[DoE] Being a Congressman
Department of Citizen Affairs
This article intends to continue informing the general populace about the Political Module as stated in the previous few articles, with particular emphasis being put upon Congress.
This article aims to inform the reader about the ingame mechanics related to being a Congressman as well as the metagame responsibility that Congressmen in eUSA hold.
Running for Congress
According to ingame mechanics, one needs to have 100 experience points to run for Congress. However, with the power being entrusted to the Party Presidents to pick their party’s congressmen, it is advisable for prospective congressmen to work their way up in the parties to increase their chances of being selected. Activity on IRC, in the party’s forums and messaging and helping out newbies are some of the ways to be selected for Congress for members. Furthermore, some eUS parties hold polls to pick their Congressmen so the more well known you are, the better are your chances of being chosen.
Ingame Functions
Clicking on "propose a law" enables a congress member to make the following proposals, of which they can make two (2) per mandate. A congress member can resign from his/her position by clicking the "resign" button.
*Change taxes
Note: Can not be lower than 1% and higher than 99% for Import Tax or 25% for VAT or 50% for Income Tax. Raw materials have no VAT.
*Country donations
Transfer money or gold from the country's treasury to an organization. During the twenty-four hour voting period the proposed currency due for donation is "frozen" and rendered unusable.
*Minimum wage
Change the minimum employee salary given by companies. Can not be lower than 0.10 units of local currency.
*Issue money
Take gold from the treasury and replace it as money. Includes paying a transaction tax of which is deducted at a rate of 0.005 gold per 1 unit of money.
*President Impeachment
Remove the President and replace him with whichever previous presidential candidate received the second-highest vote score. Requires 66% of Congress votes to be passed.
*Natural enemy
Members of congress or president can propose neighboring country as their natural enemy. If agreed, a free war will be started with the natural enemy. The prosing country citizens will get +10% bonus while fighting against their natural enemy.
*Granting citizenship
Congressmen are able to grant citizenship to foreign citizens that intend to enter a country. The number of CS passes per Congressman is based on the amount of votes cast in the Congressional elections.
The Meta-Game:
Most eUS legislation is done on the eUS forums, with ingame proposals being required to have cleared the forums before being approved ingame. This allows most of the “rogue” proposals to be voted down, and provides time to smoothen out and improve proposals before they are accepted by the house. The eUS constitution makes for good reading for prospective Congressmen looking to get involved in the country’s legislation.
We hope that understanding these ingame mechanics make your ingame experience easier and more enjoyable. Please remember to post in the comments if you’d like the DoE to cover a particular subject.
Comments
pirinc
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damn you. 😛
First reserved for informed Congressmen!
Fail at first.
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good article
Thanks for informing
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Thx
Wtf is this congressman you speak of?
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As the old song by Chicago: goes... "Vote for Me!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSsIAmz7cuA
Except I'm not running for office...
Vote for me, vote for me
I want the nomination for the Presidency
Vote for me, vote for me
If I am elected, this is how it will be
I'll cut your tax in half
I'll make the Russians laugh
I'll feed the hungry people everywhere
I'll bring the railroads back
New trains and new track
From Waikiki to old Delaware
Vote for me, vote for me
I want the nomination for the Presidency
Vote for me, vote for me
If I am elected, this is how it will be
I'll give Detroit one year
New cars that run on beer
Or anything except gasoline
I'm looking to the sun
More power for everyone
And the cleanest sky that you've ever seen
I'm not going to kid you, there's a lot to do
Little can I promise, it's really up to you
But if we all work together
And I think we can
And if you want some new ideas
Then I'm your man
Vote for me, vote for me
I want the nomination for the Presidency
Vote for me, vote for me
If I am elected, this is how it will be
I'll work for global peace
And the sweet release
Of the love and human kindness in us all
I would give all I've got
You just give me a shot
Somehow, I know that I can win the fall