History of Forest

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History of Forest
Topic Started: Sat Dec 16, 2017 12:52 am (36 Views)
Mount Seymour	Sat Dec 16, 2017 12:52 am Post #1
Forest + TSP Posts: 371 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: Dec 13, 2017	History of Forest (Written by [nation]Mozworld[/nation]) The origins of [region]Forest[/region] are shrouded in quite some mystery. What is known is that Forest was originally founded in the first week of August 2005 by a nation named [nation]Devdan[/nation]. [nation]Devdan[/nation] faded away by the end of the year, before any present members of Forest arrived. Many regions have histories such as this and almost all of them fade into obscurity. By early 2006 [nation]Errinundera[/nation] had joined the region, followed soon after by [nation]Karock[/nation] and [nation]The Dawn Tiger[/nation]. The factbook at that time read "The Region of Forest is rich with wildlife of all shapes and sizes and is completely covered by a large forest." Until this time Forest had been a region without a delegate, but with an endorsement from [nation]Karock[/nation], [nation]Errinundera[/nation] became the region’s first delegate on the 3rd of May, and for the first time since [nation]Devdan[/nation]’s disappearance Forest residents had regional control. At this point Forest was a very small founderless region, and much like today small founderless regions were the target of even two bit raiders. On the 3rd of July nations affiliated with the region of Silent unsuccessfully attempted to raid Forest. Just four days later another unsuccessful attempt was made. Several more failed invasions were attempted over the next few months, but Forest persevered, even managing to triple its population during this time. Finally, on the 19th of November The Black Hawks, with the assistance of the Dream Raiders, successfully raided Forest under the leadership of the nation of Wicketkeeper. Forest was under hostile occupation until the 23rd of November when the Black Hawks left Forest and [nation]Errinundera[/nation] resumed as delegate. At the end of December, [nation]Ransium[/nation] joined the region. [nation]Errinundera[/nation] continued as delegate until late February 2007 when, believing that membership held back their political development, they resigned from the UN and called for a different nation to become delegate. [nation]The Dawn Tiger[/nation] found themselves as a reluctant delegate of Forest until, by mutual agreement, [nation]Ransium[/nation] took over the position on the 20th of March. Seven days later the region was surprised to find that the founder of the region, [nation]Devdan[/nation] had resurrected. There was much speculation as to the future of Forest with an active founder, and what [nation]Devdan[/nation] would think to his backwater region having now grown to a 30 or so nation region. However [nation]Devdan[/nation] never logged in again, never responded to the nations of Forest and 28 days later ceased to exist once more, never to be heard from again. This event and the past history of raids in Forest drove home the fact that without an active founder Forest would always be at risk from raiders and could never grow to its true potential. After debate, a bold plan advocated by [nation]Ransium[/nation] was struck. Forest would be refounded with [nation]Errinundera[/nation] as the founder. On the 1st of June [nation]Ransium[/nation] password protected Forest so no nations could enter and established Forest 2, encouraging all members of Forest to move there temporarily. By the 5th of June, all nations except [nation]Errinundera[/nation] and his puppets had either left Forest for Forest 2 or were ejected from Forest. Forest was refounded on the 8th of June (9th of June for some, depending on longitude) by [nation]Errinundera[/nation] and all nations returned. A new age for the region began at this time and developments progressed rapidly. A forum was established, and more aggressive recruiting was under taken. For the next several years Forest was a relatively quiet but safe region with a population of nations generally between 25-40. On the 2nd of June 2009 the region became a featured region and was featured again on the 9th of September 2009. Posted Image Posted Image Also during September Forest gained the ability to add a regional flag. Forest's first flag was submitted by [nation]Errinundera[/nation] (above top). By November the flag had been altered to one designed by [nation]Ransium[/nation] (above bottom). Posted Image Towards the end of December 2011 Forest altered its regional flag again to another designed by [nation]Ransium[/nation] and described as 'an interpretation of conifers in the mist' (above) By early January 2012 [nation]Santa Joanna[/nation], feeling Forest had not reached its full potential, began efforts to help Forest grow. At this time the population of the region was around 29. Very quickly [nation]Santa Joanna[/nation] got Forest’s population up to 40 nations. However, a major shock was delivered to Forest when on the 14th of January [nation]Errinundera[/nation] ceased to exist. Based on the successful raid of [region]Ecotopia[/region], a region with an embassy with Forest; an anonymous tip; and several suspicious nations joining Forest; the region was emergency password protected by [nation]Ransium[/nation] without debate. It was clear that Forest, without a founder, would be plagued by raiders again, so discussion turned to refounding the region once more, with debate centring on who would be the new founder and the refounding process. However, all this turned out to be moot, as [nation]Errinundera[/nation] returned to Forest at the end of January ending the panic. On the 7th of February the first map of Forest was produced by [nation]Santa Joanna[/nation] (with plenty more to follow) and thanks to their recruiting efforts the population of the region had risen at this time to 48. By the end of the month the population had reached 63, more than twice what it had been before recruitment had started. Also in February, [nation]Santa Joanna[/nation] lobbied for an ‘eco-friendly’ regional tag. [nation]Errinundera[/nation] and [nation]Ransium[/nation] joined in the lobbying efforts and under increasing pressure the game moderators acquiesced and the eco-friendly regional tag was introduced on the 26th of February. The region became a featured region once again on the 13th of April. These two factors, coupled with the recruitment efforts helped Forest to reach its 2012 population height of 85 on the 21st of April. During September Forest conducted its first election for regional delegate with campaigning to take place on the Forest Forum. The candidates were [nation]Ransium[/nation], [nation]Santa Joanna[/nation] and [nation]Communal Ecotopia[/nation]. Voters were asked to telegram their votes to the candidate of their choosing aswell as to [nation]Mountain Ash Forests[/nation], as independent observer. After a hard fought campaign [nation]Ransium[/nation] was returned as delegate. Posted Image Around xmas Forest adopted a new regional flag (right), chosen by [nation]Ransium[/nation]. They felt that their previous one was too amateurish and was possibly affecting recruitment. In mid January 2013 [nation]Mozworld[/nation] joined the region. After a discussion regarding how gold badges (for being first place in census reports, which were available at the time) wouldn’t be available to nations within the region until Forest surpassed 100 nations, [nation]Mozworld[/nation] started recruitment in late February. By the end of March the region had surpassed this milestone, and by the 1st of June the region had reached its highest population to date of 146. On the 11th of April 2014 the region was once again a featured region. In October Forest conducted its second election for delegate. The same candidates ([nation]Ransium[/nation], [nation]Santa Joanna[/nation] & [nation]Communal Ecotopia[/nation]) stood once again. This time the election was conducted on the region homepage due to a polling feature having been introduced earlier in the year. No candidate received enough votes to win outright so the election went to a run-off between the top two candidates, [nation]Ransium[/nation] and [nation]Santa Joanna[/nation], after which [nation]Ransium[/nation] was once again returned as delegate. In January 2015, raiders began crashing regions whose delegates had very long continuous streaks, for the sole purpose of ending these streaks. First [region]Texas[/region], a region with the second longest serving delegate, was successfully crashed. Shortly afterwards an unsuccessful attempt was made at [nation]Ransium[/nation] and Forest. However, on the 15th of August The Black Hawks finally successfully raided the region ending [nation]Ransium[/nation]’s streak as delegate (having been in the position for 2989 days, one of the top 5 streaks in all of NationStates) and placing the nation of Ayrendrall in his place. The Black Hawks left as quickly as they came however as [nation]Errinundera[/nation] ejected and banned the raiders and [nation]Ransium[/nation] resumed the delegacy. During September Forest started a regional newspaper, The Forest News Leaf, under the editorship of [nation]Frieden-und Freudenland[/nation]. At the same time [nation]Bruination[/nation] took over responsibility for producing the region’s maps. The first map produced under their stewardship was released on the 23rd of November. Following a couple of months of intensive recruitment Forest once again passed the 100 nations milestone in mid-October. With the exception of surges due to April Fools and Halloween events it was the first time the region had done so since 2013. In late October, following a long period without one, [nation]Gil Zardon[/nation] was appointed as Foreign Minister, with responsibility for maintaining diplomatic relations with our embassy regions and vetting other regions seeking an embassy with Forest in accordance with our embassy policy (the contents of which having been agreed upon over the summer). Around the same time the groundwork was laid for a future constitution for Forest, in order to formalise how the regional government functions. WA members were asked to vote on different elements for inclusion, with the consensus decision being taken in each case. Once this process was completed [nation]Ransium[/nation] wrote a first draft of the constitution and this was published in mid-December for review by the members of Forest. A revised draft was published in early January 2016 and was put to vote by the WA members of Forest. The Constitution was ratified by a unanimous vote on the 12th of January. On the 4th of May Forest surpassed its previous highest population with 147 nations and reached 150 nations three days later. Posted Image Towards the end of May a contest was initiated to select a new flag for Forest. 15 potential flags were submitted for consideration and each was given a day on the region page before being put to a vote. The winner (above) was designed by [nation]Mount Seymour[/nation] and became the region's new flag in mid-July. On the 18th of September Forest's population reached 200 for the first time in its history. During September and October Forest conducted its third election for regional delegate, now renamed Forest Keeper. The candidates were [nation]Ransium[/nation], [nation]Communal Ecotopia[/nation], [nation]Chan Island[/nation], [nation]Montmorencia[/nation] and [nation]Unhuman Reserves[/nation]. [nation]Ransium[/nation] was returned as Forest Keeper with an absolute majority. Following the election [nation]Ransium[/nation] appointed [nation]Communal Ecotopia[/nation] as Deputy Forest Keeper and [nation]Montmorencia[/nation] as Transition Team Leader. During mid-November [nation]Mount seymour[/nation] was selected to be the new Foreign Minister and [nation]Caracasus[/nation] the Minister for Roleplay. During December, upon completion of their transition duties, [nation]Montmorencia[/nation] was appointed Minister for Statistics and Research. On the 20th of January 2017 [nation]Ransium[/nation] was selected to become an Issues Editor. As a result of their new responsibilities they felt that they couldn't devote the time to being Forest Keeper that the region deserved so chose to step down. A new election for Forest Keeper was called with [nation]Mount Seymour[/nation], [nation]Lilindir[/nation], [nation]Eryndlynd[/nation], [nation]Unhuman Reserves[/nation] and [nation]Cam Peos[/nation] among the nations to put themselves forward for the position. [nation]Mount Seymour[/nation] was overwhelmingly elected and became the new Forest Keeper on the 14th of February. Following their election [nation]Mount seymour[/nation] decided to keep the existing cabinet (including preserving [nation]Ransium[/nation] as WA Delegate) however reshuffling [nation]Montmorencia[/nation] into the now vacant Foreign Minister position. On the 12th of April Forest received a Commendation from the WA Security Council for its dedication to the environment (#219). As a result of the publicity that the region received during the Security Council vote Forest's population surpassed 250 nations for the first time. At the end of June [nation]Montmorencia[/nation] stepped down from their position as Foreign Minister. This was filled a few days later by [nation]Uan aa Boa[/nation]. [nation]Montmorencia[/nation] later returned to the regional government at the end of August as Statistics & Research Minister. During September and October Forest held its regularly scheduled election for Forest Keeper. Initially [nation]Mount Seymour[/nation] entered the race for re-election but pulled out prior to the polls opening. Ultimately [nation]Palos heights[/nation] won the contest in a landslide. Edited by Mount Seymour, Sun Dec 17, 2017 4:01 am.


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