Have you ever had something happen to you that's annoying, but also kind-of exciting? Well, I just had something happen to me that was both annoying, but also exciting on NationStates. I was browsing through my region, and I saw this: Seems normal right? Think again. Do you see the nation that deleted this? It was "Areditas." My NS nation is "Aredita." Very similar, and very peculiar. Later, I found out by a region-mate that their deleted message was simply "Hi." That person told me they saw the message before it was deleted. Anyway... After I saw this, I did a quick search for their nation and found this: This person had copied my flag, motto, and very closely, my name! This is where I felt both annoyed and excited. First of all, why would you want to copy my nation? Second, this was kind-of offensive; I have been on NS for nearly 2 years, I have worked very hard at developing my nation, I paid $10.00 for a special NS account so after my nation ceased to exist no one could use my name again, plus the fact that, well, they copied my nation very clearly. I didn't put in all that work to be copied like my nation could be equal to, never mind compared to a new NS nation. But, looking past all of that, a part of me felt honored. Had I become prominent enough that someone tried to replicate my nation? Or, did they just click a random nation and decide to copy it? Honestly, I really don't think many people know who I am on NS. Maybe I'm wrong, though. Who's to say. I sent this person a kind, but firm telegram. I really didn't want my nation to be copied. Ironically, I just finished a persuasion book, called The Art of Persuasion by Bob Berg. (Very good read, by the way. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to persuade people into believing you're right.) I included persuasion tactics in this book in my telegram. The result? It worked! They said that they'll just let the nation cease to exist. Thank you, Mr. Berg!
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I was looking at the current Help Center, and it is a mess. Everything is very disorganized, and it's hard to find a answer to a question.
So... it's going to go through major updates. Maybe I'll even add more questions to it. Who's to say? So, for the next couple of days, or so, expect to see that page look a little strange. That's all for now! Just a few hours ago, Lerat declared war on Aredita, and is now allied with Bliccapeta.
This comes as a devastating blow to Aredita, as Lerat and Bliccapeta combined, will equal a military force as large as Aredita's. The Prime Minister said today, "This does change the course of war, for sure. But, it does not change out spirit, drive, or will to fight for what we believe in. It only intensifies those feelings." Sense the war began, Aredita and Bliccapeta have been fighting each other, non stop. This includes bombings, air and naval disputes, etc. During this conflict, the war seemed to be in Aredita's favor, but now with this sudden shift, the two forces are seeming to be equal. The first military action from Aredita has commenced. Aredita's elite Air Force was deployed yesterday. Their mission? To invade Bliccapeta's capital: Bliccapeta City.
The attack only lasted for about 30 minutes, but still, the city received large amounts of damage. Bliccapeta's AAG's and their Air Force were deployed during the attack. Aredita lost 6 planes out of 110 and Bliccapeta lost 9 out of 50. After the attack, anti-war protests have been starting around Aredita. Many are pleading that the government asks for a compromise. However, the Prime Minister stands firm. "If we step down we lose our dignity. If we continue, we show that we are not afraid to keep it. Bliccapeta has already lost all of their dignity by supporting such tyrannical nations. Aredita can not be lowered to their level. The war must continue," said the Prime Minister earlier today at a press conference. More updates will be posted here. Please click the "War" category to the right of this post, or, if you are using a mobile phone, you can find the category at the bottom of this page. After one hour of debate and decision making, the Areditan Parliament has voted to go to war with Bliccapeta. Here is the official vote published by The Areditan Government: A 2/3 majority is needed to pass any new law, declaration, etc. They achieved that. After the vote, the Parliament wrote the declaration of war, here it is: Stay tuned for more information.
Today, February 25, 2021, just 30 minutes ago, Aredita was attacked by the Bliccapetan military. This violent and sudden attack occured because Aredita cut off all exports to Bliccapeta after they supported and helped the leader of the nation of Lerat. Lerat is a tyrannical nation that oppresses and abuses its people.
After several rejected requests from the Bliccapetan government to resume exports with Aredita, they decided to bomb the capitol: Claustra Fractionis. Thousands are dead from the attack of carpet bombs, and thousands more injured. The city received high amounts of damage, and an estimated 10 trillion Heribages is needed to rebuild the city. Through all of the destruction, the Prime Ministers palace still stands, as well as the House of Parliament. Parliament and the Prime Minister are going to meet in an undisclosed location in minutes to discusses how the Areditan Government should react. As of now, the Prime Minister has used executive authority to declare a state of emergency and ordered all Areditans to stay indoors until the government has made a decision on what to do next. Keep watch of this news page for more details. We will publish them as soon as they are released to the public. Even though we are in dark times, Aredita will and always will thrive. Well, my resolution to Condemn Lily is most likely not going to pass. You know, that's alright. I still had a great learning experience, and I'm glad that this happened. I'm thinking I'm going to write a different one, on a different topic once this one's over. Lily will never receive a condemnation from me ever again. Also, amazingly, the mods let my resolution stay! As I said in my previous blog post, I was thinking they were going to remove it because they thought that I was Helsiny, even though I'm not. As of now, this is what the voting is looking like on my resolution: So... not to good. That's really okay, though.
The ultimate goal here is to learn, and that's what I'm doing! A bit of stress has come on NationStates. I got a telegram from the NationStates Moderators saying that So, yeah.
The moment I got this, I was very startled and confused. I quickly checked all of my puppet nations, just to be sure. None of them were in the WA. I immediately started writing an appeal. How could this of happen? But then, something occurred to me. When I was at school, my friend who is in charge of the nation Helsiny logged into my computer on their NS account. Helsiny is in the WA. The moderators thought that I was Helsiny. It all made sense now!!! But, there was still a problem. The moderators didn't know any of this, and even if they did, they'd never take my word. I texted, emailed, and Google Chatted them to leave the WA or else were both going to get banned. At this point, they haven't responded. Even if this did get sorted out, there is still a big problem. I wrote a WA Proposal, and it is at quorum. Helsiny endorsed me, giving me 2 endorsements (enough to write a proposal). So, this means that the moderators may remove it because they thought I gave myself the endorsement! It would be nice to have my proposal go to vote, however, I mainly don't want to get banned from the WA. I'm curious to see how this site goes.
I've made other sites like this, and they tend to die out, as I don't really check them. I worked hard on this site, so I may be more determined. Try out the comment section below! I'd love to hear what you have to say about my site!!! Have a great day! |
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