Boards Alliance of Protectorate States

= Official History of the Boards Alliance of Protectorate States =

The Start
In the beginning there was the word. And the word was good. And the word was Ampenstein.

On the faithful day of the 23rd of April 2007 (it was a Monday) Amp set forth with his mission to create something new, something great. On the boards of ie Amp went about creating BAPS (The Boards Alliance of Protectorate Nations). His original post is save for all posterity (here).

Word spread among those users of the boards of ie, and soon it became apparent that this movement was big. BAPS as a CyberNations alliance was go!

With some great diplomacy by Amp, we were created as a protectorate of GOONS, one of the greatest of all alliances in CyberNations. This gave BAPS a step-up straight away.

Fairly early on in our life, it was realised that 1 private forum in boards wasn't enough. Therefore it was with great rejoicing that Amp created out new home on the WWW, the BAPS official forums (linkage). This gave BAPS a chance to grow, and numbers flourished.

GOONS Help
From the start of BAPS, we have been aided and abetted by those great guys of the Goon Order of Neutral Shoving(GOONS). It was because of their help that we were able to grow and expand at the rate we did, introducing sweeping economic and policy changes.

A Dark Day
June 13th 2007. Forever remembered as a dark day for all BAPSters. On this day Amp, our founder and glorious leader stepped down as First Lord Protector. While remaining as a BAPSter, his leadership and guiding force is sorely missed.

A New Beginning
Following Amp's shock resignation, it was decided to change the government of BAPS to a more democratic style. Following a heated election campaign, Moshea came to the front as our new FLP. One of Moshea's first actions was to restyle himself as El Presidente. With our new EP in place, it was time to form the cabinet. Those famous 5, the founding cabinet members were: Peaderfi (El Vice Presidente), Zillah (Minister for Internal Shenanigans), NeGev (Minister for External Shenanigans), DamoElDiablo (Minister for Financial Operations), l31mrod (Minister for War).

The Future
With a fully functioning government for the first time, BAPS has continued to flourish. Numbers are up, currently there are 63 BAPSters out there, spreading the word. The irc channel (irc://irc.synirc.com/baps) is active and buzzing, the forums are full. The future is bright.

= Coalition Charter =

Currently the charter of BAPS is undergoing scrutiny, and based on the results of numerous elections a new charter will be issued shortly, to reflect the current direction of BAPS.

= Links =


 * BAPS Forums
 * BAPS Foreign Ambassadors Interalliance Lounge