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Revision as of 12:16, 8 June 2015
- ban
- To prohibit a nation from returning to a region. Done using regional controls.
- banject
- Abbreviation of eject and ban.
- banjection
- See banject.
- cease to exist
- To be removed from the game as a nation or region. Happens if a nation is inactive for twenty-eight days or deleted by moderators or if a user-created region updates while empty. Nations and regions which cease to exist can be refounded.
- Citizen Sergeant
- The commander-in-chief of the Taijitu Citizens' Militia.
- CitSarge
- Abbreviation of Citizen-Sergeant.
- cross
- Abbreviation of crossendorse.
- crossendo
- Abbreviation of crossendorse.
- crossendorse
- To endorse all nations endorsing another nation.
- CTE
- Initialism of cease to exist.
- DEAT
- The deletion of a nation by moderators. The capitalization is a convention and does not indicate an initialism.
- defender
- A nation or person that liberates or defends regions from hostile forces. Compare invader and raider.
- delegate
- The World Assembly nation in a region with the most endorsements. Has access to regional controls unless the region’s founder removes them.
- delete on sight
- A status where a player has been banned from the game and will have any new nations deleted by moderators.
- DOS
- Initialism of delete on sight.
- eject
- To forcibly remove a nation from a region. Done using regional controls.
- ejection
- See eject.
- endo
- 1. Abbreviation of endorse.
- 2. Abbreviation of endorsement.
- endorse
- See endorsement.
- endorsement
- A vote given by one World Assembly nation to another to show approval. The nation in a region with the most endorsements is elected delegate at updates.
- endotart
- To endorse other nations with the aim receiving their endorsements in return.
- feeder
- A region in which new nations are founded. The current feeders are The Pacific, The North Pacific, The South Pacific, The West Pacific, and The East Pacific. Compare sinker.
- fenda
- Slang for defender. Usually pejorative.
- founder
- The nation that founded a user-created region. Usually has access to regional controls.
- GA
- Initialism of General Assembly.
- game-created region
- A special region that serves a game purpose such as nation creation, resurrection and ejection or being a warzone. Compare user-created region.
- GCR
- Initialism of game-created region.
- General Assembly
- Abbreviation of World Assembly General Assembly.
- imp
- Slang for imperialist. Usually pejorative.
- influence
- A measure of power accumulated by nations in regions. Nations with more endorsements again influence more quickly. Nations with higher influence are harder to eject and can do more as delegate through regional controls.
- invader
- A nation or person that forcibly captures the delegacy of another region. Compare defender.
- jump point
- A region which updates late, used to store switchers that can deploy to any region which updates earlier.
- lead
- The nation endorsed by participants in a liberation or raid with the aim of the endorsed nation becoming delegate in the target region.
- liberate
- See liberation
- liberation
- 1. An operation to recapture a region occupied by invaders and restore native control.
- 2. A World Assembly Security Council resolution which removes the ability of a delegate to password a region.
- major
- See major update.
- major update
- The update which begins at midnight Eastern (US) Time. Compare minor update.
- minor
- See minor update.
- minor update
- The update which begins at noon Eastern (US) Time. Compare major update.
- multi
- To have multiple World Assembly nations at once. Against the rules of NationStates.
- native
- A nation that intends to permanently reside in a region. Has often been in the region for a long time.
- pile
- To reinforce a region by having World Assembly nations move in and endorse the delegate and other friendly nations.
- piler
- A nation which reinforces a region as part of a pile.
- puppet
- A secondary nation that someone controls in addition to their main nation.
- regional message board
- A simple forum on a region’s page which nations in the region can post to.
- RMB
- Initialism of regional message board.
- SC
- Initialism of Security Council.
- Security Council
- Abbreviation of World Assembly Security Council.
- sinker
- A game-created region which nations are refounded in or ejected to. The current sinkers are Balder, Lazarus and Osiris for refoundings and The Rejected Realms for ejections. Compare feeder.
- sleeper
- A puppet intended to lay hidden in a region and accumulate influence. Compare switcher.
- soft power disbursement rating
- A monotonic function of a nation’s total influence in all regions.
- SPDR
- Initialism of soft power disbursement rating.
- switcher
- A puppet intended to quickly move between regions and join and resign from the World Assembly to allow deploying to multiple regions in a single update. Compare sleeper.
- Taijitu Citizens’ Militia
- The armed forces of the Citizens’ Democracy of Taijitu.
- TaiMil
- Abbreviation of Taijitu Citizens’ Militia.
- tart
- Abbreviation of endotart.
- The Rejected Realms
- The sinker where ejected nations are sent. Nations cannot be banned or ejected from it.
- TRR
- Initialism of The Rejected Realms.
- UCR
- Initialism of user-created region.
- update
- The twice-daily process of applying issue answers, validating endorsements and electing delegates.
- updater
- Someone who participates in liberations or raids at updates.
- user-created region
- A region founded by a nation. Compare game-created region.
- WA
- Initialism of World Assembly.
- WAGA
- Initialism of World Assembly General Assembly.
- WASC
- Initialism of World Assembly Security Council.
- WFE
- Initialism of world factbook entry.
- World Assembly
- An international body which passes resolutions affecting its member nations or which have gameplay effects on nations and regions. Regions with nations in the World Assembly can elect World Assembly delegates who often have access to regional controls.
- World Assembly General Assembly
- The chamber of the World Assembly that passes resolutions with legal effects on member nations. Compare World Assembly Security Council.
- World Assembly Security Council
- The chamber of the World Assembly that passes resolutions regarding nations and regions with gameplay effects. Compare World Assembly General Assembly.
- world factbook entry
- The description that appears at the top of a region’s page. Set using regional controls.
