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Malcholm is really worse than me as far as taxes with a 70.2% tax rate

We need to talk about the trade agreement which could possibly eliminate the taxes in my country. Remember what the FAQ says in nationstates your nation can be whatever it desires-- not by your classification. Sometimes the classification may not be right. ;)

I actually have to calculate the real average along with the states to see the real national tax average which will take me a while to do hahaha.

That's ok! Keep going. I'm always flooding the RMB. I'm glad someone else is doing it for once. Haha!

Hallo how do you do in this Mystical Council Thing?

Geez

I'm about 8 months in and I'm still not sure.

Startled, the ambassador inexplicably shoves the flag under his desk.

"Come in!"

Someone approached a Vaspassian leader from the shadows, "Hey, I need help. The Oakplumington government has sent goblins searching for me. They'll tear me apart!" He stepped out of the shadows to reveal his face. It was a large human-sized rabbit. It was none other than Plum Oakton himself. He drew his hood closer to his face. "Please, I need you to provide me with a safe haven. I may become rabbit stew before long." He looked around suspiciously. "Can I trust you not to turn me over to the authorities?"

Frogcha walked in with a new posture. "Hello, welcome to the Lunar Council. So you're taking over for Nikolas Sica?"

He sat down.

"There is something you should know about me. I intend to deal with the anarchy in Oakplumington and turn it into a proper country. But first we need to have an agreement. That rabbit must be found! I'm hoping that Malcholm will see the benefit of an organized Oakplumington. Maybe your country can keep a look out for him. So, anyway, how is the office? Is everything comfortable - up to par? Is there anything that you will need, Ambassador, to make your stay more pleasant?"

OOC - I think the constitution is almost done. Check it out everyone and let me know what you think. I designed it around the mechanics of the game. Now is the time for feedback, criticism, comments, questions, or concerns. June will be here before we know it. Any observations from misspellings and punctuation mistakes to reforming whole bodies of government will be appreciated. I can't promise that I'll adopt every suggestion but I will at least think about them.

June 2016 after Lunar Council elections will be our first ratification attempt. If the Constitution fails to get adopted we will try again after two or three months with some revisions. We will continue the process until we have a system of regional government that we are more or less happy with.

Thanks. I just made it bold. It looks a little bit better in bold I think.

Nations that said Yes to Revoke Communications:

[nation=short]Jegerkompaniet[/nation]

[nation=short]Malcholm[/nation]

[nation=short]AU912 Mystical Council Consulate[/nation]

With a valid 3/5 vote of the council The executive of the Mystical Council Hereby APPROVES and signs the act into law.

Thanks for voting,

New Bacon

Excellent work. The Lunar Council has made history today. I will note this event in our regional history.

Happy Thanksgiving!

-Happy holidays from the NAF!

Tag check everyone. Are there any tags that you would like to see added to the region? And/or are there any tags that you would like to see removed from the region?

Remember, the Delegate and Lunar Council represent you. They are equipped with the power to alter tags. Feel free to write to your representatives so that they can do a better job representing you here in this region.

I just redesigned my information center. Instead of throwing a pile of links at you I decided to make an attempt to organize it better. Things that are somewhat related have been associated together.

We have two embassy invitations: The Utopian Freesocialists and Darkstar. Thoughts?

"Ah-well-... Thank you." The ambassador was gently startled by Frogcha's appearance, despite being told what to expect. "I'd be lying if I told you I were the legitimate replacement for the great Nikolas Sica. I'm nowhere near comparable to him. However, I am the man designated to represent my homeland to this fair council." The ambassador shuffled though a few papers on the desk. "From what I recall reading earlier today, Oakpluington has been taking enormous leaps and bound to achieve the pure and unadulterated anarchy it is today; and you, a man of great importance to your nation, wish to completely up-heave the current state of utter discord?"

He thought on it for a moment.

"Of course, this is not a decision I alone can make. I'll have to report the idea back to our President, who will then take it up with the Congress. Catching one man-or rabbit-is a simple task. Reigning in an entire country from it's inherent anarchic mentality is something else entirely." The ambassador pondered the concept for a moment. "Surely, President Wilkowski will have no problem with aiding your man--er, rabbit..hunt. In my eyes, an organised, unified Oakplumington is all any of us could ask for."

Reaching this conclusion, he began typing up an email to a secretary of the Wilkowski Administration.

"Also, the office is fantastic; much better than the on I got stuck in while our country inhabited Pyroskian lands. It already provides more than I could ask for; and some. However..." he trailed, thinking of one thing in particular. "Ah! Haitian coffee. I've noticed only international-renowned name brands in my numerous trips to the coffee machine. I know it's an odd request, but do you think that the offices could special order some REBO coffee grounds?"

http://postimg.org/image/qsbn0sde3/full/

Here's a link to an old pic I used to use as a banner for Malcholm.

It's also conveniently a map of Malcholm and Knoblauch! Malcholm is the grey nation, Knoblauch is the blue one. Disregard the other ones, they're from a different region; a different time.

This is perfect. I was just thinking of getting rid of the Interregional Council the other day. But this might be a way to save it. We could require that embassies share at lease 3-5 tags in common with us. OR we could require any NEW embassies to join the interregional council. The old ones can be grandfathered in and wouldn't have to participate. OR we could just set a regional embassy limit say 60 or 75 or something like that.

Here is the disadvantage though, with fewer or limited embassies we will be more isolated and fewer nations will know about our existence.

Another option would be to disband the Interregional Council and make our third branch of government the resident nations who are not already involved in the government. Then we wouldn't have to worry about how many embassies we have.

Honestly, I don't foresee the Interregional Council playing a big part in our government. They are so spread out throughout different regions. It might be better to keep our government here. The Unified Regional Network already seems to be filling that role of bringing regions together, anyway.

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Frogcha came out of the Oakplumington capitol to say a word or two about this.

"This is something we should talk about over the next few days. New Bacon's motto is "Stay Strong". If our own Interregional Council is our weakest link then we need to either reform it or abolish it! The constitution is outside our doorstep. Will it work for us or will [I]we[/I] work for it?"

New poll. Actually, this is more of a discussion than a poll. Malcholm raised a good point the other day. Things are starting to get unmanageable. There are a ton of embassy regions who I haven't even invited yet because we've been getting so many embassies lately. Personally, I don't want to limit the embassies because it gets our region's name out there. But also, I don't want to have to manage an unmanageable Interregional Council. So I'm going to vote for the second option. But even if we decide to keep the Interregional Council there might be a way to manage it better. There are several ideas I posted on the RMB already. I will contact our current members of the Interregional Council so they have a chance to vote in the poll and participate in this discussion. I'm ready to scrap the idea personally. But if the Interregional Council concept still has a lot of support then we can still find a way to save it.

The main problem I have with the Interregional Council concept is that it will always function as a passive/reactive body of government. I don't really foresee the members organizing amongst themselves to pass legislation. Can a government that doesn't function really represent the nations here? Can nations in other regions really represent the nations here in this region? With the new plan, every nation not in the regional government will still have a government voice. Vaspassia, myself, and any other nations who join The Mystical Council will have more of a voice this way. It will also be a more effective way to override the Delegate's veto. If the Interregional Council was asked to stand with the Lunar Council to vote on something in order to override a veto made by New Bacon, the members would have to take time to familiarize themselves with the issue. And I'm sure many nations would not go out of their way to do that. We see this happen all the time in the World Assembly.

I like your idea though. If we end up keeping the Interregional Council, then I would love to limit it to something like 30 participating regions or maybe even fewer than that.

We could call it the General Council or the Regional Council or something else....

The Mystical Assembly...

Yeah, We should make up our own name. The Members of Sentagon. Sort of a cross between Senate and Pentagon.

It would be easy... Our region hasn't passed any laws as of yet creating a regional military.

OOC - On the New Bacon map, Sentagon is located just north of Mongolia in southern Russia. It is an Independent City State which, if recognized, would function with the Regional Capitol. Basically, we would have "two" regional capitols - two separate places functioning as one capitol. In theory.... If passed...

Frogcha finally decided to join the band wagon in order to build support for his own political future in Oakplumington.

"Sentagon will not be silent. Even if it remains unrecognized by the current regional government we shall continue to meet and hold conferences and committees and discussions. We must start by persuading the Interregional Council to vote for the second option. Under the constitution, we need a simple majority approval by the Interregional Council in addition to at least three Lunar Council votes with Delegate approval. This will be a hard battle. I recommend that this new political party rename itself the Sentagon Party. It sounds so much better to be for something than against something. Sentagon should be the decision maker on this, however. Sentagon is a collection of two nations: Oakplumington and Vaspassia. As our region grows in population, so shall Sentagon. And it will grow into an alliance. And then, into a functioning body of government."

There was applause for the Secretary of State who would most likely win the next election in Oakplumington. Plum Oakton remained on the loose and agents were still scouring the country side looking for him.

I'm not exactly sure if it's legit yet (votes continue to trickle in).... but every nation not involved in the Delegacy or Lunar Council will be automatically part of Sentagon. Sentagon is the product of a political movement supported by the Anti-Interregional Party (created by Oakplumington) in the hopes of abolishing the Interregional Council. You have been nominated to lead this body of government (if it becomes a body of government). As of right now, it is simply an alliance of nations who feel the same way. So what do you think? Would you like to join the AIP (Anti-Interregional Party)? Would you like to accept the nomination?

In not so many words.

Basically I'm going to use the analogy the Lunar Council is like the Senate and Sentagon could be like the House of Representatives.

As Au912 Mystical Council Consulate, I am a resident and member of the Lunar Council; as Alternate Universe 716, I am a member of the Interregional Council. Should I vote as both?

I see [nation=short]Wuqumof[/nation] is having fun in Bacon's seat.

So, Wuqumof, how is it?

Hey [nation=short]Wuqumof[/nation] you spelled Octubus' name wrong. Could you at least fix it before you leave?

I'm gonna document all this before fixing anything. You know how particular I am about regional history. ;)

Just a standard tag raid?

Yeah, pretty much. All under control. I have to reinstate the Lunar Council members. Just got the regional history all up-to-date.

I'll be back in a little while to fix some more things. Lunar Councillors feel free to help me unsuppress posts and cancel embassy closures.

3/10 Interregional Votes

4 votes for all residents

2/5 Lunar Council

Oh yeah, this is going to be a battle.

Hey wait! I just realized something. I'm officially the Acting Delegate now since there is no delegate. Hehehe. I haven't been in that position for a long time.

Well I guess I'm prepared for my office being overthrown twice. :)

Yep, we were raided again. I'm going to be making a few adjustments to the constitution. The title Vice Delegate doesn't really make sense since the Founder automatically becomes the Acting Delegate during the absence of a Delegate.

All done. :)

Vedan, Transfan200, and Friese are on the brink of ceasing to exist. If these nations cease to exist we will only require 4 votes from the Interregional Council to abolish the Interregional Council.

Thanks

A military would make things even more interesting over here. I'm hoping we get a good mix of RPers, Defenders, and Raiders to keep things alive.

Frogcha wins the Oakplumington elections as supreme leader. "The first thing I will do is create an actual functioning government."

Frogcha has also stated that "If Vaspassia were to run for a seat on the Lunar Council {this Christmas}, you can be sure of one thing, Vaspassia would have the support of the great nation of Oakplumington. There is not one doubt in my mind that the nation of Malcholm will retain its seat. This can only mean one thing. If some nation - any nation - runs for the second Lunar Council seat, it will be a landslide defeat for the Submarine Group."

This is not the first time that Oakplumington has gone after the Submarine Group.

I feel like something should be done with the raids that are going on. Maybe you all should consider three things, ban every nation in all raider regions, or just ban the nations that caused the damage or another option would be is to password-protect the region so that way New Bacon's Seat won't get overthrown anymore. It takes our region as a whole to do something. Bacon won't be watching the region all the time. Now of course everyone has things he or she have to do in life even I have things that I have to do. So I would encourage you all to vote on either banning the nations or password-protect the region. I mean the only feasible option would be to password-protect the region so that way Bacon's or whatever his name is seat will not be overthrown. Like I said the raiders are going to continue to overthrow Bacon's seat if nothing is done.

Lunar Council President Malcholm has said something similar earlier today. I am opposed to the idea. I love the unpredictability of this region. However, I will submit to the authority of the regional government. This is not just my home it's also yours too.

All you need to do is have someone write up some law that brings the hammer down on this raiding business. Two branches of government have to approve. As we all have noticed, the Interregional Council is almost completely not working. So that leaves the Delegacy and the Lunar Council. I'm sure New Bacon deep down inside probably wants to put a stop this raiding nonsense, too. But I can't speak for New Bacon. Malcholm has so much as said the same earlier today. I don't know how AU912 will vote but Jegerkompaniet and ChingisLan are both raiders and Submarine Group is inactive. I'm not sure how you're going to get three votes out of the Lunar Council in support of such legislation. Now there are several ways you can approach this.

1. Get more WA nations to come here and endorse New Bacon or the Delegacy of choice.

2. You run for the second seat of the Lunar Council. If you win on Christmas Day you will replace Submarine Group and bring another voting member to the council. Then you can team up with Malcholm and pass a no raiding nonsense law or whatever it'll be called.

3. If we do manage to establish Sentagon as a third branch of government, you as the President of Sentagon will be able to present the nations with a law and potentially could bypass the Lunar Council and send something directly to New Bacon for approval.

4. You could also attempt to form some sort of a treaty with Nugut and Cimmeria.

5. We could also recognize and accept this instability as an integral part of The Mystical Council and its regional culture.

6. As you suggested you could pass some sort of password legislation.

7. Any combination of the above.

Those are your options constitutionally speaking-potentially speaking.

But...I'm going to oppose you the entire way. I like things messy. I think things are more interesting now with raiding happening often. I'm totally into this. I'm definitely number 5. It forces one to really work hard to keep their place in government and especially in the Delegacy. And I believe that is the true spirit of the Nation States game. I have to respectfully stand with the raiders on this one. This is about freedom...from what? I'm not exactly sure. But somehow it's about freedom.

2 minutes ago: The Insanity of Oakplumington tagged the region "Silly".