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The South Pacific Delegate of Ebonhand.
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Griffindor's 17th Fortnightly Update
This dispatch was originally sent as a Regional Telegram on April 27th, 2024:Greetings, my fellow South Pacificans!
It has been 20 days since my last Fortnightly Briefing! Since we are so delayed from the normal schedule, the fortnightly briefing schedule will reset, with each fortnight henceforth being briefing days. I planned on having our regularly scheduled fortnightly briefing last week, but obviously, that was not possible! Despite the downtime, the South Pacific was still active! Now, without further ado, it is time for another fortnightly briefing!
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First: As everyone no doubt knows, NationStates was down for a record amount of time (a week and a half) after a hampster disk that stored valuable data failed "in a rather spectacular fashion" (smoke, fire, and sparks???)! So, I hope you enjoyed your forced vacation! Here is a slice of cake (it's been a while since you last had one!! 🍰)
If you like memes, then check out some of my other dispatches. I make a lot of memes, when I have the time.
Milestones (These might not be fully accurate down to the minute, but I’ll try and estimate around when they would’ve happened if I don’t see it right as it happens.)
10 Reads: 5:15 P.M. April 25th, 2024
69 Reads: 5:25 P.M. April 25th, 2024
100 Reads: 6:30 P.M. April 25th, 2024
10 Upvotes: 6:45 P.M. April 25th, 2024
420 Reads: 6:30 A.M. April 26th, 2024
69 Upvotes: 7:28 A.M. April 26th, 2024
100 Upvotes: 6:30 A.M. April 27th, 2024
1,000 Reads: 9:12 A.M. April 27th, 2024
123 Upvotes: 5:28 P.M. April 27th, 2024
1,500 Reads: 8:29 A.M. April 28th, 2024
2,000 Reads: 10:55 A.M. April 28th, 2024
150 Upvotes: 3:43 P.M. April 28th, 2024
2,500 Reads: 7:50 A.M. April 30th, 2024
3,000 Reads: 1:55 P.M. May 1st, 2024
5,000 Reads: 7:50 P.M. May 3rd, 2024
7,500 Reads: 8:50 P.M. May 3rd, 2024
222 Upvotes: 10:10 P.M. May 3rd, 2024
10,000 Reads: 10:12 P.M. May 3rd, 2024
11,111 Reads: 12:09 A.M. May 4th, 2024
15,000 Reads: 2:22 A.M. May 4th, 2024
20,000 Reads: 2:50 A.M. May 4th, 2024
25,000 Reads: 6:00 A.M. May 4th, 2024
30,000 Reads: 5:30 P.M. May 6th, 2024
40,000 Reads: 4:59 P.M. May 21st, 2024
275 Upvotes: 7:00 A.M. May 22nd, 2024
300 Upvotes: 1:14 P.M. June 6th, 2024
325 Upvotes: 11:37 A.M. July 28th, 2024
350 Upvotes: 8:21 P.M. October 10th, 2024
Thank You So Much To Everyone Who Has Pinned This Dispatch In Their Respective Regions!
Please Be Aware: You Are Only Added To This List If You Pin THIS Dispatch. I Am Perfectly Happy With You Pinning My Other Dispatches As Well, But, The Only Thing That Will Put You On This List Is Pinning THIS One.
Ebonhand of The South Pacific
Aivintis of The East Pacific
Saint Belmar II of Cardsia
Communist Lop card of Cult of Miku
Singaporen wafflecracy of Wafflecracy
Japan and America of Tes Cubsur dominion
Neonian Imperium of Neonian Empire
Neo-Hermitius of The Universal Union
Alex Asteorra of Alex
Jacose of Novarus
Socialist Republic of Soviet Union of Land of Europa
Landbang Rkipo Islands of UEPU
Gorutimania of The Imperial Republican States
Republics of the Solar Union of A Milky Way
Billyabna of Spiritalia
-lagene of Alvaro
PersonRevolution of Armies of the World
Starulinska of Wellester United
West Nichibotsu of Council of Asia
Lillies of Iris
Dharmasya of The United Mapgame Nations
Chinchilla land of Genzic Lands
The former of regiens of Regional form
Saturning of Uranus Saturn
Bingo of Commonwealth Of Orange Nations
Manage Democracy of The Gran Republic
Vieinuu of Animal Nations Support Pact
Imperial Catorianis of The Global Elite
Legally Insane Shrimp of Every Body of Water
Lizgrad of Ocala Ejection Contest
Rotov of Norwegian forest cats street cats friend
Sdslayer clone 1 of Is that a GD REFERENCE
Baharan of Northern Banten
Tanaa of Raj
Lethinia of Roses Without Thorns
British new arics takenctara of Unicode
Ostrovskiy of The Union of Democratic States
Azov steel 2022 of NATO 2022
Thinarport of illions Count 2024
Doforeia of The Heart Shaped Duck Pond
Lower iegeos habelan of Kingdom Federations
Kuratsala of Sub Pacific
Imperial dhoutaland of Democratic Unity
Mind galeldonquangas of Jan Suskith
The illenium of improper garrison si
Greater Romanian-Deutsch State of Alemannia
Yharon of Praeterea
Vyktoria of Itavran Sector
DEPRESSION AND ADHD of depressed kelso
Pachaenito of Where Germaniccat Rules
Two natons w of Two Natons W
Germanic cat embassy of new EPIC free lands to all NationStates
The Baby Nation of Neo Frontier Defense Pact
Alogiada-2 of A region
Nuevo Meshiko of Zemlya
Abolished Reality of Zero
New Temecula of Greater Temecula
Germanic Cat Embassy 2 of Computervirusfan
Germanic Cat Embassy 3 of Cats Free Region with Free Catnip
Empitast of The West Russia
Eclipseland of the republic of the moon
Kusaland of The United States Of Israel
Chimore of Chimore
Atkik isles of Atkik Empire
Croissant foudner of Croissant
Midnight querria of Midnight Vale
Fuggersburg of Lonia Kreptia Llor
Oceanie Orientale of Unification Ottomane de Shura
Plan Neonie of Atlantiva
The Hurricane of The Great Storm
Susibaking of Shart
Ymeuura of Lonia Kreptia Llor
Delark of the region of ducks
Arvadia of Bozarkia
Kolatis of United Democratic Nations
East leaf republic of The Second Asia
Cla khadgionfesti of unicode
ValVodia of Random NS Region
Krusha puppet of Krushan Union of Dependencies
Will burtz of A New Place at a different Time
Tama puppet 1 of Tama
Kyiven Cossacks of The Land of the Cossack Hosts
Chesapeake Founder of New Chesapeake
Arman kalia of Puppets resting area
Donald t of Downtown coolsvill
Weird Card Farmer 1 of The Weirdos Card Farming Lands
Quetesia of Questia
Laiveli of Beyond Sea
-Lombok of Indonesia Nusantara
Rbali of Sulawesi
Almighty Biden of Almighty Presidents
Jamangland of Croaso
Yokohama 1 of Yokohama 2
Basaviya of Evros
Timlandian Federation of alternate world
Pejeng of Indonesian
Bedulu of Perhimpunan Indonesia
Singamandawa of Persatuan Sayap Militer PNSK
Bohera of Greater Bohera
MajinTails of Planet Mobius
Outer Armatonisdaristan of Corvinia
Tropisia of Empires Forever United
The council of elder cats of Feline Axis
Nu Elysium of Avonesia
So uh lab here of land of the free
Regnum Alea Spaceflee of Bresima
Baltic union and poland of Eragon Island Puppet Storage
Gepanzerberg of Skeleton Bay
Inferior II of Inferior
Nation states logic of Nation states logic
Krakovian Founder of The Duchy of Krakow
Adriatic democratic Empire of Land of the Fallen
Magic Great Britain of New epic free lands for NationStates
Thank You All So Much For All Of Your Support! :D:D:D
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I Was An Idiot This Morning On April 28th, 2024, And Accidentally Deleted The Original Note Section Down Here At The Bottom, As Well As The Inspiring Message. I AM AN ABSOLUTE BUFFOON!!! Rest In Peace To The Original Note Section Down Here At The Bottom. So... I Guess I Have To Start A New Note Section Down Here At The Bottom. However, Fear Not! This One Will Be EVEN BETTER Than The First One!
NOTE SECTION 2.0!
SPECIAL NOTE: May 27th, 2024 - The following is probably one of the most wholesome and heartfelt things I’ve ever seen. Please, give it an upvote, and spread the word.
page=dispatch/id=2514538
Shoutout to Vaudere for being the 300th upvote on it!
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Note 1: April 28th, 2024 - Someone made a website for this dispatch. https://hampsteruprising.neocities.org/ (I believe it was Saint Belmar II. They sent me a telegram with a link to the website, so, I am assuming it was them.) UPDATE: CONFIRMED BY TELEGRAM IT WAS THEM.
Note 2: April 28th, 2024 - Someone made a nation specifically referencing this dispatch. nation=the_great_hamster_uprising
Note 3: April 28th, 2024 - 150 Upvotes Achieved… in under 4 days… You absolute legends. 150th Upvote was from Saint Pinole II
Note 4: April 29th, 2024 - Chinchilla land made an entire story for me.
Note 5: May 1st, 2024 - 2builders2toolsdotorg got the 200th upvote!
Note 6: May 3rd, 2024 - 10,000 Reads! YOU ALL ARE LEGENDS! This is amazing!
Note 7: May 9th, 2024 - In 6 days... We went from 10,000 reads to over 33,000 reads.
Note 8: May 14th, 2024 - Adkissa was the 250th upvote! HOLY COW! THAT'S A LOT OF UPVOTES!
Note 9: May 22nd, 2024 - Holy cow! 40,000 reads, AND 275 upvotes?! AMAZING!
Note 10: June 6th, 2024 - Thank you, Inner Albania! You were the 300th upvote! Also, 300 upvotes is crazy!
Note 11: July 28th, 2024 - 325 UPVOTES IS WILD!
Too true!!! While everyone was locked out of the in-game region, your government was still functional and working for you! We managed to do some stuff, which we will get into a bit later in this briefing!
This is an important reminder that all nations are encouraged to join our offsite regional forums and Discord so that you can interact with your fellow nations in the South Pacific, even when the in-game portion of the game is not working! Besides, you get to run for elections, make laws, and otherwise serve the region! Seems like a win-win to me!
So, that being said, here is the link to our other venues - I hope to see you there shortly (I am passing out slices of cake to those that join each of them! 🍰):
Forums: https://thesouthpacific.org/
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/qEjy2uG
Overall, not too much was lost, but then again, some other things, like polls, wonders, and trading cards, took a massive hit. You might have also noticed that there has not been a WA Update (major or minor) in 12 days! As I type this, the Major Update has actually just begun!
For now, you can get more information, including updates, here:
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=549424viewtopic.php?f=15&t=549563
Second: 
PenguinPies has been elected Prime Minister following the resignation of 
Drew Durrnil.
The resignation of Drew Durrnil triggered a special election. Due to the timing of the resignation, the special election also was the next general election, so PenguinPies will, barring recall or resignation, serve as Prime Minister until the end of July!
Penguin has already hit the ground running and has submitted their appointments to the Cabinet to the Assembly. We will discuss the appointments in the Assembly business section... right now!
Third: The Assembly is also active despite the downtime!
First: Prime Minister PenguinPies has nominated the following individuals to serve in their cabinet:
Sporaltryus/ProfessorHenn as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Virifortis/Silva as Minister of Culture
Vrigny as Minister of Defence
Differences-In-Differences/Lordnwhas as Director of the Office of World Assembly Legislation (OWL)
The Assembly debate on these nominations can be found here: https://thesouthpacific.org/t/2416-cn-pm-penguins-cabinet-appointments/5562
The Assembly is currently voting on these nominations, and they are all expected to pass within the next 48 hours.
Second: 
Grace Wellesley Thayer/Welly has restarted the discussion on Accomplices Liability, which began earlier this year. The rationale behind the proposed reform is to fill a potential hole in the law that would otherwise make accomplices harder to prosecute.
You can follow the debate here: https://thesouthpacific.org/t/2410-ab-accomplice-liability/5176/3
Third: Grace Wellesley Thayer/Welly has been promoted from Clerk of the Assembly to Deputy Chair of the Assembly!
Their contributions to the Assembly these last several months have not gone unnoticed, and Chair of the Assembly 
Great Lothian/BlockBuster2k43 recognized it as such! Deputy Chair of the Assembly is often a stepping stone to either Chair of the Assembly (which is where the current chair was immediately before!) or other elected/appointed positions. It seems that Welly's political assent is gearing up! Who will be the next to begin their rise? Perhaps you, dear reader!
Fourth: The High Court finally concluded [2403.HR] Review of the Rejection of Siberian Districts’ Citizenship Application by dismissing it.
Correct! The case was dismissed. The Court was petitioned to dismiss the case for a couple of reasons, most notably that 
Siberian Districts had left the region (due to being proscribed) and no longer had standing to petition the Court. Additionally, the laws that the review request was based on had since been changed, making the issue moot.
You can view the dismissal, as well as the whole case, here: https://thesouthpacific.org/t/2403-hr-review-of-the-rejection-of-siberian-districts-citizenship-application/5097/26
Fifth: Sporaltryus/ProfessorHenn would like me to tell you that Forest and The Region That Has No Big Banks is hosting a joint chess tourney! Check it out!
Sixth: Since you haven't had the chance to endorse anyone in a week and a half, this is a friendly reminder to endorse me, 
Ebonhand, as well as all the other members of the Coral Guard!
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Home | Guide | Endotarting | SWAN Knights | Coral Guard | Awards | Track your progress | Endo cap | FAQ
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The South Pacific Coral Guard (SPCG) is a group of trusted nations who maintain a high-endorsement count and are one of the most crucial lines of defense against external and internal security threats alongside the Council on Regional Security (CRS).
For the safety and security of our region, we ask that all World Assembly (WA) member nations in the South Pacific endorse the members of the SPCG, as well as the Delegate. There is no requirement to do so but endorsing the SPCG and the Delegate will make those who do a SWAN Knight.
Member nations of the SPCG (Number of members: 5) | ||||
Duties and privileges of the SPCG
Member nations of the SPCG are permitted a higher Endorsement Cap than that provided for the general World Assembly membership. The current endorsement cap for SPCG members is set to be 60 less than the endorsement count of the delegate. (Currently Ebonhand at 555 endorsements)
A member of the CRS will be appointed to act as a liaison for SPCG members and, in times of emergency, SPCG members might be called upon to support or otherwise work with CRS members.
Joining the SPCG
Requirements
In order to become a member of the SPCG, one has to:
Have maintained
citizenship for at least six consecutive months prior to the date of their application to the Coral Guard; andMeet the requirements for influence and endorsements set and published by the Council on Regional Security
Process
Step 1: Ensure that you meet all the requirements listed above.
Step 2: Write up an application which provides:
The name of your WA nation;
Your history in NationStates including any aliases you are using or have previously used; and,
One (or several) paragraphs arguing why the Council should appoint you to this position of high trust.
Step 3: Send your application to a member of the CRS. You can do this by a variety of methods (a telegram, a private message on the forum, or a direct message on Discord).
The CRS will review your application. This can take a number of days to three weeks. The Council will likely have additional questions which they will communicate to you via the method of your application. Following a formal vote within the Council, it will decide whether to appoint you to the Coral Guard and notify the Assembly of its decision.
Please be advised that meeting the requirements does not automatically guarantee that the application will be successful. These mechanical conditions are one of several factors which the Council considers in its determination.
A few notes:
Everything is updated every 24 hours so you need to wait for any change in the data to happen.
If you see any inaccuracies, errors, or have ideas for improvements, please contact us.
There are some minor inaccuracies in the data, read this for more information.
If you want to know more about the SWAN initiative, check out our dispatch index.
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Don't forget the cake, of course! 🍰
Seventh: Please be patient with NationStates over the next couple of weeks! The mods and admins are all working very hard (most of them for free) to get this game back up and running. If you see that the game is down, running slow, or you are frustrated that certain things are no longer in existence, remember to breathe! It is not the end of the world, and we will build back from this better and stronger!
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That is all for this fortnightly update! For making it to the end of this Telegram, you all get the traditional end-of-update slice of cake! 🍰🍰
I look forward to updating you all again in a Fortnight and talking with you all in the interim! Remember, my Telegram box is open to those who want to talk!
Always and eternally yours,
Ebonhand/Griffindor
His Most Benevolent Cakeness, the Emperor, Mother, and Delegate of the South Pacific
