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What resistance?

Aidenfieeld, Proctethia, Melicorium, Wi sd ea d, and 1 otherShangyuen

THE FRENCH RESISTANCE

Aidenfieeld, Volaworand, Proctethia, Melicorium, and 2 othersWi sd ea d, and Shangyuen

Segaplaystation

I just joined and I have no idea what's going on I am so overwhelmed oh god

Aidenfieeld, Volaworand, Proctethia, Melicorium, and 4 othersWi sd ea d, Purple Hyacinth, Shangyuen, and Moaning Lisa

Me too.

Aidenfieeld, Proctethia, Melicorium, Wi sd ea d, and 2 othersPurple Hyacinth, and Shangyuen

Segaplaystation

I thought this was something funky, something like an itch.io game. But this is so so much more than I thought it was and I have never been more caught off guard in my entire life.

Aidenfieeld, Proctethia, Melicorium, Wi sd ea d, and 2 othersPurple Hyacinth, and Shangyuen

Melicorium

Segaplaystation wrote:I just joined and I have no idea what's going on I am so overwhelmed oh god

Daria kirron wrote:Me too.

Both of you, welcome to the South Pacific!
*Gives both of you fresh, cold cans of Regular Sweetened Melicorian South Pacific Iced Tea, as well as a random guide*
Read the guide of you're interested in getting involved in our world-class community!

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Guides
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Welcome to the South Pacific!

HOLD IT! This dispatch is really long. What’s the TL;DR, please?

Well, the game pretty much plays itself, but if you’re looking to get involved in the region beyond the basics, then there are a variety of things you can do:

  • First, join the World Assembly on the left, and endorse Beepee. This is the simplest way you can help strengthen our region against attack. Read this dispatch to learn more about why this important!

  • Once you're a member, consider visiting our LinkOffice of World Assembly Legislation (OWL) to debate resolutions and get recommendations on how to vote, as well as learning how to write your own WA resolutions.

  • Want to talk to all of us in real time, to get all your questions answered, to debate what there is to debate, or just to chill and have a drink of South Pacific Iced Tea? LinkJoin us on our Discord server.

  • Are you interested in writing and debating laws, and getting involved in the nitty-gritty of regional politics? Join our regional forum and Linksign up to be a legislator here.

  • Interested in helping to craft festivals, events, news articles, and graphics to keep everyone entertained and involved for a long time to come. Join us on LinkDiscord

  • Interested in the military? Do you want to go out into the wide world of NationStates to protect regions from attackers, and take the fight to them if necessary? The South Pacific Special Forces is just the thing for you. LinkJump on Discord to sign up.


Okay, I want more detail, but start with the basics, please!

So, you’ve just started playing NationStates and you’ve been randomly assigned to the South Pacific region. What now?

There’s already a great FAQ on the site that’s worth reading, but I’ll do my best to give you a basic run through here as well.

Firstly, you will want to get to know your nation and get a feel for how you can mould it to your will. This is done by answering issues, which pop up every six hours or so. [Pro-tip - you can change the frequency that you receive issues in your settings] Each issue has a number of possible decisions to choose from. These will usually cover a range of positions on the political spectrum, but they will also tend to be rather extreme - that’s part of the fun! When you’ve chosen which decision you want to take, you’ll get a screen showing you its effect on your nation, as your stats go up or down in various ways, as well as a humorous tagline which will usually make it sound like you made a bad decision (don’t worry, it’s just being funny).

Answering issues is the only way you can directly change your nation’s stats (except population, which just increases steadily over time as a measure of how long you’ve been playing - population milestones will unlock some new customisation features for your nation, like naming your capital city), and it is, basically the whole of the base game. Anything else NationStates has to offer is kinda added-on.

Indeed, the only other part of the game that connects directly to your nation is the World Assembly. It’s kinda like NationStates’ version of the UN, and if you join it you can vote on resolutions created by other nations, the outcome of which will affect your nation’s stats. You can only have one WA nation. Don’t try and have more than one - it’s a serious offence!

There’s more to being in the WA, but that’s the only part of it that affects your nation’s general stats and is, therefore, part of the basics of the game. We’ll look at the other features of being in the WA later.

Okay, so you said I’d been assigned to a region. What is a region anyway and can I change which region I’m in?

Well, regions in NationStates are communities which your nation can be part of. Each nation can only belong to one region at a time, but you are free to move your nation as much as you like, or you can create multiple nations to experience several regions at once.

The South Pacific is a Game-Created Region (GCR), meaning that it was not founded by an individual player and, as one of the five Pacifics, it serves the purpose of being a ‘feeder’ region, meaning it is where new nations are randomly assigned once they are created, because everybody has to start somewhere.

As such, there are a lot of nations in the South Pacific at any one time and nations come and go quite quickly, but this also means that the region is very diverse and inclusive and this is reflected in the aims of the regional government.

Wait, what? The region has a government?

Yes, but there’s more to tell you about regions first!

Okay…

You can find other regions by searching for them on ‘The World’ page and you can change your nation’s region by visiting the World Factbook Entry (WFE - here’s the South Pacific’s) of another region and then scrolling until you see a button labeled ‘Move [nation name] to [region name]’. Click it and you’re off!

Right. Are you going to tell me about the regional government, now? Is that, like, a roleplaying thing?

Yes, okay.

Firstly, the regional government of the South Pacific (known as the Coalition of the South Pacific) is not a roleplaying government, at least, not exactly. It is made up of individuals within the South Pacific who have been elected to office by others in the South Pacific and, once in office, they have real power over the community and what happens there. In that sense, at least, this is not roleplaying. They are not ‘in character’. It is, however, a kind of gameplay, as it allows people to ‘play’ at politics and enjoy another aspect of being part of this community.

So, how does it work?

Well, regional governments sprang up not long after the game was first created back in 2003. They grew up out of the delegate system, which is where nations which are members of the WA can endorse each other and the nation with the most endorsements in the region becomes the regional WA delegate, with increased voting power in the WA itself. That automatically creates a kind of democracy and, since the regional WA delegate has certain powers (like banning nations and editing the WFE), it became a desirable position and one that people wanted to make sure was used wisely.

The limitations of what is possible on regional message boards made regions begin to form the structures of government on off-site forums and, over time and through the work and effort of many ‘generations’ of players, those structures have evolved into fully-functioning governments.

The Coalition of the South Pacific (found Linkon these forums) is one of the oldest democracies in the game. It has Linka charter from which all our laws are derived, an Assembly which serves as the legislature of the coalition, creating and voting on laws and presided over by the Chair; a Cabinet consisting of a Prime Minister and the Ministers, respectively, of Regional Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Military Affairs, who serve as our executive; and a local government on the game website consisting of the Delegate and three Local Council members. All of these positions are elected at regular intervals, allowing players frequent opportunity to run for them.

That sounds interesting. How do I get involved?

The best thing to do is to join the forums here and Linkregister as a legislator, which will allow you to vote on laws. Then you should probably lurk a little while and look through old threads to see what people actually do in government and how it affects the community.

I’d also recommend joining Linkour Discord chat server. It’s great fun and a lot happens on there which is relevant to the forum-based government. Indeed, in many ways, it’s more active than the forums, with the latter serving as the place to store and action all our laws, debates and votes.

What else is there to do?

There is roleplaying on both the TSP forum and the NationStates forum. Most regions have their own journalism reporting on regional events and are keen to have new writers get involved. Our journalism is run by the Ministry of Regional Affairs, who also organise festivals and events and write guides like this to help welcome new players. You can join us Linkon our Discord server

There is military gameplay, which takes the form of using WA membership and delegate endorsement to ‘raid’ regions, taking over their in-game power-structure to make changes or just say that you’ve done it. Other’s ‘defend’ regions from attacks by raiders who seek to damage a region’s membership or culture. There are also independents, who raid or defend just for fun and don’t seek to cause any damage. (the South Pacific has it’s own independent army - the South Pacific Special Forces, which you can join Linkhere, or Linkon their Discord server. There are even special GCRs called Warzones designed just for this purpose.

And of course there’s the usual banter and word games, karaoke competitions, inter-regional festivals - all sorts of things really. There’s always something going on in NationStates!

But don’t be overwhelmed. Take your time, get involved in whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it and don’t stress. Above all, have fun and play nicely with other players!

Read dispatch


Drystar wrote:While I can’t suppress for having a dumb opinion, I can suppress for a baiting post.

My goodness, what an idea. Why didn't I think of that?

Hello

Aidenfieeld, Proctethia, Melicorium, Wi sd ea d, and 1 otherShangyuen

Szekeland wrote:Hello

hillo

Aidenfieeld, Melicorium, Wi sd ea d, Shangyuen, and 1 otherSzekeland

Unojo wrote:hillo

How are you

Aidenfieeld, Proctethia, Melicorium, Wi sd ea d, and 1 otherShangyuen

flintstones gummies taste really good

Aidenfieeld, Melicorium, Wi sd ea d, and Shangyuen

Drystar wrote:Some are, some aren’t. I can tell a lot of you are young, and don’t have a lot of experience with office email practices. Basically write a post here like you were sending an email to Carol in HR, and you’ll be fine. Swearing when you drop a hammer on your finger is acceptable, but would you send that to your coworkers?

Bruh what, this is a game you’re trippin.

Aidenfieeld, Melicorium, Wi sd ea d, Shangyuen, and 1 otherDeath to democracy

Odakra wrote:Bruh what, this is a game you’re trippin.

Ahh, aren’t you cute and edgy.

Aidenfieeld, Azachland, Proctethia, Iym winterless, and 5 othersMelicorium, Wi sd ea d, Purple Hyacinth, Shangyuen, and Gnns

Gnns wrote:Hi everyone

I’m feeling very generic and normal today

Drystar, Aidenfieeld, Apabeossie, Proctethia, and 4 othersMelicorium, Wi sd ea d, Western fardelshufflestein, and Shangyuen

Drystar wrote:Ahh, aren’t you cute and edgy.

I never imagined you using the word “cute” in a sentence.

Drystar, Aidenfieeld, Apabeossie, Proctethia, and 4 othersMelicorium, Wi sd ea d, Shangyuen, and Saint Cinder

Azachland wrote:I never imagined you using the word “cute” in a sentence.

Trust me, I had my tongue firmly in my cheek and rolled my eyes to boot.

Aidenfieeld, Azachland, Proctethia, Melicorium, and 3 othersWi sd ea d, Purple Hyacinth, and Shangyuen

Drystar wrote:Trust me, I had my tongue firmly in my cheek and rolled my eyes to boot.

That means you like calling people 'cute'

Drystar, Aidenfieeld, Proctethia, Melicorium, and 3 othersWi sd ea d, Shangyuen, and Saint Cinder

Azachland wrote:That means you like calling people 'cute'

Sure, you can draw whatever you’d like from that.

Aidenfieeld, Azachland, Proctethia, Melicorium, and 4 othersWi sd ea d, Purple Hyacinth, Shangyuen, and Saint Cinder

Drystar wrote:Sure, you can draw whatever you’d like from that.

"You didn't deny it-"

Drystar, Proctethia, Melicorium, Wi sd ea d, and 2 othersShangyuen, and Saint Cinder

Azachland wrote:"You didn't deny it-"

Gods be smithed! Is Drystar's cold appearance is breaking in front of my eyes?! Is it possible that Drystar was once a lovable cuddly pirate before Auphelia changed him? Then again who knows what he was like when he was a young single swashbuckler.

Drystar, Azachland, Proctethia, Melicorium, and 4 othersWi sd ea d, Purple Hyacinth, Shangyuen, and Jes detergent scientia

Azachland wrote:"You didn't deny it-"

Nor do I confirm it.

Saint Cinder wrote:Gods be smithed! Is Drystar's cold appearance is breaking in front of my eyes?! Is it possible that Drystar was once a lovable cuddly pirate before Auphelia changed him? Then again who knows what he was like when he was a young single swashbuckler.

No, I was never warm and fuzzy.

Auphelia, Azachland, Proctethia, Melicorium, and 4 othersWi sd ea d, Purple Hyacinth, Shangyuen, and Saint Cinder

Saint Cinder wrote:Gods be smithed! Is Drystar's cold appearance is breaking in front of my eyes?! Is it possible that Drystar was once a lovable cuddly pirate before Auphelia changed him? Then again who knows what he was like when he was a young single swashbuckler.

Drystar wrote:Nor do I confirm it.

No, I was never warm and fuzzy.

"Drystar is a softie."

Drystar, Proctethia, Melicorium, Wi sd ea d, and 3 othersPurple Hyacinth, Shangyuen, and Saint Cinder

Drystar wrote:No, I was never warm and fuzzy.

Azachland wrote:"Drystar is a softie."

I knew it. And I'm absolutely disgusted!

Drystar, Azachland, Proctethia, Melicorium, and 2 othersWi sd ea d, and Shangyuen

Odakra wrote:-snip-

Someone using "bruh" is an instant reason for me to not take them seriously in whatever they write afterwards.

Drystar, Azachland, Proctethia, Melicorium, and 2 othersWi sd ea d, and Shangyuen

Saint Cinder wrote:I knew it. And I'm absolutely disgusted!

"I bet he loves warm hugs."

Drystar, Proctethia, Melicorium, Wi sd ea d, and 2 othersShangyuen, and Saint Cinder

Azachland wrote:"I bet he loves warm hugs."

Only if she’s a redhead, and has rather loose morals.

Auphelia, Azachland, Proctethia, Melicorium, and 4 othersWi sd ea d, Purple Hyacinth, Shangyuen, and Saint Cinder

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