A Federation of "Equals" - A Danubian Federation Interative AAR

[theAhawk]

((Wait, where did that one vote for Nikolic in Transylvania come from? Mr. Capiatlist voted for Sik.))

((Our Esteemed Vice-President is voting for his own party...))

 

[Ab Ovo]

'On Ensuring the Ease of Administration'
A resolution of the Great Council of Venice
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'Ad assicurare la semplicità di Amministrazione'
Una risoluzione del Consiglio Maggiore di Venezia


Juditha triumphans​

On this Day, the 18th of November in the Year of Our Lord 1852, the Nobiles and Signores of the Consiglio Maggiore do ordain and enact the following provisions, to have the force of law within the State of Venezia:

I. The State of Venezia formally releases the islands of: Lussino, Arbe, Pago, Premuda, Lunga, Pasmano, Coronata, Zuri, Lissa, Solta, Brazza, Curzola, Lagosta, and Meleda from the state of Joint-Administration within the Condominium of Istria and the Dalmatian Isles; and declares that she renounces any claims to administration or sovereignty over them and recognises them as entirely, unconditionally Croatian territory.

II. The State of Venezia does express, however, her most devout wish to retain her fishing rights to the sea zone around those islands; seeing as it is beneficial to Venetian and Federal industry.

III. The State of Venezia wishes to make clear that this act is in the express memory of the charitable spirit and kind Christian spirit of Her Serenity, the late Sophia Contarini, Dogaressa of Venezia so cruelly taken from this world; and wishes to express the ardent desire of the entire Venetian people that this act will calm the Venetophobic fires within the hearts of the people of Dalmatia.

So this resolution has been adopted, in the Year of Our Lord 1852 by the Venetian people. Amen.​

((Anyone else having a problem with submitting posts?))

 

[Thoctar]

I would like to formally welcome this spontaneous and totally unexpected sign of Venetian charity and friendliness in such a fractured time, and hope that this will again engender Dalmatians to peaceful coexistence with the Italians.

 

[Plank of Wood]

((something tells me the Doge didn't ask for that ))

 

[Otto of england]

((I agree, the doge probably wont be happy either.))

 

[Ab Ovo]

((something tells me the Doge didn't ask for that ))

((As His Serenity spends most of his days drunk and crying; I don't think he'd mind. And it's just to advance Venetian world domination anyways...))

 

[Xenophon13]

((Just got back from camping, reading this is the first thing I do.))

[German]

Heroes of the Federation Act: AYE
National Defense Bill: AYE
Distinctions Act: AYE
Religious Amendment: AYE
Gradual Abolition Act: AYE
German Relocation Act: NAY

Hungarian State Laws:
Representation Act: AYE
Plebiscite Act: AYE
Deferred Slovak Statehood Act: ABSTAIN

President: Petr Sik

- Konrad Egeler, Councillor for Hungary

 

[Guilu]

((Do it now PoW. I'd rather not have to wait longer for the election to end.))

((Wait, where did that one vote for Nikolic in Transylvania come from? Mr. Capiatlist voted for Sik.))

((Salzburg and Von Zabrani voted for De Nyitra, and I assume Codrinaru voted for Nikolic.))

Vote President: Petr Šik

((I knew my predictions didn't account for abstention, but this.. this is madness! Poor Nikolic!))

 

[MrMan95]

I cast my vote for Petr Sik.
[Czech]

 

[Ab Ovo]

((Damn. we're going to lose. I predict the Federation is in open anarchy within two years of a Rad-Panube administration.))

 

[Otto of england]

((Or it will disentigrate. Both options are not very good.))

 

[Seek75]

((Pfft, you're just miffed that you can't enslave the rest of Danubia with your Venetian chains.))

 

[Guilu]

I would like remind my fellow congressmen of the exact terms of the Religious Amendment ((isn't it supposed to be a constitutional amendment by the way ? The same way the Peoples of the Federation Act was ?)) :

IV.The government shall be able to fund any new or renovations of churches or temples, through funds from the Interior Ministry.

This means that every such operation has to go through the Federal Government. Now, if that isn't an example of excessive bureaucracy, I don't know what is. Why do we even bother with local subunits when everything is to be dealt with in Vienna ?

I. All Christian and Jewish religions shall be tolerated, and equal. These religions include Orthodox Christianity, Protestant Christianity, other related Christian religions and Judaism.

Perhaps less importantly, the amendment fails to define "religion"; if I form a new protestant sect tomorrow, saying I'm the second coming of our Lord, does it get to be a religion ? The equality also needs to be clarified. The current text could be interpreted as forcing the government to take care of all religions equally, as in, spending equal amounts of money for all of them. I don't think I need to tell this congress that the two most practiced religions in our Federation are catholicism and orthodox christianity; should the protestants and the jews really receive as much money as what we invest to maintain our cathedrals ?
In conclusion, I call the Congress to vote against this amendment, and let the states deal with these issues on their own, as they should.

~ Janos Papp, Deputy for Croatia

((I'll see how the situation develops tomorrow and maybe do something for Nikolic.. we're open to concessions.))

 

[Ab Ovo]

((Pfft, you're just miffed that you can't enslave the rest of Danubia with your Venetian chains.))

((Venezia is the only part of Danubia worth having; we're only here for the theatrics.))

 

[MastahCheef117]

I echo the words of Deputy Papp. Such a matter is not a decision of the government, but rather, of the states.

 

[Revan529]

National Defence Bill: Yea
Distinctions Act: Yea
Religious Constitutional Amendment: Yea
Serfdom and Indentured Labour Act: Abstain
German Relocation Act: Nay
Gradual Abolition Act: Yea
Paramilitary Act: Yea

President: Károly Vörös de Nyitra
[Lombard]

 

[Plank of Wood]

On the Topic of the Prussian Congress and Krakow:

Krakow shall be incorporated into the Galacian State.

As for the Prussian Congress, monetary reparations shall be paid by Prussia in exchange for their control over Ostprussen.


- Petr Šik, Czech councillor for Bohemia

 

[Guilu]

You appear very confident in the outcome of the negociations.. it seems to me that the Prussians and their german allies saved our bacon, and we wouldn't have been able to do this without them. Why would they pay us for their own lands that they took back themselves ? And no word about Silesia ?

 

[Plank of Wood]

You appear very confident in the outcome of the negociations.. it seems to me that the Prussians and their german allies saved our bacon, and we wouldn't have been able to do this without them. Why would they pay us for their own lands that they took back themselves ? And no word about Silesia ?

You contradict yourself. If you doubt our Foreign Ministry's ability to negotiate monetary reparations, then why do you expect Prussia to return Silesia?

Furthermore, Prussia has respected Ostprussen's sovereignty so far. That is why Ostprussen is in chaos at this moment. That is the whole purpose of the conference.

- Petr Šik, Czech councillor for Bohemia

((Fun fact, spellcheck corrected "Sovereignty" to "Over-sensitivity" ))

 

[Thoctar]

((As His Serenity spends most of his days drunk and crying; I don't think he'd mind. And it's just to advance Venetian world domination anyways...))

((Venetian world domination? I think we might want to have Freud sent 50 years into the past and put you down for an appointment....))

I would like to applaud the honourable choices of all of those who voted against the Conservative tyranny in the Federation and voted for progress!