The New Kingdom

Libertatis Regalis

The aftermath beyond that has been both good and bad. The most immediate beneficial effect was the fact that a person who was putting our own community at risk was no longer in it. Beyond that, many people were happy that long-awaited reforms, which had been held up in length debates previously, were finally able to be passed. This included the passage of a constitutional amendment to remove restrictions on concurrently serving in both the House of Representatives and Cabinet, which many believed to have hurt the government’s overall functioning. Of course, not all things were easy. Beyond the transfer of the forums and finding new recruitment methods, activity has fallen somewhat since the people who were banned were some of our more active members. The House, which at its peak was passing legislation every day and had nearly all its members actively engaged in voting and working on new legislation, has fallen a bit inactive, with legislation only being proposed by one of its members and the Founder.

The Cabinet to has been a bit quiet, although it’s still managed to keep up with its basic duties. Despite these hurdles, things have overall been going well for the region despite the loss of members and with more new members joining, many of whom are active, the Union seems to be doing okay and hopefully in time will be able to recover much of the activity which was lost.

Libertatis Regalis

Empire of Elysium

Lashnakia

This election was the first to implement the new changes brought by House Bill 33 so now, runners had to officially indicate for which party they were running for. There was only one candidate seeking the position of judge and it was Force Unity Party member Tigslarlowducken who had previously been defeated in the Court Election of last month by The Caminoes. For the House candidates, we saw some new faces with Force Unity Party member EGM and Democratic People’s Party member Silvedania running for their first office. Ex-Minister of Culture and House Representative and member of the DPP Qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm 1234567890- was the other House candidate.

Everything went according to the usual. Each candidate provided their answers during the Debate period and it was time to move on to the most important part. The voting. The voter turnout for the elections was pretty low probably due to the fact that they were not really super important elections and that the citizens didn’t felt obliged to go to the ballots. Also, due to having more available seats in the House than actual candidates, there wasn’t really any fight and everyone got elected without any objections. Tigslarlowducken also had similar results with 9 votes and only 1 abstention.

One week later, The Caminoes announced that he was leaving his position of Justice due to personal reasons and because of that, the second Court Election of this month was started. Chief Research Officer Great allegheny was the only one to present himself but due to him not answering the debate questions, he was disqualified and never went to the voting phase. Another Justice election has been called but we are still currently in the candidacy announcements part so we will have to wait to know more.

New Legland

United Soviet States Of Russian Empire

"Since signing the Hootship Treaty, Force and NWE have started to work on progress. Progress of course is defined by how people which to see it, which for Salibaic and myself is giving members of our community a great time. Whether that involve debates, Cabinet meetings, Treaties, or anything else the more y'all enjoy it the better. The Hootship Treaty was designed on the basis of the NWE "Friendship" class of Treaties but with the idea of actually following through with community events via the founding of The Corner. Another way that this Treaty has strengthened Force and NWE relations is by communication between Salibaic and myself. Both of us ironically came to power roughly the same way and believe in the same basic things: Making sure our people are happy, fixing up the region, and showing the region that it is ok to fire someone because they can't perform or something. Through this communication, many ideas have been shared and Salibaic has provided me with some bills that would assist in NWEs growth and I plan on returning the favor. As our regions continue to explore both government and community wise, I just simply ask for both regions to remember where we come from, and why not only should we remember the actions of our leaders, but also how we can improve as a region to increase forward progress. Thank you to Force for allowing this Treaty and the benefits it seeks to provide to be a reality."

The treaty consists of 4 main parts: Media, Roleplay, Mutual Intelligence, and Culture.

Under Media, it allows for each region's press (such as the Force Flyer) to report on each other’s region freely and post their respective articles and such like.

Under Roleplay, it permits anyone from either NWE or Force to be in each other's region RPs.

Under Mutual Intelligence it allows for Force to hand over information to the NWE on information pertaining to the NWE and vice versa.

Under Culture it creates a special discord named "The Corner" that is made to hold events between the two regions.

Salibaic

Renegalle

Sumeka, the current Minister of Foreign Affairs was appointed to be the replacement of Alemputo as Head of the Roleplay Committee. Sumeka had been the previous Head of the Committee before Alemputo but had been fired due to his inactivity at the time. The first thing that he did is that with the Committee that tried to find if someone had backups of the map. The Committee only managed to find backups of the political one which was good but they still missed the very important resources map. An announcement was then made to all roleplayers in the hope to find other backups and it paid off with Sensktramm sending the updated resource map that he had sent to his friend some weeks prior. The second thing Sumeka did was to purge the Roleplay Committee from inactive voters. In total, three members (Jam lung, Loomburg and Lashnakia) were removed and two of them were even later removed completely the Roleplay due to inactivity.

The Roleplay was not put on pause during this event and only one day after all this, a new fresh map made by newly appointed Deputy Head of the Committee Azerubia was released. Then some weeks after it was a new resource map that was made. Unfortunately, no backups of the height and biome map have been found so it will take a while before seeing them back. There were also a lot of new things added to the server such as news stations, an alliance channel and even a place to go if you need help.

Anyway, roleplay is currently doing very well and has some pretty active members. The first sports event was also organized as the First Force World Cup and it will be held in Azerubia. We also almost had our first big war with tensions between The Internationale and the World Extranational Economic Bloc almost erupting before calming down for a bit. Anyway, this roleplay is still pretty young and we are excited to see where the players will lead its path.

Azerubia

Sumeka

Sumeka and Azerubia have been working very diligently to ensure this expansion comes out in a timely manner, with Sumeka designing and drawing the continents, and Azerubia placing them on the map, as well as lots of brainstorming, discussion, and debate. They hope to have the update/expansion complete by June 8. If this expansion proves successful, Sumeka has stated that “...more expansions similar in scope will be added.” Further down the line will be the separation of MP from budget, which will make it entirely dependent on how much is spent on improving it, which will discourage AFK inactivity due to “It’ll rise on its own anyway”. Regardless, this update is looking like it will allow for some excellent RP and activity within the server.

Lashnakia

This election was the last one held without the new updated elections schedule introduced with Amendment 23. Amendment 23, which was sign into law on the 6th of June, introduces two new elections. General and midterm elections. Before, Prime Minister and House elections were held on the same month while Court elections were held on a different one. Now, the Court of the Union will now be elected during midterm elections with the capital’s House seats while the Prime Minister and the territories’ House seats will be elected during the general election, the most important of the two. For your information, general elections will be held in March, July and November while midterm elections will be held in January, May and September.

After the election was called, two candidacies were deposited which meant that even if the two were being elected, there would still be a missing Justice office that would need to be filled. Anyway, the two candidacies were incumbent Justice Tigslarlowducken and Governor Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia who had previously tried to become Justice in the last Court election but due to him failing to answer Debate questions he had been disqualified. After the three mandated days of candidacy announcements, people were ready to go to the next stage.

Due to House Speaker Lashnakia resigning, we had to wait for 4 days for former Deputy House Speaker Empire of Elysium to finally start the Debate stage. The Debate exists so that voters can know the policies of their possible candidates but also to know who’s actually serious about it because if you don’t answer them you are disqualified from the election. Anyhow, both candidates answered in the due time and it was time to pass onto the next phase.

Like most Court elections, the turnout was very low with only 6 people going to vote. In fact, the turnout was so low that the last time an official election had that much voters was in November 2019 Emergency House Election which had 6 voters but only 5 that had a valid ballot. The Force Flyer has found that most citizens do not go voting for Court elections due to them being non-important at their eyes since the Court is barely used in Force anyway. Nevertheless, all of the 6 voters voted in favour of each candidate making them both uncontested and easily elected.

Under the law, if there was a missing Justice in the Court following an election there were two choices. First, the House Speaker could call an Emergency Court Election to try and find a new candidate or the Founder could simply appoint someone. The second solution was the one chosen and on the 17th, Marcelli was appointed as Justice by Renegalle. Marcelli would also later become the current Chief Justice due to his experience at being one in the past.

Caduceo

Bennisia

United Soviet States Of Russian Empire

United Soviet States of Russian Imperial

New Legland

Cumcision

Empire of Elysium

Alludo

Azerubia

Suter

Salibaic

The Scottish Republic

Not long enough, there was a controversy concerning the Democratic People's Party. The DPP was by far the most influential and powerful party of Force and when its chairman and leader Salibaic announced that he would not run for Prime Minister for the general election, it left a big hole that needed to be filled. Azerubia, Sumeka and Bennisia were all candidates for the nomination. Azerubia quickly stood down and endorsed Sumeka after he was elected President of RGBN. Sumeka easily won the voting intentions poll but it was now time for the real election. Bennisia won the election 4 votes to 3 and so went on to get the nomination. As soon as he was elected, Bennisia was accused by Azerubia and Empire of Elysium of having committed cronyism and harassment to get the nomination. They said that Bennisia was going on and talking to every party member and offering them cabinet positions if they voted for him and even harassed a voter so that he would change his vote. They said they had proof of Bennisia doing cronyism but he replied that he was basically just campaigning and was doing nothing illegal, he also said that he didn't harass anyone and they were just completely wrong. There was also the fact that one voter wanted to vote for Sumeka but due to problems with the forums, he couldn't. That basically meant that both candidates would have had the same amount of votes which left a clear division in the party. The people that voted for Sumeka clearly didn't like Bennisia due to them not liking his policies on territories and more. They also didn't like the fact that just after he was unbanned from Force for voter fraud, he was already trying to become PM. That lead to a massive exodus of members with more than 6 people leaving the party (the party had around 12 members) and even the chairperson Salibaic left the party due to the toxicity that the primary caused. Due to deputy chairperson Azerubia also leaving, the role of chairperson was given to Bennisia. Most of the members that quit the party would go on to join the Force Unity Party or become independent, Salibaic and Azerubia even decided to create their own new party, the Federalist Party, which is a party in favour of giving more rights to the territories.

The Force Flyer would also like to remind you that while preparing for this election, please inform yourself by looking at the candidates' and parties' policies before choosing your vote. Currently, the only candidate having released a program is Caduceo, we don't know if the other candidates wil release programs but Texas said he wanted to wait for a debate to release it, also parties have manifestos that you should definitely check. Here's the Federalist Party manifesto, Force Unity Party manifesto and Democratic People's Party manifesto. You should also wait for the Debate, with a capital D, to start on the forums because that is mostly where candidates will reveal their policies. The Force Flyer is also planning to organize a debate between candidates on the Force discord server so stay tuned. We also want to remind you that the people that put the most efforts in their campaigning aren't necessarily the best choices and that policies should always come first.

The first concrete step we took to do this was the appointment of Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia (also known as Nevertheless and the current Chief Research Officer), on June 11, as Governor of Power. So far, he’s grown the previously inactive region from just one nation to 10, with plans in future to increase both that and the WA population (although progress has been admittedly slow, partially because of the well-known summer lull). He’s also started API Recruitment to help ensure the longevity of any population gains and hopefully in future, a steady population increase.

Then just a few days later, on June 15, Chundukeratopia (a former Minister at one point and former high profile member of the now-defunct alliance, the SCUT) was appointed as Governor of Canterbury. Since then, they too have started API Recruitment and begun the construction of new government institutions, including a Constitution for the region. Canterbury is a unique territory, due to its history. Prior to becoming part of the Union (and being refounded), Canterbury was a prominent region in the defunct interregional alliance known as the SCUT. It had its own government, complicated regional politics (which at one point resulted in a coup), and an amazing culture. After the SCUT went inactive and Canterbury itself did too, many of the region’s members came to Force, where almost all of them would assume prominent positions. The Chariot, a former member, became Deputy PM, Minister of Defense, a member of the Court, a House Rep., and ran a nearly successful PM campaign. New Legland, the current Deputy Prime Minister and World Assembly Delegate, who also once served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, was a highly prominent member of Canterbury who for the latter part of the region’s history controlled the Founder account. Chundukeratopia, the aforementioned Governor of Canterbury, who was also a former member, has also served in important positions in Force, including Minister of Internal Affairs. Due to this unique history that Canterbury has, a special focus has been made on honoring this. That includes the Governor inviting former citizens back to the region, the revival of the Discord server (the same one that once served the region when it was sovereign), and the naming of certain institutions, such as the Femoral Council, to honor regional icons.

Again on June 15, another major step forward was made for the territories. RGBN began its first election in a while, while after several days, resulted in the election of Suter (also known as Azerubia, the current Minister of Communications) as President. RGBN was different from most other territories, in that it had a stable population and a somewhat active government. Even then though, it suffered from chronic inactivity, which led its incumbent president to withdraw from the election race just prior to its conclusion. Since Suter’s election on the 20th, he has rearranged the Cabinet and added a new member to it as well as making a serious effort to revitalize the RMB’s RP, which drove much of the region’s historical activity. In his time so far, the region’s population has remained stable, at about 35. RGBN, similar to Canterbury, also had a history prior to joining the Union. As a sovereign region, it was Force’s first embassy (after The Embassy) and one of its members made Force’s first RMB post. Its members were always courteous and friendly in their interactions with us and they had a very active RP and lively discussion, which at one point helped their population surpass 130. Unfortunately, the region became inactive and at one point, when its population had gone into the single digits, announced they were shutting down. Luckily, we took notice of this and their Founder agreed to join the Union, in exchange for us doing our best to revitalize the region and increase their population. Ever since, they’ve been a Union territory and now hold the highest classification besides the capital, which makes them a state.

Finally, some changes happened in Heart. While the region hasn’t been extremely active since First Minister Salibaic became the Union’s PM, it has maintained a steady level of RMB engagement and First Minister Empire of Elysium has started doing manual recruitment in hopes of gaining new members. In addition, there is word of a potential change in leadership soon, which could potentially help increase the region’s engagement.

Beyond the appointment of new leadership and building of institutions, a territorial reform law (Amendment 25 to the Constitution) came into effect after periods of voting by the House and citizenry concluded on the 29th. The amendment shifted responsibility for the territories away from the Office of the Prime Minister (who term after term has shown itself incapable of effectively dealing with both the capital and the other territories) and to a newly created office, that of High Commissioner. The High Commissioner, unlike the PM, is appointed by the Founder. They are charged with appointing viceroys to each state (and other important territories) in order to coordinate the flow of information (news, events, elections, etc) and work to deal with issues that the territories face. The Prime Minister is still the leader of the Union, but their role has now changed to that of inter-union cooperation, rather than direct intervention. Some other changes were made in the amendment, including adding special classifications of territories which previously existed but weren’t formally recognized by law, such as Military Occupations. Finally, Territorial Law was recognized as its own form of law. They cannot contradict, amend, or suspend federal law, but only House Law and the Constitution can contradict, amend, or suspend them. Executive Law, the type of law created by the PM or Founder, can continue to do things it could before, such as appoint Governors to non-state territories but can no longer affect territorial law. This creates a special separation of powers and helps to achieve a more equitable federal system. In case of conflict between federal and territorial laws, the Court has the ability to strike down those which are illegal.

Throughout the Union’s history, territories have played an important, but understated role. They have supplied us with some of our most capable leaders and engaged citizens, contributed to our laws and reforms that we’ve undergone, and continue to play an important role in Union politics. In recognition of this, these actions have been taken in order to promote the further development of the territories, elevate their status, and ensure cohesion in what is, after all, a Union.

I don't think it's an overstatement to say that Pride Month in Force was much more extravagant this year than it was last year, with 80 nations more inside the region than it was last June, the celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies were much more vocal and impactful. In fact - last time I wrote about Pride Month I was able to enumerate the few people who changed their Discord profile pictures to various Pride variants, but now - so much people did it that I can barely list them! You know who you are, so good job 🏳️‍🌈

We also got a couple of fancy new Pride Month variants of the different flags being displayed across the Territories that make up the Union of Force. Force got a new design (because the one I made last year would literally burn your eyes out from all the bright colors :P), and so did the states of Heart and RGBN. Not only that, but the Force World Factbook Entry had a little change in the motto displayed - "Freedom, Justice, Reasonably Priced Love, and Freedom To Love" - which proudly stayed on the WFE for the duration of the month. Even the two major political parties of the Union - the Democratic People's Party and the Force Unity Party - had rebrands in their respective logos in celebration of the event, the DPP styled a rainbow background and the phrase "Love Wins" on top of their Snowy Owl, and the FUP logo waved a Pride Flag instead of their usual orange flag. Indeed, this month was one of the best experiences I've ever experienced - where I and the other members of both the LGBTQIA+ community and the Union of Force truly enjoyed just hanging out and talking freely and openly; And so in the spirit of embracing this wonderful community I am a part of, I sincerely thank all of you for giving me and everyone else such a warm and comfortable atmosphere to truly be ourselves in, not only during Pride Month but any other day as well.

It was truly a breath of fresh air for many of us - because in these times we need each other more than anything else. In times where it's dangerous to simply leave our homes; In times where injustice and discrimination are violently displayed; In times where people are forcibly and constantly divided - but in these dark times are also when the light is brighter than ever, for in these times are selflessness and kindness keeping us strong; in these times are when our voices sound louder together; in these times are when love matters most. Pride Month 2020 has helped amplify the beauty in humanity that is now often overshadowed - and we need to keep being the light even as Pride Month comes to an end. Be thankful, be loving, be human. This has been Caduceo greeting you a wonderful and beautiful Pride Month 🧡

Azerubia

Kingdom of Adlandia

Heonix

Pyrwen

Renegalle

Greatest Elysium

Niemaa

Salibaic

United Nations of Colombia

Silvedania

Sumeka

Matria Union

Tigslarlowducken

Illyrus

The group stage started off pretty calmly with no real stress since only one nation in each group was going to be eliminated after the end of the group stage. The unlucky winners were Pyrwen, Greatest Elysium, Silvedania and Illyrus. Silvedania lost all of its games due to them forfeiting after the player decided to quit the roleplay while the tournament was ongoing, Illyrus and Greatest Elysium both managed to get one point due to ties but that wasn't enough for them to qualify and Pyrwen, even though he won one game, was behind Azerubia and Adlandia by one point and couldn't qualify. In contrast to them, Heonix, Dragvir, Niemaa and Sumeka had managed to be top one of their competition and so had the right to pass the first round.

The first round of the final stage saw the nations of United Nations of Colombia, Matria Union, Tigslarlowducken and Appalachia all get eliminated respectively by Renegalle, Adlandia, Azerubia and Salibaic. It was at this point that the competition really kicked off. People started cheering for their team to win, were disappointed when they were eliminated and whenever the daily matches results were revealed, people started talking about them. Even some news sources of some nations started talking about the event and people had really been starting to be excited to see the results. The second round was a surprise as all the frontrunners of the group stage were eliminated except Niemaa who managed to eliminate the host and their biggest rival, Azerubia, 2 to 0. We were now on to the semifinals. Renegalle would be against Adlandia and Niemaa would be the opponent of Salibaic. Both Renegalle and Salibaic managed to come out on top and sent the losers to the bronze final. Niemaa was the one to win against Adlandia 3 to 2 in overtime and we were now onto the big final. Results haven't yet been released in RP but the Force Flyer can now announce to you that Salibaic has defeated Renegalle 4 to 2 and is now the World Champion. Salibaic will also receive the $10 billion cash prize that was promised to the winner and he will be able to use it for whatever does he wants.