Lord of Darkness

We were thinking up something clever, but, then we remembered who our opponents are and that they aren't worth such effort. Sorry. The New Pacific Order hereby declares on the combined forces of FTW and NATO.

An Oculus Presentation, Part One

The Apocalyptic Accords "For the great day of their wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?" - The Apocalypse of St John (Revelation) 6:13 Preamble: "And I saw that the Lamb had opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures, as it were the voice of thunder, saying: Come, and see." Doombird Doomcave and the New Pacific Order, hereafter referred to as 'the signatories,' agree to come together in the spirit of cooperation, respect, and mutual friendship that has been slowly developing over the years and has finally culminated in the signing of this document. Article I: Sovereignty "And I saw: and behold a white horse, and he that sat on him had a bow, and there was a crown given him, and he went forth conquering that he might conquer." Both of the signatories, and their respective Alliance member nations, recognize the Sovereignty and Political Independence of the other and agree to treat one another in a friendly, respectful way. The signatories also agree to deal with all situations that may arise between them with productive, diplomatic solutions. Article II: Intelligence "And there went out another horse that was red: and to him that sat thereon, it was given that he should take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another, and a great sword was given to him." The signatories recognize the world is a hostile place and agree to open communications amongst their government and their members, and to share any information that may come into their possession which represents a threat to the interests of the other party. Article III: Defense and Aid "And behold a black horse, and he that sat on him had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying: Two pounds of wheat for a penny, and thrice two pounds of barley for a penny, and see thou hurt not the wine and the oil." In the event that one signatory is attacked; the other is encouraged, but not obligated, to come to their defense: be it through military or foreign intervention. Article IV: Aggression "And behold a pale horse, and he that sat upon him, his name was Death, and hell followed him. And power was given to him over the four parts of the earth, to kill with sword, with famine, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." Both of the signatories are Military Alliances. When one of them goes to war, the other may be asked, but is not obligated, to participate. Article V: Cancellation "And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (holy and true) dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" Should either of the signatories opt to cancel this treaty, they must inform the government of the other signatory seventy-two (72) hours in advance. Signed, For the New Pacific Order: Lord of Darkness, Emperor of the New Pacific Order Prophet of Orion Jesse End, Imperial Regent of the New Pacific Order Emperor Ice, DeathAdder, SynysterGates, and Tebeat, Imperial Officers of the New Pacific Order For Doombird Doomcave: Steeldor, God EmperorBird II Javier360, Huitzilopochtli's GoldenBird Dagny Taggart, BearMountain BraveBird

I, for one, blame Tevron for this egregious failure.

Letum's GATO colony extends its congratulations to our friends in GATO for turning fifteen years old!

There is one... complication. You see, your Holy Pope has already ordained otherwise: caustic 07/13/2019 Non Grata We officially disbanded But stuck together to rogue out as a crew We've been on our terrorism binge for close to a year now Still plenty in the tank We raided SUN into the dirt, !@#$ on TTK IRON Now FTW The consistent nation decline trend says otherwise.

We weren't really referring to you so much with that. Multiple other Pacificans were approached by Caustic about either joining Non Grata or providing war aid. Ironically Letum doesn't share your sentiments here.

You seem to be confused here. Non Grata has committed multiple acts of war against us and our allies entirely separate from needing us to defend FTW.

We have grown tired of your repeated childish and harmful behavior. You may be finished with this world or not care about it, but we do not share your apathy. Your grave is deep and has been getting deeper for quite some time. Your fields will be sown with salt and radioactive waste. The lamentations of your rogues will be heard far and wide across the land as they are forevermore extinguished. The New Pacific Order, Independent Republic Of Orange Nations, and Orange Defense Network hereby declare war on the collection of personae non gratae, or "rogues", calling themselves 'Non Grata' for: Repeated attempts at poaching our members and/or those of our allies Repeated attempts at getting our members and/or those of our allies to provide your roguery with funding Repeated roguery against ourselves and/or our allies, as well as the global community at large Threatening members of Oculus alliances Interfering as a third faction in and with negotiations for another conflict Unauthorized use of Oculus flag in alliance announcement Any form of retaliation against one party will be considered retaliation against all parties. Our crusade is against Non Grata alone, however anyone found to be providing the rogues assistance will be dealt with in whatever manner we deem appropriate under the circumstances. The great waste disposal rogue cleansing is due to the actions of Non Grata overall and will be considered as entirely separate from the ongoing conflict. While they too have provided us with multiple casus bellis throughout the stupidity and poor handling of the conflict they are involved in, we do not recognize the alliances of COBRA, The Imperial Entente, Kashmir, and Screaming Red Asses as rogues. We encourage you to seek out peace and not support the band of misfits and rogues over in 'Non Grata', for they will no longer be capable of providing you support. May Admin have mercy on your souls, for we shall have none. Signed for the New Pacific Order, Lord of Darkness , Emperor of the New Pacific Order Prophet of Orion Shadow of the Order Jesse End, Imperial Regent of the New Pacific Order Emperor Ice, DeathAdder, Strawberry Shortcake, Tebutter, and Tiberius, Imperial Officers of the New Pacific Order Signed for the Independent Republic of Orange Nations, The Warrior, President, IRON Councilor Blade 619, Minister of Defense, IRON Councilor Captain Crozier, Minister of the Vault, IRON Councilor Hertt, Minister of Internal Affairs, IRON Councilor Signed for the Orange Defense Network, OsRavan Franziskaner Lord Hershey

Throughout the years many societal norms have been established regarding what is considered to be acceptable conduct by alliances. War deserters and pixel huggers are far and wide viewed as disgraceful cowards. Any and all forms of reparations are frowned upon, for they are harmful to the health of the world. The encouragement of outside parties to provide war assistance in the form of money, technology, and/or soldiers is in poor taste at best and a casus belli at worst. Poaching attempts on other alliances' members is never looked upon favorably. Letting your allies carry the brunt of existing war efforts while you cry about wanting more wars is not tolerable or in any way respectful toward them. Disbanding and spending a lengthy amount of time going back and forth between hitting different alliances, all the while while running around spouting outright lies to other alliances, makes you one thing: rogues. The premise of 'reforming' is neither a shield nor a disguise for repeated rogue actions undertaken over the past year and a half against the New Pacific Order, Independent Republic Of Orange Nations, Orange Defense Network, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, The Templar Knights, State Of Unified Nations, and others. In light of their activities, the undersigned alliances and any subsequent signatories, do hereby formally recognize Non Grata as a rogue entity, beholden only to their own selfish desire to incite chaos and the destruction of the global community of which all alliances are part of for their own 'entertainment'. Argent CLAWS Freehold of The Wolves Global Alliance And Treaty Organization Independent Republic Of Orange Nations New Pacific Order New Polar Order North Atlantic Treaty Organization Orange Defense Network The Dark Templar The Grand Lodge Of Freemasons The Legion Viridian Entente

Thanks. Check your private messages on here.

Just those lines mostly sum it up. I didn't post the received version of that but it's very similar. Only about 600 (20%) of all nations have at least somewhat decent or better economic participation via aid slots.

It would help if people cared enough to do basic things like those... Within the past 30 days 1097 nations have sent at least one slot of aid, of which 633 sent at least 4 slots. 359 nations sent 4-7 slots and 274 nations sent 8+ slots. If we take it out further to within the past 6 months 1736 nations have sent at least one slot of aid, of which 631 sent at least 24 slots. 434 nations sent 24-47 slots and 197 nations sent 48+ slots.

Total Party Kill and New Desolate Order declare war on DEFCON 1. Good luck everyone!

Macedonian Jackboots Article 1 Both Alliances shall be joined in mutual respect for one another and the membership of both signatories shall only engage in public discourse reflecting this respect. Article 2 Should an unwarranted attack occur against DEFCON 1, NPO shall assist through diplomatic, economic and military means as necessary for the security of the Alliances. Article 3 While respecting the sovereignty of each other, DEFCON 1 will consult NPO prior to the ratification of any treaty, declaration of war, or activity that may otherwise impact the Order in pursuance of this agreement. Article 4 Both Alliances agree to share any intelligence with one another that may impact the other. Article 5 In the case that either Alliance wishes to terminate this agreement, they must provide the other with a minimum of 72 hours advanced notice. Signed for the New Pacific Order Lord of Darkness, Emperor of the New Pacific Order Prophet of Orion Shadow of the Order Jesse End, Imperial Regent of the New Pacific Order DeathAdder & Emperor Ice, Imperial Officers of the New Pacific Order Signed for DEFCON 1 Alexandros o Megas - Supreme Ranger Big Gun - High Government Alrea - High Government Majestic Ruler - High Government 

Thirteen Years of Order The New Pacific Order was founded on January 26, 2006, less than a month after Planet Bob came to be. Thirteen years later, there is little the Order has not seen or done in this world. Pacifica has been admired and reviled; an object of envy and of scorn; peerless in power and, on several occasions, nearly annihilated. It has done more than perhaps any other alliance to shape the history of this world. Although the Order is smaller than it once was, it has by no means withered away. We've had our issues, and we haven’t gotten out as much as we used to over this past year or two, but it's safe to say that Pacifica is doing well. We noticed the chest pains early, made some dietary changes and started exercising again. We ran a 5k last month. Don't believe us? We get it. NPO has been telling you it's "the best" for thirteen years; it probably gets old after awhile. During our reign of terror we'd have sent a viceroy to reeducate you. But, in our benevolence since such reeducation was deemed illegal, we'll let you form your own opinions. Here's what Pacifica was up to in 2018. Graphs and tables come courtesy of Orion, our automated, all-seeing, all-knowing economic and military management system that definitely hasn't become self-aware and definitely hasn't been secretly running NPO for years. The Pacifican Economy The Pacifican economic system continued to churn out money and tech at world-historic rates in 2018: Every slot is sacred. Every slot is great. If a slot is wasted, Frawley gets quite irate. So much tech, in fact, that NPO nations produce and receive 25% of all new units of technology: Standard rates of $9 million/300 tech apply The Order can sustains its high tech production and low rates by building tech banks. Lots of tech banks: Economic Wonder Growth - 2018 A growing tech bank needs all the wonders it can get The Pacifican Military NPO's economic machine isn't only built to keep the tech flowing. Pacifican Military Command has been busy building mid-tier nations with full complements of wonders. The New Pacific Order is the world's most foremost advocate of nuclear proliferation, with 76% of its members equipped with or capable of fielding nuclear weapons, 75% of which also possess a Weapons Research Complex. Military Wonder Growth - 2018 You didn't think this would all be sunshine, tech production and rainbows, did you? We're not putting the jackboots away just yet... In 2018, NPO concluded wars against GPA, Old Guard, and the SPATR coalition. The latter represented the conclusion of the longest war in history at 923 days. Pacifican nations fought a total of 497 wars in 2018, many against opponents utilizing the guerrilla tactics the Order has recently built its military to successfully fight. Activity By far the most important developments in NPO during 2018 were internal. The Praetorian Guard continued to recruit aggressively and processed 243 applications. The Guard's efforts paid off; NPO's membership was stable in 2018 while most alliances' membership counts continued to plummet: Something something State of Nature TM The Order's forums are the largest and busiest of any alliance. Besides hosting Orion, they're trafficked by nearly 200 users every day. In 2018, there were over 4000 new topics, over 58000 new posts, over 37000 PMs, and over 3700 PM replies on npowned.net.  Number of Registered Users Concurrently Online on npowned.net The Order never sleeps We achieved this in large part because we have a very active leadership team, from Imperial Officers to department heads. In the past 55 weeks there have been 82 formal announcements on NPO's forums ranging from announcements for new nation development programs to foreign affairs updates to awards ceremonies to newsletters. That's an average of 1.49 leadership announcements per week. However, the best place to get to know us (or accuse us of hegemonic tyranny, whatever floats your boat) is our Discord server. With over 1500 members, unscheduled voice chats every day (ranging from 3 to 20+ participants), and 200-300 people active at any given time, there's always someone to talk to (or blame for all your in-character problems; again, whatever floats your boat). Discord Messages per Day We honestly have no idea what happened in early October We hope you're sufficiently impressed, at least by our ability to congratulate ourselves if by nothing else. But self-congratulations are not the reason for this announcement. We've chosen this, the thirteenth anniversary of the Order's founding, to extend an invitation to the inhabitants of Planet Bob. At its peak in 2007, NPO's membership was 1400; that number is now fewer than 300. We don't pretend to have solutions to many of the wider problems in this world, but we firmly believe the New Pacific Order remains a bastion of activity, innovation, and camaraderie with few peers and no equals. To anyone who wants to find out more about an alliance nearly as old as Planet Bob; to anyone looking for a new home; and to anyone who feels they no longer have a home: our doors are open.

Orderly Duck Disciples Article I: Sovereignty and Nonaggression The New Pacific Order and Disciples of Duckroll agree to not engage in any action that could reasonably seen as aggressive against the other. DoD and NPO will always work to solve any differences that may arise between them amicably through open communication and discussion. Article II: Intelligence Both parties agree to share intelligence critical to the other alliance's safety. Article III: Assistance Both signatories agree to help further each other's goals and provide diplomatic and economic assistance to the other when necessary. Article IV: Defense and Aggression If either party falls under attack it is strongly encouraged for the other signatory to come to their defense, though both parties accept that this is not an obligation. Likewise the signatories may coordinate with each other when initiating wars of aggression. Article V: Cancellation In the event that one signatory decides to cancel this treaty, at least 72 hours notice to the other is required, during which all articles will remain in effect. Signed for the New Pacific Order, Lord of Duckness, Emperor of the New Pacific Order Jesse End, Regent of the New Pacific Order DeathAdder and Emperor Ice, Imperial Officers of the New Pacific Order Signed for the Disciples of Duckroll, st6mm, Quackmaster StevieG, Speaker of the Ducks Raymond Jaeger, Lord of the Ducks Das Blitzkrieger, Prophet of the Ducks

The day GATO's Pacifican coup came to fruition.

May Argent get [redacted]! o/ Pacifica o/ Argent

Thanks Tevron and GATO (except Dre4m, he smells funny ). Congratulations to Banned and White Chocolate. o/

Sad to see you disband, thanks for good memories and fun over the years. #MakeMaroonGreatAgain

Congratulations to our friends in GATO and FTW. o/

Congratulations. Make sure to keep that cat away from the furniture.

Good luck to our new (and old) friends. o/

Santa CLAWS is Coming to Town I. So be good for goodness sake! The undersigned parties agree to coordinate holiday logistics and preparations together to any perceivable mutual benefit. Each recognizes the other's sleigh and workshop. II. Gonna find out who's naughty and nice Should any of Santa's elves uncover plots to sabotage Santa's workshop or locate any naughty children deserving coal, the other signatory will be informed. III. You better watch out Naughty children get coal nukes. In the event either party is attacked the other will provide military, economic, and/or diplomatic assistance. IV. Santa CLAWS is coming to town Should either signatory wish to deliver glowing-green presents, the other is welcome, but not obligated, to assist. V. You better not pout If either of the undersigned parties wishes to terminate these accords they must notify the other of their intent to cancel. All the above articles will remain in effect for a week following notification of cancellation. Signed for the New Pacific Order, Lord of Darkness, Emperor of the New Pacific Order Prophet of Orion Shadow of the Order Jesse End, Imperial Regent of the New Pacific Order MariMassa, DeathAdder, and Emperor Ice Imperial Officers of the New Pacific Order Signed for CLAWS, Co-leaders: White Chocolate & Al Bundy Minister of Defense: razgriz24 Minister of Economics: Jazzy95 Minister of Foreign Affairs: claude Minister of Internal Affairs: Magical Muslim Grand Inquisitor: Randalla