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The World Assembly
Topic Started: 14 Dec 2007, 22:49 (115 Views)
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NOTE: In April of 2008 the United Nations was re-named The World Assembly

The United Nations is the world's governing body. It proposes and votes on resolutions, which are then binding on all member nations. In other words, it's a hot-bed of political intrigue and double-dealing.

Any nation may join the UN (provided the user doesn't already have a nation in the UN and has provided an email address), but it's not compulsory. As non-members, nations are unaffected by any UN decisions. The UN enforces its newly passed resolutions by means of the Compliance Ministry. Acceptance of new resolutions is not optional for members - compliance is mandatory.

The WA in Gameplay

Many players never go beyond the gameplay aspect of the WA. The WA is a cornerstone of the invading/defending game, due to the WA Delegate position.

Some players use the WA as a place to exercise their political muscles and propose resolutions that will impact other WA member nations to better reflect the author's ideology. Others see an intellectual challenge in using the proposal process to understand compromise and consensus. Some just enjoy the act of writing up proposals in legalistic language that will nonetheless be acceptable to the majority of players.

Another aspect of WA play manifests in active attempts to manipulate the voter pools. Proposal writers will present their case on the forums, actively campaign via telegram, or use the offsite forums to bring their case to the Delegates. There have also been hints of organized groups splitting into multiple regions and electing multiple delegates, expressly for the purpose of influencing the WA approval process.

A nation's national statistics are also affected by WA resolutions. A large group of nations are not members of the WA for this reason, as they don't want WA activity to "destroy" the nations they've built. Another reason for the low overall percentage of nations in the WA is puppet activity, though there is probably no way to determine the actual ratios of Anti-WA activity versus the various puppets nations.

The WA in Roleplay

WA members may create and vote upon proposals, which upon passage become resolutions. Passed resolutions have the force of law in all WA member nations, regardless of when they joined the WA. Using the WA forums, Civil Headquarters posts, and a variety of offsite forums; UN members can roleplay their national interests towards these laws that affect their nations.

The UN also has a number of standing WA Committees, some of which are managed by the WA Secretariat. Unlike the RL United Nations, the NS WA does not have a Secretary General. The NationStates United Nations is also forbidden from maintaining an army or directly intervening in wars, though its members are encouraged to aid each other in time of need.

As an alternative for roleplaying purposes, the nation of Sovereign WA Territory claims to head the WA. (Specifically, Catherine Gratwick claims to be secretary-general.) This is, however, only for roleplay possibilities when interacting with those who recognise them.

Whether the WA even exists in the realm of RP has been a subject of minor controversy among players of NS. While some International Incidents roleplayers claim the WA is merely a Gameplay instrument with few IC applications, numerous forum RPers (including Ariddia, Knootoss, Kelssek, Bazalonia and others) nonetheless acknowledge the WA as an extant NS institution.
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