Roleplay Committee

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*"A region is nothing without Roleplay"*

- Motto of the Roleplay Committee

The **Roleplay Committee**, also known as the **Role-play Committee** or **RP Committee**, is a citizen-led group of nations who jointly manage role-play resources, develop world-building, and discuss ways to improve the Future-Tech roleplay of the New West Indies. It was created on January 24, 2020 by Secretary of Administration New United Carolinas.

Among the responsibilities of the committee, members manage the world history, currency list, power and technology index, and general information. Each member maintains their own skillset, though most assist with every project in some fashion. Officially, members are assigned one or two (sometimes more) dispatches to maintain.

The Committee was created by NUC and other founding members in order to collaborate on story-building. Later on, the Government began to transfer most RP-related documents to the Committee in order to prioritize other pursuits. The Committee is now the foremost hub for developing roleplay in the New West Indies.

## History

> *"Us select few are tasked with developing and archiving the roleplay world of the NWI... We are the team that's going to make this fictional world full of fictional, complex nations that much more interesting and fleshed out."*
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> – New United Carolinas to the Committee, describing its purpose –
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On January 24, 2020, at the request of NUC, Secretary-General Karteria authorized the creation of the Roleplay Committee, correspondingly creating a channel within the "Roleplay" category. Alongside NUC, the other founding members were Karteria, Secretary of Internal Affairs Cymiopolis, North Italian Union, Frellor, and New Sistonia.

NUC immediately began laying the groundwork for the Committee's activities, including a set of rules and a relative description of each member's roles. The rules, which are still in place today, were as follows:

> 1. **Contribute:** The rp world of the NWI is ever changing, and thus it needs us to keep up with it. I'm not saying you need to stay on top of every detail, and be here every waking moment. I simply ask you to contribute AT LEAST something every now and then. Similar to the rule of keeping your space on the map, you need to be relatively active in the RP committee to keep your spot here. Of course, if something in your personal life hinders your activity, just let us know.
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> 2. **The New West Indies isn't an entity in our world:** The NWI itself doesn't exist within the context of the RP world. Its not a political entity that unites our nations. Simply put we SHOULD NOT mention it or integrate it within our rp world.
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> 3. **Respect other's opinions:** Everyone deserves a shot to have their voice heard. Do not bash or attack anyone for their ideas and opinions. Everyone's voice is important and WILL be considered.
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Meanwhile, North Italian Union and NUC began to develop the roles of each member, though they were a loose agreement. These included "Cartographer," "Historian," "Strategist," "Herald," "Economist," "Technology Moderator," and "Major Events Moderator."

The Committee then focused on writing the history of the entire world beginning at World War III, which had been customarily considered the reason for the earth's in-character upending and the custom territories created for the future-tech roleplay. This effort culminated in the World War III timeline (originally published by Cymiopolis), solidifying the Committee's legitimacy.

On March 17, 2020, the Committee was opened up to any citizen who wished to apply for membership, a shift from the initially private group.

## Organization

### **Management**

> *"The rp world of the NWI is ever changing, and thus it needs us to keep up with it."*
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The Committee is officially led by Director New United Carolinas, though most responsibilities are also disseminated between the members. The dispatches assigned to each member are listed in "Committee Management"; most members are assigned one or two at most, though NUC and Cymiopolis both have three each.

Maintenance of these documents is conducted through a shared puppet nation, called "NWI Roleplay Committee," which allows any member to access all documents. This system was introduced on March 3, 2020 when the need for a more efficient methodology became apparent.

The Committee identifies areas of expertise for each member of the Committee, which describes their relative duties and is used to analyze what documents would suit them best. These roles were adapted from those originally proposed by North Italian Union, which now included ones such as "Sports Commissioner," "Diplomacy Analyst," and "Vexillologist."

### **Joining the Committee**

Any citizen can become a part of the Committee regardless of their skills or interests as long as they want to contribute to formulating the roleplay. Each member must also be on Discord, though this *de jure rule* has been excepted in the past. Once the interested nation has completed their application and gets accepted, they are officially a member.

## Legacy and Recognition

Partially because of his creation of the Roleplay Committee, New United Carolinas was conferred the Order of Roleplaying by Secretary-General Karteria on March 3, 2020.

## References

1. ↑ RP Committee Puppet
2. ↑ *Statement by the Director* (1). January 24th, 2020.
3. ↑ Key Rules
4. ↑ Unofficial list of roles
5. ↑ *Statement by the Director* (2). January 24th, 2020.
6. ↑ Committee Membership
7. ↑ New United Carolinas' Distinctions