Goodest Phil | A Curriculum Vitae
“[G]overnment should be run by good phils”
— Nwahs, NSGP
Hello, all! It is good to be in The South Pacific, where the party is on eternally.
Many of you may only know me from the TSP Discord, where I am somewhat more active than on here or in the RMB. I’ve taken a few detours into the nooks and crannies of this forum — really cool forum, by the way — and wanted to make my first post here, and make it a general introduction and About Me, if you will.
So here goes nothing…
NationStates History
I joined NationStates once again, after a long hiatus, following a very short and not very memorable stint on the game in the early 2010s. It was a nice day in September, 2024 — I remember it being particularly warm for a late Monsoon evening (that means the South Asian Season when it rains, by the way) — and I decided to create a nation from scratch.
I called it Seagardia and established it as my primary nation.
It didn’t have many achievements, as the first region I joined following my return was the Empire of Great Britain, where I made my home.
In November 2024, I decided to venture into politics, from a humble career as a Forum Journalist. I was elected as a Member of EoGB’s Parliament, for the very first time.
A lot happened in that term and the term after that, and in the term following that, I was not returned to my seat in Parliament, but became First Secretary of State, when I first got exposed to the wide range of tasks required of a Regional Executive. I wrote a lengthy Foreign Affairs White Paper, during a very crucial time for the region, which formed the foundation of the region’s Foreign Policy for the rest of that year.
I left NS in April of that year, following a string of tragic OOC events which ended in June. I slowly returned to NationStates, once again coming back to EoGB.
This was when my NS Career really took off. In August of 2025, I was appointed Head of the Civil Service in EoGB, a post created to act as an all-round Executive Officer offsite, coordinating Government work and carrying out Ministerial Responsibilities. This was when I was exposed to Gameplay properly. I joined LibCord and fell in love with Defending. It seemed like the perfect fit for me, and I excelled at it, as far as my superiors were concerned. Despite political resistance, I put in a lot of work both offsite and onsite through the latter two Quarters of 2025, and aided in the Frontier Transition of EoGB, whose foundations and infrastructure I helped create throughout 2025.
In January 2026, a new Government came into existence, which promised to make the final push towards the transition, following a lengthy, tiresome General Election, in which I won the highest vote count (and have done so ever since).
Finally, following the NS Sitewide Blackout in February, EoGB pushed the button and finally became a Frontier on 23rd February 2026. However, we were a small Frontier, with only around 34 native endorsements, and around 16 pilers from our allies.
Following a General Election in late February, I was elected as Prime Minister of EoGB, assuming the office officially on 1st March, 2026.
In this term, I managed our Foreign Affairs with my best friend (IRL) and Foreign Secretary, Seasworth, and Gameside Affairs through an Organisation I established known as The Royal Society. This term, despite not having much offsite community success, achieved tremendous growth in WA Endorsements, peaking at 82 WA Natives and 76 endorsements on the WA Delegate towards the end of my term on 30th April, four days ago (as of writing this post).
In my time in EoGB, I have served in the following roles:
Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, First Secretary of State, Justice Secretary, and Deputy Home Secretary.
I have also served as Head of the Civil Service, Acting Chief of Defence Staff, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, and Speaker of the House of Commons.
In addition to those, I have served as Clerk of the House, Forum Administrator, Private Secretary to the Sovereign, and Privy Councillor permanently since January 2026.
I joined TSP towards the end of my term, in April, as a Resident on the nation “Goodest of Phils”, which you can find on my profile (which is very cool!)
In short, most of my NS Career has been spent in EoGB, and I’m now venturing out to see what the rest of the game has to offer to me. And I’m glad to be in TSP!