Yewtopia

**Yewtopia**, also known as **Yew** for short, is a New West Indian statesman and Coniferan Remnant. They currently serve as the Region's Attorney in the Department of Internal Affairs, having held the office since November 5, 2020. They are also a private broadcaster, running #faces-of-the-topiatics based on their roleplay nation since May 2021.

Yew was one of multiple Coniferan Remnants that immigrated to the New West Indies following the ratification of the Treaty of Conservation, in which the region annexed Evergreen Conifer. Since then, they have become a prominent figure in the executive government and private sector alike.

## Coniferan History

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## New West Indies History

### Region's Attorney

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Following Karteria's ascension to Chief Justice in November 2020, the Celestiam government required a successor to fill the position. After discussion between the Secretary-General and Secretary of Internal Affairs Cymiopolis, the latter nominated Yewtopia. The nomination debate within the Judiciary Oversight Committee was uncontroversial, and Yew was unanimously confirmed later that month as the third Region's Attorney in New West Indies history.

As RA, Yew has served on seven total cases over the course of over seven months in office, which included four in the criminal court and three in the state court. Two of the four criminal cases were filed by Karteria and were correspondingly presided over by Acting Justice Twelve Titans. Yew was best known for representing the Region in the first ever state case, *Reno Sheriffs Department v. New West Indies*, in which the petitioner argued the Secretary-General had failed to administer the December presidential election and that a new one was required. The RA, in turn, agreed, but differed on how to best fill the GA President position during the interim. Ultimately, the Court decided it best to leave the position vacant until an election could be called a few days later.

In total, Yewtopia is at least partially responsible for one conviction. All other criminal cases under their purview were later dropped; since April 2021, there has not been a case in the High Court.

### Private Media

Beginning on May 6, 2021, Yewtopia started their own station called #faces-of-the-topiatics. Despite the region's interest in roleplay, this station was one of the first solely dedicated to in-character discussion of a nation, possibly reflecting inspiration from the Coniferan #nations channel. However, there is a twist:

> "This is going to be a character creation exercise. Every once in a while, I am going to go to the lovely website thispersondoesnotexist.com . . . I am going to take a face from the site, and I am going to assign them a name, give them a background, and then tell a quick story about something that happened to them at some point in their lives."
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Essentially, the channel serves as a brainstorming device for character creating as well as other roleplay ideas. Some characters include a chief of police, The Egg, and a football star (with a random appearance from a cute cat, no less).

## Miscellaneous

Yew is known on Discord for sporting several pun nicknames over the years, such as the most recent one, "j’accyewse!!".

## References

1. ↑ Nomination Announcement.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Station Announcement Post.
3. ↑ Treaty Text.
4. ↑ High Court records and various dockets.
5. ↑ *Reno Sheriffs Department v. New West Indies*, 20-12 N.W.I. 113 (2021).
6. ↑ *New West Indies v. Cartel de la Letra*, 20-08 N.W.I. 116 (2021).
7. ↑ Original #nations channel, Coniferan server (obsolete).