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Ainur Foreign Update
Topic Started: Mar 10 2013, 07:51 PM (204 Views)
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The Ainurian International
Released on Thursday March 7th of 2013.

Ainur's Forum - Ainur on NS

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Contents!

Current Government
Article 1: Ainur: Republic? Monarchy? Bueller?, Constitution I of the Imperial Republic
Article 2: A New Constitution!, A New Beginning
Article 3: The First Elections!, *plots political mayhem*
Article 4: The Representive, Legislative Branch of Government, The Senate gets stuff done!
Article 5: Executive Advancements! The State and Domestic departments start off fast!
Article 6: Cultural Kingdom! Err... Republic! Ainur takes a Gold in Cultural Aspects!

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Current Government

Chancellor of the Senate: Augustus Anumia
State Consul: Apollo Anumia
Domestic Consul: Acrotis Scott


Chief of Staff: Acheron
State Minister: 7-5
State Minister: Neal Caffrey
State Minister: Alex
Domestic Minister: Ashton Mercer
Domestic Minister: Lady Sonja
Domestic Minister: Greyvendal

The Senate:

Lady Sonja
MagentaFairy
Apollo Anumia
Augustus Anumia
Alicia DiLaurentis
Acrotis Scott
Alex

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Ainur: Republic? Monarchy? Bueller?
Constitution I of the Imperial Republic


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During the time that the fourth constitution was in power, High King Apollo started to discuss with his closest advisors the idea of transitioning Ainur into a Republic rather than a Constitutional Monarchy. When the administration of Alex Vinage started to see problems stemming from the First Minister’s health it was decided that the time had come for a new constitution, one in which Ainur would officially become a Republic.

As the Constitution was being discussed many ideas were put forth. Some were pushing to go back to a more absolute monarchy in which all power was to be derived from the monarch. Others pushed the discussion on the path towards a republic. The reason for the transition was that some members wanted new leaders of Ainur to emerge rather than all citizens always looking to the one same person for guidance while those elected were really doing the will of the High King rather than that of the people. Transitioning into a republic would put the responsibility of the region in the hands of its citizens and that was the path to success. For Ainur to truly flourish, a Republic was needed.

The first version of a constitution including the elements of a republic was proposed by Augustus Anumia. This version included a bicameral legislature with an elected Senate and a directly-democratic lower house. This was the first draft to include the mention of the two Consuls that eventually were included in the final Constitution. Though many ideas were not used, they represented the creativity and thought that was put into the new constitution. Truly no stone went unturned when exploring the possibilities for the organization of the new government.

As the discussion progressed and other high ranking citizens helped to find ways to improve the draft as well as offering suggestions for the role that certain officials should take under the new constitution. The final version was well received by all after some changes including the inclusion of the Chief of Staff role and a more specific description of the duties of that position. The new constitution passed by a vote of 14-6. Therefore, on February 8th of the year 2013 the fifth constitution of Ainur was officially adopted and the now founder, Apollo Anumia, started the process towards the first elections under the new document.

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A New Constitution!
A New Beginning


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The most obvious change of the new Constitution was the abolition of the Monarchy, and its replacement with two elected Consuls, one of which would manage the foreign affairs of Ainur, and the other the domestic affairs. Each Consul then selects Ministers, who are confirmed by the Senate, to implement their policies. The newly created office of Chief of Staff is also aimed at improving the efficiency of the executive government of Ainur. The CoS' job is to make sure ministers are doing their duties to the highest possible standards, and he has the power to recommend that a minister be removed from office if they do not meet those standards.

Another of the big changes brought in by the new Constitution is the move away from a direct legislature composed of all the citizens of Ainur, to a smaller elected chamber. It is hoped that the process of election will keep Senators on their toes, rather than under the old system, where anyone could be a legislator. The current Senate is made up of 7 Senators, one of whom is the elected Chancellor of the Senate (effectively the speaker).

Lastly, a new Supreme Court was created to replace the old judicial system. At the moment, the Supreme Court is made up of all Senators, plus a Chief Justice, who is nominated by the Chancellor, and confirmed by the Senate as a whole. However, at this stage it is unclear how long this system will last, as large-scale reforms are planned to the judiciary under a proposed constitutional amendment.

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The First Elections!
*plots political mayhem*


With the opening of the first elections under the new constitution there was a possibility that any person could be elected to any position. The elections were for the State Consul, the Domestic Consul, and the Senate. Each of these was highly contested and produced record setting activity in the region.

Out of the three elections, the State Consul election was the only one not to be close at its conclusion. The candidates in the race were the founder Apollo Anumia, RP veteran Charlie Sheen, idealistic and capable newcomer Lady Sonja, and the strong libertarian Hunnish Nations. With his overwhelming popularity, experience, and the trust of the people Apollo handily won the election with 73% of the vote.

The election for the position of Domestic Consul was very competitive. The three candidates were the very well accomplished Acheron, the hard-working Acrotis Scott, and newcomer Sarfarazhusain. This was a tight election as the final result had Acrotis and Acheron tied. Following the closing of the election Acheron decided to concede the election to Acrotis so that the work could begin rather than another two days of elections. Acheron was later appointed Chief of Staff by both Consuls.

By far the most interesting of the elections was the Senate elections. This was not only because the results, but also the large amount of candidates and number of votes cast. Candidates included 13 distinguished Ainurians. Overall, with 7 votes cast by each citizen the top seven candidates won a seat in the Senate. The winners were Apollo, Lady Sonja, MagnetaFairy, Augustus Anumia, Alicia DiLaurentis, Acrotis Scott, and Alex Vinage. The activity in each of these elections was a good indicator that the concept behind the new constitution was working and that Ainur had truly entered a new period of prosperous activity and community interaction.

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The Representive, Legislative Branch of Government
The Senate gets stuff done!


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The Senate began quickly with all Seven Members being either previously experienced or fresh off the boat with great ideas and promises to make Ainur a better place for all. The Senate of Ainur quickly elected a Chancellor to lead them, Augustus Anumia, the son of Apollo Anumia, and probably the most experienced legislator in Ainur, as well as in many other regions. Alex, a former First Minister, also through his hat in the ring for Chancellor, but Augustus' support was strong and unwaivering.

The Senate then took on the new right of checking the Executive by approving or denying a Consul's choice for a Ministerial position. Domestic Consul Acrotis quickly announced his three candidates for office, and a bit after State Consul announced his candidates for a Ministerial position, after much discussion and questioning, all candidates were confirmed by the Senate. The Ministers ended up being Senator Alex, former Judge Neal Caffrey and former External Affairs Minister 7-5 for State, and Administrator Greyvdenal, Senator Sonja and former Culture Minister Ashton Mercer for Domestic.

The Senate also took to the tasks of creating their own Rules and Procedures in order to govern and standardize the proceedings of the Senate. Some of the rules included regulation on absences, when a Citizen could be invited into the Chamber and much more. The Senate also quickly came up with a standard format for Resolutions, or laws that would be passed. The First Resolution to pass in the Senate was the Citizenship Resolution, regulating the granting and taking away of Citizenship.

After much hard work the Senate has continued to show that moving into a more Democratic and free State was the best direction for Ainur to take on its path to Greatness.

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Executive Advancements!
The State and Domestic chambers start off fast!


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The Domestic Department has made recruitment, welcoming and mentoring a priority in it's day to day affairs, while also making sure the areas of RL-Discussion, RolePlaying and the Telcontar University are flourishing and advancing into new heights. You'll here more about Ainur's culture in the next Article.

Although this Update has been a bit delayed, it's really only because Ainur has been so active and there have been so many other fun, exciting and important and challenging obstacles to overcome. The State Department has already re-done the Military of Ainur completely. The State Consul is the head of Military, making Apollo Anumia the Commander of the Ainur Armed Forces. The AAF has RL-Military Ranks and a Lt. Commander has already been appointed, MagentaFairy.

The State Department has also taken the tasks of re-organizing the Ambassadors and Embassies, as well as beginning to forge new relationships with more and more friendly regions promoting freedom and democracy and Culture. The AAF has also began to engage in regular raiding operations and a points system is now in place rewarding those Soldiers who work the hardest and are determined to make it to the top of the food chain.

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Cultural Kingdom! Err... Republic!
Ainur takes a Gold in Cultural Aspects!


Ainur has made many cultural advancements to complement it's stark and sudden change in political climate. A few of those being further interest and development in the areas of: founding a University to rival other great region's, grounding of a cultural base in the Times Square sub-forum, increasing activity in RP reform, and even more citizens taking their drive and creative spark to the creation of media and newspapers.

Domestic Consul, Acrotis Mercer-Scott, with the aid of Chancellor of The Senate, Augustus Anumia, has been working towards finding teachers for numerous classes. A few of these great classes being Ainurian History, Ainurian Law, Ainurian Law, and many, many NationStates-based learning classes!

Many RolePlay veterans, along with numerous other members of the RP community in Ainur have convened and discussed ways to include new Ainurian citizens in our RP. With the current 9 month woven plot of our World RP it admittedly might be difficult to enter into such and extensive Role play. The RP community is now finalizing a way to end this previous storyline and devising a way to organize our next RP in a fashion much easier for the novice to embrace and assimilate themselves into. If you're interested in Role Playing, this could definitely be the one to check out!

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Thanks for reading this month's update!

Update written by;
Neal Caffrey, Apollo Anumia, Augustus Anumia and Emrys Mercer



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