MARXISTS
Now for a quite lengthy comment...
First of all: WOHOO!
I am going to love this AAR, that's for sure. I must say I expect this to become the single-most awesome AAR for Vicky II right now. The interactivity aspect, combined with your experience and skill on AARs and the absolutely intriguing subject matter of a communist rhineland state just holds such an enormous promise!
Subscribed sevenfold!
But you're planning to hold these polls on more occasions than just elections, right? Because, although the Marxists are closest to me atm, I do not agree with them on several points (politically/philosophically aswell as on gameplay terms) and it'd be a shame not to be given the chance of deciding across faction borders on issues such as religious freedom, economic policy, national focus and so on.
That said, I would love to see polls not only on actual in-game decisions, but on issues concerning the overall narrative aswell. This would be extremely nice because it could enable us to decide on aspects of "The Revolution" that couldn't be possibly implemented via gameplay (for example monetary policy or the exact nature of the chain of decision-making). This could flesh things out in an incredibly cool way. But, of course, it could also be way to much...
EDIT: Oh and would you be willed to hand out your starting save or the files you edited to get the VSVR into the game? Or to give a brief how-to? Because I'd SO LOVE to start a new single-player campaign with a similar premise...
JUST ANOTHER EDIT: Nevermind. I used
this excellent guide on how to create a custom country. Works like a charm!