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Awell islands

Netherlands Response

Upon the hearing the 1 million USD incentive given by USA (Pattin), the Netherlands has decided to denounce the ideology that SU practices, but has offered to house SU commercial ships in Dutch ports for a fee that is less than other countries due to their oil and natural gas exports to us.

Nirupama, Indusse, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and 1 otherKeshav2425

UK starts mass production of weaponry and re-introduces draft

The UK has started building rifles, guns, tanks, aircraft carriers, battleships, WMDs, fighter jets and more. The UK has permanently made a large military base in Italy, and has taken many Communists in Italy to british jails, with help from Italian authorities. The communist party is crumbling in Italy due to UK's timely intervention, communism is a disease, UK and US are the vaccine.

Indusse, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and Keshav2425

UK monitoring situation in Bulgaria

We issue a strong warning to Bulgaria to stop weapons production as it is seen a direct threat to UK, Bulgaria may remember that one of His Majesty's aircraft carrier is situated near Bulgarian waters, if Bulgaria doesn't stop its weapon production, the UK will be forced its hand.

Nirupama, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and Keshav2425

Portugese moves into Spain

The Portuguese Militant Forces despatched from Lisbon has successfully moved into Spain with the approval of the local government there. The Portuguese Militant Forces have camped near the Portuguese-Spanish Border Control Area.

Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and Keshav2425

SU declares a nationwide mourning for the sacrifice of the KGB agents.

Also, boosting the military in the Kalingrad region, to bolster the Warsaw Pact.

Indusse, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and Keshav2425

Post self-deleted by Hebitaka.

France getting backoffs internally

There are internal conflicts among the French. Certain Communist leaders decided to form Communist Party of France. There have been internal revolts to try to pressure the French nation to pull out of NATO and help join WARSAW. The revolts are somehow stopped by the police force. The CPF has been spreading communist ideology, referring the capitalist nations specifically USA (Pattin) as unjust nations, who favors the rich and are true enemy of equality. The nation has stopped many such acts, even imprisoning certain leaders of CPF and banning them from any parliamentary Elections.

Indusse, Hindu Ram Rajya, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and 1 otherKeshav2425

Mabuhay! Proudly sharing the inaugural issue of Good News Philippines, the multilingual flagship publication of the Philippines. Hope you enjoy this one. Some interesting bits about Filipino-Indian history, too.

Upvote and share!



The NS world's distinguished multilingual newspaper, Good News Philippines (GNP) is the flagship publication of the Philippines.

Ang natatanging pahayagan sa NationStates na may iba't-ibang wika, Mabuting Balita Pilipinas ang nangungunang lathalain ng Philippines.

Ang daghang pinulongan nga mantalaan sa NationStates, Maayong Balita Pilipinas ang nag-una nga pagmantala sa Philippines.


Ariusgrad's Ninth Year of Public Service as Delegate: What It Means to Lead a Medium-Sized Region in the International Stage


On the momentous day of January 31, 2012, Ariusgrad was elected as World Assembly Delegate of the Philippines for the first time. Ever since, it would be elected three more times in July 2012, June 2016, and May 2020, as it continued to serve the medium-sized region for nine years as of last January. Its administration of the Philippines was with severe difficulty, having to confront both internal and external threats throughout the years. If foreign observers would say the Philippines had not been facing any serious threat nowadays, it was most likely attributed to Ariusgrad's solid fundamentals of solidarity, sustainability, and anticipatory governance. Finding an unstable region which saw three delegates resigning within a span of a year, and a population of around 20 nations, it strived to mold the Philippines as one of the world's largest. In 2014, the Philippines achieved high regional power status for the first time, while in 2017, it was labeled as an enormous region which it had sustained to this day. Indeed, the Philippines was one of the world's largest founderless and multilingual regions, registering as 20th and 7th respectively at one time in 2020. Meanwhile, perhaps Ariusgrad's humility was a fault to an extent, as many in the NationStates community may have not yet heard of this heroic figure who not only guided the Philippines for most of its modern history (the region was refounded on January 17, 2011, making Ariusgrad's delegacy cover around 90 percent so far), but also endeavored for the Philippines to be an active participant in many stellar defenses with renowned defender coalitions, including that of Japan, Singapore, Asia, Iran, Syria, Belgium, Katipunan, Angvar, Region of Reunited Muslim States (now United Empire of Islam), and ASEAN (now Association of Southeast Asian Nations), among others.

While words may not be able to contain the gratitude for such commitment to a single region for so long, the following were some testimonials which appreciate Ariusgrad's meaningful public service for the Philippines and the world through the years:

World Assembly Secretary-General Kuriko of 10000 Islands

Kuriko wrote:In a Cosmos where most founderless regions quickly die after the first few raids, Ariusgrad has persevered and continued on. They've sought allies to help keep the raiders at bay through the United Regions Alliance, taking on a leading role within the multi-regional organization. They've innovated a new government for their region. They've put their heart and soul into the continuance of their community through raid after raid, that sometimes could have turned destructive.

World Assembly Delegate HumanSanity of 10000 Islands

HumanSanity wrote:Ariusgrad is certainly at the forefront of strong, steady, consistent leadership of a mid-sized region - they are the highest exemplar of this style of gameplay.

World Assembly Delegate Ransium of Forest

Ransium wrote:Can you imagine a role harder than a long time delegate of a medium-sized region? You're not small enough to fly under the radar, not large enough that your endos give you a safe buffer from raids. And in if your region happens to be named after an actual geographic place, even more of a challenge. You have to hold your community together in the face of constant interruption. To be able to stay sane, keep going, and keep your community together for this amount of time is something truly exceptional.

World Assembly Delegate Aumeltopia of The South Pacific

Aumeltopia wrote:I think natives of founderless regions deserve a lot more recognition than they generally get.

Founder Benevolent thomas of The Order of the Grey Wardens

Benevolent thomas wrote:As a defender, I must say I am a fan of Ariusgrad. They pay attention to threats to their region and are patient and level-headed when Philippines is successfully invaded. Their reliability to quickly act upon successful liberations by defender forces is always appreciated and celebrated.

Founder Free Azell of The United Regions Alliance

Free Azell wrote:Ariusgrad is a Delegate of one of our embassy regions. It has served for a while now. It has also used its FA skills to fend off many Raider attacks on their founderless region. It has survived and persevered over many obstacles with help from their government and its natives in the region to lead a normal NS region life while having many threats to their region pending daily.

Vice President Lanaograd of The United Regions Alliance

Lanaograd wrote:The survival of our founderless yet resilient region is a resounding testament to Ariusgrad's underrated defense principles, including the concept of force in being. That is, a military that is always defending. The unity, stability, and progress it has spearheaded as our dedicated leader throughout the years has created a region of great international standing. What is unfortunate is how the NS world in general remains oblivious of our delegate's legacy in for a medium-sized and founderless region such as the Philippines. Only six other delegates have kept the delegacy for 3 years or more in regions with over 100 member nations. But beyond its longevity, Ariusgrad's vision for inclusive and sustainable development in a shared world is commendable on itself. It carried these ideals when it campaigned for WA Secretary General back in 2016, and it still continues to foster them to this day with the updated agenda of solidarity, sustainability, and anticipatory governance. I will not forget how Ariusgrad's inspired leadership has helped mold me into the leader I am today, and its continuous support for me as the region's representative to the URA alliance is only one of those instances of its mentorship. Ariusgrad is in the habit of creating leaders that will create leaders.

Minister Free Las Pinas of 10000 Islands

Free Las Pinas wrote:Philippines is founderless, medium-sized, and named after a real-life country. Holding that community together, sticking to it for years, and gaining their respect, would be difficult and an awful lot of stress, and I believe it warrants commendation.

Minister Secular state of the philippines of Philippines

Secular state of the philippines wrote:Ariusgrad has served this region well in almost a decade. He has thwarted a dozen invasions and usurpers under his delegation and has kept this region's peace. He also is the eldest member of the old guard, member states of this region prior to its refounding. There's no better candidate to lead this region.

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Embracing the Filipino Community in NS: PCARI Established as Inclusive Consultative Body for Philippine-themed Regions


In recognition of the growing Filipino community, wherein some had chosen to establish regions of their own than to merge with the lead region Philippines, the region's World Assembly Delegate Ariusgrad spearheaded the signing of the PCARI Declaration last February 8 with six other Filipino-themed regions and two Filipino-themed institutions. PCARI, which stood for Philippine Council of Affiliated Regions and Institutions, was derived from the concepts introduced in the 2013 Philippine Regional Convention, a global conference hosted under the Ariusgrad administration that was opened for all Filipino-themed nations.

While there had been mergers in the region's history involving regions like the Philippine Wing Islands, Filipino, Katipunan Union, and Allied Nation for Transparency, there were also regions which pursued their autonomy and sovereignty along with keeping warm relations with the Philippines. With this consultative body in the books, Ariusgrad saw the opportunity of even closer relations with these regions, which collectively registered 140 members as of signing. The PCARI Declaration had the Philippines, as the historical forerunner of the Filipino community in NationStates, being the lead of this new council.

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Philippines Candidate Lanaograd Elected New URA Vice President after Close Campaign

*adapted from the URA Tribune articles on the January 2021 Vice Presidential Election


The 30-strong United Regions Alliance (URA) held its general election last January 25 to 31, with the Philippines uniting behind its only candidate, former URA Head of Public Affairs Lanaograd, who launched a bid for Alliance Vice President. Despite massive support from its home region, it had seen its pre-election lead at 52 percent slightly shrink enough to deprive it of an outright majority, obtaining 49 percent of the vote in the first round of voting, followed by Ridgefield's The XII Legion Fulminata with 25 percent, Former Head of Recruitment New Reiji with 18 percent, and the Democratic Commonwealth's Trekinstan with 8 percent. While Lanaograd's first round lead of 24 points over XII Legion was larger than Suvmia's lead over Maricoen, New Reiji and Trekinstan somehow outperformed pre-election surveys enough to force two more rounds of voting. With the third round giving Lanaograd 71 percent of the vote, the highest for any vice presidential candidate in alliance history, the URA welcomes the representative from the Philippines as its new Vice President. Both New Reiji and XII Legion have expressed their desire to run for positions in the next election cycle.

Unlike the July 2020 results, XII Legion appeared more amenable to accept the outcome of his second run for the said position. To recall, XII Legion lost by one vote to outgoing Vice President Honeydewistania in the previous election cycle. Meanwhile, Lanaograd had this to say in its post-election speech, "We have once again proven that the URA is an alliance and an arsenal of democracy. As we embark on the journey of inclusive and sustainable growth, we can hope that more voters would emerge in the years to come."

During the campaign, Lanaograd in particular had been publicly endorsed by Former URA Vice President Honeydewistania, New Eastern Europe WA Delegate Maricoen, India WA Delegate Indusse, and Philippines WA Delegate Ariusgrad, among others.

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Philippines Delegate Voting Power Up 16 Notches in February Ranking


In a delegate voting power ranking released by Augustin Alliance, the Philippines ranked 119th in the world as of February 9, an improvement from being 135th in another ranking published by Refugia two months ago. In a statement, Ariusgrad saw this as a motivation for continuous efforts in sustaining the region's World Assembly membership campaign.

In a related development, the Philippines had once again achieved 100 percent delegate endorsement rate as of February 14, Valentine's Day. The remarkable endorsement levels of the Philippines was attributed to one of Ariusgrad's early defensive principles, that of cross-endorsement. While looked down by the region's members back in Ariusgrad's early years as Delegate (it was first elected in 2012) because it theorized a critical mass of at least 20 percent WA membership in proportion to total population and a minimum of 80 percent delegate endorsement rate, the significance of such best practice was seen in action with high influence levels reinforcing a tally of historic defenses. Immediately prior to the 2017 Christmas Invasion, there were only three (3) members with influence above 3,000. Today, there were about 23 members at this level. Defense Minister Secular state of the philippines emphasized how these best practices by Ariusgrad had helped the medium-sized region flourish.

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PEFToN Affiliates with Philippine Defense Force, Assists in Japan and Belgium Defenses


Formed in February 2021 by Fort ilocandia, the Philippine Expeditionary Force to the Nations (PEFToN) was designed to be an autonomous fortress unit participating mainly for overseas missions. Soon after formation, it became affiliated with the Philippine Defense Force (PDF), the central military organization of the Philippines dedicated to both regional and global operations. With an initial membership of three, it had since doubled as it expanded operational capacity. One of its more notable missions thus far included the defense of embassy allies Japan and belgium. Fort Ilocandia stated how PEFToN would augment the achievement of Ariusgrad's vision to have ready power for peace. Meanwhile, the Philippine Defense Force was continually recruiting. It was announced last January how the PDF had already doubled its inaugural membership of 15 in May 2020. At least four officer promotions had been publicly endorsed in the past few months.

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Philippines Maintains 150+ Embassies as Ariusgrad Launches New Membership Growth Drive


As of February 15, 2021, the Philippines had established more than 150 embassies with key allies, a feat in foreign relations and diplomacy under the Ariusgrad administration. Prior to Ariusgrad's assumption of office, the Philippines had built less than 20 embassies, none of which had significant international influence. Today, not only had the Philippines successfully joined the 30-member United Regions Alliance as an active participant, embassies continue to foster good relations with major regions such as 10000 Islands, The Rejected Realms, The Order of the Grey Wardens, Spear Danes, Founderless, St Abbaddon, First World Order, Force, and members of the Augustin Alliance.

In a related development, Ariusgrad announced at the heels of the region's 10th anniversary since refounding that the Philippines would again conduct a recruitment drive to attract new members. A number of recruitment campaigns had been initiated under Ariusgrad in the past years, allowing the Philippines to grow from around 20 members in January 2012 to more than 100 members today. Ariusgrad had also reiterated its official support for roleplaying and mapmaking programs, some of which had attracted a sizeable audience in the forums.

Return to Top

Feature: How to Express your Love in Different Philippine Languages


It may not be common knowledge, but the Philippines is home to around 180 languages, with some having significantly more speakers than others. Nonetheless, all of these languages are part of the Filipino culture. To demonstrate such richness in relation to the recent commemoration of Hearts Day (or Valentine's Day), the following would feature how to say "I love you" in some of the Philippine languages.

Tagalog: Mahal kita
Cebuano: Gihigugma teka
Ilocano: Ay-ayaten ka
Bicolano: Namumutan ta ka
Kapampangan: Kaluguran da ka
Hiligaynon: Palangga ko ikaw
Maranao: Pekababaya-an ko seka

Return to Top

Feature: Filipino Words That Were Probably Loaned From Other Countries


Considering the geographical and strategic place of the Philippines in history, it would not be a wonder how Filipinos managed to incorporate a number of foreign concepts as their own. The variety, however, might be more or less surprising with this feature of loan words that were originally not Filipino (in the order from left to right: English - other foreign language - Filipino).

Spanish (Spain)
vaccine - vacuna - bakuna
newspaper - diario - dyaryo
horse - caballo - kabayo
coal - hollin - uling
how are you - como estas - kumusta

Sanskrit (India)
science - agama - agham
news - varta - balita
skilled - abhyasa - bihasa
spirit - dvaya - diwa
teacher - guru - guro

Cantonese (China)
sister - achi - ate
monosodium glutamate - bicheng - betsin
armed forces - hokbu - hukbo
noodles - pansit - pansit
light - tienglau - tanglaw

Japanese (Japan)
mosquito coil - katorisenko - katol
bottle cap - tansan - tansan
rock paper scissors - jankenpon - jack en poy
cheers - kanpai - kampay
how to say it - teyuuka - teka

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Feature: COVID-19 Information Campaign


As early as January 2020, Philippines Delegate Ariusgrad had been concerned about the spread of COVID-19, still known then as nCov (novel coronavirus). Therefore, it had initiated an extensive awareness and information campaign in the region to help fight the said disease, considering even to this day, there were still variables of the illness which remain beyond human knowledge so far. This space is dedicated for the campaign, featuring a helpful infographic from the World Health Organization.

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Contact Information


Feel free to telegram or Discord message the following if you have any questions or comments!

  • Delegate and President Contact Info: Ariusgrad, @Ariusgrad#8167

  • Vice Delegate and Vice President Contact Info: Ecnav Enitsuj, @Ecnav Enitsuj#4211

  • Regional Affairs Minister and URA Voting Representative Contact Info: Lanaograd, @Lanaograd#0904

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Authored by Lanaograd and the Ministry of Regional Affairs in cooperation with all ministries of the Philippines. Commissioned under the administration of Ariusgrad. All rights reserved.
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Indusse, Hindu Ram Rajya, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and 2 othersKeshav2425, and Pattin

Lanaograd wrote:Mabuhay! Proudly sharing the inaugural issue of Good News Philippines, the multilingual flagship publication of the Philippines. Hope you enjoy this one. Some interesting bits about Filipino-Indian history, too.

Upvote and share!



The NS world's distinguished multilingual newspaper, Good News Philippines (GNP) is the flagship publication of the Philippines.

Ang natatanging pahayagan sa NationStates na may iba't-ibang wika, Mabuting Balita Pilipinas ang nangungunang lathalain ng Philippines.

Ang daghang pinulongan nga mantalaan sa NationStates, Maayong Balita Pilipinas ang nag-una nga pagmantala sa Philippines.


Ariusgrad's Ninth Year of Public Service as Delegate: What It Means to Lead a Medium-Sized Region in the International Stage


On the momentous day of January 31, 2012, Ariusgrad was elected as World Assembly Delegate of the Philippines for the first time. Ever since, it would be elected three more times in July 2012, June 2016, and May 2020, as it continued to serve the medium-sized region for nine years as of last January. Its administration of the Philippines was with severe difficulty, having to confront both internal and external threats throughout the years. If foreign observers would say the Philippines had not been facing any serious threat nowadays, it was most likely attributed to Ariusgrad's solid fundamentals of solidarity, sustainability, and anticipatory governance. Finding an unstable region which saw three delegates resigning within a span of a year, and a population of around 20 nations, it strived to mold the Philippines as one of the world's largest. In 2014, the Philippines achieved high regional power status for the first time, while in 2017, it was labeled as an enormous region which it had sustained to this day. Indeed, the Philippines was one of the world's largest founderless and multilingual regions, registering as 20th and 7th respectively at one time in 2020. Meanwhile, perhaps Ariusgrad's humility was a fault to an extent, as many in the NationStates community may have not yet heard of this heroic figure who not only guided the Philippines for most of its modern history (the region was refounded on January 17, 2011, making Ariusgrad's delegacy cover around 90 percent so far), but also endeavored for the Philippines to be an active participant in many stellar defenses with renowned defender coalitions, including that of Japan, Singapore, Asia, Iran, Syria, Belgium, Katipunan, Angvar, Region of Reunited Muslim States (now United Empire of Islam), and ASEAN (now Association of Southeast Asian Nations), among others.

While words may not be able to contain the gratitude for such commitment to a single region for so long, the following were some testimonials which appreciate Ariusgrad's meaningful public service for the Philippines and the world through the years:

World Assembly Secretary-General Kuriko of 10000 Islands

Kuriko wrote:In a Cosmos where most founderless regions quickly die after the first few raids, Ariusgrad has persevered and continued on. They've sought allies to help keep the raiders at bay through the United Regions Alliance, taking on a leading role within the multi-regional organization. They've innovated a new government for their region. They've put their heart and soul into the continuance of their community through raid after raid, that sometimes could have turned destructive.

World Assembly Delegate HumanSanity of 10000 Islands

HumanSanity wrote:Ariusgrad is certainly at the forefront of strong, steady, consistent leadership of a mid-sized region - they are the highest exemplar of this style of gameplay.

World Assembly Delegate Ransium of Forest

Ransium wrote:Can you imagine a role harder than a long time delegate of a medium-sized region? You're not small enough to fly under the radar, not large enough that your endos give you a safe buffer from raids. And in if your region happens to be named after an actual geographic place, even more of a challenge. You have to hold your community together in the face of constant interruption. To be able to stay sane, keep going, and keep your community together for this amount of time is something truly exceptional.

World Assembly Delegate Aumeltopia of The South Pacific

Aumeltopia wrote:I think natives of founderless regions deserve a lot more recognition than they generally get.

Founder Benevolent thomas of The Order of the Grey Wardens

Benevolent thomas wrote:As a defender, I must say I am a fan of Ariusgrad. They pay attention to threats to their region and are patient and level-headed when Philippines is successfully invaded. Their reliability to quickly act upon successful liberations by defender forces is always appreciated and celebrated.

Founder Free Azell of The United Regions Alliance

Free Azell wrote:Ariusgrad is a Delegate of one of our embassy regions. It has served for a while now. It has also used its FA skills to fend off many Raider attacks on their founderless region. It has survived and persevered over many obstacles with help from their government and its natives in the region to lead a normal NS region life while having many threats to their region pending daily.

Vice President Lanaograd of The United Regions Alliance

Lanaograd wrote:The survival of our founderless yet resilient region is a resounding testament to Ariusgrad's underrated defense principles, including the concept of force in being. That is, a military that is always defending. The unity, stability, and progress it has spearheaded as our dedicated leader throughout the years has created a region of great international standing. What is unfortunate is how the NS world in general remains oblivious of our delegate's legacy in for a medium-sized and founderless region such as the Philippines. Only six other delegates have kept the delegacy for 3 years or more in regions with over 100 member nations. But beyond its longevity, Ariusgrad's vision for inclusive and sustainable development in a shared world is commendable on itself. It carried these ideals when it campaigned for WA Secretary General back in 2016, and it still continues to foster them to this day with the updated agenda of solidarity, sustainability, and anticipatory governance. I will not forget how Ariusgrad's inspired leadership has helped mold me into the leader I am today, and its continuous support for me as the region's representative to the URA alliance is only one of those instances of its mentorship. Ariusgrad is in the habit of creating leaders that will create leaders.

Minister Free Las Pinas of 10000 Islands

Free Las Pinas wrote:Philippines is founderless, medium-sized, and named after a real-life country. Holding that community together, sticking to it for years, and gaining their respect, would be difficult and an awful lot of stress, and I believe it warrants commendation.

Minister Secular state of the philippines of Philippines

Secular state of the philippines wrote:Ariusgrad has served this region well in almost a decade. He has thwarted a dozen invasions and usurpers under his delegation and has kept this region's peace. He also is the eldest member of the old guard, member states of this region prior to its refounding. There's no better candidate to lead this region.

Return to Top

Embracing the Filipino Community in NS: PCARI Established as Inclusive Consultative Body for Philippine-themed Regions


In recognition of the growing Filipino community, wherein some had chosen to establish regions of their own than to merge with the lead region Philippines, the region's World Assembly Delegate Ariusgrad spearheaded the signing of the PCARI Declaration last February 8 with six other Filipino-themed regions and two Filipino-themed institutions. PCARI, which stood for Philippine Council of Affiliated Regions and Institutions, was derived from the concepts introduced in the 2013 Philippine Regional Convention, a global conference hosted under the Ariusgrad administration that was opened for all Filipino-themed nations.

While there had been mergers in the region's history involving regions like the Philippine Wing Islands, Filipino, Katipunan Union, and Allied Nation for Transparency, there were also regions which pursued their autonomy and sovereignty along with keeping warm relations with the Philippines. With this consultative body in the books, Ariusgrad saw the opportunity of even closer relations with these regions, which collectively registered 140 members as of signing. The PCARI Declaration had the Philippines, as the historical forerunner of the Filipino community in NationStates, being the lead of this new council.

Return to Top

Philippines Candidate Lanaograd Elected New URA Vice President after Close Campaign

*adapted from the URA Tribune articles on the January 2021 Vice Presidential Election


The 30-strong United Regions Alliance (URA) held its general election last January 25 to 31, with the Philippines uniting behind its only candidate, former URA Head of Public Affairs Lanaograd, who launched a bid for Alliance Vice President. Despite massive support from its home region, it had seen its pre-election lead at 52 percent slightly shrink enough to deprive it of an outright majority, obtaining 49 percent of the vote in the first round of voting, followed by Ridgefield's The XII Legion Fulminata with 25 percent, Former Head of Recruitment New Reiji with 18 percent, and the Democratic Commonwealth's Trekinstan with 8 percent. While Lanaograd's first round lead of 24 points over XII Legion was larger than Suvmia's lead over Maricoen, New Reiji and Trekinstan somehow outperformed pre-election surveys enough to force two more rounds of voting. With the third round giving Lanaograd 71 percent of the vote, the highest for any vice presidential candidate in alliance history, the URA welcomes the representative from the Philippines as its new Vice President. Both New Reiji and XII Legion have expressed their desire to run for positions in the next election cycle.

Unlike the July 2020 results, XII Legion appeared more amenable to accept the outcome of his second run for the said position. To recall, XII Legion lost by one vote to outgoing Vice President Honeydewistania in the previous election cycle. Meanwhile, Lanaograd had this to say in its post-election speech, "We have once again proven that the URA is an alliance and an arsenal of democracy. As we embark on the journey of inclusive and sustainable growth, we can hope that more voters would emerge in the years to come."

During the campaign, Lanaograd in particular had been publicly endorsed by Former URA Vice President Honeydewistania, New Eastern Europe WA Delegate Maricoen, India WA Delegate Indusse, and Philippines WA Delegate Ariusgrad, among others.

Return to Top

Philippines Delegate Voting Power Up 16 Notches in February Ranking


In a delegate voting power ranking released by Augustin Alliance, the Philippines ranked 119th in the world as of February 9, an improvement from being 135th in another ranking published by Refugia two months ago. In a statement, Ariusgrad saw this as a motivation for continuous efforts in sustaining the region's World Assembly membership campaign.

In a related development, the Philippines had once again achieved 100 percent delegate endorsement rate as of February 14, Valentine's Day. The remarkable endorsement levels of the Philippines was attributed to one of Ariusgrad's early defensive principles, that of cross-endorsement. While looked down by the region's members back in Ariusgrad's early years as Delegate (it was first elected in 2012) because it theorized a critical mass of at least 20 percent WA membership in proportion to total population and a minimum of 80 percent delegate endorsement rate, the significance of such best practice was seen in action with high influence levels reinforcing a tally of historic defenses. Immediately prior to the 2017 Christmas Invasion, there were only three (3) members with influence above 3,000. Today, there were about 23 members at this level. Defense Minister Secular state of the philippines emphasized how these best practices by Ariusgrad had helped the medium-sized region flourish.

Return to Top

PEFToN Affiliates with Philippine Defense Force, Assists in Japan and Belgium Defenses


Formed in February 2021 by Fort ilocandia, the Philippine Expeditionary Force to the Nations (PEFToN) was designed to be an autonomous fortress unit participating mainly for overseas missions. Soon after formation, it became affiliated with the Philippine Defense Force (PDF), the central military organization of the Philippines dedicated to both regional and global operations. With an initial membership of three, it had since doubled as it expanded operational capacity. One of its more notable missions thus far included the defense of embassy allies Japan and belgium. Fort Ilocandia stated how PEFToN would augment the achievement of Ariusgrad's vision to have ready power for peace. Meanwhile, the Philippine Defense Force was continually recruiting. It was announced last January how the PDF had already doubled its inaugural membership of 15 in May 2020. At least four officer promotions had been publicly endorsed in the past few months.

Return to Top

Philippines Maintains 150+ Embassies as Ariusgrad Launches New Membership Growth Drive


As of February 15, 2021, the Philippines had established more than 150 embassies with key allies, a feat in foreign relations and diplomacy under the Ariusgrad administration. Prior to Ariusgrad's assumption of office, the Philippines had built less than 20 embassies, none of which had significant international influence. Today, not only had the Philippines successfully joined the 30-member United Regions Alliance as an active participant, embassies continue to foster good relations with major regions such as 10000 Islands, The Rejected Realms, The Order of the Grey Wardens, Spear Danes, Founderless, St Abbaddon, First World Order, Force, and members of the Augustin Alliance.

In a related development, Ariusgrad announced at the heels of the region's 10th anniversary since refounding that the Philippines would again conduct a recruitment drive to attract new members. A number of recruitment campaigns had been initiated under Ariusgrad in the past years, allowing the Philippines to grow from around 20 members in January 2012 to more than 100 members today. Ariusgrad had also reiterated its official support for roleplaying and mapmaking programs, some of which had attracted a sizeable audience in the forums.

Return to Top

Feature: How to Express your Love in Different Philippine Languages


It may not be common knowledge, but the Philippines is home to around 180 languages, with some having significantly more speakers than others. Nonetheless, all of these languages are part of the Filipino culture. To demonstrate such richness in relation to the recent commemoration of Hearts Day (or Valentine's Day), the following would feature how to say "I love you" in some of the Philippine languages.

Tagalog: Mahal kita
Cebuano: Gihigugma teka
Ilocano: Ay-ayaten ka
Bicolano: Namumutan ta ka
Kapampangan: Kaluguran da ka
Hiligaynon: Palangga ko ikaw
Maranao: Pekababaya-an ko seka

Return to Top

Feature: Filipino Words That Were Probably Loaned From Other Countries


Considering the geographical and strategic place of the Philippines in history, it would not be a wonder how Filipinos managed to incorporate a number of foreign concepts as their own. The variety, however, might be more or less surprising with this feature of loan words that were originally not Filipino (in the order from left to right: English - other foreign language - Filipino).

Spanish (Spain)
vaccine - vacuna - bakuna
newspaper - diario - dyaryo
horse - caballo - kabayo
coal - hollin - uling
how are you - como estas - kumusta

Sanskrit (India)
science - agama - agham
news - varta - balita
skilled - abhyasa - bihasa
spirit - dvaya - diwa
teacher - guru - guro

Cantonese (China)
sister - achi - ate
monosodium glutamate - bicheng - betsin
armed forces - hokbu - hukbo
noodles - pansit - pansit
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Japanese (Japan)
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bottle cap - tansan - tansan
rock paper scissors - jankenpon - jack en poy
cheers - kanpai - kampay
how to say it - teyuuka - teka

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Really good dispatch. Upvoted already.

Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and Keshav2425

Hindu mahasabha wrote:It is their culture. They want to live everything in their life in fast mode. Have relationship till 20 marriage till 24, etc. In this thing of becoming independent they often forget their parents and responsibilities

This thing was explained nicely in the movie English Medium.

Seriously, your reference to back this up is "English Medium", a Bollywood feel-good film designed for Indian audiences.

And since all we need is anecdotal evidence, I don't think you are anything older than 16 years since you have no clue how people work these days. Most of my friends work in the IT industry in Bangalore and most of them live away from their parents, sometimes with friends. They do want to live with their parents but their job requires them to be elsewhere. And they don't bring their parents along.

Try to travel my friend. You'll see how wrong you are. The world isn't better than us in every regard but they have their own good things. And stop watching sappy Bollywood films trying to appeal to a predominantly Indian audience.

Indusse, Neo Kerala, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and 2 othersKeshav2425, and San tigata sabaeus

Indian Joint States wrote:Seriously, your reference to back this up is "English Medium", a Bollywood feel-good film designed for Indian audiences.

And since all we need is anecdotal evidence, I don't think you are anything older than 16 years since you have no clue how people work these days. Most of my friends work in the IT industry in Bangalore and most of them live away from their parents, sometimes with friends. They do want to live with their parents but their job requires them to be elsewhere. And they don't bring their parents along.

Try to travel my friend. You'll see how wrong you are. The world isn't better than us in every regard but they have their own good things. And stop watching sappy Bollywood films trying to appeal to a predominantly Indian audience.

As i said mostly in general, especially, the generation of our fathers and mothers were even better sons and daughters. Of course the world is changing and progress has to come.

Indusse, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and Keshav2425

USA Budget & Actions
Pattin USA budget for this year have been passed. Which shows surge in Defence expenditure by 35% of previous 15% which is much higher than back in World War 2.

USA "We are not preparing for war, We are just taking precautions. But if it needs be we will not hesitate."

After military spending has been given to such height. General Arthur has provided many defence contracts which includes M16 , M1 Garand, Bretta rifles , and Military Industry has been ordered to build.

Such as through Intelligence Agency has been put on high alert so no espionage should be attempted, If attempted than it should be dealt as such.

Indusse, Hindu Ram Rajya, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and 1 otherKeshav2425

As time passes people change, but few aren't ready to accept changes. Since the time I issued my apology, I didn't saw any change in people's perspectives they still considered me an 'extremist'. So, I felt something's needed and the best comes when the worst is there 😄. Gorundu is that worst 😄😄. Don't take it seriously Gorundu, it was a joke. So, I had an interview with this fellow. When you go through this interview you can believe that Whole india has changed.

Gorundu: "Why do you hate Chinese people"
Me: "I don't hate Chinese. Chinese have a similar culture to us.
Who told you I hate Chinese or you presumed it yourself. I believe that the globe is one family."

Gorundu: Are you not an Indian nationalist anymore
Me: What I was before, I realized was Fascism and now what I say is Indian Nationalism which is propagated by RSS, VHP which is "Our identity is first as a resident of the cosmos, then as a resident of this planet, then as an Indian." So I just love my nation, respect all views unless they are fascist or Maoist (both are revolutionary + destructive = same outcome). Since, my ban from TSP, I have gone through quite the Spiritual process. No more Hitler, no more Stalin, no more Mao, no more Mussolini.

Gorundu: So you are still a Hindu nationalist?
Me: Firstly, Hinduism is a western term, Hindu is a geographical identity. Secondly, Nationalism yes but this isn't the nationalism that postmodernism defines. This is something different. In Sanskrit, we say, "Aham Bramhasmi" which means I identify myself with the cosmos." Nationalism's still alive in one of my personalities.

Gorundu: You support the party that does this?

Me: See like there are 2 types of animals there are 2 types of people. In the Indian Communist party, there are few fine individuals who don't take their income for themselves but donate it completely to the party. In the same way in BJP there are few fine individuals and few pests. Isn't the same in the US? Few people will call the attack on capital as incursion while they will justify the attack on India's Redfort on our Republic Day, isn't it? I condemn both attacks, it's democracy keep it good. If you want to protest get a designated site and sit there and protest, you don't have any right to block roads. Plus Democracy means I may disagree with you, but I will protect your right to express isn't it?

Gorundu: What are your thoughts on Muslims?
Me: They are good people except few who are extremists same is with Christians and in western words "Hindus" few our my fellow Hindus means Indians as it's a geographical identity, misinterpret Hindu as religions and feel Shiva, Vishnu, Bramha are gods, they aren't gods, they are the people whom all people worship (value) as they did something important but we today have forgotten what they did actually.
Few organisations like SDPI, incite these fellow Muslims. I would like to tell you in Gujarat after the 2002 riots the RSS helped every Muslim financially and physically to help repair homes, in the same way, RSS helped the Brahmins who were forced to leave Kashmir by the Muslims there. There are Alhatal Mosques in Kasmir where agents of ISI live, they incite Muslims in the name of religion.
Postmodernism has just taken hold of US, has hold of India's Cinemas, Academia, media. And I am telling you there is nothing known as your truth and my truth, there is only 1 truth. It's like there are 2 boys named William and Wilson and William breaks a vase but blames Wilson calling it as truth, however, Wilson's claim that William broke vase is right.

Gorundu: What does postmodernism mean to you?
Me: Postmodernism says, " There is your truth and my truth." Postmodernism has already taken hold of academia and is a quite dangerous thing. They have made 'Nationalism' and such other sentiments something really dangerous. Like people are reminded about the holocaust in the same way they should be reminded about Zedong and Stalin's mass killings.

[Gorundu doesn't reply for some half an hour or so]

Me: Hello? Are you there?

Gorundu: No.

Me: Now I have proved I am no more a fascist so what's the reason for such a rude reply?

Gorundu: Well, I reserve the right to not like you even if you're not a fascist.

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Indusse, Gujarat parma, Hindu Ram Rajya, Madhyarashtra, and 2 othersGadhavi, and Keshav2425

Hindu mahasabha

Indian Joint States wrote:Seriously, your reference to back this up is "English Medium", a Bollywood feel-good film designed for Indian audiences.

And since all we need is anecdotal evidence, I don't think you are anything older than 16 years since you have no clue how people work these days. Most of my friends work in the IT industry in Bangalore and most of them live away from their parents, sometimes with friends. They do want to live with their parents but their job requires them to be elsewhere. And they don't bring their parents along.

Try to travel my friend. You'll see how wrong you are. The world isn't better than us in every regard but they have their own good things. And stop watching sappy Bollywood films trying to appeal to a predominantly Indian audience.

I didn't gave the Bollywood movie example for it's acting I gave the example as the story was good and the attempt to explain the concept was good. I'm not a big fan of Bollywood, but I admire the small messages hidden in some of the good films.

About my age, I have already voted twice till now, so I don't think you need to calculate my age.

I didn't said any culture is wrong, I just said we have a different culture than the western countries which are good enough according to me.

You need to grow up and start respecting different opinions.

Indusse, Hindu Ram Rajya, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and 1 otherKeshav2425

Hindu Ram Rajya wrote:UK monitoring situation in Bulgaria

We issue a strong warning to Bulgaria to stop weapons production as it is seen a direct threat to UK, Bulgaria may remember that one of His Majesty's aircraft carrier is situated near Bulgarian waters, if Bulgaria doesn't stop its weapon production, the UK will be forced its hand.

Bulgaria decries the hypocrisy of the UK

Bulgaria has had no desire to harm the UK, another fellow nation in the international community, but it needs to protect itself and defend it's Thracian border. Bulgaria points out that the UK is also a weapons producers, and points out that Bulgaria doesn't threaten the UK for that. Bulgaria implores the UK not to do anything rash and unreasonable, for Bulgaria does not want war.

Indusse, Hindu Ram Rajya, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and 1 otherKeshav2425

SU, also, welcomes Shell into doing business in their country. Albeit under certain terms and conditions beneficial to both the parties.
Hoping that Shell's entrance would provide a major boost to the Economy and the Employment sector.

Indusse, Awell islands, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and 1 otherKeshav2425

Thanks for selecting me as a judge of India
Kindly telegram me with case details if needed.

Indusse, Awell islands, Rihaam, Mauryavarsha, and 4 othersMadhyarashtra, Gadhavi, Keshav2425, and Marvellia

Gujarat parma

Pattin wrote:Cold War
U.S.A urges NATO belligerents

Hindu Ram Rajya Great Britain
DEVRAJ Denmerk
Indusse Portugal
Indusians West Germany
Awell Islands Netherlands
Hebitaka France
Gujarat Parma Canada
to stop all support for Soviet ideology followers.
And USA provides cash Incentive of 1 million dollars both to West-Germany Indusians and Canada Gujarat parma for their stance against socialism.
USA asks all other belligerents of Soviet Union to learn lesson from the situation in Bulgaria and stop this nonsense called Socialism.

We ask directly to Soviet that nuclear missiles situated in Cuba should be taken back where they came from. Otherwise there would be dire consequences.
Take it as a threat if it needs be.

Canada rushes

Canadian government has ordered to make nuclear weapons, high quality weapons, and more ships.

Indusse, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and Keshav2425

Greetings all.

Indusse, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and Keshav2425

NorthWest Brightonburg wrote:Greetings all.

Hey Brighton!

Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and Keshav2425

USA revives Automotive Industry
USA has funded state owned industry of Tango Cars which will help it's nation to provide for population. Reducing the cost of import from other nations. Currently Sedan class, and Army Humvee will be produced for marketing.
Which will provide army a boost on mobilization.

USA stated that " This Industry will bolster our manufacturing based industries. Army will work on contracts so that it can be developed to produce homemade Armoured Vehicles"

Indusse, Hindu Ram Rajya, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and 1 otherKeshav2425

Helena Wankstein


Queen of Pattin

2020 - present

Preceeded by: King Edmund

Queen of Tiara

2020 - present


General information

Place of Birth:

Tiara,1998

House:

Wankstein

Children

0

Father:

Edmund Wankstein

Mother:

Ludmilla Wankstein

Age:

22

Height:

5 feet and 10 inches

Eye Colour:

Blue


Helena, Daughter of Great King Edmund . She followed her father's footsteps to gain renown and respect of her countryman. She joined military in teenage and showed great leadership in Ukranian Uprising. Alas she became so fed up on her own father's regime that she assassinated her father and thus becoming the first ever Queen of Pattin.
Read factbook

Indusse, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and Keshav2425

Switzerland request UK for a deal involving the purchase of 20 de-Havilland Vampires (jet fighters) at reasonable prices

Indusse, Hindu Ram Rajya, Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and 1 otherKeshav2425

Portugese Navy to move to UK and it's border

The Portuguese Navy has decided to move near UK and it's border and support the allied forces there.

Madhyarashtra, Gadhavi, and Keshav2425

Hindu mahasabha wrote:I didn't gave the Bollywood movie example for it's acting I gave the example as the story was good and the attempt to explain the concept was good. I'm not a big fan of Bollywood, but I admire the small messages hidden in some of the good films.

About my age, I have already voted twice till now, so I don't think you need to calculate my age.

I didn't said any culture is wrong, I just said we have a different culture than the western countries which are good enough according to me.

You need to grow up and start respecting different opinions.

Did you just ask me to start "respecting different opinions" while simultaneously arguing that western sons and daughters who have different opinions on how to care for their parents are not good sons and daughters!

Your level of cognitive dissonance is genuinely alarming.

Indusse, Neo Kerala, Gadhavi, and Keshav2425

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