NEW: New Register Thread and Other Things

[Hashemite]

This is not Atlasia people, although it's fast becoming one.

I joined because I was genuinely curious about participating. I didn't know a bunch of other Atlasia people would suddenly flock here to line up in the same way.

I would be interested in this thing except that it's obviously becoming Atlasia2 where people can just be zombies again. Great fun.

[afleitch]

I would be interested in this thing except that it's obviously becoming Atlasia2 where people can just be zombies again. Great fun.

I've came back after a few days and it seems like that. I think the number of parties is high; I think there should be a left, centre and a right party and leave it like that. I'd also be keen on 'de-Americanising' this thing. I mean 'Constitution Party?' What constitution? What if ours is very liberal

[Senator Barnes]

I would be interested in this thing except that it's obviously becoming Atlasia2 where people can just be zombies again. Great fun.

I've came back after a few days and it seems like that. I think the number of parties is high; I think there should be a left, centre and a right party and leave it like that. I'd also be keen on 'de-Americanising' this thing. I mean 'Constitution Party?' What constitution? What if ours is very liberal

I agree with afleitch. A British or French style government would be nice.

[Mint]

I mean 'Constitution Party?' What constitution? What if ours is very liberal

There are some that advocate for a bill of rights in your country.

[dialectical fetishist]

I want an Israeli style system

[Χahar]

'Twill be loosely based on the French Third Republic.

[dialectical fetishist]

'Twill be loosely based on the French Third Republic.

Fair enough.

[Hashemite]

'Twill be loosely based on the French Third Republic.

Better.

[Senator Barnes]

'Twill be loosely based on the French Third Republic.

Could you lay out the structure, then?

[Χahar]

It will be a unitary state. The President will be elected in even-numbered months; he will have the authority to appoint and dismiss Prime Ministers, and also to dissolve the National Assembly. Any one National Assembly can sit for 45 days before being automatically dissolved. The Prime Minister shall appoint the government, which shall be responsible to the National Assembly. If we should choose at some point to create an upper house, the government would also be responsible to that house.

[Sibboleth]

How do you intend elections to be run?

[Χahar]

That is to be determined. Simulated elections, though they certainly have their merits, may not be feasible.

[Senator Barnes]

The Government sounds cool to me. I really want to get started soon.

[Hashemite]

I oppose running elections like in Atlasia, since that encourages stupid players, zombies and sh**t in general.

[Χahar]

Recall that voting would be by list at any rate. This would decrease zombie effects.

It might be interesting to have a Senate based on the Northern Irish model.

[Smid]

Recall that voting would be by list at any rate. This would decrease zombie effects.

It might be interesting to have a Senate based on the Northern Irish model.

What's the Northern Irish model? I was thinking like the Victorian (Australian) model would be a possible way of ensuring minority representation through PR, but not letting the numbers drop to insignificant 4% levels (50 Senators all off the one ballot).

I oppose running elections like in Atlasia, since that encourages stupid players, zombies and sh**t in general.

I wholeheartedly endorse this opinion.

[Χahar]

Recall that voting would be by list at any rate. This would decrease zombie effects.

It might be interesting to have a Senate based on the Northern Irish model.

What's the Northern Irish model? I was thinking like the Victorian (Australian) model would be a possible way of ensuring minority representation through PR, but not letting the numbers drop to insignificant 4% levels (50 Senators all off the one ballot).

Each lower house elects a certain number of Senators through STV, and the Senators' terms last a fixed number of Parliaments.

[Senator Barnes]

Do we have any ideas on how the Court System will work? If we're going to have one, that is.

[Sibboleth]

That is to be determined. Simulated elections, though they certainly have their merits, may not be feasible.

I don't see why not, especially as it would be easy to incorporate party membership stuff into how election results are calculated.

[Smid]

Recall that voting would be by list at any rate. This would decrease zombie effects.

It might be interesting to have a Senate based on the Northern Irish model.

What's the Northern Irish model? I was thinking like the Victorian (Australian) model would be a possible way of ensuring minority representation through PR, but not letting the numbers drop to insignificant 4% levels (50 Senators all off the one ballot).

Each lower house elects a certain number of Senators through STV, and the Senators' terms last a fixed number of Parliaments.

Virtually the same thing, then. The Victorian model, instead of a certain number of Senators per seat fixes eleven seats to one Region, and then elects five Upper House MLCs (Senators by another name still smell as, well, of talcum powder...) by STV.

[Sewer]

Do we have any ideas on how the Court System will work? If we're going to have one, that is.

I hope we dont'.

[dialectical fetishist]

I hope we do.

[Senator Barnes]

Bump.

[Smid]

Let the GM determine how the Court finds in any legal challenge.

[Sibboleth]

If we have a powerful and active constitutional court in this, then it might as well be Atlasia - and there would be no point to that. I can accept that elements of Atlasia might be needed to make something on this sort of scale work here, but there are limits.