Title: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Dr. Cynic on August 26, 2010, 02:25:04 AM I've decided that I'd like to try and get a new mock Parliament together. Now, if anyone is good with drawing maps up (I'm not. If you could PM me and ask for the job, it's first come, first get to do. Please help me out). I'll post the parties and the history of our new fictional country as well as constituencies.
CYRENCIA - A large industrialized nation governed by a Parliament, the House of Equals. It is located to the north of the United States (What would be where Canada is). Population is rougly 2\3rds of the U.S. Mostly English speaking population with a minor French stronghold in Northern Fontaine Province. PROVINCES: DeLeon - DeLeon is the Capital City of Cyrencia and its constituency surrounds the city and most of the province of Fontaine as well. DeLeon is the largest constituency and tends to be stridently leftist in it's economic and social views. Northern Fontaine - A smaller French speaking province. Fairly conservative. Often threatens to revolt from Cyrencia and form it's own nation. Meredith - Medium consituency, mostly miners and laborers. Has a communist streak, though they rarely win seats. Atlantica - Coastal area constituency. Staunchly capitalistic and relies strongly on commercial shipping, rail and air to keep up the labor force. Socially progressive. Westsnow - Moderate constituency. Coldest temperatures in Cyrencia with a sub-arctic climate. Valentine Second largest province. Valentine is a generally liberal province that tends to support social democracy. POLITICAL PARTIES: Social Democratic Party - Largest political party in Cyrencia. The SDP has been out of power for recent years, however and have only just regained the majority. The SDP is socially and economically leftist. Their largest support comes from Valentine and DeLeon. National Reform Party - Capitalistic economically but socially moderate party. Second largest in Cyrencia. Only recently lost power after 5 years in power. They are most staunchly supported in Atlantica. Regional Rights Party - Right wing extreme seperatist party heavily concentrated in Northern Fontaine. Has little appeal elsewhere as a "single issue" party. Elects a handful of MPs. Independent Labor Party - Left leaning political party that is economically Marxist and takes no stand on social issues. So far, this is what I have. If anyone would like to help out with suggestions and stuff, we could get a new Parliament started Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Barnes on August 29, 2010, 03:24:23 PM I'd be interested in playing. :)
Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: tmthforu94 on August 29, 2010, 03:25:22 PM I'd be interested in playing. :)
Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: bullmoose88 on September 01, 2010, 12:53:47 AM Interested.
Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Dr. Cynic on September 03, 2010, 01:44:07 AM Anyone still interested, pass the game along. Also, anyone with mapmaking skills, please make the map.
Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: homelycooking on September 03, 2010, 06:50:26 PM I will make the map. Does the southern border need to line up with the US' northern border, since Cyrencia is located where Canada should be? Should some major cities, then, be located on the Great Lakes?
Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Dr. Cynic on September 03, 2010, 07:03:15 PM I will make the map. Does the southern border need to line up with the US' northern border, since Cyrencia is located where Canada should be? Should some major cities, then, be located on the Great Lakes? It doesn't have to mesh completely, but that's the general idea. Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on September 03, 2010, 07:39:32 PM Extremely interested in playing.
Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Dr. Cynic on September 03, 2010, 08:59:53 PM Any and all are welcome to join still.
Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: homelycooking on September 03, 2010, 11:32:27 PM Here is the map. The twist is that Cyrencia is settled from the Pacific side first.
I took some liberties with the demographics. Let me know if you like them or not. () FONTAINE Capitol: Enterprise Population 8,344,018 Percent Anglophone: 89% Percent Francophone: 6% Population Growth: 4.5% DELEON Capitol: Deleon City Population 5,938,192 Percent Anglophone: 76% Percent Francophone: 8% Population Growth: 2% VALENTINE Capitol: Moraine City Population 4,023,545 Percent Anglophone: 90% Percent Francophone: 5% Population Growth: 1% WESTSNOW PAYS-DE-NEIGE-DE-L'OUEST Capitol: Wells Harbour Population 456,880 Percent Anglophone: 63% Percent Francophone: 36% Population Growth: 2.5% NORTHERN FONTAINE FONTAINE-DU-NORD Capitol: Port-du-Roi Population 1,943,500 Percent Anglophone: 9% Percent Francophone: 89% Population Growth: 1% MEREDITH Capitol: Greenville Population 2,353,746 Percent Anglophone: 93% Percent Francophone: 2% Population Growth: 5.5% ATLANTICA Capitol: New Vauxhall Population 376,886 Percent Anglophone: 98% Percent Francophone: 1% Population Growth: 0.5% TOTAL POPULATION: 21,030,941 Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Dr. Cynic on September 04, 2010, 01:36:26 AM Here is the map. The twist is that Cyrencia is settled from the Pacific side first. I took some liberties with the demographics. Let me know if you like them or not. () FONTAINE Capitol: Enterprise Population 8,344,018 Percent Anglophone: 89% Percent Francophone: 6% Population Growth: 4.5% DELEON CITY Capitol: Deleon Population 5,938,192 Percent Anglophone: 76% Percent Francophone: 8% Population Growth: 2% VALENTINE Capitol: Moraine City Population 4,023,545 Percent Anglophone: 90% Percent Francophone: 5% Population Growth: 1% WESTSNOW PAYS-DE-NEIGE-DE-L'OUEST Capitol: Wells Harbour Population 456,880 Percent Anglophone: 63% Percent Francophone: 36% Population Growth: 2.5% NORTHERN FONTAINE FONTAINE-DU-NORD Capitol: Port-du-Roi Population 1,943,500 Percent Anglophone: 9% Percent Francophone: 89% Population Growth: 1% MEREDITH Capitol: Greenville Population 2,353,746 Percent Anglophone: 93% Percent Francophone: 2% Population Growth: 5.5% ATLANTICA Capitol: New Vauxhall Population 376,886 Percent Anglophone: 98% Percent Francophone: 1% Population Growth: 0.5% The map is good, but DeLeon should be switched with DeLeon City. Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: homelycooking on September 04, 2010, 08:41:35 AM The map is good, but DeLeon should be switched with DeLeon City. Fixed. Now how many members does the House of Equals have, and how are they elected? I can draw up single-member constituencies, since I think that's what you were getting at with your original post. Does Cyrencia have a directly-elected executive, or is it a parliamentary system? Note: In your original post, Dr Cynic, you specified that Population is rougly 2\3rds of the U.S. This is not so with my statistics, but it seems a little ridiculous that Canada/Cyrencia could support two hundred million people. Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: homelycooking on September 04, 2010, 07:56:11 PM Here's a possible constituency map, with latest election results in which the SDP/PDS regained control of the House of Equals. If you like it, there will be more statistics to come.
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/2302/cyrenciaconstituencies2.png Atlantica Reform 2 Social Democrats 0 Regional Rights 0 Independent Labour 0 Meredith Reform 4 (1 loss to SDP, 1 gain from SDP, 1 loss to ILP) Social Democrats 6 (1 loss to Reform, 1 gain from Reform) Regional Rights 0 Independent Labour 1 (1 gain from Reform) Valentine Reform 6 (4 losses to SDP) Social Democrats 11 (4 gains from Reform) Regional Rights 0 Independent Labour 0 Northern Fontaine Reform 0 Social Democrats 1 (1 gain from RRP) Regional Rights 8 (1 loss to SDP) Independent Labour 0 Westsnow Reform 2 (1 gain from SDP) Social Democrats 0 (1 loss to Reform) Regional Rights 0 Independent Labour 0 Fontaine Reform 16 (8 losses to SDP) Social Democrats 22 (8 gains from Reform, 1 gain from ILP) Regional Rights 0 Independent Labour 0 (1 loss to SDP) DeLeon Reform 6 (3 losses to SDP) Social Democrats 16 (3 gains from Reform, 2 gains from ILP) Regional Rights 0 Independent Labour 3 (2 losses to SDP) TOTALS Reform 36 (1 loss to ILP, 16 losses to SDP, 2 gains from SDP) Social Democrats 56 (16 gains from Reform, 2 losses to Reform, 1 gain from RRP, 3 gains from ILP) Regional Rights 8 (1 loss to SDP) Independent Labour 4 (3 losses to SDP, 1 gain from Reform) PREVIOUS ELECTION (2008) Reform 51 Social Democrats 38 Regional Rights 9 Independent Labour 6 Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Dr. Cynic on September 05, 2010, 10:16:00 PM The map is good, but DeLeon should be switched with DeLeon City. Fixed. Now how many members does the House of Equals have, and how are they elected? I can draw up single-member constituencies, since I think that's what you were getting at with your original post. Does Cyrencia have a directly-elected executive, or is it a parliamentary system? Note: In your original post, Dr Cynic, you specified that Population is rougly 2\3rds of the U.S. This is not so with my statistics, but it seems a little ridiculous that Canada/Cyrencia could support two hundred million people. I'm not big on numbers so what you have is fine by me... House of Equals should have around 70 members. Parliamentary system. Elected through proportional representation. Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: homelycooking on September 06, 2010, 07:50:06 AM Province-based or national constituencies?
List PR, STV, mixed system? Droop, Hare, St Lague quota? Terms of office? Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Хahar 🤔 on September 06, 2010, 12:28:25 PM I'm not entirely sure why Antillia was unsatisfactory.
Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Dr. Cynic on September 07, 2010, 09:01:46 PM Province-based or national constituencies? List PR, STV, mixed system? Droop, Hare, St Lague quota? Terms of office? Province based. List PR St. Lague Every 4 years (Though the calender can be sped up game wise and the PM has the option to call an early election) Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Dr. Cynic on September 07, 2010, 09:03:19 PM I'm not entirely sure why Antillia was unsatisfactory. It wasn't, but it also wasn't my baby and I've found it very difficult to kick start something that wasn't mine to begin with. Those in the game have guaranteed spots, and as soon as we get everything final, you can pick your name and party and brief bio if you wish. Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: homelycooking on September 08, 2010, 07:08:08 AM Province-based or national constituencies? List PR, STV, mixed system? Droop, Hare, St Lague quota? Terms of office? Province based. List PR St. Lague Every 4 years (Though the calender can be sped up game wise and the PM has the option to call an early election) OK, so what more do we need to get started? Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: afleitch on September 08, 2010, 07:19:10 AM I'm interested :)
Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: homelycooking on September 08, 2010, 11:19:03 AM Applying the Sainte-Lague method for seat allocation to the provinces with 70 seats, I get the following representations in the HoE. I gave minimum representation of 2 seats to Westsnow and Atlantica.
Fontaine 24 DeLeon 17 Valentine 12 Meredith 7 Northern Fontaine 6 Westsnow 2 Atlantica 2 Perhaps the next step is to have interested participants choose home states, a Cyrencian persona and start an election campaign for the House of Equals? Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Dr. Cynic on September 08, 2010, 02:37:13 PM Perhaps the next step is to have interested participants choose home states, a Cyrencian persona and start an election campaign for the House of Equals? Yep. Although we'll all pretty much be serving. Once everyone's signed in that expressed interest (I'll wait a couple days for that unless we really get a lot off the bat), we'll begin the campaign for PM. Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Barnes on September 08, 2010, 11:19:26 PM Well, If I may, I'll go ahead and list my info:
Meredith Independent Labor I'll do more later. ;) Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Dr. Cynic on September 08, 2010, 11:42:10 PM I'll just use my real name for this one.
Lawrence Watson MP from Valentine Province Social Democratic Party Bio: (will do later) Age: 32 Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: homelycooking on September 09, 2010, 02:49:35 PM Jean-Philippe Rocheleau
RRP/PDR North Fontaine Age 51 Title: Re: A NEW Atlas Parliament (Founding Thread) Post by: Psychic Octopus on September 11, 2010, 01:55:43 PM Extremely interested.
Nicolas Rhodes Reform Party MP from Alantica Age 36 |