Haputation

The regional falg of Haputation. The blue bars on the flag stand for prosperity while the white bars stand for peace. The "H" in the top-left corner of the flag stands for Haputation.

General Description

• Haputation was a peaceful and defensive region. Employing democratic principals, Haputation had five government positions to which nations in this region were elected. The region exemplified democratic principles through its constitution which was the region's main source of information for the formation of governmental policy, rule, and direction.

Governmental Descriptions

Government of the Month

• The Government of the Month was the main governmental body in the Haputation region. There were five offices in Haputation that were elected and govern for a term of one month. After their term was over a new election was held. These were the offices
  • President
  • Vice-President
  • Secretary of Defense
  • Secretary of International Relations
  • Secretary of Inner-Nation Relations

Government of the Month Election Process

• The President of Haputation set up a six day period at the end of the one month term he/she was elected to. On the first day of this six day period, the President created a post in the regional forum announcing nominations for a period of three days, along with an election period of three days to follow after nominations. At that time, those nations who wished to run for a government position will make a post in the forum stating the office that they wished to run for and a short speech there as well. At the end of the three day nomination period, the three day election period would begin. During the three day election period, nations within Haputation voted for the nations they desired in the forum topic labeled VOTES FOR GOVERNMENT OF THE MONTH. At the end of the three day election period, the votes were tallied and the officers are installed. It was the current president’s job to post the new officers under the forum topic labeled _______ GOVERNMENT. (The _____ = the current month) At this time, the duties of the old government positions were passed onto the new officers.

House of Commons

• The House of Commons included all nations of Haputation that were not in the Government of the Month. The Vice-President headed the House of Commons, yet did not vote on any issues before it, or issues to be presented to the Government of the Month. The Vice-President also reported to the Government of the Month with any issues the House of Commons wished to pass onto the Government of the Month. The Vice-President is basically the “watchdog” of the House of Commons who kept organization and policy procedure in check.

Alliance of United Regions for Self Defense (AURSD)

• A dead alliance created by the Founder of Haputation, the AURSD was an alliance created to support the defensive region stance shared by many regions who believe that war in NationStates should only be used in cases of self defense. Embracing the principles of a "Just War" the alliance only called for war if specific criteria are met.

Death of a Region

In June of 2007, after more than a year of prosperity, the Founder of Haputation finally decided to close it's doors to the world. Throughout Haputation's existence, The V O C battled inactivity and finally decided that it was time to move on to another region. Haputation was pleagued with inactivity throughout it's existence and the time had come for the region to end. The V O C Currently resides in the Defence Service region.