Help Desk

[Craig Ashley]

In order for a party to be registered (and therefore on the ballot come election day), it must have at least two PC members, along with a HQ thread and a platform.

One of the proven methods to starting a new party is to unveil your platform in the Townhall thread. You also may want to consider sending IC PMs to characters that have an outlook in line with your new party's ideals. I might add starting a new party is always an iff proposition, and I'd say its about a 50/50 split between those that bust and those that make it.

 

[The_Hawk]

Well, i want to start a political party of my own, but gonzo mentioned something about finding another PC and speaking in the townhall, but i'm afraid i had to go somewhere before he could finish. So could someone assist me here?

Sure thing. The important distinction here is between forming a party, which anyone can do, and registering as a party, which requires a certain level of displayed support. (This is all contained in Rule 43.)

The traditional way this has been done is by posting your party platform in the Townhall thread, and trying to rally support to your cause. If you get at least one other player to join your party, you can register for official recognition at the CRO Office. See Rule 44 for more details on that.

Note that at the moment, the parties are getting entrenched for the upcoming election, so you might have a hard time finding support. Don't get discouraged by this. You may find it expedient to join an established party for a Term or two until the political winds shift; alternatively, if new players come into the game, they may well want to join up (and if you bring them in, so much the better -- so long as they stick around. )

Good luck!

 

[unmerged(10397)]

If I disband the MRP, then the executive and legislative positions all go to the individuals, correct?

 

[The_Hawk]

If I disband the MRP, then the executive and legislative positions all go to the individuals, correct?

I see no great problem with you disbanding the MRP effective at the end of the term. Presumably an MRP NPC will take over as Acting AG when you quit and join the PoL, and the GA seats will be retained by the NPCs that currently fill them.

 

[unmerged(35921)]

The speaker election vote has been a tie, what happens?

 

[unmerged(33865)]

The GMs will weigh in with the backbencher votes tallied when the voting has closed. A tie would be unlikely, but there are various traditions for dealing with it. Cutting cards or flipping a coin would be how it is done in some places, but that would have to be agreed by the two parties, or the GA as a whole.

 

[unmerged(35921)]

Ah, I merely wondered as no back-bencher votes were put up during the last election.

 

[unmerged(33865)]

You just closed the voting an hour ago. Give the GMs time to react. In the unlikely event that they haven't taken care of it in the next 24 hours, then you could post in the GM alert thread to remind them. They have previously said that back benchers traditionally hang back to the last minute, to see how other people vote and to hear what is said in their party caucus. Perhaps there will fail to be a quorum, and no one was elected, if no one from the ELP or MRP bothered to vote?

 

[unmerged(28894)]

Oops. Didn't see the thread, personally. But do we have rules for what constitutes a quorum?

 

[unmerged(28894)]

What do the numbers in the budget reflect in monetary terms? Or are they just an abstract representation. I'm trying to work out how the proceeds from tax relate to the numbers we have to play with.

 

[unmerged(23409)]

And also, does anyone know what's happening in St Espirit? I think that there was a Socialist Government in power that said it would disarm, am I correct?

 

[Hyzhenhok]

What do the numbers in the budget reflect in monetary terms? Or are they just an abstract representation. I'm trying to work out how the proceeds from tax relate to the numbers we have to play with.

Don't worry about number figures. Speak in "budgetary points" to make life a lot easier for everyone. Its a simplified abstraction to make it easier on the players and the GMs.

 

[unmerged(33865)]

And also, does anyone know what's happening in St Espirit? I think that there was a Socialist Government in power that said it would disarm, am I correct?

They hadn't disarmed early in the term when Tulp(?) visited them, but there General was worried about it. They were still socialist when Amric went into exile, so he is being taxed back down to multimillionaire status from billionaire. :rofl:

 

[unmerged(28894)]

EDIT: Never mind about the budget issue. vS's post just reminded us all how tax brackets work, so my planned workaround would be too much effort for a fairly insignificant point

What's up with the weapons ban? I'm sort of familiar with why Eutopia got it (nukes for parts or some similarly ill-advised bit of foreign policy) but I'm just surprised it's still in place. I don't think China's embargoed any more (it might be, but they were certainly planning to start selling again) and Eutopia's at least a democracy. That's not a complaint or demand that it be immediately repealed, I just wonder if it's the sort of thing we're likely to see any movement on.

 

[The_Hawk]

Taxing (or cutting taxes) really shouldn't be too hard; it just requires some verbal gymnastics to avoid referring to percentages or dollar amounts. Something in the nature of "I want to raise two extra budget points by increasing taxes on the top ten percent of wage earners," or "I want to cut taxes for the middle class such that we take in one less BP" is fine. Note that the "Revenue" section of the first post in the ECB are the numbers you're currently taking in (or were at the beginning of Term XIII); any other budget numbers are merely historical reference.

As for the embargo, it actually dates back far further than the nukes-for-parts scandal, back to, IIRC, the U.S. invasion of Eutopian soil in pursuit of terrorists. There's been no movement on it because there really hasn't been a concerted diplomatic effort to get it lifted, or at least, not one that was pursued long enough or with enough dedication to succeed. Additionally, every time there is some progress, a terrorist attack or something of that nature reaffirms the global idea of Eutopia as a dangerous and unstable state. Certainly, having it lifted is not an impossibility, particularly given that the U.S. is a lot happier with Eutopia than it's been in a long time; OTOH, it's probably still not going to be easy...

 

[von Streusser]

The US and Europe both had an embargo on Eutopia up until either right before or right after the Levarge government, when the US lifted theirs. Europe's is still in place, but if you ask nicely and give them a reason to do so, it could get lifted.

 

[aussieboy]

I want to start a new character. How do I go about it?

 

[Voshkod]

I want to start a new character. How do I go about it?

Write your old one out of the game - death, retirement, chinchilla, whatever. Edit that character's post in the Citizen Registry to note his retirement, but don't delete it that post. Then add your new character to the Registry and wait for GM approval of that character.

If you want to go out in such a style that it may make a big impact (death by meteor strike, ebola, two chincillas), PM a GM first.

 

[Hyzhenhok]

Does the EEA (Eutopian Environmental Agency) mentioned in the CEA already exist? Or is this something I have to 'create'?

 

[von Streusser]

Due to Eutopia's rather spotty environmental enforcement/regulations up until the CEA, no, there was no dedicated administrative agency responsible for the environment...so it'd be up to you to create it and enforce its mandate.