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🦮 New Residents Guide
We are a region of many faiths, belief systems, and ideologies, and all are welcome here except those intending to raid or invade us, or to break the rules here, those folks are right out. We count to three, not four or five, or two except when intending to proceed to three, 
when we throw our holy hand grenades, so watch out unless you wish to snuff it.
List of useful dispatches and topics
If you have recently joined the region or Nationstates, these dispatches might interest you:
Nationstates A Comprehensive Guide by Amerion, which provides a good overview of game mechanics.
The LazMap dispatch by New Rogernomics, which explains the official regional map and how to join it.
The Lazarene Card Guild dispatch by Debussy and Lazarene Dino, which explains card mechanics here.
The Lazarene embassy on the Nationstates Gameplay forum, which provides current and historical news of Lazarus.
If you are interested in joining the Lazarene forum these forum topics might interest you:
- Welcome to Lazarus, which is a list of helpful topics
- Guide to the forum, which explains the forum software features
- Mandate of Lazarus, an explanatory guide, a constitutional guide to the region
It is also advisable to view these threads on the Nationstates forum if you are interested in roleplaying:
- Roleplaying Tips and Suggestions by Santheres, which provides a good overview of the types of roleplay and how to go about it.
- International Incidents (New Player) guide by Santheres that provides a very extensive list of links to topics that can help you develop your nation, its factbooks, and get an idea how to best go about interactions with other nations, or even getting actively involved in role play on the main Nationstates forum.
There are many more such threads in the
National and International Roleplaying subforum, so you may wish to explore all these additional threads as well.
Some may also wish to view the historical Humane Republic to Undead Dominion era forums, which can be viewed in Zetaboards html style, and Tapatalk for a searchable working forum.
How is Lazarus run?
The institutions of Lazarus
Lazarus has a World Assembly Delegate (or Hegemon) as a head of state, currently this is Treadwellia.
Lazarus has an Executive Council (or Boule) as the collective head of government, and they appoint the prime minister, ministers and important officials.
Lazarus has a court, and a security council called the Council of Lazarene Security (or CLS).
Also in the Channels & Roles section
During discord onboarding you will be asked to select the Verified role, which is to verify you are not a bot.
Support can also be received through the discord ticketing system:
Foreign regions and organizations should be advised that we only host embassies on our discord server, which is where an application can also be made.
We hope to see you there!
Discord Server Bots
Goldie is the bot for Nationstates information, a useful tool to help endorsements, and look up cards and World Assembly resolutions.
Goldie's List of Commands:
!card Retrieves general info about the specified card.
!deck Retrieves general info about the specified nation's deck.
!nation Retrieves general info about a specified NationStates nation
!ne Nations Endorsing (NE) the specified WA nation
!nec Nations Endorsing [Count] (NEC) the specified WA nation
!nne Nations Not Endorsing (NNE) the specified WA nation
!nnec Nations Not Endorsing [Count] (NNEC) the specified WA nation
!region Retrieves general info about a specified NationStates region
!shard Retrieves the specified info from NationStates
!spdr Soft Power Disbursement Rating (SPDR, aka numerical Influeuence
!wa Retrieves general info about World Assembly resolutions.
!ga Retrieves general info about General Assembly resolutions.
!sc Retrieves general info about Security Council resolutions.
Penelope is the general server bot with a long list of commands that aren't NS related.
Green Bot is the radio and music bot which offers 24/7 music from spotify, youtube, and other platforms.
Nai is the bot for image generation.
Joining the Lazarus forum allows you to:
Obtain citizenship, participate in the legislature, and join government ministries (see dispatch)
Participate in Lazarene events and spam games
Post RPs about your nation, and make Wiki articles for your nation via LazWiki (
see forum page). Join the regional guard (or military) of Lazarus
When registering on the Lazarus forum, you can do so using an email account or a Discord account. It is advisable to add your nation name on registration so that other members know what your nation is, though more details can be added, and your Discord account can be linked to your forum account. You can link your Discord account in the Connected Accounts page of your forum profile.
Linking an existing Lazarus forum account to a Discord account has a guide here: Linking your Discord account
Do I have to register?
If you are not interested in joining the forum,or just want to role-play your nation and answer issues, then there are still areas you can access without joining the forum.
The first recommended area to access is the Legislative Library of Lazarus, as this contains a public record of legislation and votes.
Learn how to use LazWiki today!Forum registration is required, so that you can protect your created wiki pages.
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Example of a LazWiki page a nation could create on Lazwiki
What breaks the Regional Message Board (or RMB) rules?
Recruitment on our RMB for a foreign region or organization, for raids and defenses, and so on.
Posting unsolicited links for recruitment to other regions or organizations. Not against rules of the game, but just not nice to look at on the RMB.
Four or more posted messages consecutively, which look spam-like and lower quality of posting on the RMB.
Posting spam-like posts or extremely long posts on the RMB. Dispatches exist too, post links to those on the RMB instead.
Posting four posts or more at once consecutively.
Trolling and inciting real life drama on the RMB.
Sending links to unknown websites outside of NS that can put players out of character safety at risk.
Links from YouTube, Dailymotion, Spotify, Google Docs, and so on, are fine, whereas mywebsite.com or myblog.com links are not.
Displaying obviously National Socialist flags or mottos on your nation can break the rules depending on what they are
Promoting fascism such as "Hitler was right" on the RMB
Posting homophobic, sexist or racist rants on the RMB (either in or out of character)
Posting extensive RL political discussions on the RMB rather than on the NS forums for instance
Display or conduct violation(s) over flags, mottos, and so on
Suspected to have broken the Etiquette or Terms & Conditions of Nationstates or any of the rules previously laid down by game admins or moderators, which includes breaking the PG-13 rules of this site. These sorts of violations are likely immediately reported to the site moderators by nations in our region.
Breaking these rules can result in telegram warnings, suppression of posts on the RMB, or an ejection/ban from the region (whether on a temporary basis or permanently). If you have any questions about the rules, telegram New Rogernomics, Treadwellia, or any of the Epilektoi (Security Councillors) on the World Factbook Entry, as we are here to help.
Endorsement cap/regional security rules
Nations are also expected to follow the other rules of the region, including the endorsement cap of 50 endorsements for citizens, 20 endorsements for residents, and 10 endorsements for those who are not endorsing the Delegate. This is explained more in the spoiler you can read below:
Perhaps the most debated and controversial aspect of a region can be the endorsement cap, as everyone loves to hate it, but for founderless regions like ours it is necessary for regional security, as it means that the Delegate and other regional officers have enough influence to eject or ban nations and hold the Delegacy against intruders who might wish to try and take over our region by force, and certainly wouldn't hold a vote over the Delegacy like we would.
What is the endorsement cap exactly?
The endorsement cap is the limit on World Assembly endorsements that you may hold in Lazarus, which is set by the Delegate, and by extension the Council of Lazarene Security (or the Security Auditors), and by the mandate and laws of the Lazarus that have been passed by the regional Assembly.
If you are endorsing the Delegate and a Citizen, you can have up to 50 WA endorsements in Lazarus, though we implement what is termed a hard cap which goes up to 60 WA endorsements. This cap may go up or down, depending on the security risks we have at the time, though this results on a clearly seen change on the World Factbook Entry or WFE.
If you are endorsing the Delegate and a Resident, you can have up to 20 WA endorsements in Lazarus, though we implement what is termed a hard cap which goes up to 30 WA endorsements. This cap may go up or down, depending on the security risks we have at the time, though this results on a clearly seen change on the World Factbook Entry or WFE.
If you are not endorsing the Delegate, you can have up to 10 WA endorsements in Lazarus going up to 20 WA endorsements for the hard cap, though the region reserves the right to eject or ban nations who are not endorsing the Delegate, for security reasons, especially if an intruder is trying to gather influence in an attempt to coup the Delegate.
What happens if you breach the endorsement cap?
Normally, if you have just breached the endorsement cap you will be given a week or so to begin winding down endorsements and to stop endorsing, as often not endorsing for a while will mean your endorsements drop down to compliance with the endorsement cap, as nations cease to exist or leave the region. You can also telegram nations to stop endorsing you or to remove their endorsement to bring your nation down to cap. The exception to this is if you are not endorsing the Delegate, as this is considered a security risk that could be an issue at any time. Nations that are endorsing the Delegate are normally given TG un-endorsement campaigns.
If you breach the endorsement cap and especially if you keep doing so, the usual response is someone on the Council of Lazarene Security (Security Auditors) sending your nation a telegram advising of the violation of the endorsement cap. This is what is termed the first warning, and if you continue to endorse nations (whether in response to them endorsing you or not), it will then be assumed to have gone to a second warning.
Once either the first or second warning is sent, an un-endorsement campaign will begin on the nations you have most recently endorsed or have endorsed you. This will mean sending those nations telegrams requesting they remove their endorsement from you, so that you come into compliance with the cap. This means that those that are absent or away don't risk ejection or ban, and so that nations that aren't in compliance but are active are helped back into compliance.
How can you be banned/ejected?
If you reach a third warning, which would involve endorsing over the endorsement cap, fighting un-endorsement campaigns, and actively ignoring repeated requests to stop endorsing, you may be banned, ejected, or both from the region. This becomes an issue of regional security, as if nations are allowed to heavily endorse over cap, then they can accrue enough influence to support an effort to seize the Delegacy either in support of another nation or region trying to coup, or to coup themselves.
I've been banned/ejected, what do I do?
Appeals may be granted for bans or ejections, as apologies or willingness to not repeat the offense may be sufficient. You may telegram 
New Rogernomics the form below.
Appeals
Appeals may be granted for bans or ejections, as apologies or willingness to not repeat the offense may be sufficient. You may telegram New Rogernomics the following form to request an appeal:
Ban/Ejection appeal form
Appeals are to be telegrammed to: New Rogernomics
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