Europeia is a region of NationStates that follows the principles of republicanism, meaning the officials of Europeia are elected by the people, of the people, and usually for the people.
Can I join?
Of course. Of course. All you have to do is register an account. Validate said account (it should send an email to the email address you have provided, if it did not pester us about it here). Your account in the beginning will automatically be placed in the non-citizen usergroup. You can change that by applying for citizenship. The application, for security purposes, usually takes a few days to be processed by our forum administrators. But once that is done you can see it all and do it all as a full citizen of Europeia .
So, I came here representing another region? I do not want to become a citizen. Where should I go?
First you have to register an account. Then you have to validate said account (it should send an email to the email address you have provided, if it did not pester us about it here). Your account in the beginning will automatically be placed in the Non-Citizen Usergroup. Then you can apply for diplomatic masking.
What offices are there for people to be elected into?
Well, first of all there are three Branches of Government. There is the Executive, the Legislature, and the Judiciary. The Executive is responsible for the day-to-day governance, the Legislative writes and manages the laws of Europeia, and the Judiciary has the Power to review laws to see if they comply with our Constitution as well as hear trials against accused citizens.
The Executive is made up of the President, the Vice President and their Cabinet. The President and the Vice President are elected together every 70 days. They then nominate other citizens to fill the Cabinet Posts. Those nominated are then confirmed by the Senate. For more on the Executive click here.
The Legislative is made up of the Senate and the Citizens' Assembly. The Senate is made up of a minimum of five citizens who are elected into office every 70 days, exactly 35 after the presidential elections. The Senate writes or repeals laws, confirms Ministers and Judges and can remove any elected official. The Citizens' Assembly writes pre-Legislation, which is then passed on to the Senate for approval. Members of the Assembly are not elected. Instead every citizen is automatically a Member. For more on the Legislature click here.
The Judiciary is made up of the High Court, which answers legal questions and hears criminal and civil cases, looking to the laws of the Republic, both statutory and common, to render judgment. It is made up of the Chief Justice and three Associate Justices. The Justices serve for a 120-day term. Instead of being elected, they are nominated by the President and then confirmed by the Senate. For more on the Judiciary click here.
What is there for me to do in Europeia?
If the game of high politics is not your cup of tea you can always just hang around doing fun things. Or if you want to put some work in, there is always the Civil Service, the Navy, and the Citizens' Assembly.
As citizen, you can join the Civil Service (or CSO). The CSO assigns its Members (called Assistant Ministers or AMs) to the different Ministries to help out the Ministers. As AM you can do many things and garner great accolades. Most of the great politicians of Europeia started in the CSO.
Once you become a citizen, you can also sign up to become a Sailor in our Navy, going out on raids, defending Europeia, or helping our allies defend themselves. Or, if reading and creating Law is more your speed, you can always join the Citizens' Assembly.
That answers most of my immediate questions. What if I have any more?
You could always check the Newcomer's Handbook to see if the answer to your question is there. It may even be in the FAQ (or Frequently Asked Questions). If neither answer your question, you can ask our admins here.
Forum Description: [tab]A society for the grooming of young Europeians into proper members of the political elite.[/tab]
Mission Statement:
The Hellfire & Rainbows Club exists to train the next generation of political elite within Europeia; we will do this with the exclusive use of our three point training system for political excellence. We will not teach you such outdated notions as posting platforms and having opinions on things, those are matters for lesser Europeians to concern themselves with. As a member of the political elite of Europeia we will instead focus on teaching you the three skills that every good Europeian politician needs to know: Discrediting the opposition, playing the victim, and Copy/Pasting.
D.t.O.: [tab]All sharp politicians know that having opinions on things like Independence and Integration are the surest ways to drum up opposition; so you will have none of that. Instead we will focus on teaching you several effective prescripted insults that are sure to leave even your opponents doubting their merit and shaking in their boots. We will start with the beginner level course where we'll teach you how to accuse your opponents of being "too ambitious," or having "faulty logic". Once we're sure you've mastered those techniques we wil move you up to our intermediate class where you will learn how to call your detractors "Opponents of the republic," or "The dream of Falconias come to pass,"; when you've proven able to handle these cutting barbs we will focus on training you how to really drop the bomb on your opponents. In our Masters level course we'll teach you how to get your opponents banned through trumping up charges of pornspam, forum destruction, or secret membership in the F.R.A. Once you've completed this we'll enter you in our Grand Supreme Wizard Dragon Unicorn level course, where you'll learn how to photoshop discord logs, fake skype conversations, and even edit MSN logs (so that you can create a credible backlog of evidence).[/tab]
P.t.V.: [tab]In the event that you are facing off against another sharp politican who knows that real politics is done through insulting your opponent; we will teach you that the best retort is not a more inventive or powerful insult, but playing the victim. In our beginners course we will teach you how to claim that Europeia is rigged against you, whether it's because you're a newcomer, or because you just haven't taken part in any of the many activities Europeia offers to it's community. A good rigging can go a long way towards earning you the support and sympathy of the population at large; and with that sympathy comes the votes. Our intermediate level class will teach you how to blame other people for your hardships; with such standards as "Well, I was just doing what the minister told me to do," Our master's level class will teach you how to go to specific people, whether through discord, skype, or smoke signals, to complain privately about how you've been betrayed, and how someone you thought was your friend is using things you said to them in private confidence against you. This has always been a proven method of gaining those all important sympathy votes. In our Double Venti Extra Crispy Reduced Fat Half-caf No-foam Quarter-whip Soy Latte level course we will teach you the secret formula for taking absolutely everything as a personal attack and threatening to leave Europeia because of it.[/tab]
C/P: [tab]In the event that you find yourself in a three way race, there is only one option left available to you, as obviously insulting two opponents and playing the victim against them both will get confusing. Our beginners class will teach you the age old technique of starting conversations with your opponents and flattering them until they believe that you are their number one supporter. No one has ever seen through this tactic. It is foolproof. We well then teach you how to highlight text, and right click to copy any mean things they say about your opposition before starting a new conversation with the insulted person, and using the phrase "I know we don't talk much, but I can't believe he did this and I wanted you to know..." and using the right mouse button again to share those conversations with your opponent. In our intermediate class you'll learn how to use the mean things that one of your opponents says to get the other opponent to insult the first one, so that you can bounce back and forth between them until eventually they're both convinced that you're the only candidate they can possibly support. In our Masters level class we'll teach you how to use the admins as a weapon; putting your right clicking powers to good use in getting your opponents banned from Europeia. Good riddance. We didn't need them anyway. In our Caliente Spicy Doritos Locos Supremo Grade Double Cheese Chicken Taco with a Loaded Baked Potato on the Side level course we will teach you how to use the control key.[/tab]
The Right Honourable Aexnidaral "Crist" Seymour Somerset
Son of North East Somerset and Rachel Husband of Pichtonia Seymour Somerset, Phantasus Chastain, and Ogastein Father of Isaris, Klatonia, XIV, and America Billiards Brother of JGlenn, Apollo, Brunhilde, and Ninja Kittens
Resume and Awards
Resume
President Vice President x2 Speaker of the Senate x4 World Assembly Delegate x2 Senator x9 Chief of Staff x2 Justice x3 Minister of Interior x3 Minister of Foreign Affairs x2 Deputy Minister City Councilor / Citizens' Assemblyman Chair of the EAAC/ACE
Awards
, Awarded by President NES , Awarded by President Rach , Awarded by President Rach , Awarded by President Rach , Awarded by President HEM , Awarded by President HEM , Awarded by President HEM , Awarded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge
"... Aex, who is treated like the Europeian version of Nickelback by a lot of people here."
wow you've known me this long and haven't put me in you signature? R00000000d!
Cat
If i had two bullets I would shoot you and one zombie, then die to the other zombies
Cat
You Tooty-Fruity-Dicky-Dooty!!
Cat
I dont know who these people are but hopefully they are good elfs or santa is making a beating list
Cat
carrot is now 10% more bangable. He knows his shit.
Netzy
You concern me sometimes Daffy... *takes out video camera*
PASD
Objection. Carrot is being too creepy for the court's liking.
Quote:
Cpt.Carrot: "The Celtic warrior in me is stirring"
Ninja Kittens: "why does that sound extremely dirty to me"
Malashaan: "Everything he says sounds dirty, it's his reputation"
Fortunado
you SICK, SICK mind
That's right
Hodge-podge of stuff
Some funny things that caught my attention
Lao-Tzu
It is only when you see a mosquito landing on your testicles that you come to realize that there can be value in solving problems without using violence
Quote:
"Tell me, is there anything worn under the kilt?" "No, lassie, it's all in good working order!"
Motivations
Desiderata ~ By Max Ehrmann
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. - By Max Ehrmann
The Thousanth Man ~ Rudyard Kipling
0NE man in a thousand, Solomon says. Will stick more close than a brother. And it's worth while seeking him half your days If you find him before the other. Nine hundred and ninety-nine depend On what the world sees in you, But the Thousandth Man will stand your friend With the whole round world agin you.
'Tis neither promise nor prayer nor show Will settle the finding for 'ee. Nine hundred and ninety-nine of 'em go By your looks, or your acts, or your glory.
But if he finds you and you find him, The rest of the world don't matter; For the Thousandth Man will sink or swim With you in any water.
You can use his purse with no more talk Than he uses yours for his spendings, And laugh and meet in your daily walk As though there had been no lendings.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine of 'em call For silver and gold in their dealings; But the Thousandth Man he's worth 'em all Because you can show him your feelings.
His wrong's your wrong, and his right's your right, In season or out of season. Stand up and back it in all men's sight With that for your only reason!
Nine hundred and ninety-nine can't bide The shame or mocking or laughter, But the Thousandth Man will stand by your side To the gallows-foot - and after!
"Get these Motherfucking Anumias out of my Motherfucking region!" - Noto, whilst operating heavy weaponry during the June 2016 Civil War
The Interstellar Republic of [nation]Isaris[/nation] ([region]Equilism[/region]) The Jamahiriyah of [nation]Medma[/nation] ([region]Europeia[/region]) The Imperial Systems of [nation]Eilantha[/nation] ([region]The Kingdom of Great Britain[/region]) The Holy Violet Federation of [nation]Prijipati[/nation] ([region]Yggdrasil[/region]) The People's Republic of [nation]Izzbekistan[/nation] ([region]Lazarus[/region])
Positions & Titles Elsewhere
Officer of Public Relations (Equilism Township), March 2018–Present Section Σ Lead Investigator (Equilism Township), June 2017–Present Queen Mother (The Kingdom of Great Britain), September 2017–Present Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (The Kingdom of Great Britain), September 2017–Present Duchess of Cambridge (The Kingdom of Great Britain), April 2017–Present
Former Positions
Member of Parliament (First Commonwealth of Equilism Nations), 2009 World Assembly Delegate (Second Commonwealth of Equilism Nations), August 2011–May 2012 World Assembly Delegate (Equilism Township), March–October 2016, January–April 2018 Mayor (Equilism Township), September 2016–June 2017, September–December 2017 Officer of Public Relations (Equilism Township), June–September 2017 Town Moderator (Equilism Township), August–November 2017 Citizens' Assembly Representative (Republic of Europeia), March–May 2016 Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs (Republic of Europeia), April–July 2016 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (Republic of Europeia), July 2016–April 2017, September–November 2017 Minister of Foreign Affairs (Republic of Europeia), November 2017–January 2018 Assistant Minister of Culture (Republic of Europeia), June–November 2016 Senator (Republic of Europeia), May–October 2016 Speaker of the Senate (Republic of Europeia), July–August 2016 Representative of Europeia to the Coalition Against the Ideology of Nazism, February–November 2017 Deputy Speaker of the Senate (Republic of Europeia), March–May 2017 Deputy Citizens' Assembly Chair (Republic of Europeia), July–September 2017 Queen-Empress (The Kingdom of Great Britain), April–September 2017 Member of the House of Lords (The Kingdom of Great Britain), September–December 2017
Awards, Badges, Medals & Other Honors
NS Family
Isaris "Isabella" Somerset-Mountbatten I
Widow of George Mountbatten VI Mother of Matthew Arche and Pynelope Mountbatten Son of Aexnidaral "Crist" Seymour and Pichtonia Somerset
Pokémon
Favorite Quotes, Milestone Posts, Etc.
"I'm not a Republican, I'm a Christian." - Katie Birb, 12/8/2017
"I'm just a 13-year-old Taiwanese boy who likes Phil Collins." - Alan Lee, 12/13/2017
"I probably like dick most." - Aexnidaral Seymour, 1/28/2018
Senator (x5) Minister of World Assembly Affairs (x4) Hunger Games Host (x2) Flag of Month Host (former) Europeian Cup Host Master of Recruitment in Merridel
Kaboom Bay Son of Prometheus Father of Pyntuma [insert last names here], Aditya Bay, and Comrade Snowball Napoleon Danger Bay-Saxton Grandfather of John Doe Bay-Saxton, DMZ Bay-Saxton and NauElect Bay-Saxton Great-uncle of Cokeland Chastain Brother of Rand Chastain and LeSageStupide Chastain
Netz's Dream-Crushing Protege Only the second Europeian in history to be awarded the Order of Influence without serving as Delegate
Shiny things
Star 4 June 2016 Ribbon of Duty - 4 Ribbon of Sustainability - 1
Quotes
Trinnien
Rach making a valid point. CSP agreeing with her. Cubs win World Series. Trump wins Presidency. Cats and dogs living together. Mass hysteria.
At this point, all I can say is 2016 needs to lay off the drugs.
Calvin Coolidge
The people who look up at the stars and dream that one day they too can break incredibly helpful tools meant for the benefit of the region in a high energy burst of bravado.
Ever-Wandering Souls
Sometimes, Europeia raids. In other news, the pope is catholic, bears shit in the woods, and people don't like it when someone tries to start a righteous fury over something they've done for years.
Lethen
"Here, let's give the kid a shiny so we don't have to promote him"
JayDee
Now I'm really bad at math, but wasn't it supposed to be an hour later 2 hours ago?
Notolecta
we need them in time for eurotoday so I can talk about how much they suck
Trinnien
Seriously, there are days when I come in and do these post suppressions and I feel like a parent driving a car with the kids fighting in the back seat: "One more word from any of you and I'm turning this car around, and you're all grounded for the next month." Ugh, I've turned into my parents.
Isaris
Just when you thought you were safe, the turn 18 already jokes are back, Boom
Drop Your Pants
[For making the job of many defenders easier by being completely useless at raiding, I present you with this cookie medal.
Constie
The people in Europeia. That is what makes us great. Not our laws, not our population. Our people. Just everyday people putting out a helping hand. A true community. I wouldn't want to be apart of any other community, because I feel truly accepted here. In a chatroom with complete strangers is where I feel most at home. Funny how that works. You guys are like a second family to me and it's great. I don't wanna ever leave.
Aexnidaral Seymour
(in reference to a hypothetical Aex/Calvin ticket)
Europeia United: In Hating Us
Drecq
Yes. The UK is slowly sinking into the atlantic. It has been a matter of contention for months whether Mays government would choose to opt for a hard brexit or a soft brexit. May has instead opted for a wet brexit.
Anonymous
The ministry was dead. Two resignations in a row killed it. Kaboom came in and it sprang back to life. He's the Cat of the MoWA.
Quote:
Gleg - Today at 7:58 PM boomer which resignation Boom 🎸 - Today at 7:58 PM My last one From MoWA Gleg - Today at 7:58 PM ok just making sure kind of lost count there
To this day, I believe that it was Lethen who really got me started in Europeia. Despite the fact that he's an enormous douchebag, he also has the capacity for compassion and encouragement. I've seen it firsthand. - Seven Deaths (click)
By the Prophetical Blessing of Nethel, Supreme Chancellor of the Republic of Europeia and the states within, Destined Overseer of His rightful yet forgotten realms of Estalcia and Old Europe and Crystal Falls, Defender of the Faith and New Jersey, and Heir to the concept of Sarcasm
"Holy glorious titles batman! I feel someone went for the heartstrings, plucked them, and the forcefully tore them from the pegs they were carefully tied to." -Fortunado, On Kuramia's first Platform for CA Chair
"Kuramia [...] blew her targets out of the water." - Malashaan, On MinComm Term
"Kuramia, as the captor of GraVandius gets a parade thrown in her honor. What everyone doesn't know is that she was actually secretly mind-controlling GraV the entire time, and her reign of terror is just beginning." - Trinnien in A Celebratory Dinner
"Bonus points to Kuramia: finally, someone gets it." - hyangyo
"Kuramia: I just work here." - Trinnien x2
Resume
Citizen's Assembly Deputy Chair - August 2015 Citizens' Assembly Chair - Summer 2015 Minister of Communications - Fall 2015 Deputy Minister of Communications - Winter 2015 Deputy Minister of FA - Winter 2016 to Summer 2016 Citizens' Assembly Chair - Spring 2016 Minister of Communications - Spring 2016 CARP - Summer 2016 Minister of Communications - Summer 2016 Senate - half of term Summer 2016 Deputy Minister of FA - Winter 2017 - Spring 2017 Deputy Minister of Communications - Summer 2017 Deputy Chief of Staff - half of Spring 2018 Deputy Minister of FA - Spring 2018 Deputy Minister of WAA - Spring 2018 Minister of Communications - half of Spring 2018 Senator - half of Summer 2018
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