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Altmoras for Sovereign; It's about damn time.
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Altmoras	Dec 14 2016, 01:08 PM Post #1
Former Something Posts: 2,725 Group: Members Member #290 Joined: Mar 19, 2016 Alignment Chaotic Good Military Stance Defender Political Views Crazy Panda	Altmoras for Sovereign It's about damn time isn't it? Introduction Hey there! By now I’m assuming that most of you know me. However I’ll take this time to introduce myself for posterity. My name is Altmoras, I joined Lazarus in March of this year after reviving my four years inactive main nation. Shortly after I became active on our offsite forum, Amerion nominated me to run for the vacant Speaker of the House position, I won the election in a landslide and it was off to the races from there. Since then I’ve done quite a few things here in Lazarus. I’ve been/am; three term Speaker of the House, a writer for the Gazette, an ambassador to our friends and allies, an officer in our army, the creator of our Discord, a games host for our fall festival, a Security Council Author, an advisor to several Sovereigns, and a very prolific spammer, among other things. Now, I’d like to be your next Sovereign. My Agenda Security and the World Assembly Spoiler: click to toggle I resigned from the World Assembly on [nation]Altmoras[/nation] on June 14th, 2016 to go out into the wider world of NS military gameplay, intending to accrue a little military experience and be home in Lazarus in time for Christmas. Things don’t always go exactly as planned however, instead of hanging out and gaining a little experience I ended up becoming the de facto leader of both [region]The Order of the Grey Wardens[/region] and our own Lazarene Liberation Army; as well as becoming a Moderator of The Coalition Against the Ideology of Nazism and commanding several anti fascist liberations with them. Six months of experience might not seem like much in a fourteen year old game, but I can assure you that the security of our region will be ironclad under my watchful eye. Before I was a military gameplayer, I was an endo tarter, it’s actually why I became a citizen in the first place. I wanted the higher endorsement cap that comes as a privilege of citizenship, and that somehow snowballed into me becoming Lazarus’ longest serving elected official since the 2015 coup. The point is that I believe in and understand the importance of a strong culture of high endorsement counts and prolific exchanging of those endorsements. To further that goal I plan on implementing a few things… Awards!: I’ve been prodding at the idea of giving awards for a while. So one of the first things on my agenda will be to create an awards dispatch, recognizing nations that carry a high level of endorsements, and those who endorse our Delegate, Vice Delegate, and Guardians. Races!: Competitions will be held between nations of similar endo counts to see who can collect the most endorsements in a certain period of time. Those are just a few things I have in mind, my other plans related to the WA will be covered in other sections of this campaign. As mentioned briefly above, I started out as an endo tarter, and I’m fully prepared to go back to my roots. At the time of writing, Lazarus contains 362 World Assembly nations, and our delegate holds an endorsement count of 223. This constitutes a WA Engagement level of approximately 61.6%, 223 endorsements is actually a record for native endorsements in absolute terms, but I think we can do even better in terms of engagement. Historical data shows us that 61.6% is a much lower level of engagement then we are capable of. Our Sister Sinkers of Osiris and Balder have both shown us that it is possible for a sinker to reach WA Engagement levels in excess of 75%, with 362 WA nations that comes out to be 271 endorsements! A delegate endorsement count that high would make Lazarus the 9th most powerful World Assembly region in the world! It would also be a new modern record for our region, with the exception of a brief period after the 2015 coup when over 100 of our friends and allies moved into the region to secure Kazmr as the delegate. Perhaps 271 is a lofty goal, but if you shoot for the moon, even if you miss you’ll land among the stars. But what will we do if we get all of those endorsements? What will we do with them? This is where I’d like to talk to you about “Stomping”, “Stomping” is a World Assembly voting policy wherein a delegate votes as early as possible on the resolution at vote, skewing the total votes in favor of one side or the other right out of the gate, the intended effect of this is to trigger a bandwagon effect of delegates and individual voters voting for the winning side. By stomping early and often, we will be able to maximize the value of Lazarus’ vote, and in the case of the Security Council, advance our foreign policy aims. More endorsements also has more passive benefits to our region, specifically regarding the mid-level influence and endorsement counts of our native nations. More nations actively endorsing is a benefit to every single native World Assembly member in Lazarus, more endorsements, more influence, shiny badges, and a way to cement their foundation here. Tldr: Keep the region safe and secure. Tart hard. Encourage everyone else to tart hard. Utilize “Stomping” to maximize our say in the WA. Internal Affairs Spoiler: click to toggle For as long as I’ve been a member of Lazarus our Internal Affairs department has been a mixed bag to say the least. We’ve had some moments of brilliance and productivity during Frankender and Yuno’s tenures, however under those same people the ministry has also had pronounced periods of inactivity where nothing gets done. So what’s the problem? It’s not incompetent Ministers given the proven quality of their work. The problem lies in a lack of clear direction, a lack of objectives to accomplish. That won’t be a problem under an Altmoras Administration, I know what I want done, and for the most part I know how I want it done. So what do I want done? Integration is one of the cornerstones of this platform and of my policy in general. Integration programs can be messy, unsuccessful, and generally lack the “sexiness” of big projects like Festivals or other major regional events. However, a good integration program can be indispensable, after all you can’t accomplish much at all if your region doesn’t have enough active people. That sentiment goes double for a Sinker like Lazarus where active individuals are already at a premium. So how do we go about it? Methodically, that’s how. NationStates already conveniently organizes a lot of groups of people who are more likely to be receptive to engagement and integration than the shotgun approach of region:lazarus telegrams. So what do we want to target for? Well, I envision a few different categories of engagement messages being sent out. Manually or by api, not mass marketed. Recruitment for the WA: Remember how I said WA policy would tie into Internal Affairs policy? I plan to frequently and strongly encourage anyone who will listen to join the WA and endorse their fellow Lazarenes. Some early examples of this can be found in my Welcome Telegram (Currently running for the region) and the “Join the World Assembly” dispatch. What’s different here is that the targeting of nations will be more narrow and personally tailored. Recruitment for Citizenship/The Forum: A common complaint has been the inactivity of our forumside community, outside of spam of course which is lively as ever. This one is pretty standard, once more using specific targeting we bring more people into the fold on Zetaboards, even if they don’t become citizens more roleplayers/spammers/WA Resolution debaters is always nice. Recruitment for the Army: Of all the regions tagged “Invader or Defender” Lazarus is the largest of them all. This is a tremendous opportunity to get new people involved in military gameplay. As I can personally attest it is one of the most exciting and intriguing aspects of NationStates and we should be bringing as many interested nations in on it as possible. Recruitment for Anything!: Once we have an established process for engagement we can utilize the same tactics for whatever project or exciting opportunity we see fit. That might seem overly general, but it is really a cornerstone of what I want to do; I don’t want Lazarus to have a 3-6 month golden age while I’m in office and then regress after I’m gone. I want to establish clear ways for future governments to emulate our (hopefully) good work and make Lazarus the juggernaut it deserves to be. Now who are we going to recruit? As I said earlier NationStates already conveniently sorts a lot of groups so let’s go through those. WA Members: Obviously these nations can’t be recruited to the WA since they’re already in it, but those who chose to join the WA and have their WA nation in Lazarus are already tad more reliable than your average mass tg audience. Regional WA members are prime candidates to try and recruit for anything you can think of. Stat Leaders: Nations who are in the top 1% of our region for one of the many national statistics that NationStates tracks ie; Scientific Advancement. These are people who have put not insignificant amounts of time and effort into their nation. Dispatch Posters: Pretty self explanatory, people who create factbooks for their nations are clearly willing to go the extra mile. The Future: This is in its infancy still, but recently I’ve been talking with some of the NationStates community’s resident tech wizards about utilizing the api and data dumps to spit out even more lists of viable candidates. Culture has never been a particularly strong suit of mine. I’m competent enough, I roleplay, write, and host games on occasion. However, I don’t have any particularly strong specific inspirations for regional culture. My plan for the most part is to ensure that the more culturally minded members of our populace have whatever they need in order to make our regional culture flourish. It is my hope that by encouraging a general increase in regional activity and availability of information that Lazarus will create a far more sustainable cultural base instead of one reliant on the activity of a few. I do still love the idea of a non-military “Invader” army that “attacks” our friends and allies and generally shows them a good time though. Foreign Affairs Spoiler: click to toggle Lazarus has been in a state of not-altogether-splendid isolation from the rest of the world for most of the time I’ve been here. The last message that went out to our embassies abroad was in early September, and that was only a festival invite. The last real foreign update we put out was in July, if we weren’t a GCR we probably would have had several of our embassies closed on us by now for inactivity. My intention is to light a fire under our asses in that department and get a proper foreign update produced ASAP if I am elected. Beyond that it is my intention to reach back out into the wider world and seek bi or multilateral agreements with like minded regions. The Coalition Against the Ideology of Nazism was a good step back into the world, and I’d like for us to continue expanding our purview of cooperation on all matters from military GP to the WA. As I said earlier, our WA policy can and should be a tool to advance our foreign affairs aims, the delegates of Lazarus routinely have over 200 endorsements nowadays (and I intend to have much more). These endorsements give us the potential to be major power players in the World Assembly, particularly the Security Council, Be it commendations of friends, condemnation of enemies, liberation of occupied regions, Lazarus’s vote when applied early and often can be a major deciding tool. I’d like for Lazarus to establish or join at least one interregional treaty or accord during my tenure, but at the same time I won’t be seeking out treaties or accords that don’t provide significant benefit to Lazarus so if nothing good is available then I’m perfectly fine with not establishing any. The Military Spoiler: click to toggle Since I joined the Lazarene Liberation Army a few months back I’ve been it’s most and sometimes only active member. However if elected I do get to select the next Grand Commandant and I will be certain to pick a candidate who shares my vision for the army. I would like the LLA to become a real power player in the world of military gameplay, with a regular presence at update and a strong policy of transparency. Ideally, when the operation is not classified the people of Lazarus should always know what their military is doing and why. The new Grand Commandant should make regular public reports of the LLA’s activity on the forum and the rmb. This topic is hard for me to discuss in depth because frankly what the LLA needs more than anything is people, we’ll acquire those people via the aforementioned advertisement along with our integration program. General Things Spoiler: click to toggle Citizenship: The policy Amerion has towards citizenship was adopted at my suggestion, so overall I’m quite happy with it. However I would like to implement proper admin checks for new citizens, along with adding a bit of “adspace” letting people know what they can do in Lazarus at the bottom of citizenship applications. Deputies and Assistants: One change I will be making to the structure of the executive government is creating the position of “Assistant Minister”. Assistant Ministers will essentially be members of a Ministry’s staff and require no special masking. This will allow for wider involvement in our government by anyone who wants to help. Deputies on the other hand will be similar to the Deputy Directors of Ceremonies, Individuals charged with specific and important duties and responsibilities at the behest of their minister. Given the greater authority and importance of these offices I and the Ministers will be holding deputies accountable as if the deputies were ministers themselves. Polls: I don’t have a long ass paragraph to stick this in, but I would like for us to be running regional polls 24/7/365. Conclusion I ended up in Lazarus by a combination of luck and happenstance, originally I only stayed because I couldn’t find an RP region that would let me and my ridiculously large RP nation in. But there was something about this place, something I fell in love with. I became a major staple of our regional government, and shortly after I went out and became a Gameplay Power Player ™ (Ew right?), despite this though, despite everything I’ve done in the Wardens and elsewhere Lazarus has always been my home. In fact, everything I’ve done in the past 6 months has been in preparation for being the best Sovereign I can be. Right now, not only do I think that I am ready for the position, I think I’m exactly what Lazarus needs right now, a strong, active leader with a clear plan. So vote for me, I’ll probably be really good at it. Also AMA. Signed, [nation]Altmoras[/nation]



Altmoras	Dec 14 2016, 01:09 PM Post #2
Former Something Posts: 2,725 Group: Members Member #290 Joined: Mar 19, 2016 Alignment Chaotic Good Military Stance Defender Political Views Crazy Panda	Sorry for the novel, it just kind of happened Expect revisions as I alter ideas/add new ones, also expect fixes on some of the terrible run on sentences.



Neop	Dec 14 2016, 01:48 PM Post #3
Lazarene Posts: 172 Group: Members Member #466 Joined: Nov 6, 2016 Alignment Lawful Good Military Stance Neutral Political Views Independent Nation in Lazarus Neop	You have positions in quite a few military organizations. What are your plans for those if you are elected?



Altmoras	Dec 14 2016, 01:58 PM Post #4
Former Something Posts: 2,725 Group: Members Member #290 Joined: Mar 19, 2016 Alignment Chaotic Good Military Stance Defender Political Views Crazy Panda	Neop Dec 14 2016, 01:48 PM You have positions in quite a few military organizations. What are your plans for those if you are elected? If two orgs seems like quite a few I suggest you ask Yuno how many orgs she's in sometime. Obviously I can't update, but at the stage I'm in my actual WA and the not inconsiderable skill I possess in deploying it are only a small part of the value I provide to the Wardens. My strategic and tactical command abilities, along with my triggering abilities provide far more than one more guy at update. As such I don't plan on stepping back from the Wardens any more than I already have since becoming immobile in preparation for this election. As for the LLA, as an Officer I am in the unique position of being able to issue operational commands to the LLA as the Sovereign if I so desired. However I would like to mostly step back from the everyday running of the LLA in order to focus on higher level development of the army and the region as a whole. The LLA isn't really big enough right now for the Grand Commandant to need any additional help. If the GC went inactive for some reason I would step in, but other than that I'll mostly be leaving the day to day LLA be. Edited by Altmoras, Dec 14 2016, 02:06 PM.



Lake Flotillas	Dec 14 2016, 03:38 PM Post #5
Also known as Rivercastle Posts: 1,310 Group: Members Member #181 Joined: Aug 2, 2015 Alignment Lawful Good Military Stance Neutral Nation in Lazarus Lake Flotillas	It's a really comprehensive plan - I love it Some questions though: 1) How do you plan to reduce the likelihood of a burnout as Sovereign? It's a problem that the past few Sovereigns have suffered from - likely because they were handling way too much stuff during their terms. Do you have any people in mind that you wish to appoint to head the various aspects e.g. form committees, etc.? 2) Are there any plans for the Gazette?



Amerion	Dec 14 2016, 03:51 PM Post #6
Star Destroyer Posts: 6,524 Group: Accused Member #29 Joined: Apr 9, 2015 Alignment Lawful Good Military Stance Neutral Political Views Independent Nation in Lazarus Amerion Discord Amerion#9702	I must say, this is easily one of the better campaigns I have seen in my time here. I do have a couple of questions if you wouldn't mind. 1) Could you please provide a 'conflict of interests' list? One which details all regions or organisations (military or otherwise) which you have or currently are involved in. 2) Osiris, a fellow sinker region and one which has had a colourful history with Lazarus, is currently experiencing a revitalisation effort by its new administration led by Adytus. As part of his agenda is a detente with Lazarus. Ady and the Pharaoh of Osiris, NK, has since made friendly overtures to myself and others in government. Considering the new political climate in Osiris, how will your administration approach that region? 3) Understandably, your foreign policy is at this time brief. However, in general, how do you view each of the other sinkers and could you please detail a potential approach you would take for each one? 4) With regards to CAIN, we are part of a larger organisation which at times may pursue a policy which Lazarus may disagree with (such as designating an ally of Lazarus as a Nazi-region). Would you take an active stance which makes clear the position of Lazarus or will you seek to follow the consensus of the organisation? 5) Former sovereign Starberry made a well-known declaration that any minister who became inactive (the irony) or was not performing at acceptable levels would be sacked. Do you pledge to take the same position as Star did? 6) While you have identified a number of theoretically-sound proposals for recruiting, what is your view on recruiting in UCRs and GCRs?



New Rogernomics	Dec 14 2016, 04:39 PM Post #7
Ghost of Kitties Past Posts: 2,732 Group: Citizen Member #174 Joined: Jul 2, 2015 Alignment Lawful Good Political Views Independent Nation in Lazarus Rogernomics Discord NewRogernomics	1) How will you balance military responsibilities, RL, and working on activity? By this I mean, a larger military role could mean less emphasis on internal activity and more on other regions, which might not help our own problems with inactivity. While the FRA was an organization here many respected, in the end it didn't do much for Lazarus when it began its final decline, and the concern that could be raised here is that expanding the LLA would mean over-extending it or re-creating a sort of FRA, only for it to become logistically too difficult to manage. 2) Lower activity in the final months of the year, seems to be a constant in Lazarus, if not NS, so when the new year comes, how do you plan to take advantage of that higher activity? In regards to general stuff. Quote: Citizenship: The policy Amerion has towards citizenship was adopted at my suggestion, so overall I’m quite happy with it. However I would like to implement proper admin checks for new citizens, along with adding a bit of “adspace” letting people know what they can do in Lazarus at the bottom of citizenship applications. This isn't to do with the campaign but more existing admin stuff, but new or existing members do get a PM whenever the citizenship mask is applied: Quote: Congrats on becoming a citizen of Lazarus and joining the Grand Assembly! Please read the topics below, if you want to learn more about our region: Regional Guide to Lazarus Feel free to read through this guide to learn about the region of Lazarus, and how you can participate. Constitution of Lazarus (Mandate 9) Read through the constitutional document of Lazarus. Enlist in the Lazarene Liberation Army Enlist today to defend Lazarus and the world! NationStates Guide Read through a comprehensive guide to NationStates, and learn how to better play the game. What do I need to do to keep my citizenship? Once you have citizenship it is pretty easy to keep, so long as you keep a nation in the region, and tell us when the nation you have in the region changes. If you don't tell us, and your nation Ceases to Exist (or CTE's) or you no longer have a nation in Lazarus, then your citizenship will be removed until you reapply with a nation that resides in Lazarus. The keeping a nation in Lazarus requirement may be wavered however, if you are in the Lazarene Liberation Army (LLA) on active duty. Previously we had a PM that was sent whenever someone registered, but the script is no longer compatible with Zetaboards. This is the current text that exists under the citizenship app, though it could be made into several images, and expanded upon: Quote: You might consider reading 'The Regional Guide to Lazarus' and learn more about the region, while your application is being processed. Also, don't forget to create an introduction thread at the Pass of the Jade Gate - it helps us learn more about you! Edited by New Rogernomics, Dec 14 2016, 04:55 PM.



Altmoras	Dec 14 2016, 09:10 PM Post #8
Former Something Posts: 2,725 Group: Members Member #290 Joined: Mar 19, 2016 Alignment Chaotic Good Military Stance Defender Political Views Crazy Panda	Quote: 1) How do you plan to reduce the likelihood of a burnout as Sovereign? It's a problem that the past few Sovereigns have suffered from - likely because they were handling way too much stuff during their terms. Do you have any people in mind that you wish to appoint to head the various aspects e.g. form committees, etc.? Ideally the duties of the Sovereign should be an exercise in delegation where most of the heavy lifting is done by the cabinet members and their staff. I'm sure it won't be that easy in a region with so few active members, but I remain unconcerned about burnout from myself. Quote: 2) Are there any plans for the Gazette? I'll certainly attempt to provide direction to the Gazette, but you can't really force anything out of it. One of my first orders of business will be getting the Minister Herald and the Gazette writers together to write our Foreign Update. Quote: 1) Could you please provide a 'conflict of interests' list? One which details all regions or organisations (military or otherwise) which you have or currently are involved in. Regions Where I am a citizen/member. The North Pacific (Citizen) The South Pacific (Legislator) Europeia (Citizen) Renegade Islands Alliance (Citizen) The Order of the Grey Wardens (High Constable, Senior Warden) Quote: 2) Osiris, a fellow sinker region and one which has had a colourful history with Lazarus, is currently experiencing a revitalisation effort by its new administration led by Adytus. As part of his agenda is a detente with Lazarus. Ady and the Pharaoh of Osiris, NK, has since made friendly overtures to myself and others in government. Considering the new political climate in Osiris, how will your administration approach that region? If you think Adytus and New Kervoskia are friends to Lazarus I suggest you read this: http://pastebin.com/RkLfRjdz It's a big wide world out there and Osiris is only a tiny, unstable, hostile part of it that I don't plan on wasting my breath on. I'll certainly be polite, but one should merely take a gander at the Lazarus-Osiris Non-Aggression Pact and the dumpster it now sits in if you think that any strong lasting bond can be formed between our regions. Now I know that doesn't sound very optimistic, but at some point we have to acknowledge the reality of the situation. Quote: 3) Understandably, your foreign policy is at this time brief. However, in general, how do you view each of the other sinkers and could you please detail a potential approach you would take for each one? My position on Osiris is above. As for TRR, they are one of our closest allies and friends who we already have multiple treaties with, I'm actually the serving ambassador to TRR right now. I'd love to see more active cooperation between our regions, but frankly they're quite inactive right now. Regarding Balder, they haven't liked us very much over the past few years, and we haven't liked them much in return. However, we've finally stopped giving each other the silent treatment and we have embassies now. I could envision a further thaw in our relations and it is something I would happily work towards, but at the same time it's not an issue that can really be forced, last I checked a lot of folks over there are still salty about being purged from the region way back whenever the hell that was. Quote: 4) With regards to CAIN, we are part of a larger organisation which at times may pursue a policy which Lazarus may disagree with (such as designating an ally of Lazarus as a Nazi-region). Would you take an active stance which makes clear the position of Lazarus or will you seek to follow the consensus of the organisation? If an ally of Lazarus is designated as a full blown Nazi region then we've entered the darkest timeline. I simply don't see a plausible scenario in which that could possibly happen. Quote: 5) Former sovereign Starberry made a well-known declaration that any minister who became inactive (the irony) or was not performing at acceptable levels would be sacked. Do you pledge to take the same position as Star did? I permanently delete entire channels on our Discord when they become inactive, I have no problem taking the "Starberry Approach" to inactivity. Quote: 6) While you have identified a number of theoretically-sound proposals for recruiting, what is your view on recruiting in UCRs and GCRs? There's a policy that The North Pacific has regarding this which I find interesting, they don't recruit like UCRs do, but when their region is targeted by more taboo recruitment methods ie; recruiting people other than new foundings they target the regions that do it for recruitment telegrams of their own in retaliation. In the current climate that's about the only outside recruitment we're going to be able to do without facing serious diplomatic blowback. Quote: 1) How will you balance military responsibilities, RL, and working on activity? By this I mean, a larger military role could mean less emphasis on internal activity and more on other regions, which might not help our own problems with inactivity. While the FRA was an organization here many respected, in the end it didn't do much for Lazarus when it began its final decline, and the concern that could be raised here is that expanding the LLA would mean over-extending it or re-creating a sort of FRA, only for it to become logistically too difficult to manage. At this juncture, "expanding the LLA" means "make it so the LLA has more than 3 active members", not "create FRA 2.0". TGW is also at the stage where there are a lot of good people who can run the every day operational aspects, I just have to be there for the higher level stuff. I'm actually anticipating a lessening of my workload if I step away from military GP and step into the shoes of the Sovereign. Quote: 2) Lower activity in the final months of the year, seems to be a constant in Lazarus, if not NS, so when the new year comes, how do you plan to take advantage of that higher activity? This is already pretty well covered in the integration bit, I want to get as many people doing as many things as they like as I can.



Ike	Dec 14 2016, 10:27 PM Post #9
Minnowite Socialist Posts: 458 Group: Accused Member #43 Joined: Apr 11, 2015 Alignment Neutral Good Military Stance Defender Political Views Social Democrat Nation in Lazarus Ikania	Quote: If you think Adytus and New Kervoskia are friends to Lazarus I suggest you read this: http://pastebin.com/RkLfRjdz It's a big wide world out there and Osiris is only a tiny, unstable, hostile part of it that I don't plan on wasting my breath on. I'll certainly be polite, but one should merely take a gander at the Lazarus-Osiris Non-Aggression Pact and the dumpster it now sits in if you think that any strong lasting bond can be formed between our regions. Now I know that doesn't sound very optimistic, but at some point we have to acknowledge the reality of the situation. I'm glad to see you don't plan on going back on our strong stance against the Osiran administration. It means a lot to me. Quote: Regarding Balder, they haven't liked us very much over the past few years, and we haven't liked them much in return. However, we've finally stopped giving each other the silent treatment and we have embassies now. I could envision a further thaw in our relations and it is something I would happily work towards, but at the same time it's not an issue that can really be forced, last I checked a lot of folks over there are still salty about being purged from the region way back whenever the hell that was. As an active Balderite and an elected member of the legislature, I welcome you to try and improve ties. The people around are very friendly and I think everyone would gain from a Balder-Lazarus friendship.



New Rogernomics	Dec 14 2016, 11:46 PM Post #10
Ghost of Kitties Past Posts: 2,732 Group: Citizen Member #174 Joined: Jul 2, 2015 Alignment Lawful Good Political Views Independent Nation in Lazarus Rogernomics Discord NewRogernomics	Ike Dec 14 2016, 10:27 PM Quote: If you think Adytus and New Kervoskia are friends to Lazarus I suggest you read this: http://pastebin.com/RkLfRjdz It's a big wide world out there and Osiris is only a tiny, unstable, hostile part of it that I don't plan on wasting my breath on. I'll certainly be polite, but one should merely take a gander at the Lazarus-Osiris Non-Aggression Pact and the dumpster it now sits in if you think that any strong lasting bond can be formed between our regions. Now I know that doesn't sound very optimistic, but at some point we have to acknowledge the reality of the situation. I'm glad to see you don't plan on going back on our strong stance against the Osiran administration. It means a lot to me. Quote: Regarding Balder, they haven't liked us very much over the past few years, and we haven't liked them much in return. However, we've finally stopped giving each other the silent treatment and we have embassies now. I could envision a further thaw in our relations and it is something I would happily work towards, but at the same time it's not an issue that can really be forced, last I checked a lot of folks over there are still salty about being purged from the region way back whenever the hell that was. As an active Balderite and an elected member of the legislature, I welcome you to try and improve ties. The people around are very friendly and I think everyone would gain from a Balder-Lazarus friendship. With Osiris or The Pacific for the that matter, an embassy exchange is about as far as Lazarus should go at this point. We don't have to (or need to) be openly hostile, but we don't have to hide attitudes and be best buds either. Osiris has always had internal issues though, whether you are talking about the previous government or the current one. But I don't think they would seek a military solution to the problems with the Osiris-Lazarus relationship, treaty or no treaty. Balder is more likely to be cordial to be honest, and there is no reason why Lazarus couldn't do something equivalent to a cultural event with them in the future.



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