State of Recruitment Report #2: June 25, 2017
Hello everyone. I wanted to take a moment to give everyone a brief update as to what has been going on recently in the Recruitment Office. We have a lot of changes so try to follow along!

The Recruitment Office: Back Online!
So I finally moved into the new office. And did quite a bit of spring summer cleaning. Holy shit there was a lot to clean up; everything was all dusty and there were cobwebs and there was this skeleton in the closet. Also, all the pin boards were all tilted at exactly 16 degrees off center...

Well, I fixed all of that. The office and the furniture are all clean and shiny, I replaced anything that needs to be replaced, and put the pin boards back where they needed to be. Also I hired the skeleton as the new Assistant for Recruitment. His name's Mr. Dooter. 


Mr. Dooter, Posing Like One of Your French Girls

New Telegrams Have Been Approved!
So the telegrams have been updated from the 2016 model into the futuristic and stylish version of 2017. So, like a year's difference. Which is like a six year's difference in Siora! So there! Checkmate skeptics!

Anyways, the office has developed a new Welcome Telegram that gives basic instructions on how to begin participation in the region and a New Nations Recruitment Telegram that focuses on nations coming from the Feeders (any Pacific regions in NS). Our next goal is to begin developing a Revived Nations Recruitment Telegram that focuses on nations in the Sinkers (the places where dead nations revive).

This is very important to note so please read this. PLEASE DO NOT RECRUIT ON BEHALF OF ETERNITY WITHOUT AUTHORIZING IT THROUGH LINES AND LETTING ME KNOW FIRST. The enthusiasm is absolutely appreciated, but it is important to keep in the know on this because we can get in serious trouble if things are done wrong. We usually have an autotelegrammer that sends out messages via the NS API. Additionally, you have to be authorized by the NS Region's administration in order to be approved as a recruiter. Unauthorized recruitment, especially using the NationStates API can put us in very serious trouble with NationStates on a technical level; that's the worst kind of trouble you can get into with them because we can lose access to the API.

Autotelegrammer... Needs a Bit of Tuning
Speaking of the autotelegramming machine, we got it up and running! And it's awesome! Over the past few days, we have sent out almost 470 telegrams to various nations in the Pacifics, with a few queued for sending.

You may have also smelled some smoke coming from that machine, or saw me in a panic recently. Yeah... turns out the machine needs some fine-tuning (which is also why Mr. Dooter has been removed from mechanic work). Something must have disrupted the connection with the API of NationStates and as a result, we ran into a ratelimit (which means we can't send more telegrams at the moment). We are waiting for all queued telegrams to be put through before the machine starts up again. This will hopefully be completed by tonight. If not, the machine will be back up and running tomorrow.

That's all I have to report for now! Take care!

Мсциславск (Mstsislavsk)
1584

It was a night as every other in the center of the Nentsian capital, Mstsislavsk - a name that foreign tourists will never learn to pronounce. In the past there were even politicians who proposed to change the name, but in the current political climate, such changes - for symbolic reasons - were unthinkable. For Mstsislavsk was named after the legendary medieval grand prince Mstsislav, who resisted foreign invaders with his army and managed to keep the city and its Kremlin out of the hands of a larger overlord for a while, before the inevitable happened anyway. St. Mstsislav is now a symbol of strength, of national sovereignty, of resilience and of national pride. Such powerful symbols have been kidnapped in the past years by the president, Aliaksei Vynnychuk, who has been using national symbols to promote loyalty towards his own person.

Looking out over the city from a luxurious hotel was the president's daughter, Ksenia. A middle-aged woman now, her father increasingly began to rely on her for everything and anything. It could be political, diplomatic, or something as simple as watching a movie with him. Having been the president of this country since 1559, the president was getting old. He had come to power as a reformer, a man who would change the establishment. But now it wasn't so certain anymore what his legacy would be. From the 1570's onwards, Vynnychuk's reign had faced growing accusations of corruption, abuse of power, election rigging, and the use of brutal violence against opponents and demonstrations. Since the 1580's the regime went into siege mode: the opposition had fled the country, and was colluding with the Mordvanians to overthrow the regime, while the regime used all possible means to suppress open expressions of dissent and to crush all threats. This was now the fork in the road: using ever more force to control the country, or to reach out to the enemy and propose reforms?

With the physical ageing and weakening of Vynnychuk, the face of the system appeared weaker and weaker. Ksenia Vynnychuk, who had been a Senator (never present) and a Deputy Prime Minister, aside from owning several major companies which were given favourable treatments by herself as the government, expected that she would take over from her father in the near future. The man did not trust any of his political cronies, and certainly not any of the military figures or officers from the security services. He had no sons or brothers. Ksenia was the only person he really trusted. He never outright told her however that he wanted her to take over. Only once he said that if he did, she'd be assassinated by someone. There will always be someone who wants to block the transition. It was for her own safety. But if Vynnychuk dropped dead tomorrow, her authority to succeed him could be weak.

Therefore Ksenia had made an arrangement with her father tonight. She would have a meeting with her father, and demand some guarantees. At about 1 o'clock in the night, a motorcade showed up before the entrance of the hotel. Bodyguards secured the area and shielded a person who quickly vanished into the hotel. Five minutes later, Ksenia received a phonecall from the hotel manager that the president was on his way.

Ksenia and some of her secretaries prepared themselves, and then there was a knock on the door. A bunch of muscular bodyguards came in, searched the room in a few seconds, and then let in the president - followed by his security minister, and his staff from the Office of the President. Ksenia greeted her father and they sat down - almost as if it was some kind of a diplomatic meeting. People tended to keep their distance from the president, and the president kept them at distance. He demanded respect, and people were afraid to insult the man.

Initially, Ksenia first had to convince her father that this was a private conversation and that she wanted to speak to him alone. After some hesitation, the president told everyone else to leave the room with the gesture of his shaking hand. ''How is your cancer treatment going?'' Ksenia then asked when everyone was gone. The president shrugged. ''I will die fighting'', he remarked somewhat cynically. Ksenia and the president drank tea. ''Are the doctors doing all they can? Have you consulted specialists in Nyland, Angiris and Lanlania?'' Ksenia inquired.

The president barely responded. Nothing frightened him more than medical talk. He distrusted his own body. Hospitals reminded him of how vulnerable anyone really is, and that we all carry our own deaths inside of us, long before we actually die. ''I have read about another experimental treatment..'' Ksenia tried again, but the president interrupted her with a gesture of his shaking hand.

''What do you really wish to discuss?'' he then asked with a low voice. Ksenia had prepared her formulation. ''Mr. President, I think you will not be around us for long anymore, and I think you know it. In the interests of the State and the Nentsian people, I think it is of utmost importance that you take the necessary preparations in case we lose you as our President. Appoint me as your Vice-President, and I am in the position to quickly dash the hopes of any eager usurper. The country is in good hands with me. I have your genes. Only you and I can bring stability and order in this country. Without us, it is lost.''

President Vynnychuk stared at his daughter the same way when a minister reports bad news to him: unmoved, bored even. Seemingly calm. After a moment of silence, he came with his response. ''The moment I announce that, you will be living in a cage. Mordvanians, Kubanizan mafia, Saratovian nationalists, traitor within our own ranks, the armed opposition - all of them want your head on a silver plate. You will live from fortress to fortress, travel in the dark of the night, and learn to fear everyone as a potential assassin. You will learn to distrust even those closest to you, and you will grow addicted, like an alcoholic, to your position. I want to spare you from all that, but I still wish for you to expierence it one day.''

Ksenia didn't move a single muscle in her face as she listened. ''I know what I am doing. Spare me the trouble when you are gone, and elevate me to the position of Vice-President. I have been in more troubling positions in my life.''

President Vynnychuk rose from his seat. Ksenia followed his example. He put on his long coat, and the bodyguards and staff re-entered the room. A call was made to the hotel staff to clear the hallways. The president did not feel like seeing anyone else this evening. When the halls of the hotel were cleared, the president headed back to his car, and disappeared in the night.

Ksenia walked over to her cell-phone and dialed a number of a man named Ihar Kumieha, who worked as a high-ranking officer for the UGB, Directorate of State Security. ''Do it. I will have your back.''

At the other end of the city that night, a group of Nentsian gangsters and UGB agents placed explosives under the car of vice-president Zmitser Gavrilenko - then having a dinner in one of the most exclusive restaurants of the country. When he left, around 2.30 in the morning, he and his wife, and four bodyguards were blown up.

Hey so I'm thinking we really should standardise equipment if we are to work together militarily. So I'm proposing this, we standardise the following main items

Arm:
Guns
Tanks
Infantry vehicles
Artillery

Airforce:
Fighter jets(maybe interceptor and multi-role)
Transport aircraft
Tankers
Radar Aircraft

Navy:
Basically similar standardise each class of ship


In terms of who provides it we should consider carefully. I think the 5 main options are severyenne(Cheap and effective), Taenus(Probably better, also neutral) , Llanlania ,Nyland or Oslanburg

I am new to this kind of RP. My brother is arkiania and him playing this got me kind of interested with the concept. SO here i am. talking to you people. hoping for a good time. P.S. i am a guy, don't let my username fool you.

So as some people have noticed, Steam Summer Sale's here, that point in the year where you buy all the games you plan on playing for the next several months because you know sales come regularly and you can't afford them otherwise. Or, is that just me?

Sal and I want to play games with people. We've had several things on our wishlist for a while that we'd love to play, but they require other people, and playing with people you don't know is dumb because you can't shit talk without someone getting ALL OFFENDED or whatever. Also, we have Discord now, so that's a thing. Anyway, I've been thinking of gifting some shit (like we gifted shit before), but I'm not going to buy this stuff for people if they're not going to play them. There are three games under consideration that we might get and play as a group, so tell me what you'll actually play.

note: Sal may potentially get, like, some copies of the runnerup as gift rewards for the Authors' Challenge later in the year. Maybe Q4, around Christmas.

#1) Armello ($12 on sale)
This is a cute and gorgeous computerized board game. The objective is simple: become the next King (or Queen) of Armello. Pick your character, some items, and go on your quest. Be careful, though, as the game only has a finite number of turns before it ends. It looked like hella fun when I watched it played, and it's gorgeous - did I mention it's gorgeous already?

The Cons: It's expensive at $12 (on sale), and triple that for the DLC. I can't afford to gift the base game to more than a couple people.


#2) Tabletop Simulator ($10 on sale; $7.50 ea. if bought via 4-pack)
You know it. You love it. This is the massive online board game simulator, and an example of what would happen if you took Desperate Gods to its logical conclusion (except it might actually work). The game comes with all the classics already, but also includes an entire workshop of thousands of free player-created board games and puzzles to play, as well as about 28 premium DLC games built and licensed by the creators of their physical counterparts. The game sets up the board for you, but that's it: no rules are enforced by the computer, and all moves are performed in a shared physical space, just like if you were playing a board game in real life.

The Cons: You can flip the table. Please don't.


#3 Golf With Your Friends ($4.19 on sale)
You golf. You minigolf. You minigolf with your friends. It's a fun little way to pass the time and get frustrated at your own ineptitude. Also, it's cheap, so I can actually afford to get this for several people.

The Cons: Literally none. I am not biased.

Welcome to the External Liaison Desk. I'll make this pretty sometime. For now, I'm running out of time to get things done tonight, and need to get something bare-bones up.

Currently, we need help. We need External Liaisons to be active with the following communities:
- The North Pacific
- The East Pacific
- The West Pacific
- The South Pacific
...and any others that you wish to volunteer

Currently, we have the following External Liaisons, reporting to the following outside communities:

If you come from an external forum, community, website, or NationStates region...well, first of all, welcome!

Affiliation between Eternity and your community confers a wonderful way to advertise the happenings in your community with us, and open a wonderful exchange of minds, ideas, and maybe even community events! If you wish to form an affiliate link between our community and yours, then below is the form to do so; a member of our admin team will review your application and fulfill your request as soon as possible.

Please just copy the code, fill out the relevant sections with relevant information, and post it in this thread. Thank you!

Check out this shit

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/solar-eclips...ewed-ever/

I know some of you will basically be in the total eclipse zone. Still, many others will get to see at least a partial eclipse.

It's this August 21. It's a Monday.

I believe arkman and sal/oer live in the totality zone. good for you guys!!!

1584 Nylander Open

TheNylander Open is a major tennis tournament held annually over the month of Elva. It is held in New Fenridge, Nylander Republic. First held in 1496, the tournament is chronologically the last of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year since 1566. Since 1570, the tournament has been played on acrylic hard courts at the Johannes Fronssen Tennis Center.


1583 champions:

• Men's Singles: Alfons Skrastinjsz (Videjszeme)
  
• Women's Singles: Gena Alden (Nyland)