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The Trail of Ashes: A Frontier Update Retrospective Written by Westinor Just over a year ago, the Frontier Update was released with a central goal in mind – formalizing the tradeoff between security and growth in regions. As is well-known by now, user-created regions can now opt to be...

UPC and Sanjurika elected Written by Westinor Current World Assembly Delegate and Minister of Foreign Affairs UPC has been elected President, with 61.9% of the vote, following three consecutive terms of the JayDee presidency. Running with UPC was Sanjurika, in a repeat of their abandoned ticket...

ANAL-led Coalition Wins Out: An N-Day 10 Recap Written by Westinor The tenth edition of N-Day culminated in an all-out, nearly eight-hour brawl between the Kingly Horses Asserting Neighborliness (KHAN) and all other major factions, led by the Anime Nations Against Liberals (ANAL), the Starlight...

Senate Candidate Interviews: Istillian & Pichtonia Incredibly Intense Ideogenous Illocutions with Impressively Imposing Senate Candidates Interviews conducted by improvident and icterical interviewer Westinor Interview with Istillian West: Firstly! In your opinion, which quality of yours...

A Closer Look at Election Turnout Written by Westinor In a nail-biting 24 hours, President JayDee made history in his third term victory over challengers Elio and Sincluda, after he and his running mate Vorhollah lost to the option to re-open elections (ROE) – the first time ROE has ever won in...

The Future Trembles the Unseen Potential of the Frontier Update Written by Westinor The Frontier Update has been a game-changing shift for Europeia, setting a new course for the region after over a decade and a half of history. Speculation heading up to the update ran abound, poking at the...

The League and Concord join the Modern Gameplay Compact Written by Westinor Edited by UPC, JayDee, and ICH On the evening of January 28th, the League and Concord (TL&C) officially announced their ratification of the Modern Gameplay Compact (MGC), an interregional agreement and commitment to...

JayDee re-elected for third term in historic elections Written by Westinor On January 15th, Europeia saw the conclusion of one of its longest election periods ever in a historic two-round election cycle. Incumbent JayDee, having served two terms and seeking a third and final term, edged out a...

An Interview with Maowi On NationStates, Europeia, and Hot Dogs Conducted by Westinor Legends speak of a ring-eyed, loopy-armed mammal who hangs from a tree on top of a disk on top of four elephants on top of a turtle shell, who holds all of the secrets of the universe within its overly humble...

JayDee Re-elected for Second Term Written by Westinor On Friday, October 27th, 2023’s final presidential election began. Following what had been an exciting and at times tumultuous term, incumbent JayDee sought out a re-election, campaigning on the continuation of the groundbreaking steps his...

In War - Written by Westinor Years ago, a little-known nation rose from the tides and, in a cosmic twist of fate, seized the delegacy of the Pacific. Their reign of tyranny, however brief, would come to define the name of despotism and evil across NationStates for decades to come. That was the...

Injunctions in the Age of Frontiers Written by Westinor By now, the initial impacts of the Frontier update are wekk-known. For Europeia, it has meant a momentous shift in foreign and domestic policy, guiding the last several elections and with the region’s switch to Frontier status cementing...

Anatomy of an Operation: South Pacific By: Westinor – It’s never truly quiet during update. You can be certain that almost every update on Nationstates, night or day, something is happening. Tag runs and chasing can take updaters through over a hundred regions in an update. Quieter days see...