If you established your own country..........

[Redalgo]

Whatever those 100,000 people want.

I suppose somebody just won the thread. xD

[Senator Snowstalker]

Be some sort of flamboyant all-powerful emperor, with concubines, a shiny palace, and the finest food in the land. But I would also be benevolent, and give the people what they need.

[Californian Tony]

Parliamentary democracy, with a President elected by the parliament, having symbolic and (limited) veto powers.

Unicameral parliament if the country is relatively uniform, bicameral if there are really strong regional identities (but with limited powers for the upper house). Full, national and open-list proportional representation for the election of MPs, with a low threshold (2%). If the political scene is really too fragmented, small majority bonus to the winning party/coalition (10% of seats should work fine).

A head of government elected by the main/only hous of parliament, then he appoints ministers without a need for another parliament vote. No-confidence motion must be constructive. The government can present bills for the parliament to vote, but cannot interfere in the voting with tools such as the French 49-3 or things like that.

The judicial is fully independent from the executive, with any important nomination made either by magistrates themselves, or by the President but with the need for a 2/3rds approval by the parliament. A Charter of Rights (comprising social rights such as the right to health, housing, etc) in the constitution clearly defines the principles any law should respect.

[Senator Snowstalker]

Be honest people. You'd take the power.

[Californian Tony]

Be honest people. You'd take the power.

If I took power, I'll make sure to leave it as soon as possible. That's one of the last jobs I'd want to have.

[Lief]

^^^top ten post in the history of the forum.

[pillage the village, trash the scene]

for example, we would have no 'age of consent'

You're sick motherf**ker, opebo. I just don't understand how forum can like you.

[dialectical fetishist]

for example, we would have no 'age of consent'

You're sick motherf**ker, opebo. I just don't understand how forum can like you.

Why? The USSR never had an age of consent and Bolivia still doesn't.

[pillage the village, trash the scene]

for example, we would have no 'age of consent'

You're sick motherf**ker, opebo. I just don't understand how forum can like you.

Why? The USSR never had an age of consent and Bolivia still doesn't.

But USSR had death penalty for pedophiles - it balances lack of consent age.

[opebo]

You're sick motherf**ker, opebo. I just don't understand how forum can like you.

Because they like the ladies, Pinkvein, as I do.  They don't like a tightass.

[pillage the village, trash the scene]

You're sick motherf**ker, opebo. I just don't understand how forum can like you.

Because they like the ladies, Pinkvein, as I do.  They don't like a tightass.

I, sir, also like women. But how is this related to age of consent?

[afleitch]

Opebo's post was deleted due to the inferences made to under age prostitution. It was rated 10 due to consensus and Nym's reccomendation.

[dialectical fetishist]

Uh oh...

[Proud Lieberal from Northeast]

Ah, I dreamed of doing this when I was a boy. I even made some efforts, but, of course, it was too little to actually accomplish this.

[politicus]

Ah, I dreamed of doing this when I was a boy. I even made some efforts, but, of course, it was too little to actually accomplish this.

Me too. But its impossibl to do IRL. Even the remotest coral reefs, rocky knolls and sandy islets in the Pacific and Indian Oceans are taken by some country. France and the US especially owns a remarkable collection of far away microscopic islands - far more than you would expect.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Singapore without the drug laws or media censorship. Structured on corporate lines of course, with me as a shareholder getting dividends. I'd hire competent people to do the actual running of it. Hell, I'd even get people from the UAE, Japan, Hong Kong, singapore, Lichtenstein and Monaco as consultants to help structure things.

[white trash heroes]

Where is the island located? What are the resources? What are the demographics of the island? Give me a bit more then I'll give you an interesting answer.

[Secretary Polnut]

A Constitutional Monarchy, with universal suffrage for all citizens over 18.

A bi-cameral chamber made up of a lower 'assembly' of 35 people elected by FPTP every 4 years and an upper 'council' of 21 elected through PR. With a Prime Minister drawn from the assembly as head of government, with a Cabinet of 7 people.

A mixed-market economy with strong regulations on workplace relations and health and safety. A progressive taxation system with public education and healthcare.

a 5 member Supreme Court, appointed by the Monarch (with Prime Ministerial advice) after nominations from the national law society.