To - Prime Minister Lentz

The Cross-Straits Union has received your application to join the Union as a full member, as is our custom I would like to invite you or a representative of your nation to the headquarters of the organisation located in Ashinxao, Rokkenjima for the purposes of the interview stage of the application.

Signed

Lìosa Càidh
Secretary General, Cross-Straits Union

OOC - Just post turning up at the HQ no need for a formal response.

To - President Seiko Kumoya

The Cross-Straits Union has received your application to join the Union as a full member, as is our custom I would like to invite you or a representative of your nation to the headquarters of the organisation located in Ashinxao, Rokkenjima for the purposes of the interview stage of the application.

Signed

Lìosa Càidh
Secretary General, Cross-Straits Union

OOC - Just post turning up at the HQ no need for a formal response.

To the Council of Elders of the Griss Confederacy,

It is not often that I get the opportunity to write an invitation such as this to a fellow 'frozen north' territory, my nation and your alliance appear to be the only two not presently engaging in some form of isolationism, the Crown and Government of Achkaerin would like to extend their condolences to Princess Aerila on her recent bereavements. I would also like to take the opportunity to extend an invitation to your nation to visit Achkaerin so that we may hopefully begin to build a lasting relationship between ourselves.

Yours in friendship

Emperor Peter Azurewind

To CARDA,

The Achkaerin Space Agency would like to formally invite you to our headquarters in Djana-Ville, Achkaerin. We extend this invitation following the announcement made of several projects concerning your organisation in recent days, some of which appear to be Soleimani versions of missions that the Achkaerin Space Agency has successfully undertaken, as such we would like to extend our experience and expertise on those and perhaps explore other possibilities as well for the future.

Signed

Gary Hale
Director of the Achkaerin Space Agency

First I apologize that this has snuck up on me. Basically for those who don't know the Edelweiss Festival (basically think of it as Proms meets Children in Need and other similar festivals) is an annual Achkaerinese event that does music, culture and the arts. it's icly organized and put on by the Achkaerinese royal family. Anyway I'm branching it out a little this year and while I've asked a couple a question about parts of it, I'm now opening it up to international participation in three areas.

1) Putting on a Play, Poetry Recital, Dance etc

In the cause of trying to avoid this becoming a Glastomundus double header I'm not opening sign ups for the Memorial Gardens aspect of this (which is Proms in the Park) instead I'm opening up the performance space at the Royal University of Music for play performances, poetry recitals, dances and so on. Anyone interested in this fill in the sign up form below.

Name of performer: (who's doing it individual or performing company, drama school etc)
Nation of Origin: (Where are you from)
Subject of Performance: (title of the play, can be either something already existing or fictional, I'll allow a maximum of three at this point)

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2) International Young Musician of the Year

I have in previous years mentioned a domestic young musician of the year specific to Achkaerin, this is an international category that I'm throwing out there, for a bit of fun. It'll be on the schedule for the festival. I don't mind what instrument or musical selections people make provided it fits the outline.

Note - the Judge's selection piece is a piece of music chosen that reflects a theme, this years theme is Hope

Name:
Nation:
Instrument:
Judge's Selection Piece: (youtube link and explanation if wished) 
Concerto Piece: (youtube link)
Freestyle Piece: (youtube link)

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3) International Young Artist of the Year

Similar to the young musician of the year but focused around art, I have only one rule please try to avoid using big name paintings and follow the guidance in brackets). Sign up for this is below:

Name:
Nation:
Painting 1: (Must be a still life)
Painting 2:
Painting 3:

It had been a longer than usual morning in Pyrena brought about by what had been referred to in the corridors as 'odd statements' by Soleimani and Heyra, if the circumstances weren't as severe or the stakes as high they would have been laughable. Still as requested the Viceregent Emerson Ravenswood had assembled the newly appointed Imperial Council and spent most of the morning going through all the technicalities of the CFT, the view was crystal clear the CFT did not have a higher authority than the Fair Seas Concordat. With the final unanimous agreement of the council Emerson made his way to Evanthe's office and put the document on her desk.

"The report you asked for." Emerson said

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In accordance with the request of the Empress the Viceregent has undertaken a swift review of the Treaty between the First Empire of Rokkenjima and the Heyran Republic (formerly the Conglomerate) known as the CFT with a view to concluding whether it was compatible with Rokkenjiman foreign policy, in need of reform or whether it should be withdrawn from. This review included input from the Imperial Council and has their approval.

Summary of the CFT

On the face of it the CFT is a one sided agreement which appears to give numerous advantages to the Heyran Republic and disadvantages to Rokkenjima, there is notable inconsistency and ambiguity contained within it. The document does appear to have been signed by the Empress-Emerita as some sort of slight against East Moreland and Seaforth at the time, following the closure of the then QAMB, on that basis it would certainly appear that the Conglomerate as it was then took advantage of the Empress-Emerita and dangled two military bases in front of her in exchange for virtual carte blanche in other areas, this is obviously an unacceptable state of affairs and in need of urgent address.

The inconsistencies in the CFT are seen when comparing the terms of the base leases for the Queen Adriana and King Leopold bases. Under article II(b) of the CFT:

"The maintenance, personnel, supply, security and construction of such installations in the defined annexes are to be at the expenses of the First Empire. The maintenance personnel of the annexes is to be at least 70% from The Conglomerate nationality. An annual fees of 300 000 000 USD is to be charged to the First Empire for the usage of such annexes."

As can be seen from the underlined phrase this article obligates Rokkenjima to in effect pay rent to Heyra for having a base there, which in of itself would not be unreasonable, however it becomes unreasonable when it is considered that the land lease of Cocytus does not see Heyra obligated in the same way despite the providing of a service by the Rokkenjiman police as per article V - "The Conglomerate agrees to let First Empire of Rokkenjima police forces, air, sea and ground, patrol freely within the respect of The Conglomerate legislations in Cocytus." so not only are Rokkenjiman police officers being asked to patrol around Cocytus but they also have to then enforce not Rokkenjiman Law but presumably Heyran Law, this is clearly a service being provided that there is no payment for and given the tone of the CFT this appears unacceptable.

Further concerns with the CFT are found in the rest of Article II and Article III

Article II(a) - "The definition of the annexe zone, plans and architecture are to be validated by The Conglomerate."

Concern: On the face of it reasonable but the word 'architecture' can be taken to imply certain things such as what a radar tower or dome can look like, what a jetty might look like, a drydock and so on. The point is there is a difference between looking good and being practical, and in military terms practicality is the superior point. Additionally the idea that Rokkenjima could potentially have to give the Heyran's detailed plans of what the inside of a military facility is going to look like does raise significant security concerns.

Article II(c) - "Provisionary exceptions may be made to the upper point on the number of vessels, tonnage and personnel, if authorised by The Conglomerate for no more than 10 days."

Concern: Does not define under what circumstances the exceptions may be made and a ten day authorisation is very arbitrary as history across Mundus shows the likely set of circumstances under which this might be asked for (humanitarian operations, combat operations etc) take substantially longer than ten days.

Article II(e) - "The Conglomerate reserve itself the right to use the military installations in emergency cases, such as one which may put in danger Human lives."

Concern: Very vague as the amount of circumstances that can qualify for this is a long one, a humanitarian operation puts lives at risk, a terrorist group seizing a vessel and holding the crew hostage puts lives at risk, a honeybadger getting loose on a cargo ship puts lives at risk. In fact Heyra could twist practically any arising situation and interpret it in a way that allows them to use the installations, which is likely to hinder the ability of Rokkenjima to effectively conduct operations, potentially expose sensitive Rokkenjiman equipment such as ICON to Heyra, potentially place Rokkenjiman ships at risk and ultimately cost lives rather than save them. In addition the stationing of Heyran assets on a Rokkenjiman base does raise the question of command position and who is ultimately the command authority to those Heyrans.

Article II(f) - "Coordination efforts will be took, for allowing The Conglomerate assets to be temporarily deployed on a military annexe for executing Article II e) and Article III in alignment with both the First Empire and The Conglomerate wills to cooperate on defense questions."

Concern: No definition of how long "temporarily" is and the concerns as noted in relation to Article II(e) would apply.

Further concern in relation to Article III - "In the sake of safety and security of passing goods and people through the Mhorish, Illumic, Krimeon and Kyne Seas, The Conglomerate and First Empire of Rokkenjima agree to anchor a long-standing cooperation for managing common patrols along exercises in the said regions for ensuring the neutrality of the maritime routes, along a direct connexion between both military headquarters to ensure proper communication."

Observations: This article seems to suggest that the four areas identified are in some way not secure in terms of trading routes. However the Illumic channel is most certainly the most secure waterway of Mundus and as has been demonstrated on several occasions East Moreland and Seaforth are perfectly capable of handling issues that arise there. The introduction of the 3RA's policy of MICA would extend this principle to the Mhorish, therefore it seems odd and surplus to requirements to suggest that such patrols in those areas are required. The Krimeon and Kyne are both very large bodies of water and that fact combined with already existing commitments that Rokkenjima has would appear to place a rather large burden on the IRN in respect of the CFT obligations, to the point where it could easily be considered that Rokkenjima would have to run on practically a war footing to achieve the numerous patrols required. Which does call into question the value of QAMB and whether the loss of the base, as would be the case in terminating the CFT, would be beneficial or detrimental for Rokkenjima. The Imperial Council believes this would be of benefit.

Compatibility of the CFT with Values Based Policy

Rokkenjiman foreign policy is a values based policy seen in the signature of Rokkenjima to numerous international treaties such as the Fair Seas Concordat, Mundus Convention of Universal Rights, Uppsalla Convention, Outer Space Standards Convention and so on. In recent days and weeks we have seen the incompatibility of the CFT with these values we have seen rather than a private concern being raised a frankly insulting attack on Tytor by Heyra for what has been called a violation of the FSC when in truth no violation has yet taken place and whether any will is debatable. The continued attempted use of the CFT by Heyra as some sort of justification to prevent Rokkenjima taking any action, action which is in accordance with Rokkenjiman values and that Rokkenjima is entitled to take, clearly indicates if it were not already evident that the CFT is not compatible with Rokkenjima's values based foreign policy.

Conclusion and Recommendations

Having considered the above concerns the following is concluded:

The CFT in its current form is not fit for purpose, it should never have been signed in that form and the only reason that can be deduced as to why it was signed like that is the judgement of the Empress-Emerita being clouded by anger. The amount of alterations required to the treaty to make it equitable are significant but achievable however the manner in which this treaty is used by Heyra to try and impose over international law is disturbing as is the manner in which they allow it to operate as such on their own soil.

Therefore the following recommendations are made:

1) the immediate withdrawal of Rokkenjima from the CFT, the treaty is incompatible with Rokkenjiman policy and is based around a false premise that Rokkenjima needs a military base in that area. Rokkenjima does not require a military base in the Illumic or Mhorish area, from a security point of view those areas are very well secured by the local nations.

2) As a consequence of recommendation 1 progress on QAMB construction to be discontinued and appropriate steps taken to ensure that the work done so far is demolished.

3) Communication to MICA and Seaforth[1] to advise them of the withdrawal of QAMB and to negotiate terms under which Rokkenjiman ships may use ports in the Mhorish for resupply and leave as per port calls under the FSC, thus allowing some Rokkenjiman patrols to take place but in a collaborative manner and not in a manner where Rokkenjima is seen to impose itself as an Illumic or Mhorish power.

4) Notice be served to Heyra that the land lease for Cocytus is revoked.

5) A request be made to Rosa Shipyards to cancel the contract with Heyra found in Annex A of the CFT.

This concludes the requested report of the Empress by the Viceregent.

Signed

Emerson Ravenswood
Viceregent of Rokkenjima

1.	OOC - Assuming they're not a MICA member

The Tour De Alba Karinya, an eighteen stage cycling race across four nations on Alba Karinya, from the flats of Zimalia, to the hills of Hassfurt, the Alps of East Moreland and Vaguzia and then the Vaguzian roads before a return to East Moreland and a finish on the driveway of the Royal Palace in Northfort. It's the first time the event has been held and a great chance for cycling fans to get a look at their heroes up close including the most successful Mundus Games athlete of them all Sammy Lawson. With all the jerseys up for grabs who will win them? So with that in mind and in the words of the musical "Get on your bikes and ride"

Stage number	Host State	Stage Winner	Jersey Holders
1	Zimalia (TT)	Sammy Lawson (Phoenix Cycling)	Y & W: Sammy Lawson (Phoenix Cycling) Team: Phoenix Cycling
2	Zimalia	Irene St Joseph (RCF All Stars)	Y & W: Sammy Lawson (Phoenix Cycling) G: Lena Tocci (Telestar) Team: Phoenix Cycling
3	Hassfurt	Rebecca Rhomero (Roll-Out EMAC)	Y & W: Sammy Lawson (Phoenix Cycling) M: Neve Macdonald (Roxiquer Attsolt Racing) G: Lena Tocci (Telestar) Team: Phoenix Cycling
4	Hassfurt (TTT)	RCF All Stars	Y & W: Sammy Lawson (Phoenix Cycling) M: Neve Macdonald (Roxiquer Attsolt Racing) G: Lena Tocci (Telestar) Team: RCF All Stars
5	Hassfurt	Maria Cairns (Phoenix Cycling)	Y: Irene St Joseph (RCF All Stars) W: Sammy Lawson (Phoenix Cycling) M: Neve Macdonald (Roxiquer Attsolt Racing) G: Lena Tocci (Telestar) Team: RCF All Stars
6	Hassfurt
7	East Moreland
8	East Moreland
9	East Moreland
10	East Moreland
11	Vaguzia
12	Vaguzia (TT)
13	Vaguzia
14	Vaguzia (TTT)
15	Vaguzia
16	Vaguzia
17	East Moreland
18	East Moreland

Standings

OOC Notes:

TT on the calendar indicates an individual time trial and TTT indicates a team time trial (note that in the team time trial all six riders on a team will be awarded the same time for practicality reasons)

Scoring for the Sprint and Queen of the Mountains will be done randomly on a points system - there will be a number of checkpoints dotted through the stages the first rider across them will get 10 points, 2nd will get 8, 3rd will get 5, 4th will get 3 and 5th will get 1.

The team classification is awarded as per the cross country at the Mundus Games - each rider will score points equal to their finishing position (1st place = 1 point, 2nd = 2 points, 3rd = 3 points etc) these are totalled up across all the stages and the team with the smallest total at the end will win that classification.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SUBMISSION FORM
Formal Name of Submitting Nation(s): Head of the Commonwealth Civil Service and the Commonwealth Counsel
Nations involved: All CTO Nations
Title of Submission: Motion to Dissolve the Commonwealth Treaty Organisation
Draft Resolution:

Commonwealth Treaty Organisation
General Assembly Resolution

Resolution [XXXX]
Adopted by the General Assembly on [Date]

General Assembly,

Aware of the issues that have blighted the organisation post CTOMM,

Understanding the reasons why member nations have acted outside of the organisations purview,

Concerned that the willingness of the organisation to act has been shown only by a minority of the membership,

Further concerned that such inaction by the majority of the membership has damaged the organisations reputation internationally,

Believing that the organisations reputation, standing and credibility is terminally damaged by such inaction

Acts as follows:

1. Dissolves the Commonwealth Treaty Organisation effective as of midnight on the 1st of July 2020.

2. Agrees that should this resolution pass that steps be taken, in advance of the dissolution, to ensure the continuation of the subsidiary organisations - the Mundus Health Organisation, Mundus Refugee Council and the Mundus Crime Agency in some form.

3. Devolves the authority enshrined in article 25 of the Commonwealth Treaty to the relevant bodies/groups.

4. Extends its thanks to Tim Carpenter, Birgit Strand, Empress Evanthe Rhodes, Crown Princess Serenity Azurewind, Lord Joseph Cornwallis and Sheriff Sakura Sheppard for serving as Secretary General.

5. Thanks Doctor Duvall and subsequently Doctor Byrne for serving as Lead Health Advisor of the MHO, Melissa Lusk for serving as chair of the Refugee Council and Amber Duff for serving as Chief Constable of the Mundus Crime Agency.

Any other details: I could provide a detailed breakdown of a few things to support the need to get rid of the CTO but I won't because ICly they are well known. In practical terms if the CTO is not being used and continues to not act when faced with situations that it was meant to be able to deal with then it simply has no purpose. It is brought in this form because the CTO can only cease to exist by means of a CTO resolution and it does need to be voted on because of the relationship the CTO has with other organisations, alliances and treaties. Should the resolution pass then the CTO would cease to exist as per article 1 and we would then have to before the dissolutionindependently establish the subsidiary organisations for example I imagine the refugee council would be rolled into the IRSA.

Note: Depending on length of debate the date stipulated in article 1 may be altered.

Usual convention applies of a minimum three day debate and then vote.

Ok very simple explanation - a little while ago I ran a news article concerning the Edelweiss Festival (basically think of it as Proms meets Children in Need and other similar festivals) anyway it's icly organized and put on by the Achkaerinese royal family and this year they're doing three musicals (in which they and friends star), two of which are determined by the public. Now I could just pick two musicals at random and let that be it, but for a bit of fun I thought I'd put up this poll and let it be the IC public vote if that makes sense so I'm saying you can vote for three of the options and the two with the most votes are chosen (if there's a tie I'll be flipping a coin).

The Options

Vote for Up to Three of the following:

Note: All explanations where necessary have been Mundusified

We Will Rock You - We Will Rock You (often abbreviated as WWRY) is a jukebox musical based on the songs of the Dartfordian rock band Queen with a book by Ben Elton. The musical tells the story of a group of Bohemians who struggle to restore the free exchange of thought and fashion, and live music in a distant future where everyone dresses, thinks and acts the same. Musical instruments and composers are forbidden, and rock music is all but unknown.

Wicked - Wicked is a musical by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, itself a retelling of the classic 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The musical is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz; its plot begins before and continues after Dorothy Gale arrives in Oz from Kansas, and includes several references to the 1939 film and Baum's novel. Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (whose name later changes to Glinda the Good Witch), who struggle through opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's private fall from grace.

Company - Company is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth. Its plot revolves around Robert (a single man unable to commit fully to a steady relationship, let alone marriage), the five married couples who are his best friends, and his three girlfriends. Unlike most book musicals, which follow a clearly delineated plot, Company is a concept musical composed of short vignettes, presented in no particular chronological order, linked by a celebration for Robert's 35th birthday.

Anything Goes - Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from Dartfordia to Rokkenjima. Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy Number 13, “Moonface” Martin, aid Billy in his quest to win Hope.

Just So - Just So is a musical by Anthony Drewe and George Stiles based on the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.

My Fair Lady - My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phonetician, so that she may pass as a lady.

Chicago - Chicago is an Ardian musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Chicago, Allied States of Ardia, in the jazz age, The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal".

Miss Saigon - Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr, and tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving a Toshikawan woman abandoned by her Achkaerinese lover. The setting of the plot is in 1980s Saigon, Toshikawa, during the 1980's Toshikawan Civil War,

To say it was business as usual in Valtheim could either be accurate or dismissed depending on a persons point of view. The Round Table Conference which was essentially the total sum of the royals, government, intelligence and military leaders. The Vice Consul Rhian Kennedy had just finished explaining what had happened at the meeting in Kaedwen.

"In short my assessment is that Merina is a right mess." Rhian said "I'd go as far as to say that every faction is as bad all the others. The twin track solution proposed at the meeting and now referred to the Council of Albion has flaws but most concerning of all this doesn't have any support from the current Merinian government."
"So on paper this is analogous to Marseilles rather than Lakhzovia" Field Marshall William Dawson said "Any move against Merina without cause is an act of war."
"Which is why we're proposing a wait and see approach coupled with some factfinding on our bridge model." Richard Chambers the minister of foreign affairs said

Emperor Peter Azurewind relaxed in his chair considering his options
"Tell me about these charges the FMA wants to throw at the President of Merina." Peter said
"No idea what they are, the Merinian's weren't exactly specific about them." Rhian said
"And it's not like we can just call up Merina and ask is it?" Peter said "And anything following Uppsalla being in force we need to know about. Rion?"
"I can get someone on the ground to get info from the parties involved." Rion Ayanami said "Once we've got that we can navigate this one issue at a time."

"Let's be very clear I am not authorising a military operation without just cause to do so." Peter said "Rion how would you do it?"
"Current intel says that the Free State hold the coastal city of Donze." Rion said "We can use a naval vessel to drop someone off and they can move in discreetly."
"How many agents?" Peter asked looking at Rion
"One should be all we send on this." Rion said
"Do it." Peter said

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Strait of Shaw

The INS Kryptonite headed east out of Phuebra where it had been stationed following the end of the Phuebran civil war, it's destination was to get right up against the Merina EEZ line before dropping off their package and backing off to hold position. Standing on the bridge the ship's commanding officer Captain Lily Falconer monitored the situation as the ship approached its destination point.
"Captain we're coming up on position." the helm officer said
"Very well Lieutenant, slow to all stop." Lily said
"Answering all stop Captain." the helm officer said

Lily nodded and narrowed her eyes.
"Keep on radar and sonar for any Merina naval activity I don't want a standoff." Lily said "Inform flight deck they can deploy."

Out on the flight deck Hazel Nairn one of Achkaerin's Justicars was readying herself for what was probably going to be a very odd moment. A small dingy had been readied and now with her aboard it was being lowered into the water. She checked her bearings and sighed this wasn't any more risky than anything she'd done before. She set off into the night heading for Donze.

When morning dawned Hazel was slowly entering Donze's harbour, she got as far as getting out of the water and up onto the jetty before two armed soldiers presumably they were Free State had weapons trained on her, Hazel wouldn't actually be surprised if they'd been watching her in for a while. She raised her hands.

"Ok no one do anything rash." Hazel said "I'm not armed. I just want to talk to someone in charge."
   

The Tour De Alba Karinya is (surprise surprise) a multi stage cycling race based around the Tour de France (though possibly a handful of stages longer dependent on route). It will feature all the jerseys that the TDF does.

Note on the hosting

As I mentioned when I made the recent announcement regarding sport for the foreseeable future I had a host area in mind for this, in fact there were two possibilities but considering future RP potential I chose Alba Karinya. I am in the process of agreeing with various people the route of the race, currently EM, Vaguzia and Awhaele are set to host stages and I hope Dave will allow Zimalia to as well. I'm also hoping Hassfurt and Nova may agree to their AK nations hosting stages so this can be a continental thing.

Sign Ups

Sign ups are quite simple, please copy and fill in the sign up form below, be aware that because we have an awful lot of men's sporting events on Mundus already that this is a women's event. The only other requirement is that if you want a rider to be eligible to race for the young riders jersey you need to put (25) after their name.

Please do not enter nations as teams in this

Team Name:
Nation of Origin:
Rider One:
Rider Two:
Rider Three:
Rider Four:
Rider Five:
Rider Six:

I think it's safe to say that I'm not used to having a ton of free time, despite being unemployed I have spent years doing various volunteering jobs. However now due to RL circumstances (Covid-19) the country is in lockdown and joins a list of other countries who've already adopted similar measures. So as I've now got a lot of free time I thought I'd try to revive something I believe we tried here a few years ago, this may go down in flames but thought I'd try.

In very simple terms we pick (either by one person choosing or by vote depending on numbers) a book, film or television series - watch or read it and then spend a few days talking about it. Following the end of that discussion we then pick the next thing to be read or watched and off we go again.

I suggest the following as guidance:

1) All discussion to be respectful and constructive

2) Consideration of material - Think about how easy it is for others to access the material, also don't suggest something that is seven series long would be my suggestion here, the only way this works is if everyone can get at what people want to use as the subject matter. Also if TV/film be mindful of the film ratings and content.

Other suggestions welcomed, anyone interested in giving this a whirl indicate below and feel free to suggest something (if you can provide a link to the content or can show where it is please do)

OOC - this is the social thread for the 2020 show, all presentations of cars or technology in the showcase thread please.

Having opened the show Emma Elsif had beaten a path to the refreshment area, the various stalls were open and everyone was getting into the spirit of the occasion. The arrangements team had clearly got a wicked sense of humour in that they'd positioned the EMAC stand directly opposite where Team Breaker was. Not that it particularly bothered anyone involved in that. Khayami Cars had a good spot close to the stage putting them in an ideal position to attract customers and BMC were next door to EMAC, but the show was set to be the largest one in recent years and Emma was looking forward to seeing what buzz was created by the various vehicles and technology. She noticed that Riviere Corporations CEO Catriona Rowan was drinking a cup of coffee while surveying a few of the exhibits. Riviere weren't exhibiting as production cars were not an area they really specialized in but the corporation did support Team Breaker's efforts at speed records and other motoring related research, privately Emma was wondering whether the decision over which record to attempt next had been made.

Getting herself a drink from one of the refreshment stands Emma surveyed the exhibition hall and smiled, the show looked to be a good one so far.

The following is an official statement from the Cartographer:

For some time we've had a situation where the nation of Pardclinnia, despite not belonging to any active player, has remained on the map. This occurred because the player who controlled Pardclinnia stated they were taking a leave of absence and were leaving another player with what I will term a watching brief over Pardclinnia. Now as cartographer I have no issue with this occurring provided the following two principles are adhered to:

1) That the nation in question is not RP'd in the conventional sense e.g. diplomatic talks, posts through its own news network, conflict RP etc.

2) That the situation is short to mid term or a stated length of the LOA is given.

The reasons for these principles are simple enough each player is permitted a maximum of two map claims - a primary claim of six plots and then once the criteria are satisfied a secondary claim of three plots. There is no such thing as a tertiary claim, therefore it would be against RP rules to have a situation where as is the case in the Pardclinnia situation a player has a six claim primary nation and a three claim secondary nation but also the ability to RP someone else's nation. Now I have no argument with the inactive nation being used as a backdrop for vignettes or being involved in sporting events, but it shouldn't be used for anything else - because otherwise I would have to classify it as an active nation and then we get into the rules issue.

The second principle above is simply because when a nation goes inactive I as cartographer make a decision on how long I leave it before I remove the nation in question from the map. In my judgement the player who owns Pardclinnia has been inactive for long enough and as such the nation will be removed at the next update.

Every year the Valkyria Motor Show showcases the best of the automotive industry, unveiling the latest models and innovations in the industry. It's an opportunity for companies across Mundus to show off their upcoming models, their new technologies, make contacts across Mundus and check up on their rivals. Think of it like Niameck Fashion week but applied to the world of cars and bikes. It will run similar to the EEF in that there will be a social thread and a showcase thread, also subject to numbers there may also be a press room thread.

Sign up's should include the following information:

Company/Individual Name:
Nation:
Exhibits: (What you're bringing be as specific or as general as you like)
Any special requirements: