Hyrule

The Region of Hyrule

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Regional motto: One name. One legend.

Regional anthem: The Song of the Hyruleans

Regional forum

Hyrule Forum

Capital

Hyrule Government City

Official languages

None; English de facto

Government

• Delegate
• Secretary of State
• Ministers of Affairs
• Regional Grand Judge
• Founder

Ness Snorlaxia
Buuyo
South Malaysia, Pacdude
Kritschboilek
Kholint

Establishment

2003 or 2004

Population
• As of 26/10/2005
• As of 13/10/2005
• Height (8/10/2005)

366
376
390

Currency

none

Time zone

Various

Symbols

• Animal
• Snack
• Flower
• Drink

Dancing Squirrel
Twinkie
White lily
Chocolate milk

NSEconomy RC XML

The Region of Hyrule is one of the largest player-created regions in NationStates. The name of the region comes from the fictional land in the Legend of Zelda video game series. Hyrule is allied with the regions of Aberdeen, Futaba Aoi, and India.

As a neutral region, Hyrule does not join multi-regional alliances and will accept nations of all kinds, regardless of political ideology, as long as they don't break regional or NationStates rules.

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History

The Creation

The region of Hyrule was formed by the three godesses Din, Nayru, and Farore. It is widely believed that these three goddeses were created themselves by an ultimate being known only as the Supreme Creator.

According to legend, Din created the physical geography of the realm, Farore created the flora and fauna, and Nayru gave the laws of physics to the realm. Once the goddesses had completed their tasks, they departed for the heavens, and left behind them three golden triangles. Into these, they gave their power to govern all things; this became known as the Triforce.

NationStates History

Pre-History

It is possible that a region named Hyrule could have existed before Kholint created it, as the name is from the popular Legend of Zelda video game series. However, it is unknown if such a region existed before late 2003 or early 2004.

2003/2004

Hyrule was founded in either late 2003 or early 2004 by Kholint. However, as there was no regional forum, nor was there any form of government besides the delegate, there are little records of what happened in Hyrule during this year - the records that exist are from memory.

The region was founded before 30 June, 2004 by the nation of Kholint, the exact date of founding is not known. A small group of a small group of active Zelda fans also came along to join. Kholint became the first delegate of the region, who was most likely elected a few days after the region's founding.

It is known that the region was then seeking to create an alliance with the now-defunct region of Termina at the time (due to both regions being named after locations in the Zelda series), however nothing is known about that region.

Sometime around June 2004, the region was invaded, or someone tried to invade the region. However, due to the invaders griefing the telegram box of Kholint, they were deleted. Many nations, including Kholint, disappeared around this time. On 30 June, 2004, Tri-Hylians became the delegate - a posistion he would hold (with a brief interuption) until April 22, 2005.

Throughout the rest of 2004, the region was in relative peace. The world factbook entry also stated that there was going to be a map, however these plans didn't come to fruition until Ness Snorlaxia made one in 2005. The region also reached a height of 35 nations during the year.

2005

The year of 2005 marked a major change for Hyrule. Beginning in April 2005, the region of Hyrule saw many massive changes that would lead it to become a large, and rather known in the NationStates world.

January to April 2005

The first three months of 2005 saw life in Hyrule continue as it previously had in 2004. However, the population declined until the point Hyrule reached 19 nations. Things started to change at the end of March; Tri-Hylians, delegate at the time, set up an off-site forum for the region. However, it wasn't too popular at first - only three nations joined during the first few weeks of its existance.

April, however, was a month of change. The first of these changes was the creation of a reigonal map - which had been wanted for about a year. This map was created by Ness Snorlaxia.

The second major change was the beginning of recruitment. Someone who controlled a nation called "Hyrule Recruitment" posted ads on RMBs of feeder regions. This worked wonders - through this effort, our population increased to 80 nations by May 2005. Also, several nations that joined via ads were ones who helped change the region.

Last, but not least, was the third major change: our region started diplomatic contact with other regions. The first region Hyrule made diplomatic contact with was Allied Union of Nations.

Sometime during the middle of the month, a nation called Spot became the regional delegate, however he did not want the posistion, and Tri-Hylians became delegate after he recieved 4 endorsements. The region remained in relative peace, and continued to grow due to the recruitment drive.

Regional Invasion

On April 22, 2005, sevral nations from the now-defunct region of Cotham and Cakeland came into Hyrule and endorsed a nation called Marionettles, who was the founder of the region. The nations that invaded said that they were fleeing from that region - though several nations saw through that ploy. According to one of the invader nations, they invaded because they saw that Hyrule was small and had no founder.

Due to the delegate being inactive at the time, the invaders were not able to be ejected, and around 4:00 AM Eastern Standard Time on April 23, Marionettles became delegate. A few hours later, he ejected several nations who were against the invasion (who were kept on the banlist several hours after the invasion). Many of these prominent natives went to a region set up by a friendly nation from a foreign region.

Unkowingly to the invaders, a nation in Hyrule had a puppet nation. He or she used that nation to gather the regional password that the invaders set up, enabling defender nations to access the region. The invader delegate also was not active at the time, which also helped in gaining the region back.

The following day, early in the morning, the defender delegate of Toodeloo was elected to the delegacy. The banlist was cleared, the password was reset, and most of the invaders fled - the invaders that did not leave were ejected. However, one invader nation said that they would leave the region by April 27th, had the invaders stayed in the region.

Later in the day, the next delegate was chosen on an off-site poll. Ness Snorlaxia was chosen as next delegate of the region, she became delegate on April 25 and the confusion surrounding the invasion was over for the most part.

Ness Snorlaxia becoming delegate marked a major point in Hyrule's history and brought along many changes.

After the Invasion

After the invasion, order was returned for the most part, though the defenders still were in the region to keep watch and endorse the delegate. The defenders left by the end of April, when the region was in relative peace. One notable event was when Hyrule had 50 nations on April 26th, which made it able to be ranked on the list of largest regions.

This relative peace would not last long, however. An unknown invader group led by a nation called Juan Duarte attempted to invade the region - however, a defender nation warned Ness Snorlaxia of this and the nations were ejected. A flurry of defender nations came to the region to endorse the delegate, though they soon left after finding out the invaders were ejected.

After that attempt, no other invader groups invaded and the region was in relative peace with the world, again. During May, embassies were opened with the regions of Q102 and Aberdeen, our second and third at the time.

The major event of May 2005 was when the founder of the region, Kholint, was revived. Later in the day, he came back from Lazarus (and became the 80th nation in Hyrule at the time). However, he would be inactive and his nation would die out again sometime in the middle of July.

The Second Half

June was basically a "slump" month for Hyrule, as we entered a recession during the beginning and middle of the month. June was also a month for change, as the basis for the law of the region was established. That month was also when Hyrule became allied with Aberdeen and established foreign relations with Futaba Aoi. It also marked low voter turnout in UN resolutions.

By the end of the month, the regional recruitment drive was put into full force, and the massive amounts of recruiting boosted the region's population over 100 for the first time - another monumental event.

July, however, was a better month for Hyrule, as the region recovered wonderfully. The beginning of the month saw the region's population go up to a high of 140 nations and the establisment of embassies in the Federation of Allied Nations and Scroll Islands. It also saw increased activity on the offsite forum and map. The other half of the month was pretty much the same, the region still was showing growth. Two major things happened, though: The first was that Kholint ceased to exist, again, due to inactivity. The second was the region's second alliance, with the region Futaba Aoi. The remainder of the month went well, with the opening of an embassy with the Allied States of EuroIslanders later in the month, and another massive recruitment drive pushing the region to the 190 mark, and a high voter turnout in UN resolutions.

August, although quiet for the most part, was an active month. The region broke the 200 nations mark on August 1st, and broke the 300 nations mark on August 22. August 2 saw the 100th day of Ness Snorlaxia's tenure as Delegate. The fourms were active and voter turnout for UN resolutions was at a high point.

The Remainder of 2005

September was a prosperous month, much like August. Forums were active, the UN voter turnout was high, and the region grew. However, the region did not grow as fast as it did in August.

October saw a change of pace. On the fourth of October, new elections to replace the mostly inactive government (April/May 2005 to October 2005). Parts of the 2nd regional government (October 2005 to January 2006) were confirmed on 19 October. This time around, the government is more active in helping out the region.

The region also reached a high of 390 nations on 8 October, however it did not attain this amount for long and remained mostly within the 380-nation range. After about 15 October, however, the population started to go in a major decline, dropping down to 369 nations. The region remained in the 360 range until about a week later, when the region would drop to 359 nations. Hyrule remained in the 350 range for the rest of October and the beginning of November. Late in the month, Gnid resigned from the posistion of vice-Secretary of State due to a dispute with Buuyo, the Secretary of State.

By November, things were looking up; after dropping down to 354 nations, yet another recruitment drive started and Hyrule soon soared past the 360 nations mark yet again. The nomination and election process was also continuing, with China3 being appointed Guard General on 7 November, and elections for vice-Secretary of State and Regional Judges beginning.

Regional Government

There are three of the regional government of Hyrule; the Delegate, the Cabinet and House of Members, and the Judicial Branch.

Delegate

The Delegate is, basically, the head of the region. As the region is (usually) founderless, the Delegate takes on the role of founder and serves in that role until he or she resigns, or is inactive for a certain period of time without notifying the region first.

The responsibilities of the delegate include voting on UN resolutions, maintaning regional security, and monitoring cabinet elections. The delegate, like all citizens of Hyrule, is allowed to participate in the House of Members but not allowed to run for a Cabinet posistion.

Before June 2005, the posistion of Delegate was the only government posistion. This is due to the region being one without a forum or any external site, and thus was mostly isolated from other regions.

Delegates of Hyrule

Key:	Founder	Native	Invader	Defender

Regional Delegate	Date Elected	Term Ended
Kholint	unknown	30 June 2004
Tri-Hylians	30 June 2004	15 April 2005
Spot	15 April 2005	16 April 2005
Tri-Hylians	16 April 2005	22 April 2005
Marionettles	22 April 2005	23 April 2005
Toodeloo	23 April 2005	24 April 2005
Ness Snorlaxia	24 April 2005	present

Cabinet and House of Members

The Cabinet and the House of Members are the governing body of the Region. The regional cabinet is basically to help out the region, implement various programs, and to make sure that the region remains stable; however, it is designed to be as small as possible, as the House of Members (made up of every citizen of Hyrule) is mainly responsible for intra-regional happenings. Each minister has a different job:

The Ministers of State makes a dossier of all allies, friendly regions, and enemies. Can also give advice to other cabinet members when it is needed. In short, the two ministers of state are the head of the government. (This posistion is also called Secretary of State, both terms are used)
The Ministers of Affairs are responsable for maintaning contact with foreign regions and opening up new relations with other regions. They are also responsible for appointing Hyrulean ambassadors to other regions, and greeting and showing foreign ambassadors the forum, and are in charge of regional roleplaying.
The Ministers of Gifts and Friendliness are responsible for the upkeep of the forum, a list of gifts to be sent out to new nations, and the recruitment of new nations. However, as of 8 November, no gift list has been implemented and recruitment and forum upkeep are esentially in the hands of the delegate.
The Hyrulean Guard General is the commander of the regional army (used for the defense of allies), and also performs the functions of a Security Minister of other regions; basically to make sure no nation goes over the maximum amount of endorsements a nation may have (which is half of the delegate's amount) and to report any credible threat against the region.

Judicial Branch

Prior to 5 October, the region had no judicial branch. Due to a constitutional amendment being voted in, one was created. The jobs of the judicial branch include that of making sure regional laws are followed, bringing nations who are causing trouble or breaking the regional laws to trial, and enforcing that ministers do their jobs.

There is one Regional Grand Judge; and four Judges. A new jury is elected for every case.

Foreign Affairs

As of 31 October, 2005, Hyrule is allied with 3 regions, has embassies in 13 reigons, and has anulled relations with 1 region.

Allies

Friendly Regions

Anulled Regions

Corinth

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