Exile of Electorate

The introduction to Executive Decree 007.

• Berland

• Many alleged puppets

July 18th, 2019 (final)

The **Exile of Electorate** was an major event in the early history of the New West Indies. Electorate, an active roleplayer and longtime resident at the time, was banned on July 4th, 2019 by Achipel on orders of Secretary-General Karteria, who had assumed office just four days prior. This eviction, to initially last 3 months, was the culmination of an alleged series of minor abuses of expression and toxicity.

Following the initial ban on July 4th, Electorate was given a month-long extension to that ban following allegations of bullying another citizen via telegram. Before two weeks could pass, this ban was made permanent via Executive Decree 007 (enacted by the Secretary-General), alleging a conspiracy to commit sedition with the assistance of two other residents. On July 30th, Electorate was accused of puppet flooding via the nation Dentritown, and that nation was subsequently banned by the Secretary-General following Executive Decree 008.

Electorate maintains an extensive criminal history. They are one of two nations to receive a permanent ban in New West Indies history or be charged with sedition.

## Background

### **Pre-Exile**

Electorate was known to be an active roleplayer and participate in many in-character conflicts around the roleplay world. However, they maintained a complicated relationship within that world. At one point, they attempted to acquire dozens of planets with only a declaration and other potentially inconsiderate actions that were controversial. Moreover, there were instances where Electorate allegedly engaged in toxic explanations of their nation. The aforementioned conduct in total led to a substantial rift between Electorate and the other roleplayers.

### **Circumstances of the July 4th Ban**

Much like their previous alleged misconduct, Electorate ran into trouble with what was published outside of roleplay. On July 1st, 2019, Electorate published a link on the regional message board leading to a comic strip including sensitive depictions of wartime brutality. This conduct was the basis for the ban on July 4th. The Secretary-General determined that a 3 month long ban would be sufficient.

There were differing perceptions of the ban. Multiple nations claimed that the ban was due to Electorate's conduct in the war thread (due to certain in-character events occurring at the same time), though this notion was seemingly dispelled by multiple government officials.

### **Initial Extension**

On July 5th, one day after Electorate received the 3 month ban, the citizen The Jewish Levant alleged to have received a telegram from Electorate. The alleged message was filled with personal attacks against the citizen. After receiving the evidence directly, the Secretary-General ordered a month-long extension to the initial 3 month ban.

### **Conspiracy to Commit Sedition**

On July 18th, 2019, Secretary-General Karteria enacted Executive Decree 007, wherein they detailed an alleged newfound plot by Electorate and others "to destabilize the region and target specific nations." It is unknown at this time how the evidence was seized. Two other nations, The Righteous Qin and Berland, were implicated in the plot to varying degrees. Qin was given a permanent ban, while Berland was issued a 4 month-long citizenship suspension. Berland has since ceased to exist.

### **Miscellaneous Misconduct**

There were multiple instances where Electorate attempted to subvert the punishment put in place by the government long into Karteria's tenure as Secretary-General. On July 30th, 2019, they allegedly attempted to puppet flood the region via the nation Dentritown. The Secretary-General quickly banned this nation following apparent evidence of puppetry.

On an unknown date some time during Karteria's tenure, the *Personae Non Grata –* a list of nations prohibited from residing in the region – was updated to include the nation "Africa Romanorum" as a puppet of Electorate.

## Legacy

The Exile of Electorate was the first major instance of a security emergency, and it was the first instance (along with their alleged co-conspirator) where a nation was permanently banned from the nascent region. The ban was also a defining moment for the Karterian administration, which sought to take a more proactive approach to combat what it saw as the flaws of the New West Indies. As the region grew, it was bound to experience growing pains, and these events were only a part of them.

A few months following Electorate's departure, the High Court of the New West Indies was established. It remains to be seen whether Electorate would've received better treatment in the court of Law than at the hands of the executive branch.

## See Also

1. New West Indies History
2. Karteria Executive Decree Library
3. Criminal Code

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Criminal, Civil, and State Records
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Telegram from Electorate
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Executive Decree 007
4. ↑ Planet claiming
5. ↑ Terrorist attack post
6. ↑ Screenshot of Example
7. ↑ War Thread Claim
8. ↑ Beginning of thread of evidence and clarifications of reasoning.
9. ↑ Executive Decree 008
10. ↑ GAR21