International Democratic UnionBoard

Passaddhi ataraxia wrote:

Greetings peoples of the IDU. Is this a peaceful place?
We are a peaceful people looking for somewhere to cultivate tranquility.

You are in good company here. We are a friendly democratic region that encourages role play and nurtures creativity as you develop your nation. Be sure to join our discord for active conversation, asking questions, and memes and stuff.

Trive 38 wrote:

Peace's always welcome here.

looks at Kerlile menacingly

Yes, indeed. The only threat here is Trive, and if you need to defend yourself from their love of cyberattacks, Xiomera can provide technological assistance in exchange for money.

“Hrarroom!” (= “Greetings”), and a hearty "Welcome to the IDU", for Ponoxien.

*(sends over a gift basket of this nation's produce, including a large jar of high-quality honey and a large bottle of high-quality maple syrup as well as assorted fruits and nuts, for your national government: If they don’t want the sweet stuff, or the nuts, then they can exchange those for some smoked salmon, or for extra fruit)*

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Bears Armed wrote:

On my 'To Do for IDU' list: update the region's "Welcome" TG to account for the change of Vice-Delegate; finish drafting, and post, introductions to separate Ecosystem discussion threads for each of the region's continents; discuss possible changes for some nations' previously-discussed ecosystems in the light of the new map's size & coordinates.

I have changed the "Welcome" TG, as you can see through the 'Regional Happenings' list, and will post a copy of the new version in our forum in case anybody needs it later on. (EDIT: Done. It's in the 'Office of the Delegate' section, for now.)

I have started (and stickied) those 'Ecosystem' discussion threads, and would welcome feedback there...

EDIT
I have also started a forum thread about 'The Free Land of The IDU', because as it is nobody’s “own” nation it tends to be neglected, and hope that people will post ideas in there (https://theidu.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&p=20949#p20949) as well.

(Also, deleted some pieces of adspam that U.N.E. had reported & banned the spammer.)

There is a new map-related poll up! Please help select the names of the northwest and southwest continents. These names were nominated from the spreadsheet linked by the SOAP thread on the IDU Regional Forum. Just to clarify... Voting is open to "residents" meaning one nation, one vote. Players with multiple puppets in the region may therefore vote multiple times.

As a point of reference:
Neris means "of the Sea"
Eurus is the personification of the East Wind in mythology
Liberalis means "freedom, honorable, or generous"
Prasinus means "Green like the color of a leek"
Favonius is the personification of the West Wind from mythology
Notus is the personification of the South Wind from mythology

The United Provinces of Gladysynthia, after many several weeks of inactivity, has returned. Thank you for your warm re-welcomes to IDU. I'm glad to be back.

“Hrarroom!” (= “Greetings”), and a hearty "Welcome to the IDU", for Tinten.
“Hrarroom!” (= “Greetings”), and a hearty "Welcome back!", for Westerwelle.

*(sends over a gift basket of this nation's produce, including a large jar of high-quality honey and a large bottle of high-quality maple syrup as well as assorted fruits and nuts, for each of those countries' national governments: If they don’t want the sweet stuff, or the nuts, then they can exchange those for some smoked salmon, or for extra fruit)*

Trive 38 wrote:

Comrades, I'll enter yet another period of inactivity due to personal reasons.

Until we meet again, comrade...

I, too, have an announcement to make. I should have done this months ago, frankly. Here is the truth of the matter, my life has gotten really hectic lately. More hectic than I think it has ever been. Going foreword, I am simply not going to be able to put as much time into NationStates as I have been. My schedule simply doesn’t allow. There aren’t enough hours in the day.

What does this mean for you all? Well, not too much. I will certainly still be available if an emergency comes up. I am not resigning from my position as IDUSA speaker and will still be checking the forums as frequently as I can (which should be daily, just not for anywhere near as long as I usually do).

Unfortunately, the main thing that will be effected by this change will be my RPing. I do not expect to be able to put out long RP posts or regularly check in with every RP I am in. I’ll work out the specific level of my involvement on a case by case basis.

Hopefully this is just temporary and I should be able to return to my normal level of activity eventually (June, tentatively).

Lastly, I can totally understand if Lauchenoiria wants to select another Co-culture minister. I’m not resigning from the position but would totally understand if she wanted to replace me with someone more active.

Thanks for your understanding,

Libertas Omnium Maximus
Co-Culture Minister
Speaker of the IDUSA

Bears Armed wrote:

“Hrarroom!” (= “Greetings”), and a hearty "Welcome to the IDU", for Drambenburg, Birnir, Ruskayn, and Allied cities of north catica.

*(sends over a gift basket of this nation's produce, including a large jar of high-quality honey and a large bottle of high-quality maple syrup as well as assorted fruits and nuts, for hose countries’ national governments: If they don’t want the sweet stuff, or the nuts, then they can exchange those for some smoked salmon, or for extra fruit)*

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My approval of the previous two posts is not approval of the fact that these two players will be spending less time here, it is approval for the fact that they let us know...

Can we get some salmon?

Zamastan wrote:

Once again, thanks for voting, everyone! We're looking forward to further developing the map! Send your applications for map placement to the forum or to me through telegram!
Regional Cartographer
Zamastan

Now that this poll is concluded, who has a question or idea for poll you'd like to see posed to the IDU community? It doesn't have to be map-related, or roleplay-specific (though that's ok too). Send me a TG or message me on Discord.

Bears Armed wrote:

Okay.
Is that instead of the sweet stuff, instead of the nuts, instead of both... or through a separate trade deal?

I'd take it over the maple syrup.

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