The group draws for this years Football World Cups has taken place (see links below), this is the first year that the mens and the womens tournaments happen at the same time, the games will be played in the country of Vinitsia in the continent of Albion. Each tournament sees 24 teams competing against each other to be named world champions, who will prevail in this contest?

(quick rules explanation with 24 teams the top 2 from each group will advance to the last 16 along with the 4 best placed 3rd place teams from the groups - if you followed te European championships earlier this year this is exactly the same the last 16 then play in a standard knockout tournament. Games will be by match day round and alternate between the tournaments until the knockout stages)

Mens Group Draw

Womens Group Draw

Name of Nominee: Akasha Di-‘nh-mi-Re, Sovereign of Sovereigns, Divine of Appearance, Beloved of Amun, Chosen of Ra, Lord of the Three Lands, Ruler of Justice like Ra, High Priest of Every Temple, the Eye of Horus, Satisfied is the heart of Ra.
Field Nominated in: Peace
Reason for Nomination: Defeat of the terrorists known as the Confederation of Clysperis and the reunification of the Clysperi State
Supporting Letter:

When the Clysperi Confederation was declared by Nekhtou a period of uncertainty, death and destruction was imposed upon the Kingdom of Clysperis. There was a time during the conflict where it appeared that the self-declared Confederation may consolidate its holdings in the Southern Lands before turning its attention to the North, bringing with them more public executions, beatings and crimes against the Clysperi People. Through her wise leadership and cooperation with partners engaged alongside her in the fight against terrorism Pharaoh Akasha Di-‘nh-mi-Re not only saw the threat posed by the Confederation to her People defeated, she also realized the reintegration of lands held by the terrorists and has embarked upon several programs to repair damage and rebuild lives.

Since the cessation of hostilities living standards across the Kingdom have risen, while fairness has been shown toward those willing to repent for their associations with Nekhtou and his Confederation. That we have seen Clysperis rise from the ashes of the conflict imposed upon it by terrorism, I feel that Pharaoh Akasha Di-‘nh-mi-Re deserves consideration in the field of peace. Thank you.

Soraya Danesh, with help from the Danesh Family
Residents of Hesikhen

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Name of Nominee: Prince Jonas of Hassfurt
Field Nominated in: Peace
Reason for Nomination: Negotiating the Celtic Protectorate Withdrawal

Supporting Letter:

It is my pleasure to nominate young Prince Jonas of Hassfurt for the Queen's Foundation Prize for Peace. Over the last few months the young royal has worked to bring religious tensions within Royal Seleucid to a head and while ensuring that the region can return to national sovereignty in a more expedious manner. While the withdrawal of Ui Cennesliag troops has been achieved and system put in place to ensure Royal Seleucid maintains itself as a safe place for members of the Cult of Helus to live. It is now possible thanks to the Prince's input that citizens living there can live safe in the knowledge that their rights and identity are protected. It is for these reasons that we believe the Prince deserves this award for bringing to an end a long period of instability in this region.

May The Gods Watch Over You and the World Know Peace

King David III of East Moreland

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Ragnar Madson

Name of Nominee:Ragnar Madson (posthumous)
Field Nominated in: Peace
Reason for Nomination: Creation of the now fulfilled roadmap to Lan Na reunification

Supporting Letter:

For several decades the only way the Kingdom and Democratic Republic of Lan Na saw each other was through the sights of a rifle. Thanks to the work of Ragnar Madson almost twenty years ago a path was set up to allow our two nations to embrace each other like siblings once more. This year the completion of Mr.Madson's vision has bore fruit and on happy circumstances Mundus saw itself with a nation less as two became one. The process of our nation fully joining together shall still be a long and challenging one however it is well underway and our only sorrow is that Mr.Madson did not live to see the joy his work brought. Until 2019 when he died he had worked with people on both sides of the border to ensure the smooth unification and now as our two lands sit under the same flag it would be fitting that the work of Mr.Madson is recognised by the international community.

King Chulalok of the United Lan Na States
Prime Minister President Varit Sodsri of the United Lan Na States

The diplomatic ramping up around Colonel Cartier had been expected but perhaps not at this speed, the myriad of legal issues was more than enough to bury most lawyers and the amount of pre-trial procedural motions that had been submitted by Cartier's legal team were quite significant not to mention complex and it was these motions combined with intelligence and political concerns along with the growing attention of the international community that was creating a perfect storm around the Colonel. In the Marble Palace it was decision time, Emperor Peter had gathered his advisors and they were in the midst of a deep conversation on the issue. Peter put the phone down after a rather bittersweet call with the Duchess of Aquitaine.

"She doesn't like it but she'll do it." Peter said looking around the room "Is everyone happy with handing him to Marseilles if they meet our conditions? Rion?"
"He's the most valuable intelligence source I've got on the Sorority, but I do have Alys now." Rion said
"Better Marseilles than Nya Aland." Kumiko Arkwright Peter's chief of staff said "We're legally within our rights to try him, but we don't need Brook 2.0."
"Marseilles where the crimes occurred better there than sending a message we don't want to send." Rion said
"All right summon the Marseilles let's get the assurances, if they agree we extradite to Marseilles, if not we reconsider." Peter said

An official summons was promptly dispatched to the Marseilles embassy.

The Queen's Foundation Awards (otherwise known as the Queen's Medals), are a set of awards granted to people each year in acknowledgement of their accomplishments across a variety of different fields, are once more upon us. This year we intend to award prizes for accomplishments in the fields of Chemistry, Physics, Physiology and Medicine, Literature or Journalism, Peace, Economics, Engineering, Archaeology and Anthropology, Mathematics and new from this year Climate Science (OOC - this essentially combines various RL awards together). Nominations will be open until the 26th of October with the winners being announced on the 1st of November at a reception hosted by Queen's College of the University of Artaxia.

We look forward to another celebration of humankind's accomplishments.

Charlotte Youngson
Chair of the Queen's Foundation

OOC Explanation

Ok this is essentially modelled on the Nobel Prizes. You can nominate any of your own characters, someone else's character, or even an international organisation if you can justify it in any of the fields. There are some rules regarding nominations explained below. All I ask is that people be reasonable, this is intended as a fun RP event not a competition.

The Rules

1) The reason for the nomination (I.e. what the nominee has done) must have happened between the 27th of October 2020 and the 26th of October 2021 - i.e. the period between last years nominations closing and this years nominations closing.

2) The reason must be a completed RP event - for example if the SSC Honeybadger was nominated then it must have achieved the speed record and not still be being constructed. This also means it must be something on the forum. The nomination period is deliberately long to give everyone the opportunity to complete RP's that may be relevant.

3) The reason must be feasible (within the RP rules) - self explanatory.

4) The Queen's Foundation reserves the right to reject a nomination should it deem it to be inappropriate.

The Nomination Form

Please fill out the following form to nominate for a prize

Name of Nominee: (Link to character profile if they have one desired but not essential, do include titles)
Field Nominated in: Chemistry/Physics/Physiology and Medicine/Literature and Journalism/Peace/Economics/Engineering/Archaeology and Anthropology/Mathematics/Climate - Delete as Appropriate
Reason for Nomination: What have they done to earn the nomination?
Supporting Letter: Why you (the person nominating) think they should be given the award, signed by the person doing the nominating (must not be the nominee and you can nominate someone from another nation).
If anyone has questions get in touch with me on discord or PM.

It's that time of year again- our version of the Olympic Games is back for its eighth outing, as always there have been a few minor tweaks to the event list with some new events added (horseback archery, chess and jousting) 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, if no one bids for hosting then you're all coming to Valtheim.

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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 6th of July 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 (please make sure to include which events are going where)
• 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) This is the selling aspect of the bid

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. I would like to remind everyone that if they believe there to be a legitimate IC reason to question a bid they may do so icly, just please do it in a separate thread.

As a word of advice to any prospective bidder do bear in mind that you will require multiple stadia for events such as football and cricket.

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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 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

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)
Horseback Archery - Circuit, Cross Country, Cross Country Relay, Time Attack

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

Mens and womens individual events at lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight

Medieval Mixed Martial Arts

Mens and womens individual events at lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight
Duo events at lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight

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)

Cricket (T20 Format)

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
Spikeball

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)
Mens Jousting
Womens Jousting

Shooting

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

Skateboarding

Freestyle
Halfpipe

Cue Sports

Snooker
Pool

Rock Climbing

Individual Rockclimbing

Chess

Individual Chess

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Sign Up Information

Again this year we're using google sheets to create the Database as far as I understand it I believe you should be able to add in your athlete information without needing to sign into a google account, if for whatever reason you can't add yours in post it below and I'll get it added. I have already put Achkaerin's information in there to give people an idea of when numbers are entered and when yes/no isn't. If you aren't entering an event please enter either a zero or no into the cell or leave the cell blank.

Also remember to include your nations three specialist disciplines in the sign up post you do.

The Aquarius Cup the biggest sailing competition outside of the Mundus Games. Teams from across Mundus compete for this prestigious title, who will emerge as national champions? Who will become champions of their continent? Who will earn the right to compete for the title at East Moreland's Festival of Sail? There are sixteen teams drawn from eight nations, only one can win.

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Alba Karinya Regatta

East Moreland - Seabrooke Naval College defeat Portworth Naval College

Zimalia - Presidents Sailing Club defeat Mogebbe Sailing Club
 
Albion Regatta

FOA - The Red Rockets defeat The Lachtens College Boating Team

Tytor - RNA Midshipmen defeat WSC International

Ardia Regatta

Arashkai - The Ikhan Dragons defeat The Ishkot Ghosts

Toshikawa - Rennyo Clan Sailing defeat Shogun's Sailors

Cotf Aranye Regatta

Jugland - Sjovegen Klubb defeat Juglandensk Sjoroveri

Achkaerin - Queen's College Sailing Racing Team defeat Naval Cadets Sailing Team

OOC - for the audience of doubt I've deliberately paired teams from the same nation up against each other for the first round, this amounts to a 'national title' so to speak, next the winners of nationals will face off against each other to win their continent and then we whittle the four down to two for the final.

The Aquarius Cup is an international sailing competition where teams from the nations of Mundus compete against each other in a knockout style tournament by region across the waters of Mundus until only the final two teams remain for the final contested as part of the Festival of Sail in East Moreland.

OOC - First a big thanks to Dave for letting me put the final race as part of the Festival of Sail. This is a fairly self explanatory sports thing, imagine it along the lines of Formula Mundus but applied to sailing teams, this is basically a slightly more elaborate America's Cup. Ideally (and dependent on numbers) the initial rounds of the tournament will be consisted within regions which will be figured out when the entries are in. I'm initially saying two teams per nation. For those interested please provide the following information:

Team Name
Nation of Origin

The Spirit of Mundus is a floating museum that is intended to give greater accessibility to different cultures from across Mundus for a variety of purposes. The ship is open to galleries, museums, traditional craftsmen, performers, historians, students etc from across Mundus and has room for:

• Approximately 200-300 exhibition spaces (depending on size)
• Space for 50 restaurants
• Approximately 150 virtual reality suites
• There is a performance stage aboard where music/dancing/cultural tradition may occur

The ship is due to set sail on the 7th of May 2021 and we encourage all interested parties to contact us with the following information:

Name: Who/what are you?
Type: Exhibition/Virtual Reality/Craft/Restaurant (delete as appropriate)
Nation of Origin: Where do you come from?
Description: Give a basic idea of what you're going to be doing
Designated Contact: Who does the operator call if there's an emergency?
Number of people staying aboard: How many staff do you need?
Any special considerations: For example access to the deck, secure rooms, specific temperature etc
OOC - As some of the above may not be entirely clear an exhibition would for example be a collection of paintings from Tytor, a craft activity could be traditional sword forging from East Moreland or sword dancers from Achkaerin (also I include musical performers in that). On virtual reality is stuff like interactive virtual tours of somewhere like the pyramids or an interactive (slightly computer game VR experience) of something historical such as a famous battle, wedding, event etc.

Back for the sixth time is the Mundus Rugby World Cup (which is most likely the most hotly contested trophy on Mundus). Last tournament saw Achkaerin win their first World Cup defeating defending champions the Iwi in the final, will the plucky underdogs triumph again? Will the Iwi regain their crown? Will the Honeybadgers win their third world crown?

Ok serious stuff, as per the usual sports sign ups state in this thread if you want to enter your nation into this - all hosting bids to be posted by the 19th of February please, following which there'll be a vote for hosting which I'll explain if one is needed. The full explanation of the bidding process is below. If no one bids we're going to an NPC nation.

Bidding Process

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. 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). Importantly I want to make clear that as I for the purposes of sport effectively play the governing bodies (in this instance Mundus International Rugby Confederation or MIRC) and I generally everyone to be a member, nations can protest bids, but please if doing so make it about something not just 'my nation does not like the bidding nation'. Also I reserve the right to invalidate a hosting bid if it would place competitors at risk  which I generally take to mean nowhere where there is a civil war or large scale civil unrest.

So with that in mind the following is the criteria for the Rugby World Cup bids

• A minimum list of eight stadia- you are expected to include the capacity of these venues at least one stadium must have a minimum capacity of 80,000 (for the final) and at least two must have capacity's of 70,000
• Name of the Main TV Rights Holder (For example Tytorian News Service or EMTV)
• Information relating to accommodation for teams and supporters.
• 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).

Also a word of advice to those wishing to host. It has been brought to my attention that we've had an awful lot of "Image Parade Bids" of late i.e. bids which amount to venue pictures and a fairly generic letter. Therefore I strongly encourage all those who wish to host this competition to "Sell" their nations in terms of why they are the best host for it and to think about the legacy factor i.e. what will the lasting impact of your nation hosting the tournament be?

Final note I am (particularly after the last one of these) limiting the number of tournaments to 32 nations if we get more than 32 nations then a qualification round will need to be held which I will explain if we get far. The participants shall be listed here, I have got Ben's OOC permission to enter the Iwi into sporting events in his absence.

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Participants

• Achkaerin
• Iwi
• East Moreland
• Royal Seleucid
• Jugland
• Tytor
• Centralia
• Lijiang
• Fleur
• Argemonto
• Ikhan
• Elania
• Tamora
• Kaedwen
• Merina
• Quintelia
• Bakkermaya
• Drenova
• Lodja
• Kaitaine
• Vaguzia
• Seaforth
• Zimalia
• Safraen

To the Government of Izhitsa,

First allow me to apologize for the lack of advance on the issue of our military deployment. I hope you can appreciate that this was due to the manner in which the events of the Parbhani-Topri and that they escalated rather quickly, we went from a position of an ongoing conflict to a ceasefire to an ultimatum with terms some of which may not be well received by the Topri. Further the ultimatum's nature puts everyone on the clock, in forty eight hours from the declaration of it Topri must either agree to the terms, the international community members that have been approached must find a way forward or the offensive will resume. Having been personally involved in negotiations of this sort it's a time limit that is not helpful and very much reads that the Parbhani leadership appears to be making nothing other than a token gesture rather than engaging in a constructive and meaningful way to end the conflict. Now not even this would see the deployment in question, what is making that happen partly is that Parbhani civilians have been killed by Topri's military, every analysis of the situation that I've seen and heard of whether it be Parbhani's own or an international one concludes that Topri will lose this war, that's a warning sign that Topri have nothing left to lose and that it is entirely possible that repeats of the temple incident or similar atrocities may occur. I hope that this conflict does not end with a descent into what the Seaforth Catholic Church did but if it does get to a point where things do either escalate or degenerate I would rather be in a position where I can assist my nations friend in Dragovah if they require it sooner rather than later given the geographic position of Topri against their eastern border.

My second concern and motivation in this situation is the lack of knowledge and information on a critical point the "respected members of the international community" are not yet known, but judging off the lack of communication coming into Achkaerin from certain nations it's reasonable to say who has not been asked and that list includes significant numbers of nations with experience in this sort of situation, as a local of the Northern Ocean Achkaerin is greatly concerned that no notification from Parbhani about who these nations are has been given, the secrecy of it begs the question whether they even exist at this point, either whoever has been asked has dropped the ball and not told the locals or Parbhani has themselves not invited anyone. Either way they're not being done any favours with a ticking clock.

With respect to your governments suggestions, we appreciate the intent and your efforts however I cannot really agree to either suggestion, to agree to keep the vessels three days away from Izhitsa would be to defeat the object of the deployment which is to be able to take an action if an ally requires it, greater distance impacts this capability. Second the suggestion that we should send a single vessel down there to monitor is understandable however considering the forty eight hour deadline not viable, if thee ultimatum's deadline was a week, ten days or so we would consider a single ship to monitor but the time frame of forty eight hours means we cannot do that, it will take the forty eight hours to get those vessels there, to send a single ship to monitor the situation is fine but in the event that the situation turn bad very quickly it is then a further forty eight hours to get the vessels down there in number.

I hope that in a few hours I will be able to tell the ships to turn for home.

Crown Princess Serenity Azurewind

The Stardust Cup is a 24hr motorsport endurance race, the track runs through the countryside and forests surrounding the central part of the city of Artaxia in Aelmoor province, it is an open event meaning that various different cars can be entered. The winner is decided by which car completes the furthest distance in the allotted twenty four hours.

OOC explanation - This is basically modeled on the Le Mans 24 hr race, there may be an associated event based RP to go with this, you are permitted to enter up to five teams for this for each team I need a team name, nation of origin and the car they're driving (with a wikipedia link to the car if possible), the car info is required because I may be required to sort cars (and therefore teams) into different classifications - if someone enters a VW Golf for example it wouldn't be competing against a Ferrari.

Found here will be announcements relating to items of business at the 2020 Cross-Straits Summit. Questions from the press welcomed.

OOC - this thread basically serves to assist in identifying what of the decisions made at the summit are and are not public knowledge, it is assumed that each CSC member has a representative available to answer questions as required.

"Wherever you are on Mundus, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. Today we award the 2020 Queen's Foundation Awards, these are awards that recognise great achievements, that honour those people who dare to dream big, those who make a difference. We award prizes in nine different areas, we award these prizes to the people and organisations that truly deserve them. We acknowledge all the nominees and congratulate all of you on your achievements. Now as chair of the Foundation it is my privilege to announce the winners of the 2020 Queen's Foundation Prizes..."

To the nations of Mundus,

The eleventh of November is a date of great significance to many nations on Mundus, for it is the day that the final stage of what we call the "Great War" officially ended, the day the guns fell silent. Many people of many different cultures and creeds, many different people from many different nations gave their lives in that period. Every year we honor the fallen of all sides in that time and we also pay tribute to those who've given their lives in more recent conflicts and deployments. Every year on the eleventh of November Achkaerin marks Memorial Day, it concludes with the festival of remembrance in the Royal Theatre, Valtheim following a day of acts of remembrance across the nation. I would like to extend to each of you this invitation to join us as we mark the day and remember.

Signed



Emperor Peter Azurewind

OOC - feel free to reply with a letter for now if you want, I'm going to set the scene in a few days with an aim to have the act of remembrance on the 11th, after which usual diplomatic reception stuff.

We the under signed organisations hereby agree to the formation of the not for profit Mundus Goodwill Bank (MGB). The MGB will exist to fulfill the following missions.

1. The provision of relief during times of natural disaster and war.
2. The support of projects aimed at improving living conditions where without funds the project would not proceed.
3. To provide medical support for those in need
4. To aid research into life shortening medical conditions.

The official currency of the MGB shall be the Universal Standard Dollar (US$)

In order to achieve these missions the undersigned organisations hereby agree to the following.

1. Each organisation will donate annually a sum to the Bank based upon what they feel capable of providing.

2. Each organisation will appoint a Patron to sit on the Banks Council. This person may be chosen using any method the organisation wishes. A Patron may sit on the Council for as long as their nominating organisation permits.

3. The Banks Council shall appoint a President of the Bank. The President shall be chosen following an election, each Patron may nominate a candidate and vote in the election. The candidate with the most votes is named President.

4. The President shall be responsible for the day to day running of the bank. They may distribute funds how they see fit after informing the Patrons of an application. Should a Patron oppose an application on any ground a meeting of the Banks Council shall be called and a vote of the Council taken, a majority decision determines whether funding can be allocated.

5. The President shall be responsible for raising donations to the Bank from non member organisations. These donations will be accepted only when the President is sure that the funder has no ulterior motive.

6. The MGB will not charge interest on loans.

7.The President may, at their discretion, deem loans to be a gift.

8. The Presidents term shall be four years and they may be re-elected.

9. An organisation wishing to leave the MGB may do so by giving 6 months notice, during that time they may still take part in Bank business.

10. Any organisation may join the MGB by ratifying this charter and making a donation to the bank of at least US$25 million.

Signed by High Priestess Joanna Ironside on behalf of The Cult of Helus

Signed by Oracle Temari Fuma on behalf of the Cult of Namis

Signed by Archbishop Richard Valance on behalf of the Church of Tytor

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Note: Any organisation can make a payment to the bank to be used to help provide loans for good causes, in case of disasters etc. This is not limited to those who have signed the charter or even to religious organisations e.g. should OsmanTech wish to donate money they could.