How Does World Assembly

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The World Assembly (or WA) is the international political centre of NationStates. Membership in the World Assembly allows a nation to participate in areas of NationStates they wouldn’t otherwise have access to, such as raiding/defending gameplay and voting on General Assembly and Security Council resolutions. Multiple regions in the game also give special benefits to WA-enrolled nations that remain in their region and/or endorse their delegate. A delegate is someone who amplifies the region's position with a stronger vote, gained by earning the endorsements of WA nations within the region. As each player is only allowed to keep one nation enrolled in the World Assembly at a time, it is generally considered to most accurately reflect the number of people playing NationStates. A player's "main" nation is usually considered to be where they keep their WA membership when not actively participating in other activities.

Description

The World Assembly as an organisation is broken into two distinct branches, the General Assembly and the Security Council.

Click the "Apply to Join" button to enroll.

The General Assembly is the equivalent of the real life United Nations General Assembly, and oversees proposals that will affect international relations and overall regulations for member nations. The GA is considered to be an in-character body, and as such regional stats can be affected by the passage or repeal of resolutions. The Security Council is the equivalent of the real life United Nations Security Council, and votes mostly on gameplay matters including commending or condemning nations or regions and liberating regions. As this is a more out-of-character body, it is mostly concerned with achievement recognition and actions taken within the game.

Any member nation with two endorsements or more can submit proposals to either branch, and World Assembly delegates from each region can vote to approve those proposals. If 6% of delegates approve of a proposal, it will achieve quorum and be presented for a vote. Any nation enrolled in the World Assembly can vote on proposals. If the proposal passes, it is enacted immediately; any necessary stat adjustments or badges will be applied to the nations or regions in question.

Signing up for the World Assembly is a simple process. Go to the World Assembly page on NationStates and click the "Apply to Join" button featured in the screenshot to the right. A confirmation email will be sent to the email you registered with the account. Once you've confirmed it, you're in!

Regional

While the main intention of membership in the World Assembly is to vote on matters of international importance, the game has evolved to the point where there are plenty of regional benefits for enrolled nations as well. Having more World Assembly nations increases the security and visibility of a region, so many regions in the game offer benefits to those nations who reside in them.

Endorsing

Endorsing other nations is the easiest way to interact with the World Assembly within a region. It's also one of the most beneficial to a region overall. Every nation in a region gains two influence per day, with two more added on for every endorsement they've received. Influence is unique to each region, and accumulates over time. While a regional founder can eject and/or ban any nation from the region for free, any other regional officer with ban permissions must spend their regional influence to do so. By having nations with a lot of endorsements and influence, we are protected from a potential rogue regional officer or infiltration attempt.

Click this button to endorse your region-mates.

The regional delegate's vote on World Assembly resolutions is also more powerful based on the amount of votes they have, totalling out to the amount of endorsements they have plus one.

Once you're registered for the World Assembly, you'll likely notice notifications stating that other people in the region are endorsing you. You can (and should!) endorse them back. At the bottom of their nation page (which you can find by clicking on their name), you'll notice the button shown in the picture to the right. Once you click it, you're done! You're able to endorse as many nations as you want, and we encourage that you endorse all of them you can find.

If you're interested in going the extra mile and endorsing all of the eligible nations, there are two ways you can do so. The first is waiting for the next regional endotarting (a term which means everyone endorsing everyone else) challenge, where all WA nations will be listed. The second is seeking it out on this page. Every nation with a World Assembly symbol next to their name is a WA member and can be endorsed.

Member State Benefits

Because having nations with World Assembly membership brings so many benefits to a region, several regions provide benefits and incentives to those players who are willing to join up with that region and move in that nation. Refugia is no different in this regard. By enrolling in the World Assembly and residing in the region for seven days, a nation can become a Member State. While any nation with residency in Refugia is welcome and a total part of the community, Member States are the voting citizens, the Refugi.

The most obvious benefit Member States get is the ability to vote on regional referenda and elections that are held at Vote.CalRef. On the Discord server, this benefit also affords them the ability to chat about regional legislative and development matters on ground-floor, including developing and submitting their own amendment ideas. They are also able to be counted for endotarting and delegate-endorsing challenges held by the Councillor of Culture, where they can win cards or other prizes. These are often held over the course of one or two weeks.

Perhaps the most fun part of being a Member State is the ability to apply for a spot on the regional map, which has been slowly filled out since its original introduction on November 25, 2019.