The flight from Achkaerin to Rokkenjima had been on the agenda for a while, in truth it hadn't been planned to occur for a few more days mainly because of an annual business matter that needed to be attended to but typically as seemed to be the case on Mundus things were getting out of control rapidly. So here Emerson Ravenswood was sat on his jet heading to take up his new responsibilities as the Viceregent of Rokkenjima a few days earlier than he'd intended, and who did he have to thank for the accelerated timetable? Well that would be firstly the Heyran Government and secondly the Empress of Rokkenjima, he wasn't entirely impressed with either on the one hand the most outrageous breach of diplomatic protocol in the history of Mundus and on the other an apparent refusal to learn the lessons of the recent past. He'd expected that his first job would be to sort out the new Imperial Council but no, now he had to handle something a little more tricky than that first and he wasn't entirely happy about that either. He'd spent the flight reading up on things, everything from refreshing his knowledge on the various aspects of Rokkenjima culture, law, government and other institutions to a certain Heyran statement and of course the hours old Imperial Address.

Emerson was accompanied on the flight by is adopted daughter Amy, which was probably expected, and, probably not that expected, an entourage of people. It was quite unusual for Emerson to travel with so many people unless of course he was going somewhere with a number of the musical artists signed to his label of Red Moon Music.

"More fun and games?" Amy asked sitting down opposite Emerson
"I'm going to have to take a leaf from Peter's book I think." Emerson said
"How so?" Amy asked
"Every day have a couple of hours set aside to handle the 'what has Beatrice done now?' stuff." Emerson said, he finished reading the document in front of him "Add hiring a communications director to the to do list."
"Ok." Amy said
"Ladies and gentlemen we're making our final approach to Pyrena airport, please fasten your seatbelts." the voice of the pilot came over the intercom.

A short time later they were on the ground, cars were being unloaded from the jet ready for the next leg of the trip, Emerson was now finishing a phone call as they watched, eventually he finished and hung up and looked at Amy.

"Take the entourage to the Palace, let's at least get things in hand before Beatrice announces the other major event that's coming." Emerson said "I'll catch up before too long but I'm going to swing by the Diet first and see the key players there."
"Firefighting?" Amy asked
"Yes." Emerson said "We need to hit the ground running."

It's that time of year again- our version of the Olympic Games is back for its fifth outing, I'm intending on this being mid to late August time as a start time so approx two to three weeks time. I have made some tweaks to the event list for this year. I'm also once again foregoing group stages in various competitions to simplify things. Bidding information is included in this post for anyone interested in hosting (again there is a slight tweak to this for this year).

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Bidding information

The bidding process requires nations wishing to host to submit requested information, what information is dependent on the event in question. There will be a deadline set for bid submissions in the case of the Mundus Games this is the 12th of August any bids entered after that date will not be considered unless the vote has not opened. As you can probably guess from that sentence once bidding closes there will be a vote conducted. By vote this will be in the form of a post in this topic and the format of that vote will be explained at the time as it depends on the number of bids received.

So with that in mind the following is the criteria for Mundus Games Bids:

• A list of venues for the events- you are expected to include the capacity of these venues and the athletics stadium must have a minimum capacity of 80,000
• Name of the Main TV Rights Holder (For example EMTV)
• Plans for the Athletes Village (just an image will do with a brief explanation)
• Importantly a written letter signed by a ranking member of your government stating a) that they will provide safe venues and protective services for all athletes and staff no matter which nation they hail from. (No refusing entry to a nation or holding people prisoner because you don't get along in RP with their nation) and b) explaining the legacy of the games in your nation (what will the venues be used for afterwards, will there be a focus on the next generation of athletes? etc)

Everyone is advised that the last bullet point is quite important as it involves something akin to the Olympic Truce.

Also as the controller of the Mundus Games Committee (our IOC) I reserve the right to refuse a bid should there be a legitimate IC reason to do so, e.g we wouldn't be having this in a country in the middle of a civil war.

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As usual competing nations will have the opportunity to choose disciplines to specialize in that is those headings in YELLOW, you are permitted three specialisms. You may also suggest the addition of an event if you wish but please remember these are the summer games (so no snowboarding). Also this is just the event list I have not yet worked out the schedule.

Finally as per the Winter Games I am not simply assuming everyone competes in everything but I am instead letting you determine which events you enter however please note that some events have a set number of people involved and some have a minimum number, these are generally team events and are indicated. Also please remember when determining your team size what the size of your nation is and how sporty they are.

Event List

All events apply to men and women unless specified otherwise, and all relay events are one relay team per nation. Team events are also one team per nation.

Athletics and Field

100m
200m
400m
800m
1500m
5000m
10,000m
3000m steeplechase
110m hurdles (Men)
100m hurdles (Women)
4x400m relay
4x100m relay
Marathon
Heptathlon (Women)
Decathlon (Men)
Pentathlon (men and women)

Triathlon (ind and team) (team is 4 athletes in a mixed relay)
Cross Country (ind and team) (four athletes is assumed)

Shotput
Discus
Javelin
Hammer Throw
High Jump
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Pole Vault

Swimming

50m (free, back, breast, fly)
100m (free, back, breast, fly)
200m (free, back, breast, fly)
400m (free, back, breast, fly)
800m (free)
1500m (free)
200m indiv medley
400m indiv medley
800m indiv medley
4x100m medley relay
4x200m medley relay

10k open water swim

Synchronized Swimming
Water Polo (15 athletes per squad)

Weightlifting

Men’s 56, 62, 69, 77, 85, 94, 105, over 105kg
Women’s 48, 53, 58, 63, 69, 75, over 75kg

Rowing

Single Sculls
Double Sculls
Quad Sculls
Coxless Pairs
Coxless Fours
Coxed Eights
Lightweight Pairs
Lightweight Fours

Sailing

Men’s solo- RSX, Laser, Finn
Men’s Team- 470, Star, 49er
Women’s solo- RSX, Laser
Women’s Team- 470, E6
Surfing - mens ind, womens ind, team (team is mixed 3 surfers)

Gymnastics

Individual and Team all around competition (six athletes per team will be assumed)
Men’s disciplines, Rings, Vault, Floor, Pommel Horse, Parallel Bars, High Bar
Women’s disciplines, Floor, Vault, Balance Beam, Uneven Bars,

Ind Men’s Rings, Vault, Floor, Pommel Horse, Parallel Bars, High Bar
Ind Women’s Floor, Vault, Balance Beam, Uneven Bars

Ind Women’s Rhythmic Gymnastics (Ball, Hoop, Ribbon, Clubs, Rope)
Women’s all around (team and ind)

Trampolining (ind and team)
Trampolining Pairs

Tumbling (ind and team)

Fencing

Epee
Foil
Sabre
Kendo (ind and team (team is 3 athletes))
Katana
Medieval Sword Duelling

Diving

3M Platform (indiv and pair)
5M Platform (indiv and pair)
10M Platform (indiv and pair)

Cycling

Individual Pursuit
Individual Sprint
Team Pursuit (four riders per team)
Team Sprint (three riders per team for men, two riders per team for women)
Keirin
Individual Scratch Race
Individual Elimination Race
Individual Points Race
Individual Flying Lap
Individual 1km Time Trial
Madison (two rider event)
Omnium

Road Race (maximum of six riders per team)
Time Trial
Mountain Bike (Cross Country)
BMX

Archery

Recurve Individual
Recurve Team (three archers per team)

Boxing

Men’s 49, 52, 56, 60, 64, 69, 75, 81, 91, over 91kg
Women’s 51, 60, 75kg

Judo

Men’s 60, 66, 73, 81, 90, 100, over 100kg
Women’s 48, 52, 57, 63, 70, 78, over 78kg

Taekwondo

Men’s 58, 68, 80, over 80kg
Women’s 49, 57, 67, over 67kg

Karate

Men’s 58, 68, 80, over 80kg
Women’s 49, 57, 67, over 67kg

Mixed Martial Arts

Football (squad size of 23 players)

Basketball (squad size of 20 players)

Rugby Sevens (squad size of 16 players)

Muggle Quidditch (squad size of 16 players)

Netball (women only, squad size of 14 players)

Ball and Stick Games

Hockey (squad size of 23 players)
Lacrosse (squad size of 16 players)
Baseball (squad size of 20 players)

Volleyball

Volleyball
Beach Volleyball

Racket Sports

Tennis

Singles
Doubles
Mixed Doubles

Badminton

Singles
Doubles
Mixed Doubles

Equestrian

All Equestrian events are mixed i.e. men and women compete against each other

Dressage (ind and team)
Cross Country (ind and team)
Showjumping (ind and team)
Three Day Eventing (four riders per team)
Puissance
Polo (12 riders per squad)

Shooting

Rifle- 10m, 50m prone, 50 m three positions
Pistol- 10m, 25m, 25m rapid fire, 50m
Shotgun- trap, double trap, skeet

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Everyone is requested to state the total number of athletes competing for their countries as part of their sign up so as to avoid confusion.

Back for a second year (and hopefully more organised and refined than last year) is the Edelweiss Festival, I'm broadening it out a little to try and increase involvement and generate some creativity.

What is the Edelweiss Festival?

In simple terms the Edelweiss Festival is a partial rip off/fusion of the BBC Proms/Children in Need. It runs coinciding with the dates of the BBC Proms so the 13th of July to the 8th of September. ICly it's a major thing in the Achkaerinese calendar, organized by the Silvermist family that I opened up in part to people last year by inviting select nations to send orchestra's to play on certain nights of the festival. This year I'm opening it up a little more by introducing two new locations so the festival now has three main venues throughout the City of Valtheim below you'll find information on each of them and an explanation of what is going to be going on there during the festival.

The Royal Theatre

This is the main venue for the festival as this is where the orchestra's play, in more recent times international orchestra's have been invited to play here on certain nights. This invitational process will continue this year and the international orchestra's will be selected by the organising committee (OOCly I'll be asking people if they're happy for one from their nation to come). You may submit musicians to play at this venue and while obviously I would be prepared to consider something like the Three Tenors to perform at this venue this is a venue that is generally for instrumental music not vocal songs.

Memorial Park

this is the equivalent of Proms in the Park, essentially it's where other musical artists not playing in the main venue will play. Remember to be mindful of the potential audience and the cause of fundraising when sending in applications for this because I reserve the right to reject applications that are not in keeping with the ethos of the festival.

The Royal Valtheim University Theatre

This is where you get a chance to use your creativity, come up with an idea for a play or a musical or other oratory and provide a brief outline of it (think how Dave ran the Ozzie's this year) you may base it on something that exists but don't do a copy and paste of it. My advice would be to either Mundusify an existing idea somehow or to take an event from the RP history and base it around that.

Charities

As I've mentioned above the Edelweiss Festival is a charity fundraising event, with numerous charities benefitting, generally I keep a list of charities that are in play ICly and choose from that a selection of usually ten charities, the final tally of money is then split Icly between them in equal shares. The charity's will be revealed around two to three days in advance of opening night OOCly speaking.

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Sign up forms

Note - the Pride question is for organisational purposes due to Pride potentially falling in July while the festival is on. If an act is playing Pride then the organising committee for Edelweiss will not schedule that act to appear during Pride and a couple of days either side so as to avoid a clash of schedules.
 
Musical Acts
[b]Act Name:[/b] Who are you?
[b]Preferred Venue:[/b] (Royal Theatre or Memorial Park)
[b]Are you intending on performing at Pride this year?[/b] (Yes/No)
[b]Sample of Music[/b] Use Youtube URL's to provide three different songs for the purposes of scheduling
Play/Musical/Oratory
[b]Performer[/b] Who are you? (if a group i.e. "Royal Shakespeare Company" then put that)
[b]Production Name[/b] What's the production called?
[b]Play/Musical/Oratory[/b] What is it genre wise?
[b]Author[/b] (include both writer and composer if a musical)
[b]Synopsis[/b] Tell us a little about the piece being performed


Who are we?

The Global Childbirth Initiative (GCI) is a non government organisation established by Queen Matilda of East Moreland in 2015. The organisation aims to reduce the number of women and children who die as a result of childbirth and the complications that it causes. The organisation has its global headquarters in Technology City, East Moreland and makes no conditions to nations contributing to or receiving aid from the project. The organisation is a registered charity and accepts donations from individuals, governments and businesses.

What we will do

The GCI has several programmes that are established to meet it's aim of reducing childbirth related deaths.

1. The building of centres of excellence to teach best practice to medical professionals from across the world. The aim will be to have one of these in each continent within five years.

2. To provide 20,000 fully funded University scholarships to students to study Midwifery. These scholarships will be for students from LEDC nations to study in a MEDC, they will carry the condition that the student will work back in their nation of origin for at least five years following graduation.

3. Help nations manufacture the life saving drug oxytocin or ensure that they are able to readily acquire the drug at cost.

4. Fund 1,000 Midwives and Nurses in secondments to LEDC's to help pass on best practice and train local professionals.

5. Provide nations with modern equipment to help create safer conditions for childbirth.

6. Start a global campaign to end the practice of Female Gential Mutilation. This will be include getting it recognised as a human right on the MCUR that girls not be exposed to the practice.

7. Create an education programme to warn of the dangers of FMG

8. Create an education programme for remote areas that will help local care providers better handle child births.

How You Can Get Involved


GCI is always looking for people to join our campaign either by being someone willing to go on secondment, welcome trainees, provide drugs and equipment or even join in our campaigns to end FGM.

You can apply to be a patron and join our fight to raise awareness of the issues. You can donate funding or equipment. Applications should be sent to

GCI HQ
University Row
Technology City
East Moreland

Patrons

• Ms Matilda Osman of East Moreland
• His Imperial Majesty Emperor Peter Azurewind of Achkaerin
• Her Imperial Majesty Renee Azurewind of Achkaerin
• Her Divine Majesty Queen Viktoriya of Lodja (deceased)

Benefactors

• OsmanTech - Donated the patents of oxytocin drugs and will provide the drug at cost. Also has donated $30million
• Abstergo Industries - Technological and Drug Support, funding scholarships.
• Rivere Corporation - Various Support offers.
• Achkaerin Health Service (AHS) - Training opportunities, scholarship funding and other support
• Baron Roman Chowynk - $10million

Centres of Excellence

• Royal Northfort Infirmary - East Moreland
• Gaia GCI Academy - Lodja
• Royal Hope Teaching Hospital (Hope Hospital), Valtheim - Achkaerin

To: King Andrew of the Kingdom of Seaforth

Your Majesty may I first extend my congratulations on your becoming King of Seaforth, I'm sure that I am not the only person on the international scene to have registered both happiness and surprise in regards to the re-emergence of Seaforth. Our nations share a bond that goes back to the CIS and it is of great sadness to me that outside of that now dissolved organisation there exists no formal ties between our respective nations. This is something I would like to remedy at your earliest convenience and therefore I invite you or your representatives to join me at Crystalline Castle to discuss the re-establishment of ties between our nations and also any assistance we can provide to your nation as it continues to rebuild. Please be aware that should you accept my invitation your representatives should arrive in the city of Valkyria instead of the Capital of Valtheim due to position in respect of Crystalline.

I await your response



Emperor Peter Azurewind of the Holy Empire of Achkaerin

The Formula Mundus season of 2018 begins with several questions - can Sam Halliday put all that media speculation and personal issues out of his mind and concentrate on defending his title? Will Megan Harrison regain her throne as champion? Or will a new name join those two? It's sure to be an interesting ride as pre season testing and then the season itself unfolds.

Race number	Host State	Grand Prix Name	2018 Winner
1	Eswen	Royal Vafleon Grand Prix	Aldous Moses (Tifosi)
2	Abydos	Ashmaremu Grand Prix	Sam Halliday (Rytol-EMAC)
3	East Moreland	Royal East Moreland, Grand Prix	Aldous Moses (Tifosi)
4	Quintelia	Lungsod Grand Prix	Aldous Moses (Tifosi)
5	Vaguzia	Royali GP of Vaguzia (Alba Karinya GP)	Quentin Yanone (Scuddor Ornati)
6	Dartfordia	Sisko Grand Prix	Megan Harrison (Riviere Corporation Racing)
7	Pretoria	Pretoria Grand Prix	Sam Halliday (Rytol-EMAC)
8	Ecclesiastical State	Le Castellet Grand Prix	Matt Cooke (Rytol-EMAC)
9	Allied States of Ardia	Mevania Grand Prix (Ardia Grand Prix)	Eevert Ranta (Salama Racing Team)
10	Dartfordia	Hambley Grand Prix (Albion Grand Prix)	Sam Halliday (Rytol-EMAC)
11	Muneski	Roundhouse Grand Prix	Jean Pierre Joubert (Scuddor Ornati)
12	Nya Aland	Krokom Grand Prix	Sam Halliday (Rytol-EMAC)
13	Achkaerin	Valkyria Grand Prix	Z Kennedy (Riviere Corporation Racing)
14	Ecclesiastical State	Celestis Grand Prix	Aldous Moses (Tifosi)
15	Gowu	Grand Prix de Brianna Azurewind	Megan Harrison (Riviere Corporation Racing)
16	Lodja	Lodjan Coastal Grand Prix	Eevert Ranta (Salama Racing Team)
17	Toshikawa	Miroma Grand Prix	Sam Halliday (Rytol-EMAC)
18	Vanora	Jerusalem Grand Prix (Aranye Grand Prix)	Megan Harrison (Riviere Corporation Racing)
19	Royal Seleucid	Desert Grand Prix	Sam Halliday (Rytol-EMAC)
20	Zimalia	Mogebbe Grand Prix	Megan Harrison (Riviere Corporation Racing)
21	East Moreland	Silverhills Grand Prix	Megan Harrison (Riviere Corporation Racing)

Current Standings

The three pre season testing circuits will be the Celestis Grand Prix (ES), the Royal East Moreland Grand Prix circuit (EM) and the Grand Prix de Brianna Azurewind circuit (Gowu). These will take place fairly quickly after which the race weekends (qualifying and race) will occur weekly unless stated otherwise.

To the Nations of Mundus,

A few months ago my late Husband, King Richard Silverwood of Vafleon and Head of the Commonwealth of Eswen passed away following a long battle with cancer, since then I have ruled as Regent until such time as my late Husband's eldest child could take the throne. That time has now come and so I hereby invite you to the coronation of my step son Crown Prince Manius Silverwood as King of Vafleon and his accession to the title of Head of the Commonwealth. I hope that the work he and his siblings have already begun in the ending of Eswen's long isolation will continue under my step son's rule and that you will support him and all the other leaders of the Commonwealth in this.

Signed

Queen Isabel Silverwood

OOC - for LISA peeps only please, would normally vignette this but there's some stuff coming in that may make it worth RPing this.


Princess Astrid Base, Great Northern Ocean

It was a big day for the staff at Princess Astrid Base, the commanding officer of the base Major Ezri Skarsgård, was up early and going through making sure the final preparations were ready, the briefing room was set, the Achkaerinese vessels assigned for the exercise sat either in port or just off shore, the pride of the Achkaerinese military sat there, the interesting note was that there was no aircraft carrier assigned - due to them both being deployed across Mundus, one in the Kyne and the other around the Lakhzovia situation but that was why the top brass had selected this island and nearby water for the exercise because the island had of course a couple of runways for the fighter jets positioned there.

"How are we doing?" Ezri asked stepping into the command centre
"Achkaerinese ships and planes on station, we're picking everyone else up at long range and closing." the officer watching the radar said
"VIP's?" Ezri asked
"Due any minute." the officer said
"Ok let's start positioning the targets for the first drill." Ezri said "Point Foxtrot."
"Yes ma'am." another officer said

Ezri smiled, it was going to be a long few days but she was confident her officers were up to the task.

For all official statements from the Achkaerinese Leadership and Government. Questions generally answered by Press Secretary Hannah Cartwright unless otherwise stated.

OOC - following on from the LISA app of Balt

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This wasn't the sort of thing that Tommy Walker had ever imagined would be in his job description, but then he'd never imagined holding such a senior diplomatic position either. The drive from East Moreland to Balitkum was relatively straightforward, for Tommy, his wife Sarah and daughter Kelly. The job seemed so simple didn't it? Talk to the Baltikum Government, essentially vet the country and get a feel for the country. None of the family had been to Baltikum before, so a lot of planning for the visit had been put it, interviews like this meant a slightly different tone was needed to the usual diplomacy - it wasn't just about common ground but about exploring the fault lines.
"So we're doing this as planned?" Sarah asked
"Yes." Tommy said "I talk to the President, you talk to the staff and Kelly can skateboard around getting a feel for the place."
"And then we compare notes over a coffee?" Sarah asked
"Yes." Tommy said "And remember I don't want any punchs pulled."
"No worries there." Kelly said
"And no wondering about how big your internet following may be out here young lady." Tommy said
"Ok Dad." Kelly said

They drove into the capital, the sat nav directing them on their way. Tommy sighed he had to remember whose florin he was on for the next few hours.

IT'S BACK!!!

This was due back in August/September but with the whole forum switch it didn't happen however one of the few advantages to that forum switch is the ability to right the Mundus Sporting Calendar so now at the fourth attempt we are finally having the Winter Games in winter. For those who don't know this is the Mundus equivalent of the Winter Olympics.

As per last year  you as the RPer are in the signup going to decide which events your nation enters and how many athletes they enter. Confused well let me try and explain, take an RL country that enters the RL Winter Olympics that's similar population wise to yours and use the number of athletes they send as a guideline- for example population wise Achkaerin is slightly larger than Great Britain so I'd blatantly rip of GB's total number of athletes for my nations team size that doesn't mean I have to match the events they entered though because my nations focus may be on other areas to that of the RL nation.

There's a coded sign up at the bottom of the post for people to do. I welcome people including athletes names alongside their respective events but that's not an absolute requirement as long as you say which events you're entering and how many athletes are entering that event.

As in previous years you may select up to three disciplines (those things in large font) for your nation to specialize in, this will increase your chances of getting medals in those disciplines but will not guarantee them (I suggest tailoring teams to the specialist disciplines you choose athlete wise)

Finally bidding information for prospective hosts is included after the list of events.

List of Events

Alpine Skiing

• Downhill Skiing (mens and womens)
• Super Combined (mens and womens)
• Super G (mens and womens)
• Slalom (mens and womens)
• Giant Slalom (mens and womens)

Biathlon

• Men's 10km Sprint
• Women's 7.5km Sprint
• Men's 12.5km Pursuit
• Women's 10km Pursuit
• Men's 20km Individual
• Women's 15km Individual
• Men's 15km Mass Start
• Women's 12.5 km Mass Start
• Men's 4 x 7.5km Relay
• Women's 4 x 6km Relay
• Mixed 4 x 7.5km Relay

Bobsleigh/Luge/Skeleton

• Men's Two Bobsleigh
• Women's Two Bobsleigh
• Men's Four Bobsleigh
• Luge Singles (men and women)
• Luge Doubles (men and women)
• Luge Relay (four runs combining the above luge events aggregate time used to determine results)
• Skeleton Singles (men and women)

Cross Country Skiing

• Skiathlon (men and women)
• Individual Sprint (men and women)
• Men's 15km Classical
• Women's 10km Classical
• Men's 4 x 10km Relay
• Women's 4 x 5km Relay
• Team Sprint (men and women)
• Men's 50km Mass Start
• Women's 30km Mass Start

Curling

• Men's Team Competition
• Women's Team Competition
• Mixed Pairs Competition (two players one male and one female)

Figure Skating

• Singles (men and women)
• Mixed Pairs
• Mixed Ice Dancing
• Mixed Team Event (Freestyle)

Freestyle Skiing

• Aerials (men and women)
• Halfpipe (men and women)
• Moguls (men and women)
• Ski Cross (men and women)
• Slopestyle (men and women)

Ice Hockey

• Men's Team Competition
• Women's Team Competition
• Bandy (Mens and Womens) Demo event

Nordic Combined

• Individual Normal Hill/10km (men and women)
• Individual Large Hill/10km (men and women)
• Team Large Hill/ 4 x 5km (men and women)

Short Track Speed Skating

• 500m (men and women)
• 1000m (men and women)
• 1500m (men and women)
• Women's 3000m Relay
• Men's 5000m Relay

Ski Jumping

• Normal Hill (men and women)
• Large Hill (men and women)
• Team Large Hill (men and women)

Snow Boarding

• Halfpipe (men and women)
• Parallel Giant Slalom (men and women)
• Parallel Slalom (men and women)
• Slopestyle (men and women)
• Snowboard Cross (men and women)

Speed Skating

• 500m (men and women)
• 1000m (men and women
• 1500m (men and women)
• Women's 3000m
• 5000m (men and women)
• Men's 10,000m
• Team Pursuit (men and women)

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Bidding Information

The bidding process requires nations wishing to host to submit requested information, what information is dependent on the event in question. There will be a deadline set for bid submissions in this case the 20th September any bids entered after that date will not be considered unless the vote has not opened. As you can probably guess from that sentence once bidding closes there will be a vote conducted by vote this will not be in the form of a poll but in the form of a post in this topic (this is to ensure fairness of the vote)

So with that in mind the following is the criteria for the Winter Games bids

• Information on venues- how much information you go into is up to you but a word of advice pictures are always welcome.
• Name of the Main TV Rights Holder (For example Tytorian News Service or EMTV)
• Information relating to the athletes village and accommodation for the media and fans.
• Importantly a written letter signed by a ranking member of your government stating that they will provide safe venues and protective services for all athletes and staff no matter which nation they hail from. (No refusing entry to a nation or holding people prisoner because you don't get along in RP with their nation).

The last bullet point is particularly important and should be considered along the lines of the Olympic truce.

Also a point I always try to make, the host nation is responsible for starting the IC thread with an opening ceremony and also concluding the thread following the final results with a closing ceremony should they wish to do so. I'll still be putting up the results for each day etc.

And as a final incentive the host nation shall receive a small boost across the board in all disciplines they compete in due to the 'home advantage'

Nation Name:
Three letter nation abbrev:
Specialist Disciplines:
List of events entered: e.g- Women's Figure Skating (3) Men's Moguls (2) etc

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Participating Nations

To: Martin Dawson, CEO of SmartWar

Mr Dawson, as Chair of the Imperial Army of Achkaerin's Planning and Development Committee my job involves ensuring the continued development of the Achkaerin Army. I believe you and your highly regarded company may be in a position to help us in regards to this continued development. I am particularly interested by your Robo-Guard vehicle and would like to if possible see a demonstration of the vehicle and subject to that discuss the purchase of a small number of them.

I await your response.

Signed

Lieutenant General Edwin Wilcox
Chair, Imperial Army Planning and Development Committee

Members of the Regional Assembly

By convention when a regional office holder has not logged into the forum after seven days without a declared leave of absence it can be put that they have vacated their position. The current Speaker of the Assembly, Zee, last logged into the forum 24 days ago and has no declared leave of absence of which I am aware, he is therefore presumed to have vacated his seat as Speaker. As we have a critical Bill before the Assembly at this time I advise the Assembly to determine a new Speaker for the purposes of dealing with the matter at hand. I also remind Assembly Members that if they are unable to determine a new Speaker within a week then the Grand Chancellor does have the authority to appoint one. This is a power granted by convention.

Lord Chief Justice Achkaerin

Commonwealth Treaty Organisation
General Assembly Resolution

Resolution #0021
Adopted by the General Assembly on 4th January 2018

General Assembly,

Aware of the ongoing crisis in Lakhzovia follow the recent elections,

Recognizing that the perception of democratic mandate is vital to the stability of the political system,

Appreciating the importance of restoring public and international confidence in the Lakhzov government,

1. Endorses the new elections in Lakhzovia

2. Accepts the East Moreland offer to send an Election Monitoring Team

3. Agrees that this mission should be led by Alex Redfern

4. Resolves to accept and endorse the outcome of the elections upon receipt of a satisfactory report from the Election Monitoring Team

The Silverwood Stories focus on the Royal Family of Vafleon, the nine siblings each with their own personality and differences, as Vafleon steps out onto the world stage how will these nine develop and how will they shape their country?

Table of Contents

The Inevitable
Laying the Foundations