The news from... Uroca!

[mittsville]

It's all new new news!

The News From Uroca!
Nations - 105
Delegate Endorsements -28
Regional Power - Moderate
Forum

Prime Minister Elections
Dancing Bananland - 12
Wzzt - 10
Abstain - 4
Mittsville - 2 *sob* (even "abstain" beat me )

Cabinet Posts Assigned
Dancing Bananland has announced his cabinet.
Minister of Internal Affairs-Paradica
Minister of Intelligence and Defense-Brooksadice
Minister of Foreign Affairs-Hekloslogravia
Minister of Immigration-Rioule
Minister of Culture-Wzzt

Justices announced!
Bloopa, Sayt, and Imperfectia have been named justices. Congratulations!

House Resolution-3 Passed!
Dundee East Award for Exceptional Attitude has passed by a vote of 13-1 and 1 abstain.

Bill 23 Passed!
Bill 23 has also passed, becoming Law 15, with a vote of 14-3 and no abstentions. Political parties are now allowed in Uroca.

Constitution Drafting
-Outline drafted by FL
-Bill of Rights under debate, written by Aioran, Sayt, and Koalate
-Articles of Unity under drafting by FL
-Appendix 1 drafted by FL
-Appendix 2 under drafting by FL
-Appendix 3 under drafting by Imperfectia

RP REALM
Great Aberdonian War
Northern Front
The Armies of Hendricksonia and Hekloslogravia are pushing south in a large pincer movement to encircle and crush the Army of the United Kingdoms of Trans-Galasia and Moravia.

Eastern Front
The Duchy of Earl has occupied and annexed most of Dancing Bananland, though some of the Dancing Bananlandian Army, hiding in the mountainous northern region of the nation, continues to resist under the direction of General Krull.

Bloopan Civil War
Alley Rache (Bloopan) has joined with Luciano Milan (Aioran) to rally bloopans to the CRA and conduct secret attacks.

The Return
War diverted. After a few battles leaders from all over Charis have agreed to sign a cease-fire treaty in the neutral nation of Free Cordova. Tensions, however, remain.

Inauguration
Leaders from across Uroca have gathered in the regional capital of Libertia to celebrate the inauguration of Prime Minister TJ Ross and the creation of Uroca. Hilarity ensues.

Defcon 1
War has broken out between Dulang and Deadly Vapors, and the rest of Uroca seems destined to be drawn into the war, on one side or another.

Unrest in Tianech
What started as simple protests is quickly turning into a civil war as nations from across Uroca rally their forces either in support or to take down the Imperial government of Tianech.

The Shadow War
Alstitua and the Koalate Empire are on the verge of war due to an attack on a high-ranking Koalate official by Alstituan terrorists.

That's all for now from the great region of Uroca! Feel free to drop in any time and say hi!

[stargatesg1]

Thank you for the update.

[South Malaysia]

Yep, much thanks for the update

[Ness Snorlaxia]

Indeed, thank you for the update!
Sorry to hear that Abstain beat you though. He seems to have a nation in almost every region...

[Imperfectia]

*grumbles about having this left out *

Anyway, as the *founder* of this new region and as founder of Charis and the last PM/Delegate of Aberdeen, I was charged with putting some thank yous together in unveiling Uroca. You may now read my comments:

It is an amazing feeling to see the final stages of completion for a project that started as a simple idea about a month and a half ago. I never would have thought that this day would be a reality, especially this soon, two months ago. A mere month-and-a-half ago, I proposed the idea of the merger to our former regions, Aberdeen and Charis, with only a prayer that it would be welcomed by many. To my delight and surprise, there was overwhelming support from both regions, and many contributed their thoughts and ideas to the proposal. In many ways, the entire process has taken on a life of its own and I couldn’t be more pleased. I am awestruck that we are already voting on our interim government or that the final step of the merger would be taking place on Feb 1. However, to my great delight, the process for merging has gone smoothly and there are many to thank for this.

First I want to thank the merger team: Wzzt, Forgottenlord, Dancing Bananland/Free Cordova, Archid, Mittsville, Paradica/Kiwi, Somabalbah, and Aioran. The creative energy that sparked when these 8 individuals got together on the merger forum to represent their respective regions was incredible. This was the first time that many of these nations had met each other and the ease with which they were able to reach consensus and compromise shows great promise for the future of Uroca.

Secondly, I want to thank Wzzt for hosting this forum. Several of us were hesitant at first to move from Invision Free, however, I think I speak for the entire admin team when I say we made the right choice.

A special thanks goes out to the entire Admin team, Wzzt, Archid, Forgottenlord, and Mittsville who have worked tirelessly to set up the forums and make this space inviting to everyone - even when two of them were digging through FL's insane questions and a third was writing those questions. Between them, they copied or wrote around 2500 posts across 55 different accounts. Wow…

I also want to thank Forgottenlord for writing both of the merger documents that went up for vote by the two regions and was the one that proposed the entire process for the merger. He was the one I feared would be the most skeptical and instead has been the merger’s most prolific proponent. He achieved the greatest post count on the merger forum and is busy drafting the new Constitution so one must wonder if he ever sleeps.

Thank you to both Archid and Forgottenlord who got the forums set up for the elections while I was away having a good time, and NS was the last thing on my mind… Thanks for being so dedicated guys!

Finally, thanks to Dancing Bananland for putting together the two region’s different RP timelines and to Shadow Prophets for putting the two region’s maps together. I am looking forward to see what else these two can contribute to Uroca’s RP community

With luck, effort and a love for fun, I know our region can flourish as both of our former regions flourished, take on its own identity that is welcoming, enjoyable, and values the concepts of Peace, Democracy, Freedom, and Equality that our former regions had been founded upon.

To all of you, I bid you welcome, as we open our doors and enjoy the unveiling of the Urocan forums - and soon, the inauguration of Uroca itself. Welcome all as we set forward into this new era with new adventures and challenges ahead of us.

uroca.speculationcentral.com/index.php?showtopic=167

Anyway, I am glad that Uroca is still a friend to Hyrule and I hope that the long history shared by many of our nations continues!

[Ness Snorlaxia]

Mitts left it out on purpose so you could come visit the forum.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the merger. Glad to hear it went well!

[mittsville]

Of... course....

well i didn't want to be thanking myself

*shakes fist at abstain*

[stargatesg1]

Mitts I think it is time to change your button now that the REgions mereged. but thanks for the update

[Ivalice the Great]

Yeah Mitts your avatar is the Aberdeen flag. I mean, you MADE the Uroca flag, don't you want to show it off?

[Imperfectia]

that reminds me...

*runs of to update my sig...

[mittsville]

*changes avatar*

Better?

[Ness Snorlaxia]

Yes, that is better.

[mittsville]

yay!


Well Hyrule, its that time again, where those of you who care can read about the wondrous excitement, tales of adventure and adrenaline-thumpingly fun events that have been happening in the region of Uroca.

Unfortunately, that will have to wait until next time....

The News From Uroca!
Nations - 111
Delegate Endorsements -31
Regional Power - Moderate
Forum
Urocan Post (Regional Newsletter)

Culture Capital
New Sparrotol, Archid was declared Culture Capital of Uroca, 2007! Congradulations to Archid!

House Resolution-4 Passed!
DOCA Creation Act has passed and become Uroca law by a vote of 9 for 3 against and 1 abstention.

Bill 24 Passed!
Bill 24 has passed at a vote of 8-1 with 1 abstention to become Law 16! The Urocan Interim Government shall be dissolved after both a minimum of 3 months have passed and when enough of the Constitution has been passed to form a permanent government.

Constitution Drafting
Appendix 1 is up for debate.

RP REALM
Defcon 1
War has broken out between Dulang and Deadly Vapors, and the rest of Uroca seems destined to be drawn into the war, on one side or another.

Unrest in Tianech
What started as simple protests is quickley turning into a civil war as nations from across Uroca rally their forces either in support or to take down the Imperial government of Tianech.

Garestion Meeting
The military leaders of the Garestion Pact convene in Lundburg, Hekloslogravia for a conference.

Clan Wars
A RP set in 250BCE, involving the ancient nations of Uroca.

Chaos in Wulfez
A resistance movement has declared war on the government of Wulfez. Wzzt and Bloopa have pledged their allegience to this movement, while Alstitua supports the government. How will this chaos end?

Games

Werewolf I
The first game of Werewolf took over with a big start over here. Bentay and Mittsville, as the werewolves had to eliminate the other 11 villagers. They not only suceeded in killing the Seer off in their first strike, but refrained from receiving any votes at all from the other villagers. Congrats to them. (*dances* )

Possession
Also known as Werewolf II, this themed version of the game has just begun. Two participants have been possessed by spirits seeking to murder other people and thus bring more spirits into their world.

That's all for now from the great region of Uroca! Feel free to drop in any time and say hi!

[Ness Snorlaxia]

I care! I have a nation in Uroca!

Thank you for the udpate.

[mittsville]

We're back! for all your Urocan newsy needs!

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The News From Uroca!
Nations - 85
Delegate Endorsements -31
Regional Power - High
Forum

Written by Mittsville

Government News

After a short time out, we welcomed back our founder, Imperfectia, to the forum. For the past few months he had been forced, through RL, to stop visiting the forum and taking part in the day to day running of the region. However, he has now returned.

In the Urocan government, progress on the new constitution has been slowed by its main contributor, Forgottenlord, cutting back on NS due to RL issues. In his absence, there has been talk of other members of the region finishing some of the constitution's appendices.

Ministry of Culture
In the ministry of culture, minister Wzzt has organised two "Avatar weeks", where users of the forum change their avatars in some way. The two events, "Upside-down avatar week", where all avatars were mirrored to be upside-down and "Avatar swap week", where members swapped avatars with each other, have been successful in increasing forum activity.

Foreign Affairs
In the foreign affairs ministry of Uroca we have exchanged opened diplomatic relations with the regions of England, The Confederacy of Free Regions, Equilism, and Liberty Alliance. This brings our total of inter-regional embassies to 13, a great success for the Ministry.

Immigration
The immigration ministry, headed by PGrier, has been successful in stopping the number of nations, which had been falling. After the number of nations dropped to 80, PGrier and his team of deputies have been working hard. We hope that our population will once again reach the 100 nation mark by the end of June.

UMID (Urocan Ministry of Information and Defence)
Brooksadice, our minister, has been appointing deputies to serve as "intelligence gatherers" for UMID. This new role will allow nations to seek out threats to our and other regions in NationStates.

Internal Affairs
In this ministry, there has been discussions regarding extending CharisRail into UrocaRail and creating a railway network covering the whole region. Sayt has also been talking about creating a new regional budget to finance such regional projects.
PGrier has also created the first regional census of Uroca which documents statistics of the region and records dying nations.

Games
We have continued hosting "werewolf" forum games where one member (the werewolf) tries to kill everyone else one by one without drawing attention to himself, and everyone tries to vote the werewolf out of the game. The original game, hosted by Archid was won by two wolfs, Mittsville and Bentay. Werewolf 2 hosted by Fogottenlord was won by the werewolf Archid and Nix. Game 3, hosted by Wzzt with a space theme, was won by the villagers with only Paradica and PGrier surviving. Werewolf 4, hosted by The Koalate Empire was won by the werewolf Khaoz.

The Urocan Daily Quiz continues to be popular as well with Khaoz emerging as the winner of May. Everyone is invited to join us here.

Chat
The in the general chat forum, members of the region have been... chatting. Topics of interest are YouTube videos, where we can share the videos we have found, and army commander, a nation building game where we have started a Urocan alliance.

Role Play
In the Role play land of Uroca, with the Great Aberdonian War and The Bloopan Civil War drawing to a close, the biggest conflict has been Defcon 1.

That concludes this report from Uroca. Thanks for reading, and we hope that you can come and join us at our forums here