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Hi!

The Regional Government Master Dispatch sums up a lot of things about this cool region. We have an election going on right now for the World Assembly Affairs Councilor which essentially talks and debates about new World Assembly resolutions!
So now is a great time to settle in this community!
Refugia also has a discord, a lot of the important people are active on there who will be able to answer anymore questions you have.

-Laisou

El Hierro wrote:

Hi everyone!

I moved here from Thalassia (Rest in peace Thalassia ✝️), so I’m new to this region. Is there anything in particular that is recommended to read, for example? Or anything I should know? If I believe this region fits me I’ll be staying here so better get integrated a bit :$

Kind regards,
El Hierro

Edit: just saw the dispatch I received, is that all I need to know?

Welcome welcome! I said hi on the discord server, but I wanted to get you some information here, since there are maybe some other people who don't know.

Refugia is a pretty casual place, but we have a lot going on. Like our Councillor of the Interior said, we have an election coming up. All member states can participate in this, which are WA nations that have been in the region for at least 7 days. So if you're here now, you should be able to vote before the election is over (in case we get enough candidates). Getting member state status means you'll also be able to put in a map application and get put on our map:

Refugia Regional Map

by The Socialist Solarpunk Society of Sylh Alanor

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States

Cultures

Treaties

Application

Source Files

Other Maps

Admin Tower

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An’eth’ara, na lethall’en!

This is the official post for our regional map, from now until whatever unforeseeable end eventually becomes us. For as long as we inhabit our current corporeal forms, we can look upon the following set of images as proof that not only were we here in this time and place together, but that we did it while residing in large quantities. Refuge Isle has prepared for us three images of the map, which will automatically change when there are updates. These images show not only the state locations and names, but also culture groups and regional alliances or treaty groups!

Want to join this cool map club? If you're a Member State in Refugia (sign up for the world assembly, and also be in the region for at least a week), all you have to do is telegram the application form to Sylh Alanor. While map updates will happen monthly, they may happen more frequently if time allows for it. The most recent update is listed at the top of this dispatch and will be changed every time something is changed. Furthermore, updates will be posted in the RMB when they occur. If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me over the RMB, telegram, or Discord. I will respond as soon as I am able.

As of January 17, 2024, we have a new Culture policy for the map. As cultures are shared, learned behaviours, we are requiring at least two nations be a part of any new culture before it will be added to the map.

Sule tael tasalal, dar'eth shiral.
Sylh Alanor

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Refugia Regional Map
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List of Nations

Adawu	Aephony	Araine	Archthorn	ASEANINDIA	Athidill	Ban Oldern	Catiania
Chacapoya	Cheesy Tots	Delta Vega IV	Diamontia	Dilectri	Duneraven	DutchFormosa	Estebere
Everetunga-Hari	Fadnesia	Feu de Glace	Floreznia	Friedens Reich	Heinfield	Honlan	ImSaLiA
Interflumnibia	Izzalia	Jazur	Jesus Christ TF2 Red Team	Junitaki-cho	Letheguard	Lethodus	Libervillea
Liphia	Melenavenia	Morrigan	Nahelia	Nangka	Narwhal	Nekhuser-Ra	New Equanimia
Oakgall	Pangeodrea	Polushia	Poquaoi	Pantumaca	Portmanteau	Refuge Isle	Ridmona
Skynavian Communes	Sinzalia	Silliy	St Leone	Sylh Alanor	Talvezout	Targis	The Blue Fire
The Merinos	The Star Enpire	Tiralta	Tovenia	Tuluni	Tybraria	Ullrani	Vandermeer
Vikoland	Villagers uninted	Weirtopia	Waywards Edge	Wodsustein	Yondoria	Zalor

Refugia Cultural Map
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List of Cultures

Culture	Ancestral Home	Adhesives
Adawuan	Adawu
Ae’	Aephony	Silliy
Axolotl	The Merinos
Basket Weaver	Sinzalia
Bukavian	Ullrani
Chacapoyan	Chacapoya	Tiralta Morrigan
Chatulai	Catiania
Dunedain	Delta Vega IV	Friedens Reich
French	Feu de Glace
Furry	Araine	Ban Oldern ImSaLiA Weirtopia
Honeybun	Tuluni
Irish	Interflumnibia
Leonean	St Leone	Wodsustein Ridmona
Manteauan	Portmanteau	Talvezout
Mediterranean	DutchFormosa	Everetunga-Hari
Melenanese	Melenavenia	The Star Enpire
Nvá	Athidill
Pangeonese	Pangeodrea
Particles	Liphia	Izzalia Letheguard
Portuguese	Polushia
Potato	Cheesy Tots	Estebere
Refugi	Refuge Isle	Junitaki-cho Sylh Alanor New Equanimia Duneraven Honlan Dilectri Fadnesia Heinfield Tybraria The Blue Fire Libervillea Floreznia Archthorn Poquaoi Nahelia Oakgall Skynavian Communes Villagers uninted Zalor Diamontia ASEANINDIA
Robot Assassin	Lethodus
Shakheb-Wehret	Nekhuser-Ra	Jesus Christ TF2 Red Team
Shamali	Jazur
Targanian	Targis
Tovenian	Tovenia
Vikolandic	Vikoland
Volders	Vandermeer
Waywardi	Waywards Edge

Refugia Map Application
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Telegram the following form to Sylh Alanor if you are a World Assembly member in the region:

Sylh Alanor wrote:

Name:
Capital:
Culture Group:
Colour:
Desired Location on the Map:
Desired Location of Capital:
Size of Nation:

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• Nations may only apply for a placement on the map if they are a Member State.

• Describe nation size as clearly as possible, including borders and map landmarks.

• As cultures are shared, learned behaviours, we are requiring at least two nations be a part of any new culture before it will be added to the map.

• Nation size will be considered relative to its time residing in the region, with some considerations made for nations with large populations. New nations will be expected to start small.

• Nations that Cease to Exist will be removed from the map.

• Nations may expand over time with growth.

• Capital can be included even if your nation population hasn't unlocked that option yet.

• Applications can only request existing landmasses. We will not raise new islands from the sea.

• Colour can be listed as a description or hex code.

Source Files
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Do you want to customise the area of the map around your nation for a personal dispatch image? Occasionally we're asked to provide the source files for the map so people can tweak things for their own uses. Now it's easier than ever! Click the link below to get a file you can load into Azgaar's Fantasy Map Generator. From there, you can utilise all the tools of the program we use to create the regional map!

Latest Map File:
https://calref.ca/post/ns/map/Latest.map

Other Maps
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Read factbook

We're also always looking for people who might like to write things for us, as we have the 'How Does' series of dispatches going here. It's sort of an ongoing series of tutorials for everything community related and NS related. page=dispatch/id=1488160

The wider community outside of NationStates is called Calamity Refuge, and we've been around for quite a while! We have the discord server, which is the overlap point for everyone in the community and has a lot of people who don't have an interest in participating in the NS side of things. You can check out our forum here (https://calref.cc/). We have spam games, a couple fantasy RPs going on, an eternal writing prompt, and discussion threads for various things. Sometimes we play games together, which have historically been coordinated through the discord, but our current Councillor of Culture Lethodus has stated they're going to try and pull in more RMB-only people as well.

Really, our focus is on keeping people feeling safe and comfortable, and providing a happy place where you don't have to stress about stuff. Do the things you enjoy doing, and we'll all help you out with those things ^-^

I swear NS makes it impossible to have a capitalist nation....at least my economy is mostly privatized :P

Hello Refugi, I'm here to officially announce my candidacy for Councillor of World Assembly Affairs.

First, I don't think it can be overstated how important Junitaki-cho's term was to the position. While she may wish she could have done more, I don't think there could have been a better first WAA Councillor for our region. During her term, we went from our only regional author being Refuge Isle to outlining multiple now-resolutions in our discord channel, resulting in several new authors.

I hope to bring back my traditional method of introducing new General Assembly (and Security Council, assuming we ever get another SC proposal to vote) proposals through the RMB for discussion. My aims in doing this prior ot the position being created last winter was to provide links to the proposal itself and the drafting thread, then summarise it (including important contextual information for SC proposals), and only after those things would I provide my own opinion on the matter. My primary goal has always been to encourage a critical approach to WA without telling people what to think. While we often approach things from similar mindsets in this region, we can still have different opinions, and I think that discussing things from different positions makes all of us better.

So I guess my platform is this: I promise to make sure a post is made in the RMB for every upcoming proposal, along with links and ways for Refugi to become more informed on the subjects. While they may not always be as in-depth and detailed as Junitaki-cho's, I also promise to put up an IFV on every proposal that comes to vote, and I will aim to make them as detailed and useful to people as possible.

Sylh Alanor wrote:

Hello Refugi, I'm here to officially announce my candidacy for Councillor of World Assembly Affairs.

First, I don't think it can be overstated how important Junitaki-cho's term was to the position. While she may wish she could have done more, I don't think there could have been a better first WAA Councillor for our region. During her term, we went from our only regional author being Refuge Isle to outlining multiple now-resolutions in our discord channel, resulting in several new authors.

I hope to bring back my traditional method of introducing new General Assembly (and Security Council, assuming we ever get another SC proposal to vote) proposals through the RMB for discussion. My aims in doing this prior ot the position being created last winter was to provide links to the proposal itself and the drafting thread, then summarise it (including important contextual information for SC proposals), and only after those things would I provide my own opinion on the matter. My primary goal has always been to encourage a critical approach to WA without telling people what to think. While we often approach things from similar mindsets in this region, we can still have different opinions, and I think that discussing things from different positions makes all of us better.

So I guess my platform is this: I promise to make sure a post is made in the RMB for every upcoming proposal, along with links and ways for Refugi to become more informed on the subjects. While they may not always be as in-depth and detailed as Junitaki-cho's, I also promise to put up an IFV on every proposal that comes to vote, and I will aim to make them as detailed and useful to people as possible.

Accepted

New Camelot of Avalonia wrote:

What happened to Thalassia?

They decided to put it down

Hello everyone, after abandoning my puppet states in a region called Omnia Quilibet I've decided to move here. How are you all doing? I'm doing (s)well, I hope you are too!

So hello, again.

I've got a few questions I need answers to:

How and why does this region have a disproportionate large LGBT population???
Why is this region so centered around the environment? (Not saying I don't care about the environment, just asking)
Why does everyone have custom nation types while I'm just stuck at being regular nation types?
What do I do here?

Edit: Will be creating a Discord account soon to join your Discord server too, I really want to engage with all you people. This is the first time I've decided to become a part of a community, took a lot of courage.

Sylh Alanor wrote:

Welcome! I hope you like it here ^-^ I'll answer your questions, ooooooooone second~

It just kind of happened that way, honestly. When we were first trying to grow the NS-side community, a lot of the people who showed up (or, rather, the people who stuck around) happened to be lgbt. So now we have a large, though not exclusively, lgbt population. It's fun and it's become kind of a calling card point for the community.

Refuge Isle and I are pretty big environmentalists (we live in a temperate rainforest surrounded by old-growth forest) and care a lot about the environment, so when we were creating the region, it just made sense that that would be our focus. Given the general leftist slant and social-issue interests of a lot of the people who have come afterward, the environment is a massive overlap in interest for all of us.

That's something that unlocks at a certain population, though I don't remember exactly how much. Maybe 500 million?

Well, what would you like to do? We're a casual community, so if you just want to hang out in the RMB, Discord server, and forum to chat with us, that's entirely acceptable. We have RPs and spam games on the forum, we sometimes play games together as a group, and we're involved in a lot of things all around NS as a region here. We have a World Assembly presence (feel free to register for the WA and endorse people in the region, if you're interested!) where we discuss stuff here, we have a lot of the best card players in the game in the region, we do events and have elections and we even have a map! A big focus of Calamity Refuge (the community behind Refugia) is giving as many options as possible to our members, and having a place where everyone can help everyone else accomplish the things they're interested in doing.

Gosh dang it I wish I lived near a temperate forest...or any nature at all, really

Middanowah wrote:

Gosh dang it I wish I lived near a temperate forest...or any nature at all, really

I live my entire life in a nature, i'd be willing to share some space in my house for you if you want.

Say, do you prefer Arctic or Bering Sea?

Narwhal wrote:

I live my entire life in a nature, i'd be willing to share some space in my house for you if you want.

Say, do you prefer Arctic or Bering Sea?

(Thinking emoji)

Welcome, The high commission for foreign affairs, El Hierro, Castalonia, and Uitmuntendheid to Refugia! I hope all of you enjoy the region! We've already said hello to El Hierro!

But, if you want to know more about the region then you should know that Refugia aims to be a friendly, laid-back community, which is open to players of all experience levels. Nations who wish to become more active in the region, however, should consider joining the World Assembly (WA). WA nations are able to vote on international law, endorse other nations within the region, and receive exclusive benefits within the region, such as the ability to vote in regional elections, get a spot on Refugia's map, and even run for office when elections come up! (We're having a big one for the delegate right now!) Make sure to endorse the delegate!

If you'd rather just chill with us, that's perfectly fine as well. We have an offsite forum and a discord server, as well as frequent discussions on the regional message board (RMB), which everyone is welcome to participate in!

If you have any additional questions about the region or how NationStates works, feel free to leave them here, on the RMB. If you're interested in joining our offsite forum, look for the link at the top of Refugia's World Factbook Entry (the big text box at the top of our regional page). Hope you enjoy this wonderful little region!

I am rather concerned about my tax rates increasing...