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Welcome to the Vice Presidential debate: Trekinstan, New reiji, Lanaograd, and The xii legion fulminata. The debate will be starting soon. If you are unable to answer at question you can always catch up when you come on. Debate questions will come out periodically after answering questions we allow for debate between the candidates as well. Please keep the debate civil and show why you are the best candidate for the job.

Trekinstan

Alright

New reiji

Good luck everyone

The xii legion fulminata

Bet

Free Azell

First question of the debate: Why do you believe you are the best candidate for the position of Vice President?

New reiji

(This will be similar like I said the last time) I have been working in the URA for the past several months and I have a understanding with how the system here. I was a former Head of Recruiter (but unfortunately I have to leave early). I have worked in almost all the council in URA and other regions. I have also have experience managing organizations and I basic my opinion on other people before making important decisions with legislation. I'm a fast learner and have good communication skills which is important as VP.

The xii legion fulminata

Since last election, I've been involved in a number of controversies and incidents that may turn off voters. However, despite my infamy and bluntness, I keep coming back, because I care for this community. I tried motivating myself to join the Judicial Committee, tried to help create a Judicial System worthy of the URA. Alas my motivation was broken after the heart breaking VP July Election, when I lost by one vote. I was bitter, not only because I lost by one measly vote, but on top of that our current VP was idle his entire term, not even fulfilling a single promise or even introducing a single change in our Government. I plan to change that, if you give me this one chance to prove I can do good for the URA as the right hand man of the President.

Lanaograd

I am quite sure everyone has their own positive points to consider, and their contributions to the alliance have to be taken into account. I am glad to be able to take part in these debates in such a contested and all important position. For my part, I believe the understanding of the Vice President's scope and limitations is a factor for the voters, and even non-voters, to look at. It is a supportive role for whole of government, and if elected, I will do my best to support the alliance. This role may not always bask in the sunlight, but if anyone should be prepared to do the ground work of assisting government initiatives and be on top of the politics to help facilitate interagency functions, it would be the Vice President. My campaign for an inclusive and sustainable growth, strong and consensus-building WA bloc, and anticipatory and stable defense program exemplifies this understanding. I believe my credentials were only modest and nothing spectacular compared to the other candidates. In my 8 years in NS, I have been Vice President first in Global Enterprise, before moving to the Philippines. My first position there was Foreign Affairs Minister. I also had a stint as Vice President. My current service is Regional Affairs Minister. In the URA, I am Head of Public Affairs and part of the Resolutions Writing Committee.

Trekinstan [Retroactively]

While I don't have any experience with working for URA, I do have a good track record, Have been involving in regions actively, I'm pretty good in terms of learning from mistakes or communication, I might need to improve my management, but I can quickly overcome this challenge, I feel like I might bring new ideas to the table as well, overall I still may have some shortcomings but I can learn from them easily.

Free Azell

Remember Candidates you can catch up on questions if you fall behind in the debate. I am moving to the next question for the VP Candidates. In addition debate between candidates is encouraged as well.

What are the top 3 areas of improvement needed in the URA in the next 6 months

FYI to candidates due to the number of questions we have for the VP candidates the next question will be released in a few hours.

The xii legion fulminata

Three things I want to work on during my term are the Judicial System, generating activity in URA with fun events, and last but certainly not least is reduce bureaucracy within the URA. I won't be as extreme as I was during the October election, but I certainly want to streamline certain tasks and give positions meaning.

New reiji

1. Increase Activities Here: URA have been kinda dry and to a expense "dead". With a lot of region active leaving the URA with different reasons. I want me and the president to (at least) in courage activity.
2. I want to work on the Judicial System as well, I really don't have a role it first began but I do want to help finish the Judicial System that work the better of the URA.
3. I want to fix the Council System. I personally do not believe the council is here working at their highest quality. But I don't to redesigned the system just improve and want to encourage citizens to come help with the councils.

Lanaograd

I would like to reiterate my threefold vision for the alliance.

1. Inclusive and sustainable growth

In its first year, the URA experienced significant growth, but mainly because it had to start from down up. Since then, it has become an alliance where 3 of the 30 plus member regions comprise more than 50 percent of the internal vote. For an alliance that heralds the rights and the importance of small- and medium-sized regions, it is gradually transforming into an institution that appears more accommodating to the larger regions. While it is recognized that the alliance will benefit in attracting the large regions to raise our international profile, we cannot neglect the need for caring and progress among those who are already our member regions. Our average WA membership has since declined from 39 per region in July 2020 to 25 in December 2020, which probably suggests a reevaluation of our collective growth goals. Inclusivity also translates to agreement in our essential and core values. Being an alliance of diversity, there can be issues where conflicts may arise, and can potentially affect perception of our portfolio within the circles of the aggrieved. If elected, I will be a proponent in the Alliance Cabinet to pursue inclusive and sustainable growth for the URA.

2. Strong and consensus-building World Assembly bloc

As an emerging WA voting and drafting bloc, we need to strengthen and streamline our processes to ensure that we can be an alliance that could effectively and efficiently demonstrate our positions in key resolutions and issues. We also have to continue pursuing ties with other regions and alliances which may be of benefit to our agenda. In relation to this, we must also work in actively promoting WA membership among our member nations, highlighting both its regional and individual importance. If elected, I will be a proponent to create a strong and consensus-building World Assembly bloc out of the URA.

3. Anticipatory and stable defense program

With the formation of the URA Armed Forces, the alliance has the opportunity to be more proactive in the defense of its member regions. Extended deterrence suggests we have to expand our ties with similarly proactive alliances and regions who could help in our defense policy. To further stress this point, the Philippines, being a founderless region for years, have maintained what was called a "force in being" - a standing force that is always defending, even in times of peace. This principle can be implemented in a larger context with dedicated WA members installed among the member regions of the alliance, building essential influence, actively monitoring potential security threats on the ground, and ensuring that tomorrow there will be allies who can operate effectively for protection, especially in times of vulnerability. This will also help in the assessment of focus areas that may need more immediate action than others. However, it is recognized that a broad-front strategy such as this would require enlarging the military and conscientiously positioning our vital assets, an objective that may well be met in integration with the other platforms cited. If elected, I will be a proponent to maintain an anticipatory and stable defense program.

As I always say as regional representative of the Philippines, government work cannot be seen with silo mentality. Every effort is at its core interagency work, whether there are many or few institutions to deal with. We therefore have to keep in mind that working together is the name of the game.

Trekinstan [Retroactively]

1. More involvement from the regions population, like RP and stuff to make this place a more active place.
2. A long-term goverment system.
3. Growth and Defence of the URA.

Free Azell

So we don't run out of time for questions here is the next one! What is the biggest difference between you and your opponents?

New reiji

I am definitely the underdog in this election and Lanaograd and The xii legion fulminata have been here longer than I have. And most likely is what the voting have they eye on. Either Legion controversial last 6 months or Lanaograd public affairs run. But that's means I have to work harder than them.

Lanaograd

You are more confident of my chances than I am, New reiji. Anyway, I hope our differences would not be that big, but if there were, I think it would be our perspective on government functions. I have before raised the principle of maximum benefit, minimum compliance, wherein we have core members maintaining alliance work, while keeping the field open for expansion to other willing members. We have to understand that not all would have the luxury of time and energies to serve the myriad of functions our alliance needs. This provides for an open yet slim bureaucracy. We would not just have to work hard, we have to work smart, too.

The xii legion fulminata

Well, the biggest and most obvious difference between me and my opponents is the controversies I get myself into. I can be... passionate about certain topics, to a fault. However, while it may surprise some people, I've been working at letting bygones be bygones and focusing on myself and the future of the URA, which is looking brighter by the day. New reiji despite being newer than Lanao and myself, had proven to be a hardworking person, and shows a lot of promise in his future here. As for Lanaograd, he has more hands on experience on the inner workings of the URA Government, having served as HoPA this past term.

Lanaograd

Thank you for the kind word The xii legion fulminata. I do hope we can expect better things to come for the alliance's future.

Trekinstan

Generally being new, but being new isn't something bad, new people can bring new ideas and these ideas might be better than the old. I might be the last placer, but at least I tried. I will be the true underdog and I am not really confident in my chances.

Orca and Narwhal

Here's a voter submitted one: What will you do to fight fascism? What are examples of policies you would implement regarding this?

Trekinstan

I will be looking out for any regions that have fascist characteristics. I won't be including those people if verified, I'll be simply kicking or banning them, targeting any users that are really suspicious that is. I will be studying and looking out for any fascist behaviours even in our own regions, while working with the regions representatives and managers.

The xii legion fulminata

Fascism is an unpopular belief, and for very good reason. It's a hateful belief that can cause harm. However, it is important to note that not all fascists are evil people who spread hatred everywhere they go. Some are genuinely good people, albeit with an unorthodox belief. It's vital for this alliance to be tolerant of most beliefs, because that is what our alliance is about. A union where all regions can come together to form this community. Without the connection from the other side of the aisle, are we really a fully diverse alliance? Or do we just pick and choose what kind of diversity we want?

New reiji

While working in the Recruitment Council. We did not accept region with Extreme Ideology and will continue to do that. So policies for Fascism is going to be no tolerance for ALL extreme political ideology, not just Fascism and I if find everyone here that's Fascism(or with any extreme ideology) will be removed for the URA no question ask.

Lanaograd

I believe the supportive role of the Vice President has to be reiterated here as context to what policies could be implemented to keep out extreme ideologies and principles, fascism included. But just as a moot and academic point to consider. The opposite of total state control in authoritarian and totalitarian regimes may well be found among anarchists, or those who believe in the abolition of the state. Communist and socialist regimes still resemble a form of government, as articulated by Lenin's vanguard party or Mao's New Democracy. And what of red fascists, for instance, which concept emerged to describe the authoritarian tendencies of the communist regime? Again, that is besides the issue at hand, complex as the political spectrum as may be. I believe my personal perspective on moderation and centrism has been demonstrated enough to show my stand in such issues. As much as we as an alliance should be inclusive and open to diversity, we have to be vigilant in spotting potentially damaging elements and deal with them preemptively in accordance to anticipatory governance. We can be friends to all without necessarily discarding our core values and principles as an alliance.

Orca and Narwhal

What would be your single biggest priority if elected?

The xii legion fulminata

At first, I thought getting the Judicial System up and running would be my main priority if I were elected. In hindsight, I don't think the current priority should be a Judicial system. No one has been tried by Civil or Criminal matters since almost May of last year, and at the time seemed like a very big oversight from the Alliance. However, it seemed to be a one-off scenario, and the likelyhood of something of the sort happening again are extremely slim. Now, with that being said, I think my main focus would be to foment and build a stronger community in the URA. Right now the URA is as active and proactive as it has been since its inception. As VP, I want to build upon that activity, with more events for the Community to reenforce the strong bonds that have been formed over the past year. Furthermore, I want to be able to incorporate the newer regions so that their members feel welcome, sort of like Icebreakers. Currently, Members of new regions who do join probably don't even know they just joined this big alliance of regions, which is why we don't see new members often in the #general-discussion [Discord channel]. I want to change that, because we could be missing out on members like New Reiji, who are up and coming members of the alliance with loads of potential and drive that this alliance needs for it to prosper for years to come.

New reiji

My biggest priority will be to increase activity in the URA. Since I have returned back to the URA. It's has be quiet and with a lot of active region leaving or losing activity. The events that we host is working, but I believe they not working enough. URA don't feel like a Community like it once was, it just something to do and leave once we're do. There are no experience to behold here anymore. I want all future leader need to be more friendly to new region and more open with own ideas and personality so the citizens don't feel like outsider to their leaders. We also need to find new way to create more active in the URA, so it's don't die in the next few months.

Lanaograd

While it would be difficult to single out any one priority, I believe I must reiterate the principle of maximum benefits, minimum compliance. More than activity or making our presence felt, which may be perceived as caring or just plain annoying depending on the audience, we have to emphasize what it really meant for them to be part of the alliance. As a WA bloc, we increase the participation and the voice of small- and medium-sized regions, as well as uphold their rights and welfare in the international stage. We have to show that our mutual defense is effective and efficient. Remove the regional anxiety of being raided for standing up for our principles, or just being out there with no particular reason. We have to help our member regions grow their influence, for if every one of us progresses, so does the alliance as a whole. And in the entire process, we should not be too hard on those who may be unable to be as active as we expect them to be, especially among new member regions. I believe it will come when they realize the results we have been producing are helpful both ways. The essence of participatory governance in virtual organizations such as ours is to be more accommodating and less restricting. As long as we have a core group manning the helm and sustaining operations, we can attract more talent and expand the alliance. Willingness and intent is not built overnight, but we can hope to develop them through time and commitment.

Trekinstan [Retroactively]

Making this alliance important to the average regional citizen, basically increasing activity in Roleplay and events, this is a major issue and I feel that the average citizen in a region within the URA doesn't really care about URA politics. URA is for me just a dead place and I really want to change that

Free Azell

A big theme of other debates establishing real and tight relations with current URA member regions. Do you agree and how would you go about making this a reality?

Lanaograd

I think it would depend on how tightness of relations should be defined. If there are quantitative measures to go about it, then maybe we could start drafting some metrics for them. But as I said earlier, we have to find balance in regional and alliance affairs. We can only do so much especially if we have a non-intervention policy. We cannot even have all alliance members to establish embassies with each other. This discretion on the part of the individual regional governments exist, and so we may have to satisfy ourselves with the principle of maximizing benefits and minimizing compliance if we do not want to alienate those who cannot be as active as expected.

And of course, that also means tailor fitting these benefits. Every region has its own unique set of needs.

Trekinstan

I agree in every single way, this goes hand in hand with my policies for activity, mostly being community events and roleplay, more advertising of the alliance might help to attract the average alliance citizen, this will help establishing relations for members and citizens from the regions in the alliance, I also want to cooperate with the regional governments and help regions with their issues, an alliance army shared might help with defence and can also help for ties between us and our regions.

New reiji

I agree with tight relations with URA members regions, since the URA has become less active and listing members. It's the best thing to do first after the elections are over. To have a more connect and cooperate in the URA

The xii legion fulminata [Retroactively]

Not only is this important, it is paramount. Take the AA for example. Before its inception, all of the regions in it were absolutely different from each other. They each stuck out like a sore thumb, in fact. However, because of Augustin's commitment to making these regions stick closely and form good relations with one another, it's almost impossible to imagine these regions not being in the AA. While it is important for the sovereignty of each region in the URA to be protected, I hope for a future where we can have the same level of union as the AA has.

Orca and Narwhal

Final Question: Which candidate do you support to become President?

Trekinstan

I am currently supporting Suvmia because of his policies and for collaboration. Most of his policies line with me, mostly in activity, communication is also important, being both citizens of TDR, He seems the most experienced being president with currently being president, cabinet member and admin. I trust him the most out of all candidates and I pledge my support to him.

New reiji

Umm that's a very hard Question. But I'm the most likely to Support to be Allangoria isles but Suvmia is a good choice as well. But I have worked with Allangoria isles for most of my career here. I help him with St. Addy and I agree with most of his policies and I believe he's the most likely to create a better URA. Suvmia I miss half of he's VP and Presidential Runs (for too different reasons). But have done a good job and I agree with he's policies as well. But I haven't seen to work with him that often and I do see him as a little less "friendlier" than Allangoria isles. But I he's my second choice.

Lanaograd

Perhaps regardless of who gets elected as President, we will have to work together for a sustainable and innovative URA considering the interagency nature of our alliance operations. Notwithstanding the fact that this question might sound like soliciting an indirect endorsement from among the candidates, I believe I cannot single out any one candidate as preference. Most of the positions this election cycle are particularly close races. We will have to defer to the wisdom and conscience of our alliance members on this.

The xii legion fulminata

I will be very frank. It's not that I don't want to support any candidate for the Presidency. I believe there are some candidates there who are worthy and are prepared to take the mantle. However, it is important to note that no matter how many endorsements or pledges we personally do, there isn't a complete guarantee that the candidate I support will win. I don't want to be at odds with another candidate just because I didn't support them. Trust me, I know that all to well. I work for the President, and by supporting a rival, it could potentially be detrimental to our relationship.

Free Azell

Candidate can now make closing statements if they choose.

Lanaograd

I suppose there is nothing much to say than to convey my thanks. Maraming salamat! This campaign has been long and hard. The candidates did what they can. After the election, my hope is that we continue to work together and foster the relations we have as fellow alliance members.

Welcome to the Presidential debate: Suvmia, Maricoen, The pir, and Allangoria isles.
The debate will be starting soon. If you are unable to answer at question you can always catch up when you come on. Debate questions will come out periodically after answering questions we allow for debate between the candidates as well. Please keep the debate civil and show why you are the best candidate for the job.

Free Azell

Lets kick of the Presidential debate with this question: Why are you the best candidate to lead the URA?

Maricoen

I think I am the best candidate to lead the URA for many reasons. First, I have held many positions in my home region of New Eastern Europe and formally Eastern Europe. These positions include a vice-governor in EE, the founder of NEE, the co-discord director of NEE, and just recently I have been appointed by the newly elected Prime Minister of NEE for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs. Second, in the URA I'm a member of the Public Affairs Council, and the Resolution Writing Committee. With all these positions I have held I am a very experienced candidate, and will understand most of the URA positions and how to evolve them to be even better than before. Throughout my time in the positions I have held I have done nothing but good, and if I succeed in becoming the URA president it will be no different in the case that I will make amazing progress for the alliance.

Suvmia

Hello all! I'm very happy to be having this debate; it is a productive exercise of our democracy that I am enthused to participate in.

To answer the question, I am the best candidate for President due to my knowledge and experience within the URA. I served as the second Vice President for several months, and have also served as the President for the past 5 and a half months. Not only this, but I have an intimate knowledge of our current government structure - I quite literally wrote the book on it. I've also had experience in other parts of NS; I founded and ran another interregional alliance for nearly a year, back in 2017, as well as two regions.

Overall, I have served dutifully over the past six months in the URA government, and I'm looking forward to seeing where the URA can develop over the next six months. I wish the best of luck to all of my opponents!

Maricoen

Thank you, best of luck to you as well!

Allangoria isles

Hello!

I am Allangoria! I have been playing Nationstates for over 5 years now. Throughout these last 5 years, I’ve had some up, and downs. I’m a founder of several regions, a visionary architect in rebuilding regions, and was both a raider, and defender. My experience here in the URA is I am a former acting Vice President, former Head of Security, and now URAAF Field Marshal! My time here in the URA has mostly been military or working behind the scenes. I think my greatest accomplishment here in the URA was working with several natives of Alvaria to rebel against the accused fascist, and founder high hacker Marrum Graceia. Outside of Nationstates I’ve rebuilt regions South Pacific, Warzone Africa, St Abbaddon, and many more regions, and organizations across Nationstates! But I’ve also had my low points where I had to give up my own region of The Free Nations Region because someone had a personal Out of Character vendetta against me. But that’s not stopped me from getting back up, and working harder than before!

And I personally want to wish every candidate a very good luck, and may the best candidate win!

Free Azell

Remember candidates you can catch up on questions if you fall behind. Moving on to the next question for the Presidential candidates. In addition debate between candidates is encouraged as well.

What are the top 3 areas of improvement needed in the URA in the next 6 months?

Allangoria isles

Those 3 areas are this;
1. Getting back to what we were founded for. Being a World Assembly Voting Bloc Alliance. We have emphasized on building our alliance way to quickly. We got so big that we forgot what exactly our main goal was. Sure we need to offer more than just World Assembly Alliance , but we need to do it in a controlled environment. This means we need to sit down with our member regions, and decide what exactly would they like to see. We need to make them feel more included in our planning as a whole.

2. Getting to know our member regions culturally, their traditions, and their communities. I like to see more interactions with them. This will help us feel more United, and we need to ensure they are benefiting being apart us. We need to have more cultural get togethers, movie nights, and game nights! The ideas are limitless that we can achieve when we work together as a team! And that I intend to do this!

3. Foreign and Military Affairs. I want to thank Soninidia for their strong military support this past operational week. This shows we can work together to protect Lanaograd and our dear friends in Philippines! This to me was such a great moment for us! We will continue to build that coalition together even if I am not elected President. I say this because the URA is truly the first, and most effective NS interegional organization. I want to reach out, and continue our team work with our dear friends in TITO, SPSF, and many more brave defenders. More importantly I want to bring a new traditional era to the office of President! I want to be the President for the all the people! A President who can give a speech, and weekly press conferences! I want to implement ramping up our news media! And lastly I want to be a working President who will always protect our community, and the sacred democracy we so want to see be achieved! But whoever wins, we must unite, and support them to be the leader our organization deserves! I look forward to seeing the other candidates 6 month visions as we continue this debate! I will now yield the floor to my fellow candidates.

Free Azell

FYI to candidates due to the number of questions we have for the President candidates the next question will be released in a few hours.

Suvmia

The top three areas of improvement that are necessary for the URA over the next 3 months are these:

1. Interaction and Support for our Member Regions.

In order to achieve anything in our Alliance - a sense of community, a strong WA presence, effective defence policy - we need to have a strong relationship with each and every one of our member regions. This means that we need to reach out to all of our regions, and have proper sit down meetings with them to ensure that 1) They understand what we are able to do as an organization, 2) They are able to express their needs and communicate with us us effectively, and 3) That we are able to develop a coherent strategic plan to refer to over the next 6 months based on these interviews and meetings. Without the support from our member regions, we cannot function. Therefore, it is imperative for us to ensure that we are meeting the needs of our member regions.
2. Government Functions & Structures

The next area that needs improvement is our government; how it is structured, and the functions of each position and department. Contrary to what some of my fellow candidates have stated in their manifestos, we can't simply cut councils out of the fold. We need to have a measured, practical approach to reforming our government. Once a strategic plan is developed through our meetings with individual regional leaders, we will be able to appropriately assess what the government needs to look like to meet our needs and goals. There are already several plans that I've been working on for different systems that we can assess; but the overarching reform needed is to combine functionality with breadth. It is simply impossible to run an organization of over 30 regions and around 3000 nations without a proportionally sized government. However, unlike our past system, it is important for us to reassess each position and council in the government to determine specific duties for each role, thus giving our volunteers far more direction in fulfilling their duties.

3. Engagement with our Members

Finally, we need to have better structures and systems for engaging with our member regions. At the moment, we are suffering significantly with regards to interactions from our member regions; despite having 30+ regions, each with their own community, we hardly have any interactions within this server. This is disappointing, and reflects on our current ramshackle policy towards engagement. Currently, any plans of events, festivals, or other activities are proposed only by myself or the Founder; because of the multitude of tasks that we undertake in our primary jobs, it becomes difficult for us to actually plan these projects appropriately. If I am re elected, I will work closely with the Head of Public Affairs to appoint an individual to take care of all cultural events in the URA.

Maricoen

The top 3 areas of improvement needed in the URA in the next 6 months:

1. Advertisement & Engagement

During these past six months only eight regions have joined the alliance (soon seven due to the exit of Lisseum from the alliance), which points out something about the effectiveness of our current advertisement. So far our core advertising has currently been restricted to the URA forum, but there is so much more potential for the URA if we stop sticking to only one forum amongst thousands. We must branch out to many forums, offsite forums, and to send telegrams if we want our alliance to get out there. Next, the engagement of the URA citizens is also a subcategory of advertisement. So far events like the URA Winter Olympics, the URA anniversary, and soon the URAfest (not yet named). But these measly events are not enough to entertain the population for half a year, we need more events like these to keep our citizens happy, and to also attract more regions.

2. Government Organization

So far the government has grown way to fast, and there are barely any people who run it. The government needs to reorganize to perform at it's maximum potential. Many of the committees and councils of the URA need more members to run smoother than ever before. As the URA expands it is crucial that the government expands along with it, but the URA and the government need to expand simultaneously to balance the alliance. If these expansions are unbalanced they will make the URA look sloppy, and that isn't what a potential world class alliance needs. Under my presidency I will fix that, and make the government more efficient than ever before.

3. Inter-regional relations

The URA's main purpose is to communicate with their member regions, and lets say that communication and relations isn't the alliance's strong suit. I have seen first hand that the URA hasn't been active in member regions. We all have the common goal to let our voices be heard, but we cannot do that if we don't interact with each other. Interaction within unheard regions is one of the foundations of the URA, this foundation is going to collapse if something isn't done about it.

Free Azell

Next question: How will you as President promote activity both in the discord and in terms of drawing more interest in taking part in the Councils?

Suvmia

In the discord, promoting activity comes through two different steps. First, we need to promote and advocate involvement in the URA throughout our member regions; that means physically going to our member regions discord servers, speaking with the regular members of their server about the URA, as well as going through their RMBs. In addition to that, we can support regions in their endeavours to give further recognition to the URA. Once that step is done, and we have a solid base of individuals on the discord, we need to start having some low effort activities being held consistently (either week to week, or some other arrangement), and some high effort activities happening every month or so. Overall, we are going to be bringing in more individuals to the discord, as well as promoting basic activity.

In addition to that, I think it would be beneficial to facilitate more serious discussion around the World Assembly and other topics, bringing in people from across the alliance to actually have productive discussions on WA topics.

For drawing more interest in the councils, I think that simply bringing more people into the server, and promoting the alliance more is a good first step. Beyond that, we need to appropriately define all of our roles in government, and do recruitment drives. By properly defining every position in our government (hierarchy, duties, necessary ability, etc.) we will be able to promote participation in our government far easier than we normally are able to today.

The pir

Promoting through activities. I would like to engage the community and help the community engage with itself.

Plain and simple.

Maricoen

Suvmia has shared his plan on how we will promote activity both in the discord, also in terms of drawing more interest in taking part in the Councils, and I couldn't agree more, I would also like to uphold these same points. To add to these amazing ideas, I would like to promote the discord, and the councils on the forums, this can be crucial to educating URA members, also possible future members on how we run the URA, and may draw more regions into our sphere of influence, which may tempt them to join the alliance. As Suvmia has said previously we must also focus on the RMB. Our demographics show that only a minority reside in the discord server, the majority is outside the discord of the URA, and are pretty much oblivious to the events occurring in the URA. This could be the reason why regions are leaving the alliance, most nations are oblivious to the URA, which makes them question the motive behind joining, but this must change.

Allangoria isles

This is a very great question. In my campaign a lot of people were confused on my idea. But it’s the 35% reduction of government over site in our Organization. This is because I feel we should give the members of our regions the power to decide what drives this organization forward. Some of those ideas include advanced cultural planning among our regional communities, military cooperation at the regional member level, and then yes we will still have oversight. What this mean?

My plan is to downsize the government by 35%. My first day in office, I will sign an executive order eliminating the clutter, and useless councils by creating 3 main councils. Those are Cultural Affairs Council, Public Affairs, World Assembly Affairs, and the military stays the same! Let’s focus on putting an emphasis on what we do best! That’s being a World Assembly voting bloc, but also developing a plan to maybe get back to our current structure once we are ready to. But this structure needs to make sure we recruit regions that will benefit us, and we benefit them. And most importantly, we will have more interaction with our member regions, but I will make it my first priority to get to know them culturally, and what makes them unique. We will reorganize our discord, and bring the URA back to a more structured at the core kind of path! So this plan isn’t going to be achievable over night. But if we can work together as whole, I know for sure we can develop a plan that will keep us around for a long time. The URA is like a ship in the ocean. You guide it with a steady hand, and careful planning! To summarize my plan, it’s broken into this;

1. Downsize the government by 35% so we can build on the core of our organization.

2. 2-3 months later we meet with our organization, member regions, and place a 2021-2022 infrastructure bill that lists our goals, and how to achieve them.

3. We then start breaking into smaller groups to achieve this plan.

It will take teamwork!!

Orca and Narwhal

Here's a voter submitted one: What will you do to fight fascism? What are examples of policies you would implement regarding this?

Suvmia

I think that my policy over the past six months has been quite clear, and I believe that most of my fellow candidates will agree with me here; Fascism, as well as other harmful ideologies, is unacceptable in the URA. In order for us to maintain our tolerant democracy, we must be intolerant towards intolerance. Policy-wise, this means working with our Recruitment Council to thoroughly make background checks for incoming regions; checking with members of the gameplay community, working with our moderation team, and personally going through server records of incoming regions is a good start. Beyond this, we need to maintain a constant vigilance through moderation in seeking out and removing toxic players promoting hateful ideologies within the server.

Allangoria isles

I think that we should have a proper stance on ensuring Fascism doesn’t continue to spread across Nationstates. We have a great member in our organization that we most certainly appreciate their efforts over the years. That’s my dear friend Vippertooth33. Mariner Trench, The Communist Bloc, Kingdom of Great Britain founded the NS version called Antifa. Their goal has been to stop, and combat fascism. As President, and even as a Field Marshal, I believe we can;

1. Take a decisive stance on any extremist group. We should stick to what we’ve been saying. And that’s we support a free, and democratic process. That’s what this organization was founded upon, and will continue to be. We will continue to spread the word just like in this civil siren dispatch,

2. I would be honored to have the URA join Antifa. I’m a strong supporting member myself. Unfortunately due to my ongoing role in St Abbaddon, I don’t always get to be apart of those operations. But what Vipper has done over the years is admirable work. And that’s why I proudly voted aye for his commendation.

3. While we should have a definite policy, we shouldn’t just go out looking for war. We are peaceful, professional, and support democracies! And we will never be slandered or attacked, but we will always use diplomacy first.

Maricoen

Yes, I agree with Suvmia that fascism, along with other harmful ideologies, are totally unacceptable in the URA and in the whole of NS. I also believe the Recruitment Council should conduct thorough background check for incoming regions. Along with this we should get the recruitment council to make a watch list for Fascist as well as other extremist regions. watching over the members of the URA can be a heavy task for the few of the moderation team, it is best if we expand this department to 15-20 devoted individuals working to protect our alliance. Of course our military is also key in defending our member regions against the many fascists out in NS, and it will be my goal to make peace, but not to overgrow our military.

The pir

I am for persevering the freedom of speech, but every nation must know that embracing fascism means being sidelined. We are a democratic block, not dictating what can and cannot be done, but we do have a mandate to put aside those fascist states.

Free Azell

There has been discussion around establishing relations with some of the GCR regions. Even allowing some of the Warzones and Sinkers in if they are interested. Do you support establishing relations with Large GCRs?

Allangoria isles

That’s a great question! I believe we should have relations with GCRs, Sinkers, Warzones, and even the most special User Created regions like St Abbaddon, South Pacific, Nationstates, and etc. Now there’s no favoritism on that last option of kind of region 😅. But on a good note Stratocratic-Anarchy Oceanic Empire, Jesbro, and the entire region of St Abbaddon is pretty awesome. They took me in when I was at my lowest here on NS. But yes having relations with these region as a whole is a key to my World Assembly initiative, military cooperation with one another to protect our most vulnerable communities, and can open new pathways to expanding our community. Having relations with these regions increase our success of getting more, and influential regions joining this alliance. But I also want to take this question a little further. While these relations are extremely important to me, our member regions will always come first. And with that we must be working around the clock for our member regions first. Thank you.

Suvmia

Including GCRs is a bit of a difficult question. I certainly agree with Allangoria isles in having good relationships with GCRs; however, bringing larger GCRs in as member regions would be counterintuitive for our purposes of helping UCRs in the long run. I’m not opposed to it, but there needs to be some careful thought going in to the decision.

Allangoria isles

I don’t think GCRs need to be full on members per say, but I do firmly believe if 10000 Islands, or even Europe would not be counterintuitive at all. But you have to be to more specific on that though. Should Warzones be a member? Possibly if their community is stable, and we can provide protection. Should we be on good terms with large, neutral military leaning region like TNP, or TEP? Absolutely! This creates a less stressful situation on our military to protect our communities since those 2 regions alone I just mentioned have great numbers in their military sector. The URA needs to branch out, but let me make this clear. ”We shall always put our valuable member regions first, and they will be treated like family!”

But there are endless possibilities when we work together as a team, and I absolutely believe we can accomplish having GCRs, or strong World Assembly regions be apart of the alliance. Maybe not full on members, but I think as President we should negotiate treaties with them. But if not now, then when Mr President?

Suvmia

Just to clarify my answer, I am not opposed to having stable, smaller GCRs like some warzones become members. My concern was and is bringing in a massive GCR, which would dominate our votes, and completely drown out the voices of our UCRs, counter to our founding message and primary goal as an Alliance.

However, aligning ourselves with GCRs, or at the very least being on friendly terms with them, is a must. Not just for a military aspect, as you mentioned, but also for World Assembly collaboration. In fact, we have been working on developing closer ties with The West Pacific, especially towards WA Collaboration, so these things are already in the works; the answer to your question is now, as we are currently working on strengthening these ties with GCRs.

Allangoria isles

So you would admit this is a policy that we both agree on Mr President?

Looks like we do. If I may, I like to distinguish our differences on this agreement respectfully. I agree with President Suvmia on his negotiating with TWP. But why is this so important to my campaign platform, and how is it different from the current administrations plan from the last 6 months?

Maricoen

I believe there should be no discrimination against GCR's, Warzones, and Sinker if they are interested. Along with my opponents I also believe relations with GCR's can be crucial, and can further advertise the URA. I do agree with Suvmia that these large GCR's will most likely dominate URA polls, and will probably undermine the voices of member that actually need to be heard. I do not want this to happen, as this is one of the purposes of the URA, to give a voice to the unheard. This is why we must target smaller GCR's to join the alliance.

Allangoria isles

This is so important because it is the one of the founding pillars of the URA, and a huge focus on my Presidential campaign. Having a strong say in the World Assembly in the General Assembly, and the Security Council. Now to elaborate further, the GCRs are absolutely great with that. I would work with them to learn how write a resolution. I will create a writing academy for those who are interested in learning how to write a serious, confident, and outstanding proposal. My campaign calls for a 35% cut in government infrastructure. Yes it does, but this goes on the World Assembly pillar. It goes back to when I said I would have World Assembly Affairs, Cultural Affairs, Public Affairs, and Military Affairs. See I will be rebuilding the foundation of the URA. For those who are interested in architecture, picture my plan for my presidency like the Twin Towers. They were built into 3 sections. Just like them, I will lay the new foundation, then implement programs on my pilars of focus, and then finally put personnel on those pillars to accomplish the mission. So in retrospect I’m also happy if anyone would like to dm me about this campaign break down. Also this is not a shot at the Twin Towers or what happened on 9/11. But I really love how they were designed, and hoped this provides a visual representation of my plan. Notice in the picture how they are built like boxes into 3 different sections. This what my campaign can be compared to. My campaign points how the areas of focus, and we will build off that for a better, and much more organized URA!!

Suvmia

First: We do agree on one thing, that collaboration with GCRs will be of great benefit to the Alliance as a whole. Now, I am unclear as to your statement around collaboration with the GCRs; do you intend to have them join the Alliance, as I've stated to be hesitant towards, or do you only wish to collaborate with them on tasks like resolution writing and other WA Collaboration, where I have already begun to lay groundwork for?

Second, to look at your plan to reduce government "waste", you are proposing to remove the Recruitment Council, Electoral Council, and Roleplay Council, as well as all committees, and adding on a Cultural Affairs Council, correct? If this is the case, Then I don't think you understand the difference between reducing size and increasing efficiency. Within my platform, rather than simply taking a chainsaw to our government structure, I will be carefully analyzing each council to determine where we can generate the best change; specifically, for example, defining roles within each department so that any individual can carry out a job within our government with ease.

Finally, I don't think you fully understand my point around GCRs and having them become members within the URA. Collaborating with smaller GCRs, like the warzones, is an excellent plan (if they are stable), as these regions are on a similar level of influence as any one of our average member regions. Larger GCRs, however, like the Pacifics, are massive, almost all of them carrying more influence within the WA than our entire combined voting power as an Alliance. This of course can be an excellent resources for assisting our regions, if we create the appropriate systems for resolution writing. However, Bringing in any one of these GCRs as a proper member, rather than just aligning ourselves with them, will completely destroy our primary directive; every single WA Recommendation will be decided by this one GCR, rather than any of our UCRs, and we as an organization would be functionally useless.

Allangoria isles

Absolutely!! The difference between you and I are this;
You want to create more councils and committees. We are already spread thin as it is. 35 percent of those councils, and committees are gathering dust. Yeah on paper it looks fantastic! I don’t think your way is bad actually. But this is my intended my plan.
Mine: What I will do is combine the public affairs pillar to include the recruitment wing. It is healthy to give the councils a some more other responsibilities here. For one it actually gets rid of waste of resources, and helps fit my proposed government model.

2. Yes I said it! I would cut the Roleplay council because it’s not active enough. But here’s the incentive you do not realize Mr President. I’m going to give the member regions more authority over Roleplay. If they would want an interegional Roleplay, I would refer you to Dream World. It’s successful, and doesn’t require so much over site. See I’m a someone who is thinking for 2021, 2022 and beyond. You have to know your limits. In my opinion the URA has to have a government model that will be attractive, easy to implement, and will work not just for the next 6 months, but for years to come. That’s not to say that a Roleplay Council isn’t achievable Mr President. It’s me saying we have to build in a slow, and smart manner. Dream World

2. You mention the electoral council! I’m glad you did! This is another red flag. I will be making it less political. The President shouldn’t have over site over anything electoral wise. In my plan for reform I will make it a non-electoral position, and eliminate the bureaucracy red tape that comes with it.

3. You fail to see the architecture reference I made in my previous statement. My campaign calls for Cultural Affairs, Public Affairs, World Assembly Affairs, and Military Affairs. In fact I’ll go one step farther to say I will banish Councils, and make them into Ministries. Now those are the main pillars.

Not done yet. I ran out of room. Ok;

Those main pillars, you build onto them, and make the core stronger. You hire, train, and mentor personnel to be in those pillars. That strengthens the structure. If Roleplay needs over site, it can fall under Cultural Affairs. Mr. President, this isn’t about cutting programs because I want to. Mr President it’s about organizing, developing, building, and setting up a clear vision that this administration failed to do. I mean no disrespect to your 6 months in office. I think it was great! But my vision is more long term.

Now Suvmia, I’m going to answer the question you are probably wanting to ask. Why am I campaigning on this platform? Well I will answer it

Bluelight, and Suvmia’s overall government model plan sounded great! In fact it was perfect for the beginning. But this is why I think to much bureaucracy, and red tape are the problem. These interegional organizations like AoR, AIR, Sword, ITDA, NSIDC, and FORGE all wanted to have the final say, created way to many infrastructures, and much more. Guess where they are now? Closed, Cted, or collapsed.

So someone with my experience in these organizations knows the end fate if we keep trying to out perform our current capacity. Let me submit a government break down from Air. One sec hear

See how many problems they had. This is why I am shouting this in my campaign. It’s time to fix the problem before we end up like those orgs I just mentioned.

Suvmia

First, you've mischaracterized my platform. I don't plan on simply generating committee after committee and council after council; not a single one of my proposals suggests this. I have, however, talked extensively on having a thorough review, after establishing an appropriate strategic plan, on which positions are needed for us to function properly and how they can be structured. Looking at your plan, now that it's more laid out, I can see that you're not even characterizing your own argument properly. The only Council you'll actually be eliminating will be the RP Council, while the others shall simply take on fancy new names but essentially shall be the exact same.

The reason that I have not publicly created a specific plan is because I don't believe that I currently have enough feedback from our member regions to unilaterally propose such drastic changes to our government. I have, though, considered several different options for changing our government. One specifically that I have elaborated on is more definition. Regardless of whether you call our different departments councils or ministries, there is no doubting that the one key factor that makes them run is having a defined task and role for each position within the department. By comprehensively evaluating each department and aspect within the alliance, we will be able to identify exactly how many roles we require to keep us going and improve overall.

On the topic of RP, I am completely in favour of reevaluating how we do our RP. Folding this into a different department would be the best option; as well, collaborating with our member regions to identify specific areas that they can benefit from when it comes to RP. There's no point in just repeating the same thing that you can find in almost all of our regions here; that doesn't make any sense.

With regards to the electoral council, I think it's important to look at how we can change that to be both less political and more efficient. That's why I've looked at different options for having an appointed versus an elected position, as well as the benefits or drawbacks from each of those options. I have favoured a system similar to the RL Canadian Electoral system, with an appointed Electoral Office to take care of elections. Of course, in order to keep the office nonpartisan, I would have to consult further with Free Azell around specifics there; as an elected official it isn't a good idea to influence our electoral system.

I'm not sure I did miss the architectural reference; I fully understood it. My issue with the reference is that you aren't changing anything in our government functionally with your proposals, outside of the RP Council - and even with that, you admit that it will continue on eventually in some form. You are simply rebranding things. While that is useful, and is something that happens for every new administration, it's false advertising to claim that it is a complete reconstruction of our entire government.

See my platform regarding a Strategic Plan; creating a long term vision for the next 1-2 years of the Alliance through careful consultation with all of our member regions governments in order to set that agenda, rather than simply doing what you or I think is best.

I don't know why you keep referring to bureaucracy and excessive red tape; the only real restrictions on government action here is basic rights for our citizens. As well, those other interregional organizations that you've mentioned failed because they did not have any real anchor or purpose for being, except perhaps being a military alliance, contrary to ourselves, with the WA as a guiding light.

The problem in those organizations isn't that they had too many structures, but the issues that both led to that result, and how those structures then contributed later on to their downfall. A lack of proper engagement and communication with our member regions will lead to improper structures. Furthermore, improper structures will lead to apathy and inactivity among those that keep this government running, which will lead to dissolution.

I'm not saying that we need a bunch of government structures, or that a million more committees will solve any problems. My platform is simply stating that before we make huge changes to our structure, we consult with our members and determine a strategic plan to guide us over the next few years.

I don't think you're correctly stating my record, either; at the start of my term, there were 8 Councils or other main organizational features of our government. Now, there are only 5; that is a 37 Percent reduction in government. As well, out of the committees that have been initiated during my term, we have seen: plans on reforming our civil council to represent regions more appropriately, plans on creating programs to assist member regions in recruitment and retention, the planning of a Winter Olympics, the planning of two festivals, the Resolution Writing Committee, which you clearly approve of, to name a few.

I am not some sort of Big Government boogieman. I'm working towards the same goals that you are; to help make the URA the best Interregional Alliance, and the most effective WA Voting Bloc in Nationstates.

Allangoria isles

Mr President I am not saying you are a boogie man or any sort. I only want to clarify my position, and why I have this as my platform. Being in a lot of interegional orgs, I’ve come to learn how how to notice the same patterns, and symptoms from the past.

Maricoen

I agree with Allangoria isles that you have been making numerous councils, and that has made the government spread thin, there’s just not enough volunteers for the councils. I don’t think that we should get rid of any council, nor should we rename them.

Suvmia

Which councils have I made? The two newest councils (Public and WA Affairs) were made under Bluelight.

Maricoen

Not making expanding on, my mistake.

Suvmia

I've started committees, if that's what you're referring to. But I've done nothing to change the areas that councils are supposed to handle; if anything, I've given more direction to each council by regularly checking their progress.

Maricoen

What is best for the URA is settling down and rebuilding the currently disorganized government, and when that is said and done we can once again focus on anything we put our minds to.

Suvmia

So we agree, then

Maricoen

Yes, we agree.

Suvmia

Alright cool, no problems here.

Maricoen

Allangoria isles, I don’t think Councils should be merged, they each have their distinct identities, and roles that set each other apart. Merging them together would just put more burden on council officials, and it would just create more disorganization.

Allangoria isles

Not necessarily. To make my plan a success, it takes teamwork as a whole. It takes careful planning, and writing a detailed manual on how to best set these Ministries up. People are afraid to downsize, and create one department for several functions. But that’s why we recruit to get help, and skilled members to carry out a certain function. Let me simplify it this way. The services we offer aren’t going away essentially. They are being organized in a much better structure that will actually ease the oversight burden we have now. 

Maricoen

So far I haven’t really heard your recruitment plan, which makes me doubt the possible effectiveness of your plan. What will happen when you don’t have enough council members to run this merged ministry, then you will violate your government organization plan.

Allangoria isles

We don’t have enough people now as it is. But as a whole we have work together on approaching regions that could meet our criteria, setup a news media to spread around NS, and make a recruitment dispatch to help those who are interested. It’s not going to be easy at first, but anything worth it takes time. Answer me this question, if the recruiting council was so effective as it is now, why did Thalassia, FNR, and several large members walk out?

I’ll provide you my reasoning

We were disorganized, no clear path, and we didn’t correct their needs until they were gone. It’s not just about recruiting here, we need to focus on how to maintain the current members we have as well.

Maricoen

I have never said the Recruitment Council was effective, I want to rebuild it with a good 15-20 members or even more that will be the centerpiece to the growth of the URA, right now with only a few members we’ve only hit the tip of the iceberg, there is so much potential.

Allangoria isles

I agree to a degree. But before you can say hey join us. Let’s actually solidify a real, and simple government plan first. Again if you were in AIR, ITDA, NSIDC or even FORGE, you would know why I am campaigning hard on restructuring. What happened to those before us? They are dead.

Maricoen

I want the councils to stay apart, I want the recruitment council and the public affairs council, to be separate so they can focus on their respective tasks, not meddle in each other’s business

Allangoria isles

It’s totally fine if that’s your plan. But again those councils aren’t active as it is. We have committees that aren’t even active. I think we need to downsize before expanding. Your idea would work if you had members begging to join.

Maricoen

I don’t think we should expand, but to rebuild as well. But we obviously can’t do that without a firm base for the current councils.

Allangoria isles

Then I think we both can agree on this topic.

Maricoen

I think we have agreed as well.

Free Azell

Next question: A big theme of other debates establishing real and tight relations with current URA member regions. How would you go about making this a reality?

The pir

We must have a clear understanding and vision for the future of our alliance. It is cooperation, understanding each other and working together. We must fight for the common goal and for the community, so I would encourage discurs and pluralism of ideas. I would listen, and act accordingly.

Allangoria isles

That’s a great question!! The first thing we need to do offer an attractive packages. What we need to do is to establish a better line of communications. Some ways of doing that are having a media newspaper, visiting our member regions discord’s, and regions. And the best part of my plan is we are giving the member regions more power to control their destiny here in our alliance! I would like to even expand to us having a YouTube channel, newspaper, and we need more festivals, and cultural events to interact with one another

Maricoen

That is a great question indeed! To establish real and tight relations with current URA member regions, we first need to make the URA regions establish relations with each other. These relatively small regions live in their own secluded worlds with minimal contact, but we must open up their pallets. We must demand interaction between regions. If not what's the point of being the UNITED Regions Alliance, if we're not even united. After this is achieved. Along with Allangoria isles I believe we would be further united if we visited our member region's discords, and I agree that there should be more festivals to better bond with each other.

Suvmia [Retroactively]

One of the first steps in establishing closer ties with our member regions is to actively engage with them on their own platforms. That means going to discord servers and RMBs, connecting with the members of the regions, and hearing their concerns firsthand. The next step, of course, is bringing regions together through collective activities. For example, with the upcoming URA Global Showcase, we will be presenting all of our member regions the opportunity to connect and learn about each regions unique culture. Finally, we need to establish better long term communication structures; newspapers, utilizing the nexus more, better communication with the Voting Members, etc.

Orca and Narwhal

Final Question: Which candidate do you support to become Vice President?

The pir

I would not interfere with the democratic process regarding the VP position. I would prefer a character similar to me. Preferably, not necessarily.

Maricoen

Out of the candidates running for the position of Vice President, I support Lanaograd. Lanaograd has an incredible work ethic, and it shows in his eight years of incredible experience. His ideologies and goals quite similarly align with mine. Together we could make an excellent team making the URA an even better place, and if I become President I couldn't ask for anyone better.

Allangoria isles

I see a lot of great potential in our Vice Presidential Candidates. I could honestly recall something great about each of them. New reiji and St Abby gave me a region to come to when I was at my lowest in my NS career. From there we’ve worked in restoring such a historical, and treasured region. Lanaograd has been carefully guiding Philippines and helping the Delegate there for awhile. But I’ll go back to my original message. That’s we have to work as a team to better our future regardless of who the President, and Vice President are. They will be our leaders, and will need our support. If we don’t win the election for the office we are seeking, then let’s not let our creativity die. Let’s find the areas that need our help! Let’s come together, and create a URA that everyone will look at! I’ll always be the lighthouse keeper who keeps the lights on for you! But teamwork will only make us better! We are better United than divided. Thank you for having me, and I’m always available for questions by DM, or Telegram! Thank you!

Suvmia

I've seen a lot of great potential in all of our VP candidates, and I truly believe that they are all dedicated to improving the URA in whatever way they can. I am particularly enthused to see that a lot of VP candidates have similar policy proposals as most of our Presidential candidates, so that regardless of who wins we will end up with a united leadership. The main factor that I look for in a VP is ensuring that they are active, and have been active or helpful in the URA in the past; I can see a lot of that from all of our prospective candidates.

Free Azell

Candidates can do closing statements if they choose to now.

Allangoria isles

I made my closing statement above, but thank you to the candidates, and the URA for allowing us to have this debate! This shows just how powerful democracy really is! A way for us to come together and debate who has the best ideas! I ask for you vote in this election! If you don’t it’s ok! We all share one common theme! That’s us wanting what’s best for the URA! I’m excited for the next 6 months regardless of the election results! Instead I know whoever wins will represent us to the best of their abilities! Thank you, and have a great day!

Maricoen

Thank you to the candidates for giving me some great and interesting competition in the debates, and the URA democracy that upholds these debates! Please consider voting for me, Maricoen, as your next URA President, I will work hard everyday to make the United Regions Alliance a better place, and as my motto applies "Peace, Equality, Prosperity". We all have this same goal of making the URA a better place, and I have no doubt that whoever wins the presidential elections will uphold this.

Suvmia

Now, for a closing statement.

This Alliance is something that is extremely important to me. I have spent the last year in constant service, from drafting the Elections Act all the way up until this debate. My passion lies in not only ensuring the success of this alliance, but in the success of its regions, and its people. I have truly seen great things from this debate; most if not all of the candidates for the leadership of this Alliance have their hearts in the right place, and I am confident that no matter who is elected to this highest of office that we shall see great things from our young Alliance.

My one request to the people of this alliance is to think deeply and thoughtfully of where you want to be in the next six months; even the next year in Nationstates. Whether you want to be a part of a shining light that this Alliance is and can be. If this is what you wish, I humbly ask for the trust to serve in this office, as I was entrusted to do in July. Thank you.

The pir

I really hope we can work together on making this idea an integral part of our community. With me as the president WE THE PEOPLE will do just that.