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Official White House Press Release (#66): Building the Community

17 January 2010, Day 789 of the New World.

The contents of this White House Press Release are:

1. Redcoats Invaded, Sol Stands Strong

2. Community Development Program

3. We have an eUS Lottery Winner!

4. Party President Election Results

5. eRepublik Tips Delivered To Your Door

6. A Call for Wiki Editors

7. Pony Express on eUS Forums




Redcoats Invaded, Sol Stands Strong

To the ecstatic joy of many eAmericans, Poland attacked the native English region of the South East of England yesterday. While the attack was not successful, it drained approximately 2 million points of Phoenix firepower from other EDEN-Phoenix battle fronts. The attack came at a steep cost--a host of MPPs activated against Poland--so it's safe to assume that they will attack again in order to maximize the potential benefit to such a risk. Fortunately for EDEN, Spain owns every French region bordering the UK, allowing them to play gate-keeper. They allow Poland to attack the UK, but they also allow the Poles to retreat before the UK can counter-attack. While the United States has not actively gotten involved in the the Polish-UK showdown, rest assured that the US leadership is watching the situation closely.

In other news, Sol has announced the expulsion of Pakistan from their alliance. A historically neutral alliance in the EDEN v Phoenix war, Sol found Pakistan's recent collusion in the construction of a Serbian land bridge to western Asia unacceptable. Sol's Chariman, Neurath, writes, "I ask all Sol nations to please divest themselves of any relations with Pakistan. Let them know that this attack on our freedoms is neither acceptable or sustainable." While we are sure that Sol made their decision without any concern for the US, we applaud the alliance's diligence in maintaining the integrity of their alliance. Perhaps other nations will now reconsider before caving to Phoenix's demands.


Credit: fingerguns



Community Development Program

Interior Secretary of Citizen Affairs Maxx Johnson has begun a truly admirable and worthwhile project: the Community Development Program. Behind the vanilla name is the solution to a profound issue facing eUS citizen retention, namely that we lose countless players because they don't join the eUS community. Put briefly, American players quit because they don't make friends. The Community Development Program aims to fix that by helping players make friends and integrate into the eUS community. All the talk of creating a baby boom focuses on attracting new players, but few people realize that we can create a baby boom by merely retaing more of the players we already attract. Sign up here.



We Have an eUS Lottery Winner!

In the spirit of the football playoffs this weekend, the eUS lottery is pleased to announce the latest winner of the 4-3 blitz. Congratulations to Blue Holt for winning 5.73 gold! Past winners have won Q1 houses, Q5 houses, and in the process we've raised nearly 20 gold for government programs. It's a win-win. Each ticket costs 0.05 gold and the pot is garunteed to be at least 5.00 gold every drawing. Read more here to take a crack at the next pot o' gold.


Blue Holt is rich now.



Party President Election Results

Congratulations to the all the party presidents elected yesterday. May you lead your party to success and your country to victory.

Top 10 Parties By Size:

America's Advancement Party: Emmanuel Cruise
United States Worker's Party: Josh Frost
Libertarian Party: Devoid
Federalist Party: CrashNBurn
Democratic Republicans: Cromstar
United Independents Party: Tepwnzor
The Green Party: Kylero
Socialist Freedom Party: Benton Mayweather
Emerick Search Party: Rhane
Umbrella Research Party: Max McFarland2



eRepublik Tips Delivered To Your Door

In a busy week for the Department of Interior, the Bureau has also rolled-out a 'tips and pointers' newspaper for new players called the eAmerican Times. Described as a Department of Defense Citizen Orders meets domestic issues, the newspaper will feature the best of the best in how-to articles in addition to links to the fundamentals. The program promises to reward citizens for excellence educational writing, regardless of your fame and number of subscribers, but in order for it to succeed, we need your help. Subscribe here and help us create cultivate an educational atmosphere.



A Call for Wiki Editors

The eUS government is currently looking for people who can write and edit in Wiki formats. Interested individuals can put their application on file with the eUS Job Interest Form and send a message to Secretary of Media Rheinlander von Phalz. It helps to have a working knowledge of eUS history and research competency.



Pony Express on eUS Forums

The Pony Express has changed its method of distribution. The list of articles to vote up will now be sent out over the eUS forums instead of eRepublik mail. All active citizens should participate in the Pony Express program, and now that means setting this topic on Notify. Additional details can be found at the link.



This concludes the sixty-sixth White House Press Release and the third one of this Presidential term. Observe DoD Orders, as there will likely be plenty of opportunities to erode Phoenix's power!


Signing off,

Mr. Hyphenated
White House Press Secretary

Rheinlander von Phalz
Secretary of Media