Refugia World Assembly Development Program!

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An’eth’ara Refugia!

Do you remember the last time we met here? I wrote the last WADP dispatch on March 10th, and joked that Season 3 of cards would never come out. I was actually joking at the time, I really did think they’d be released as the April Fool’s Day event the site usually runs. But it turns out I forgot about my ever-increasing stranglehold on the dark powers, and my strength was simply too great. I can no longer make jokes, because the terror I inflict can never be overcome. I am crawling around inside of the CSS. Look! That button is now purple!

I didn’t get a lot done in my capacity as Councillor of Culture during the month of April, and I’m very sorry about that. But we’re here now to pick things up where we left off, and do yet another World Assembly Development Programme series of drawings, based off of endorsements. To make up for not having much going on last month, we’re going to open up the vault we set up for our regional card events and give away some rare and/or high value cards. This is to thank you all for keeping up the endorsements and keeping us over 60 (currently 64) votes in the World Assembly for almost a month. That’s amazing!

So let’s get into what we’re giving away. For the most part, it’s going to be Season 1 cards (though there are a few high-value Season 2 cards thrown in for variety). Also, as the region continues to grow, so too have we continued growing the number of cards we’re giving away! This time, we’ve got a whopping seven cards to give away in our lottery:

• Uelvan, a Season 1 legendary valued at 45.5 bank.
• A baddon, an S1 legendary valued at 46.5 bank.
• Ransium, a game mod from our embassy region Forest. The S2 legendary is valued at 74 bank.
• Bothia, a very rare S1 Legendary valued at 180 bank.
• Montagna, a former issues author and rare S1 Legendary valued at 202 bank.
• Reploid Productions, a long-standing site moderator and four time issue author, valued at 243 bank.
• Abacathea, a highly valued S2 Legendary card, valued at 245 bank.

To qualify for this lottery, endorse the delegate by Monday May 24, 2021!
If you win a card, you will be removed from the list for future drawings within the same event. The delegate cannot participate for obvious reasons.

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What the heck does that mean?

Endotarting is when you, as a WA nation, go around to every other WA nation in the region and endorse them. This is great for other people's nations because it increases their endorsement census stat and gives them a warm fuzzy feeling. It's also great because every endorsement on a nation means that they gain +1 influence points twice a day, and can collectively build that census stat as well. No one else can get native Refugia influence, that magical stuff exists only here.

Strategically, having influence in the region is a great boon for us all. Refugia is fantastic and wonderful, and I want it to last for ages. However, if something were to happen to the founder, the delegate seat would gain executive power. If that happens, dark forces from the great beyond could target Refugia and steal our kneecaps! The fact is, though, that if a bad actor gains control of the delegacy, they'll want to start banning nations, and the only thing that will protect us is a fortress of regional influence on all of our accounts. Whatever influence you have will be required for an invader to ban you. If they can't afford it, you're safe. So when we all have a ton of endorsements on our nations, we slowly get stronger and collectively build this safety net.

Refugia currently boasts having the 17th most endorsements in the world, and everyone's endorsement of everyone else contributes to this. So I'm going to get the ball rolling by providing this list of Refugia WA nations that can be endorsed. And everyone should try to endorse everyone else on this list, and check the regional census page periodically to see if you can find anyone new to endorse.

The top twenty-one people who have given out the most endorsements by Monday May 31, 2021 will receive a Season 2 S2 Tzo. Remember, there are no limits to how many endorsements you give, so you can get this card if the RNG doesn’t favour you for the above drawings!

Thanks so much to Refuge Isle for the amazing graphics presented in this dispatch!