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[align=centre][font=times] [URL=https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_embassy][size=300][color=#117893]The[/color] [color=#d13b40]Embassy[/Color][/size][/URL] [size=120][color=#d13b40]Connecting[/color] [color=#feaf12]|[/Color] [color=#117893]Diversity[/color][/size] [background-block=#117893][size=150][color=#117893]|[/color][/size][URL=#requests][Color=#feaf12][size=150] E[/size][size=120]MBASSY[/size][size=150] R[/size][size=120]EQUESTS[/size][/color][/URL] [size=150][color=#d13b40][b]|[/b][/Color] [URL=#rmb][Color=#feaf12]R[/size][size=120]MB[/size][size=150] G[/size][size=120]UIDELINES[/size][/color][/URL] [size=150][color=#d13b40][b]|[/b][/Color] [URL=#raids][Color=#feaf12]A[/size][size=120]VOIDING[/size][size=150] R[/size][size=120]AIDS[/size][/color][/URL] [size=150][color=#d13b40][b]|[/b][/Color] [URL=#resources][Color=#feaf12]R[/size][size=120]ESOURCES[/size][/color][/URL] [size=150][color=#d13b40][b]|[/b][/Color] [URL=#history][Color=#feaf12]H[/size][size=120]ISTORY[/size][/color][/URL] [size=150][color=#d13b40][b]|[/b][/Color] [URL=https://www.nationstates.net/page=compose_telegram?tgto=The%20Ambassadors%20Reception][Color=feaf12]C[/size][size=120]ONTACT[/size] [size=150]U[/size][size=120]S[/size][/color][/URL][/background-block][/font][/Align] [I]The Embassy is a unique region formed back in 2015, it aims to be the largest connector of diversity amongst regions, connecting thousands to each other through a single point.[/I] [Anchor=requests][/anchor] [background-block=#117893][color=#117893]_[/color][color=#feaf12][font=times][size=150] E[/size][size=120]MBASSY[/size][size=150] R[/size][size=120]EQUESTS[/size][/font][/color][/background-block] We reach out to almost all new regions, offering them a game-side embassy. If we missed you, please, [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=region_control/region=the_embassy#embassies][b][color=#117893]request an embassy[/color][/b][/url]! Our strategy benefits new founders by: - Giving easy access to useful information and advice - Providing a place to promote their region, news, and events - Allowing cross-cultural communications and cooperation [b][color=#d13b40]How do I accept your embassy request?[/color][/b] Founders and Regional Officers with Embassy powers can accept. On your region's Admin page, there is a section for [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=region_control#embassies][color=#117893]Embassies[/color][/url]. You'll see the request there. Click the 'Accept' button next to the request, and after three and a half days, our embassy will open. Embassy requests expire 7 days after being sent. If the request expires, you can [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=region_control/region=the_embassy#embassies][color=#117893]request an embassy[/color][/url] with us, of course. [b][color=#d13b40]Why should we open embassies?[/color][/b] When our embassies open, all nations in your region will be able to post on our RMB. You're allowed to use our RMB for advertising and recruiting, as long as you follow our [URL=#rmb][color=#117893]RMB Guidelines[/color][/url] below. Our RMB is also a great place to ask questions. With thousands of embassy connections, there's a good chance someone will be able to help. Depending on your Admin page settings, (your choice), we may also be able to post on your RMB. We tend not to post often. But we do get to boast about how many embassies we have! [Anchor=rmb][/anchor] [background-block=#117893][color=#117893]_[/color][color=#feaf12][font=times][size=150]R[/size][size=120]MB[/size][size=150] G[/size][size=120]UIDELINES[/size][/font][/color][/background-block] [b][color=#d13b40]General RMB Guidelines[/color][/b] [List] [*]Keep within [URL=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=260044][color=#117893]NS site rules[/color][/URL] [*]Don't post poorly about other nations or regions [*]Avoid excessive CAPS LOCKING, [b]bolding[/b], and [u]underlining[/u] [*][url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1355623][b]🌍 TourAdvisor[/b][/url] reviews should follow [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1355623]these additional guidelines[/url]. [/List] [b][color=#d13b40]Additional Guidance for Advertisements and Recruitment[/color][/b] [list] [*]Clearly state the thing being promoted [*]Stay within 5 lines / 60 words [*]Link to whatever you're advertising [*]Linked polls should be open to all. [*]Linked Factbooks / Dispatches must have audience appeal. [*]Adverts should target the whole NS audience [/List] Example advertisement [Box]Which is best? [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=poll/p=125855]Standard or curly fries?[/url][/Box] [Anchor=raids][/anchor] [background-block=#117893][color=#117893]_[/color][color=#feaf12][font=times][size=150]A[/size][size=120]VOIDING[/size][size=150] R[/size][size=120]AIDS[/size][/font][/color][/background-block] [b][color=#d13b40]Top Tip for New Founders - Remove all powers from your WA Delegate[/color][/b] [u]How[/u] On your region's [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=region_control#officers][color=#117893]Administration[/color][/url] page, the founder can click the [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=regional_officer/office=delegate][color=#117893]"Modify"[/color][/url] button next to the WA Delegate role. Remove all the ticks except "World Assembly", then confirm the changes. [u]Why[/u] Raiders take advantage of delagacies with powers. Working in teams of two or more, they can install one of their own as delegate. Depending on the available powers, they then change your flag, WFE, tags, and can close your embassies etc. As founder, you can fix all these things afterwards, but it's annoying. [u]But I want my legitimate Delegate to have these powers[/u] You can create an additional role via the Administration page, and give it all the powers you want (except "Executive"). You can then give that role to the legitimate Delegate - they can hold both roles. "Executive" allows whoever is delegate to add other powers to themselves, and also appoint other regional officers. By losing this power, there is a downside for the Delegate, but not too severe. [u]Watch out for[/u] If the founder leaves the region, or CTEs (ceases to exist), the Delegate position automatically gets set to "Executive", and so the region is open to being raided again. [Anchor=resources][/anchor] [background-block=#117893][color=#117893]_[/color][color=#feaf12][font=times][size=150]R[/size][size=120]ESOURCES[/size][/font][/color][/background-block] Questions can be asked on our [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=display_region_rmb/region=the_embassy][color=#117893]RMB[/color][/url], or via [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=compose_telegram?tgto=The%20Ambassadors%20Reception][color=#117893]Telegram[/color][/url]. [b][color=#d13b40]Recommended Reading[/color][/b] [url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=353470][color=#117893]How To Build A Region[/color][/url] by [nation]Consular[/nation] [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1034239][color=#117893]The Reference Library[/color][/url] by [nation]All Wild Things[/nation] [Anchor=history][/anchor] [background-block=#117893][color=#117893]_[/color][color=#feaf12][font=times][size=150]H[/size][size=120]ISTORY[/size][/font][/color][/background-block] [b][color=#d13b40]Number of Embassies[/color][/b] [align=center][img]https://i.imgur.com/KgOBUFa.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/wPv9Yjb.png[/img][/align] [Spoiler=Embassy Milestones] [table] [tr][td]Date[/td][td]Embassy Milestone[/td][/tr] [tr][td]26 Apr 2015[/td][td]Founded by [nation]Embassy Master[/nation][/td][/tr] [tr][td]21 May 2015[/td][td]50 embassies[/td][/tr] [tr][td]4 Sep 2015[/td][td]100 embassies[/td][/tr] [tr][td]24 Sep 2015[/td][td]250 embassies[/td][/tr] [tr][td]26 Oct 2015[/td][td]500 embassies[/td][/tr] [tr][td]13 Jan 2016[/td][td]1000 embassies[/td][/tr] [tr][td]21 Mar 2016[/td][td]1389 embassies - the most in NS*[/td][/tr] [tr][td]23 Mar 2016[/td][td]1500 embassies[/td][/tr] [tr][td]13 Jun 2016[/td][td]1675 embassies - no longer the most*[/td][/tr] [tr][td]2 Apr 2017[/td][td]1597 embassies - the most in NS*[/td][/tr] [tr][td]4 Apr 2017[/td][td]1617 embassies - the most in NS*[/td][/tr] [tr][td]16 May 2017[/td][td]2000 embassies[/td][/tr] [tr][td]12 Mar 2018[/td][td]3000 embassies[/td][/tr] [tr][td]8 Apr 2018[/td][td]3055 embassies - the most ever to date[/td][/tr] [tr][td]12 Apr 2019[/td][td]4000 embassies[/td][/tr] [tr][td]16 Apr 2019[/td][td]4057 embassies - one for every six regions in NS[/td][/tr] [tr][td]20 Apr 2019 (ish)[/td][td]The Embassy develops a lag[/td][/tr] [tr][td]21 May 2019[/td][td]4196 embassies - the most ever to date[/td][/tr] [tr][td]24 May 2019[/td][td]We get our own [url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=464915&start=1]bug fix[/url]![/td][/tr] [tr][td]19 Feb 2020[/td][td]4312 embassies - the most ever to date[/td][/tr] [/table] *According to The Embassy WFE [/Spoiler] Since late 2018, our strategy has been to only request embassies with regions tagged as 'new'. This means regions should never get more than one request from us. The rule was broken on 14th February 2019 though, when it looked like [region]SECFanatics[/region] were about to break our record for most embassies. We kept ahead by requesting embassies with all of [i]their[/i] embassies. [b][color=#d13b40]The Siege of The Embassy[/color][/b] Founder [nation]Embassy Master[/nation] ceased to exist on 1 Sep 2018. Six days later, raider [nation]Alpha Force[/nation] took the delegacy, and ordered the closure of over 1800 embassies. [nation]The Magical Puppet[/nation] and [nation]A Goblinoid Merchant[/nation] worked to get support to overthrow the raiders. Volunteers came to help, but, inexperienced, were quickly ejected by Alpha Force. Fortunately TITO came to the rescue, installing [nation]Andeddo no Taigun[/nation] as delegate on 8 Sep 2018. TITO ejected the raiders, and cancelled the closure of embassies. When TITO wound up their operation, The Embassy was vulnerable to raids again because there was no password in place. Adding a password costs influence: 40 points for every nation in the region, or 400 points, whichever is higher. With 30 nations in the region, neither The Magical Puppet or A Goblinoid Merchant had enough points to do the whole job. The Magical Puppet was elected delegate. They used their influence to eject all the nations who had only recently arrived in the region. Working as a tag team, A Goblinoid Merchant was then made delegate. With fewer nations in the region, they were able to add a password, securing the region. A week later, on 21 Sep 2018, Embassy Master returned and removed the password. The initial relief of their return faded as 28 days went by without another login. On day 29, it was clear they were in vacation mode. On day 59, new nations were once again removed by Regional Officers. [nation]Leppikania[/nation] was elected Delegate, and had enough influence to add a password. Next day, Embassy Master ceased to exist again. But this time, The Embassy was secure. [spoiler=Timeline of Delegates] [table] [tr][td]Date[/td][td]Founder / Delegate Event[/td][/tr] [tr][td]26 Apr 2015[/td][td]Region founded by Embassy master.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]15 Sep 2015[/td][td]The party for money elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]16 Sep 2015[/td][td]The party for money removed as WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]17 Sep 2015[/td][td]The party for money elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]1 Oct 2015[/td][td]Unionized god realms elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]1 Oct 2015[/td][td]The party for money elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]1 Nov 2015[/td][td]apple elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]2 Nov 2015[/td][td]Bad defence elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]26 Nov 2015[/td][td]Bad defence lost WA Delegate status.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]26 Nov 2015[/td][td]The party for money elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]21 Feb 2016[/td][td]The party for money ceased to exist, ending a reign of 87 days.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]21 Feb 2016[/td][td]The party for money removed as WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]5 Apr 2016[/td][td]Green paradise4 elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]10 Jul 2016[/td][td]Green paradise4 removed as WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]31 Mar 2017[/td][td]Deathtall elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]1 Apr 2017[/td][td]Deathtall lost WA Delegate status.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]2 Apr 2017[/td][td]Germandric elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]3 Apr 2017[/td][td]Germandric lost WA Delegate status.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]2 May 2017[/td][td]The netherlands and france elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]17 Jun 2017[/td][td]The netherlands and france removed as WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]25 Jun 2017[/td][td]Formal dutch twente elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]26 Jun 2017[/td][td]Green paradise4 elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]27 Jun 2017[/td][td]Green paradise4 removed as WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]29 Jun 2017[/td][td]Formal dutch twente elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]2 Jul 2017[/td][td]Formal dutch twente ceased to exist, ending a reign of 2 days.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]2 Jul 2017[/td][td]Formal dutch twente removed as WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]15 Jul 2017[/td][td]Land of cream puffs elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]15 May 2018[/td][td]Land of cream puffs removed as WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]16 May 2018[/td][td]Land of cream puffs elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]28 Jul 2018[/td][td]Land of cream puffs removed as WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]1 Sep 2018[/td][td]Regional Founder Embassy master ceased to exist.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]7 Sep 2018[/td][td]Alpha Force elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]8 Sep 2018[/td][td]Andeddo no Taigun elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]11 Sep 2018[/td][td]Andeddo no Taigun lost WA Delegate status.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]11 Sep 2018[/td][td]West Berg elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]14 Sep 2018[/td][td]The Magical Puppet elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]15 Sep 2018[/td][td]A Goblinoid Merchant elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]22 Sep 2018[/td][td]A Goblinoid Merchant removed as WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]20 Nov 2018[/td][td]Leppikania elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]20 Nov 2018[/td][td]Leppikania removed as WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]21 Nov 2018[/td][td]Regional Founder Embassy master ceased to exist.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]22 Apr 2019[/td][td]The Hanzanburg Union elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]24 Apr 2019[/td][td]The Hanzanburg Union removed as WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]8 Jun 2019[/td][td]The Hanzanburg Union elected WA Delegate.[/td][/tr] [/table][/spoiler] [spoiler=Abandoned Security Council Proposals] [b][color=#d13b40]Abandoned Security Council Proposals[/color][/b] [table=plain] [tr][td][b]Date[/b][/td][td][b]Author[/b][/td][td][b]Title[/b][/td][/tr] [tr][td]20 Mar 2016[/td][td][nation]Floor 448[/nation][/td][td][url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=371728][color=#117893]Commend The Embassy[/color][/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td]16 Sep 2016[/td][td][nation]South Asians[/nation][/td][td][url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=423871][color=#117893]Commend The Embassy[/color][/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td]31 Dec 2016[/td][td][nation]Balcones[/nation][/td][td][url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=399452][color=#117893]Commend The Embassy[/color][/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td]16 Jan 2018[/td][td][nation]He Qixin 2[/nation][/td][td][url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=434149][color=#117893]Commend The Embassy[/color][/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td]05 Mar 2020[/td][td][nation]Kildareia[/nation][/td][td][url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=481710][color=#117893]Commend The Embassy[/color][/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td]05 Jun 2020[/td][td][nation]Jakker City[/nation][/td][td][url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=486717][color=#117893]Liberate The Embassy[/color][/url][/td][/tr] [tr][td]06 Jul 2020[/td][td][nation]Cantanasia Objective[/nation][/td][td][url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=488174][color=#117893]Commend The Embassy[/color][/url][/td][/tr] [/table][/spoiler] [b][color=#d13b40]Flags[/color][/b] [table] [tr][td]Image[/td][td]Designer[/td][td]Date[/td][td]Notes[/td][/tr] [tr][td][align=center][img]https://i.imgur.com/8zEjBX4l.png[/img][/align][/td][td][nation]Embassy Master[/nation] (assumed)[/td][td]By 1 Nov 2015[/td][td]The exact date and designer are uncertain.[/td][/tr] [tr][td][align=center][img]https://i.imgur.com/5MrrDM6l.png[/img][/align][/td][td][nation]The Hanzanburg Union[/nation][/td][td]1 May 2019[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td][align=center][img]https://i.imgur.com/T0tpqEbt.png[/img][/align][/td][td][nation]Eastern Tatarstan[/nation][/td][td]10 Apr 2020[/td][td]This is the winner of our Flag Design competition. The bold colours, and network of nodes in the centre made it the favourite[/td][/tr] [tr][td][align=center][img]https://i.imgur.com/wwLA4fc.png[/img][/align][/td][td][nation]The Ambassadors Reception[/nation][/td][td]25 Apr 2020[/td][td]In time for our fifth birthday, minor changes were made to [nation]Eastern Tatarstan[/nation]'s design. The black stripe was switched for blue, and the central design was reduced to six nodes, to represent having embassies with one in every six regions.[/td][/tr] [/table]
