[The Idiots guide] Running for Prime Minister
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by patti11
With 4 of the latest 5 topics on the forums being about running for Prime Minister, I thought this article will help a lot of people out.
So you think you have what it takes to run eAustralia? See if you have made it through these not so simple 3 steps first.
Communication
Scan the first 3 pages of the Newspapers rankings for Australia. See your paper? Good, you communication is well enough to run for the top job. An ability to communicate well is the most important trait a Prime Minister can have. For those who have been around long enough, I can cite you to the dark days of Cozza, Tim09, Cerb who just couldn't cut it the communication department.
Remember, an inexperienced Prime Minister who can communicate will always be elected over a skillful one who can't.
[bStep 2. Experience[/b]
Top 5 Party President
Senator
Senate Speaker
Been two of these roles? Good, you move onto this list:
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Defence
Minister for Finance
Minister for Foreign Affairs
If you have held two of these roles, congratulations! You are eligible for the role of Prime Minister (and no, deputies do not count).
While I mentioned an inexperience Prime Minister who can communicate will get elected over an experience player who can't, that doesn't mean you will be a good Prime Minister. Again, I will cite some past Prime Ministers: Cerridwen Voeland, the Prime Minister who signed Australia into a shocking 5 month NAP (Non Aggression Pact) with Indonesia, Cozza (again, he really was quite shocking as PM 😛
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Of course, there are some exceptions to the rule, most notably: Aussie Vegeta. Aussie Vegeta was Australia's youngest (ingame) Prime Minister, who rose to Deputy Prime Minister in the space of 3 months, and the top job in 4. Aussie, who was a extremely passionate player, although held a number of high roles, didn't have the ability to run the country and effectively was a puppet of a number of other players. Experience is thus, also (ingame) age.
Very few individuals will have the ability to wing it for there first term, let alone get elected for a second term (fun fact, only 4 times has a Prime Minister in Australia been elected for a second term.
Step 3. Time
If you have made it this far, you only have one more criteria to meet, and that is time. Ask any past leader of any country (important country, no asking Uruguay), and they will tell you that being leader is a full time job, and can require you to be on eRepublik up to 7-12 hours a day. If a war is on expect half of this time to be overnight, and expect to be crucified if you miss an important deadline. Make sure you have the time, and are willing to commit the time.
If you don't satisfy this criteria, don't run. Instead, work your butt off and garner the necessary experience and start writing articles. It'll be worth it in a couple of months.
Regards,
patti11
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Wow... /me runs at the prospect of 7 hours minimum game time!
only 7?
Keen
agreed with Wally. if i didnt have to sleep i would never leave
YES, I BARELY CUT INTO TOP 3 PAGEEEESSS
7 is too low. Thanks Patti11 your awesome critieria is well appreciated 🙂
So far I meet nearly all the requirements, I just need a stint in MoFA/dPM/MoF for me to get there, otherwise I am cool 🙂
Frankly if you don't meet most of those outcomes Patti has mentioned...just don't run 😛 well not yet anyway.
"Again, I will cite some past Prime Ministers: Cerridwen Voeland, the Prime Minister who signed Australia into a shocking 5 month NAP (Non Aggression Pact) with Indonesia."
It wasnt shocking, at the time it was the right thing to do. That 5 month could have given us the boom we needed to be stronger then Indonesia.
"Aussie Vegeta. Aussie Vegeta was Australia's youngest (ingame) Prime Minister, who rose to Deputy Prime Minister in the space of 3 months, and the top job in 4. Aussie, who was a extremely passionate player, although held a number of high roles, didn't have the ability to run the country and effectively was a puppet of a number of other players. Experience is thus, also (ingame) age."
Actually, he wasnt a puppet... =.= he just wasnt active at all due to the fact he burnt out. The rest of us had little choice but to take charge.
Also, I dont think you need to be two of the congress roles.
Honestly one term in senate would be enough.
But i totally agree with at least two roles within Cabinet position.
How would you know..
(:
Crappy advice is crappy.
PATTI4ADSP
PATTI4PM!!!
Naowwwwwww
@Bowen: Out of those I would say MoF is the most important. Getting intimate knowledge of the budget will allow you to know what the budget limitations are as CP. The fact you were MoD will leave you with heaps of experience when it comes to military decisions when the budget and the military are all major factors.
@srg: I disagree, in hindsight the 3 months we followed the NAP we had no boom, we all know war starts baby booms.
On Aussie Vegeta, burnt out or not, I imagine that be due to the time the task requires or the overwhelming facet of it. I respect AV immensely but he as well as I know he wasn't ready for the role.
" Cozza (again, he really was quite shocking as PM )."
I agree. if I learned one thing from my time. I'm better in military stuff, and that is why I'm back doing military stuff.
I don't meet the requirements 🙁
Not that I'd run anyway - but I do think those are some good guidelines. Unfortunately, a lot of the people who run for PM are too arrogant to realize that they aren't qualified for the job.
There's no way I'm ever running for PM. I know I'd mess it up so I'm not even going to try. I know how many hours it takes to do the job of MoD or Marshal properly and the job of PM would take even more.