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I feel the same. This one is pretty simple, I think it's great. I was happy to approve of this early and I'll be happy to vote for it early. As you stated, IA helped clean up the language a lot and that, plus the author's original intent did a ton to make this, as far as I can see, uncontroversial.
The actual Economy stat (one of the top three in your drop down menu) is what you're looking for in terms of a rating of your country's economic strength. Economic Freedom is just the amount that your government oversees and regulates that economy, and is one of the determiners for your nation type. Economic Output, a third stat, goes up almost no matter what, though there are a few issues with outcomes that cut it.
Lower French Gregballs, Refuge Isle, Melenavenia, Floofybit, and 5 othersJunitaki-cho, Indimu, Ongmonnif, Republic of central darfur, and Eurdrea
A big congratulations to our neighbour 
Araine. Good luck for your 1st time in office. I'm sure you will do great!
It was great to see 3 strong candidates running. I know you would have all done a great job and i'm sure people will agree we are lucky to be in a region with so many credible and pro-active nations. It always makes voting hard but interesting.
Chacapoya, Lower French Gregballs, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, and 7 othersMelenavenia, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-cho, Laisou, Ongmonnif, and Republic of central darfur
I'll leave welcoming the newest people to Araine. ^-^ Congrats Araine! Let me know if you need me for anything! I'll gladly help.
Chacapoya, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Araine, and 5 othersFloofybit, Junitaki-cho, Laisou, Ongmonnif, and Republic of central darfur
On your main nation page (nation=eurdrea) and your main stats page (nation=eurdrea/detail=trend), it shows your economy (nation=eurdrea/detail=trend?censusid=1) which is an index how much economic activity is in your nation.
Your economic output (nation=eurdrea/detail=trend?censusid=76) is largely a derivative of your economy and individual industries/sectors, multiplied by your population. So, it will naturally grow over time as your population rises, but coming up with a speciality for your nation and trying to boost that industry will add some fuel to your economy and make the output grow faster. My economy is pretty much all book publishing and technology.
Your economic freedom (nation=eurdrea/detail=trend?censusid=48) is most relevant to setting your nation classification (Scandinavian Liberal Paradise for you) and how well either capitalism or socialism can work in your nation.
Lower French Gregballs, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Floofybit, and 2 othersJunitaki-cho, and Laisou
Congrats, Araine for becoming our new councillor of interior!
Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, and 4 othersFloofybit, Junitaki-cho, Laisou, and Republic of central darfur
Great job, Araine at winning the election with an astounding victory and becoming the new councillor of the interior!
Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, and 4 othersFloofybit, Junitaki-cho, Ongmonnif, and Republic of central darfur
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Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, and Laisou
congrats araine!!!! 68% is a lot! you did amazing!!!!!!
Chacapoya, Lower French Gregballs, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, and 6 othersMelenavenia, Araine, Michelland, Laisou, Cadenzana, and Ongmonnif
Congrats Araine! :D
Shiba Inu clearly
And I am also for Gay Panic Defense Ban, super well written, a good thing to legislate, 10/10
Lower French Gregballs, Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, and 10 othersMelenavenia, Araine, Michelland, Floofybit, Junitaki-cho, Laisou, Cadenzana, Ongmonnif, Republic of central darfur, and Imbault
Congratulations Araine for becoming the new Councilor of Interior!
You deserved it:)
Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, and 7 othersMichelland, Floofybit, Junitaki-cho, Laisou, Cadenzana, Ongmonnif, and Republic of central darfur
Hey, thank you all for the overwhelming support!
I'd like to thank 
Melenavenia for his service, as well as for any advice that I likely will be receiving from him in the coming weeks.
I also would like both Laisou and 
Liphia to know that I think either of them would have made for an excellent counsellor, and I hope to see them run again in the future!
Chacapoya, Lower French Gregballs, Typica, Refuge Isle, and 11 othersSylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Michelland, Floofybit, Junitaki-cho, Chatula, Laisou, Cadenzana, Ongmonnif, Liphia, and Republic of central darfur
Welcome Emitater, Vystrania, and Yasmioqua to Refugia! I hope you enjoy your stay. If it applies to you, kindly pay attention to the rest of this message:
If you have any questions about the region or how NationStates works, feel free to leave it here on the RMB. You can also join our Discord server, the link of which can found at the top of the page within our region's description. We're all friendly, and don't bite!
If you haven't already, consider joining the World Assembly (located on the left sidebar) which will allow you to become a Member State! Member States are able to get a spot on Refigia's map (linked in the region's description), vote in regional polls, and even run for office when elections come up! If you're not interested in this, that's completely fine as well! We're a chill, laid back community, and we aim to make everyone's experience here as wonderful as possible.
Chacapoya, Typica, Refuge Isle, Melenavenia, and 6 othersMichelland, Floofybit, Junitaki-cho, Chatula, Ongmonnif, and Republic of central darfur
In celebration of the new month of March, 
The Jolly Fields of Lower French Gregballs has re-entered the World Assembly.
Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, and 9 othersPluvie, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-cho, Cadenzana, Ongmonnif, Liphia, Pantala and pyrrhia, and Republic of central darfur
Congratulations to 
Sylh Alanor on becoming the next World Assembly author from Refugia!
I could not be more proud of you!
HumanSanity, Nottinghaven, Chacapoya, Lower French Gregballs, and 18 othersCheesy Tots, Lethodus, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Nekhuser-Ra, Michelland, Honeydewitopia, Floofybit, Junitaki-cho, Chatula, Indimu, Laisou, Cadenzana, Ongmonnif, Liphia, and Republic of central darfur
Congrats! Sylh Alanor
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, and 8 othersPluvie, Michelland, Honeydewitopia, Floofybit, Junitaki-cho, Cadenzana, Ongmonnif, and Republic of central darfur
Good resolution and good job!
HumanSanity, Chacapoya, Lower French Gregballs, Typica, and 10 othersSylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Pluvie, Free Las Pinas II, Michelland, Floofybit, Junitaki-cho, Laisou, Ongmonnif, and Republic of central darfur
Forest news: nothing. The election still hasn't started.
Lower French Gregballs, Melenavenia, Floofybit, Laisou, and 3 othersCadenzana, Pantala and pyrrhia, and Republic of central darfur
New election for all Refugi! Should Refugia open an Embassy with The East Pacific?
Link to Poll: https://vote.calref.network/
Link to FA Recommendation:
Hello Refugi! After a long period of deliberation and observation, I find myself in the position to request a full Embassy with The East Pacific as my first action of the term!
The East Pacific is one of the original game created regions, and the third largest by population in the entirety of Nationstates, coming in as just over 8,700 nations. This makes it one of the most powerful and influential regions on the site, and a very beneficial ally, especially with everything that our regions have in common. The East Pacific has strong democratic traditions and elects their Delegate by majority vote, and has a strong system of checks and balances of power through their Magister and Viziers. They also happen to be very culturally similar to Refugia, with many anti fascist and eco friendly nations, a welcoming atmosphere, and a trading card community!
Refugia has also maintained a consulate with The East Pacific since September of 2020, and has maintained many connections with various TEP members for months (I’m sure you all know the fantastic Cat and Zuk). In addition, The East Pacific shares a mutual embassy with Refugia in the wonderful region of 10000 Islands, as well as having embassies with many other large democratic regions.
With that, I invoke RRS 6B to create a regional referendum for the opening of a new embassy with The East Pacific.
Pantala and Pyrrhia
Foreign Affairs Councillor of Refugia
Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Floofybit, and 4 othersJunitaki-cho, Ongmonnif, Liphia, and Republic of central darfur
Alrighty!
Question of the Day!
If you had three wishes, what would you wish for?
Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Floofybit, and 1 otherOngmonnif
The Power To Create Anything At Will
Destroy Anything At Will
And Alter Anything At Will
(basically infinite wishes but i think it beats the algorithm)
Kraljevstvo rata, Typica, Melenavenia, Ongmonnif, and 1 otherRepublic of central darfur
1. Equal rights for everyone
2. To stop climate change
3. A new computer
Kraljevstvo rata, Typica, Refuge Isle, Melenavenia, and 3 othersFloofybit, Cadenzana, and Republic of central darfur
In my private opinion as a Refugi, I fully support an embassy with the East.
I've been around TEP since last May, seeing the region with three different administrations. It's a place that I have sort of treated as my second job for the last year. From the inside, working as deputy minister of World Assembly Affairs there has let me see the kinds of hard working, sane, and rational people that populate the East's government and keep pushing it on. Zuk has great potential for top notch work, and I'm sure will provide stability for his region over the rest of his term. I see no reason why our regions wouldn't get along, especially since we already have a bit of member cross-over.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, and 9 othersFloofybit, Junitaki-cho, Laisou, Cadenzana, Emojitheft, Ongmonnif, Tovenia, Pantala and pyrrhia, and Republic of central darfur
Hey everybody! With the office of World Assembly Affairs having been created recently, election season has come up pretty quickly. As stated in the Discord server, I'm announcing my candidacy for this position and seeking reelection, and I want to talk a bit about how the last couple of months have gone and what another term might look like.
Obviously there hasn't been a lot of WA activity here recently, at least on my part. February is always a difficult month for me, and it was compounded by the most destructive ice storm we've ever seen here knocking out power and communications for extended periods. It's been difficult getting back on track from that. It's also been a bit of a struggle engaging with the WA at times, given some of the legislation that's passed through; after the fourth death penalty bill went to vote, I think we were all a bit burned out, and that's something we ought to fix.
At the same time, given that this was a fairly short initial term, we did get a fair amount done. We published several IFV dispatches with in-depth analysis of proposals at vote, which were at least noticed by the outside world. Refugia's RMB continues to exist on people's radars as a place of WA discussion, occasionally referenced in places like OWL. And we saw Sylh Alanor become the latest Refugi to author and pass a GA proposal, with multiple other residents working on their own as we speak.
So, with that in mind, what's the goal going forward? I want to aim to start conversations about every proposal which goes to vote, engage people, and write IFVs for most of them - there will still be some that are too ideological to change any minds about, but there's lots of room for increased productivity there. I'm also hoping to continue to cultivate #floor-5 in the Discord server as a helpful space to ask questions and workshop drafts, and obviously the RMB is here for everyone's support too. In general, the name of the game this term is "more."
And the most important thing I've realized is that there needs to be more horsepower in this department to ensure that sort of coverage. Larger regions often task entire groups of people with arguing and publishing about WA legislation, and it's just not ideal for all of that to hinge on the councillor. With that in mind, if I occupy this position for the next term, I'll be appointing another community member to split duties and drive engagement on SC proposals, with the aim of meeting the aforementioned benchmarks. If we can do that, the office and region should be in a good place going forward with established practices.
I look forward to the coming election and term and have the utmost faith in the region.
-Natalie
Chacapoya, Lower French Gregballs, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, and 8 othersMelenavenia, Araine, Floofybit, Laisou, Cadenzana, Ongmonnif, Pantala and pyrrhia, and Republic of central darfur
Bees.
Chacapoya, Kraljevstvo rata, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, and 5 othersFloofybit, Laisou, Ongmonnif, Republic of central darfur, and Banjoland
The courage to fight problems I can fix
The serenity to accept those I can't
The wisdom to know the difference
Lower French Gregballs, Melenavenia, Araine, Floofybit, and 2 othersOngmonnif, and Republic of central darfur
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