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.
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Identifying Emotional Abuse in Private
Through text, audio, or video you are able to communicate freely with friends or other players in NationStates. Whether it's socializing about politics to personal details, it's open an space to discuss just about anything that comes to mind. And depending how close you are with this individual, they will most likely open up about how they are feeling personally or discuss matters with another player.
As a friend, and most importantly a listener, it's important to be able to identify any potential yellow or red flags. Whether if it's with your friend personally, or another player that approaches you. Down below are a list of signs that you can use to identify a potential severe situation. However, as discussed in the previous guide it's important to identify a clear pattern of intent from a potential abuser before you can claim a prospective victim.
Yellow Flags:
The prospective victim comes to you and mentions that another player is making them uncomfortable in an OOC manner.
The prospective victim asks you to keep the fact that they are online from another player on a repeated basis. If there is a history of IC conflict, this may not be a flag.
The prospective victim expresses that they are frequently made unhappy by the potential abuser on an OOC level.
The potential abuser comes to you and tries to bait you into giving them information about the prospective victim on a regular or frequent basis.
The potential abuser demands that you tell them where the prospective victim is aggressively.
The potential abuser threatens you to make you stay away from the prospective victim.
An unassociated player comes to you with concerns about something entrusted to them by the prospective victim that indicates multiple instances that could denote abuse.
Multiple people have come to you expressing concerns about what seems to be an unhealthy relationship between two players.
The prospective victim comes to you and reveals that he/she is feeling like the potential abuser is trying to control their actions, particularly in an OOC sense.
The prospective victim thinks that the potential abuser is watching them too much and refuses to let the prospective victim be somewhere without the potential abuser.
The prospective victim displays alarm or fear when he or she discovers the potential abuser was in a chat they said something in and responds to their message.
The prospective victim denies that the potential abuser is in the wrong, stating that they were the ones who made them upset, and argues that the potential abuser is just misunderstood or needs help.
Red Flags:
The potential abuser explicitly threatens you for being “too close” to another player they have expressed interest in themselves. There is a known and proved history of possessiveness displayed by this potential abuser toward the prospective victim.
The potential abuser repeatedly comes to you to see if the prospective victim is ignoring them or is online for a long period of time. This is most concerning if that prospective victim is actually hiding from them and you are aware of this.
The potential abuser refers to the prospective victim as “theirs” and expresses that they know what is best for that prospective victim. They are referring to them clearly in a manner that denotes the person belongs to them in a way that is not protective or defensive, but aggressively possessive.
The potential abuser refers to the prospective victim as “out of their mind” or “crazy” or “has issues” and thus states that the prospective victim needs a “keeper” or “support”.
The potential abuser states that the prospective victim is incapable of taking care of him/herself and needs the potential abuser to make decisions for them.
The potential abuser repeatedly expresses an OOC obsession, such as talking about weddings, when the prospective victim will finally agree to date them, or what (explicit) activities may happen when they meet in person.
The prospective victim comes to you because the potential abuser is trying to pressure them into an IRL meeting, pressuring them for uncomfortable material, or trying to pressure them into a relationship.
The potential abuser is actively trying to break up the prospective victim and his/her IRL partner with clear intent to claim the prospective victim once that is accomplished.
It is known that a potential abuser has been asked not to speak to another player, but they come to you asking to pass a personal message to the prospective victim with clear intent to emotionally influence them to break the contact ban.
The prospective victim comes to you revealing that another player is threatening them with IRL information if he/she cuts contact with them.
The prospective victim comes to you asking you to help them hide from another player on frequent occasion.
The potential abuser repeatedly attempts to make you tell them everything about your personal association with the prospective victim.
The prospective victim comes to you and presents logs that validate claims of obsession, stalking, emotional abuse, threats on an IRL level, controlling behavior, etc.
A potential abuser with a history of public flags comes to you and asks you to help them reconcile with the prospective victim because he/she is being unreasonable.
Thanks to Xoriet for allowing us to reference her piece when making this
Favorite Quotes
Nationstates
"Get these Motherfucking Anumias out of my Motherfucking region!" - Noto "Cat and Carrot sitting in a tree, T-O-O-T" - Kraken "CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT" - Pichto "SD I'm gonna eat your dick" - Carrot "Swoosh Swoosh I've got two more shots left" - Isaris
"One day Mal will say something funny so I can put it in my sig :stuck_out_tongue:" - Cat "Something funny" - Malashaan
"No more drugs for me; pussy and religion is all I need" - Jahka "Fuck me sideways. That had an exceptionally high production value. Wow." - hyanygo
"Cat now forces CSP onto his knees, and [inserts object] into a thinly lined [crevice]. "Careful CSP" she says mockingly, "The navy doesn't pull out" - Cat "Between gasps CSP says "You're promoted to Rear Admiral." - Kraken
"We can, and should do this to make sure that constantly post or send doesn't her ass or bully others." - Audio Handbook "I cannot summon satan with my family right there." - Leo "Bootskitten is a MILF, according to Mouse?" - R3n "I eat meals with two out of three meals." - Vac "Boxing is like anal. It can hurt like hell but you still like it" - Festavo "I'm not gay but I appreciate a good penis just as much as the next guy" - CSP "NO PUPPERS IN THE DONGER ZONE" - Aex "Cat, its not beastiality if I'm in animal in the sheets too" - Verteger "I'd tea bag @Cpt.Carrot" - CSP
""Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers. Towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt - many jobs being lost!"-Trump"" - Crow "Hes just angry because his replacement copy of Mein Kampf got lost in the mail." - Drecq
"hello im sex" - Aex "Im a coconut, brown on the outside but a little classically educated white boi on the inside" -Hyanygo
"Replaying my NS career in my head, I'm a little hoe" - Vac
"God offered me the height of 6 foot 7 but I told him to take the 7 inches and put them on my dick instead" - Fest
"Oh I had a weird dream. I bought a battleship at a huge discount only to find out it had been shrunk in the wash" - Carrot
"Oak I have the constitutional right to challenge the SC so kindy move out of the way of the will of the people" - Keshiland
"Hey, fist me." - Murden
"I do not know if god exist or if he loves us, but Cat's voice is all the proof I need that satan exists and that he hates us." - Verteger
"I didn't think four fingers would do it for me" - Souls
Real Life
"Statistics and probability of action and reaction, are you familiar with that concept? I haven't applied the concept to the xx chromosome role" - Tinder Guy
Awards
The Order of the Sapphire Star shall be issued by the Vice President to citizens who excel in service to Cabinet Ministers during each Presidential term. The Ribbon of Duty is given for participation in an operation.
The Ribbon of Sustainability is given to the new sailors that join the Active Duty or Volunteer Reserve and show activity in an operation.
Culture
This is clearly one of the moments where I can really see the flame in the medal making sense. Passion, that's one thing we like to see here. Cat displayed that extremely well during her time in Culture. Joining the whole team rather late, she immediately took responsibility in Weekend Games and also worked on two new ideas. When I thought about the medalists at the start of EurOlympics, I did not even think she would make the list, but she was extremely diligent in the last two weeks. That medal is very well deserved.
Foreign Affairs
"Cat came in during the second half of the term and has really done well in her roles helping both Isaris and Klat." With that, I award Cat bronze.
Awarded in the assistance of a massive Anti-Nazi Op consisting of 84 updaters from 18 different regions, in order to liberate NSIA.
Awarded to Citizens who post a comedic or satirical correlation.
The Best Assistant Minister Award goes to Cat! We thanks for her contributions to helping out in the ministries in Europeia in 2016 and she deserve this award.
The Break-Out Europeian Award goes to Cat! We thanks for contributions to spontaneously giving us new ideas and rising in Europeia in 2016 and she deserve this award.
The Worst Thread Award goes to "You wanna suck?"! We thanks for this thread horrifying us in Europeia in 2016 and it deserve this award.
The Cuddliest Person Award goes to Cat! We thanks for her contribution to making the forum more hospitable and caring in Europeia in 2016 and she deserve this award.
The Two Truths and a Lie winner award goes to Cat for winning this week’s Trivia game by a huge margin!
Broadcast of the Year "The Divide Between Old and New Members"
Positions
President 0.1x Senator Substitute 1x Senator 1x Minister of Radio 4x Deputy of Sinker Regions 1x Deputy of Interior 1x Deputy of Radio 3.0x Deputy of Culture 1x Navy Midshipman 1x Navy Ensign 1x Grand Admiral 0.1x
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Thank you for this, Cat.
Positions in Europeia
Former Positions
Ministry of Culture Deputy of Weekend Games (for quite a few terms)
Current Positions
Ministry of the Interior Deputy Minister for Gameside Regional Connectivity Ministry of Culture Deputy Minister of Weekend Games Ministry of Radio Assistant Minister Unofficial Birthday Tsarina <3
Shinies and Awards Received
The Order of the Sapphire Star is a Vice-Presidential medal to be awarded to Assistant Ministers for excellence in their service to their ministries. (x2) 2017 Europeian of the Year Most Welcoming 2017 Workhorse Award 2017 The Order of Enlightenment shall be issued to citizens who provide outstanding cultural work including projects and creations that aid in the cultural development of the Republic.
"thinks of unproductive ideas"- Moronist Decisions "Oh gods do I need to Bubble wrap this whole region?" -Cpt.Carrot "This is why we slowly fold everything into Weekend Games." -Drexlore "dont spork me to death" -Leo Drakan "I don't know you but I like the pun so have an internet cookie" -Verteger "Euro will now only be open on the weekends" -Rach "I think these puns are all pyncredible. Does that earn me a quote? Because that better earn me a quote. :stuck_out_tongue:" -Drexlore "EMBIGGEN THE POST!!!11!! MOAR QUOTES!!!!" -Drexlore
Motivational Messages (For those days when you just feel meh. ;w;)
Other
Outside of Europeia, I am..
Former Bloopister of Innocence in Bloopsjooj Former Bloopister of +hug and the General Well-being of all Bloopizens in Bloopsjooj Deputy Prime Bloopister in Bloopsjooj (x2) Former Bloopister of Puppies, Hugs, and Cookies in Bloopsjooj Citizen of Equilism Citizen of The Galactic Order Citizen of Merridel Citizen and Princess of Caer Sidi
Another excellent resource from a stellar organization.
Europeian Resume
Senator (x3) Speaker (x1) Deputy Speaker (x1) Minister of Communications (x1) Minister of Interior (x1) Deputy Minister of Interior (x5) Citizens Assembly Chair (x3) Deputy Chair of Citizens Assembly (x2) Law Clerk Deputy Director of ECP (x2) Founder of EPP EPP Party Chairman (X1) EPP Party President (x1) ACE Vice-Chair (x1) Press Secretary of ACE (x1) Senate Aide to Malashaan
Roles Abroad
Balder
Sorting (x2) Minister of Integration (x1) Deputy Minister of Integration and Recruitment (x1)
Spiritus
RA Representative (x4) RA Speaker (x1)
Equalism
Mayor x1
Ministry Based Awards
Interior
(Total Awarded= 22) Under Rand as Minister of Interior
Culture
-EuroOlympics Wrestling Bronze -EuroOlympics Snowflake
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Grandiose Delusions
"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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Thank you everyone <3
Favorite Quotes
Nationstates
"Get these Motherfucking Anumias out of my Motherfucking region!" - Noto "Cat and Carrot sitting in a tree, T-O-O-T" - Kraken "CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT" - Pichto "SD I'm gonna eat your dick" - Carrot "Swoosh Swoosh I've got two more shots left" - Isaris
"One day Mal will say something funny so I can put it in my sig :stuck_out_tongue:" - Cat "Something funny" - Malashaan
"No more drugs for me; pussy and religion is all I need" - Jahka "Fuck me sideways. That had an exceptionally high production value. Wow." - hyanygo
"Cat now forces CSP onto his knees, and [inserts object] into a thinly lined [crevice]. "Careful CSP" she says mockingly, "The navy doesn't pull out" - Cat "Between gasps CSP says "You're promoted to Rear Admiral." - Kraken
"We can, and should do this to make sure that constantly post or send doesn't her ass or bully others." - Audio Handbook "I cannot summon satan with my family right there." - Leo "Bootskitten is a MILF, according to Mouse?" - R3n "I eat meals with two out of three meals." - Vac "Boxing is like anal. It can hurt like hell but you still like it" - Festavo "I'm not gay but I appreciate a good penis just as much as the next guy" - CSP "NO PUPPERS IN THE DONGER ZONE" - Aex "Cat, its not beastiality if I'm in animal in the sheets too" - Verteger "I'd tea bag @Cpt.Carrot" - CSP
""Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers. Towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt - many jobs being lost!"-Trump"" - Crow "Hes just angry because his replacement copy of Mein Kampf got lost in the mail." - Drecq
"hello im sex" - Aex "Im a coconut, brown on the outside but a little classically educated white boi on the inside" -Hyanygo
"Replaying my NS career in my head, I'm a little hoe" - Vac
"God offered me the height of 6 foot 7 but I told him to take the 7 inches and put them on my dick instead" - Fest
"Oh I had a weird dream. I bought a battleship at a huge discount only to find out it had been shrunk in the wash" - Carrot
"Oak I have the constitutional right to challenge the SC so kindy move out of the way of the will of the people" - Keshiland
"Hey, fist me." - Murden
"I do not know if god exist or if he loves us, but Cat's voice is all the proof I need that satan exists and that he hates us." - Verteger
"I didn't think four fingers would do it for me" - Souls
Real Life
"Statistics and probability of action and reaction, are you familiar with that concept? I haven't applied the concept to the xx chromosome role" - Tinder Guy
Awards
The Order of the Sapphire Star shall be issued by the Vice President to citizens who excel in service to Cabinet Ministers during each Presidential term. The Ribbon of Duty is given for participation in an operation.
The Ribbon of Sustainability is given to the new sailors that join the Active Duty or Volunteer Reserve and show activity in an operation.
Culture
This is clearly one of the moments where I can really see the flame in the medal making sense. Passion, that's one thing we like to see here. Cat displayed that extremely well during her time in Culture. Joining the whole team rather late, she immediately took responsibility in Weekend Games and also worked on two new ideas. When I thought about the medalists at the start of EurOlympics, I did not even think she would make the list, but she was extremely diligent in the last two weeks. That medal is very well deserved.
Foreign Affairs
"Cat came in during the second half of the term and has really done well in her roles helping both Isaris and Klat." With that, I award Cat bronze.
Awarded in the assistance of a massive Anti-Nazi Op consisting of 84 updaters from 18 different regions, in order to liberate NSIA.
Awarded to Citizens who post a comedic or satirical correlation.
The Best Assistant Minister Award goes to Cat! We thanks for her contributions to helping out in the ministries in Europeia in 2016 and she deserve this award.
The Break-Out Europeian Award goes to Cat! We thanks for contributions to spontaneously giving us new ideas and rising in Europeia in 2016 and she deserve this award.
The Worst Thread Award goes to "You wanna suck?"! We thanks for this thread horrifying us in Europeia in 2016 and it deserve this award.
The Cuddliest Person Award goes to Cat! We thanks for her contribution to making the forum more hospitable and caring in Europeia in 2016 and she deserve this award.
The Two Truths and a Lie winner award goes to Cat for winning this week’s Trivia game by a huge margin!
Broadcast of the Year "The Divide Between Old and New Members"
Positions
President 0.1x Senator Substitute 1x Senator 1x Minister of Radio 4x Deputy of Sinker Regions 1x Deputy of Interior 1x Deputy of Radio 3.0x Deputy of Culture 1x Navy Midshipman 1x Navy Ensign 1x Grand Admiral 0.1x
Art of Me
Thanks Pyntuma <3
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