Erepublik V1 launch date and politics in the new version

Day 302, 01:12 • Published in USA • by Plato

Dear Citizens,

The V1 launch date will be between the 1st and the 15th of October

As [a url=http://www.erepublik.com/profile-5304.html]Aryamehr[/a] predicted in his article (he is very close): '[a url=http://www.erepublik.com/article-641222.html]Version 1 will be out...[/a]' V1 will be launched during the first half of October. With this announcement, we have to close [a url=http://www.erepublik.com/forum-topic-69942.html]the contest on the forum[/a] and then when the exact launch day is made public, the winners will gather their prizes.

We will continue to regularly present the changes that will be available in V1 and in this article you will find out more details about the political module.

Congressional elections

The members of each congress will be able to propose and vote for several types of laws in V1 ([a url=http://www.erepublik.com/article-550882.html]see more details[/a]) . In order to have more responsible members in this position, the congressional elections module will be completely changed. Therefore, we will introduce the uninominal electoral system, where each Citizen will vote for a candidate and not for the party as it is in the Beta. The candidates will still be proposed by the party presidents, but they better choose carefully if they want to form a government that can pass laws.

Country presidents

The country presidents will have the possibility to:
- Write a message to the new Citizens in their country. This will be the first private message that the new born Citizens will get in their Inbox.
- Buy hospitals and a new top-secret type of building (we like keeping a few things secret - makes us feel like Apple). Before proposing this acquisition to congress, the president will be able to select the region where the new buildings go.
- Sign Mutual protection pact - To start a MPP will cost gold from the treasury of both countries and each MPP signed will be valid only for one month, starting from the moment it is accepted by congress.
- Declare war and propose peace - but no nuclear red button yet.
- Stop trading with another country (economical war), kind of like the US embargo on Cuba.

All of these presidential proposals will need a majority of votes in congress in order to be approved.

Another feature that was requested by Citizens, and that will be introduced in V1, is the possibility for the party presidents to select their candidate for the presidential seat. Only the presidential candidates of the top 5 parties in a country will enter the race.

Last elections for mayors

On the 20th of September, we will have the last elections for mayors in Erepublik. This position will no longer exist in V1, however we will reconsider having it back in Erepublik when more complex attributes can be assigned to the mayors. Also, the local elections will be replaced by the congressional elections.

New dates for the elections in V1

All three types of elections will take place monthly just like in the Beta, but the new dates will be:
Presidential elections -5th of each month
Party elections - 15th of each month
Congressional elections – 25th of each month
This change was made in order to avoid having elections on dates like the 1st of January, [a url=http://www.erepublik.com/article-7434.html]when the admins have some problems with the hangover.[/a]


Best regards,
The Erepublik Team.