I'd be happy to explain myself, but I think you know why people like me are reluctant to follow your leadership in the Ziu and other contexts: you sexually harassed another citizen.

I'm not willing to vote against the moral stand you propose for our country, but I feel generally uncomfortable endorsing your perspective on ethical questions.  The safety of our citizens has to be my first priority, and it feels weird pretending that you've never hurt others.  So I'm abstaining.

Early this morning and at the direction of their president, Donald Trump, the United States of America invaded the sovereign territory of the state of Iran and murdered an unknown number of people.  These actions of war were taken without authorization from the United States Congress, a necessary step according to their constitution, and without the authorization of any international entity which might conceivably have provided a legal basis for these crimes.  By all reports, there was no imminent threat.

The Kingdom of Talossa regrets that this is the third time we've been forced to condemn such behavior in as many months, but sadly expects further repetition in which the sovereignty of another country is violated without any legal basis.


Signed,
Alexandreu Davinescu, Seneschal del Regipäts Talossan es Baron Davinescu del Vilatx Freiric

As to 62RZ14, The Broosking Swing Mitigation Amendment (Reconsideration), I abstain, in keeping with the the Progressive Alliance's agreement with the URL.
As to 62RZ15, The Cunstavál Reform Amendment, I vote per.
As to 62RZ16, BHAID: Humanitarian Assistance to Sudan Resolution, I vote contra.  At the urging of the bill's sponsor, the government has recently appointed someone to make themselves an expert in humanitarian aid and recommend how we should distribute the funds, and I don't want to immediately undermine her.
As to 62RZ17, Party List Priority Act, I vote contra.  There's an error in how this is approached: if someone on a party list is ultimately unable to hold seats, this law would still obligate that they get seats and then strike out.  I recommend another version that cleans up this language.
As to 62RZ18, The Immigration Application Cleanup Act, I vote per.
As to 62RZ19, Zuavs Name Correction Act, I vote per.
As to 62RZ20, Sense of the Ziu: Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence, I abstain.
As to 62RZ21, Sense of the Ziu: Iranian Freedom & Democracy, I abstain.

Well, okay.  That's a long time from now, but I'm game.

I'll put those on my calendar, and on those days I (or my successor, hopefully) will declare a special Day of Observance: 8 Jan 2027 will be a Road Sign Day of Observance, and 12 Feb 2027 will be a Number Plate Day of Observance.  When we get to those days, what would you like me (or my successor) to do to celebrate?

So I'll be happy to declare a day of observance on those days, but they're very far away.  It's going to be a long time waiting for them, and there's no guarantee that I will still be Seneschal.  I can pledge on behalf of the office to celebrate them, but may I suggest just requesting the days and telling me how I might celebrate them for you?  Then I'll announce a Day of Observance for everyone to celebrate on a date that's a lot closer, probably within a few weeks.  Waiting for so many months seems like a hard thing to do!

Any interest in the morning of the 14th instead?

As a reminder, this opportunity is available to anyone who wishes to edit TalossaWiki or our Wikipedia article.  Make 20 edits on TalossaWiki or 5 edits on our Wikipeda article, and I will issue a Prüm Diktat declaring an official Day of Observance of your choice for the entire Kingdom of Talossa.  I will also post a picture of myself celebrating your Day of Observance as best I can, no matter how difficult or silly.  In the past, we've had Days of Observance for "Coffee Day," "Day of the Automobile," "Potato Day," and a day dedicated to a very gross sandwich that Sir Ian gamely tried to create and consume.

I will send you a personal message about exactly how it works with the database and the schedule. It definitely is complicated!

Thank you!

You don't necessarily have to do anything with the database. It's a way of voting, but you can also vote here on the forum when a thread is posted.

In addition to this good news, I'll also just mention that we've done a few other changes to the process in the last month.  All old threads are now in an archive, so people can look at a glance to see who's currently under consideration.  I've also started introducing everyone by reference to their country of residence.  We'll soon restart the TalossAssistant program to build on that a little more, as well.

Françal I. Lux has a bill he's working on to amend this title, I think.  Should make it to the Hopper this Clark, if he's able (he's got family stuff right now).

Having heard from Marcus that he's still interested, I'd like to ask His Majesty to appoint Marcüs Causch as the Clerk of Corts.

Please Clark the following:

https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=4957.0

https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=4900.0

https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=5038.0

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Quote from: xpb on February 28, 2026, 09:57:26 AM

Quote from: Moinul Moin on February 28, 2026, 12:21:29 AMI am interested and My interests are those micronations:-
1.Ladonia
2.Slowjamastan
3.Aerican Empire
4.Westarctica
5.New Athens
6.Republic of Auralis
7.Circle of Belmoor
Those are my interests ,that i can work.

Thanks, I will send a PM.  The Foreign Ministry will be making another suggestion for Royal assent soon but you could do some independent prep for the first entry on your list as the second is already under assignment.

He's still a prospective citizen, although that should change pretty soon. We can't make any appointments until he becomes an official citizen.

Understood that this is very preliminary, but would provide the perspective through the eyes of a new immigrant.  There is no restriction on someone being prepared for an eventual potential task if they have interest.

Oh, absolutely! I think it's great, and I love it when immigrants are enthusiastic. I think you're doing an amazing job with this.

Quote from: xpb on February 28, 2026, 09:57:26 AM

Quote from: Moinul Moin on February 28, 2026, 12:21:29 AMI am interested and My interests are those micronations:-
1.Ladonia
2.Slowjamastan
3.Aerican Empire
4.Westarctica
5.New Athens
6.Republic of Auralis
7.Circle of Belmoor
Those are my interests ,that i can work.

Thanks, I will send a PM.  The Foreign Ministry will be making another suggestion for Royal assent soon but you could do some independent prep for the first entry on your list as the second is already under assignment.

He's still a prospective citizen, although that should change pretty soon. We can't make any appointments until he becomes an official citizen.

@Tong Mun Kit has agreed to take the remaining seven seats for our party.

Personally, I think it favors established parties and makes it harder to grow a party.  I also think it's undemocratic to limit how many votes are counted for a party, and it's almost certainly inorganic for a statute to over-rule the Organic Law.

I am not sure about my availability tomorrow, so here's the immigration report.  February is shaping up pretty well.  Three rejected applications as incomplete; two for lack of social media verification, and one for lack of other info (although that one was also filled with slurs so to hell with that guy anyway).

For period: 1 February 2026 to 28 February 2026
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Incomplete: 3
No Wittenberg: 11
In progress: 7
No petition: 0
Successful: 1
Total applications: 22

'Incomplete' refers to those applications which were not filled out correctly or completely, and which were returned with an explanation. 'No Wittenberg' refers to those applications which were complete, but in which the applicant did not go on to make an account on Wittenberg. 'In progress' refers to those applications from the period which were complete and in which the applicant is still being considered. 'No petition' refers to those applications which were complete and considered, but for which no petition was received. 'Successful' refers to naturalizations completed.


Looking back at January, now that those applications have been processed, we can see that it ended up being a very good month!

For period: 1 January 2026 to 31 January 2026
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Incomplete: 3
No Wittenberg: 10
In progress: 4
No petition: 0
Successful: 4
Total applications: 21

'Incomplete' refers to those applications which were not filled out correctly or completely, and which were returned with an explanation. 'No Wittenberg' refers to those applications which were complete, but in which the applicant did not go on to make an account on Wittenberg. 'In progress' refers to those applications from the period which were complete and in which the applicant is still being considered. 'No petition' refers to those applications which were complete and considered, but for which no petition was received. 'Successful' refers to naturalizations completed.


Looking at the data, actually, it's interesting to see that we had a sharp concentration of four successful immigrants who applied during a single week: 17 Jan through 23 Jan!  Now here's something else astonishing... this is when I made just one post to Reddit to promote the country!  I haven't done it since, since I wanted to see if there'd be any similar pattern for other reasons.

Obvious caveats apply:

• This is just a one-off, and it's hard to say if it's not just a big coincidence.  We'll know more when we try other things.
• No one at all mentioned Reddit, so it would have to be a sort of trickle-down effect.
• This would be a surprising level of effect even if it was real, so we might not expect it to replicate.

Still, this is very good news... and it bodes well for the Progressive strategy of just trying some new stuff!  We'll keep exploring as we do other Reddit posts and some promotional videos, but I think we can say that this is a promising route to go down, even if it's too early to say anything else.

Well, we can start with assigning 13 of them to His Grace, Duke John.  That brings him up to the legal limit of 20.