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Mission: To study the featured regions of NationStates, to compile a system for studying their history, and to communicate findings from each region to improve regions around the world.

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Our Review System:

Community - The overall feel of the region from a standard viewer. This category will base off player presence, player friendliness, and how well the new player fits in. This will be scaled from 1-10.

(RP Regions Only) Writing Quality - Determines the quality of the various roleplays by a roleplay region. This category will include writing style, the beauty of the writing and it's supplemental elements (pictures, etc.), activity, and roleplay etiquette (presence of god-modding, etc.). This will be scaled from 1-10.

(GP Regions Only) Effectiveness – Determines the quality of the region's military of a region that is aligned in Gameplay, on a region created for the sole purpose of engaging in the R/D Game. This category will include the success rating, the importance of the regions raided/defended, and the reputation of the region on the international scale. This will be scaled from 1-10.

Government – Some governments are particularly oppressive in regions, while others are relaxed or non-existant. This category will note on how much the government intervenes in standard regional life. It will include the government size (citizen:official ratio), government effectiveness, and presence of a government in the first place (will only include WA Delegate and Founder). To avoid bias, the result of this section will give the government a category (Anarchy will be reserved for no government and an inactive or unhappy populace).

Name and Beauty – The quality of the regional flag, WFE, and other custom features of a region that will be one of the first things a nation will see. This section will also include the region's name, as a concept for the region (such as how New Gensokyo is for Touhou fans). This section is based on appeal and truthfulness of the custom fields. This will be scaled from 1-10.

The overall score will be determined by the average of the Community, Writing Quality, Effectiveness, N&B, and Government effectiveness (ONLY the stat) scores. This score will be a recommendation of how much this region should be recommended to the international community in it's current state.

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Fast Facts System Checklist. All fields are self-explanatory.:

Name of Region:
Date Featured:
Welcome Telegram:
Initial Population (The day before featured):
Activity Level: [No=No RMB Activity for 1 Year+, Very Low=No RMB Activity for 1 Month+, Low= No RMB Activity for 1 Week+, Average=Activity only during day of regional time zone, High=Daily Activity, Very High=Constant activity]
GP/RP Stance:
(GP) Alignment:
(RP) Tech Level:
Stable Founder:[Active daily around update times, ideally]
Executive Delegate:
Presence of Delegate:
Presence of Auxiliary Government Bureaus:
Concept (Estimated):
Summary: [Observations of the region for giving background and supporting Review]
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Previous reviews (in order of score): page=dispatch/id=281520

The West Atlantic appears to be an Isolationist For-Friends Region. Meaning, it is very separate from the international community and is a very small community of nations that are likely friends and have other means of communication. That being said, the RMB activity is quite low, which is why I could easily find the previous feature dates. A new player entering this region might not exactly get the entire NS experience from inside the confines of an inactive region meant for a circle of friends.

Upon further analysis, the government has been busy in banning people that aren't friends entering the region. Half way through reviewing, I found a banning of someone who simply wished the region good job for being featured. Entrance might not be possible into the region. A shame.

Review:

COMMUNITY (1 out of 10) - The community is almost non-existant in the region. Upon checking all of the latest government activities of all of the nations, all of them were near a week inactive. A new player trying to fit into the region will have trouble trying to get someone to notice them, for there is nobody to greet them and make them feel welcome. 1/10 for the benefit of the doubt for possibly being a friends' region.

GOVERNMENT (Exclusive Circle) – There are no real leaders or followers in this region. Every member appears to be equal, such as it is, and someone just had to found the region. I was almost about to give this a pretty good rap for what it is until I found out that another featured region puppet was banned, which makes me think that this region is against having other nations that aren't them in it – hence Exclusive in Exclusive Circle.

NAME AND BEAUTY (3 out of 10) – The name doesn't make a whole lot of sense for the region. While it is understandable that it bases it's name off of The West Pacific, a GCR, and that the Pacific regions don't relate to their name much at all – is is evident that the founder just made the name to say they had a name. The WFE is one line long. The only redeeming aspect is the flag, which is the eye of a colossal squid - which at least meets the Atlantic part of the name. 3/10 for the relevant flag.

And the Hina Kagiyama Overall Featured Region Score is 1 out of 10. This region is really meant for people that know the founder, and should probably be behind a password. It's evident that not a lot of work is put into this region, but whatever floats the boats of the nations inside that would likely be as active as they are any other place. Keep in mind that this review wasn't so worried about the fact that they were just an “oh so evil Isolationist” region, but that they expected others – from the bannings – to know that they were and to stay out.