Cymiopolis

Order of Initiative

**Cymiopolis**, formerly known as **The Honourable Cymiopolis,** and informally called **Cymio**, is a New West Indian statesman and roleplayer who served as the 2nd Secretary of Internal Affairs. Cymiopolis previously served as the 2nd Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Karteria and Volirum governments, the 2nd President of the General Assembly, the first President to complete their term, and one of the oldest citizens of the New West Indies.

## Early Days

Cymiopolis joined the New West Indies on May 4th, 2018, shortly after the foundation of the region by Achipel. He is therefore one of the region's oldest members, only surpassed by Luraqau and the founder himself. In his early days, Cymiopolis mostly focused on answering NS issues and participating in RP, the latter of which he would only delve deeper into as time would go on. From the get go, wine consumption and free-trade were staples of his roleplaying style.

## President of the General Assembly

Following the impeachment of the NWI's first President of the General Assembly, MacAlpine, due to inactivity, Cymiopolis successful won special election and became the region's 2nd GA President on July 1st, 2018. During his term, he performed his required tasks, which included posting polls for GA resolutions and verifying the validity of all votes. Though it was an unremarkable term by today's standards, he was the first GA president to complete his mandate and set the standard of for communications with the GA. He was succeeded by Ferasichi.

## Secretary of Foreign Affairs

On January 1st, 2018, Cymiopolis became the Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Volirum government. Due to the Secretariat's hands-off approach, Cymiopolis' task merely included approving or rejecting embassy requests after asking the advice of either the Founder or the Secretary-General.

Things changed during his second term as SFA under the government of Karteria, the former Secretary of Administration. Karteria significantly reorganized the regional government, bringing reforms to all the institutions with a number of executive orders and regulatory shifts. This led to Cymiopolis reforming the almost non-existent regional foreign policy of the region; he set standards for region to be granted embassies, such as decent regional active, having a minimum number of nations and sharing similar values with the NWI. This agenda was followed by deconstructing certain existing embassies that no longer met these requirements. "Embassy-Collector" regions were targeted in particular, as the government argued these regions did not seek meaningful diplomatic relations. With the help of the Secretary-General, new embassies and alliances were established with regions that significantly grew the scope of the region's involvement in wider interregional affairs.

## Secretary of Internal Affairs

Following a cabinet shuffle by the Secretary-General due to disagreements with then-Secretary of Internal Affairs Luraqau, Cymiopolis was inaugurated as the region's 2nd SIA. His love for cartography and his dissatisfaction with the state of the regional map were key reasons for the appointment according to the Secretary-General.

Cymiopolis adopted multipled reforms to the roleplay map, including changing the color palette and removing "Non-Player-Character" (NPC) nations. The Secretary argued that these nations took away valuable land from new players and dissuaded recruitment marketing. The map would later evolve to include labels of the nations' names on the map itself and a more descriptive table of contents that included geographical regions instead of a list of colors. Other tasks of the SIA included approving citizenship applications, organizing or overseeing cultural events for the region, and moderating regional roleplay.

During Karteria's 2nd term as Secretary-General, he worked to separate regional government from regional RP. This effort culminated in the government's sponsorship of the newly-created Roleplay Committee under the guise of New United Carolinas. While Cymiopolis continued to work with running the region's RP and updating the map, these tasks were no longer performed under the jurisdiction of the DIA; he did such under the Committee. With these reforms, more importance was given to the SIA's tasks of approving citizenship and organizing cultural events. These tasks have remained similar during Cymiopolis' 3rd term as SIA under the current Celestiam government.

## Roleplay Committee

Since its inception, Cymiopolis has played a major role in the development of the Roleplay Committee. He is currently responsible for updating the regional map and space claims, and maintaining the historical timeline of the region's lore. Cymiopolis has also taken the time to give suggestions to nations on how to construct their backstories in order to better fit in with the wider NWI RP universe. Furthermore, many of the region's flags and national maps have been produced by Cymiopolis.

## Honors

* Order of Harmony
* Order of Roleplaying
* Order of Initiative
* Government Award (First Class)
* Influence Award (Forth Class)

## Miscellaneous

Cymiopolis is a Canadian with Greek and Italian origins, hence the culture of his nation. He is also a staunch Québécois sovereignist as shown by his "Vive le Québec libre" status on discord.

He is fluent in English, Greek, and French.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 NationStates Census Residency Records
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Citizens List