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- Weekly Riddles will be posted on the RMB every Monday by Wille-Harlia, and Islanders will have until the next Monday to answer the riddles, when the answer will be released alongside the next riddle.
- 10000 Islands has its tri-annual poet laureate competition this month! This time, the theme is food! All submissions should go to Wille-Harlia and ONLY Wille-Harlia via Telegram or forum PM.
- We will be activating the forum scavenger hunt plugin in the week leading up to Halloween, so come trick-or-treat with us!
- On the 20th, New Republica South Senator Gashia and Deputy Senator The World Defense Organization will be hosting a debate about which candy is the best kind of candy. Send them a Telegram if you're interested in participating!
- On the 27th, all recruiters should get ready to recruit because we'll be creating Halloween-themed nations throughout the day, and whoever sends the first recruitment Telegram to each nation will win a prize!
- On the 29th and 30th, Islanders can submit their own or others' wacky and scary jack-o'-lantern designs, and the region as a whole will decide which one is the coolest!

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Minister of Culture: Wille-Harlia
Deputy Minister of Culture: Aquachromia
Culture Officers: Thedairos, Quandalestan, Valentian Elysium, Manneo Varo