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{{short description|Politician of The League}}
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 | birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|2016|04|13|df=y}}
 | birth_place     = Unknown
 | death_date      = <!--{{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|2020|08|11|df=y}}-->
 | death_place     = 
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 | spouse          =  {{marriage|Hulldom|20 July 2024|8 December 2024|end=divorced}}{{NoteTag|name="Marriage Note"|Married via the webgame Torn[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torn_(2003_video_game)]'s marriage feature}}
 | citizenship     = {{flag|The League}}
 | party           = Independent
 | residence       = [[Council Delegate Estate]]
 | occupation      = Politician
<!--Military service-->
 | nickname        = Spode
 | allegiance      = {{flagicon|The League of Conservative Nations}} [[The League]]
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 | serviceyears    = 2018–2021
 | rank            = Reservist
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'''Spode Humbled Minions''', also known as '''Spode''' or '''Mechanocracy''', is a long time politician of [[The League]] and [[Concord]]. Joining NationStates on 13 May 2016, they would engage in a series of regional mergers that resulted in them joining [[The League of Conservative Nations]] (now The League). Throughout their career in League politics, they have put forward multiple bills, as well as headed various governmental agencies, both currently extant and defunct.

In addition to governmental service, they have created and run organizations like the SPICE Index, a currency exchange and financial prediction company and a League registered media company known as ''[[The 5th Column]]''.

In 2023, they programmed the [[Forum Monitor]], a Discord integration that automatically provides links to current League forum posts, as well as the [[Data Anole]], a program that produces dispatches automatically, as part of an imitative to build up the technical ecosystem of the Republic. 

== Government positions ==

=== Currently ===

* Delegate of Concord (14 June 2022 – Present)<ref name="Concord NS History Log">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103161842/https://www.nationstates.net/page=region_history/region=concord|title=Concord's Regional History Log|publisher=NationStates|location=[[Concord]]|date=3 November 2022|access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref>
* Diplomatic agent (Unknown – Present) <ref name="Assignments of The League Department of Foreign Affairs">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216003319/https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1661246|title=Assignments of The League Department of Foreign Affairs|author=Parthian Union|publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
* [[Consulate of the Republic|Consul of the Republic]] (18 February 2023 – Present)


=== Formerly ===

* Prison Guard (21 August 2016 – 26 August 2016){{citation needed}}
* Senate Speaker (23 November 2017 – Unknown)<ref name="Senate speaker appointment">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215202412/https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=28245994|title=Senate Speaker Appointment|author=Icaris|publisher=[[Office of the President]]|date=23 November 2017|access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref>
* [[League Intelligence Director]] (16 December 2019 – 17 May 2021){{citation needed}}
* [[Director of Foreign Affairs]] (26 July 2021 – 14 February 2022)<ref name="Spode DoFA Appointment">{{cite web|url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=38852490#p38852490|title=Resignation of Terranihil as Chief Consul, Creeperopolis Selected as Chief Consul|author=Creeperopolis|author-link=Creeperopolis (politician)|date=26 July 2021|website=NationStates Forums|series=The League Forum Thread|publisher=[[Consulate of the Republic|Office of the Consulate]]|location=[[The League]]|page=12|language=English|type=Official Report|access-date=26 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="Tirol DoFA Appointment">{{cite web|url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=46556463|title=Change in DoFA|author=Creeperopolis|author-link=Creeperopolis (politician)|date=14 February 2022|website=NationStates TL RMB|publisher=[[Consulate of the Republic|Office of the Consulate]]|location=[[The League]]|language=English|type=Official Report|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>
* Executive advisor (15 June 2022 – February 18 2023)<ref name="Region Officers of The League">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216002732/https://www.nationstates.net/page=region_admin/region=the_league#officers|title=Regional Officials of The League|publisher=NationStates|location=[[The League]]|date=15 December 2022}}</ref>
* Council Delegate ([[Nomination Cycle|August 2019 – 18 February 2023]]){{dagger}}

{{dagger}}Non-continuous service

=== Political party affiliations ===

Spode was affiliated with the [[Anti-Don Cheadle Party of the LCN|Anti-Don Cheadle Party]] in 2020 prior to the organization's dissolution in June of the same year.

== Legislative history ==

=== The League and Concord ===

* ''An Act to Repeal CRL 1''
* ''An Act to end CRB #3''
* ''Preparedness Provisions Act''

=== NationState's General Assembly ===

* ''Repeal: “Star Gazing Day”'' with coauthor Varanius

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== Medals and awards ==
[[File:Flag of The League.png|23px|border]] [[The League]]
* [[File:Flag_of_the_LCNAF.png|23px|border]] [[League's Defense Forces]]
** [[File:GCCM_RIBBON1.png|60x60px]] [[Gentlemen's Coalition Campaign Medal]]<ref name="Wars of the Gentlemen's Coalition">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215200641/https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1188664|title=Wars of the Gentlemen's Coalition|date=28 March 2019|author=[[Creeperopolis (politician)|Creeperopolis]]|website=NationStates}}</ref>
** [[File:LSM_RIBBON.png|60x60px]] [[Longevity Service Medal]]
** [[60x60px]] [[Operation Iron Justice medal]]
** [[File:ASSR.jpeg|60x60px]] [[Auctor-Sophia Support medal]]
** [[File:Chaylia_ribbon.png|60x60px]] [[Chaylia Liberation medal]]

* Civilian honors
** [[File:Intelligence_Contribution_Ribbon.png|60x60px]] [[Intelligence Contribution Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218041730/https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1246351|title=LCN Distinctions of Service|author=Quebecshire|author1-link=Quebecshire (politician)|publisher=[[Consulate of the Republic]]|date=15 August 2021|access-date=18 December 2022|location=[[The League|The League of Conservative Nations]]|website=NationStates}}</ref> <small>(Retired 4 February 2023)</small>
** [[File:Exemplary_Service_Through_the_World_Assembly_Ribbon.png|60x60px]] [[Exemplary Service Through the WA Medal|Exemplary Service Through the World Assembly Medal]]<ref name="Consulate announcement: Exemplary Service Through the World Assembly Awards">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215194553/https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=31078130|title=The first set of honored recipients of the Distinction of Exemplary Service to the LCN Through the World Assembly|author=Quebecshire|author1-link=Quebecshire (politician)|publisher=[[Consulate of the Republic]]|date=9 June 2018|access-date=15 December 2022|location=[[The League|The League of Conservative Nations]]|website=NationStates}}</ref> <small>(Retired 4 February 2023)</small>
** [[File:Z-Day 11 Service Ribbon.png|60x60px]] [[Z-Day 11 Service Medal]]<ref name="Consulate announcement: Z-Day 11 Recap and Awards">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103004847/https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1788564
|title=Z-Day 11 Recap and Awards|author=Quebecshire|author1-link=Quebecshire (politician)|publisher=[[Consulate of the Republic]]|date=1 November 2022|access-date=3 November 2022|location=[[The League]]|website=NationStates}}</ref>
** [[File:N-Day 7 Ribbon.png|60x60px]] [[N-Day 7 medal]]<ref name="Consulate announcement: N Day 7 Award">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216004126/https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=49131151|title=N-DAY 7: Conclusion and Medals|author=Quebecshire|author1-link=Quebecshire (politician)|publisher=[[Consulate of the Republic]]|date=25 September 2022|access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref>
** Order of Intelligence and Security
** Order of Innovation and Mechanics

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== Roleplay participation ==

Spode has participated in numerous roleplays/RPs on NationStates, including
* Gateway RP (2022 – Present)
** Playing as a group of colonizing robots from across the Confederacy of Mechanocracy
* [[Terraconserva|Terraconserva Worldbuilding RP]] <!-- (September 17 2019 – Present) -->
** Playing as BioWorkes corporation briefly, before switching to playing as the nation of [[Rakeo]].
*  The 2018 LCN non-earth MT RP (July 5 2018 – July 30 2018)
** Playing as the hyper-isolationist dictatorship of Topia

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== Notes ==

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== References == 

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[[Category:Regional Pages]]
[[Category:The League and Concord politicians]]
[[Category:Concord politicians]]
[[Category:The League politicians]]
[[Category:Council of the Republic]]
[[Category:Director of Foreign Affairs]]
[[Category:Consulate of the Republic]]
[[Category:The 5th Column]]