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Now before we talk about the policies that can be implemented, and how they will affect you, I want to tell you a story.

"Once there was a young penguin, called iratsar. He was just starting on his journey to enlightenment, and didn't really know which way to go. You see, on this journey there were no clear signposts, the lights were fading, and the bugs were distracting. But almost immediately an older penguin - hcakoK - pointed iratsar in the direction he wanted to go."

Without helpful older penguins to give directions where needed, iratsar and many young penguins like him would never have found their way. This is at the top of my agenda, and at the core of all my thinking, to try and stop the rot and prevent people dropping out before the fun has even started. This is why I am going to be bringing back the...

Citizen Awards

I belieeve it is vital that penguins who take their time to help younger citizens get involved in the game Deserve more credit. They really help create the community. Bringing these awards back will offer some penguins who wouldn't typically get heard some recognition for there efforts. On a similar note I will be looking into bringing back the...

British Academy

Now the reason this hasn't been around recently is because of the workload on the Ministry of Information & Education's (MoIE) shoulders. This is why I would be interested in encouraging more apprentices to join the department staff. Easy. Again, those who dedicate themselves to the country deserve credit, especially in the media section where subscribers and votes mean increasingly little. As well as focusing on the older penguins that help the young penguins, I am also going to focus on the younger penguins directly which is why I am hoping to reintroduce...

Ask Frank

Now Ask Frank is basically a talk line where younger penguins can ask 3 or 4 more experienced penguins advice on eRep related issues. It will be advertised in-game and on the forums and will provide a more personal way for younger penguins to get help. This is ready to go, with an Org already in place (pending a name change by the Admins). Now another thing that will help younger penguins would be more newbie guides, pimping existing information, and using helpful advice from older penguins. I will defiantly be looking into setting up a...

Welcoming Committee

The Welcoming Committee will be run by the Minister of Migration and Support (MoMaS), who will appoint penguins to the committee to play with questionnaires and surveys to find out, in more detail, what issues young penguins really face. They would work closely with Ask Frank and the MoIE switching resources to relieve a little pressure. Another thing that I belive in is...

More Communication

As a nation we need to getting out there to more penguins. I think that our current set up is quite distant from the majority, and there needs to be far more communication in-game. The first idea is to release daily articles; A Prime Minister's dairy if you like, and let everybody know what is going on, straight from the penguin's mouth. Opinion polls, Hot Topics and Mini-Votes on certain issues. I also feel more openness is needed too. This is why I would like...

Ministerial Reports to be made publicly

Every week the Minister in charge of each Department publishes a report in the Cabinet section of the forums. If elected, I would make these reports public and release them in an article. Of course, any private information which threatens security would be removed in accordance with the Ministers' code, but the emphasis would be to give more penguins a greater insight into how our government works. Now another thing that would help penguins find out more about how things work would be too...

Fix that New Citizen Message!

Why on Earth this hasn't been fixed yet I don't know, but it still says that deathtoll is Country President, which has to be changed for the poor guy's sake at least. If it is too long and impersonal, many penguins will not read it. Changing it will be the first thing on my agenda. 60 penguins a day are greeted by an outdated and incorrect citizen message which is a far greater problem than many think it is. Another thing of great importance that needs to be sorted out is...

More Advertising

This would apply to all department, definitely the Military, and all current schemes like the CORE Exams and the Citizen Exchange Programme, They need regularl advertising in-game to stay fresh and effective. The current responsibility of advertising is down to the Minsters themselves, but when you are running a complex Ministry, writing adverts is not what you want to do, which is why I may introduce scribes, and get the Welcoming Committee involved. Of course this would come under the larger topic of...

Managing the Ministries

There is loads of legislation that doesnt get carried out because the ideas are still moving and shaking. The main priority will be to get all these schemes running, and running properly. A stickied, updated thread in the Cabinet section of the forums could show all current legislation, showing what department is responsible for it, and what extra duties need carrying out. Regular communication more than just the current ministerial reports between the PM and ministers is needed, making sure everything gets done and all minsters and members of there departments will be added (msn is ideal). If a particular minister is overloaded with work or short on time, a position within the ministry to tackle that particular task will be advertised in-game and on the forums. The appointing to ministries will happen in the normal way, with the position being advertised and candidated posting on the thread/comments section. I will be looking for your ideas and how you would act them out. Appointments would be done on ability and what can be brought to the metaphorical table. Now as we know the in-game functions are fairly limited. Fun and original ideas are what makes the game better which is why I will be supporting the...

Department for Entertainment

The Department for Entertainment is an unofficial department (at the moment) which focuses on making the game fun with out-of-game and out-of-forums activities, like Regional Pub Quizzes, eRepublik F1, eRepublik Lottery. Community activities make things far more fun for everybody. I think this is undervalued and I would be interested in making the department official, as well as putting added emphasis on it in my dairy. Now many young penguins get cuts and bruises from scrapping, working and training, which is why the wellness of the nation is very important, which brings me to my next topic...

The NHS

Now every penguin needs some help to keep wellness up every now and again, which is why I will be in favour of a new 3 point NHS system,

1. Increase gifting to UP TO 5 wellness a day (based on Quality level of work.)
This means a penguin working in Q1 will receive 1 wellness a day, whilst a Q5 penguin will receive 5 wellness a day. It will become the job on the NHS to maintain the wellness of its patients, and the patients responsibility to improve.

2. Gifting only on request.
Not every penguin wants the help of the NHS. Some can handle their own wellness without the aid of the state. Others will need almost constant attention. However it will become the responsibility of the patient to seek help and advice, thus removing any unnecessary gifting.

3. Gifting to a maximum of 70.
Priority should be given to penguins with the least wellness. Once at 70, citizens should take advantage of Private Health Care, to maintain wellness, where the penguins sends money to the NHS Director to the value of the gifts requested. This can still prove cheaper than purchasing gifts of the market, as I fully intend to offer General Managers keeping product prices at the RRP, stock pile contracts to keep prices down.

Summary

Getting young penguins involved in the game and making this game more fun is ridiculously important and should be given more precedence instead of political penguins squabbling over petty things This is the key things that I will address, along with getting the ministries more organised and adding more of a voum factor. Thanks for reading. Let's do this.