【TUP】Presidential elections, Discord and PokeFlute

Day 3,539, 23:34 • Published in United Kingdom France • by Hell The Great

Before I go into more details on the progress TUP has made over the last couple of days, I'd firstly like to officially open up our Presidential ballot. So far only one candidate has come forward, but our poll will begin tomorrow, meaning any candidate who hopes to get TUP support should be getting in touch with me at some point today. As always, we will be meritocratic with our decision: regardless of where the candidate calls their political home, we're looking at policy, history and capability. Feel free to get in touch and get yourself added to the ballot - just be sure to include notes on your policy and goals for the month.

Should no candidate receive a majority, then as with previous months, the party will not officially endorse any candidate in game, something which has happened various times over the last couple of months. I'm hopeful we will have, or be able to support, a candidate: but ultimately the voice of the party will be listened to.


To increase communication amongst party members, and foster stronger relationships between all batshit lefties, TUP has also opened a discord channel. For those already registered, you can use our open invite link here. If you haven't yet downloaded or registered, the Discord app is available on the App Store and Play Store; download then click the link above. Discord is essentially a WhatsApp alternative which has room-based chats as well as individual or group chats; be sure to engage yourself to ensure you're getting to know everyone!

There's also a wider eRepublik chat, which also has links to the UK official channel, which you can find here. My advice is get in eRep, eUK and TUP to ensure you have ample active conversations to engage in.


In terms of policy, the general consensus amongst the party was to support Harambe with the training war, but going forward the effect this has on our MPP structure is not really worth the small bumps to patriot medals; going forward we would hope for some kind of Air Strike, or real war. As the term is almost over, such discussions are better suited for Harambe's successor. In terms of tax policy, with an active and competent MoF in the form of Huey, we again will support existing policy.

Policy discussions amongst some congress candidates have already begun; as and when these yield results we will officially announce any changes we would propose; but as things stand, things don't seem awful, so there isn't a ton we can change. The biggest issue is activity: outside of MoD and MoF reports there doesn't seem to be a lot of communication: a more active social side within a domestic policy to engage the population at large would help to try and stimulate our two-clickers - we are already attempting to do this ourselves, but ultimately this shouldn't be left down to parties to do alone.


Finally, after rounds of donations and internal discussions, I'm pleased to announce the first in a line of activity-related policies TUP will be releasing over the coming weeks. Codenamed PokeFlute, this policy will see members of TUP given upwards of 20 Q7 weapons per day, to do with as they so please. Supplies are split into two parts:
Work supply is dropped off once per week, to TUP members who work in a party commune. Each work shift completed resulting in a supply of 15Q7 weapons. Based on a once-daily work shift, that's 105 Q7 weapons per week.
Activity supply is a daily drop off of 5 Q7 weapons. Members sign in on the party feed to receive their 5 Q7 weapons.

Anyone interested in signing up for the above, can message me for further instructions: the only requirement is that you are a TUP member.

tl;dr:
- Apply to run for President with TUP support by tomorrow
- Government's doing OK but enough with the training wars, and more articles plzthx
- Tons of weapons for all TUP members

~jw