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"Will" when used in this draft indicates something which is required, so using it or the equivalent "shall" could result in the clause being read as the Assembly has to then ratify the treaty and bring it into force. That was why I chose "may", that is, the Regional Assembly may elect not to...

On the point of treaties, I could add an explicit additional sentence "No treaty may take effect with ratification" or similar if people feel it's necessary for absolutely clarity.

Right you are Eluvatar. Ananke is hereby admitted and should be admitted. I need a security check for Kingsborough.

I wasn't referring to you when I said "prescriptivists". Sorry if it sounded like that :x

The Oxford Commas are there when a complex noun phrased created with a conjunction is conjoined again with a different noun phrase. It prevents long and, more importantly, ambiguous run-on lists of multiple conjunctions. The missing period, however, is bad (insert pregnancy joke here). That...

The "the" there is deliberate. It means specifically the 15 days before the election in question, not any random 15 days, so it's not possible to argue that "I was in the assembly 15 days already, even if it wasn't continuous, therefore I'm good to run". EDIT: And yes, why not.

Changed an instance of "the North Pacific" to "The North Pacific" while we're at it.

Okay this version should be correct: If someone could give this another proofreading run through (because the apparently the first 8 or so time weren't enough) and make a new motion if it checks out, we'll be back on track.

I know that in the past I said I wasn't going to allow things like this, but now I'm on the receiving end of a mess-up I can see why it would be practical sometimes and why people wanted it. Lesson learned >___< At least I closed all those hasty votes anyway so I don't have to feel quite as bad...

It's off to a vote.

Oh you can call his proposal totally idiotic if you want. Just no personal attacks please. Granted, I'm not sure how thoroughly I can enforce that, but, meh >_>

King Saor's nation has left TNP. They have been removed and should be remasked.