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What do endorsements do?
Endorsements have several key functions, primarily affecting the Regional Delegate. The nation with the most endorsements in each region is thus elected as Regional Delegate, and as a result our Delegate and Guardians having a high endorsement count is essential to regional security, to prevent invaders from supplanting our government with one of their own. Such an occurrence is highly uncommon in a region such as ours, but there are those who would relish the opportunity. In addition, Regional Delegates have a greater impact on resolutions in the General Assembly and Security Council, as their vote is bolstered by the total number of endorsements they have received.

But what do endorsements do for me?
To start with, two endorsements are required before you can submit a proposal to the World Assembly, if that interests you. For nations seeking to improve their statistics through issues, on the other hand, endorsements are strongly tied to two statistics – the first of course being World Assembly Endorsements, and since less than 10% of nations in NationStates are part of the World Assembly, even a single endorsement is enough to get a top 10% badge, and two will get you into the top 5%! Many will be satisfied with that, and that is fine – however, more endorsements will accelerate the growth of the other notable statistic, Influence.

So how does endorsing the government benefit me?
Aside from the more selfless benefits described earlier, Osiris maintains and enforces caps on endorsement counts, for regional security. The general cap is 20, while endorsing the government doubles the cap to 40, and becoming a Citizen through our offsite forum increases it again to 70, enabling speedier growth of Influence. One benefit of high Influence is that it makes it more difficult for your nation to be forcibly ejected from Osiris, though that is a rare occurrence, as we prefer not to resort to such measures.

What if I do not want to?
That is perfectly fine, as long as you do not breach the endorsement caps. We are not trying to force you to play this game our way – I spent my first decade in this game quietly working on my nation without troubling myself with any of these matters, and that is a perfectly valid way to enjoy this game.

Bonus Fact:
Resentine hates cheesy popcorn. Don't send him cheesy popcorn ever, he'd be sooooooo mad. 😉

Resident-Submitted Question Answers

Terra Magnifica Gloria: How would your nation treat visitors of different advanced species?
Res: With doctors mostly I'd assume. Bad joke over but yeah probably fairly and equally. I don't imagine my nation would be like "Oh you're an alien with 3 arms and 7 heads please don't stand anywhere near us thank you."

Kharostia: What is one crime in your country that may strike people as odd?
Res: The stealing of a Royal Guard dress uniform plume feather is enforced with a 10 year prison sentence.

United Plushie States: How did you find out about Nationstates?
Res: Literally I was google searching images for Star Wars ships and NationStates popped up enough that I got curious, made a nation, and that was that.

Dragonian Alliance: What is the best colour?
Res: Blue for everything else, Green for lightsabers.

WinProx: What is the main inspiration behind your nation/s?
Res: At first, just trying to make an "ideal nation." Now? Trying to make an ideal nation but also keeping everything about it totally nonsensical. Good healthcare, decent public ed, and a political party for the return of funny hats and capes as the main form of clothing.