【jw】 Domestics: The holy grail we've never managed
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Domestics has been an issue for the UK for years. During my previous terms, we struggled, and to be honest, so have most domestics policies since that king guy did stuff, and that must have been 10 years ago. Even then, things were relatively goo
😛domestics has never been a strength for the UK: because we've always focused on game mechanics, the military module, with any leftover manpower hurled towards foreign affairs. As such, the time, and money, invested into domestics has always matched the inherent rejection of it's importance.
But now, more than ever, countries are winning through retention, not recruitment. Over the past 3 months, we have averaged 2 new eUK citizens a day. It's never been this low before, and it's only going to get lower. Growth, these days, is relative; not absolute. We don't win by growing babies: we win by outliving our enemies. The strongest countries, likeSerbia, Poland, Hungary and Romania are thriving on the battlefield, not because they have fresh soldiers signing up every month, but because they have competitive and cohesive units outside of Government, who supply troops and motivate them to come back. Some soldiers in British MUs are lucky if they have a weekly supply, in some cases, at all: this is something that Government can't change directly. But, I can encourage improvement, push for more co-operation between government and these MUs, and try to grow an example that others can emulate going forward.
The same is true of parties. Government cannot be expected to pickup all the work: especially with record low levels of engagement and volunteers to man the battlestations. Thus, to encourage groups (be they parties, or Military Units), my government will provide the only support it can: financial. To encourage groups to pick up where they should have done many moons ago, my government will fund welcome packages for new members, and prizes for existing members.
Parties and Military Units can choose to accept or refuse such funding, but will be based on the following figures;
- 250 GBP per new member (paid per member)
- 50 GBP per member (paid weekly)
For Military Units, there will be additional funding based on damage and kills, calculated on a weekly basis. Instead of rewarding statistics, we will reward activity, persistence and focus. I will outline this plan in more detail in my next article. For now, the key thing to note: Government cannot do everything: but we will do our best to help and reward those who are willing to pick up some of the slack.
Finally, I'd like to thank everyone who has helped me this month as we finalize our Plato foundation proposal, which will be ready for submission next month. The work that's gone into this proposal is staggering, but it is far from over yet: should this be accepted; we'll have a long, and heady task in pulling everything together, and getting the most out of this opportunity. Things will take time to organize, and an active and engaged team will be needed to ensure things run smoothly.
Not only will this offer us a place on the international stage, but it will also hopefully serve as a catalyst to spice things up and encourage a new norm in our domestic affairs. It sucks that I constantly end up repeating myself, but things will be within the range that we find acceptable. The moment we accept less, the moment less becomes the norm. Such a consistent, and constant cycle of reduction has lead us to where we are now. Over the coming month I'll do my best to reach new heights: but for that I really do need more bodies to help out, either actively or passively.
To actives: get involved. Even a couple of minutes a day would be a big help. You don't even need to be in government. Comment, discuss, support or even oppose - writing all of these articles for 3-4 articles is the reason less and less people write articles: support activity with your voice, not just your vote and your CC.
To congress: you aren't just there to collect your 5 gold. I cannot speak for other parties, but discussion takes place: action makes things worthwhile - constant discussion leads to nothing. Do things. Want to do things. Offer ideas and suggestions.
To everyone: vote jamesw kthx
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~jw
PS: For those interested, the first article I released in relation to my candidacy can be found here
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pls no
so jelly
inb4 WayneKerr triggered by domestic policies
All I can see is jimmy attempting to throw what little money we have at a secondary problem.
We gave 20k to each party a couple of months ago with the instructions to do as you pleased with it...annnd nothing, so we can safely assume financial incentives don't work mainly because the issue is not a lack of resources.
Invest it as you please and use the profits is asking people to be active to "improve activity" which just adds to the catch 22.
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brb PTO'ing BP again so I can claim money for shifting my dudes in to vote for me.
eUK has never been 'Game Mechanic' based. Pretty much my entire time here the eUK was 'meta-oriented', this is why we have a country of weak old fags, this is why our strongest player would struggle to get into most Top 5's around the world and this is why we are struggling to be competitive.
If you are gonna have a crack at solving the malaise, at least be truthful about them.
The Appleby never falls far from the tree. Forums were never meta in their focus, but people using them and being more active wasn't a bad thing. Outside of that, and Congress organizing itself (sometimes too much) we are not even close to meta when compared with the rest of the world.
The forums were indeed meta. eUK applied rules dreamt up there in game. That is meta. eUK spent how many years under a dictatorship using self imposed rules in order for it to function? That is meta.
The few times we have been game mechanics orientated was when we managed to get a few people to create new accounts in order to take advantage of the Division changes and a few gamey tactics when it comes to war.
If the forums were that crucial to activity, then explain why we are so weak, strength wise compared to just about every other eNation?
I agree that presently we are far from being 'meta' ran.
Honestly this your proposal would be implemented if we have babies,newbies and the oldfags would have motivation with packs to get involved in battles and also to have resources,funds.Sadly we don"t have that.
It takes a lot for an eUK'er to whip out the mastercard for erep. But it won't ever happen if they don't stick around in the first place!
Absolutely agreed King Woldy.Good point u have.
great article with some positive solutions to the UK problems. well done again.
James radicalising all of a sudden with his new admiration for the theory, still needs to read up on his Woldyism-Acrocism-Rexism praxis on how to do it. Social looks like it’s gonna be a weak point for James, but I respect that he will retreat into his Liberal ideology, of ignoring the social ills, once he gets comfortable.
Our military and economy will probably be great though 😛
I;ve not known, to date, any government that has encouraged any external cabinet working.
I did congress for a while but the mechanics for chat are useless. The only other time I did any external cabinet stuff was for Rathena when she was PM; did a little foreign embassy stuff.
If nobody contacts the general populus then the newer general populus is very soon going to get PISSED OFF.
we dont have money for that! It will be nice but lets ge real. how money is that on daily bases, weekly...
It seems to me like an empty promise.