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  Flags of the IDU

Posted by: Groot Gouda
04-14-2005, 03:23 PM
Forum: Nations of the IDU
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All member nations are invited to share their national flag here, with an explanation on why/how.

The official NS flag of Groot Gouda is based on the RL heraldic shield of Gouda. It is derived from the family crest of the Van Der Goude family. It consists of a central white line, encompassed by 2 red lines. On the sides there are thorns (from per aspera ad astra, through the thorns to the stars) and two lions facing away. The crest has french flowery decorations.

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  What is your nation's animal?

Posted by: Mikitivity
04-13-2005, 10:42 PM
Forum: Regional Ecosystems
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The following are the animals of the IDU:

DO :: Burgeoning Owl
GG :: Weasle
GS :: Wild Schnauzer
KL :: Keeshond
MA :: Tiger
MK :: Burrowing Owl
NL :: Eagle
PK :: Cat
PM :: Horse
YS :: Duck
YU :: Owl
YY :: Poodle
WV :: Wombat

{I'll update this to include all of the animals listed}

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  Charters of the IDU

Posted by: Sober Thought
04-13-2005, 08:48 PM
Forum: Immigration Bureau
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The IDU stands for democracy.
No delegate will ban without a regional vote. No delegate will cast his UN vote without a regional vote. No interregional alliances will be forged without a regional vote. The UN Delegate may vote and that vote decides a tie.

The IDU stands for a powerful UN.
Recruitment campaigns will be run in the Pacifics. UN non-members are welcomed but encouraged to join the UN. UN members are encouraged to draft and assist with proposals, as well as to participate in discussions in either or both of our UN forums. The Delegate is encouraged to read the current proposals and approve those deemed worthy of UN attention. With each proposal that reaches quorum, a regional vote will be taken and the Delegate will vote in accordance with the will of the people.

The IDU stands for national sovereignty.
Nothing aside from compliance with the Constitution will be required of any individual nation. Our team of UN writers will strive as much as possible to keep our proposals from infringing upon national sovereignty.

The IDU stands for regional stability and security.
Constructive rather than destructive competition will be the norm. This will insure that whoever holds the Delegacy, they will have the maximum possible number of endorsements, strengthening us against outside attack. Should such an attack occur, the Founder will remove the known invaders as soon as humanly possible. There will be no appeals process for known raiders, they will be regarded as enemies of the state.

The IDU stands for community.
Through this forum and through our internal and external diplomatic relations, we will establish a strong, influential, and vibrant NS community. We will show no hostility to diversity, but rather welcome it with open arms.

The IDU stands for secular government.
We support as a basic human right the right to worship without interence from the state, and also the right to govern without interference from the church.

Brief history of the founding of the IDU
Formerly located at the top of the document

The IDU was founded after a series of raids against The North Pacific. The raiders managed to take the delegacy and mass-ejected many of the region's most valuable members and even some completely random members. At the time of the IDU's founding, the North Pacific ban list contained approximately 150 nations. The vast majority of these were nations who wanted nothing more than a peaceful region where democracy ruled and people were free to play the game without fear of the random banishments that would be illegal in any other region. The current rules unfortunately do not favor that playing style in a Pacific. The IDU is that peaceful, democratic region.

Amendments

This statement was added 9 February 2006 as a new principle:
The IDU stands for secular government. We support as a basic human right the right to worship without interence from the state, and also the right to govern without interference from the church.

This line was added 13 April 2005 to our first principle, but the practice was in force long before it was officially listed:
The UN Delegate may vote and that vote decides a tie.

Originally Posted: Jul 25 2004, 04:34 AM by Xtraordinary Gentlmen, Administrator of the old forum, sometime UN delegate, former active member and sadly now extinct nation.
Group: Admin
Posts: 199
Member No.: 1
Joined: 24-July 04

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  International Democratic Union Country Codes

Posted by: Mikitivity
04-13-2005, 06:33 PM
Forum: Nations of the IDU
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I'd like to suggest that we agree on a set of standard IDU Country Codes.  We are small enough that a two letter code might be appropriate, but I'm open to hearing ideas.

The general idea is that I was thinking (about the real world) that MK might be an appropriate postal code for Mikitivity.  Smile

If there is an interest in this, I'll create an index of all our codes and move this post lower in this thread.


INDEX

AR - The Amazing Race
BA - Bears Armed
BZ - Byzconia
CS - Christos
EI - Eiria
FX - Franxico
GN - Gnejs
GS - Grosseschnauzer
HN - Haesan
JB - Jebi
KR - Kerlile
LO - Libertas Omnium Maximus
LR - Laeral
LU - Lauchenoiria
MA - Mansilla
NE - United New England
NI - Novella Islands
PS - Purple Schnauzers
QD - Quintessence of Dust
SD - Schnauzer Dominions
SH - Schnauzer Homelands
SR - Sanctaria
SS - Schnauzer States
SY - Sycona
ZO - Zongongia

Historical Record (pre-Jan 2022)

Spoiler:

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  What is the Last Movie You Watched?

Posted by: Mikitivity
04-13-2005, 06:26 AM
Forum: Fun & Games
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Me: Pixar's "the Incredibles". Smile

I have to say, if you've not seen it, you MUST. It was so good I watched it a few days later.

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  Obituaries

Posted by: Mikitivity
04-13-2005, 02:17 AM
Forum: Fun & Games
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I figured if I started at the bottom, another other post could surpass this one. :/

Today an obituary was forwarded to me for an engineer who died at the age of 69. When I first hired on for the state, 6 years ago, this guy showed up at a training class. He was a jerk. He was arguementative, and about stupid things. Those of us sitting in the back of the class thought, "Why won't he just shut up!"

He worked in my group about 20 years before I hired on. Something happened, and since it is so long ago, nobody knows what, but he got ticked and left. Since that time he has hated the State of California.

That all is fine, no problems.

Then I read his obituary ... the thing had a few (not many that I know about) flat out lies. WHY? Why lie in your obituary??!!?? It made some false statements about the state, claiming we were using software he wrote. Not a chance, I can pull up not only the source code of most of what we use, but the development staff down the hall can point to the CVS files, which will show that not only is the code written in computer languages that virtually didn't exist in 1981 when the guy left the state, but also happen to be only 4-10 years old.

What bothers me is that somebody needed to padd his obituary so much that they just made up stuff. I do feel bad that he died so shortly after retirement. That stinks. And though the one time I met him, I didn't like him, I do feel bad for his family and him.

My only complaint is about these little newspaper things. With that in mind, I'm torn, when I die should you guys get to do some "creative writting" for my obituary, or should I just have you guys leave nothing behind?

"Michael, he wrote NationStates, and in fact, it was better than some silly novel written by novelist Max Barry!"

Wink (I'm not posting a copy of the obituary, but the above is almost a word for word part taken from the obituary. These things ain't supposed to be parting shots.)

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  Miervatia Today

Posted by: Mikitivity
04-12-2005, 08:14 PM
Forum: Nations of the IDU
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This is a series of news (some important, some not) coming from Mikitivity. Once every few articles, these stories will be forwarded to other news agencies.

[OOC: Often I'll just copy something and maybe alter it. But these are designed to enhance future roleplaying. Please feel free to push these stories along, but just cite Miervatia Today as the news agency reporting them. This would be especially good if a few times a month our regional embassies randomly passed along similar IDU stories.]

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  Idu Timeline

Posted by: Mikitivity
04-12-2005, 07:23 PM
Forum: Immigration Bureau
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This is a timeline of memorable events in the history of the International Democratic Union.

2004.07.24
The Xtraordinary Gentlemen, Randomerica, Nieuwe Munchinland, Cheney-Land, and Mikitivity left the North Pacific (organization) to form the International Democratic Union.

2004.07.25
Mikitivity's "Needle Sharing Prevention" is adopted by the United Nations, making a bold step in the treatment of portions of populations that had been previously ignored and raising the awareness of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.

On the same day, Randomamerica is elected as the first UN Delegate.

2004.08.06
Cheney-land is elected as the second UN Delegate.

2004.10.08
Mikitivity's "Good Samaritan Laws" is adopted by the United Nations, dramatically increasing the role of the International Red Cross and establishing greater civil protections for disaster relief workers. Relief agencies begin enhancing international assistance programs.

2004.09.27
Groot Gouda elected as third UN Delegate.

2004.10.09 - 2004.10.21
Week Of The Musical Delegate Chairs; Nieuwe Munchkinland, Randomerica and Groot Gouda are elected for short periods of time as UN Delegate. Groot Gouda proposes a formal election system to elect the UN Delegate, which is adopted by the region. Until the first elections Nieuwe Munchkinland remains UN Delegate.

2004.11.08
Groot Gouda elected as UN Delegate, the first in the new formal election system, 9th Delegate in the history of the IDU. Groot Gouda was the only candidate. Nieuwe Munchkinland becomes Vice Delegate.

2005.01.08
In an exciting head-to-head election, Adam Island becomes the 10th delegate, with Groot Gouda as Vice Delegate.

2005.01.27
Grosseschnauzer's "Tsunami Warning System" is adopted by the United Nations, establishing an international Tsunami Emergency Warning Center and increased international disaster prepardeness.

2005.02.06
Groot Gouda's "The Sex Industry Workers Act" is adopted by the United Nations, promoting limited deregulation of the sex industry and safer working conditions for workers in this industry.

2005.03.08
Groot Gouda elected as UN Delegate as only candidate. Adam Island becomes Vice Delegate.

2005.03.24
Domnonia announces its plans to coordinate and centralise (i.e. create) a map of the entire region.

2005.03.25
Election Charter amended to reflect organisational changes in the region after the disappearance of the Founder.

2005.04.12
Delegate Groot Gouda founds a new invision forum, assigning more moderators and admins to take care of the growing IDU needs.

2005.04.24
Groot Gouda's "Natural Disaster Act" is adopted by the United Nations, establishing a Natural Disaster Assistance Organisation (NDAO) tasked with researching and helping nations prepare for natural disasters, with the understanding that the NDAO works with the already existing TWEC. This is the 5th resolution to come from the IDU and 8th resolution created by an IDU member.

2005.05.09
Groot Gouda re-elected Delegate, with Scoopy becoming Vice Delegate.

2005.07.12
Isles of Koster is rated as the nation with the most rebellious youth all of NationStates, making this the first time that an IDU member ranked first!

2005.08.12
Sober Thought elected Delegate, beating Grosseschnauzer who becomes Vice-Delegate. The elections needed to be extended to reach 50% turnout.

2005.09.22
Antrium's "Labeling Standards" is passed 11,399 to 3,190. This is the 10th resolution by an IDU member.

2005.11.08
Grosseschnauzer is elected delegate as only candidate. Keeslandia is appointed Vice-Delegate.

2006.02.08
Antrium is elected delegate as only candidate. Ceorana is appointed Vice-Delegate.

2006.03.17
Groot Gouda's "The Right To Form Unions" is adopted by the United Nations, 7,577 to 5,394. This resolution established the right for workers to go on strike. This is the 11th resolution to come from the IDU.

2006.03.27
Franxico's "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act" is adopted by the United Nations, by just 298 votes. This is the 12th resolution by an IDU member.

2006.03.27
Franxico's "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act" is adopted by the United Nations, by just 298 votes. This is the 12th resolution by an IDU member.

2006.04.30
Fonzoland's "Waste Disposal Covenant" is adopted by the United Nations, 9,108 to 3,547. It established the UN Waste Disposal Authority, and encouraged responsible waste disposal. It is the 13th resolution by an IDU member.

2006.05.05
Ceorana's "UN Patent Law" is adopted by the United Nations, 7,084 to 3,998. It is the 14th resolution by an IDU member. It created the United Nations Patent Registry to keep a registry of all patents in UN nations.

2006.05.08
Ceorana is declared the winner of the UN delegate elections. Runner-up Groot Gouda becomes Vice-Delegate.

2006.06.08
Baranxtu launches the NSwiki & Factbook Development Service, a place in the IDU forums for nations to request help with their NSwiki pages.

2006.07.01
Groot Gouda resigns as Vice-Delegate, to pursue his position in the RL Gouda city council.

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