I'll try to report back once per week:

Population: 158
Current Delegate: The Almost Comatose Republic of Retirement Villas (48 endos)

What's up: The Australians are currently in an election campaign. IT seems they, like us, had a period of minimal activity off-site (with a possible split - it seems some of them went and formed "New Australia" and recently came back). It seems they are now ready to rebuild themselves through a new government.

They are making strides in diplomacy, trying to establish embassies with other regions based on real countries. So far, Canada is the only real country with a presence there. Lady Rebels Lounge and the South Pacific are also present, though not nearly as active as Canada.

My report to Australia was as follows:

Population: 312 Nations
Current Delegate: Bweezystan (68 endos)

What's up:

-Bweezystan will be stepping down March 29th to allow fresh blood into the delegacy;
-Bweezystan will end off his term by making an official "state visit" to the region of Alberta followed by a "whirlwind diplomatic tour" of Canadian themed regions;
-Canada is in the midst of a population explosion (up by nearly 20% in the last 4 days) following a surprisingly efficient recruiting drive;
-Election campaign is slated to commence March 28th, with elections April 8-11;
-New Ambassadors are about to be appointed to the South Pacific and Australia;
-Canada may be asked to intervene as a mediator in the region of Alpineholm, which is in the midst of a power struggle.

This is my weekly report that I left with the Australians today:

I will try to stay in the habit of producing weekly reports about the happenings in the Region Canada. This will serve two purposes:

1. It will ensure that there is a fairly regular stream of content here ; and
2. It should keep any interested Australians up to date with what's happening in the Great White North.
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Canada's Current Population: 330 Nations
Canada's Current Delegate: Bweezystan (73 endorsements)

Events this Week

1. Canada's population hit an all time record of 330 Nations on Thursday morning. This resulted from a targetted recruiting drive which took place a week ago.

2. Canada openned up three embassies for its foreign ambassadors. The North Pacific, The South Pacific and Australia now have their own Embassies (forums) to call home.

3. Two days after openning their embassy, the North Pacific's Ambassador announced he was resigning all his positions with the North Pacific government, including his position as Ambassador to Canada. Blackshear's sudden resignation has caused the North Pacific government to fall into crisis. The North Pacific have stated they do not expect to assign another ambassador to Canada in the near future as they try to deal with the Vacume caused by the loss of Blackshear's services. Canada is suspending diplomatic relations with the North Pacific while they attempt to reorganize themselves.

4. After much hard work, Canada's Minister of Defence, Carbanousa, unveiled Canada's new and improved Dogs of War Defence System, and rolled out a blueprint for an Intelligence Service.

5. Despite an erroneous English report to the contrary, Canada remained neutral when hostilities broke out between the English and Irish in the region of the UK. Canada offered mediation assistance. Thankfully, it appears that the Irish and English settled their differences on their own. During the UK crisis, Canada's Dogs of War went on "Red Alert" for the first time in its history.

6. At the UN, Canada's site-wide poll showed that a majority of Canadian nations who cast a vote on the Current UN resolution were opposed to it. The reasoning was the controversial section 5 of the resolution, which would compromise nations from adopting Government run Universal sytems for health care, auto insurance, daycare, education etc. after the effective date of the proposed UN resolution. Accordingly, by constitutional requirement, Bweezystan's vote was cast against the resolution.

7. Canada appointed Saskatoon Saskatchewan as its new Ambassador to the South Pacific, to replace Boards of Canada, who has gone AWOL.

8. Canada has offered to exchange ambassadors with two regions. The identities of those regions will not be made public until they have responded to Canada's offer.

9. The civil war in Alpineholm, a region with an indirect connection to Canada, came to an end when occupying forces from the TAG alliance were repelled. Canada played no role in this conflict, choosing to stay neutral.

That pretty much sums up the last week in Canada (it was busier than usual. Things aren't usually this exciting).

Australian Ambassador's Report - March 26/04

Population - 205
Delegate - The Almost Comatose Republic of Retirement Villas (51 endorsements)

Australia is currently undergoing elections. At Lantis was acclaimed as Foreign Affairs Minister. As ambassador, i have congatulated him. Election results for contested positions will be announced in my next report.

Australia has encountered a population spike of fifty nations this week. I can report that some of that increase has to do with a bizarre phenomenon whereby someone created many puppets (likely over a dozen) that looked suspiciously like the region names of key member nations, like the founder and the Intel Minister. It has been learned that the founder was given control of these nations by the creator, and they were sent to Australia for safekeeping. They are expected to die off in 28 days.

Australia remained Neutral during the UK crisis.

England has now opened and embassy in Australia.

In light of Freedom Fighter's appearance on our forums, I've made the following posts in Australia and England, just to let them know that the SP situation is brewing:

Just a quick interim report.

You should all know that relations between Canada and the South Pacific are reaching new lows. There is a scandal involving leaked intelligence that had a connection with a nation resident in and allegedly loyal to the South Pacific. There is no proof that the SP government officially sanctioned such a mission, and the SP's official line is "we don't know who was behind this".

However, this morning, the SP's minister of defence suddenly arrived on to our forums, without warning. We have not been made aware of why he is there, or what his motive is. Given his position in the SP government, Canada will likely be on heightened alert in the near future.

Obviously, should it come down to it, a region of 330 is going to have a difficult time defending itself against a region of 8000.

There is no cause for immediate panic. The SP keeps telling us they do not have imperialist aims. However, the ominous presence of the SP's chief defence officer within our region, without warning or permission, is not a positive sign.

I'll keep Australia updated should anything further come of this.

Bweezy has resigned as the ambassador to Australia. A new one shall be announced shortly.

This is such a shame.

I agree. I've appealed to Bweezy, but he's made up his mind.

So Bweezy, will you be resuming your position as australian ambassador?

No. I won't be.

I'd like to announce Molsonjoint as the new Canadian ambassador to Australia. Congrats. :)

Congratulations Molsonjoint. See you at the bar.

I have received a warm welcome from everyone in Australia and am greatly enjoying my position there.

Their transition of government has been remarkably quick and efficient, so you'll be gald to know democracy is alive and well in the Region of Australia.

They are quickly expanding their diplomatic core to a number of new regions.

This rapid growth of diplomacy has developed into a discussion on the potential benefits or pitfalls of opening up a International Treaty organization of regions from real life members of the Commonwealth. The Australia site already has a lively and perceptive debate going in regards to this issue. Currently it appears that there is a fairly even split for/ against. Their members bring up several very valid points, Concerns mainly serruonding the political power of an Int. org. over their sovereignty, and pointing to the fact we already maintain close ties with England and one another. It wikll be interesting to see how our leaders examine this potentially complicated issue.

There appears to be some tension amongst a few of Australias most active and high ranking members, Morporkistan, has apperently dissapeared, and Chocoholia is very upset about whatever is going on, hope they all get to the bottom of it soon they both appear to be vital members to the sites opperation. I'll keep an eye on it and hope it all sorts itself out. it appears it may be from some sort of hacker or security breach, but that may just be early speculative reports from Australias members hard to say without being so nosy as to be rude.

I've mainly left the Australians alone to try and deal with there internal matters in a internal manner. Currently it is difficult to say what the situation there is. I'm therefore awaiting word from Australia concerning said issues, and of course am always appreciative of any direction from the Office of the Minister of foreign Affairs.

Although Im not MFA, you may want to post an update about Canada for them. I believe I have a recent one that you can use (posted in the England Ambassadors thread just below this one)

The australia site appears to be haveing difficulty as well. The site has only been down for as few days so I'll keep an eye on it for a little while longer before becoming concerned. And I can't garauntee the problem isn't on my end. I'll keep you posted,.

I've reestablished communication with the Australia site and all apppears well down under.

I've been raelly busy lately and it doesn't appear that it will let up any time soon. So if you could find a replacement for me to Australia I'd appreciate it.

I'll post it up, Molsonjoint. Thanks for the warning. Sorry to see you go!

Lelana

I've posted the following regional update on the Australian board.

Canadian Regional Update
August 2

Current Population: 441
Current Delegate: Checkers McDog

Recent Events:

• Canada has conducted a very successful recruiting drive, increasing our population from about 280 to 441 and climbing. We are currently the 4th largest user created region and 10th largest region over all.
• The campaigns have begun for our next cabinet elections. Voting will take place from Aug. 12-15.
• The Canadian off-site forum has received a new look. Click here to check it out.
• After the successful "Interviews with the Cabinet" series, conducted by Deputy Prime Minister MrPopo, we are looking into creating a Canadian Press Network
• We're working on developing guidelines of RPing in the region

Additionally, At lantis will be stepping down as Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and will be replaced by Cremorne. She should be posting an update soon.

I've posted the following regional update on the Australian board.

Canadian Regional Update
August 16

Current Population: 546
Current Delegate: Checkers McDog

Recent Events:

• The Canadian regional elections have concluded and the following members have been confirmed as ministers in Cabinet:
  Minister of Regional Affairs: DrunkenHosers
  Minister of Justice: Micon
  Minister of Foreign Affairs: Beaver-Country-Canada
  Minister of Defence: Carbanousa (acclaimed)
  Minister of Doughnuts and Beer: Ess (acclaimed)
• The elections were very competitive with one of Canada's tightest races ever contested between Micon and Oilers Fans for Minister of Justice. Newcomers Freezing Cold Water, Columberta and Octopolis also made strong showings.
• Newly re-elected Minister of Regional Affairs, DrunkenHosers, announced the creation of a regional Press Secretary position. The Secretary will be the government's liaison to NBC (NationStates Broadcasting Company) and any other major news organizations that may emerge in the future. Blackshear was named Canada's new Press Secretary.
• The Canadian Regional Olympic games are under way. Seventeen nations are competing for medals in 220 events.

UN voting: Canada voted FOR "The Sexes Rights Law".

I posted the following information on the Australian forum (it wasn't formatted the same way, but the information is the same):

Canadian Regional Update
September 2

Current Population: 490
Current Delegate: Checkers McDog

Recent Events:

• As per the Canadian Constitution, the following members have been appointed deputy ministers:
  Ministry of Regional Affairs: Freezing Cold Water
  Ministry of Justice: saskatoon saskatchewan
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Scanada
  Ministry of Defence: Oilers Fans
  Ministry of Doughnuts and Beer: kana da
• The Ministry of Regional Affairs has created a new position, RP Coordinator. MrPopo has been appointed to the position on an interim basis.
• Cabinet is considering the creation of an Immigration Officer position under the purview of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This officer would be responsible for recruiting.
• Canada has entered into diplomatic talks with The Proletariat Coalition. Closer ties are under consideration.

UN voting: Canada voted FOR the Banning Whaling resolution. Canadian delegate Checkers McDog was required to make the tie-breaking vote. Canada overwhelmingly supported the Sustainable Energy Sources resolution.


Additionally, I cordially invited a representative of Australia to visit their embassy here and give us an update on their region.

How are things going in Australia? Anything newsworthy going on?

Former delegate Retirement Villas keeps nipping at Choc's heels endorsement-wise which has led to some controversy. RV says he doesn't want the delegacy, not everyone believes him. Outside of that, it's been really quiet.

This was posted by Australia in their embassy in England. Apparently we are not important enough to get an update of our own, so for those who are interested, here is what Australia has been up to:

Australia as of November 5, 2004

Well, it seems that everything has calmed down in the region. Chocoholia, and others, have finally returned after a self-imposed political exile. Cremorne is still founder, after a few gritty arguments. Retiremnet Villas is still UN delegate, though is preparing to hand over the position back to Chocoholia. The current population of the region stands at 192 nations. Regional elections are soon to occur, which may lead to further stability in the region.

General Summary

Founder: Cremorne

UN Delegate: Retirement Villas

Population: 192 nations

B&B

I've have posted the following ambassdors report on the Australian board today.

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Report from Canada
January 12, 2005

Forum - Wikipedia - Webpage

Population: N/A
Delegate: Checkers McDog

Regional Happenings:

• Regional Elections
  - They were held on December 30, 2004 - January 2, 2005
  - The following people were elected into cabinet:
  * Minister of Regional Affairs – Saskatoon Saskatchewan
  * Minister of Defense – Carbanousa
  * Minister of Justice – Oilers Fans
  * Minister of Foreign Affairs – Beaver-Country-Canada
  * Minister of Doughnuts and Beer – Redundancies (acclaimed)
  
  
• IWalton.com
  - There was some discussion as to what was on this site.
  - Red did a google search and found, "iwalton.com - Watches, Clocks, Knives, Diecast Cars, Tools, and etc".
  - Chex reported that the nation sending this, had been deleted before she checked her TG's
  
  
• Equilism
  - Red asked if the embassy for Equillism was going to be opened.
  - Chex said she'd do it
  - Carb noted that it,"Seems to have become busy as soon as the word go was given. I think this is going to be a good thing."
  
  
• North Pacific
  - Chex announced that North Pacific had requested ties.
  - After several positive comments, a vote was put forth for ties with North Pacfic
  - The Canadian cabinet voted unamiously in favour of ties with the North Pacific
  
  
• USK
  - The region of USK contacted Chex regarding forming a defensive alliance.
  - Carb recommened caution in dealing with region due to concerns over regional governance.
  
  
• Juxtapostion X
  - The region of Juxtapostion X has approached about establishing ties.
  - BCC raised concerns that this region is tied to the ADN.
  - DH and Carb Abstained.
  - BCC,OF and Chex voted No.

Real Life News:
- N/A at this time.