Document:Taijitu Citizens' Militia Glossary

B

ban

To prohibit a nation from returning to a region. Done using regional controls.

banject

Abbreviation of eject and ban.

banjection

See banject.

C

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 highest rank and commander-in-chief of the Taijitu Citizens' Militia.

CitSarge

Abbreviation of Citizen-Sergeant.

corporal

The second rank of the Taijitu Citizens’ Militia.

cross

Abbreviation of crossendorse.

crossendo

Abbreviation of crossendorse.

crossendorse

To endorse all nations endorsing another nation.

CTE

Initialism of cease to exist.

D

DEAT

The deletion of a nation by moderators. The capitalization is a convention and does not indicate an initialism.

defender

1.  A nation or person that liberates or defends a region from hostile forces. Compare invader.

2.  Someone who subscribes to the ideas of defenderism. Compare raider and imperialist.

defenderism

A political philosophy which opposes the invasion of most or all regions.

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.

E

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.

F

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.

G

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.

I

IJP

Initialism of instant jump point.

imp

Slang for imperialist. Usually pejorative.

imperialism

A political philosophy which supports the invasion of other regions as a way of advancing a region’s interests. Compare defenderism.

imperialist

Someone who subscribes to the ideas of imperialism. Compare defender, raider.

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.

instance jump point

A region created after an update begins which will not be part of that update and can be used as a jump point.

invader

A nation or person that forcibly captures the delegacy of another region. Compare defender.

J

jump point

A region which updates late, used to store switchers that can deploy to any region which updates earlier.

L

lancepesade

The third rank of the Taijitu Citizens’ Militia. Equivalent to lance corporal.

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.

M

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.

N

native

A nation that intends to permanently reside in a region. Has often been in the region for a long time.

P

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.

R

refound

1.  To return a nation which has previously ceased to exist to the game. Only possible if the nation’s name has not been freed for reuse.

2.  To empty a region of nations, let it cease to exist and then recreate it. Sometimes used to give a founderless region a founder.

regional controls

The administrative tools for a region which allow the delegate or founder to do things such as banning or ejecting nations.

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.

S

sans-culottes

The fourth rank of the Taijitu Citizens’ Militia. Members are promoted to sans-culottes upon successful participation in an operation. The sans-culottes were the commoners of the lower classes who made up the bulk of the French Revolutionary Army.

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.

sovereigntism

A political philosophy which believes that regions should be presumed to contain sovereign communities. Compare defenderism, imperialism.

sovereigntist

Someone who subscribes to the ideas of sovereigntism. Compare defender, imperialist, raider.

SPDR

Initialism of soft power disbursement rating.

spot

To watch the world happenings for invaders moving into regions at update and follow to defend those regions.

spotter

Someone who participates in spotting. Compare updater, piler.

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.

T

tag

To change the flag, world factbook entry and tags of a region captured in a raid.

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.

trainee

The fifth and lowest rank of the Taijitu Citizens’ Militia at which newly enlisted members start.

TRR

Initialism of The Rejected Realms.

U

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.

W

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.