Balder

The Realm of Balder
Regional flag
Government
Type	Monarchy
King	North East Somerset
Alignment	Imperialist
Military	Jomsvikings
Treatied allies	The West Pacific, The Land of Kings and Emperors, The North Pacific, The Pacific, The East Pacific, Europeia, United Kingdom, The Communist Bloc
Useful links
Region	link
Forum	link
Discord	link

Balder is the game-created sinker region founded in 2011 following database errors from the excess size of Lazarus, which was previously the only region into which revived nations could spawn. Balder is a constitutional monarchy, an Imperialist region, and is a member of the World Assembly Legislative League.

History

Balder has an extensive history as an Imperialist region, and is a former treaty ally of the Coalition. However, following a period of prolonged tensions, the treaty was repealed in March 2017. After a period of having no diplomatic relations, the South Pacific and Balder declared Détente, marking a formal declaration of respect for one another's sovereignty and communities, including opening in-game embassies and beginning an ambassador exchange (TSP announcement & Balder announcement).

Foreign Relations

Balder is a member of the World Assembly Legislative League along with The North Pacific, Europeia, Europe, and International Democratic Union. Balder has treaty alliances with The West Pacific, The Land of Kings and Emperors, The North Pacific, The Pacific, The East Pacific, Europeia, United Kingdom, and The Communist Bloc. Balder is also a founding member of the Inter-Regional Chat (IRC) agreement with Europeia, The North Pacific, The East Pacific, The West Pacific, and the New Pacific Order (The Pacific). The IRC structuring can be found here.

The Jomsvikings are an Imperialist military which frequently works with treaty allies of Balder. Following a statement from the Crown, the Jomsvikings will not collaborate with any military operation of the Sekhmet Legion of Osiris or The Black Hawks.

Balder currently has no appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, with those duties being exercised jointly by the Crown and the Statsminister's government and the current Minister of War is Marnie.

Government

Since early in its history, Balder has been led by a Constitutional monarchy. The Crown performs necessary security functions and the Statsminister and their government oversee the day-to-day affairs. In Balder, the WA Delegate is the head of the royal family, King North East Somerset, with its Vice Delegate being Crown Prince Onder Kelkia, and Prince of Ribe Fuzzy/Fooooooooo and Prince of Aarhus Alvalero completing the royal family. The current Monarch, North East Somerset, has been in office over 2 years, and Monarchs generally step down infrequently.

Balder has a bicameral legislature known as the Storting. The upper chamber is known as the Lagting, it is composed of the royal family and other nobility. The lower house is the Odelsting which is composed of all citizens who have applied.

Together, the houses of the Storting select the Statsminister (the equivalent of a Prime Minister) every three months. The Statsminister selects ministers together known as the Statsraadet (the equivalent of a Cabinet). The portfolio of the ministers and the composition of the Statsraadet are the discretion of the Statsminister. The current Statsminister is J.S. Talleyrand (also known as Regni Bohemiae). The Statsraadet is composed of Deputy Statsminister Fuzzy, Engagement Minister Vamperiall, World Assembly Minister Blowing Trees, Culture Minister California but Worse, and War Minister Marnie.

Culture

Balder is largely a quiet region and is unique in placing a lot of its forums behind a required log-in wall. Balder's Discord is most active in its #pet-posting channel although also has increasing activity in its main channels. Balder is known for its Viking culture, which makes up much of the region's lore.

Information for Ambassadors

Finding information on the Balder forum is difficult even with ambassador forum masking. However, the in-game Regional Officer slots are generally up to date, as is masking on the regional Discord server. The Statsminister is elected to a three month term. The WA Delegate/Monarch serves until they choose to step aside.

The Balder diplomatic applications area can be found here.

The Gameplay forum thread of the Realm of Balder can be found here.