A proposal for the development of politics in eIreland
Winston Hope Smith
Note:- the following is a discussion document...
Politics is almost dead in eRepublik due to changes in game mechanics.
It is not necessary to accept this and I am proposing a few things here to help revive the role of politics in eRepublil and in particular eIreland.
We should empower the elected Dáil and give it more powers than the game allows. How? I hear you ask.
In the Dáil as set up by Plato and his Admin junta the Dáil's powers are limited to 8 items
1. New citizen fee
2. Donate
3. Issue Money
4. Taxes
5. Minimum wage
6. President Impeachment
7. Provide citizenship
8. Natural Enemy
My proposal is we expand Government here on this forum to similitude the RL Dáil as much as possible.
We could have the Government Ministers brought to the Dáil to answers questions from the TDs
We could elect a Ceann Comhairle to manage debates
We could role play idealogical debates to RL issues...ie a Bill could be introduced to legalise abortion...the debate on such would be entertaining and we then vote here.
We then can maintain a Law book where passed Laws are held. Also we could direct the CP or Taoiseach to act in a certain way on eRep with the threat of impeachment should he/she refuse...
The possibilities are endless and for political junkies like myself addictive. It will give meaning to the Parties and while not all directly applicable to game mechanics it will not matter. New Dáils might want to repeal older laws and reverse the policy (both in game or not) of older Dáils...
To give an example of how detailed this can get the following is a link to the Law book of a region in NationStates I was part of. Remember this was almost entirely forum based as the NationStates game was very very basic, SEE COMMENT FOR LINK
Should we agree to adopt this it will take a while to be introduced. We will need to start simply and build over time.
We can once again give meaning to the Party Political structure of eIreland and in time be to the eWorld what Greece was to the real world and bring politics back in vogue.
I welcome discussion and debate, positive and negative...
WHS
Comments on the eIreland forum please
Comments
THE BUGGERS WON'T LET ME POST ;LINK...visit the eIreland forum Public Dáil for thread
No , No , No , if its not ingame it shouldnt be offsite either
eAbortions should not be allowed!!
Trying to kill our babyboom like -.-
Does anyone have a copy of the current Constitution?
Here Dryden 😉
http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Rules
This was a great article, WHS, definitely would make the game more interesting. Most of the suggested ideas were pretty good. I especially liked the idea of empowering the Dail, not the President. Power to the people's elected representatives!
Hi Guys
castaneda...I think the constitution Dryden is looking for is the old eIreland forum constitution.
Also why can't we expand the game to off site? We already do with the use of IRC.
MrConwayTwitty, the debate on say eAbortions is just an example...it would be sure to generate debate.
Tnx Mike I appreciate the comment.
We must increase taxes so we can get more IEP in country treasury for MPP's, so far CP's have been financing this all the time, but now me must stand on our foots
I'm with MUFC
Agreed but that's not really relevant to my proposal
I would not mind Winston. Maybe if we can get people arguing about stuff that is not game related then they won't argue about the stuff that is. We can only dream.
Like I said I am all for it. I like that kind of stuff too. As long as it does not interfere with the game mechanics.
I like it too, although i didn't really understand the rl political stuff 😛
Voted
Woaaaahhh
NO! NO! NO! Please no!!!
I like a pinch of politics to keep us all on the same track, but national power to Congress? I think if a congress member has any role to play in eIreland's continued success, they would be a minister regardless of the congress medal.