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by Alethes sophia. . 78 reads.

New to Nation States? Read this for a quick introduction.

Welcome!
If you're new to NationStates, this dispatch will help you get started:

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=== Got Questions? ===
1. If you have general questions about this game, try consulting the forms (to the menu on the left of the screen) --> forum.nationstates.net
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=== NOTICES AND TELEGRAMS ==
2. Change your telegram settings so your inbox doesn't get flooded with recruitment telegrams. You can change it again, once you're more comfortable with things.
Go to this link --> page=tgsettings, and then check "Block All" for Recruitment
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=== ISSUES ===
3. Your "issues" inbox can hold at most 5 issues at a time. They are generated 'somewhat' randomly (is my guess), so the issues will appear in a different order for different people. The way you answer the issues will shape your nation-state. You will only ever get an issue once. You can also 'dismiss' an issue (but I don't think you get to answer it later).

4. There will be special issues that can unlock things like capital cities, leaders, and national religion. These special issues have a red stamp on them, and the outcome will depend on how you decide -- so decide carefully! As far as I know, you only get these special edition issues once.
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=== DOSSIER ===
5. The "dossier" basically works like a bookmark collection. Each individual nation-state and also every region has a button at the bottom of its "home page" that says "Add to dossier" (right next to the "Write telegram" button). This creates a book-mark for that place in your menu. If you hover your mouse over the "dossier" icon, you'll see the bookmarks that you've made.
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=== SETTINGS ===
6. Be sure to log in at least once every 28 days, so that your NS account doesn't end up in the "boneyard" (where extinct nation-states go). If you plan on being gone for a longer period of time, you can tick the box in "Settings" that says "Vacation mode", and this will let you avoid logging-in for up to 60 days without going to the boneyard. --> page=settings
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=== WA DELEGATE POSITION AND WORLD ASSEMBLY ===
7. If you want to, you can join the World Assembly (the link in the menu on the left). Once you do that, you can vote on WA issues, which affect your ns stats/policies. You can also endorse another nation in the shared region to be WA delegate. Endorsing another nation allows you to make your own WA vote to match that of the endorsed nation's WA vote, unless you override this default action by voting on a WA issue yourself. This means that with each endorsement, the endorsed nation's single vote is set by default to become that much more powerful. The nation with the most endorsements in a region also gains the title of WA delegate (which may or may not come with additional powers).

*Note: Being able to join the WA also qualifies you to engage in military game-play on NS.
**Note: It is not permitted by NS rules to have more than one nation registered with the WA. You can have many nations, but only one of them may be registered with the WA at a time. Breaking this rule can result in a ban from the WA for a period of time, and possibly even deletion of some of your nations.
***Check the forums to learn more about the rules of WA membership.
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=== ADMINISTRATION ===
8. Some regions needs officers! Elections for the various positions can be held by using the "polls" feature in the admin menu (nations can vote on the polls). Or, they can simply be appointed to position by the founder.
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=== RMB (REGIONAL MESSAGE BOARD) ===
9. This is basically a regional "chat" board. Please use it to communicate with fellow region members as you see fit (and sometimes, even with members outside of your region).
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=== TIRED OF LIFE IN YOUR REGION? ===
10. Are you ready to branch out? You can try founding your own region, either by yourself or with a group of your friends. But beware of raiders. If you abandon your region or aren't very careful about who you give powers to, your region may be attacked or even annihilated. To start a new region, click on this link --> page=change_region, then select "Found a New Region" to get started.

Or you can just move into a new region and change the scenery. The button to move into a region can be found right below the WFE (World Factbook Entry), on the "home page" of the region. Click on it and you're in! (Unless there's a password on the region...) The button usually says something like, "Move ___ to ___".
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=== OTHER FUN THINGS TO DO ON NATION STATES ===
11. There's also "Easter Egg" pins you can get. Read one of many "easter egg" dispatches for details.** -->

Easter Eggs

by New fakeland

Easter Eggs

In NationStates, Easter Eggs are secret issues that are unlocked in unusual ways.

Easter eggs found by New Fakeland so far:8

Colour issue (favourite colour):
- From having a colour ["golden"] in the nation's classification (pre-title).
- No other factors appear to be involved.
Holy issue (pull the lever):
- From having "holy" in nation's classification (pre-title).
- May require population of over 1.25 billion (I had 1.367 billion, and ~1.33b on other nation)
Issues issue:
- Seems to be from completing a set number of issues (possibly 250),
- Possibly requires existing easter eggs.
- Other possible factors: population over 1 billion, high intelligence, possibly large government size and happiness.
Eggs issue:
- Have atleast 3 eggs.
Zombie issue:
- From reactivating a dead nation (after 30+ days of inactivity).
- May require population of over 1billion before inactivity (had 1.6billion, and 2.1billion)*
    *Saw nation get this egg with just over 300million population, so population probably isn't a factor.
- Time from resurrection to issue may be 1 day to 2 weeks.
- No lower time limit of being dead. Unknown if upper limit (but suspect there may be one).
- Changing region and WA doesn't effect this.
Halloween issue (A Holiday Masquerade) :
- Have a national animal name include something Halloween related (e.g. "monster", "bat", "vampire", "zombie", or "ghost")
- I achieved this with "monster".
- Unsure if other factors are involved, but I got this in December, so it doesn't need to be Halloween to get this issue.
- Seem to have gotten this twice on seconds nation.
Christmas issue (Red Sleigh Down) :
- Have something Christmassy in nation classification/animal/motto/leader, etc.
- Seems to only work in December (make nation Christmassy at beginning of December to maximize chances of getting it.
- I got this with: national animal=reindeer, leader=nick santa
- I got this on another nation with: Motto=Ho ho ho, Classification=Christmas, currency=candy cane
Irish issue (Keep Your Hands Off Those Lucky Charms!) :
- Have something Irish in nation classification/animal/motto.
- May only work in March.
- Got it with "Lucky" in motto, "gold bar" in currency, "leprechaun" in national animal, and "St Patrick" in leader name.
- Got on second nation with "Lucky" in classification, and currency as "gold bar".

*Easter eggs take between 1 day to 2 weeks to appear, after conditions have been met.

*After receiving your 1st Easter Egg, you will unlock the banner at the top of this page.
*After receiving your 4th Easter Egg, you will unlock the banner below.




Other potential eggs

Breaking the fourth wall issue:
-I've heard that having “NationStates” in your motto unlocks this one, but I haven't tried, due to lazyness

Alien pizza issue:
- Have lots of pizza.
- Cheese may help too.
- May need high IT.
- May be other factors

Space suburbs issue:
- High crime and space exploration?
- Possible crime in to 1%, or over 80.
- National analysis for other possible factors:
Auth:ba, Eco-F:ba, Envi:ba, Hpy:10, Hlth:ba, IncEq:ba, Int:aa, LawEnf:ba, Obe:aa, Rude:aa, Safe:bab0, SfCr:bab0, Manu:aa, Stup:a11, tox:aa, WelGp:aa, Wep:aa, Wtr:ba, Welf:ba,

leader-clothes Easter egg:
can't remember where I say this
-maybe have capital city as "[[your-nation-name]] city"
-maybe have "friendship" in your motto

Read factbook

12. You can compare your nation to other ns via a "challenge" (ie, a game of "war" using stats). --> page=challenge

13. Since April 2018, nations can also collect cards. --> page=deck

14. Engage in military game-play. To learn about military gameplay, see here --> viewtopic.php?p=4941645#p4941645
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Alethes sophia

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