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Bill: Region Name Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Constitutional Monarchy Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2481
Description[?]:
| Due to the ridiculas confusion caused by the recent political revolution, the name "Republic" was adopted instead of "province". Although Province was fine how it was, the revolutionaries wanted to change it. We propose that a more suitable name is adopted to avoid confusion. "Republic" would imply a seperate country in each region. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/republic |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The official title of subnational entities, also known as regions.
Old value:: Republic
Current: State
Proposed: County
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:29:16, November 04, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | ... which is accurate, we are in a state of civil war against republicanism. |
| Date | 04:11:44, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Beluzia and Bailon | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | County? Come on, our nation has millions of people. The previous regions are large enough to be considered republics. Why do you think our name had to be changed to Beluzian AND Bailon? |
| Date | 11:34:10, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Marxist revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | OC: From what I can gather that article forgets the Republic's within the Russian Federation which are autonomous to a point but still send representatives to the Duma (?)etc. For Example the Republic of Karelia. Russia is made up of a number of different forms of regions; Republic's, autonomous okrugs, oblasts, krais, federal cities and one autonomous oblast. |
| Date | 13:18:15, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Constitutional Monarchy Party | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | There is no definition to how large a "county" should be, yet in my mind a Republic is an entirely separate entity from another Republic. I take the honourable member of the NMRPs point, but in general a republic is defined as stated in the links provided in the bill title. The PPP have previously stated the reason for the inclusion of Bailon in our national title, the fact that Bailon is the Imperial homeland of the Grand Emperor. There is also the population reason, but we are a nation, not a soviet union of sorts. |
| Date | 17:52:38, November 04, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | ooc: I actually like the "county" name just fine, but if this game is to have a shred of realism we are embroiled in an ultra-violent civil war atm. |
| Date | 17:55:27, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Constitutional Monarchy Party | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | ooc: as far as i can tell there has been no civil war. The Liberal Party has not expressed any violent intent. We have had a civil war already this century, the Monarchists won that one. |
| Date | 23:39:53, November 04, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | ooc: Zogists are in a constant state of war, but since the dethroning of Zog will haved been devoting themselves almost exclusively to bringing death to the enemy. IMO if the game were realistic military might and stratagem would handily defeat party politics, but as it is we can only verbally express our violent outrage regarding the overturning of our nation. |
| Date | 03:13:57, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Beluzia and Bailon | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | Well the game is called PARTIcracy, so I don't think your crazy pirate army would defeat party politics... |
| Date | 03:17:49, November 05, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | Ooc: my point is that all games have limits to their realism, and this is one. Votes don't carry power in reality, military, economic and social forces do. As far as me defeating you in this game, I just have to wait. There is a pendulem of power designed into particracy. Zog has been crowned emperor twice before, so why not assume the third times the charm? ;) |
| Date | 17:03:24, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | The article you cite gives examples of sub-national republics, since republicanism is a form of government, not a synonym for nation or country. My only regret is the capital letter in 'Republic.' |
| Date | 17:04:31, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Constitutional Monarchy Party | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | i prefer county |
| Date | 17:08:46, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | Is there a third alternative to republic and county? A compromise term? |
| Date | 19:54:24, November 05, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | Province. |
| Date | 20:20:27, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Constitutional Monarchy Party | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | As funny as ever lol... :) |
| Date | 17:01:31, November 06, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Region Name Act |
| Message | How about 'region.' That's about as neutral as possible. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 300 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 242 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 208 |
| Random fact: Jelbic = "Group of cultures with an overall Central Asian/Eurasian steppe theme, using a fictional language developed specifically for Particracy". |
| Random quote: "A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example." - Niccolo Machiavelli |