Post by Grub (Lenlyvit) on Jun 18, 2004 13:23:14 GMT -5
In about six weeks, the 10000 Islands will mark the one year anniversary since we narrowly defeated the Empire of Power attack against this very region. With all of this talk of the constitution, I think now is a good time to say why we have TITO and why we even have a constitution.
About a year ago, in July of 2003, the 10000 Islands was attacked at random and secretly by a griefing region (one that goes in and ejects the natives, then password protects the region to let it die) called the Empire of Power. Our region at the time only had about 30 nations; we were tiny. With the help of other regions, we defeated the attackers by just one endorsement. Since then we have made it our mission in NationStates to protect other regions that are attacked unfairly. This includes liberating regions that have been invaded and taking the battle to the home regions of the attackers. In our time we have protected somewhere between 60-70 regions.
Our constitution was forged out of a desire to have more nations involved in the governmental structure of the region. The four Senatorial positions and three Ministerial positions were created at that time.
When Parthini wrote the 10000 Islands constitution, we also decided upon having section 2.2.1 and that basically says if a nation gets more than half the endorsements of the elected Delegate then that nation will be banned for 48 hours and then can return after that time. This banning is done for two reasons. 1)We elect our Delegates and don't want a new random delegate every week or two. 2)We stop invasions like this.
What invaders try to do is to sneak into a foreign region and secretly try to garner enough endorsements to get themselves named Delegate. From there they eject native nations and impose their will. My job as Founder is to enforce our constitution and to protect the 10000 Islands from aggression whether that aggression is silent like Paraskev or loud like DEN II.
People would be hard pressed to find many regions that have had the impact for good that the 10000 Islands has had on NationStates. As a group, we wield power that helps innocent regions throughout this game and all members of TITO should be proud of their efforts for good.
If nations can think of ways to improve our constitution, they are encouraged to discuss their ideas (discussions last longer in the forum), but I wanted to give some of the history and reasons we have TITO and also follow our constitution.
Sincerely,
The United States of Grub
Founder - 10000 Islands
About a year ago, in July of 2003, the 10000 Islands was attacked at random and secretly by a griefing region (one that goes in and ejects the natives, then password protects the region to let it die) called the Empire of Power. Our region at the time only had about 30 nations; we were tiny. With the help of other regions, we defeated the attackers by just one endorsement. Since then we have made it our mission in NationStates to protect other regions that are attacked unfairly. This includes liberating regions that have been invaded and taking the battle to the home regions of the attackers. In our time we have protected somewhere between 60-70 regions.
Our constitution was forged out of a desire to have more nations involved in the governmental structure of the region. The four Senatorial positions and three Ministerial positions were created at that time.
When Parthini wrote the 10000 Islands constitution, we also decided upon having section 2.2.1 and that basically says if a nation gets more than half the endorsements of the elected Delegate then that nation will be banned for 48 hours and then can return after that time. This banning is done for two reasons. 1)We elect our Delegates and don't want a new random delegate every week or two. 2)We stop invasions like this.
What invaders try to do is to sneak into a foreign region and secretly try to garner enough endorsements to get themselves named Delegate. From there they eject native nations and impose their will. My job as Founder is to enforce our constitution and to protect the 10000 Islands from aggression whether that aggression is silent like Paraskev or loud like DEN II.
People would be hard pressed to find many regions that have had the impact for good that the 10000 Islands has had on NationStates. As a group, we wield power that helps innocent regions throughout this game and all members of TITO should be proud of their efforts for good.
If nations can think of ways to improve our constitution, they are encouraged to discuss their ideas (discussions last longer in the forum), but I wanted to give some of the history and reasons we have TITO and also follow our constitution.
Sincerely,
The United States of Grub
Founder - 10000 Islands
For my service strengthening ties between Canada and the 10000 Islands.
