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This is an article explaining about how the political module of this game works within eAustralia. Many players will already this stuff, and this article is targeted towards members of the community who don't fully understand how politics in eAus work, how they can become involved and how the whole process works from and Australian perspective.

Firstly, when you join this game, you will be asked to join a political party of which there are currently 10 available.



You may choose to join any of these 10, there are no prerequisites to joining a party (unlike Military Units), and the choice is up to you. You are not locked in when joining a party, you may leave and join another party at any time.

To join a party, simply go to Community at the top of the page, and select my party, at which point you will be asked to select which party which you wish to join, or if you have already joined a party, you will be taken to your party's page.

(an example of the APP party page)


From here you can choose to resign from your party (which you need to do to join another party, run for Party President (I will explain more about this role later), run for Congress (what eAustralia calls a Senate) and see the leadership group of your party.

The leadership group of the party (i.e. the Vice President, Secretary General, Councillor and Spokesman) actually don't have any real authority within the party, these are ceremonial positions only. The Party President though does have some power.

Party President
The Party President (PP) is voted in on the 15th of every month. They control who is part of the leadership team of the party, as well as deciding the order for Senate candidates (which determines who will get priorities for becoming an eAustralian Senator. They also decide who their party is going to support for the Country President elections.

Senate
The Senate elections occur on the 25th of each month, and you have to propose your nomination prior to the 23rd of the month. The amount of senators eAustralia has depends on how many regions it holds at midnight of the 23rd/24th of the month. For each region that eAustralia holds at this time, we are given 10 senate positions (up to a maximum of 40). Unlike for all other elections, only the top 5 parties get to stand for election! Then you have the choice of which party you are going to vote for. Then based on the % of votes received, each party is allocated a certain number of positions, and then the top people in the candidate list become senators. For example, the XXX party receive 22% of the vote, and eAus control 1 region. The XXX party are allocated 2 seats, so the top 2 people in the candidate list that the PP chose will become senators. If you leave a party while you are a senator, you remain a senator.

Once elected to the senate, you will get a nice little gold bonus (5G!). You can now propose and vote on laws to do with various aspects of eAustralia. You can accept citizenship requests, although there is a formal process that we request you follow, to ensure that dangerous people don't get into our country. You will remain a senator until the next months senators are elected.

Proposing votes. When you become a senator you will have the power to create laws which can be voted on. This is done here. Only senators and Country Presidents can create or vote on laws. Most Country Presidents create a thread for all the members of the senate to communicate. This may be part of our forums, or just in the form of a private message. This allows ideas to be discussed, before proposing or lodging votes. You will be notified when a new law is up for you to vote on, but we recommend you read the chat first so you can make an educated decision when voting.

Citizenship Requests. When you become a senator you will have the power to accept new citizens to our country. But beware, just because someone is nice to you in a PM requesting you accept their citizenship, doesn't mean you should let them in. eAus has had problems in the past with accepting people in who cause nothing but trouble, so we have had a department of government who's responsibility it is to vet potential players wishing to come. They will let the senate know who to accept and who to decline. Please follow their selection, otherwise you may find that you have caused more trouble than its worth and you may be passed over for future senate consideration down the track.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. I will provide a part 2 in the coming days.















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