Add referendums to eRepublik !
Franckie18
Greetings eCitizens,
Master_rg's articles about his visit at eRepublik Labs gave me some hope concerning the future of the game. So I decided to make some articles proposing new features (from me or other players) more frequently than I did last year, starting today with an article concerning referendums.
First of all, the idea of an eRepublik referendum isn't mine. There have already been numerous people and articles suggesting this feature.
So let's start with it. What would be an eRepublik referendum ?
Adding referendums to eRepublik would mean Country Presidents and Dictators (and why not even Prime Ministers, in order to give them a concrete tool and not just a symbolic name) could ask once or twice a month the population of their eCountry their opinion about a specific subject. Citizens would then be able to answer by Yes or No to the question asked, just like for a normal law.
Example of a referendum
I'm not asking here to add a very complicated feature as you can see. I have no programming skills and can't say if this is difficult to implement in the game though. This could clearly stimulate some activity and involve citizens in basic politics.
I also don't see a lot of negative points to this feature, except for the fact that there could be troll referendums and this would give more work to the moderation team. But ensuring there is no troll referendum is also the citizens' task by electing a serious president that will appoint a serious prime minister (if prime ministers can also propose referendums).
I sincerely think admins should give ministers way more tools than they actually have. Currently, in-game ministers have nothing more than a shiny title on the country political page and on their own profile. They have literally nothing more. Please let ministers have tools and be more than just advisors !
An example of this would be to let :
- Prime Ministers : propose referendums
- Ministers of Foreign Affairs : propose MPPs
- Ministers of Defence : launch campaigns, set Campaign of the Day
- Ministers of Finance : propose new taxes, propose money donation laws to organisations
We could then imagine that Ministers would be unable to use their tools under a dictatorship.
This is ofcourse another subject than referendums, but I found it still relevant to mention it in this article.
As as conclusion I'd say that referendums are in my humble opinion a nice tool that could be implemented in eRepublik in order to stimulate some activity and to give more importance to the political system.
Giving different tools to ministers would be also a nice way to get more citizens involved into politics.
Of course those changes (if applied to the game) would not give eRepublik Labs more income immediatly, and this is probably why they won't make something like this get implemented, even if a proposition is really nice.
As a company, their objective is of course to make profit, and you can't blame them for aiming that. But I trully think that features like the referendums but also like endorsments are still profitable on the long term, as it may bring more citizens to the game, those citizens being potential custommers.
Thank you very much for reading ! If you have any suggestion to this feature or if you think of more negative impacts than I did, feel free to write a comment here bellow
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Thank you very much to the people who's names are listed right under, I always like to get some moneyzzz
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Let's add referendums to the game !
https://www.erepublik.com/en/article/2627018/1/20
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Why not make it once every week?
I don't think obliging Presidents to hold referendums will make something very productive. It should be the citizens' duty to pressure governments and to elect Presidents using this feature regularly in my opinion.
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i like it - why not?
v+s+e & shared o/
"Referendi are stupid."
~brexit
QED
It's not an obligation to use it as a CP/Dictator 😉
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ilpexit
I earned it, will leave it when I die.
leave ilphen alone!!!1!1!!!1 ❤
Eure Fragen - Mauer und Stasi, wollte Karl Marx das?
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If they introduce it no EXP should be given for voting. No low div players would vote otherwise.
But it won't be introduced 😃
I would love this to come - I asked for it for a long time 🙂
Add a shoutbox for CP/dictator at the same time - like the party/MU ones - would be great
Agree, signed. 🙂
Good Plan
Yes!
Nice proposal my frend!
V & Shared!
o7777
V & Shared!
o7!!!!! fantastic idea!
I think it is better that governments are need to pay some (not too many) monry for proposing a referendum
And what would be the reason ?
Some troll-CP's would probably then not propose a troll referendum, but it can also be negative as small countries wouldn't pay for it, and if those small countries really need to make a referendum, they will make with other websites like google polls for example.
So I don't really see paying to propose it an excellent idea
Maybe,
But it also can happend that CP proposes Troll referendum many time!
Maybe the payment could be proportional to country incomes or something like that?
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excellent o/
They should first allow to see which congress member vote YES and NO for any laws.
Is it that important ?
For me yes, more then referendum,
Like in elections, you can also manipulate in referendum by using multies.
never
Was ma kogtsz?
eRepublik Labs gets a huge income every month just for let the server runs and it is so since many years. 🙁 From these incomes they improve other games of the company. Sadly parallel with this the population of eRep has decresad very much.
This small and simple extras should not be a lot working hours. Scripts should be taken out by developping the game with ensuring opportunity for newby (for example Navy - Aircraft - Tank skills) in order to appeal more and more people into the game.
There are lot of easy tools/features which could be added to eR easily, "extras" which wont change the game´s direction perhaps, but at less to do something else than fight and vote twize a month.
But they dont care really
I really like the idea. It seems to be not really complez and it doesnt seem to be easy to implement as bad as everything hahahah
Lófax lesz itt nem referrer
voted & shouted
Interesting idea.
Great Idea!! voted and endorsed
I agree
if deleted dictator shit model, referendum day is no problem
gl
great idea
Nice!
Good ideas as usual Frankie!
Do it,
good job, and good idea.
I didn't read it all but full support.
+ I'd also add PLEASE INTRODUCE POSSIBILITY OF TAKING AWAY CITIZENSHIP!
How about adding illegal immigration? Sneaking up into a state and not paying taxes xD
FIGHT DICTATORSHIPS - DEMOCRACY WORLDWIDE!
Franckie, it is a great article containing ideas I definitely support!