The North Pacific Army - It's back

Feeder regions, like The North Pacific, are not impervious to invasions. However, due to the tendency of a feeder delegate to have upwards of 300, 400, or even 500 endorsements, the chances of an external invasion are minimal. Yet The North Pacific still has an army. What is this organizations mission? Surely they don’t simply stand around waiting for an overly bold (some would say crazy) group to attempt to invade The North Pacific.

The North Pacific has never been focused on military, instead focusing on OoC fun or internal civil wars or political disputes. Nevertheless, there has always been a group of military-minded people who are both willing and able to assemble an army for the region. With little exception, these people are Defenders, diametrically opposed to Invaders (although a few TNP citizens were involved in invading prior to becoming involved in TNP).

The feeder to the North has always prided itself on compassion and kindness, and these traits carry over into its military branch. The North Pacific Army is a defending army. Invaders look for player-created regions whose founder has Ceased-to-Exist, thus making them vulnerable to the whims of the regional delegate. Invaders will move numerous UN’s into one of these regions and endorse one of their own. Defenders watch for these actions and then move in to try and foil such plans by endorsing either a native or a defender delegate, who (assuming the defenders win) will usually eject the invaders from the region and leave the region in the hands of the natives within a few days at the most. Many Defenders see their mission as ensuring that natives keep control of their region, and the NPA is no exception.

Monte Ozarka was the last elected Minister of Defense prior to the NPD seizing power. She left the region, thereby resigning her post, in early January. After this, the NPA became largely inactive, to the point of generally being considered “dead”. The NPA would later be revived when the NPC held elections, resulting in Free4All becoming the Minister of Defense. From this point until June, the NPA was still active only sporadically.

The end of May saw the end of Pixiedance as delegate. Those who wanted to turn the NPA into a truly active and effective defender force suddenly had the time to do so. Through the combined efforts of longtime members of TNP, newcomers to TNP with extensive defending experience, and newcomers to all of NationStates, the NPA has finally begun to turn into what so many people wished it to be.