Embassy - Thaecia

[HumanSanity]

Welcome to the embassy of
Thaecia

[Andusre]

Hi there, XKI!

I wanted to say thank you very much for agreeing to construct embassies with Thaecia. We're very excited to see where this relationship can go

We have appointed a diplomat from Thaecia to XKI, and the person who will fulfil this role is Islonia (otherwise known as Altys)! I'm certain he'll do a grand job in the new role

Thanks very much,
Andusre
Foreign Affairs Minister of Thaecia.

[Altys]

Hi there!
While I get myself acclimated to this forum, here's a small update from the Thaempirial Army (TEA):

Thaecia would like to inform your region of a recent anti-fascist operation conducted by the region's military. Please see the following dispatch for details.

www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1485972

Have a good day XKI!

[Altys]

Update from Thaecia | 18th January 2021
_{(yes im late ehe)}

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Note: All text _{wrote like this} are modifications made by myself. You may also find paragraphs with the introduction "Diplomat's notes:" which also are my own additions.

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A Short Introduction

Hello there, thank you for reading this update from the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Thaecia! In this update, we will cover a variety of recent happenings and changes to our Foreign Affairs policies included but not limited to the opening and closure of embassies and military operations. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to send a telegram or discord ping to me, Andusre (yeet #9719).

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Opening of Embassies with 10000 islands and the Rejected Realms

On December 21st 2020, embassies were constructed with 10000 islands (XKI) and the Rejected Realms (TRR). Thaecia recently has been undertaking experimentation in the realm of raiding/defending (R/D) and we are excited to see what comes of these new relationships go as they develop further, wherever that may be whether in R/D collaboration or elsewhere. These developments have prompted the Secretary of Defence of Thaecia, Brototh, to pledge not to partake in raids of XKI's embassy regions and it is widely expected that legislation will be put to the Thaecian Congress to prohibit the practice of griefing occupied regions in Thaecian law.


Whilst both such regions are staunch defender regions, we wish to stress that this does not constitute Thaecia declaring itself to be a defender region. We retain our unaligned/independent status on the R/D dichotomy.


Islonia _{(hi iss me)} has been appointed as the Thaecian diplomat to XKI and Dokansia has been assigned to Thaecia in return. Saint Songbird had been assigned as the Thaecian diplomat to TRR, but has since resigned after pursuing TRR citizenship; a replacement will be appointed shortly. Chimes has been assigned as the diplomat to Thaecia.

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Closure of Embassies with India & Lorania

On the 3rd January 2021, the embassy shared between Thaecia and India was closed. This decision was taken by Thaecia after concluding that the content highlighted by Refugia was not consistent with our embassy requirement of not tolerating bigotry. The ensuing Indian response, which many found to be inadequate, was also considered.



The day after the closure of India's embassy with Thaecia, Lorania's embassy followed suit. We reached out to the Loranian Foreign Affairs Devionsa as soon as we saw their order to withdraw the embassy for justification. We were immediately deferred to Excalium Nova, otherwise known as Dale, whose main nation resides in Karma and who recently gained control of Lorania's founder account. Lorania's justification was, to the best of our understanding, that the regional government of Lorania pursued a diplomatic relationship with Karma but was rejected due to their embassy with Thaecia. The Loranian government thereafter deemed a diplomatic relationship with Karma more valuable than with Thaecia. It was made unambiguously clear throughout discussions with Loranian officials that whilst we disagreed with that assessment, we respect Lorania's decision and their right to self-determination. We regret their decision to close our embassy, but wish them all the best in all future endeavours nonetheless.

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The Thaecian Military

The Thaecian military, known as the Thaempirial Army, has taken part in several operations since its foundation late last year. These have included the liberations of The Spaghetti Land and Indonesia Raya, along with participation in Operation Boom Beach and an anti-fascist operation against the region of GroBgermanisches Reich. Some members of the Thaempirial Military have also taken part in tag raids with organisations such as the Europeian Republican Navy (ERN) and the East Pacific Sovereign Army (EPSA), in combination with chasing exercises with organisations like The Grey Wardens (TGW) and the Ten thousand Island Treaty Organisation (TITO). The Thaempirial Army will be looking to get involved with more operations in the future as it seeks to train its members the further the region delves into R/D gameplay.


Diplomat's notes: The name "Thaempirial Army" reference to Thaecia's minecraft series named Thaempires (1st Thaempire, 2nd Thaempire, etc. We had around 6 of those.), where we join a multiplayer minecraft server and establish ourselves as a major power or a secret organisation.

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House of Commons Elections Concluded

Thaecia's bicameral legislature saw its lower house face elections at the end of December into early January, and with elections now concluded, the results have been released. The successful candidates are: Snowflame (otherwise known as Steak), Bahnhof, United States of Edingbridge, Tavallo, Rhodesae, Peabodia, Sevae, Cirrus Azale, Zon Island, Angypt, Trist Paradise, Adomania, Mafsachuffets Bay, Ermica and Evile. With Snowflame being elected the Speaker of the House and thus being granted control of the chamber's legislative agenda, expected hot topics this term are the reduction of the size of Congress, military legislation & the invention of caucuses, most notably the 'Thaeconservative' caucus - a group of MPs whose beliefs can generally be described as sceptical of widescale sweeping reforms to the structure of Thaecia's government.

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Population & World Assembly Numbers

Thaecia's population recently increased following a refreshed and rejuvenated recruitment drive beginning in early October, bringing the region from 250 nations to a peak of around 420 nations by early December. December brought with it a difficult month for the recruitment drive, though, as enthusiasm for the drive waned, as WA population declined for the 7th month of 2020, and as recruiters became increasingly occupied by real life commitments. This caused a population decline from the peak at 420 nations to around 340 nations, where the region's numbers seem to be holding fairly steady. It is the intention of the Home Affairs Ministry of Thaecia to resume gaining nations as soon as is feasibly possible, and actions & apparatus have been put in place to facilitate that.

In terms of World Assembly population, Thaecia's WA population peaked in late November-early December at around 195 WA nations. This number has since contracted to around 155 at the time of writing. It is noteworthy that approximately 10-15 nations residing in Thaecia who are normally members of the WA are currently partaking in Operation Boom Beach, and as such we expect an increase in this number once the operation concludes as WAs return to us.

The endorsements of the Thaecian WA Delegate, The Marconian State followed the aforementioned trends, rising to around 155 in early December and declining thereafter to its current number sitting at around 130 endorsements.

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Thaecia's Second Birthday Looms!

On the 22nd January 2021, Thaecia will celebrate its second birthday. The region has seen many great people come, and sadly seen some go, over these two years and has changed an unimaginable amount since then. The region is excited to celebrate its second birthday and looks forward with optimism and hope to the year ahead.

Diplomat's notes: To know more about the Second Birthday you may look at the announcement coming soon on Thaecia's discord.

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Concluding Words

Thank you very much for reading this update from Thaecia, and we hope that if you have any queries or questions about anything mentioned in this update, that you do not hesitate to contact us. Updates like these will likely not be released on a rigid and regular basis, and will instead be written and released when deemed fit by the Foreign Affairs Ministry.



Many thanks,


Andusre
Foreign Affairs Minister of Thaecia


Islonia
Diplomat to XKI,
Culture Minister and Secretary of Roleplay of Thaecia


Back to Overview of the Foreign Affairs Ministry

[Altys]

A Final Update from the Outgoing Administration
| 9th March 2021 |

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Introduction

Hello there, thanks for reading this update from the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Thaecia! Similar to the update released in late January, this dispatch will cover the main events in Thaecia over the past couple of weeks. If you haven't already, please consider giving this dispatch an upvote, and as per usual, if you have any questions, DM or telegram Andusre (Y#9719 on discord)!

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A New Path to Establishing Diplomatic Relationships

On January 31st, the FA Ministry officially implemented a trial for a new embassy policy which brought sweeping changes to how Thaecian FA will work going forward.

Up until then, Thaecia did not accommodate for off-site embassies whether on forums or on Discord. This, however, has changed with the advent of the new Discord embassy policy.

This new policy means that all on-site embassy regions will retain their on-site embassy and will have a Discord embassy in our new Foreign Affairs Discord server. Regions looking to establish diplomatic ties with Thaecia will now be expected to apply for a Discord embassy first, where the diplomatic relationship will be tested and considered by the Foreign Affairs Ministry before moving forward to on-site embassies. These changes mean many things: we now have a different path for regions to reach out to us; we have a decently reliable way of determining which diplomatic partners are actively corresponding and communicating with us; we have more opportunity to test diplomatic relationships out before going all-in, and many more.

Since the trial period of this Discord Server, our on-site embassies with Laraniem, Northern Utopia, Greater Middle East and the United League of Nations were converted to Discord embassies. Discord embassies were also constructed with Kaer Solas, New Eastern Europe and Sky Haven - three new UCRs which we greatly look forward to co-operating with in the future.

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Late Nite Festival Two!

From the 12th February until the 19th February, Thaecia hosted the second iteration of the Late Nite Festival!

With an organising team from many different regions and led by our Minister of Culture Islonia, the festival was a great success which we hope all attendees enjoyed thoroughly!

The festival's line-up included engaging debates about NationStates (like Democracy in NS), simulated Hunger Games events, Choose Your Own Adventures (CYOAs), Raiding/Defending wargames, Skribbl.io and much much more!

Many thanks to all those who attended and to the R/D organisations who made the Cops & Robbers wargames so exciting and competitive! A special shout-out to Wischland of TITO for their remarkably valiant participation for the triumphant Cops faction!

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Establishing a Diplomatic Relationship with Spiritus

On the 22nd February, an embassy opened between Thaecia and Spiritus. Our two regions share many mutual friends and we are very excited to develop our newfound partnership with the potato-loving region and lay the groundwork for further co-operation!

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Changes to the Education Ministry

After the departure of Saint Songbird (otherwise known as Chipmunker) as the Education Minister in Thaecia, Prime Minister The Bigtopia abolished the Ministry and appointed Prussian Sail Nationto be the Secretary of Education. The reason for this ministerial abolition is largely due to the lack of success of previous Education Ministries - through no fault of their own - as the task asked of them is unimaginably large and complicated. The move raised questions over how the executive branch of Thaecia will structure itself going forward.

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Thaempirial Army in Hot Water

The newly-established Thaempirial Army [TEA] landed itself in hot water with the region's judiciary recently after violating Thaecian law.

The Military Commission Act, which governs Thaecian R/D practices, specifies that the Thaempirial Army must inform the region's legislature - which presently has 24 members/seats - of operations beforehand to give the legislature the opportunity to block participation. This particular part of the act has proven incredibly controversial: its proponents argue it allows for greater executive oversight & accountability to ensure Thaecia does not take part in R/D activity which may harm itself or others; its critics argue it is needlessly suspicious of the executive branch and endangers operational security (opsec).

This controversy came to a head when Secretary of Defense Brototh did not inform Congress of Thaecian participation in Operation Boom Beach in part due to protection of opsec and due to a lack of information at the time. Then-justice Marvinville triggered a case against Prime Minister The Bigtopia, Secretary of Defense Brototh and President The Marconian State for violating the provisions of the act. Brototh and The Marconian State both admitted wrongdoing, whilst The Bigtopia asserted they had done no wrong.

The ensuing court case lasted around 24 days, to the shock of the region at large, and resulted in the region's High Court giving a slap on the wrist to the three whilst warning that should the mistake be repeated, more stringent punishments will be imposed.

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The Aftermath of the Court Case

After the lengthy court case over Thaecian participation in Operation Boom Beach, many citizens were angered by the slowness of the court's reaction. Associate Justice Broustan resigned shortly after the case's conclusion, along with fellow Associate Justice Marvinville resigning to run for a seat in the regional legislature.

Following the resignations of the two other justices, Chief Justice Lemonadia remained in their seat. Rayekka and Snowflame were nominated to fill the vacant spots, and were both confirmed by the Senate in February.

Amendments to the MCA have been drafted to resolve the problems within the legislation, to prevent future conflicts breaking out and to enshrine a firm anti-griefing policy in Thaecian law. They will not be considered by the legislature until the regional elections have concluded.

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Other R/D Activity

The Thaecian military has been enjoying a good few weeks of activity in the past few weeks. Some of our adventures include tag raids with the Europeian Republican Navy, Lily, the East Pacific Sovereign Army, Aurrelius and The Black Hawks; chasing and detag operations with various organisations in Libcord like the the South Pacific Special Forces, The Order of the Grey Wardens, the Ten thousand Island Treaty Organisation, the League of Conservative Nations Armed Forces and the Rejected Realms Army
Thaecian WAs were also proudly present to help with the antifascist delegacy bumps against Genua and the Confederation of Corrupt Dictators, with the liberations of New United Kingdom and The Embassy along with the defences of Belgium, Japan and Anarchy.

Some may be unaware that Thaecia is a break-away region from the New Western Atlantic (NWA), a region which moved to its successor region - the New Western Empire (NWE) - in early 2019, and it is safe to say that the departure from the NWA was not a particularly clean one. The regional founder of the NWA quit NationStates and had ceased to exist. As best we understand it, the regional delegate had imposed a regional password which the founder removed upon a brief revival in February before ceasing to exist again. Another password was not applied to the region, and on the 5th March 2021, Thaempirial Army WAs entered the NWA to tag the region. With a great turnout, it was a great moment and morale boost to the military which made founders Andusre & Xernon cheer with excitement. Thank you to all the Thaecians who took part!

SPOILER: Click to show

{Tagged NWA}

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Election Season & Delegacy Transition Looms

On the 10th March 2021 at midday EST, voting will officially open in the March 2021 Thaecian General Elections

Almost every government position in Thaecia is up for grabs at the General Elections. The House of Commons, Senate, Prime Ministerial and Presidential elections will be taking place, concluding on the 13th March.

In the Prime Ministerial race, the two main contenders are Minister of Culture Islonia and Minister of Home Affairs The Islamic Country of Honour, and with the Prime Minister seat being so critically important to Thaecian government, the region will certainly be watching this race very carefully.

In the Presidential race, incumbent The Marconian State is not running for re-election. The two contenders in this race are Brototh and Hulldom with both candidates generally running on increased Thaecian presence in the WA and the continuation of the region's outward-looking Foreign Affairs policy. The Presidential election will determine who will replace The Marconian State as the delegate of Thaecia, so the region's eyes will be tightly fixed on this race as well.

The Congressional elections have the region's 24 seats up for grabs once more. With hot topics including the future of the MCA, reforming the Constitution to cut down on bloated and vague wording, the urgently-needed resizing of the region's legislature, a shift from legislature-based regional politics to executive-based politics and many more important issues, these elections will clearly have a major impact on the next 2-4 months of government.

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A Change in FA Leadership

With the election drawing nearer, the time has (somewhat sadly) come for me to depart from leading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I find it funny that back September I thought that the one position I would never ever ever want to hold is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and yet just weeks later I found myself taking up a nomination from the Prime Minister. Representing the region abroad for the past 4 months has been an absolute blast - another great surprise if I am honest! Thank you to every person and region throughout the last term who have held out their hand to Thaecia in our bid to carve out a new niche and role in the world - your support never went unnoticed or unappreciated. I look forward with immense excitement to the next term - whoever it may be who leads it - and exploring the opportunities it presents! With my list of things to mention exhausted, once again, thank you for reading our update and please consider giving this dispatch an update - we'd really appreciate it!

Many thanks,


Andusre
Now-outgoing Foreign Affairs Minister of Thaecia.

[Andusre]

Hi! Thaecia just received the results of its July General Elections. It is as follows:



Executive:
President: Brototh (Cinema#3111)

Prime Minister: Xernon (Nydaymos#3492)

Cabinet nominations will happen shortly.



Legislature:
Senate:

Ashlawn

Creckelenney

Emazia

The Islamic Country of Honour

Korsinia

Nova Anglicum

Sevae



House of Commons:

Angypt

Antenion

Peeps

Marvinville

Of Altonianic Island

Primo Order

Snalland

Sma Cyrillic

Snowflame

Taungu

Zon Island


That's all, thanks XKI! ^-^

[Andusre]

Howdy my lovely XKI friends, I bring with me a batch of warm freshly baked cookies 🍪🍪🍪 and a regional update from Thaecia ^-^
www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1576289


Thanks!! <333

[Altys]

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Press Release | June 2022

Produced by the Ministry of Communications

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Lupercalia Alliance between Thaecia and Lone Wolves United

Written By: Islonia

Following diplomatic discussions over recent weeks, the governments of Thaecia and Lone Wolves United drafted the Lupercalia Alliance. This agreement codifies the diplomatic and military relationship between two regions whom seen many interactions together and has been ratified by both regions this month. Considered as a natural progression of the relationship between our two regions, we look forward to future cooperation resulting from it.

The Treaty was passed by the Senate with 6 Ayes and 1 Abstention.

You can find the full treaty here

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A New Vice Delegate Confirmed

Written By: Islonia | Edited by Toerana V

Following the removal of the Presidency, and its replacement by the Delegacy in April, the position of Vice-Delegate has been added in the Constitution. Bearing no power outside direct succession in lieu of vacancy of the Delegate itself, the position is not coveted by many--especially given the region's low interest in WA Affairs. Nevertheless, Lukaymmunki [Luka] is a relatively new face in Thaecian politics was elected Vice-Delegate on June 12th.

His nomination on June 6th was mostly met with understanding--Luka being one of the few people involved in WA-related debates operated by the Delegacy, even hosting some of them. The few against his nomination retained against him his lack of experience in Government, which the supporters of his nomination countered by pointing out the lack of need for experienced individuals in a relatively new position with few powers and obligations, which most of them viewed as a training ground, and a more prestigious one compared to recruiters or writers.

In a referendum where 36 citizens voted, 22 voted in favour of Luka's nomination, while 12 voted against.

The Vice-Delegate, serving under Delegate Sunipi, is to serve until he resigns or the end of the Delegacy's term, set during midterm elections, approximately two months from now.

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Other Nominations from June

Written By: Toerana V

Following an extended period of inactivity, former Justice Minister Mardis was fired by Prime Minister Brototh and in their stead, [Santa Marana, a sitting MP and Senior Deputy Speaker, was nominated to the position of Justice Minister to fill their seat. A complete newcomer to the Executive, they promised to make the department as efficient as possible during their confirmation debate by the Senate.

They were confirmed by the Senate on the 13th of June with 5 Ayes, 1 Nay, and 1 Abstention.

During June, Rayekka was also renominated to continue to serve as the region's Electoral Commissioner. Their confirmation passed the House of Commons with a vote of 10 Ayes and 1 Abstention.

Finally, The Islamic Country of Honour was nominated to serve as the region's second Deputy Justice. They were nominated by Prime Minister Brototh on the 29th of May, but by request of the nominee their confirmation hearing only began on the 29th of June. They were confirmed by the House of Commons with 7 Ayes, 2 Nays, and 3 Abstentions.

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Culture, Culture, Culture!

Written By: Toerana V

From the Announcement a Thaecian Debate Night, and the first season of the region's Gameside Roleplay on the 23rd and 24th of June respectively, the region's cultural activities have seen a sharp spike in frequency and popularity. Games Nights have been held every Wednesday and Saturday, hosted by Ministers or the Prime Minister, seeing Thaecians participate in a range of browser based games (but not the political simulator kind). Alongside this, The Ambis has begun to run a Question of the Day on the RMB, and polls have come back with a revenge, being run with some frequency again. So far, we've had Game Nights with Kahoot, Skribbl.io and Gartic Phone, to much success!

Coming up this week, we have a Movie Night, hosted by Vice Delegate Lukaymmunki, on Saturday. This will see us watching Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith!

On the following day, the Sunday, Games Night will return with an evening game of Cards Against Humanity. It'll be hosted at 8pm and is hosted by Minister of Communications Toerana V.

If either of these upcoming events appeal to you, please do pop along to the Thaecian discord and say hi! Everyone is welcome.

The Calendar can be found here.

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Legislation Passed in June

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

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By: Marvinville, Santa Marana
Passed in the House of Commons 10-0-1
Passed in the Senate 6-0-1
Signed into law by Prime Minister Brototh on the 5th of June, 2022

Law and Sentencing Act 2022
By: Brototh
Passed in the House of Commons via Unanimous Consent
Passed in the Senate via Unanimous Consent
Signed into law by Prime Minister Brototh on the 14th of June, 2022

Amendment Minimum Vote Time Reform Act
By: Marvinville
Passed in the House of Commons via Unanimous Consent
Passed in the Senate 7-0-0
Signed into law by Prime Minister Brototh on the 21st of June, 2022

Military Structure and Reform Act
By: Brototh, Islonia
Passed in the House of Commons 8-0-3
Passed in the Senate 5-0-2
Signed into law by Prime Minister Brototh on the 3rd of July, 2022

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Created: 07/07/2022

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[Markanite]

Lots of amazing events and information! Busy month for Thaecia!

Thank you!

[Altys]

Press Release | July 2022

Produced by the Ministry of Communications

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The 10th Thaecian General Election

Thaecia has now held the region's tenth general election! This is an important milestone for us and to start we would like to thank everyone who has helped make this region possible over the past three and a half years. The elected positions of Prime Minister (the Head of Government and State), MP (x11) and Senator (x7) were open. This is the first general election to not feature the position of President since its abolition and reformation into World Assembly Delegate, elections for which will be held in two months. 46 ballots were cast for the Senate, and 45 for the House and Prime Minister.



The Prime Ministerial race saw only two candidates run, the Brototh/Islonia ticket on their re-election campaign after serving the previous four months, and Saltmore, a relative newcomer who has not before held office. There was little to no campaigning from either side for this election, although Brototh did conduct an interview with Rayekka detailing their ambitions for a more domestically focused Thaecian government in the coming four months.



The results came as follows, the winning candidate reaching a majority in the first round:



Brototh (Cinema) / Islonia (Altys) - 28 Votes (62.2%) [Winner] [Re-elected]

Saltmore - 17 Votes (37.8%)


Alongside the Prime Ministerial election were the elections for Congress. Congress in Thaecia is a bicameral elected legislature comprising 11 seats in the House of Commons and 7 seats in the Senate. The House serves a 2 month term and the Senate serves a 4 month term.

The campaign trail was focused again on the issue of whether or not the elected legislature should be abolished in favour of a direct democracy, with the region's second largest party, the Thaecia Globalist Party [TGP] recently turning around to support a middle ground where one chamber is made of all citizens and the other is made of elected representatives. The largest party in the region, the Freedom Party of Thaecia [FREE], continues to oppose all forms of a direct democracy, whilst the region's smallest issue-based party, the Party for Thaecian Democracy [PTD], continues to support the total abolition of a representative democracy in favour of a direct one.

Other issues of the election were on the wider activity of Thaecia and the rate of recruitment in the region, as well as the status of political parties in Thaecian politics. Despite this, parties were still extremely important in the election, with all but two candidates winning candidates belonging to some form of political party in the region. This election saw a lot of members of the House of Commons switch chambers and stand for the Senate instead.

In the House election, 16 candidates contested 11 seats. The results were as follows:

The Ambis (FREE) [Incumbent]

Santa Marana (FREE) [Incumbent]

Shrekistani(FREE) [Incumbent]

Colonix (FREE)

Mardis (FREE)

Sunipi (TGP) [Incumbent]

New Central Iowa (TGP) [Incumbent]

Haha Grape(TGP)

Lukaymmunki (TGP)

Snalland (PTD) [Incumbent]

Toerana V (IND) [Incumbent]



In the Senate election, 9 candidates contested 7 seats. The results were as follows:



Marvinville (FREE)

Sevae (TGP) [Incumbent]

Gifty (FREE) [Incumbent]

Snowflame (FREE)

Solittus (TGP)

Angypt (CTC) [Incumbent]

Saltmore (IND)

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Chamber Leader Elections

Written By: Solittus

Each chamber has now elected a leader to lead them for the next term. In the House, three candidates put themselves forward for the position of Speaker of the House of Commons. These three candidates were: Santa Marana, Lukaymmunki and Snalland. The vote seemed fairly balanced and the result unclear, until both Santa Marana and Lukaymmunki withdrew from the contest to support Snalland for the Speaker. Therefore, Snalland is now Speaker of the House of Commons. In the Senate, a single candidate, Snowflame, stood unopposed for election and was duly elected as Chairman of the Senate.

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A New Cabinet

Written By: Solittus

The new Prime Minister, Brototh, has made new Cabinet nominations over the last few weeks. She stated that "I have chosen the people with the most vision and best plans for their respective Ministry and who I believe will be able to carry out the role in the best manner." These nominations have now been voted on by the Senate. The following ministers have been confirmed by the Senate:

Marvinville as Minister of Domestic Affairs, with 6 ayes and 1 abstention.



Altys (Islonia) as Minister of Foreign Affairs, with the Senate voting unanimously in favour.



Toerana V as Minister of Cultural Affairs, with 5 ayes and 2 nays.



Solittus as Minister of Communications, with 5 ayes, 1 nay and 1 abstention.



Cerdenia as Minister of Legal Affairs, with 6 ayes and 1 abstention.



Only one nomination failed to be approved by the Senate: the nomination of The Ambis as Minister of Legal Affairs. The Senate rejected this nomination with 2 members voting aye, 3 voting nay, and 2 abstaining. The Senate believed that the candidate was inexperienced and that his vision of maintaining the "status quo" was not the best way forward. Shortly after, Brototh nominated Cerdenia for this role, stating that "he is extremely experienced and has done very well in the post in the past and I am confident in his abilities." The Senate approved this nomination in the last few days, and Cerdenia has now become Minister of Legal Affairs.



The post of Minister of Defence is still vacant, with no one yet nominated for the position.

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Recruitment Update

Written By: Marvinville

As of July 29, Thaecia’s population has increased by 54 nations since the beginning of the month. Not only that, but Thaecia’s population has increased by 79 nations since July 7, which is when Thaecia has recorded its lowest population at 328 nations for the previous 310 days. Thaecia’s population has increased in 17 out of the 22 days since July 7 due to our recruitment efforts. And there's not just our population increasing by 54 nations this month; Thaecia has also passed the 400 nation mark for the first time in 75 days.

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Ministry of Culture Update

Written By: Toerana V

All throughout July the Ministry of Culture under Angypt, and later Toerana V, has begun running games and events in Thaecia's discord, and occasionally on Thaecia's Regional Message Board. Towards the beginning of July, this saw games of Kahoot, Cards Against Humanity and Gartic Phone run throughout the week, as well as seeing a return of a Thacian favourite in a Hunger Games.



As the month progressed, Snalland hosted a Thaecian Debate Night on the Regional Message Board, and Altys hosted a very successful game of Stellaris, that lasted for over 6 and a half hours and saw a surprisingly large amount of time paused in debate.



Continuing this trend, and as we head into August, games will continue, as per our Calendar for the first two weeks. All events are hosted in our discord, for the time being, and we hope to see you there! Keep an eye out on the discord events channel for news, information (and more likely than not a healthy dose of nonsense from Prime Minister Brototh).

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Legislation Passed in July

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

By: Marvinville, Sunipi

Passed in the House of Commons via Unanimous Consent

Passed in the Senate via Unanimous Consent

Signed into law by Prime Minister Brototh on the 12th of July, 2022

[Altys]

Also--be sure to upvote the dispatch!! : www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1742249

[Markanite]

Thanks for the update Altys! I've upvoted the dispatch too!

[Altys]

Heloooo Thaecia's August-September Update is out--be sure to check it out!



Dispatch Version | NS Forums Version



I won't make a version specific to this forum like I always do given we got some fancy graphics made by one of our citizens and this forum has lots of different themes.  Make sure to upvote the dispatch too!!!

edit: fixed links 

[Markanite]

Thank you for the update!

[Altys]

It is time for a Thaecia Foreign Update! There's not as much as last time, but the next will be juicier since we're having General Elections soon!! So stay tuned™️

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Press Release | November 2022
Produced by the Ministry of Communications

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The 11th Thaecian General Election
Written By: The Ambis
Edited by: Brototh and Islonia

Thaecia has now held the region's eleventh general election! It is the greatest number of valid ballots cast in a Thaecian election, finishing at 83 votes cast. The elected positions of Prime Minister (the Head of Government and State), MP (x11) and Senator (x7) were open. Eighty ballots were cast for the Senate and the House, and eighty-three for the Prime Minister.

Despite pre-election polls, it was still largely up in the air as to who would claim the coveted position. Further adding to that was the report from The Islamic Country of Honour that 83+ people had voted in the election, an enormous number that was a delightful surprise to many, with candidate Islonia stating that “it’s a turnout victory.” In the end, the results were:

Marvinville / Rayekka - 50 Votes (60.24%) [Winner]
Islonia (Altys) / The Ambis - 31 Votes (37.34%)
Saltmore - 2 Votes (2.42%)

Alongside the Prime Ministerial election were the elections for Congress. Congress in Thaecia is a bicameral elected legislature comprising 11 seats in the House of Commons and 7 seats in the Senate. The House serves a 2-month term, and the Senate serves a 4-month term. The campaign trail was focused on the size of Congress, on the issue of whether the elected legislature should be abolished in favour of a direct democracy, and on changes to the recall system. Other issues included time passed scrutinising bills and the candidates' commitment to the position may they be elected.

This election came following the downfall of the Thaecian Globalist Party (TGP), rebranded into The Phoenix Party (PHX), overthrown by The Alternative (ALT) as Thaecia's second largest political party. The change indicates a loss of momentum in the direct democracy movement in the region.

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

Democratized Peoples (IND)
New Central Iowa (PHX)
Pap Sculgief (IND)
Pradera (FREE)
Rayekka (IND)
Saltmore (ALT) [Incumbent]
Snowflame (FREE) [Incumbent]


In the House election, 17 candidates contested 11 seats. The results were as follows:

Angypt (ALT)
Isopi (ALT)
Mardis (FREE) [Incumbent]
Republic of Aiyland (PHX)
Santa Marana (FREE) [Incumbent]
Ska Siraind (PHX)
Snalland (PTD)
The Ambis (ALT) [Incumbent]
The United Patagonian States (FREE) [Incumbent]
Ttyxious (PHX)
Zon island (FREE)

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A new Cabinet

Written By: Islonia

General Elections oblige, it was time to renew the Cabinet! The new Prime Minister, Marvinville, has made new Cabinet nominations over the last few weeks. These nominations have now been voted on and confirmed by the Senate. Therefore the following ministers for this term are:

• Pap Sculgief as Minister of Domestic Affairs, with 6 ayes and 1 abstention.
  
• Brototh as Minister of Foreign Affairs, with 6 ayes and 1 abstention.
• Toerana V as Minister of Culture, with 5 ayes and 2 nays.
• Islonia as Minister of Defence, with 6 ayes and 1 absentee.
• Isopi as Minister of Communications, with 6 ayes and 1 absentee.
• Snowflame as Minister of Legal Affairs, with 4 ayes, 2 abstentions and 1 absentee.

As for each ministers' plans for the term, while the general goal of the Cabinet is to follow the ideas of Prime Minister Marvinville, each have stated more in depth explanations of such goals or displayed additional ones to the Senate. These include, but are not limited to:

MoDA Pap Sculgief's pledge to further incentivise citizens to manually recruit and reward those who do so; as well as bringing additional focus from the Government to onsite infrastructures where he deems it to have a "lessen[ed] presence". Currently the Minister has worked towards updating the Government's dispatch network as well as manually recruiting and welcoming newcomers. He has selected Syrasia as his Deputy Minister.

MoFA Brototh's pledge to reform the Diplomatic corps who will "not just be mindless administrative drones", but instead as citizens "more involved in the FA process" as well as "giv[ing them]" a voice" in our region's FA. She is currently working towards this goal, with an expected announcement on the weekend of December 3rd. She has selected Islonia as her Deputy Minister.

MoC Toerana V's pledge to expand the ministry's reach in both activities and people, aiming to hold more events with a more diversified palette while giving an increased focus on the gameside part of the region which he admitted was his "weakest area" last term. Progress for these many goals are well underway as can be shown in the region's culture calendar. He has selected Ska Siraind as his Deputy Minister.

MoD Islonia's pledge to continue on the current trend he's set up last terms as Tagus while specifically stating he wishes the Thaempirial Army to "stay entirely independent from any other organisation", to train a new guard capable of leading the Army, and to have it be more "visible" to non-soldiers. Progress is well underway with the army now taking part in liberations from its own server, several soldiers being trained to become officers, and operation reports being publicised to the region. He has yet to select a Deputy Minister.

MoLA Snowflame's pledge to break the "status quo" (the ministry's relative inactivity outside of court cases) by proposing analysises of bills through the eyes of the Executive, comparing them to the Delegacy's WA Recommendations. He hopes to propose weekly reviews and to offer another activity for newcomers to take part in. He has yet to select a Deputy Minister.

Comms Isopi's pledge to keep the ministry running as it currently does with its monthly updates, while hoping to give an open platform for opinion articles and the like under the umbrella of the Thaecian Tribune. She has selected Astorius as her Deputy Minister.

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The Treaty of Nakasako

Written By: Islonia

Following several days of negotiations and assent from the Thaecian Senate, it is the pleasure of the governments of Thaecia and the Alstroemerian Commonwealths to announce the Treaty of Nakasako. Named after the capital of the Takeda Shogunate, one of Thaecia's most powerful nation throughout its many seasons of roleplay, the treaty represents the formalisation of several years of relationship starting with the failed yet obviously not unsuccessful Consortium project. It codifies a diplomatic, cultural and defensive relationship between two signatories whose interests regularly align; therefore acting as a natural expansion of our partnership.

The Treaty can be viewed here.

Signed,

Thaecia:
Marvinville Prime Minister
Brototh, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Islonia, Minister of Defence, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

Alstroemerian Commonwealths:
Ill'haress Haaton Prime, Delegate & Empress of Japan
Particle, Delegate of Yggdrasil
Tostandia, Delegate of Eientei Gensokyo
Mocha, Delegate of The Glorious Nations of Iwaku

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November Hunger Games

Written by: Islonia

More than a year following its last Hunger Games, the region relaunched its recurring suvivor event as a monthly occurrence. In addition to the rebirth of the regional tradition, it was decided to invite friends from partner regions to take part in the games as a way to get to meet new people from overseas!

This month Aros Elyium was invited. The total number of tributes was 36, though it is estimated the number of players were more around 40 due to last minute arrivals or accidental double entries of the same tribute by host Islonia. Same goes for the tributes' gender, which were left at random due to him not changing them. The live event lasted a little over a hour, with ultimately Auravas winning the show.

The highlights of the night were Creckelenney's killing spree at the beginning of the Hunger Games (setting off a bomb that killed 4 tributes at once) then immediate shutdown the night after at the hands of four other tributes; and Sunipi's Boris Johnson tribute who kept doing suspicious actions which almost led him to win the game before he stepped on a landmine and died, thus ending up second place.

For a recap of the events, see:
- The Reaping
- The summary
- The placements per tributes
- The overall placements

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Legislation Passed in November

Compiled by: Islonia

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

- L.R. 064 Congressional Internship Act(2022)
By: Snowflame and Brototh
Automatically signed into law without Prime Ministerial assent

- Amendments to LR 048: Positions Restrictions Reform Act
By: Brototh and Rayekka
Signed into law by Prime Minister Marvinville on the 17th of November, 2022

- Treaty of Nakasako
By: Islonia
Passed by the Senate on November 27th, 2022

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Additional Information

Compiled by: Islonia and Brototh

- The Thaempirial Army has reached a combined force of 43 members: 20 active soldiers, 13 reserve soldiers, and 10 militiamen.

- The last officially hosted Paradox Game was a Stellaris multiplayer on Friday 25th! Sadly everyone died to Gigastructural Engeering's "The Blokkats" endgame crisis.

- Thaecia switched its vote from abstain to in favour of Repeal: "Condemn Ever-Wandering Souls" in solidarity with [region]The Free Nations Region[/region] which was subject to an attempted delegacy bump for also voting in favour of the resolution.

- In the Roleplay, the Arbëri-Rhyssuan war sees South Selenia join Rhyssua's side following repeated violations of her sovereignty by Arbër, joined swiftly by the United Kingdoms. After a short series of battles and bombing campaigns, Arbëri General Luderin led a coup against the government and has sued for peace to the Selenian triumverate. The Paragonian Civil War sees an alliance of Koelasian nations come together to enact a blockade around the region, pressuring all sides to come to the negotiation table following years of brutal fighting.

Provided by the Ministry of Communications

Created: 04/12/2022



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