two long years away from NationStates saw me change a ton as a person, but my beliefs on the best things for this region have continued to stay the same. I’m disappointed that there was no one running against me, for elections are always much more fun when you have an adversary, but losing 5 whole votes to RON of all people (UDS has seen Re-Open Nominations turn into a deity of its own) only motivates me to prove to myself and to every person with an eye on the UDS that I still have “it” inside of me. Since my election was announced on June 5th, the General Assembly has seen steady activity at a rate higher than before, and I’m proud of that. I think that a good part of this activity is thanks to the GA Guild that I campaigned on and created as a means for all citizens to come together to better understand and create new legislation for the region. But with three months to go in my term I know that this fight isn’t finished yet. And that fight, that’s what excites me the most. Third Senate Election Sees Two Newcomers and Some Familiar Faces Elected by Dome Artan At the tail end of May the third Senate Elections were opened by Chancellor Khevo. While not as hotly contested as the second Senate Elections in March the ballot was shaping up to be a full one with early announcements of intent by Democratic Republic of Kohland and the The Eastern Straight. However when the candidacy forms were due the field was much less competitive than it had seemed to be. Neither of the aforementioned early announcers had submitted official candidacies and three incumbent Senators had decided not to seek re-election (The Eagle-Bearer, Comlogical and Dome Artan). Instead the five person Senate election was going to be contested by only six candidates, the lowest of any of the three held so far. Incumbents The Noble Thatcherites and Glaciosia were joined by former President North Plegia and three newcomers Prorescia, Grand Gondor and Davinmark. Campaigning for the election was limited, to be expected when only one candidate will not be elected. However some candidates took this to the extreme and posted no campaign material whatsoever, all of this compared to the hour long voice chat debate of the last election. The only campaign material of consequence was published by North Plegia, notable because it reiterated their commitment to another new constitution (a position which cost them the presidency four months ago). The Election results were announced by Chancellor Khevo on May 31st. The Union uses a preferential voting system where voters rank candidates from one to, in this case, seven (six candidates plus RON), the candidates with the lowest average score are elected as they are the most preferred. The Noble Thatcherites and Glaciosia, despite posting no campaign material, won big with both being over 2 points clear of the other candidates. The three other positions were filled by Prorescia, North Plegia and Grand Gondor. The strategy of no campaign material, which worked for the incumbent Senators, decidedly did not work for Davinmark who placed last, even behind RON. The next Senate elections will be particularly interesting as The Noble Thatcherites and Glaciosia, Senate stalwarts since the Constitutional overhaul will be forced out of office due to term limits by that point, leaving the composition of that Senate wide open. As for this Senate, it has already handled the important business of tabling a Criminal Code Act along with a large Constitutional Amendment package. Recently Elected Senator Grand Gondor Vanishes from UDS by Dome Artan As mentioned in the previous article Grand Gondor had won election to the UDS Senate despite their relative inexperience, having joined NS as part of the Drew Rush. During their time as Senator they seemed to struggle with understanding what that meant, continuing to vote on UDS General Assembly (the lower house of the legislative branch) motions. However after the most recent instance of this on June 21st, Grand Gondor suddenly left the UDS discord where their activity had been dropping dramatically. While Discord involvement is not necessary for participation in government the signs were nonetheless not good for their continued involvement in the region. Directly following this development Grand Gondor resigned the WA, once again not necessary by any means for participation in the region but they had been one of the region’s most involved endorsers, consistently staying up to date on new WA nations. The combination of these two withdrawals from regional life leaves the region pessimistic about the chances of a return for the new Senator. It has been nine days now of unannounced activity for the Senator, after ten they will lose their position and a snap election will be held. USDAF Update by Kanglia It was a slightly slow month for the UDSAF, with our time in Iran still being the main focus for the first two weeks, updating has yet to return to it’s previous pace. However, with the month closing, Kanglia has returned to the updates. UDSAF personnel was present for only four updates at the time of this writing.
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Post by thatcherwhitehall on Aug 4, 2020 20:04:12 GMT -5
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Post by thatcherwhitehall on Oct 4, 2020 11:37:22 GMT -5
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Post by thatcherwhitehall on Oct 4, 2020 11:44:59 GMT -5
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Post by thatcherwhitehall on Oct 31, 2020 14:52:21 GMT -5
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