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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 26 2015, 11:59 AM (1,206 Views) | |
| Louisistan | Apr 26 2015, 11:59 AM Post #1 |
Lazarene
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 10000 Islands Monthly Emissary Update Date: April, 2015 Population: 10000 Islands is home to 1,580 Nations Delegate Endorsements: 309 Forum: 10000islands.proboards.com The following is the Emissary Report for April, 2015. Political Events: The current Council of Nine (the government of 10000 Islands) is composed of: Grub (Founder) Aersoldorf (WA Delegate) Randomain (Minister of Education) The Candy Lane (Minister of Immigration) Paffnia (Minister of Labor) Barry (Senior Senator, Himes West) Malecia (Senator, BCN) The Jensmonian Empire (Temporary Senator, BCN) Louisistan (Senator, Lyonesse East) Lower Columbia (Senator, New Republica South) Elections were held for delegate, Senator of Lyonesse East, and Senator for Himes West. Aersoldorf was elected delegate, while Louisistan and Barry retained their positions as senators for Lyonesse East and Himes West respectively. Links: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/29691/who-delegate-3-15, 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/29693/who-senator-lyonesse-east-15, and 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/29692/who-senator-himes-west-15 Ater Nox's "Midnight at Sea" was voted in to be the new default forum theme. Link: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/29695/which-theme-use-forum-15 The Jensmonian Empire was picked to be the new Rookie of the Quarter, while Cazalius Lodra received an honorable mention. Link: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/29857/rookie-quarter-15-jensmonian-empire Following a leave of absence from the Senator of BCN, Malecia, Deputy Senator The Jensmonian Empire is filling in for the duration. Link: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/29842/jensmonian-empire-named-replacement-senator Diplomatic relations were established with The Coalition of Democratic Nations. Link: www.nationstates.net/region=the_coalition_of_democratic_nations TITO News The Command of TITO stands as such: Grub (Founder/Commander-in-Chief) Elite (Tactical Officer) Klopstock (Tactical Officer) Louisistan (Tactical Officer) Woonsocket (Tactical Officer EF) Malecia (Executive Officer) Markanite (Temporary Executive Officer) Barry and NeoYundar have been Knighted. Escanaba has been decorated with the Soldier Medal, for his dedication to TITO. Ater Nox has stepped down from the position of Tactical Officer. We thank him for his service to TITO. Link: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/29729/ater-nox-steps Markanite was appointed Temporary Executive Officer during the leave of absence of Malecia. Link: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/29796/markanite-named-temporary-xo Around the Islands The Republic of Gyllia was selected to be the Featured Nation. Congratulations Gyllia. Links: www.nationstates.net/nation=gyllia and www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=379603 Louisistan opened sign-ups for the 3rd Prolific Posting (Spamming) Contest among the Houses of XKI. Link: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/29799/prolific-posting-return-spam-signups The Candy Lane announced sign-ups for a tag-team recruitment tournament, "Tag Team Battles". Link: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/29815/tag-team-battles. |
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| Benevolent Thomas | Sep 16 2015, 04:53 PM Post #31 |
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Congrats on the new House, Louisistan. |
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| Louisistan | Sep 17 2015, 07:43 AM Post #32 |
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Thanks. The hard part is getting more members than just myself 
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| Benevolent Thomas | Sep 17 2015, 07:57 AM Post #33 |
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That is what kept me from founding a House. Of course, back in my day the average success rate was under 1%. Thanks a lot NS++. |
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| Louisistan | Sep 17 2015, 08:00 AM Post #34 |
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Well I'm at 2.something% right now, but I can't recruit as much as I could before. What with having a job and all. Plus, despite my best efforts, most of my recruits never make it to the forums. :-( |
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| Louisistan | Nov 4 2015, 10:50 AM Post #35 |
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Apologies! The update for October is incredibly late and incredibly short. We hope to provide you with more up-to-date infos again later this month. 10000 Islands Monthly Emissary Update Date: September 2015 Population: 1,783 Delegate Endorsements: 406 Forum: 10000islands.proboards.com This is the Emissary Report for September, 2015 Politics - Grub: Founder and Chief Executive - Paffnia: Delegate - The Candy Lane: Minister of Immigration - Randomain: Minister of Education - Cerb: Minister of Labor - Lower Columbia: Senior Senator for New Republica South - Jintopia: Senator for Lyonnesse East - USSR / Hahiha: Senator for Blue Canaria North - Aersoldorf: Senator for Himes West Politics News - Paffnia (32 votes) and Witchcraft & Sorcery (10 votes) both ran for the office of Delegate. Paffnia won with a 22 vote lead. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/30873/who-delegate-9-15) - Paffnia stepped down from office as Minister of Labor so he could become Delegate. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/30914/resignation-minister-labor) - Cerb was appointed Minister of Labor. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/30958/cerb-named-minister-labor) - Aersoldorf (29 votes) and Dominion of Compassion (10 votes) ran for office of Himes West. Aersoldorf won with a 19 vote lead. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/30870/who-senator-himes-west-15) - Lower Columbia ran unopposed for the office of New Republica South with 36 votes for and 1 vote against. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/30871/who-senator-new-republica-south) - USSR/Hahiha (21 votes), Ketab (11 votes), and Boltainia (5 votes) all ran for the office of Blue Canaria North. USSR/Hahiha won with a 5 vote lead. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/30872/who-senator-blue-canaria-north) - NS224-1, “House of Louisistan”, passed 7 for, 1 abstention, and 1 against. Allows Louisistan to start his own house. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/30707/ns224-1-house-louisistan) - NS225-1, “Elections Clarity Act”, passed 8 for and 1 abstention. Clears up rules regarding when nations take office after their election. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/30877/ns225-1-elections-clarity-act) Military - Grub: Founder and Commander-in-Chief - Klopstock: Field Commander - Elite: Tactical Officer - Hame: Tactical Officer - Woonsocket: Tactical Officer EF - 13 Court Gaurd Squads: Executive Officer - Louisistan: Executive Officer TITO News - Klopstock was named Field Commander replacing Improving Wordiness who was the last Field Commander. - Louisistan stepped down from being a Tactical Officer and was renamed Executive Officer alongside 13 Court Gaurd Squads. - Kanta Hame was appointed as a new Tactical Officer. - Before taking Delegacy of 10000 Islands, Paffnia earned his 250th Battle Star and was named TITO Knight Marshall Commander. - Hogwarts was liberated and refounded in a joint operation of 10000 Island Treaty Organization and Lazarene Liberation Army, taking Hogwarts away from the paws LWU. (http://www.nationstates.net/region=hogwarts) - 10000 Islands Treaty Organization launched a counter-offensive on LWU, taking LWU’s region for a few minutes, a decisive battle in the LWU-TITO war. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/17881/lone-wolves-united-declares-war) Immigration Population Rank: 10th Total Telegrams Sent: 14999 Total Points: 37414 Total Recruited Nations: 499 Average Success Rate*: 2.58% (-1.37%, compared to August 2015) http://i.imgur.com/hm8iaGx.png?1 - Witchcraft and Sorcery was appointed Deputy Minister of Immigration. Education University Classes Offered - Conversational German (1 course offered) Education News - Boltainia’s mock trial has started. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/30795/new-mock-trial) Labor - The Depart of Labor is in a transitional phase as Cerb takes the reign from Paffnia. Around the Islands - Werewolf 45: Super Mario + Duck Hunt was won by the by the Koopalings (wolves) and Duck #3. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/30809/werewolf-super-mario-duck-hunt) - Boltainia started a new game where users choose how the game plays out. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/30773/history-1-havoc-munich) Written by USSR / Hahiha |
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| Amerion | Nov 4 2015, 11:02 AM Post #36 |
Star Destroyer
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No need to apologise. It's always good to hear from you guys 
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| Louisistan | Nov 17 2015, 10:20 AM Post #37 |
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10000 Islands Monthly Emissary Update Date: October 2015 Population: 2,016 Delegate Endorsements: 549 Forum: 10000islands.proboards.com This is the Emissary Report for October, 2015 Politics  - Grub: Founder and Chief Executive - Paffnia: Delegate - Randomain: Minister of Education - The Candy Lane: Minister of Immigration - Witchcraft and Sorcery: Deputy Minister of Immigration - Cerberion: Minister of Labor - Dominion of Compassion: Deputy Minister of Labor - Lower Columbia: Senior Senator for New Republica South - Jintopia: Senator for Lyonnesse East - USSR / Hahiha: Senator for Blue Canaria North - Aersoldorf: Senator for Himes West Politics News - NS227-1, “Exchanging Embassies with The North Pacific”, passed 9 for, 0 abstentions, and 0 against. LINK - NS227-2, “Closure of 7 inactive embassies”, passed 9 for, 0 abstentions, and 0 against. LINK - NS227-3, “Exchanging Embassies with Taijitu”, passed 7 for, 0 abstentions, 0 against, and 2 for delegate’s prerogative. LINK - Dominion of Compassion was hired as the Deputy Minister of Labor. LINK Military  - Grub: Founder and Commander-in-Chief - Klopstock: Field Commander - Elite: Tactical Officer - Kanta Hame: Tactical Officer - Woonsocket: Tactical Officer EF - Louisistan: Executive Officer - Barry: Executive Officer TITO News - Barry was appointed as Executive Officer, replacing 13 Court Gaurd Squads. - Louisistan and Hoodhat were all Knighted, becoming the 79th and 80th TITO Knights, respectively. - Klopstock was awarded the New Boniventure Eagle for spotting 10 separate invasion. - Boltor reached his 400th mission and was awarded the TITO Knight Fleet Commander medal, Echolilia reached his 300th mission and was awarded the TITO Knight Legion Commander medal, and finally Elite reached his 150th mission and was awarded the TITO Knight Battalion Commander medal. Immigration  Population Rank: 10th Total Telegrams Sent: 19,133 Total Points: 47,782 Total Recruited Nations: 607 Average Success Rate*: 2.52 (-0.06%, compared to September 2015) - Escanaba took over Woonsocket as the person with the most total recruits and most confirmed recruits. Education  University Classes Offered - Conversational German (1 course offered) Education News - - Byzesion was named Dean of the University. LINK Labor  - Ayunli was replaced as Regional Reserve Chair(wo)man by Woonsocket and Aersoldorf as his Deputy. In honor of her service, she was awarded the Order of the Islands medal. LINK Around the Islands  - 10000 Islands visited Texas over the weekend of October 16th – 18th. LINK - The House of Improving Wordiness made a comeback with the return of Wordy and won the House Cup and Shield, meanwhile The House of Aersoldorf won the House Scepter. LINK - Ledarnia was chosen as the Rookie of the Quarter for the last quarter in 2015. LINK - 10000 Islands survived the zombie apocalypse, ranked 16th for the most survivors with 1.08 trillion survivors. LINK |
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| Louisistan | Jan 23 2016, 08:19 PM Post #38 |
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Well, we've managed to get back on track with our foreign relation updates: 10000 Islands Monthly Emissary Update Date: January 2016 Population: 1,876 Delegate Endorsements: 631 Forum: 10000islands.proboards.com This is the Emissary Report for January 2016: Politics - Grub: Founder and Chief Executive - Paffnia: Delegate - The Candy Lane: Minister of Immigration - Markanite: Minister of Education - Cerb: Minister of Labor - Jintopia: Senior Senator for Lyonnesse East - Witchcraft and Sorcery: Senator for Himes West - Control: Senator for Blue Canaria North - Dominion of Compassion: Senator for New Republica South Politics News - Lower Columbia and USSR/Hahiha declined to run for reelection. Thank you for your service as Senators! - Control (37 votes) ran unopposed for the office of Blue Canaria North and won 37-1. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/31662/who-senator-blue-canaria-north) - Dominion of Compassion (26 votes) and Flemingisa (11 votes) ran for office of New Republica South. Dominion of Compassion won with a 15 vote lead. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/30870/who-senator-himes-west-15) - With the election of Senators Dominion of Compassion and Control, the Mayor Shelter Political Party had a majority of five votes on the Council of Nine for roughly 20 hours until Randomain stepped down as Minister of Education. Thank you for your service! - NS229-1, "Homesteading," passed 9 for and 0 against. Helps new nations participate in the economy as soon as they join, instead of waiting for stocks to mature. - NS230-1, "Mandatory Delegate Voting Rules," failed 1 for and 8 against. Would have formalized the forum poll to decide Delegate WA votes. * A priest went into a Taco Island barbershop, got his hair cut and asked how much he owed. "No charge, Father," the barber said. "I consider it a service to the Lord." when the barber arrived at his shop the next morning, he found a dozen small prayer booklets on the stoop along with a thank you note from the priest. A few days later a police officer came in. "How much do I owe you?" the cop asked after his haircut. "No charge, officer," the barber answered. "I consider it a service to my community." The next morning the barber found a dozen doughnuts on the stoop along with a thank you note from the police officer. A few days after that, a Senator walked in for a haircut. "How much do I owe you?" he asked afterward. "No charge," the barber replied. "I consider it a service to my region." The next morning when he arrived at the shop, the barber found a dozen Senators waiting on the stoop. * Military - Grub: Founder and Commander-in-Chief - Klopstock: Field Commander - Elite: Tactical Officer - Hame: Tactical Officer - Woonsocket: Tactical Officer EF - Barry: Executive Officer - Louisistan: Executive Officer TITO News - 13 Court Gaurd Squads stepped down from being an Executive Officer. Thanks for your service, 13CGS! - Barry was appointed as a new Executive Officer. - Barry earned his 100th Battle Star and was named TITO Knight Commander. - Klopstock reached 20 invasions spotted and received the Second New Boniventure Eagle Award. Control and 13 Court Gaurd Squads earned their 100th Battle Star and were named TITO Knight Commanders. - Kanaia earned his 200th Battle Star and was named TITO Knight Master Commander. - A number of TITO members received medals during TITO Medal Day 2015. Escanaba earned a well-deserved Meritorious Service Medal for exemplary conduct and leadership as a member of TITO. Elite, Klopstock, Louisistan, Dominion of Compassion, and Lower Columbia received the Quick Reaction Force pin for consistently attending updates. All current TITO members were awarded the TITO Steadfast Badge for displaying TITO's core qualities of Loyalty, Honesty, Friendship and Steadfast Commitment. * The sergeant-major growled at the young soldier, "I didn't see you at camouflage training this morning." "Thank you very much, sir." * Immigration Population Rank: 11th Total Telegrams Sent: 12687 Total Points: 31642 Total Recruited Nations: 404 Average Success Rate: 3.71%  Education - Markanite was appointed the new Minister of Education after Randomain's resignation. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/31687/markanite-named-minister-education) University Classes Offered - Conversational German (1 course offered) * A linguistics professor said, "A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right." * Around the Islands - The Unofficial Spam Page, running since April of 2011, has passed 6,200 pages. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/19834/unofficial-spam-thread) - Lansreda has started an experimental Pixel Risk game, which functions like Risk on a map of a country divided into dots. (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/31635/pixel-risk-experimental-test-run) Compiled by Control |
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| Lake Flotillas | Jan 24 2016, 08:43 AM Post #39 |
Also known as Rivercastle
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Thanks for the update!
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| Louisistan | Feb 17 2016, 08:42 PM Post #40 |
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10000 Islands Monthly Emissary Update Date: February 2016 Population: 1,730 Delegate Endorsements: 618 Forum: 10000islands.proboards.com This is the Emissary Report for February 2016: Politics - Grub: Founder and Chief Executive - Paffnia: Delegate - The Candy Lane: Minister of Immigration - Markanite: Minister of Education - Cerberion: Minister of Labor - Jintopia: Senior Senator for Lyonnesse East - Witchcraft and Sorcery: Senator for Himes West - Controlitia: Senator for Blue Canaria North - Dominion of Compassion: Senator for New Republica South Politics News - NS231-1, "Mortimer Generation", passed 9 for and 0 against. Begins a new generation in celebration of the 10000 Islands' economic reform (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/31762/ns231-1-mortimer-generation). * Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the Mayoral Mansion. One is from Controlitia, another is from Markanite, and the third is from Barrarabia. All three go with a Taco Island official to examine the fence. The Controlitian contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about $900. $400 for materials, $400 for my crew, and $100 profit for me." The Markanite contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700. $300 for materials, $300 for my crew, and $100 profit for me." The Barrarabian contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the official and whispers, "$2,700." The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?" The Barrarabian contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Markanite to fix the fence." * Military - Grub: Founder and Commander-in-Chief - Klopstock: Field Commander - Elite: Tactical Officer - Kanta Hame: Tactical Officer - Controlitia: Tactical Officer - Witchcraft and Sorcery: Tactical Officer - Woonsocket: Tactical Officer EF - Barrarabia: Executive Officer - Louisistan: Executive Officer TITO News - Controlitia and Witchcraft and Sorcery were appointed as new Tactical Officers. - Lower Columbia earned his 50th Battle Star (and then some) and was Knighted. - Kanta Hame earned his 100th Battle Star and was named TITO Knight Commander. - Kanaia earned his 200th Battle Star and was named TITO Knight Master Commander. * Our squad leader was yelling at a soldier when he abruptly stopped and said, "I'm done yelling at you. It doesn't work." He stormed off and returned carrying a small potted tree. "You will carry this tree with you wherever you go. If anyone asks you why you're carrying this tree, you will say, 'It’s to replace the oxygen I stole from everyone else.'" * Immigration Population Rank: 10th Total Telegrams Sent: 15237 Total Points: 37994 Total Recruited Nations: 502 Average Success Rate: 2.33%  Education University Classes Offered - Conversational German (1 course offered) * Pupil: "I don't think I deserved zero on this test!" Teacher: "I agree, but that's the lowest mark I could give you!" * Around the Islands - Dominion of Compassion hosted the first Political Parties Masquerade Ball (http://10000islands.proboards.com/thread/31702/first-inaugural-masquerade-ball). Compiled by Controlitia |
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