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by The Regional Nation of The Northern Light. 10 years 2 days ago. 10,167 reads.

Benefits

WA Development Program

Overview · Join the World Assembly · Become a Keeper · Exchange endorsements · Vote on resolutions · Statistics · Benefits · Card lottery · Security Council

TL;DR: Get top spots and win shinies for your nation!
~ Distinguish yourself in exclusive regional censuses.
~ Win regional awards every month.
~ Complete your collection of lifetime achievements.

Participating in The North Pacific (TNP) WA Development Program (WADP) is a great way to win unique trophies for your nation. These come in two flavors: monthly awards and lifetime achievements. Monthly awards are published at the end of each month through special dispatches, and they go to TNP nations that have, during the month, excelled in various metrics relating to the WADP. We also publish special award volumes, in order to celebrate various occasions with one-of-a-kind awards. lifetime achievements are earned by TNP nations that reach various milestones relating to the WADP, most of which require long-term WADP-related activity throughout the nation's time in the region. While you can win the same monthly award multiple times, you can only win each lifetime achievement once.

Additionally, we maintain a series of regional censuses. These work very similarly to the world censuses of NationStates (NS), except that they are exclusive to TNP: every day, all WA nations in TNP are ranked, based on metrics related to the WADP. These censuses are directly tied to specific monthly awards and lifetime achievements. Therefore, you can use them to improve your chances of winning awards at the end of the month, or track your progress towards winning the next lifetime achievement. More broadly, you can use the censuses for friendly competition with your TNP neighbors, and to increase your nation's prestige by scoring top spots.

Last but not least, we gift a large number of trading cards to TNP nations that are active in the WADP, including everyone that wins monthly awards. If you are interested in increasing the value of your card collection, make sure to check out the WADP card lottery!

Awards, achievements, censuses, and card rewards are a small token of our appreciation for the hard work of all TNP nations that, by joining the World Assembly, becoming Keepers of the north, exchanging WA endorsements, and voting on WA resolutions, make our region more powerful, secure, and exciting. Thanks a lot!

Note that the Delegate and members of the Security Council are excluded from the monthly awards, and members of the North Pacific Army are excluded from the monthly awards, lifetime achievements, and regional censuses.

Regional Censuses

Below is a list of the WADP regional censuses, along with information about how the corresponding rankings are computed.

~ Endorsements Given.

Nations are ranked based on the number of WA nations in TNP they have currently endorsed. You can improve your ranking in the census by making sure you endorse as many nations as you can.

~ Monthly Clout.

Nations are ranked based on their clout so far this month. This is equal to the number of endorsements given to other TNP nations, accumulated over the current month. You can improve your ranking in the census by making sure that you consistently maintain a large number of endorsed WA nations.

~ Monthly WA Votes.

Nations are ranked based on the number of WA votes they have cast during the current month while in TNP. You can improve your ranking in the census by making sure that you consistently vote on WA resolutions.

~ Monthly Endorsement Increase.

Nations are ranked based on the increase, since the end of the previous month, in the number of endorsements they have given to other nations in TNP. You can improve your ranking in the census by making sure you endorse as many nations as you can at any given month.

~ Maximum Endorsements Given.

Nations are ranked based on the maximum number of WA nations in TNP they have endorsed, throughout their time in TNP. You can improve your ranking in the census by making sure you endorse as many nations as you can.

~ Total Clout.

Nations are ranked based on their clout throughout their time in TNP. This is equal to the number of endorsements given to other TNP nations, accumulated over time your nations has been in TNP. You can improve your ranking in the census by making sure that you consistently maintain a large number of endorsed WA nations.

~ Keeper Service.

Nations are ranked based on their Keeper service, measued as the total number of days they have maintained Keeper of the North status. You can improve your ranking in the census by making sure that your nation is always among the Keepers of the North.

~ Total WA Votes.

Nations are ranked based on the total amount of WA votes they have cast while in TNP. You can improve your ranking in the census by making sure that you consistently vote on WA resolutions.

~ WA Residency.

Nations are ranked based on their WA residency. This is equal to the total number of days they have spent as WA members while in TNP. You can improve your ranking in the census by making sure to always have a WA nation in TNP.

~ WADP Participation.

Nations are ranked based on their WADP participation. This is equal to the total number of WADP awards they have won while in TNP. You can improve your ranking in the census by making sure to participate in the WADP.

Note that the above regional censuses only rank TNP nations that are WA members. If your nation is not in the WA, you can read here about why it should be.

Monthly Awards

These awards are published at the end of each month, and go to TNP nations that had the top performance during that month in various metrics relating to the WADP. Below is a list of the different award categories, along with details about how to win them.

~ Click-to-endorse Awards: These awards go to the nations that have the largest number of endorsements given at the end of each month. They come in three levels: Champion, Top-10, and Top-50. You can use the Endorsements Given census to track your progress towards winning this award.

~ Clout Awards: These awards go to the nations that have maintained the largest average number of endorsements given during each month. They come in three levels: Champion, Top-10, and Top-50. You can use the Monthly Clout census to track your progress towards winning this award.

~ Rising Star Awards: These awards go to the nations that have the largest monthly increase of endorsements given at the end of each month. They come in three levels: Champion, Top-10, and Top-50. You can use the Monthly Endorsement Increase census to track your progress towards winning this award.

~ Keeper of the Month Awards: These awards go to nations that have been Keepers of the North without interruption during each month. These awards were known as "Safekeeper Awards" until April 2017, and as "Keeper of the North Awards" until August 2018.

~ Vote Early Vote Often Awards: These awards go to the nations that have cast the largest number of votes on WA resolutions during each month. You can use the Monthly WA Votes census to track your progress towards winning this award.

~ New WA Member Shout-outs: These awards go to nations that have joined the WA during each month.

The following are former monthly awards that are no longer being given out as part of the WADP.

Name	Awards	Dates awarded	Awarded for
"We the Citizens" Award		December 2014 - March 2017	The "We the Citizens" Awards were given out to nations that had endorsed all citizens with WA nations at the time an award volume was published.

Anniversary Awards

Every December, we publish a special awards volume, to celebrate the anniversary of the Link launch of the WADP on Decembr 8th, 2014. Anniversary awards go to TNP nations that had the top performance during the previous year in various metrics relating to the WADP. Additionally, anniversary awards change every year. Below is a table of the awards used for previous WADP anniversaries.

Anniversary	Click-to-Endorse	Clout	We-the-Citizens	Safekeeper	Champion	Vote Early Vote Often	Participation
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5

Lifetime Achievements

These achievements are won by TNP nations as they reach milestones in various metrics relating to the WADP. Below is a list of the different achievement categories, along with details about how to win them.

~ Click-to-endorse Achievements: These achievements are based on the maximum number of endorsements given to others a nation has achieved throughout their time in TNP. You can use the Maximum Endorsements Given census to track your progress towards winning this achievement.

copper: 1 endorsements	bronze: 200 endorsements	silver: 400 endorsements	gold: 600 endorsements	platinum: 800 endorsements	titanium: 1000 endorsements

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~ Clout Achievements: These achievements are based on the total clout a nation has accumulated throughout their time in TNP. You can use the Total Clout census to track your progress towards winning this achievement.

copper: 1000 clout	bronze: 100000 clout	silver: 200000 clout	gold: 300000 clout	platinum: 400000 clout	titanium: 500000 clout

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~ Keeper Service Achievements: These achievements are based on the total days a nation has maintained Keeper of the North status throughout their time in TNP. You can use the Keeper Service census to track your progress towards winning this achievement.

copper: 1 day	bronze: 30 days	silver: 90 days	gold: 180 days	platinum: 270 days	titanium: 360 days

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~ Vote Early Vote Often Achievements: These achievements are based on the total number of votes on WA resolutions a nation has cast throughout their time in TNP. You can use the Total WA Votes census to track your progress towards winning this achievement.

copper: 1 votes	bronze: 10 votes	silver: 25 votes	gold: 50 votes	platinum: 75 votes	titanium: 100 votes

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~ WA Residency Achievements: These achievements are based on the total days a nation has been a World Assembly member throughout their time in TNP. You can use the WA Residency census to track your progress towards winning this achievement.

copper: 1 day	bronze: 30 days	silver: 90 days	gold: 180 days	platinum: 270 days	titanium: 360 days

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~ WADP Participation Achievements: These achievements are based on the total number of WADP awards a nation has won throughout their time in TNP. You can use the WADP Participation census to track your progress towards winning achievements in this category.

copper: 1 award	bronze: 10 awards	silver: 20 awards	gold: 30 awards	platinum: 40 awards	titanium: 50 awards

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I won something! What do I do now?

Congratulations! Now it's time to show off. A great way to do so is by creating a dispatch from your nation especially for showcasing your hard-earned awards and achievements. Every time a new award volume is published, or every time you win a new achievement, you can update your dispatch to include your new trophies, then boast about it on the Regional Message Board (always with measure of course) in order to collect approvals ("upvotes") and invite friendly competition.

If you do not have much experience making dispatches, you can read here about the fundamentals and look here for a basic template to get you started. Of course, you do not actually have to format your awards dispatch like this template. Let your imagination run wild!

In addition to the above, if you have an account on the Link regional forum, you should make sure to display your WADP awards and achievements in your signature, for all your regionmates to admire.

Award Volumes

Below is a list of the award volumes (monthly and anniversary) published so far.

Volume 105, February 2023 (Part 2)

Volume 105, February 2023 (Part 1)

Volume 103, January 2023

Volume 102, November 2022 (Part 2)

Volume 102, November 2022 (Part 1)

Volume 101, October 2022 (Part 2)

Volume 101, October 2022 (Part 1)

Volume 101, November 2022 (Part 2)

Volume 101, November 2022 (Part 1)

Volume 100, September 2022 (Part 2)