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The Allied States of EuroIslanders (ASE) is a region of about 200 members. It is one of the largest socialist regions in NationStates. At its height, the ASE reached 352 nations, and for a long time the region was the single largest socialist region in NationStates.

Regional Government

The government of the ASE is modeled on the Athenian direct democracy, representation in its purest form. Each nation, therefore, receives one vote in the Assembly to vote on issues such as wars, alliance alert status, resolutions on policy, and government officials.

No member of the ASE, according to its legislature, has more power than anyone else. However, the figurehead demanded by gameplay is the Regional Delegate, elected at regular intervals. The current Delegate of the ASE is Danitoria. The other members of the government, called the Strategoi (singular: Strategos), who are members of a body called the Strategia, all deal with various positions in the government, such as treaties, intelligence, etc.

Alliance Defense Network Relations

The Alliance Defense Network and the ASE have had rocky relations. Many ADN members disliked ASE members, and vice versa. In September 2004, after almost a year as members, the Allied States of EuroIslanders left the ADN but continued defending through their membership in the Red Liberty Alliance.

The events that led to ASE withdrawal from the ADN are summarised by EuroSoviets lead representative, R.C. McDonagh:

"The Prosecutor General of the ADN was making threatening noises on behalf of nebulous, undisclosed third parties who objected to the alliance between the ASE and New Sparrow, following the support of New Sparrow for Great Bight, the tyrant-delegate and usurper of the North Pacific. His attitude was hardly a surprise since the ASE had long been in contention with Westwind and what was in my opinion, a conservative, legalistic approach to important matters within the ADN. This was the first sign of real open tension between the ASE and ADN.

Though members sought to encourage me to run for Vice President, after the revelations of Democratic Donkeys, I nominated Blackbird and took a backseat role in the campaign, preferring to cover it as a media supervisor at the ADN. My ASE colleague, Xha'dam was leading the reforms to the ADN Constitution and was making great headway; Pope Hope complimented him and mentioned her compliment to me in a private message.

Then one morning EuroSoviet representatives awoke to find the pseudo-democracy that had previously existed at the ADN gone and a dictatorship was now in place; a dictatorship that had in fact been held to ransom by the enemies of the ASE within the ADN, including members of the Freedom Fighters and other organisations, Westwind among them. The ASE Assembly, after much discussion vetoed membership in the new organisation after so many ASE representatives had been disabused. Xha'dam, Equality-Liberty and Danitoria among others dispaired that anything except an increased level of heirarchy-led patronage could emerge from this dictatorship. Thus the ASE membership in the ADN came to a close, after other regions had already left."

The Allied States in War, Peace and Friendship

The ASE is currently allied by treaty to the following regions: The West Pacific, Equilism, [England]], The Proletariat Coalition, Urbanites, World Socialist Alliance, Coalition of Socialist States, Democratic Underground, Cuba, China, Greece and Anticapitalist Alliance.

The ASE has been allied with and would consider friendly New Sparrow, Alliance of Socialist States, Marxism and Anarchy.

The ASE has been involved in quite a few wars during it's history. The war with the Atlantic Alliance was not a specific war between the ASE and the AA, rather between the MASS Alliance and ADN versus the Atlantic Alliance. The brilliant intelligence coup of EuroSoviets in this war turned it into something a little more personal however. EuroSoviets, using the nation Socialist Switzerland infiltrated and took over the delegacy of the region Leichtenstein. Using Leichtenstein, since it was the home of invader armies which had conquered Minnesota and Cheese among other regions, EuroSoviets joined the Atlantic Alliance and was made privvy to some important information which was quickly passed along to other defenders.

At the very beginning of the ASE, a war was fought with the Communist Alliance XIII, long defunct now. The CA XIII during the course of it's existence created five regions and many alliances, each torn apart by the ASE following the attacks that the Redavic Union had tried to make against the Allied States. This was the first officially sanctioned war of the ASE and it was a victory, leading to the creation of the ASE PeaceKeepers; eight nations which were meant to act as the ASE armed forces in times of war.

The ASE was peripherally involved in struggles with Ireland, Imperial Germany, the tyrant-delegate Great Bight of The North Pacific and other regions. Historically the ASE was somewhat hostile to the USSR but this period has long since passed.

The ASE hosts Embassies from and has Embassies in The West Pacific, Equilism, New Sparrow, Canada, The East Coast, Scroll Islands, The Proletariat Coalition, The Pacific, England, Ireland, Greece, Realms of Knowledge/RKKA and the USSR. Embassies have also visited The South Pacific, The North Pacific, Gay, The Meritocracy, Europa and Renegade Islands Alliance and Lazarus.

The Allied States of EuroIslanders Roll of Honour

Members past and present who have served their region with pride, distinction and without equivocation.

Bamada - Red Guardian.
Bostasp - Former ASE Ambassador.
Dalimbar - Strategos Apragmon, former Strategos. Red Guardian. Chairman of the ASE Committee for Constitutional Studies. ASE Ambassador.
Danitoria - Current UN Delegate, Strategos, former ASE head of recruitment and former ASE PeaceKeeper. Former ADN Senator, Former ADN House Representative. Former Red Guardian. Former Commander of the Allied States of EuroIslanders Liberation Forces.
Deadman - former Strategos and former ASE PeaceKeeper. Former Red Guardian. Former Director of the ASE Trade and Commerce Committee.
Dog Food - Former UN Delegate.
Drake Farm - former Strategos Nemonos. Red Guardian. Former ADN House Representative.
Equality-Liberty - Strategos. Former ADN House Representative. Most Active ASE Ambassador.
Europa Brittania - former ASE PeaceKeeper.
GreaterCanadiana- Former ADN House Representative.
Hartert - Strategos and former Strategos Apragmon. Former ADN House Representative. Red Guardian.
Hobonater - Strategos. Red Guardian.
Jixieland - Former Red Guardian.
Kanadesaga - Strategos. Former Director of ASE Intelligence.
Krinon - Former Strategos.
Milantos - Former ASE PeaceKeeper.
Miternacht - Former ADN House Representative.
Paapst - Former Red Guardian, Former ADN House Representative.
Parvolex - Strategos, Red Guardian.
Quercustan - Former ASE PeaceKeeper.
Retepland - Red Guardian.
Trotskiya - Former ASE Peacekeeper.
United Soviet Ireland - Former UN Delegate. Xha'dam - Strategos Nemonos, former Strategos, Red Guardian, former Deputy Director of ASE Intelligence. Former ADN House Representative.