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{{Nation
|color=#d6872d
|title1=Havaiki
|image1=[[File:HavaikiFlag2.png]]
|image2=WIP
|image3=WIP
|full_name=Republic of Havaiki
|formed=February 15th 2024
|population=~35
|chunks=554
|towns=10
|capital_city=Atua
|largest_city=[https://wiki.earthmc.net/wiki/Aurora:Port_Jason Port Jason]
|leader1name=Supremes
|leader1=Dracnoian, Ahea, KilledCatharsis, cleandemon, ThePotatoJesus
|leader2name=Consuls
|leader2=FoxClient, Zqben
|executive=Cabient
|legislature=Upper Chamber
|political_system=Unitary constitutional presidential republic
|discord=https://discord.gg/ukSgB2vV8d
}}The '''Republic of Havaiki''' is a sovereign republic located within IRL New Zealand. Its population is around 35, consisting of 10 towns spread across a large area. It is a unitary constitutional republic, lead by 5 founding members known as "Supremes", 2 elected Consuls and a legislative upper chamber.
==History==
===Pre-Founding===
WIP
===Early History===
Havaiki was founded on Feb. 15th of 2024. The founding members of Havaiki got straight to work developing their capital and crafting a refined government for the fast emerging democracy to use. Havaiki specifically made it their point to gather a series of allies right upon founding.
===Cascadian Summit===
On April 7th of 2024, Havaiki got together with their oldest ally, Cascadia for a dual summit. The summit consisted of speeches from both nations and guided tours in both Cascadia and Havaiki. Both nation's citizens were encouraged to participate to make the night memorable.
==Wars==
Havaikian - Zealandia War.

==Government==
The Republic of Havaiki's government consists of 5 Supremes, 2 consuls, an Upper Chamber and a Lower Chamber. The Supremes comprise of the founding members of the nation and hold executive power. The consuls hold also executive power and are democratically elected each month by the citizens. The consuls are additionally tasked with selecting secretaries to lead various departments. The government also has a upper and lower chamber. The lower chamber comprises of all citizens, while the upper chamber has 5 seats, elected democratically by citizens. 2 citizens known as the "popular elected" are the individuals who got the most votes in the last election and they hold the ability to veto a bill passed in the upper chamber, sending it back to be edited. (the consuls may veto this veto)

Elections are held each month to elect the said consuls and upper chamber.

==Alliances==
Havaiki is a member state of the alliance known as the Organization of Free Nations and has individual alliances with Laurentia and Cascadia. Additionally, they are a signing member of a mutual defense treaty known as the Freedom Compact. They also hold non-aggression pacts with Australia and the United Front, insuring the safety of all nations involved.
==Towns==
Below is a list of the 10 towns which comprise Havaiki
* Atua (Capital)
* Christchurch
* Havaiki City (Most Populated City)
* CraggyIsland
* Sailport
* Montina
* West Cape
* New Plymouth
* Lean
* Hunters Island

==National Symbol==
Havaiki's national symbol is the yellow swirl pictured in their flag.
==Future Plans==
Havaiki hopes to farther strengthen their foreign relations, expand their democracy and continue to stabilize their internal affairs. ''Wiki Last updated May 28th of 2024'' 
''Liberty through Unity''
[[Category:Aurora]]
[[Category:Oceania]]
[[Category:Nations (Aurora)]]

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'''The Blockbuster Insider''' is a Free to read Discord based news paper founded and headed by [[Sharkfynn1012]]. The news organization currently serves nearly every nation on earth.

The Blockbuster Insider was originally founded with the intent of being a business and industry newspaper, however now covers all manner of articles relating to EarthMC game-play, to those that play it.

In early 2018 the Blockbuster magazine was launched alongside TBI's regular broadcast. The magazine has since proven popular with readers, pioneering the town review category and including things such as "today in history" and "guess the location".

TBI was also one of the early adopters of the live news format - short summarized posts about current events happening in-game. While [[Terra Nova News]] pioneered the concept TBI would adopt a slightly altered version of it.

The Blockbuster Insider now features it's own website ([https://www.tbinews.com www.tbinews.com]) which was refreshed in June of 2022 to host all future articles.

== June 2022 Service Update: ==
In early June of 2022, coinciding with the rise in popularity of Terra Aurora The Blockbuster Insider moved to update its website and content posting method, switching from uploading full news broadcasts to individual articles visible through the [https://www.tbinews.com/home TBI website].

These changes marked the return of [[CorgiPaws]] ([[Sharkfynn1012]]) who had been absent from the runnings of the company for the better part of two years.

== September 2020 Revival: ==

While 2020 as a year would prove to be a promising start for TBI, come May 2020 the Discord had started to go quiet again, with TBI dipping to below 600 members before a scheduled revival took place on the 5th of September 2020.

TBI has experienced periods of inactivity before, however this stand as being one of the longest periods during which TBI was without a broadcast.

== Employee Positions: ==

'''Senior Editor:''' The Senior Editor of TBI is second in command. Elections are held monthly for this position. The Senior Editor has the authority to make decisions on behalf of and represent the Master Editor in their absence. The Senior Editor has this and all the same permissions as the Editors.

'''Editor:''' Editors are ranked above regular Journalists as they have the authority to edit articles and make broadcasts as well as announcements. Editors are elected in a monthly election process. Editors also have their own communication channel on the TBI Discord. Editors can also kick/ban people and act as the "police" of the TBI Discord. Editors have this and all the same permissions as Journalists.

'''Journalist:''' Journalists are the backbone of the TBI staff team. They research and write articles that are then edited by Editors. Journalists can also make posts in TBI-Live and run for Editor positions such as Senior Editor and Editor.

'''Trial-Journalist:''' Trial Journalists are newly appointed Journalists. They receive this role after applying on the staff application form and being voted on by all of the Journalists/Editors already working for TBI. They can move up the ranks after making 10 live posts or writing one article. Once they have done either one of those things they become fully fledged Journalists.Trial Journalists cannot run for Editorial positions, however they can still vote.

'''Cartographer:''' Cartographers make up the TBI mapping team, creating maps and working on the world map. While Journalists can fulfill the role of a Cartographer this is an individual position.

'''Data Analyst:''' Data Analysts source and post Data relevant to EMC on TBI. This is also an individual position that can be fulfilled by any Journalist.

== TBI Events: ==
The Blockbuster Insider has been home to a few events over the last few years:

'''The Blockbuster Awards:''' Pitched as being the Blockbuster equivalent of the Nobel Prize, except a lot less noble the first, and to date only Blockbuster Awards to take place occurred in late 2018, during the final days of EarthMC Classic. The awards ceremony would be held at the Blockbuster Amphitheater located in the Classic town of [https://earthmcclassic.fandom.com/wiki/TheLoneBlockbuster Lone_Blockbuster]. The event would be a resounding success, with several categories including builds, literature and music. Winners of their categories received custom books and trophies.

'''Blockbuster Trivia Night:''' A trivia night hosted by TBI on the TBI Discord. Its an event that has occurred twice now, The first trivia night was in January 2020 and a grand prize of 100g. This event was moderately successful, with there being several members present in a chaotic Discord.

The second trivia night would be an even greater success. A grand total prize pool of 550 gold was up for grabs, with there being well over 20 recorded people present at the event. This trivia night was different to the first one, not only did it have questions pertaining to EMC but the real world too.

== April Fools & TBI: ==
TBI has a special relationship with the 1st of April. Here's a list of themes TBI has adopted on each date:
{| class="article-table"
|+
!Year:
!Theme:
!Description:
|-
|2018
|InfoWars
|Roles and server logo as well as staff pfps and nicknames were changed to mimic that of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones Alex Jones]' infamous show, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfoWars InfoWars]. New emojis were also added.
|-
|2019
|Anchorman
|Roles and server logo as well as staff pfps and nicknames were changed to mimic that of Channel 4 from the 2004 film [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchorman:_The_Legend_of_Ron_Burgundy Anchorman].
|-
|2020
|The Daily Wire
|The server adopted a Daily Wire theme, changing pfps, nicknames, the server logo and roles to reflect [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ben_Shapiro_Show The Ben Shapiro Show] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Wire Daily Wire]. Several new [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shapiro Ben Shapiro] themed emojis were also added.
|-
|2021
|N/A
|Cancelled due to COVID-19
|-
|2022
|N/A
|Cancelled due to COVID-19
|}

== TBI Discord & Classic Wiki: ==

The link to the TBI Discord: https://discord.gg/5JSJcjY

[https://earthmcclassic.fandom.com/wiki/The_Blockbuster_Insider Blockbuster Insider Classic Wiki The Blockbuster Insider Classic Wiki].

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