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First, I would like to say that I have many more good ideas than what I've written so far, and you won't be dissappointed if you subscribe.

There are lots of problems with politics in erepublik.

Problem #1
Everyone knows about political takeovers. The basic idea is:
1. A whole bunch of people go to another country.
2. One of those people runs for congress or president.
3. That person gets elected and messes around with the government.
The reality is that this is unrealistic. Romania couldn't really send people to Russia to get a Romanian elected president.

Problem #2
Disputed RL regions
This is not so big of a problem now, but I think it will be in the future. What if the Basques want their own erepublik country? What about Kosovo? It isn't part of Serbia in Erepublik. What about the Falkland Islands? Britain or Argentina? What if a territory in India that is majority Pakistani get conquered by India, and they want to be part of Pakistan (I know this won't happen in the short term)? They can't start a resistance war.

Problem #3
Minor parties struggle to stay alive.
In erepublik, only five parties can really stay alive. When you join a party, the screen you see has the top five parties. You can only vote for congressmen from the top five parties. You can only run for congress if you are in the top five parties. In 5 months, who do you think will be the top five parties? The way the system is set up, no other parties can push their way into the top five.

Problem #4
Parties have to nominate candidates they don't like.
If only one candidate from a party is running in a region, the party has to let him run. A perfect example is Micheal Lewis running for the USWP. They don't like him, but many of their members don't know that.

Problem #5
What about Independents?
You can't run as an independent. They would have a huge effect on erepublik politics.




As usual, I propose changes to fix the system:
1. Ah, citizenship. I'll split up my ideas for this.
A. You become a resident of a country after living there for 30 days (You start out as a resident of the country you joined). You have to be outside a country for 30 days to lose your residence in that country.
B. You can vote in a country if you are a resident there. What a simple system.
C. You can change your nationality anytime you want.
D. You can start a resistance war if you are a citizen of a different nationality than the country you currently live in and at least 1/3 of the people in that region are a citizen of that nationality. So if 40% of the people in Northern Ireland consider them Irish, they can start a resistance war, even though it's part of the United Kingdom's original territory.
E. The admin could add Kosovo as a territory occupied by Serbia, and Kosovo as a country with no regions. They could also add the Falkand islands as a territory occupied by the British. If the people there feel they're part of a different country, then they can show it in a resistance war. Basque country could be added as a country with no territory.

No more stupid and unrealistic political takeovers. *hits red easy button*

2. Anyone who wants can run for congress with no party affiliation. The party president has the option to nominate one candidate in each region before the 24th of each month. If someone doesn't get a nomination, they can withdraw themselves from the ballot, or they can run as an independent. This will fix the problem of parties being forced to run candidates they don't like and allow people to run as independents.

3. To simplify things, if someone gets multiple nominations, they can choose one as their real nomination and the rest just become endorsements by parties.

4. Any party that has a member in congress is shown on the politics screen, and on the first page of the party screen before you join a party.

Under this system, minor parties like the Federalist Party and Nationalist Party would be given a chance, and political takeovers would become a lot more realistic.