Updates

[INWU Diplomat]

Embassy of the International Northwestern Union

The INWU would like to thank The Ecclesia in Taijitu for accepting our request to open embassies between our regions. We hope that this interregional relationship will flourish under strong leadership and community connection, and have a bright future. We'd also like to briefly thank TRR for their Rock-Paper-Scissors competition some weeks ago that started a period of reform with regards to interregional affairs within the INWU, that, without which, this embassy would never have been created.

Update #1 from the INWU:

Trial
In the past few days, there has been some chaos on the INWU RMB, to the point where, in the last four days alone, we've posted more than 100 pages of RMB messages. A failed proposal for compromise and a newly written bill for the Nortwestern Federal Assembly (NFA; legislature) later, and a new lawsuit has been filed regarding the ability for WADs and Founders to suppress various posts on the RMB. This will be the first time in the history of the INWU in which the judicial branch will be used to determine a constitutional dispute.

Sports
Following the conclusion of the INWU Soccer League, several new sports are being planned, including a new Lacrosse league, hosted by Mallaska. Citizens of Taijitu are invited to join the league, and to do so, should telegram Mallaska, Topsail Empire, and El Fiji Grande to be registered for the season.

Newspaper
It's really nothing official yet, but there are plans to create an interregional newspaper hosted by the INWU, somewhat like The Rejected Times. Progress is slow in our current political environment, but if the idea persists, the first copy should come out in about a month. We will be interested in looking for nations from around the world willing to write articles. It will be called 'The INWU Enquirer' unless we come up with any better ideas.

Embassies
Along with Taijitu, we have applied for embassies at both Lazarus and Wintreath. The Wintreath embassu has already been completed, and has become active after this same update. We have not yet heard back from Stujenske and other diplomats from Lazarus on the status of the Lazarus embassy proposal at this time, due to the coup the region is currently facing.

Offsite Forums
The offsite forums of the INWU, found here, are undergoing reconfiguration to help eliminate confusion; they are currently quite a mess. The Taijitu Embassy on our offsite forums can be found here.

Roleplaying
Two new roleplays have begun on the INWU offsite forums. The first, authored by New Educandi, is a Steampunk-era Character RP called Smoke, Cinders, and Ash. OOC sign-ups can be found here. The RP follows the story of two factions in an oncoming civil war on an autonomous island offshore of Gatito. (Open RP).
The second RP, hosted by Topsail Empire, is an MT RP on the INWU MT map, called Alien Invasion.
Citizens of Taijitu are invited to join both RPs, though the first one is much more easily adaptable to interregional RPers.

[Myroria]

Thanks for the update! I'll check out that steampunk RP. Some Taijituans beside myself would probably be interested in it, too.

[INWU Diplomat]

Ambassadorial Update

Notice: Topsail Empire has been appointed to be the official ambassador to Taijitu since our embassy here is now completely official.

[Topsail Empire]

Hello all!

[Khem]

Welcome Topsail Empire

[INWU Diplomat]

Brief Update

In exactly 18 days, the current delegate of the INWU (El Fiji Grande)'s term will expire, and a new delegate will be elected democratically. Fiji then plans on leaving NS, possibly permanently, to go off and study in college. The INWU would like to announce that as of now, we'll be keeping our embassies with Taijitu and hopefully have a bold future together (as allies?) even after a new delegate has been elected.

[Myroria]

Best of luck to Fiji in college, and good luck to everyone involved in the election! Taijitu and the INWU indeed have a bold future together, and if you would like to work out a treaty at some point feel free to contact me!

[INWU Diplomat]

Hello all,

Sorry for no updates in a while, the region has been going through a quite busy time. I hope you can forgive us for not updating in over a month.

Now that we've gotten reacquainted with each other lets get down to the current events. First things first, the INWU has recently had an election. The positions up for vote were WAD, Chancellor, NFA membership and Minister of RP. Along with these were the appointments of the Minister of Foreign affairs and the INWU justices. After the polls were finished and the dust settled Topsail Empire became our new WAD, New Educandi became our new Chancellor, Celibrae became the next RP minister and Atlantica became a new NFA member along with Greater New Poland. After the election Topsail Empire appointed Estradia to the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Gatito, Mallaska, and Crumstain to the positions of Justices. This new administration will surely do great things for the INWU. As this election ends the other NFA election is approaching, everyone is most likely excited for more voting.

Another topics of discussion is the reinvigoration of the INWU's military. Renamed, "The Northwestern Dragoon Guards", the INWU military has successfully liberated  regions which were earlier invaded by raiders. Although the INWU military has yet to recapture any significant region, these 13 regions are a step in the right direction and will aid in putting the INWU on the public stage.

The last announcement has to do with the current RP's in the INWU. There has been a new RP created by New Educandi called Quest to take America. In this RP the federal government of the US has collapsed leaving many independent states in its wake. This RP focuses around Nations turned empires fighting for land and dominance over the US. This along with land grabs from both Australia and Mexico is expected to make for an invigorating RP filled with alliances, betrayals and proof that Kansas will always be irrelevant. All nations who want to join this RP are more than welcome to sign up on our off site forums located Here.
Well, it looks like everything has been covered. Expect another update later in the month by one of the INWU's new ambassadors. It's been great catching up and the INWU hopes to continue its alliance with this region for month, and hopefully years, to come!

I also want to bring to your attention that Gatito has been appointed as the new ambassador to this region. We will work on getting him aquatinted with his new job as soon as possible.

[Allama]

Thanks for the update! We'll look forward to Gatito's arrival. 

[Khem]

Thanks for the update

[INWU Diplomat]

Greeting,

This is Gatito speaking, diplomat of the International Northwestern Union. It'll be a pleasure to work with you all and I'm eager to get to know this region!
Not much has happened in the INWU since Topsail's last update that's worthy of note other than typical regional chatter and some development in the roleplays.

Cheers,
Gatito

[INWU Diplomat]

Hello, all!
Time for another update. The region is currently thriving under Topsail's WA Delegation. The RMB has been as active as ever, and a few more roleplays have sprung up. We have also begun liberating regions to help undo the works of raiders.
If any of you folks here at Taijitu would like to do any joint projects between our regions, we'd love to hear your suggestions!

Cheers,
Gatito

[INWU Diplomat]

Update: IEU Merge

The International East Union, the youngest of the International Unions, decided that since their founder CTE'd, it would be best for them to merge into the INWU. The region, which had help getting restarted, took on a stage of heavy recruitment to boost from around ten to over sixty nations in under a week. Many of these nations will join the INWU now, resulting in a new surge of regional population, and, potentially, activity.

Despite the usual summer lull, and the prospect of several of our most active nations leaving soon, the INWU is on the verge of setting new RMB activity record levels, and the additional IEU nations will only push us forward faster.

[INWU Diplomat]

We're back, everyone!
Many changes are taking place in the INWU. WAD elections have just rapped up with a new leader of the INWU, Gatito (who coincidentally was the former diplomat to Taijitu). We're currently undergoing Chancellor elections, and this one looks like it's going to be as close as the previous ones were.

The new administration is focusing on a broader foreign policy. We plan to communicate more with our allies, so stay tuned for some more updates!

Cheers,
Gatito, Delegate Elect of the INWU

[Khem]

Thanks for the update