FIFTH SENATE SESSION - ANNOUNCEMENT
Illustrious President of the Imperial Senate
magistros Nikephoros Dalassenos hereby announces that Sacred Emperor Basileios III Angelos,
basileus basileon by the Grace of God, king of kings and rulers of rulers,
Caesar Augustus of the Romaioi and all Men,
Autokrator of the Holy Church and Protector of the Christendom, in his wisdom decided to
CALL THE FIFTH SENATE SESSION
to seek counsel of the noble Senators who guided by the Holy Spirit are going to debate and vote on the following matters:
RESOLUTIONS
- (1) Expedition – Far East (Alakeshvara map)
His Imperial Majesty decided to ask the Imperial Senate for counsel in the following matter:
Shall We organize an expedition based on Alakeshvara map to verify the accuracy with which it shows the unknown distant lands and seas in the Far East?
- (2) Diplomatic mission – Serica (to establish diplomatic relations)
His Imperial Majesty decided to ask the Imperial Senate for counsel in the following matter:
Shall We send Our trusted servant Javier Espinosa to represent Our Authority as the Megas Droungarios of the Imperium Romanum before the ruler of Serica, if the existence of the Sinae where this realm allegedly lies is confirmed?
- (3) Casus belli – Pisa (Trade War CB)
His Imperial Majesty decided to ask the Imperial Senate for counsel in the following matter:
Shall We put an end to exploitation of good Romaioi by imposing tarrifs on Pisan trade as well as demanding full access of Roman merchants to Pisan market and, in case of refusal, force the Republic of Pisa into submission?
SENATE POLICIES
Sacred Emperor Basileios III Angelos,
basileus basileon by the Grace of God, king of kings and rulers of rulers,
Caesar Augustus of the Romaioi and all Men,
Autokrator of the Holy Church and Protector of the Christendom requested the Imperial Senate to prepare a general policy to be presented to for approval before His Imperial Majesty concerning the following issue:
Management of oeconomic affairs of the Imperium and sanation of Imperial Aerarium
The policy proposed by the Imperial Senate must directly adress the aforementioned issue to be accepted by His Imperial Majesty.
POLICIES
- Provincial Taxation System
We have established a permanent provincial taxation system that will optimize gains for the treasury.
Requirements:
- Administrative Ideas
- Quantity Ideas
Effects:
- -10% land maintenance modifier
- +10% manpower recovery speed
Cost:
- -1 MIL/month for at least 10 years (at least 120 MIL)
GUESTS OF THE IMPERIAL SENATE
Illustrious President of the Imperial Senate
magistros Nikephoros Dalassenos on the order of the Sacred Emperor Basileios III Angelos,
basileus basileon by the Grace of God, king of kings and rulers of rulers,
Caesar Augustus of the Romaioi and all Men,
Autokrator of the Holy Church and Protector of the Christendom hereby announces that
- His Venerable Excellency patrikios Javier Espinosa, Megas Droungarios of the Imperium Romanum and Megas Doux of the Imperial Navy
has been invited for the Fifth Senate Session as a guest of the Imperial Senate, so that the noble Senators may ask His Excellency questions concerning matters discussed during the Session as per article 20 of the rules of procedure.
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SCHEDULE (WARSAW TIME)
- Opening of the Session – 11:00 p.m. 20 June (Saturday)
- DEBATE (1 DAY) - 11:00 p.m. 20 June – 11:00 p.m. 21 June
- RECESS (1 DAY) - 11:00 p.m. 21 June – 11:00 p.m. 22 June
- DEBATE (1 DAY) - 11:00 p.m. 22 June – 11:00 p.m. 23 June
- VOTING (1 DAY) - 11:00 p.m. 23 June – 11:00 p.m. 24 June
- Closing of the Session - 11:00 p.m. 24 June (Wednesday)
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IMPORTANT CHANGES
Experimental Senate Session – I guess you can call it like this. Why experimental? Well, mainly because the rules concerning voting will be changed and because I'm introducing a new feature – Senate Policies.
Changes to voting
I'm still in the middle of making changes to the „Imperium Sine Fine” mod/save as well as to the rules, but what I want to try out during this Session is a new, simpler way of voting. This is how it's going to work:
- Quorum – 1/2 of the number of Senators who voted
- Simple majority – for senatus consulta, resolutions and policies
- Ballots (senatus consultum) – you will use „FOR” and „AGAINST”
- Ballots (policy) – you will use „FOR” and „AGAINST”
- Ballots (resolution) – you will use „AYE” and „NAY”
Because we will be using simple majority there is no need for „ABSTAIN” ballot.
New feature – Senate Policies
Listen well, because this is big:
I'm going to allow you to make your own policies, which I will later (after the Session) mod and use in the campaign. That's right, I will mod whatever you come up with – within limits of reason, of course.
Here's how it's going to work:
- The Imperial Senate may propose 1 Senate Policy each Session to the Emperor, who may then give his approval to the proposed Senate Policy (enacting it).
- Every Demes (Senate Faction) has a Speaker (unless it failed to elect him).
- Every Speaker may propose a policy in the name of his Demes.
- Every Speaker may also support 1 Senate Policy proposed by other Demes.
- To be presented to the Emperor, the Senate Policy has to be 1) supported by at least two Speakers 2) passed in vote by the Imperial Senate
- This means that at least two Factions have to cooperate to pass a Senate Policy
Where's the catch? Well, the Factions have contradictory goals and you only need to convince one other Faction to get enough support from Speakers and (hopefully) pass the Senate Policy in a vote.
But why should, say, Whites support Senate Policy proposed by the Blues? That's why:
- The cost of the Senate Policy is determined by the Faction which proposed it.
- Every Senate Policy consists of two bonuses.
- Each bonus is chosen from the list of ideas in the Custom Nation Designer for EU4.
- Thus each bonus costs some points.
- The Senate Policy may not surpass 10 points in total.
To gain support from the other Demes you may offer them to choose one of the two bonuses. This opens the possibility of negotiations but remember – your Demes will be paying for the policy if it passes while the other Demes gets what it wants for free.
Example how I envision this:
- Reds propose „Army STRONK!” policy with bonuses to Discipline and Land Morale. Blues propose „Navy FTW” policy with bonuses to Navy Tradition and Trade Efficiency. Whites don't propose any policy.
- Reds and Blues fail to compromise on their policies.
- Whites offer to support the Blues if they change the Navy Tradition for bonus to National Tax.
- Reds see this and propose counter-offer with Missionary Strength instead of Land Morale.
- Whites support the Reds → Senate Policy has support of 2 Speakers.
- ”Army STRONK!” policy, now renamed to „Deus Vult Act” is passed in voting and proposed to the Emprah.
- I mod the game so that the „Deus Vult Act” gives the apropriate bonuses, has the apropriate localization (for instance „Policy proposed by senator Exemplus Testus on Fifth Senate Session in year 1540 in order to strengthen the <description>”) and cost, in this case in MIL points because it was originally proposed by the Reds
- I enact the policy in game.
- Now when the Senate Policy was enacted it behaves like any other policy – that is it may be revoked or reinstated by the Senate during each Session.
If you never used the Custom Nation Creator and you don't know what I'm talking about:
List of all bonuses from which you build your policy together with their value in points is available on EU4 wiki.