Antarctic Oasis

Antarctic Oasis is a moderately sized region with over 50 nations and a population of about 20-25 billion. Initially formed from the wreckage of former Valdesian nations, Antarctic Oasis used to be the world's last unspoiled Antarctic wilderness -- that is, until powerful civilizations invaded, building massive ice cities in the desert and mountains and dotting the receding glaciers with thriving seaports. Soon, the shady leaders of the region's rogue nations had an extensive commercial paradise on their hands, relentlessly harvesting the Earth of its gold, uranium and oil reserves, and finding new and terrible ways to abuse the indigenous penguin -- including drafting the more vicious ones into military service and forcing the less useful into lives of servitude as butlers or test subjects in the region's many secret experimental weapons labs.

Antarctic Oasis is strictly a rogue region -- only the scummiest renegade dictatorships, corporate dominions and evil-conservative republics populate this frozen wasteland, where UN membership is neither condoned nor condemned -- and members adhere to a strict "shoot on sight" rule for any UN official spotted inside the region's sovereign borders. Region members cherish their natural isolation from the international community, which allows them to partake in any number of duplicitous deeds away from the watchful eyes of the United Nations or international environmental and human-rights organizations.

History

The Federal Republic of Omigodtheykilledkenny founded Antarctic Oasis along with charter nations Lois-Must-Die, Z0S0, The Valdesian Frontier, No TV and No Beer, Dragons Rider, the Great White Knight and Bucky Cat when a seismic catastrophe destroyed their former environs in Valdesia. They sought refuge in the Antarctic when most of their former neighbors were enveloped in the monumental disaster -- and dozens of nations followed suit.

Palixia, the Natural-born Troublemaker

Korridan/Palixia War

When the communist dictatorship of Korridan claimed to have broken off part of the Antarctic continent for the purpose of founding a region called New Siberia, Palixia condemned the action and declared war. Though numerous nations from other regions joined the conflict, it ended before any of Palixia's neighbors in the region even knew about it. An ensuing peace conference failed to resolve any of the issues surrounding the conflict; neither side acknowledged the other's victory, and Korridan claims to live in its artificially created region to this day, its communist and communist-sympathizer allies having joined to form the Antartic Defense Alliance, which purports to protect Korridan's sovereignty.

Invasion

Palixia later tried to wrest the region's delegate position from Omigodtheykilledkenny by winning endorsements from region members, but when it brought in nations from other regions to try to surpass the sitting delegate in the endorsement count, Omigodtheykilledkenny accused Palixia of staging an invasion. Upon hearing of this, most of the region members withdrew their endorsements, after which Palixia and its puppets and allies swiftly departed the region. Though Palixia briefly returned to the region, it was booted from the UN shortly thereafter.

Government

Still in its infant stages, the regional government plans to coordinate through a region-wide diplomatic organization, as yet unnamed and undefined, and a mutual-defense pact -- tentatively dubbed the Allied Antarctic Asskickers (AAA) and headed up by the Evil Conservative Empire of The Palentine, the region's defense secretary.

The region recently moved to add as charter nations The Palentine, Mashtopia and Unjubbi, replacing Omigodtheykilledkenny puppets No TV and No Beer and the Valdesian Frontier. Charter nations serve as the region's de-facto governors, though in fact they do absolutely nothing, and "charter nation" status is granted more for prestige and bragging rights than anything else. Charter nations carry extra votes in regional elections, though the region never votes on anything.

The region's UN members recently voted to join the Alliance of Capitalists, Conservatives, and Economic Libertarians.

UN Delegate

The region does not elect its delegate, nor does it conduct polls to determine how the delegate will vote on UN legislation. Omigodtheykilledkenny has been the UN delegate for the Antarctic Oasis since its founding.

Voting History

Protection of Dolphins Act: AGAINST
Ban Chemical Weapons: AGAINST
Repeal "Eliminiation of Bio Weapons": FOR
Nuclear Armaments: DID NOT VOTE
United Nations Security Act: DID NOT VOTE
Civilian Rights Post War: AGAINST
Repeal "National Systems of Tax": FOR
UN Biological Weapons Ban: AGAINST
Establish UNWCC: AGAINST
Freedom of Conscience: AGAINST
Mitigation of Large Reservoirs: AGAINST
The Microcredit Bazaar: FOR
The Transgender Equality Act: AGAINST
The Sex Education Act: AGAINST
Repeal "Protection of Dolphins Act": FOR
UNCoESB: FOR
Repeal "Ban Chemical Weapons": FOR
Adoption and IVF Rights: AGAINST
Promotion of Solar Panels: FOR
Labeling Standards: AGAINST
Repeal "Promotion of Solar Panels": FOR
Repeal "DVD region removal": FOR