Hey there everyone. C.T. here. So I am an older guy (Probably old enough to be most of y'alls dad lol.) that's been playing RPG's for over 20 years. I've played every edition of D&D plus Rifts/Palladium, Mutants & Masterminds, the Whitewolf game system (Usually as a White Walker Werewolf or Ventrue Vampire.) and others. I am on m-f a lot since I work from home. Evenings & weekends are spotty for me as I am married so the wife must always come before play time. I am and always have been a big nerd and love anime and sci-fi movies. I've been on & off NS for about 10 years. My main nation is a Technocracy thus this nation's name lol. Hit me up any time. I look forward to meeting you all.

Whelp, I'm tired of RP'ing a fascist dictatorship and refuse to do a retcon so here we are. The only way other than a retcon that I can think of in terms of restoring democracy is a civil war, since the fascists have thoroughly embedded themselves in the country.

The civil war will probably start around mid-to-late 1581.

There'd be three main factions in this civil war - two major and one minor.

The two major factions are who you'd expect - Restorationists and Fascists.

Restorationists would want to go back to Akitsu as it was before the coup. Simple enough.

Fascists would want to keep the fascist dictatorship, also simple enough.

Military loyalties would probably be sharply divided here. The fascists would have an edge in terms of ground forces and land controlled, since they'd control the largest island. But the Restorationists would probably have the support of a large part of the navy. The fascists would also have the advantage of biological weapons, and unlike the fascists of Kolhar these people won't shy away from using WMD's.... so yeah.

The last faction, which at least at the start of the war would be minor, would be the Workers' Party of Akitsu. These are communists, of the Stalinist/Maoist variety. At first they'd be minor, probably securing control over a fair amount of land but nothing too major (probably mostly in the northern, less developed regions of Akitsu). Without foreign support, these people would quickly be driven underground. Basically, as soon as word spreads of the first insurrections in the southern part of the countries, these people would spring into action, taking control of wherever they can. They wouldn't get much, but they'd have a place they can start from.

Here's what the map of control would look like at the outbreak of the civil war:

imgur link - for those of you who prefer a smaller image.

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GIFT EXCHANGE


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Come one come all to the Sioran Gift Exchange 2016! The event where we take advantage of the steam sale to send little gifts to friends!

Here's how this works, post that you're interested and think about a gift you might want to send somebody. It could be a game you really love and want to share, it could be a game you find on their wishlist, maybe it's a multiplayer game you want to play with someone. It could be Shower With Your Dad Simulator (a great game btw). What really matters is you are giving a gift to a friend in the spirit of the season!


Once you've posted, someone else will post that they "got you" and then they'll send you something. and so on and so forth!

I understand that for some, money is tight. For those of you who are unable to participate, please let me know and we'll see what we can do. We have some humble bundle keys available so you may still participate. We don't want anyone who wants to participate to be left out of the fun! Please PM me if you are in this boat, we wan't to ensure you get a key and can pass it on. Privacy will be kept etc. etc.

Suggested Gifting price is less than $20, but feel free to do as you please, more or less. Give as you are able. Sometimes those $4 games are incredibly fun! There's obviously the steam sale, but feel free to check out other stores like Humble if you've found a better deal. I ask that all key transfers be on steam though, and not origin *vomits*

Anyway, if there are any questions

Hello, we're back again. This thread is to determine how Nyland will distribute its votes in this year's Voice of Siora.

Vote here: https://goo.gl/forms/ghEswdX99FwDUhv92

You can find the VoS 4 thread right through this link, and specifically the songs can be found here.



Have fun. Final results will be taken 21 Quartyr of this RP year.

So... I have been in retirement for a short period, but once again I felt the clamor of returning here. But I will not be here nearly as much as I was; matters in the region of Equinox have taken up what free time I have had. When I left, I had instructed the administration to retcon Tuscarawas. Unfortunately, I had gotten nowhere with Tuscarawas and am now back down a single nation. I had originally requested Angiris to be an NPC, but now that I am back-ish, I am reclaiming the reins of power over the Empire.

That brings me to this... what has transpired in the Angirisian Empire for the last RP year. From the looks of things, I had completely missed 1580. That was a year where another election would take place, and preparations for the upcoming World Cup, Confederations Cup and other major events would be finished. So... without further ado:

Alvan 1580
- Angirisian Imperialist Party collapses; the four Senators elected in 1578 as Imperialists drift into the Orthodox Conservative Party
- Imperial government shuts down for six days following budget impasse in Senate and Chancellor Aerandariel Apotecarius's refusal to accept Conservative-proposed cuts in social programs and a reduction in old age benefits. A compromise is reached after Emperor Tyrael publicly threatens to dissolve the Senate if a budget were not reached by the end of the month.

Dosa
- Chancellor Apotecarius sacks his Ministers of Justice and Finance after a money laundering scandal breaks out, engulfing the Justice and Finance Offices.
- Foreign Minister Christophos Caesarius orders heightened security at the Imperial embassy in New Galasia.

Marth
- Political parties begin discussing nominees for Chancellor, Senate.
- Chancellor Apotecarius announces he will seek a second term as a Republican.
- Orthodox Conservatives nominate Senator Mortius Daius of Roanakiae for Chancellor of the Empire.
- Headmaster of the Yshari Sanctum in Caldeum steps down following prostitution scandal and subsequent attempt at a cover-up of the incident. Most students transfer to either the Imperial University in Cathedrium or attend schools in their home states.

Quartyr
- Construction begins on a new Imperial Tower on Capitoline Hill in Cathedrium, which will serve as a new home for the Emperor and his family. It will also be a public library, technology lab and public forum for citizens.
- Construction is completed on new Arena at the Capitol Complex, which is said to be able to hold a little over 100,000 spectators. Reports that renovations on stadiums in Tristram, Columbiana City and Caldeum are nearing completion.
- Two people are murdered in Paladium following a series of nasty exchanges between police and Akhadists accusing the local authorities of oppression. An investigation is opened by the Imperial Office of Justice into the matter, overseen by the Director of Investigation.

Fein
- Conservatives nominate Professor Krios Periclium for Chancellor of the Empire.
- Federalists nominate former Xiansai governor Li Ming for Chancellor of the Empire.

Zechyr
- No major events took place in Zechyr 1580.

Septem
- Republicans renominate Chancellor Aerandariel Apotecarius for second term as Chancellor of the Empire.
- Democrats nominate Khanduras governor Stanus Holus for Chancellor of the Empire.
- Communists decline to nominate a candidate for Chancellor but announce support for Federalist nominee Li Ming.

Ochtyr
- Construction completed on Tristram Imperial Colosseum, which can now hold 52,000 spectators.
- City of Daytium files formal complaint against the city of Cuyahoga to the Imperial government, accusing Cuyahoga of manipulating business contracts and cheating the city of out of billions of coin.

Nueva
- Renovation completed on stadiums in Columbiana City and Caldeum.
- Angirisian World Cup committee reports to SIFA that the Empire is ready for the 1582 World Cup.

Dein
- Opinion polls have Chancellor Apotecarius winning re-election, Republicans winning most seats in Senate.

Elva
- Preliminary report filed by Justice Office says that Paladium officials have routinely ordered police to crack down on Akhadists by using various means such as trumped up charges to hefty fines. Riots break out in the city, forcing Imperial Legion forces to take action to keep the peace.

Tolven
- Chancellor Aerandariel Apotecarius wins most votes in national election but fails to win 50% +1. A run-off is scheduled for first week of Treizen.
- Republican Party wins Senate Election, taking 29 seats. Conservatives end up with 16, Orthodox Conservatives with 14, Democrats with 14, Federalists with 5, and Communists with 1.

Treizen
- In runoff election, Chancellor Apotecarius ® wins reelection, defeating Krios Periclium © with the elimination of Li Ming (F), Stanus Holus (D), and Mortius Daius (OC) in Tolven.

Vintyr
- No major events took place in Vintyr 1580.

Alvan 1581
- Chancellor Apotecarius, new Senate sworn in to new term in office.
- Antony Mellis, former rival of Apotecarius, appointed new Justice Minister. He is later confirmed by the Senate.

Dosa 1581
- Chancellor Apotecarius signs new economics bill into law, loosening some economic restrictions on businesses but implementing an "exit tax" on companies who send jobs to other countries at the expense of local communities.

A while back a pal of mine I play Star Citizen (pretty cool game, btw) with convinced me to download the BYOND launcher and play a game called "Space Station 13" with him. I wasn't really too excited by the prospect of playing this "pixel art space station simulator" as he described it to me. Everything changed when the fire nation attacked during the first few hours of game play. I was tasked with being the station's Chief Medical Officer, and as luck would have it, I had a decently sized staff under my command: two nurses, a chemist, a virologist, and myself. At first, it was rather slow. I sat at my desk sipping Space Coffee and petting my cat. About twenty minutes into the round, my first patient came in. His arm had been mangled when a clown shut an airlock on it. My nurses and I would need to rush if we were to save the arm. We wheeled him into the operating theater, the chemist hot on our tails with anesthetic. Once he was strapped in I began correcting the damage done. It was, to my surprise, challenging. The medical system was so in-depth that I could, if I had wanted to, remove every single one of his internal organs right down to each eye or the appendix. Throughout the rest of the round I had removed bullets from a fallen security officer, cloned the Captain who had accidentally spaced himself, and even replaced someone's legs with robotic prosthetic.

Now that I've regaled you with the experience of my first time playing, I would like to gauge interest in this. Not only would we be able to play this game as a group (and quite likely do very well at keeping a station running!) but this game also allows us a wonderful RP environment. There are several servers up for RP, but if we get enough people onboard I'd be willing to host one for us to use when we all play.

Here's the download link to the BYOND launcher (which is all you need to play!): http://www.byond.com/download/

I'm surprised we didn't have it here before...

This is a game: each state starts with 10 points. Copy and paste from the post above, then take one point from a state and give it to another. No double posting, no cheating. Seriously. When a state has 0 points, it dies and is removed from the list. Last state standing is declared the winner.

Alabama (10)
Alaska (10)
Arizona (10)
Arkansas (10)
California (0) (45th) (Eliminated 16/1/2017 by Rommy)
Colorado (10)
Connecticut (10)
Delware (10)
Florida (0) (49th) (Eliminated 2/1/2017 by Hadash)
Georgia (10)
Hawaii (10)
Idaho (10)
Illinois (10)
Indiana (10)
Iowa (10)
Kansas (10)
Kentucky (10)
Louisiana (10)
Maine (10)
Maryland (10)
Massachusetts (0) (46th) (Eliminated 16/1/2017 by Alvino Castillon)
Michigan (10)
Minnesota (10)
Mississippi (10)
Missouri (10)
Montana (10)
Nebraska (0) (50th) (Eliminated 29/12/2016 by Alvino Castillon)
Nevada (10)
New Hampshire (10)
New Jersey (10)
New Mexico (10)
New York (0) (47th) (Eliminated 16/1/2017 by Flo)
North Carolina (10)
North Dakota (10)
Ohio (10)
Oklahoma (10)
Oregon (10)
Pennsylvania (10)
Rhode Island (10)
South Carolina (10)
South Dakota (10)
Tennessee (10)
Texas (10)
Utah (10)
Vermont (10)
Virginia (10)
Washington (10)
West Virginia (10)
Wisconsin (10)
Wyoming (0) (48th) (Eliminated 14/1/2017 by Seperallis)

This year, there has been a remarkable sighting in my country, the Netherlands. A politician was standing on trial. Geert Wilders, an MP and the leader of the Party For Freedom (PVV), was accused of incitement of hatred and incitement to racism when at a party rally he asked the crowd ''do you want less, or more Moroccans in the country?'', upon which an ecstatic crowd chanted ''less! Less! Less!'', after which Wilders responded with ''then we're gonna arrange that.'' That scene reminded many people of Hitler's beerhall speeches in Germany against the Jews in the 1920's. During the trial it turned out that Wilders had asked the crowd beforehand to respond with ''less''. Thousands of people went to the police to accuse Wilders of inciting hatred - which has been banned since the 1930's in this country. I am not writing this to have a discussion on discrimination or whatever. What I found interesting was Wilders' speech in the courtroom before the judges.

In an fiery speech, Wilders warned the judges that if they convicted him, it would be a defeat for the freedom of expression. ''I ask you in the name of the Dutch: set me free! Set us free!'' Then Wilders carried on, ranting that the prime minister, the government, the office of prosecutors, were all involved in a ''witch hunt'' against Wilders. In the beginning of the speech, Wilders speaks of the 1 million people he allegedly represents. Later on, that number grows to 2 million. Then he warns the judges that if they convict him, they convict ''half of the Dutch people''. Eventually, Wilders' rhetoric suggests that he represents the entire Dutch people. To be clear, his party won 10% of the votes the last parliamentary election, and 13% in the most recent EU parliamentary elections. The largest share of the vote Wilders has ever won is 15%.

A similar rhetorical device, the so-called Pars pro toto, was once used by the Hungarian politician Viktor Orban. When he lost an election, he blatantly exclaimed that ''the nation cannot be in the opposition''. I was myself struck by the words of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the protests at the Taksim Square against his plans to remove the Gezi Park. Erdogan unashamedly declared that those protestors ''were not Turks''. I saw the same mechanism at work when the British EU referendum ended with a 2% victory for the Brexit-camp, upon which a proud Nigel Farage proclaimed that ''the British People'' (singular entity) had rejected the EU, and had taken ''their'' country back, completely ignoring the fact that it was not even half of the British population that voted Brexit. When a British court decided that the Brexit decision had to be passed by the British parliament, an elected representative institution (a sovereign institution in fact), the British newspapers denounced the judges as ''traitors'' and ''enemies of the people'', and supporters of the Bremain camp were denounced in similar fashion as national traitors. When Trump won the US presidential elections, and demonstrations and riots broke out, Trump blatantly argued that the demonstrators were paid by Soros. Meanwhile, Trump's supporters openly demanded the arrest of the other presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. This follows the same logic, that apparently not everyone belongs to ''the people'' anymore. Political opponents no longer exist: they are enemies in today's Western society.


It strikes me how easily people fall for such demagoguery every time again, which according to Jan Werner Muller - a leading expert from Princeton - is the defining element of ''Populism''. All politicians thrive on conflict, all politician try to appeal to the people, but what sets Populists apart is that the view, and treat, the people as a singular, uniform, and morally superior entity, in opposition to the corrupted groups that dominate and exploit the good, authentic, true people. This ''authentic people'' is usually defined by its enemies who have supposedly exploited and dominated them, usually the ''Elite'', ''criminals'', the ''unemployed'' (profiteers), and ''immigrants'', and usually there is also a foreign power that participates in this oppression of the ''People''. A Populist movement then believes there ~is~ such a thing as ''the People'' (singular), and that it can properly discern the ''common good'' and represent the singular ''will of the people''. The problem with their approach then, is that they develop a movement that treats its supporters and followers as the morally superior ''Will of the People'', while denying the -legitimacy- of political opponents, rejecting them as traitors, servants of the corrupt, enemies of the people, etc.

The principle is so obvious that I cannot get my head around that people do not realize they are being tricked by a demagogue. Although there have been 19th century populists as well, the most famous example is perhaps Juan Domingo Peron in Argentina. As a minister of industry in a military government, Peron discovered the discontent among the Argentine urban masses, particularly the workers. Peron wrestled the workers and Unions support for the Argentine Communist Party away by reforming the labor unions and implementing a social program that improved the conditions of the workers. To a group of people who had previously considered themselves the unheard victim of exploitation and oligarchic corruption, Peron - who praised them as Argentina's heroes and most virtuous people and who seemed to care about their interests, must have been a dream come true. Appealing to the working class, mobilizing a forgotten segment of the electorate, is not Populist. What made Peron the very embodiment of Populism was his equation of his followers (Descamisados) with the Argentine nation and the Argentine common good. Peron presented himself as the sole representative of the Argentine people, implementing the popular will against the corrupting influences of capitalist oligarchs, American imperialism, and Communist traitors.

The inherent authoritarian nature of Peron's populism, by pitting the ''good people'' against its enemies, became apparent when Peron was in power. Populists believe that they alone represent the popular will, thereby they are entitled to everything. In fact, they can even replace democratic institutions because what is more democratic than that the representatives of the Popular Will have everything in their hands? Peron proceeded to fire anyone, including teachers, judges, union leaders, journalists etc, who disagreed with him. The media were censored, opposition rallies were attacked, and opposition leaders were denounced by Peron as traitors. This behaviour leads naturally from the idea that only one movement, or one man even, can represent the unified popular will. The implication is that all forms of dissent are treasonous. The same behaviour has been displayed by other populists in power, such as Hugo Chavez, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Populists however, seldomly managed to win more than 50% of the popular vote. If they are succesful, they manage to mobilize a significant section of the electorate that has been neglected by the established political parties. All populists indulge in large amount of flattering their own followers because they not only believe in the moral superiority of their followers (as opposed to the corrupt other groups) and by constantly repeating the flattery, the populists give their supporters a new sense of confidence. Populists are most succesful if there is a significant group within the electorate that feels neglected (which is not to say dominated). When a populist emerges, that voices their frustration with the groups that have neglected and dominated them (political elites, financial elites, immigrants), and this populist also fuels their self-esteem, he becomes an attractive leader figure for them. The populist element however lies in the Populists' reductionism by presenting their group of followers as the true people, the heart of the nation, and their movement as the single representative of the common interest and the popular will. What follows is a rejection of all outsiders as being traitors, corrupt, agents, all of them somehow linked in a great conspiracy against the true people. The populists do not believe in legitimate differences of opinion. Whoever disagrees with them is either paid by foreign interests, serving a corrupt or criminal elite, or belonging to a treasonous cause or even the enemy of the nation.

Journalists too are by definition liars, for writing critically, judges are accused of partisanship if their verdict opposes the wishes of the populists, and rival political parties are by definition the vehicles of the corrupt elite, designed to mislead the people. And those who vote for them are not part of the honest, hard-working, good, patriotic and proud people: no, they are either paid to vote for the criminals, or they are immigrants and thus part of the conspiracy to enslave the common people, or they are in some other way an accomplice to the evil system. Real voters, of independent thought, of good and honest heart, vote Populist.


One of the most blatant examples of populism was Silvio Berlusconi in Italy. The Milan-based media-tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, whose media channels targeted ''ordinary'' Italians, deliberately decided to buy the football club AC Milan. Berlusconi wanted to use the club for his political career. He pumped millions into the club, and in the subsequent years it became the most succesful football club in the world. Berlusconi used the club to create an aura of success around him. The political party he formed in the early 1990's was literally an Italian football slogan: ''Forza Italia!''

The message of Berlusconi was quite similar to that of Trump in America. What Berlusconi claimed was that he had taken a declining football club, and turned it into the biggest club of the world. He was a succesful Italian - of modest background, and he was going to make Italy a great success. Forza Italia! The fact that he entered an alliance with a movement that still described itself as Fascist and adored Mussolini did not harm Berlusconi's appeal. The reason that it worked was that Berlusconi was the new kid on the block, while the established parties (Social Democrats and Christian Democrats) were being resented after decades of ineffective government, crime, and corruption. Berlusconi positioned himself as an ordinary Italian, who knew who to achieve success. Berlusconi deliberately exploited his reputation of a self-made man by bleeching his teeth, tanning his skin, dying his hair, plastic surgery, wearing expensive jewelry and surrounding himself with young women. One of the tactics of Berlusconi was to denounce the Social Democrats and their coalition partners as Communists, and papers such as The Economist, which criticized Berlusconi as being unfit to rule any country, were denounced as accomplices in a Communist conspiracy to overtake Italy.

Berlusconi used his media empire to convince some 18 million families that watched his channels that Berlusconi would create millions of jobs, reduce crime, increase pensions, and cut taxes. By the end of his term, while enjoying a solid parliamentary majority, Berlusconi had broken all of his promises - except increasing the pensions. The economy was in ruins. The power of the Mafia was slowly recovering under Berlusconi - who enjoyed an interestingly high number of votes from Sicily.

In his governing style, Berlusconi continued to display his populist tendencies: he virtually ruled by decree, ignored the parliament, denounced court judges as Communists because they investigated his corruption affairs, and he preferred to announce his political decisions (such as withdrawing from Iraq) directly in his own TV studios than in parliament. His behaviour followed once again from the erroneous idea that there is such a thing as the Popular Will, and that he could represent it, and therefore there was no need to waste time on debating decisions in parliament. Berlusconi rather presented his decisions directly to the audience in their living room, presenting himself as the effective leader who implements to the popular will, and serves the common interest, without the interference of any bureaucratic or institutional process. A movement that believes that it embodies the popular will sees democratic processes as needlessly sluggish and bureaucratic.

Threatened with electoral defeat in 2005, Berlusconi attempted to change the voting rules, but was defeated in a referendum in 2006. In 2008, the failures of the Social Democrats, helped Berlusconi to become prime minister for a third time. Berlusconi deliberately sided himself with the ordinary people, the true Italians, in opposition to all the corrupted and crooked who had ruined the country over the decades. Everything was blamed on the Communists, and everyone who criticized Berlusconi was accused of being one. Berlusconi once went as far as to claim that the Communists were jealous of him and lacked a good taste in women. Right wing women were more attractive than left wing ones, according to Berlusconi. It became so obvious even, even to Italians, that it became the running gag to reject any criticism as Communism. Berlusconi's friends have later admitted that Berlusconi never had any political visions or ambitions, and that he simply decided to enter politics to protect his business from criminal investigations. Journalists in similar fashion faced the threat of being fired by Berlusconi if they criticized him. Berlusconi nearly controlled all the private tv channels, and when he came to power he held control over the state channels as well. The magistrates and judges who were investigating Berlusconi's corruption, were denied any legitimacy by Berlusconi. In typical Populist fashion, he claimed that they had no right to judge Berlusconi, who was elected by the ''People'' and they were not. Then followed the accusations that they were partisan, communist, or corrupt.

In 2013, Berlusconi's game was over. He was defeated in parliament, his party split, he was forced to resign as prime minister, and the courts convicted him for various crimes such as corruption, and tax fraud. In similar fashion, Hugo Chavez left his country in a state of anarchy after decades of Populist demagoguery - dividing the population into Chavistas and traitors, enemies of the people, agents of the American Imperialists. Chavez' followers seized democratic institutions as their own, censored the media, used state funds to satisfy Chavez' electorate, and currently under Maduro they continue to use all necessary means - even violence - to deny the mounting opposition any influence. Erdogan, appealing to the ''Great Turkish people'', will not hesitate to remove almost a 100,000 people from their professions because they political views have been confined to the realm of ''treason'' by Erdogan. Among them are elected mayors. Erdogan, asked at a political rally of his supporters whether they wanted the death penalty back. When the crowd cheered in favor of the death penalty, Erdogan humbly accepted this as ''the Will of the Turkish People''. For only Erdogan voters belong to the true Turkish nation... the rest are just Kurds, terrorists, PKK, ISIS and whatnot you can think of.

And every time the voters fall for it again. An obvious political opportunist (therefore an outsider, he is a new guy) drops by, denounces the corrupt and evil, and promises to implement the will of the people/nation/workers/hard-working people/common people/etc whom they flatter as being the embodiment of pure morality, goodness etc. And of course the political establishment has no other story than to accuse their new opponent of populism, which then further encourages the public to move toward the populists - for nothing turns the voter more off than arrogance. I needed to get this off my chest. I'm not a politician, so I dont fear the consequences of labelling something populist. I detest Populism not because of its aims, not because it appeals to the people (every politician does and should do), but because it is what one scholar has called ''anti-parliamentarist''. It's not anti-democratic, but it rejects parliamentarism, with its separation of powers, political pluralism, and checks and balances. The Populists, with their firm belief in the supremacy of the unified popular will/common interest, tend to view parliamentarism as useless, and inferior to a direct rule ''of the people'', but never by the people, but through a movement or a single leader. Populists prefer to rule by decree and occasional referendums, but only if the referendum favors their side. It is however the anti-pluralist character that I detest. The ease with which Populists divide our society in ''people'' vs ''elite'', ''good'' vs ''corrupt'', and ''patriot'' vs ''traitor'', makes me itch all over my body. I am also of the People. I've had it happen on this forum here that people, because I disagreed with them, started to insinuate I was either an anti-semite, or against ''the working class'' (honestly wtf..?) or in some other way connected to the liberal establishment because I happened to point out some factual errors being said about the EU.

So as a reminder to everyone in this forum who is inclined to support Populists nowadays, and you are free to do so - Im not judging: please remember than although your great leaders pretend that you have the moral right always on your side and that you therefore can always claim to be correct even if the facts don't support you, please be aware that this does not mean others are having some sort of an evil hidden agenda, even though your leaders claim so. They do that just to get your vote - as every politician is not much more than a salesman of political programs.

The current President is: Anders Kohout (Seperallis)
The current Speaker of the Assembly is: Nichlas Hougaard (Blacaria)


1581-1582 Nyland Federal Assembly Sessions



UP 104 | NCL 96 | NL 96 | NPA 84 | Green 65 | PCP 51 | NMP 30 | LCN 9

Bill Posting Period is CLOSED

Emergency Sessions: None


HEAR ye, hear ye, the 1580-1581 session of the Nyland Federal Assembly is now in session. All Honourable Assemblypersons, do please take your seats for role-call.

Within these halls, all legislative decisions for Nyland shall take place. Anyone from any party shall be allowed to present legislation for consideration, but only one bill may be active upon the floor for debate and vote at any one time. Furthermore, during debate, one must clearly state who is being recognized to speak on the floor, their party (if applicable), and then put forth their statement or argument for or against the bill and other points of discussion; one may refer to others arguments if they so desire, but they shall refrain from direct outbursts on the floor without having been called to the floor to speak.


The Rules
This is meant to be a fun thing where anyone can pop in as an assemblyperson of Nyland's legislature, and legislation by no means has to remain serious or solemn. There are a few basic rules to consider, however:

1) Legislation for the period can only be presented during an open period for submittal. The status of the Bill Submittal period is located above. If you miss the posting period, tough shit; hold onto it for later.
2) Submitted Bills are first-come, first-served. If emergency stuff happens, such as natural disaster or a state of war, a separate thread will be created. (No more Tambossa-style "vote only" unless time is really, really of the essence)
3) There are no time limits on debate. If the session ends before debate finishes, or we don't get through the queue of bills, then tough shit, it's gone; remake it in the next session.
4) To move for a vote, two people must motion for a vote. Voting will then begin in this thread, with people posting whether they vote for or against, and which party they represent.
5) After a bill moves to a vote, there is no revote; will not be re-submitted until the next session.
6) Votes will be weighted by party, and the party's votes split based upon those who recognize themselves as from such party. Individual people may of course split their alloted votes amongst (yes), (no) and (abstain) if they so wish.
7) Any Bill that passes a vote, regardless of how trivial or silly, will move to the President's Desk for consideration; the President must post his approval/denial in this thread.
8) Any bill denied by the President may still become law with a 2/3 majority in favor in the legislature; any bill approved by the President is in immediate effect and becomes law throughout Nyland.

God help us all.

Submissions
If one so wishes to put forth legislation, please proceed through the following steps:

1) Complete the following form: