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How to get in a ton of trouble in my school, like me:
Be conservative
Only works among Gen Z
Here is mine of three years ago if you need inspiration:
Yes, I do!
Preamble
As many of you know, information was invented in 1910 by the Portuguese nobleman Dom José Luís de Informação Ávila e Daun, who initially named his invention ávila. He died however the same year and in the troubles around the abolition of the monarchy his invention was lost for some time until it resurfaced in 1956. The government of prime minister Salazar had no use for it however and it was forgotten again until after the Carnation Revolution of 1974. Successive governments of Portugal implemented the invention, which they called informação ('information') instead, and when Portugal joined the European Union in 1986, information slowly started to spread to the rest of Europe and eventually to other parts of the world.
Candidate for the office of Secretary of Information of The Western Isles
I have used information on several occasions and I think that it is an excellent way to tell people about important things that they need or want to know, e.g. about the Western Isles, and that is why I am presenting myself as a candidate today to become the next Secretary of Information of these same Western Isles. Austrovik’s sudden disappearance as both my neighbour and – more importantly – Secretary of Information of The Western Isles has created two vacua, of which I can sadly only fill one (as the function of ‘my neighbour’ can probably only be filled by someone else than ‘myself’ but that is an existential question for another time) so there we are.
Background and experience
Some information about myself: I have been geofictionally active since my puberty and in the 25 years that followed I have created a whole list of successful and less successful nations. My oldest surviving nation (created in 1997) is the Kingdom of Kronenburg (a small nation off the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts founded by Dutch and Scandinavians). I participate in projects like the AGL and FICT (fictional international organisations on earth), Vexillium, OpenGeofiction, and – since December 2018 – NationStates. I have two other nations here as well but these will probably disappear soon following a recent decision of mine to spend more time to quality instead of quantity.
The information part has been important in my geofictional activity. Most of my countries have had their own websites at some point (
Kronenburg, FICT, my countries in Vexillium) but information can also be found in wikis and (here on NationStates) in factbooks. As for responsibility for projects as a whole my experience includes having been ‘coordinator’ of projects (which mostly involved telling people off for being inactive) as well as editor of the bi-monthly magazine (which used to be a real magazine on paper in the pre-internet time when we had to publish our news and stories like that. Needless to say with all the printing and stamps that was a lot more expensive and time consuming than sharing information is now; praise technological advancements!).
Some negative points about myself: 1) I am too busy with work and other stuff so if elected Secretary of Information I will try to give the latter priority over other hobbies. 2) I tend to write too much.
My intentions
If elected, my intentions are to make sure that there will be monthly reports in any case and hopefully the weekly one as well; continuation is important to show the rest of NationStates that the Western Isles aren’t just any random region but a place where all geofiction and role-play loving players can find a comfortable stay for their nations. Further, I love lists with facts so perhaps I will compile other stuff as well if time permits. My initial main goal however is to get the Secretariate of Information going again!
Merci, Thank you, Cnacu6o,
Nhoor
I honestly do not want to be the Secretary of Information for various reasons.
I'm semi-conservative. Luckily, conservatism is not as troublesome here.
Don't worry, we've all been there. You'll grow out of it in college.
Shidei, Jeriga, and Esterazdravo
fellow military capitalists, I have a (non-rp) issue to consult you all with.
Myself and another nation have a territorial dispute over some uninhabited islands. Here's my two choices:
A) Build a military base and defend the islands
B) Let the aboriginal natives reclaim their land, and they give us access to their gold deposits
Which would help the most in making an ultra capitalist ultra military government?
Damn, sometimes I hate this game.
NS: Here's an issue about businesses outsourcing work abroad and our people can't find jobs.
Me: No problem, let's force businesses to employ our people instead of outsourcing.
NS: Ok, that option destroyed your economy but also somehow reduced employment which was the one thing you tried to increase when you picked that option :D
Me: WTF?
And that was the least crazy option. Others were: let's force kids to work/let's force some kids to work and we will decide what the rest will study/let's bomb the F out of another nation just because we can
what's wrong with the last one?
Why not give the natives the island, however then offer them protection and subsidies in exchange for mining rights for the gold, so you can both have a military presence on the island and get the money?
Luckily for you, within TWI RP we don’t use NS stats or issues
Wellsia, Jeriga, and Borisuelo
The algorithms were on your side.
Actually I did, I’m surprised the other countries with interest there are also not protesting. If 
Najimam uses it as a base of operations against 
Vacrus then that opens it up for invasion. Najimam is also foolish for dispatching a significant fleet to an unprotected civilian ship yard in range of missiles and bombers of a nation that declares war by attacking first (i.e.: naval attack against 
Havalland).
Post self-deleted by Daekong.
I’m thinking of changing my Capital from Gwasong, to Pārushiti, my Largest city, you guys think I should?
I have nothing related to this.
All of us here seem to be pulling an all nighter, aye?
It's 7 pm here
not even night here 
Esterazdravo
just got past midnight for me. i might aswell go to sleep, my fragile body can't even carry a iphone. peace.
I also think Nisryn lives in Jordan. What the heck man?! its 3pm there!
Same!
Thanks for your service and all the best in life.
If I had time or understanding about all this I might run for the position, but I'm still new and inexperienced so I'd be best leaving it off to others who are actually fit for this position.
Nhoor and The Kayevies
and my other driver was last
williams 2020 fr
*ahem*
H E E E E E L L L L L L L L O O O O
You absolutely could, but IRL capitals aren't always the largest city in a nation (sometimes not by a longshot), so don't feel like you need to make it your capital just for that reason. Size could factor into legislation to move the capital, but probably wouldn't be a singular deciding factor.
So, this is partly related: apparently South Africa has three capitals. The Executive capital of Pretoria, the Legislative capital of Cape Town, and the Judicial capital of Bloemfontein. The largest city is Johannesburg. I'd thought about the division of government vs economic capital, but not one for 3 branches of government, neither of which are the largest city. I'm tempted to revamp Martenyika to have this (but I'd have to research the reasoning and circumstances behind it).
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