The Independent

(Not to be confused with the Independent Party.)

The Independent (TIN, The Independent Newspaper) was a newspaper that was run by Hagston from 27 May 2019 to after 11 March 2020. It was the longest-running of all three Laraniemian newspapers (the others being the Laraniemian Express and The Mighty Herald). The following is an archive of its main editions; the extra content can be found at The Independent (extra content).

11.03.2020
ASEAN Divided B/W Region & Union

Recently, ASEAN REGION was left toppled up, when many members left it to form ASEAN Union.

There was a diplomatic chaos as well, among the regions who held formal relations with the region, as now they had to chose one among the two regions.

Our editor reported from ASEAN REGION, with Borneon Nations, WAD, ASEAN REGION.

The WAD said, "ASEAN REGION once was a great region with hundreds of loyal nations. It was founded by Marked56. During the foundation, I was in the Southeast Asia as a regular nation until I was appointed as their 14th WA Delegate and 3rd Regional Chairman. When I came here, the region was already "corrupted" since the founder ceased to exist.

''I have tried many things to revived the region. The first time, I was elected as a WA Delegate, I introduced democracy to ASEAN. As a result, New Order Philippines became the first president during my early era. After few months, the president replaced my position as a WA Delegate, holding two positions at the same time."''

Upon the ongoing crisis he said, "I see the failure in this government when there are so many "puppet nations" endorsed their "queen nation" (you know what I mean, right?). When they leaving the region to create ASEAN Union and the ASEAN REGION was exposed, The Black Hawks invaded this region, left nothing but despair. The senior nations was rejected, one by one, make them to do decision to join ASEAN Union instead.

''I believe that the "ASEAN Union" is mostly occupied by the puppet nations.. However, I do support for their decision to left this for ASEAN Union. Only that, the government of ASEAN Union do not acknowledge us a official, though, ASEAN REGION is already been here for years. And that also the reason why some of nations do not leave because want to preserve the historical, identity and authenticity of ASEAN REGION. The longest nation region I believe is Atjermenan. He was here when I arrived from Southeast Asia two years ago. He is the most loyal nation to ASEAN REGION and now he is the current Regional Chairman.''

''ASEAN REGION maybe too old for them (ASEAN Union). But for us, ASEAN REGION is still ASEAN, if not us, who else want to preserve and protect ASEAN REGION?"''

Our editor tried to reach the other side of the story, but there was no response.

Marrabuk Re-Elected as WAD of TEP

Reference: ESPN February 2020 Issue

Marrabuk, the name became famous throughout NationStates, when he fought against the coup of The East Pacific (TEP). He was successfully reelected as the WAD of TEP on Feburary 15, 2020.

One of the important factors of this election, as claimed by many, was the matter of unity. Over the time of few years, the TEP RMB grew in size, proportional to a large number of roleplayers. They grew independently of the forums, and so there was an animosity between the two communities under the previous administrations, but the efforts of Marrabuk, helped to handle the situation.

Full report on the matter is available inside the latest edition of ESPN Issue.

Thaecia Legislature Election, Parliament and Senate Results

By: Zanaana

This is the most diverse term of Parliament, Thaecia has ever seen since its foundation. The term of Parliament will hopefully be a successful,interesting and fulfilled term, as expected by the citizens. Thaecian citizens have voted the MPs and Senators that best represented their views and interests. The inauguration event took place on March 8, 2020, Sunday as it was confirmed by 'Thaecian Electoral Commissioner' . The legacy of former MPs and Senators has set a precedent that cannot be forgotten when the inaugurated MPs and Senators assume their office and that is you 'HAVE TO WORK HARD'. This precedent was set by MPs and Senators who created laws, debated in the chambers and worked countless hours drafting bills and passing them, that created a positive effect and stability in the region. Now, a new precedent by this term of the House and Senate will be set and that is Activity.

Activity has been a struggle for Thaecia as there has been a lack of interest in the House of Commons and Senate in the recent months. Even throughout every struggle for activity and interest in the Legislature Branch, Thaecia has been able to keep its foundation and have a reasonable standing in NationStates.

Independents have achieved the Majority in the Senate, which is a historic first for Thaecia.

The inauguration of elected Members of Parliament and Senators has begun in the Thaecian Stadium, 11 MPs have taken the oath of their respective office. On the other hand, the 7 Senators have taken their oath of their respective office. In present, there is an election for the position of  'Chair of The Senate'.

03.12.2019
TNP & 10KI To Hold Cultural Exchange

The Delegate McMasterdonia has announced that The North Pacific will be hosting a Cultural Exchange with 10000 Islands. The event will run for one week (November 30th to December 7th).

The cultural exchange will be hosted in a special server for the purposes of the event.

The event will include the following activities:

•Military operations between TITO and the North Pacific Army

•A non-canon roleplay ball for characters from across both regions to attend, converse and create drama and intrigueand#59 and

•An adventure based roleplay for all characters to get involved in.

As per TNP Officials, "This is a great opportunity to get to know other players and to build people to people links between our regions." AoR Learning Development Program

As per Assembly of Regions Officer, Awell Islands, AoR is soon going to start an unique Learning and Development Program for the citizens of the AoR Regions. The Program enables the nations to learn anything they wish, including RL Academics. The Program encourages the use of Visual Content.

Unfortunately, after research, our Editorial Team has found that the Program goes against the Site rules. The Site Rules says it is illegal to run any kind of academic program or help someone in their Homework on NationStates.

The AoR still has the opportunity to redirect their Academic Program to NS related things only, such as teaching about NS History. We need to wait to see where the things go. Hindu Puri Claims Victory for the Third Time as WAD of India

The recently closed WAD Elections of India saw an interesting electoral fight between the two contestants Hindu puri and Trivian. In initial days Trivian was able to overtake Hindu Puri, but the situation reversed in next 24 hours.

In a popular mandate, the Hindu puri government was able to claim victory for the third time. Our editor took a short interview with Hindu Puri.

What do you think played a major role in your victory?

''This victory is a result of the peformance of my administration from February 2019 to this day. The voters did not vote for Trivian because while he had good intentions and called for a change, he had no agenda on how to bring about this change. Residents of India voted for stability and continuity. I also thank two of my seniormost Ministers, Shri Awell Islands and Shri Hindu Mahasabha for helping me to provide a responsible government to the citizens of India.''

Where is the focus of your Government after claiming victory for another term?

''There is no one focus area. There are multiple issues to be looked at. Recruitments is the biggest challenge for us. Another key area of interest in this tenure is developing an alternative leadership for the region. I have inducted new members like Ankitsingh and Trieland into the Cabinet and we would like to train them in administration so that they can take over when I retire. I also want to restructure our Parliament and its proceedings.''

Why have you decided to appoint a new Cabinet for this term?

''A new Cabinet has been appointed to develop new leadership in the region. I ll retire from NationStates some day, and as of today, I find India's future quite uncertain because except for Awell Islands, we lack people trained in the administration. Hindu Mahasabha has left us. Pratapgadh is not very active in the game due to real life issues. So, therefore, we needed fresh young blood in the Cabinet.''

We wish good luck to the new Admin Team of India and see how they fight the obstacles in their way to achieve success. TMA Becomes a Monarcy

By: Christian Confederation

On Saturday October 26th year in Lord 2019 President of The Moderate Alliance Christian Confederation announced the Creation of the Empire.

CC has since been crowned Emporor of TMA and its Protectorats. The Empire is open to new settlers and in search for a Empress. Nobility from all regions are invited to throw there hat into the ring. Southfield Cout Pressed Charges Against Whole India

The region of Southfield has pressed charges against Whole India. As per officer Hamana, "My ministry charged Whole India in the Southfieldian Criminal Tribunal. The Ministerial Indictment was certified by the magistrate, so it will be going to trial. The Southfieldian Security and Safety Office (SSSO) has accused the defendant with attempting to damage relations between Southfield and India, interfering with our governmental process, and are investigating further accusations of harassment against the region of India. We have rejected requests by the Bharat Supreme Court to transfer the case, as Southfieldian law only allows cases to be transferred to AoR member regions. You can find more on our legal process here."

15.10.2019
FCN Presidential Elections

With the Presidential Elections going to be held soon in Federation of Conservative Nations, Furbish Islands has declared it's candidacy for the same. Our editor took a short interview of the nation, last week. On asking about the main problems FCN is facing right now, Furbish Islands replied, "The main problem the region is facing now is inactivity and lack of interest to participate. And despite the region being at a record high of members, thanks to my recruitment telegrams, very few end up joining discord and joining the Senate. What I hope to accomplish is have more regional activities, giving more reasons for people to join and current ones to participate."Upon asking how was it's latest term in the region as Secretary, Furbish Islands said, "I believe I have accomplished a lot in my term. The government dispatches, for example, have been moved to government accounts and all officials have access to them. The Games of the FCN Olympiad was one of our more successful RPs, and also done in my term.

Furbish Islands also cleared it's agenda for the election, "I hope to have more regional activities running, like reviving the FCN Times, creating an FCN University, and running an active regional roleplay. Interregional activities and increased raiding are things I also want to accomplish.". Further, the nation told our editor, "The current government has some capable people, but there are points where it is lagging behind. The war department, for example, is not leading as much raids as have been done previously. And we have not done much in foreign affairs either."

Upon asking about it's competitor, Furbish Islands said, "Gagium is the only other person running for president, and he has also made a good campaign. Defeating him will definitely not be easy. But I think this election is going to be close, as both him and I have people who declared their support for us."

The FCN President Elections are going to be very interesting. The next week our Newspaper Agency will try to publish more new updates on the matter. TSP Flag Contest

For the first time, Halloween Flag Contest is organized in The South Pacific by Aidenfieeld. As per Aidenfieeld, "The contest is completely gameside, as most of it is conducted through telegrams. After the flags are submitted, (25th of October) a poll will be held gameside to determine the winner."

Upon asking whether the event is organized by the Government, Aidenfieeld replied, "It is not exactly being run by the TSP government, as the Ministry of Regional Affairs (MoRA) has no part in it. However, I myself am part of the government, so I guess it is sort-of?"

When our editor asked, how many nations does Aidenfieeld expects to participate in the event, it said, "The maximum allowed is twelve, as that is all that gameside polls allow for. Unfortunatly, only two of the spots have been filled so far, so I expect only maybe five participants." India WAD Elections

The region of India will be holding a month long WA Delegate Elections from November 1, 2019.

Our Editor reached to Trivian, one of the candidates for the election, for a short interview.

Q. What made you stand for the WAD Elections in India?

''I define the Situation in India as The Emergence of The Crises of Complacency which would lead to Mediocrity causing a more Catastrophic Consequence of Autocratic Behavior. I am Personally a Strong Believer Of Liberal Democratic Assertive. Any Region to Function on a More Efficacious and Determined Progressive Ideology needs a regular Power Shift so that it would move on a more Credible and Accountable Grounds. Henceforth Iam standing this Elections with a motive of Power Neutrality Convention as well as for serving this Region in best of my Capacity. I personally don't want to go on a Propoganda Narrative but I Assure my Citizens that the Governance Under my Leadership would be done with Integrity and Determined Cooperative Beliefs.''

'''Q. Are you satisfied by the current Administration? (Why/Why not?)'''

''See I share a Personal Warmth and Friendly Relations with the Current Governance. Hindu Puri, Hindu Mahasabha, Awell Islands, Neo Kerala and me have strong bonds of Brotherhood which won't break ever. As far as Governance is concerned they are doing a Great job. They all are Visionary but still the Pro - Active Implementation is somewhere missing which would lead to downward scale Regional Dominance and Functionary in Future.''

Q. If you are happy with the current admin (WAD), why are you standing for the elections?

''This Election is indeed Different From the Past W.A Delegate Elections. Hindu Puri and Trivian unlike the Duo of Hindu Puri - Hamramstan share close Cordial Ties. Both the Nation's share a very close Bond with the Government and Citizens. Well Committed and Hard-working Both Nation's are working with a Progressive Pro - Citizens Ideology. The only difference I expect is the Administrative Policies and Time Span in regard with Mutually Understandable Implementation. Iam strongly standing with the Aim in regard with the Aspect of Accountability and Credibility which our Indian Culture Nourishes and Teaches Us.''

Q. Why do you think people should vote for you?

I believe the answer to this question can be better answered by the Citizens who I share a Warm Relations with.[/i₩

Q. Do you consider Hindu Puri as a tough competitor?

''[I]For Sure and with the Cordial Positive Relation we both share makes it more Difficult. But take my Word This Electoral Session would bring a New Dynamic in the History of Election of Region India.''

Till now, Hindu puri has ruled India as the WAD, for two consecutive terms. With many developments being undertaken in the region, under his guidance many nations expect Hindu Puri to claim his victory this time as well. We wish for a smooth conduct of the elections in the region. Updates from AoR

With the general election approaching in the Assembly of Regions The Independent Newspaper visited the Organization and met the Founder for updates.

The Organization has promised many future programs soon to be introduced, some of which include:

-Expanded clubs and activities

- Expanded communications network

- A defense force for the protection of members

- And an education system for the AoR

The communication network will be involving connecting AoR offices to their regional counterparts by requiring more updates from the Cabinet. However, the Education system proposal is more elaborate. The United Global Democrats have proposed an system where nations could take courses in the histories of different member regions (both roleplay and NS history), cultural courses, possibly language courses, learn regional geography, and more.

AoR Elections

As the closing date for Party and Candidate Registration for AoR is arriving soon, here are the Political Updates from Assembly of Regions:

▪︎ There are 5 registered parties in the AoR: United Global Democrats, Conservatives, Movement for Progress, Conservatives, and The Meme Party. AoR has released a poll few days ago for people to vote for their favorite parties, the results will be posted by October 16, 2019.

▪︎ The elections will be held on November 5, 2019.

▪︎ The elections are conducted in a way that each region deems most appropriate to their region. They can use regional polls, or offsite polling places if needed. Crisis in TEP

Last week, Fedele, WA Delegate of The East Pacific had dismissed the Viziers of TEP. The Delegate's dismissal of TEP's Viziers appears to violate the LinkEndorsement Caps Act, a 2017 law that provides for the enforcement of TEP's endorsement caps. The action has united many nations in TEP to voice against the WAD.

Zukchiva, one of the members of the TEP Judicial Court had released a Dispatch, asking nations to endorse Marrabuk, the candidate who won the WAD elections.

Zukchiva said he wasn't much interested in giving any comment on the situation now, and will only do so once the situation calms down. When our editor asked for a short explanation, it said, "Fedele is breaking the law and enacting a coup by ejecting two of our Viziers. So we are trying to get Aelitia into the Delegate seat remove Fedele, who is now an illegitimate Delegate."

12.06.2019
HEADLINES

•The Wolf Clan denies to break any treaties regarding OSN.

•Revolt going on in The United Federations against the Founder.

•Abydos region claims to turn into a defender region.

•New Supreme Chancellor elected in Aukumnia.

TWC denies to invade OSN Territory In reply to our previous issue, one of the TWC officer said,"the wolf clan did not break the armistice. The region was refounded, not "captured" "taken" or any other more action packed wording. That is all. Novus Lucidium actually broke their treaty with us as they prefer to deal with fascist regions like kaiserreich and its puppet state OSN."

In response Novus Lucidum Founder,Odinburgh, said, "Untrue. The evidence showing direct proof was published a few weeks ago. It's not true we had any previous dealings with Kaisèrreich. As for OSN they were an ally long before Novus Lucidum existed and before becoming an ally to The Wolf Clan when all of my region members were in The Radiant which was in control of another fascist that was it's founder. "

Odinburgh further stated that they left twice to start up a new region and here they were in a new region again since late last year.

"This misconception that we are fascist is false and will continue to fight this fake narrative of me and my region.our friends in the OSN are not fascists. Novus Lucidum is firmly against fascism." said Odinburgh.

At last the nation claimed, in a dispatch, to bring out an official Condemnation against TWC.

We will try to cover more on this article, in the next issue. Revolt in The United Federations The residents of The United Federation have united against their Founder, accusing him of dictator.

Last week, the protesters urged the public to withdraw their endorsement from the founder and in return, endorse one of their recognised candidates.

We tried to gather the backstory from Dabberwocky, one of the residents of the region,he said, "There is this YouTuber called SpikeViper. He has a NS account, which is Vooperia. In one video, he asked his subscribers to create an NS account and join his region, The United Federations. This caused a spike in the region's population. SpikeViper also has a discord account and a discord server, which is called SpookVooper."

As per reports, Vooperia and TUF (The United Federations) were doing well for the first few months. Vooperia had become the WA delegate for the region. Vooperia had also elected some ROs to govern the region. However, Vooperia wasn't active on NS. This caused some nations to question whether Vooperia was fit to be the delegate and representative of TUF to the world.

Further, Dabberwocky said, ''"However, a month ago, Vooperia did something that enraged the nations on the NS TUF Discord Server (which was separate from SpookVooper). Spike (Vooperia) "disowned" the server and announced all lore in the server unofficial. This affected many, but not all members of TUF. However, as many admins and ROs were in the server, they decided to make a new region, separate from TUF. The new region named Urana Firma (UF), quickly grew as many people from TUF transferred found in the factbook. I suggested to make an SC proposal to condemn Vooperia, but after many tries with Wunderlightia, we gave up. So, we tried to make Marxist Germany the WA Delegate of TUF. Marxist Germany and I have also started to TG the nations whom have endorsed Vooperia, to convince them to withdraw their endorsement. I also created the factbook above for the same purpose. This worked fairly well. as Vooperia lost about 20 endorsements in two days. While Vooperia has yet to lose WA Delegate status, he will soon."'' Abydos Turns Defender

by:Zyris In a startling twist of policy, the region of Abydos, long hailed as one of the most politically dynamic regions on NationStates, has suddenly turned Defender. This new development comes on the heels of a series of radical changes out of the region.

Qon the regions 5th Grand Luxarch and highest in command announced today in a new decree "The Defense Guild of Abydos shall act only as Defender for all joint operations abroad. When acting independently, Abydos shall be regarded as an Independent Defender. This shall mean that our primary purpose abroad is to defend a region against militaries seeking to raid the region, take temporary control over a region to repair damage and changes caused by raiders in the past, and work with and coordinate defense operations with other like-minded defender organizations."

This news as surprising, given the regions history of generally supporting raiderism and its history with regions such as The Wolf Clan.

As Abydos turns over a new lead militarily, the region has also experienced a host of other chances. The return of the regions first High Priest Requiemis after a three month politically motivated Exodus that left the region understaffed and low on activity. With the return of Requiemis, Grand Luxarch Qon appointed him as High Oracle of the regions Oracles Guild.

The Second Grand Luxarch, Hydoria also returned to Abydos today, marking the first time he has resided in Abydos since his resignation and eventual death back in October 2018.

With all of these changes Abydos has a long way to roar back to life. The Abydos Conclave still remains under-staffed, and a host of other Guilds remain vacant. Grand Luxarch Qon has his work cut out for him but transforming the foreign policy of Abydos is a step in the right direction. Seeking defender allies will be his next step. New Supreme Chancellor in Aukumnia

Source:Aukumnia Times On the first of this month, a new Supreme Chancellor was elected, shaking Aukumnian politics at its core. This new Supreme Chancellor was built on the basis of the departure of Retiva, the former Chairman of The Imperial Front and one of the leading political figures of the region. He departed the region due to real-life concerns, but he still desired to see the political success of his movement continue beyond his presence. Thus, he promoted Prozera, one of the Imperial Councillors of his party, to the position of Chairman, and exited the server. Prozera swiftly took charge of the party and registered for the Supreme Chancellor elections, which were due to begin within the hour. The election was now a rush to see if Prozera could hold the same political popularity that Retiva once did and hold his own within this heated election.

The election lasted forty-eight hours and saw a turnout of forty-two voters, the highest in Aukumnian history. The results were released, and, to the surprise of much of the region, Prozera won with a six vote lead. Red (Gil Lodihr), the Chairman of the Aukumnian Freedom Party came in second place, and Actobere, an independent candidate, and Eagle (North Havenlock), the Aurelian Reformist Party's fielded choice, both tied for third with four votes. Prozera had served once before as the leader of the Imperium, but he failed to do anything substantial, now only time would tell if this term would be any different for him.

Immediately after the election ended, Prozera took his oath and put into place the first actions of his administration. He began with a restructuring of the Cabinet, which sought to streamline some of the processes and stamp out many of the overlapping duties which existed between Ministries. He completely abolished the Ministry of the Interior, and split its duties among the Ministry of Justice, a former Ministry, and the Ministry of Recruitment and Ministry of Culture, both new.

To the surprise of many, the often-partisan Prozera appointed a Cabinet which had one person from each party and an independent, effectively leaving only one position filled by a member of his own party. From here, he began by throwing his Cabinet into action. He made sure that each of them created some sort of bodies under their Ministry and appointed offices below them to handle tasks that they could not, and he ensured that each Minister had a plan for the actions they would take in the coming term.

Prozera implemented a new system which no prior Supreme Chancellor had ever thought of: Executive Reports. He promised to release an Executive Report at the end of each week, detailing the actions taken by his Cabinet that week and the plans for the following week. After forty-eight hours in the office, he released his first Executive Report, detailing the actions taken by his rather active Cabinet within a Weekly Bulletin which he sent out.

Last new weekly bulletin detailed all of the news from the prior week, but it also contained the much-anticipated Report. The report detailed a rather active Cabinet. Not a single Cabinet members had accomplished nothing and all of them had rather ambitious plans for the coming weeks. From here, there are two possibilities: either Prozera will go on to lead the most active Cabinet in Aukumnian history, or his ambition will turn to null as he runs out of steam. Only time will tell which comes to fruition. Condemnation against Land of Kings and Emperors Last week an attempt was made by Consular to condemn The Land of Kings and Emperors, o oldest and closest allies of many regions like Europeia. The proposal received significant support from many individuals as well as small regions, along with the initial support of a select few large regions such as The South Pacific and Osiris. However, support for the condemnation soon collapsed following the discovery that Consular had fabricated evidence against the LKE. This was uncovered by none other than Europeia's own Chief of State, Kuramia. Attempts have been made to condemn Consular in return, though most have been struck down as being 'tit for tat' motions.

27.05.2019
HEADLINES

•Elections over in The Excelsior League.

•Novus Lucidum suspends ties with The Wolf Clan after the latter broke armistice.

•WA Delegate Elections going on in India,Hindu Puri leading with a majority.

•Ryccia (or Lazarene Ryccia) has been nominated by the Delegate for the post of Director of Public Relations in Lazarus.

•With a drive to develop and improve upon foreign relations with other regions, The West Pacific and Lazarus have written up a proposal for a Treaty of Fùhuó.

•The North Pacific Celebrates Manumission Day.

The Wolf Clan Breaks Armistice As per official Novus Lucidum reports and the RMB posts of a few regions like The Wolf Clan,Order of Southern North and Kaisserreich.On May 16, 2019 a puppet associate of Duke named named Admiral from the TWC/ARU captured the Order of the Eastern West which a known province of the OSN. These actions broke armistice that was between the OSN and the TWC that was negotiated by Odinburgh and Anacodia of Novus Lucidum.

As per the official reports, "Kaiserreich was invited in hopes of a chance of including but upon request of the TWC they were not included as part of the armistice. The OSN has established policy of being independent state but however not as a vassal state of the Kaiserreich. Despite calling out this breach the Kaiserreich is not right in every way. There is evidence offsite of their racist nature remains consistent among their ranks. This is the strongly perceived view why the TWC considers the Kaiserreich as fascist. Though stated from the Kaiserreich’s member Cogaii they have a policy against fascists being in their region. The facts toward this speak to itself. Novus Lucidum is firmly against racism in all its forms."

As per TWC, Novus Lucidum failed to take any action against the racist remarks of Kaisserreich and their associates.

Currently the situation is not clear, more reports will be gathered in the next issue. WA Delegate Elections in India Currently the region of India is holding the WA Delegate Elections with two Candidates Bengal and Hindu Puri. As far as of now, the current scenario lies in the favour of Hindu Puri, who is leading the election with a clear majority.

Speaking to one of the Election Officers, Hindu Mahasabha, "This time our main focus was on the security. As the last time the region was puppet flooded by one of the candidates (who have now cte), special measures have been taken this time. We have locked the region and also have allowed only WA Nations to vote, and prevented the use of off-site forum."

The results are expected to be declared on June 1 2019. Warzone Federation Under Siege The Warzone Federation began as an ambitious project to collect the six Warzone game-created regions into one, united federation of regions. The Mechanics of Warzone Federation also works in a different way, with the WA Delegate at any given time able to eject and ban anyone at will, but bans only lasting for a very short duration of time. This makes the Warzones very unstable.

Originally claiming all six warzones, it has been blowed by a series of disasters in recent months after one of its main member, known in the gameplay community as Ballpit, defected and moved to the New Pacific Order (NPO). As Ballpit was the member which controlled the majority of the dispatch office nations of the Federation, the organization took its first blow as those nations, with their factbooks now uneditable, ceased-to-exist. Not only that, but the organization that had previously held the Warzones together, The Yeet Army (TYA), which was headed by Ballpit himself, also withdrew their protection.

Speaking of the current situation, Warzone Africa is under the joint control of the North Pacific Army (NPA) and the Europeian Republican Navy (ERN) after a raid, while Warzone Australia is held by a region called Swedes. Warzone Sandbox has managed to remain independent and under native control.Warzone Europe and Warzone Asia currently lies under the occupation of Warzone Federation. Spy Caught Among Antifa Recently Antifa has had issues with operational security. They have had leaks of sensitive information that lead to a small number of defeats earlier in the year. While initially the officials considered that it was the result of accidental leaking, it was thought as the possibility that there was a spy in our ranks. The MT Army undertook an investigation to this end.

Using counter-intelligence resources hidden within the Opposition ranks, they were able to confirm the existence of a spy. The Opposition/Fascist leadership was discussing how their source was highly placed in Antifa. They were also able to obtain samples of their communications with their spy.

As per the official statement, "The spy was Khanter W Molchaniye/KhanterWinters, military leader of The Kingdom of Great Britain (KOGB) and one of our most stalwart and active soldiers.

Upon initially making this determination, we reached out to Miss Madeline, a representative from KOGB, who put us in contact with their leader King John. They initially found it hard to believe, a sentiment which we shared. Khanter had been such a dedicated fighter, and we could not understand his motivation. Regardless, KOGB heard us out and was of great assistance in our investigation. Even though one of their own was being accused, they listened to us, examined the evidence we provided, and provided valuable evidence themselves." Aukumnia Founder Resigns

Source:Aukumnia Times On the 4th of May, the founder of Aukumnia, Xadrya, resigned from the office of Founder, designating his successor as Van Demeins Land. He left with a small speech on the discord, posted in #general, and exited the server immediately after. His speech, in pursuit of maintaining the peace, stated that the region would be fine regardless of his resignation and that he trusted Van Demeins Land/Lionheart to do his job adequately in his absence.

Immediately after the speech was posted, the #general channel saw quite a bit of initial chaos. Several people called it the end of the region, emphasizing how up to this point Xadrya had held Aukumnia together. Others said that the region would be fine without Xadrya and that people simply had to step up their productivity and dedication within and to the region. A few hours later, the chat had calmed down and there seemed to be unanimous agreement that the region could continue fine and that it was time for everyone to get down to business.

Lionheart started off by answering a few questions and posting a speech in #announcements. He sweared to "do [his] best to make sure this region will never die" and wished the best to the former founder, requesting that people try to leave him be. Lionheart, being a very well-trusted and beloved member of the region, saw little resistance. Later he expressed the interest in small founder policy and management changes.

One of the first and most obvious changes in administration were the differences seen in electoral management. Not only did he slightly change the format of the electoral form, but he also implemented a new policy that he will utilize his powers to change the Chamber of Representative's size to ensure that the number of seats is always half the number of candidates running in the Chamber election. This is a policy that many have encouraged prior, in the interests of ensuring competition. However, the policy was always refused by the prior Founder.

The next major change was the utilization of the Founder's referendum powers. While the prior Founder had never exercised his power to issue a referendum, Lionheart has already issued two new referendums. The first referendum concerned the Founder veto, changing it so that the Founder may veto passed laws, and the second referendum concerned the size of the Court, shrinking it down to three Magistrates as opposed to the prior size of five. Both passed with respectable percentages.

Beyond Lionheart's policy changes, he seems to have taken a more hands-off approach than Xadrya did. Up to this point, the region has done rather well under the new leadership, and many look forward to the future with high hopes.