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Vol. 2, No. 7
Europeia Completes Reforms,
Elects First Minister
Rand enters the stage to address hundreds of their followers at a rally in Europeia.
By DEEPEST HOUSE
Europeia realized its long-
awaited government moderniza-
tion reforms when the citizens
elected Rand as the region’s inau-
gural first minister. Rand defeated
Izzy in the runoff election after
advancing from the first round.
Recombis and Punchwood fin-
ished third and fourth in the first
round respectively, and were
eliminated from the runoff.
“Completing the government
modernization reforms keeps Eu-
ropeia on the cutting edge of polit-
ical roleplay and government
within NationStates,” said Euro-
peia founder and former Speaker
of the Senate HEM. HEM oversaw
the final Senate vote to pass the
law that split the executive into
New Western Atlantic - Norden Merger Experiences Founder Turbulence
By LLO
The high-profile merger of the New
Western Atlantic and Norden has ex-
perienced some upset as the original
founder of Norden, Solborg, deserted
the New Western Atlantic (NWA) on
9 March, though the reasons for do-
ing so seem contested amongst the
region. While some believe they were
provoked by the NWA government
themselves, others argue Solborg left
of their own accord to take a break
from the game.
In early February when the merger
officially took place, King UDR of
the New Western Atlantic released a
document detailing the conditions of
the merger. Despite some disagree-
ments over certain provisions, the
process went ahead and the docu-
ment was accepted. However, unbe-
Deepest House reports on the
completion of reforms and elec-
tionsin Europeia, while Llo anal-
yses the upcoming election field
of The Leftist Assembly.
SUNDAY, MARCH 31st 2019
two branches, focusing on domes-
tic and international affairs re-
spectively. “The efficiencies creat-
ed by the executive split will allow
both the first minister and chief of
state to focus on their priorities,
and working together will ensure
that Europeia remains a leading
User Created Region in Nation-
States.”
The government modernization
reforms arose out of Europeia’s
recently closed constitutional con-
vention, which ran from August 1
to February 10. The convention
saw a number of potential pro-
posals emerge to reform both the
executive and legislative branch-
es. Eventually, the convention
sent the executive split proposal
to the Senate, which passed the
knownst to the region at the time,
there were a number of loopholes that
would result in considerable future
unrest.
The two key factors in this were the
unofficial agreement for no new polit-
ical parties to be formed and the offi-
cial clause in the merger document
for Solborg to eventually take the Del-
egacy of their new region.
In negotiations over the merger,
there was an apparent non-official
agreement that no new political par-
ties were to be formed, so as to en-
sure greater integration of Norden
members into the existing NWA polit-
ical system. However, upon entering
their new region, Solborg and
Bietzopolis decided to create the Pi-
rate Party, which appealed more to
Llo revisits the NWA-Norden The Doctor reports on the poll
merger, Wymondham wraps up results for the best roleplay of
this week, Prarie analyses Laza- January/early February 2019,
rus’ foreign policy, and Yohan- while Daunlaund investigates
nes Curt looks at TBH changes. the not-so-civil war in Cansilica.
bill unanimously. Serving as presi-
dent at the time, Kuramia signed
the bill into law, which started the
clock on the inaugural first minis-
ter election.
The first minister will oversee
the domestic portfolio of Europe-
ia’s new executive branch. Accom-
panying Randon the ticket
was GraVandius, who ran for dep-
uty first minister. Together they
will oversee the Europeian Minis-
tries of Communications, Culture,
Interior, Employment, and Radio.
In the runoff election, Rand de-
feated Izzy by collecting 59.2 per-
cent of the vote.
“I am extremely proud to serve…
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Solborg and the NWA government reached a breaking point in relations.
the members of their shared former
region. While this angered NWA gov-
ernment officials, they were able to
avoid formally recognising its exist-
ence due to regional law setting a
maximum of six total political parties,
which is already fully satisfied.
Solborg refused to shut down their
Daunlaund shares thoughts on
how NS can celebrate Saint Pat-
rick’s Day, and Llo issues a
statement on the recent edition
and article hiatus.
© International News Organization, 2019
Cansilica’s
Uncivil War
By DAUNLAUND
Note: The author has been taking part in
the roleplay, supporting the republican side
via supplies.
About a month ago, a fellow writer named
The Doctor wrote an article about the begin-
ning of Cansilica’s civil war. Since then,
many events have happened, and we will
look into them in this article.
Recap
In the previous article, it was known that a
man named general Kúl was the leader of
the republican movement in Cansilica, which
sought to remove the country’s monarch.
Shortly after the split between Kúl and the
Crown, he rallied his supporters and de-
clared himself Imperator of the Cansilican
republic. He followed this by rallying sup-
port from other nations to join in his fight.
Empress Hesperia continued to call on her
resources to defeat the Republicans, thus
leading to the open fighting.
First Moves
One of the first moves both sides made was
to gather allies to get supplies. The loyalists
gained the support of Joushiki Nante Iranai,
while the republicans gained the support of
Erskiellander and eventually Daunlaund.
However, as information about the loyalist
regime came spilling out (such as their slave
codes), Joushiki Nante Iranai soon aban-
doned them. This left them without supplies
and vulnerable to the republicans.
Several cities would soon become battle-
grounds; Porogen, Vanta, Avadacha, New
Ludlow, and Treader's Lounge to name…
CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
new party. In response to this,
the NWA government ceased encour-
aging nations to endorse them so that
they could gradually over-
take UDR as the most-endorsed na-
tion in the region, which presumably
angered Solborg. These tensions…
CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Daunlaund gives their Art of the
Week wrap-up, with the best
designs from the NS forums,
while Yohannes Curt shares a
poem titled ‘The Caravan’.

Europeia Completes Reforms, Elects First Minister
Supporters celebrate as it is announced that Rand was elected as the inaugural first minister of Europeia.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
as Europeia’s inaugural first minis-
ter,” said Rand in an exclusive inter-
view with NationStates To-
day. “GraVandius and I will work
with Kuramia and the entire citizenry
to ensure that the Europeian govern-
ment continues to represent excel-
lence both domestically and abroad.”
After the election, Izzy addressed
supporters at his campaign head-
Competitive Elections in The Leftist Assembly Heat Up
By LLO
Disclaimer: This author is a resi-
dent of The Leftist Assembly and a
member of the electoral committee.
The Leftist Assembly (TLA) has
rapidly increased in population in re-
cent months, now floating at around
approximately 350 nations. With this
significant increase, from just over
200 a mere two months ago, the
March 2019 general election has seen
a number of new faces throw their
name on the ballot for a chance to be
a member of the 13th General Assem-
bly, which will serve as the regional
legislature for the next three months.
This body is formed of the executive
Secretary, their deputy Prime Minis-
ter, and five Senators. Amongst the
candidates for the vacant Senator po-
sitions are newcomers like Greylyn
and Fevhader, while some experience
is found in former Secretar-
ies Kavagrad and South Miruva.
Topics of debate this election season
have varied from how Ministers
should be elected, with Dawtania ar-
guing for the public to vote on ap-
pointments by the Secretary in a sim-
ilar manner to how Justices are cur-
rently selected, to a floating number
of Senators, a system previously used
to determine the size of the General
Assembly being re-championed
by Great Varia. Other controversial
proposals include Greylyn’s call for
more emphasis on regional roleplay,
while Zaratov has called for the rein-
NATIONSTATES TODAY. SUNDAY, MARCH 31st, 2019. POLITICS
SUNDAY, MARCH 31st 2019
quarters. “We ran a hard-fought cam-
paign but in the end, Rand and GraV
emerged victorious thanks to their
incredible vision and passion for this
region,”Izzy said as he formally
acknowledged the result. “I wish
them all the best in their quest for a
better Europeia and offer them what-
ever support I can provide to their
new administration.”
With the election of Rand as first
troduction of the military and imme-
diate banning of all nations that fall
into a right-wing category. Hence, it
is hard to guess whose ideas might
find popularity amongst voters when
polls open on 11 March.
Also up for election is the executive
pair of the region, the Secretary and
Prime Minister, who are elected on a
joint ticket. Traditionally, this race is
much less competitive as it requires
candidates to find a willing running
mate and most tickets tend to be
highly experienced in
“My priorities
regional government.
In this race, there are
two tickets – North
Amherst/Faerein and
as Secretary
The Final Horseman/ will in large
Argentigrad. The lat-
ter is overwhelmingly part be fo-
cused on for-
expected to win the
vote due to its compet-
itors’ lack of experi-
ence. The victor in this
eign affairs.”
field will take over
from one-term Secretary New Arka-
dos, who said on the RMB, after rul-
ing themselves out of a run:
“I don’t think I’ve done a bad job,
but I don’t think I’ve been around as
much as I should have been, and I
can’t help but blame the lower feed-
back on the census on this as well.
Ultimately I think someone more pas-
sionate deserves the position, and I’m
starting to burn out.”
minister, Kuramia’s position of presi-
dent became the chief of state. The
conversion to the split executive elim-
inated the position of vice presi-
dent. Kuramia nominated her run-
ning mate and former vice presi-
dent, Pierce, to the Senate for confir-
mation as deputy chief of state. The
Senate quickly confirmed Pierce to
his post. The pair will oversee the Eu-
ropeian Republican Navy, Council of
Foreign Affairs, and Council of World
The Final Horseman, who is ex-
pected to be elected as the new Secre-
tary, has been involved in the left of
NationStates for many years. This
includes a controversial short-lived
coup in The Communist Region in
2015 that immediately preceded
events leading to that region merge
with the Democratic Socialist Union
to become TLA. Despite this,
TFH has cleared his name over many
years to become a respected long-
term and highly active resident of
TLA, including being its Minister of
Defence for most of
2017 and as a Senator
for the past three
months. His running
mate, Argentigrad,
has been a more re-
cent addition to the
community, joining
TLA last year and
now having served
for six months as a
Senator, being ranked
in an overwhelming
first place for Senator in the Decem-
ber 2018 election.
This ticket has promised in
their campaign manifesto to promote
the regional art program, “introduce
an inter-regional historical society”
for members of NSLeft, and more
evenly distribute the executive work-
load between the Secretary and
Prime Minister. TFH made the fol-
lowing statement on what he will fo-
cus on if elected:
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Section P
Assembly. Both the first minister and
the chief of state will have their own
Senate-confirmed Cabinet. That attor-
ney general will support both halves
of the new executive branch.
The next election in Europeia will
be the Senate election, currently
scheduled for mid-March.
“My priorities as Secretary will in
large part be focused on Foreign Af-
fairs. This will mostly consist of the
historical society I’ve outlined in my
manifesto, and discussed on the
RMB. I’d also like to continue work-
ing on providing resources to the
more artistic side of the NSLeft by
expanding on the art program I intro-
duced this past term. The college of
design is very much in its infancy and
hopefully by next election we’ll have
built onto the foundation that’s been
laid out thus far.”
Kavagrad, the former Secretary of
the region from June to December
2017, said the following of the proba-
ble new executive duo:
“TFH has been an integral part of
the community for a long time, and it
was only a matter of time before he
became Secretary, in my opinion. As
for Arg, this is just another step for
someone who has real potential.”
It is hard to guess what the exact
makeup of the 13th General Assembly
will be at this point, but there will al-
most certainly be a handful of new-
comers to the political system that
will shake up the scene. With this
many new members eager to be in-
volved, one could only expect further
growth from the leftist region going
into the future.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 31st 2019 Section G

NWA-Norden Merger Weekly Gameplay Report

Experiences Founder Turbulence By WYMONDHAM
The Red States
After several attempts, ANTIFA
members finally succeeded in raiding
The Red States, it is expected they
will attempt to refound the region
and take it as a trophy in their cru-
sade against fascism on Nation-
States.
Cavalry
The successor region to The Grey
Wolves, Cavalry reached 45 regions
raided this week, perhaps we are see-
ing the emergence of a new raiding
force in NS after all

Relations have been tense in the weeks since the merger.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 candidates for [the] Senate”. They

came to a head when Bietzopolis,
then Deputy Chairman of the Pirate
Party, encouraged several of their
members to switch allegiances to the
Unity Party. They had also been of-
fered Solborg’s position as an overse-
er of the Discord server by the NWA
government.
Suternia, the former Deputy Minis-
ter of Immigration and Secretary of
the Unity Party, said the following of
the situation, taking a more dramatic
approach to the situation in believing
that the merger itself had entirely col-
lapsed:
“I believe that what lead this merger
to fail was the constant bashing of the
unofficial Pirate Party, even if the
government of the New Western At-
lantic didn’t like the party, it would
eventually end up dissolved or
merged by itself. The constant bash-
ing just pressured Solborg, and after
that the NWA started to break quite a
few points of the deal because of the
creation of the Pirate Party. Again, I
believe that, had the NWA not at-
tacked the Pirate Party so much, and
broken their own deal, this could’ve
been an extremely successful mer-
ger.”
Bietzopolis, who continues to reside
in NWA, stated that “the [merger]
document became void, but I was put
in place of Solborg as the [Discord
server] moderator and potentially the
WA delegate in the long run”. Under
their direction, the Pirate Party has
now informally merged with the Unity
Party so that it “could actually send in
believe that Solborg only returned to
Norden once they were informed that
they would no longer rise to the Dele-
gacy and would be stripped of their
server position. Bietzopolis issued Gameplay this week has been marked by new conquests.
this formal statement on
the NWA Discord server on 8 March,
also commenting on how he and Dep-
uty Minister of Communications The
New Regions Showcase
Thin White Duke (known commonly By LLO Discord server of the same name.
as Noah), who had been a intense crit- I will be bringing back the New
ic of the Pirate Party since its for- New Republic of Sovereign
Regions Showcase section for future
mation, would cease their animosity States
editions to showcase some of the
Nations: 21
towards each other: most popular regions with the ‘New’
Founded: 25 March 2019
tag on NationStates.
Founder & Delegate: Mierria
“I have agreed to take over the posi-
Census Records: Culture, Inclusive-
tion of overseer from Solborg in ex- Sovereignty
ness, Publishing Industry, Health,
change for making up with Noah and Nations: 27
Intelligence
rescinding all political ties. Both of the Founded: 26 March 2019
latter two ideas were mine. Noah and Founder & Delegate: Attig
This region, dedicated to
I will no longer be performing ad
“roleplaying and neutrality”, al-
hominem attacks on one another and This region is a “friendly, close-
ready has a Constitution, map, and
we will be working together to better knit community of roleplayers”, ac-
Discord server. Its RMB seems to be
this region.” cording to its World Factbook Entry.
active with a lively roleplay.
It appears to be the region for the
In a private statement, they said the
following of the controversy around
Solborg started being a ghost after by Associate Justice Trump & Pence.”
the formation of the Pirate Party:
about a week of the Pirate Party be-
ing active, at which point we were at Solborg did not respond to our re-
“His and my becoming involved in
about 5 people. I recruited for the quest for comment.
the Pirate Party was what grinded
next 3 weeks alone, growing us to 16
everyone’s gears. A verbal agreement
at one point. After this time, however, Elections for the Senate of the New
was made during the merge that Sol-
I independently decided that it would Western Atlantic will commence later
borg wouldn’t make a “Norden” party
be best to merge the Pirates into one in March, which could well be a refer-
that would attempt to get recognized.
of the existing parties. I didn’t consult endum on how the existing govern-
However, we made the Pirate Party
Solborg about this because of his inac- ment dealt with this situation. As ten-
and, because of our influence in Nor-
tivity sion remains in the air, it remains to
den, we were able to convince several
be seen if Solborg will make a return
former members of Norden to join us.
To my understanding, all of Sol- or perhaps if the Unity Party may see
There was only one non-Norden
borg’s ideas for the Pirate Party plat- a historic rise in the polls with their
member of the Pirate Party,
form were also harshly criticized by new-found support in former Norden
Sanchee2020, who joined shortly after
the right-leaning parties, particularly members.
reviving his nation.
with a scathing review of our outline

Lazarus Foreign Policy: What Comes Next?
Lazarus has the potential to build new alliances and diplomatic ties with The West Pacific and The South Pacific.
By PRARIE
Lazarus is at an interesting spot
when it comes to interregional rela-
tions.
Laz has historically been a melting
pot of views and ideals. Even in their
current government, there are indi-
viduals like Harmoneia, who is histor-
ically attributed to the old, defender-
leaning Celestial Union; there are al-
so people like legendary raider Killer
Kitty, who was barely admitted to
Lazarus in the first place because of
his past Lazarene coups. And in the
middle of it all, there’s the one and
only Imki, who has had her fair share
of controversy on both sides of the
NSGP aisle, but who is generally
liked around NationStates and well
Major Changes in The Black Hawks
By YOHANNES CURT
The Black Hawks is one of the ma-
jor raiding regions in NationStates. A
major shakeup took place this week
in TBH's Council Nest.
Recently, Ever-Wandering Souls
made a very important announce-
ment on The Black Hawks' Forums.
“As you may have heard, Jay is re-
tiring from active council and over to
the Council Advisory Board, which
observes and advises council, without
voting in council matters,” Ever-
Wandering Souls said. “As is often
the case, the retirement of a council
members [sic] has served as a cata-
lyst for council to assess the entirety
of the region’s top members, and
make some adjustments. As such, to-
night, we’ve got some promotions as
well as a bit of a council shakeup.”
NATIONSTATES TODAY. SUNDAY, MARCH 31st, 2019. POLITICS
supported by the citizens of Lazarus.
While currently neutral, Laz has a
couple of paths it could choose; if
they so wished, leaders in the South
Pacific have been open to pursuing
closer relations with Lazarus. Laza-
rene-South Pacific relations might not
get off the ground as quickly, howev-
er, with the election of Glen-Rhodes
as Minister of Foreign Affairs, as
Glen has stated that TSP should exer-
cise caution around Lazarene rela-
tions because of Imki’s acts as Vice
Delegate of TSP in 2016, when she
assisted in a coup with Hileville and
banned multiple individuals from the
forums.
On the other hand, leaders of re-
Captain Alexander was made a
Colonel, Felt Karpit was made Major
and Koth was made a General.
This announcement received mixed
reactions from the Hawks. Some
were happy at the promotions of their
fellows, while others felt disappointed
at the departure of their leader Jay.
Lieutenant Rachael said: “Congrats
on the promotion and hitting council,
Felt! You majorly deserved that pro-
motion and hitting council. Congrats
on hitting General, Koth.”
Sergeant Aquilla said: “Some well
deserved promotions! It will be a
shame to see Jay go but I would like
to thank him for his mentorship and
wish him all the best into the future!”
Soon after the news broke out, a
gions like Osiris and The West Pacific
have considered Lazarus as one of
their most trustworthy allies; recent-
ly, Osiris signed the Treaty of the Sun
with Lazarus, becoming Lazarus’ first
treaty partner. An Osirian govern-
ment official recently spoke of how
they considered Lazarus as one of
their closest allies and was eager to
work with the Lazarene Regional
Guard. The Delegate of the West Pa-
cific, Halo, recently appeared on the
NationStates Today Newsroom pod-
cast with Imki. The two Delegates
were very friendly throughout the
production.
The West looks to pursue a treaty
as well. A high-level TWP official re-
cently spoke of their relationship with
The Black Hawks are one of the most infamous raider militaries in the game.
public frenzy erupted. Almost imme-
diately TBH’s off-site forum began to
crash under heavy traffic. People
took to the Discord server to greet
and congratulate those promoted.
Felt Karpit also looked to the future
in an announcement after his promo-
4
Lazarus saying, “We think Laz had
[sic] made great progress and look
forward to renewing our treaty with
them”.
The most likely result, however, is
that Laz stays where it is at now;
neutral, with friends on both sides. It
will probably work out best for Laza-
rus in the short term; having more
friends is better than more enemies.
But don’t be surprised if we see more
movement to either side from Laza-
rus in the future.
tion saying, “I am excited about what
TBH will have to offer in the coming
months, I hope it stays this good, es-
pecially since I am now the Overseer
of Blade, and it would look really bad
if suddenly we start doing terribly in
the training and tag raiding depart-
ment.”
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SUNDAY, MARCH 31st 2019 Section I

Best Roleplays of the Month - January/Early February 2019

By THE DOCTOR
Welcome to the Best Roleplays of
the Month, a new monthly column
by The Doctor. In it, I will be looking
at the best roleplays on the Nation-
States forum for each month. Howev-
er, since this column has only just
started, I will be looking at January to
mid-February 2019 for this edition.

18 readers voted on their favourite

out of all eight nominees. The top
three were:

3. A World About To Break

Note: The author is taking part in

this roleplay and has the intention of
writing about it in further detail at a Roleplays from the past months have included Mutation, Flame and State, and the Second American Civil War.
later date.

especially by Neureich am Fisch- Full Results & Conclusion

A World About To Break is a sand-
box-style roleplay set in 2030, where
empires compete for territory. With
elements of Modern and Post-
Modern technology, this roleplay is
the most developed of the top three.
Notable members include Hypron,
Atakia, Canada and Iran.
2. “We Have Lots Of New Friends”
“We Have Lots Of New Friends” is
a much more restricted roleplay than
A World About To Break. It is all
about the Falklands conflict, and can
be summarised as a re-imagining of
the conflict. Despite the lack of pro-
gress made, the roleplay is excellent,
bach, Valkiir, Saint Georgia Is-
land and United Avon.
1. The European Cold War
In terms of restrictiveness, The Eu-
ropean Cold War is between the
above two roleplays. While there are
two giant nations, which the roleplay
is centered around, and Europe and
Russia are completely off-limits,
there is a lot of freedom around what
your nations does, how it reacts to
events and how it aligns. There has
been a little development, and nota-
ble roleplayers include Bolslania and
Trans Slavia, the main two nations,
and Derika, who roleplays Japan.
Note: These results include the au-
thor’s vote, which was discarded fol-
lowing a tie between the 2nd- and 3rd
-placed results. All nominated
roleplays are shown.
While the votes were spread out,
The European Cold War dominated
compared to some of the other
roleplays. Additionally, Mutation and
Dawn Of Champions Tournament re-
ceived no votes. This was the com-
early April, and the next column in
plete opposite of what I predicted be-
the series will be released a week or
fore releasing the poll.
two after.
Many thanks to all readers who vot-
ed. The next poll will be released in

Cansilica’s Uncivil War

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
… a few. Currently, most of the
fighting has been happening around
Porogen in St. Michael, where the
city has been under siege since the
beginning of the conflict.
Quickly, more and more provinces
Cansilica after Hibvazh turned sides, including re-
publican (blue), (beige), and neutral areas (white).
of Cansilica turned sides or were cap- A Loyalist Victory?
tured. While this was happening, an In Porogen, the flag of
attack in Danatriss was carried out the Republic was waved.
leading to the nation to surrender. However, the loyalists
However, the biggest blows were for caught them with their
the Loyalists when they lost Hibvazh defences down - the Re-
and Lyonslavnia. publicans were running
low on supplies and the
Republican Victories Continue Loyalists were closing in.
In Adavacha, Kúl gave However, a rumbling
the following words be- came in the distance...
fore the senate: the Krayajaij had ar-
rived.
“My countrymen, we
have put a challenge to The Krayajaij are the
the Crown, and we are second special forces in
succeeding. But this is Cansilica, along with
not easy, as you all Ruvîiks. They have won
know. The forces we lost battles while being out-
during yesterday's attack numbered 40 to 1, and
has left our Eastern front they have never lost a
damaged, but no beyond battle during the civil
repair. We must keep war. They turned the tide
fighting, we must make of the battle, securing the
our stand, we must win countryside and striking Cansilica currently, including republican (blue),
so those we lost will not at the heart of Loyalist loyalist (beige), and neutral areas (white).
have died in vain. May control.
the Creator and his son
watch over you all.” In Conclusion as they are outnumbered and out of
The fighting has been fierce, but the luck. But it is yet to be seen what the
In major Cansilican cit- Republicans seem to be winning, hav- outcome of this uncivil war will be.
ies, including Dublin, ing pushed the Loyalists forces to the
Vanta and Koorgoltnu, Eastern border. However, the Loyal- If you wish to view the roleplay, it is
the Loyalist forces were ists are likely to fight until the bitter happening in the Universal Pact’s
overthrown. end. It is now improbable that the roleplay server, here.
Loyalists will win this war, however,
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SUNDAY, MARCH 31st 2019 Section O

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day NS! SN Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona!

By DAUNLAUND
What NSers could do on Saint Pat-
rick’s day
Cad a d’fhéadfadh NSers a dhéanamh
ar lá Naomh Pádraig

I think that it would be great to

have some sort of event in Nation-
States for St. Patrick’s Day, as, in my
opinion, it is one of the best holidays
of the year. Here’s what I suggest
you do this St Patrick’s Day on NS.

Do some Ireland based RP!

An bhfuil roinnt RP bunaithe in
Éirinn!

There are many Irish historical

events. Wars, uprisings, rebellions
and so much more! This St. Paddy’s
Day, do some RP on the Emerald Isle
to get yourself in the festive mood!
Roleplays from the past months have included Mutation, Flame and State, and the Second American Civil War.
Learn some Irish
Foghlaim roinnt Gaeilge
I’ve seen loads of Saint Patrick’s Saint Patrick’s day mini quiz 4. What is Ireland’s official colour?
Day flags and countryball comics and Tráth na gceist mion lae Naomh Cad é dath na hÉireann?
Why don’t you learn the native lan- Pádraig.
they are awesome. Send them to me if
guage of The Emerald Isle and im-
possible I’d love to see them – they (Warning contains trick questions!
merse yourself in some good old Irish Test your Saint Patrick’s Day
could be featured on Art of the Week! Tá ceisteanna trick sa rabhadh!)
language? It may be tough but it’s knowledge in this quiz!
well worth it.
Have some fun! Quiz answers
Bíodh spraoi agat! 1. Where was Saint Patrick Born? 1. Wales (An Bhreatain bheag)
Make a St Patrick’s Day version of
Cá rugadh pátrún naomh? 2. Dia Dhuit
your flag or do some countryball art
Saint Patrick’s day is ultimately all 2. How do you say Hello in Irish? 3. Dublin (Baile átha Cliath)
Déan leagan lá de do bhratach de
about fun. So pop on some green, try Conas a deir tú ‘hello’ i nGaeilge? 4. Blue (Gorm)
chuid Naomh Pádraig nó déan roinnt
not to get pinched and watch a pa- 3. What is the capital of Ireland?
ealaíne tire
rade or two! Cad é príomhchathair na The author of this article is a native
hÉireann? speaker of Irish.

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Art of the Week
By DAUNLAUND
We are back yet again looking at
countryball art from around NS!
By Maori Moon
Wow! This certainly caught my
eye! Maori Moon delivers yet again
another wonderful piece of art. The
colours are so bright and stunning
that this piece is very hard to miss.
By Demirestad
Poor Demirestad! His provinces
seem to be a lively bunch! I really
like this piece and for some reason
it really makes me chuckle.
NATIONSTATES TODAY. SUNDAY, MARCH 31st, 2019. ARTS
SUNDAY, MARCH 31st 2019
By Intercosmos
Uh oh, looks like we have a dis-
pute on our hands. Intercosmos al-
ways produces great art, and, de-
spite the theme of this piece, i really
like the way it is drawn.
By Maori Moon
Another piece by Maori Moon –
and it’s just as stunning as the other
one! Everything is drawn so well,
just a shame the weather was bad.
This weeks art concluded
This weeks art is colourful and
flamboyant, It is funny and clever
and sometimes a little cheeky! All
the pieces above demonstrate what
I love about countryball comics. Ef-
fort. All of these pieces are made
with so much care and joy, it just
shows that it doesn’t matter how
good something looks or how good
the thing you used to make it with
is. It’s the effort that counts.
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Poem: The Caravan
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The Caravan of men,
Hundreds of years back then. Changed the world so fast,
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Brave and strong, could last.
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Tried and tested.
Leave selfishness, pride,
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It is love that unites, That you live happily, every day.
It is hate that divides.
The caravan of men,
The caravan of men, Hundreds of years back then.
Hundreds of years back then.
Be happy and smile,
Armed with science and faith as Every smile shall bring you closer
friends, by a mile.
Brought together the world’s ends.
Men, Women and children worked Join the Caravan of men,
hard, You shall be remembered then.
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