Johnist Sordland Run

[spare lodge]

(We went with full BS. Zargos did a very convincing argument how tldr we can’t alienate the business too much)

What would that include though? Do we gain anything from it? Because maybe, we should switch our attention to another faction.

[north linden]

But im not sure the case here is, he didnt break any laws as far as Sordish law concerns

[spare lodge]

(I’m getting ahead of myself but it’s a good LARP reason to maybe change the target in a little bit)

[rich eagle]

(Well Im becoming the tax advocator for the rest of the run, we are at -7 -8 iirc?)

[spare lodge]

(Do we know you fear the Old Guard? What do we know about your escape actually?)

[warm escarp]

(We'll be fine, probably.)

[north linden]

Anyways, sir. Thanks to the powers you granted to the ACP, our taskforce has discovered some informations against certain Supreme Court Justices

[spare lodge]

(We've just nationalized, about to get Gasom divestments, so I'll include them anyway

7 GB - Start.
6 GB - H-3 Highway.
5 GB - Tourism Act.
4 GB - Choose SSC.
2 GB - Gasom Solo Investment.
1 GB - GREEN.
EPA at 49%.
-11 GB - Budget Meeting (Fund All).
-12 GB - WRA.
-13 GB - L-1 Construction Issues.
-8 GB Taxes - Increase Taxes.
TRADE WAR CHECK Passed.
TRADE WAR CHECK Passed.
-9 GB - Mechanize Gruni.
-7 GB - ATO Aid.
Agnolia Alliance.
-5 GB - Wehlen Trade.
-7 GB - ???.
-8 GB - CBRA.
-9 GB - Choose SSC.
-7 GB - Gasom Shares.
-9 GB - Nationalize BS.
-7 GB - Gasom Returns.)

[north linden]

We believe this will be useful in passing through the reforms

[spare lodge]

All that's left is to convince ms. Edmonds. Wish me luck. (Do we just assume I convince her or are we failing the reforms for some reason?)

(also in like 3,5 h I have to leave and go to work, but I'll try to catch up to the events in the save file)

[north linden]

Right, sir

[spare lodge]

Is either of you reading the other chat? I’m trying to guide them into making this game happen, with me as just a passive observer instead of a player, but I’m also extremely impatient and probably keep pushing them too much. Or am I exaggerating? I want to see them succeed by themselves, not drag them into it.

Is that how parents feel?

[warm escarp]

What other chat?

[spare lodge]

There's a bunch of people trying to do what we're doing. Make Sordland Great Again Run. They're ooking for one more person, I suggested a few people that expressed interest in our run previously, but they're for some reason not pinging people to ask if they want to join. Maybe you want that?

[rich eagle]

Another argentinian started a thread called "Make sordland great again run"

[spare lodge]

I do realise I act extremely elitist and paternalistic tho, that's why I'd rather sit this one out and just observe.

[warm escarp]

Jesus fucking Christ 578 messages and they haven't even got the cabinet set up yet? My god...

[spare lodge]

To be fair there was a little bit of joking first.

but the idea is there

I'm just trying to push either Zaiko or Vel into being the president and the decision maker

because for now as far as I understand neither wants to do it and they're still looking for a president, but I keep insiting Zaiko cares the most so he should be the president

Will we be parents together Zysco?

One requirement, you're the wife

my male ego is too fragile

[median shore]

half of that was random yapping

[spare lodge]

Finally updating btw, sorry for the delay.

(i wont lobby since we have enough support)

we stayed out of Victory Day statement

(Remus applauded this choice btw)

[warm escarp]

This is all the proof I need to know we made the wrong choice today.

[spare lodge]

UELA is next.

Uuuuh dear minister, do you think Orange-kun would think the same? (He's been afk lately). Since Jacso and Vladko didn't comment, I assume they're indifferent?

(in ~1:45 h I have to leave for work, but we might advance this game a little at least)

[plucky notch]

(Sorry, busy weekend.)

[spare lodge]

(all good, I'm working the next two days, then my cosuin has a marriage and I will attend, so I'm not all too active either)

[naive galleon]

(Reporting for duty, good sirs and madams.)

[spare lodge]

(Greetings. What brings you here?)

[spare lodge]

(Do you know the updates or you need a quick one of all we did so far?)

[plucky notch]

Minister of Welfare: The bill is an abomination but, then again, when have we expected the NFP not to be bigoted monsters. The worst part is that the bill managed to pass the Assembly with the approval of USP members. Regardless, it is imperative that the President utilizes their veto to protect the rights and dignity of the Bludish people from this oppressive legislation.

[naive galleon]

(Invitation, rest assured I have no intentions to run for presidency. I aim to serve more as either one of the ministers or a potential subsidiary personnel)

[plucky notch]

(I think I got most of it from the scan? You chose not to join a statement, nationalized a majority of BS, and I think that's it?)

[naive galleon]

(oh wait wrong chat)

(My bad)

[plucky notch]

(My character would have probably leaned towards the PFJP statement and supported BS nationalization but also HoS nationalization too.)

(So either way the decisions in the end are tolerable or acceptable to them.)

[spare lodge]

Ah, right. Don't worry.

[spare lodge]

(We had a plurality of votes for BS nationalization. And Catspaw did that nice larpy excuse he had to flee the country. So here we are. We nationalized BS fully just to be precise)

[warm escarp]

You made Remus Holstron happy, if you don't immediately ruin his day by vetoing this bill I'm leaving too.

[spare lodge]

Holy shit.

[warm escarp]

Full natio

[plucky notch]

(Ah, full, got it.)

[warm escarp]

That's a slight exageration, but I will be very angry.

And so will our bludish population.

[spare lodge]

(I was mostly afraid of people abusing "do this or I quit", but I understand. Unfortunately, you didn't manage to convince anyone to change their vote from no statement to PFJP statement, so yknow)

[warm escarp]

(Don't worry, I'll only quit at the very end if you don't have increased human rights, Bludish reconciliation and at least a little bit of women's rights)

[spare lodge]

(to be fair more people should be sway-able so to speak, especially those whose speciality isn't in the given field. Dumb example but the minister of welfare should have a vote in regards to whether to approach Lespia/Valgsland or not, but not because of his own work, but because the minister of Economy/Foreign Affairs convinced him one way or another. Does that make sense?)

[spare lodge]

Very well, we shall continue with UELA vetoed (no seriously I can't imagine neither Jacso or Vladko making a convincing argument against you two).

Next up is the Assembly voting. After that, it's Rumburgian Whistleblower. And then it's diplomatic strategy meeting, with just Lespia available, what do you think?

[warm escarp]

(You should scream a lot)
Just try to get people voting quickly, don't let them change their minds against us.

[spare lodge]

(We've got the USP + PFJP + Koronti, we're getting 225 votes anyway. If it has no mechanical effect, I'll just ignore that event for the most part. I also grouped two events together, since Rummish whistleblower is rather straightforward, no?)

[warm escarp]

Yes, we take the whistleblower, it is our duty to care for whoever escapes the authoritarian regime of the Queen, and if he has information that can be damaging then all the more reason to do it.

[north linden]

I am not in favour of taking this whistleblower in, it can just as easily be a trap

Our intelligence cannot confirm much about his identidy besides what he has willingly given, it can be a trap

[warm escarp]

I believe that's a risk that can be easily minimized and worth taking. The potential damage that one single man can do is nothing compared to what we could learn about Rumburg if it turns out to be true.

[jolly wave]

Chief of chicken: Well i believe that the blower may be a trap... But we could just send the gendarmery to pick him up. .

[warm escarp]

(I didn't know chicken had a chief. But honestly I'm just happy to get support now)

[spare lodge]

Very well, so far the cabinet leans towards accepting the whistleblower. While i understand Mr Catsland’s skepticism, i believe we lose nothing by hearing him out first.

Next up is whether to approach Lespia for a trade talk or not.

( @open escarp have you considered introducing a new OC to take up the mantle as the minister of economy? Or are you sitting the rest of the game out, after giving general directions to increase our budget?)

[warm escarp]

Well, now that the minister of economy is gone, I guess we could actually approach the regional powers to discuss improved trading relations. Although, I reiterate that I do not trust Lespia to give us a deal that isn't completely exploitative and one sided, so, I believe my time would be better suited looking for new trading partners, such as Anraka, that we may address in a possible second term, or at the very least open the possibility for the next administration.

[spare lodge]

To stay consistent with our current plans of self reliance, ignoring them might be preferable indeed. I truly wish reconciliation with Valgsland was still on the table, but alas.

[warm escarp]

And, after receiving the latest reports on the Heljiland situation, I'll admit I'm starting to regret all the support we offered. If only I had looked at the situation more carefully, rather than trusting so blindly in their democratic records, I apologize for leading us this way Mr President, hopefully it won't be too late for our reputation.

[spare lodge]

Arcasian planes in Erlory, Heljiland recognized as Agnolian. How did we get here even? Regardless, don’t beat yourself up in hindsight. Our economy is stable, our military combined with Agnolian rivals Rummish, we’ve weakened the oligarchs, we’ve enacted many welfare policies, our education and healthcare faces no real problems as of now. It’s been a pretty good term so far.

[open escarp]

(no it makes sense for the cabinet to now have to adjust to losing a minister, still watching though.)

[open escarp]

(My character has mentioned multiple times his links to the deep sollist base, so it's fair to say they would interpret the leave either as an OG member angry at the president or someone who has lost the support of the OG due to the direction of the presidency. In actuality it's the latter. There are no direct risks of murder, but it can be rationalised as the OG being the only reason I ever had influence in the USP to begin with. )

[north linden]

Why is the ministry of Defence involving in this

This is OUR job

The SID is well cacaple of handling this by themselves

The SIA is so incompetent they failed to notice Young Sords smuggling weapons out of Sordish armoury, Rumburg probably already knows all their safehouses

[jolly wave]

(Btw is that the gendarmery dispute?)

[north linden]

(The game mentioned two intelligent agencies in Sordland)

(The Sordish Intelligence Directorate (SID) and The Sordish Intelligence Agency (SIA))

[jolly wave]

So... The SIA is in Defence's hands and SID is in Law's hands?

[north linden]

(The game doesnt clarify)

[spare lodge]

I keep thinking about the situation and I believe Mr. Catspaw, despite his escape, is an economic mastermind and if we were to follow his plans and notes to the end of our term, we should succeed. Unless you can convince me otherwise, Mr. Zargos, we shall ignore this opportunity (I'm also assuming Jaher would say our military is strong enough to not need another ally).

Next up is what to do with Franc. I shall send him to the Army (I'm strongly anti-corruption + hate Arcasia and are skeptical of Contana).

Ceremonial duty. I will do it correctly.

Edmonds talk. I will convince her.

Now dear cabinet, a few questions.

PFJP Alliance or nay?

@plucky notch

@north linden

@jolly wave

@rich eagle

@warm escarp

[jolly wave]

Chief of: Mr President! Alliance whit PFJP would be a betrayal to USP's values! And i hear justice Hawker had some evidence for collaboration between Arcasia and PFJP. We shouldn't betray our country or USP.

[spare lodge]

Good point. We're yet to investigate the opposition, focusing on the Old Guard for now, and then presumably the Oligarch will be a bigger priority.

[warm escarp]

I will only discourage you from trying to reach out to Lespia, as long as Patricio Alvarez is president.

[warm escarp]

I will say, personally I am skeptical of the rumours surrounding Mr Richter, considering the level of influence that the old guard possesses, I'd wager my own title that those rumours are at best the conspiracy theories meant to discredit an honest man. An alliance with the PFJP would further strengthen our position for the next elections, and the most important aspect is it would ensure the NFP can't further increase it's influence to attempt passing new racist legislation. Furthermore, the influence of the PFJP might lead to some of our more moderate party members leaning to further democratic values, and allow us to pursue further reforms in a second term.

[jolly wave]

Chief of staff: I wouldn't call him a honest man but anyway. NFP is just exercising the president's veto, it isn't a threat. And the rumours about PFJP may be a conspiracy but... If such thing is true and goes public PFJP'S popularity will go down. Making the people not voting for our alliance in the next elections.

[north linden]

Mr. President, a coalition this large has never been attempted before, there are not many regulations in place if this coalition goes wrong

Other than that, i dont see a reason not to ally with the PFJP, if both have aligned goals.

[spare lodge]

Dear Minister, do you have any knowledge regarding the authenticity of Hawker's claims about mr. Ricter's connections to Arcasia? Or are we going in blind?

But yes, our parties combined would give us a majority. My only worry is Mr. Ricter's western alignment, I'm much more fond of Ms. Suheil.

[north linden]

Mr.Greiser can investigate these claims if you order to mr.President

But yes, currently we are blind

[spare lodge]

Would that divert away too much attention from the Old Guard case or is it insignificant enough to not be much of a hassle?

[north linden]

It would, mr.President

ACP isnt yet equipped to deal with so many cases at once

[spare lodge]

How about we put it to a vote then?

I will note, an alliance with the PFJP would be beneficial to our position, with their help we could democratize Sordland further in the near future.

But the capitalist wing of Mr. Ricter seems to dominate over Ms. Suheil's wing of social democrats, which I'm much more fond off. I'm simply afraid the PFJP will demand we move away from the planned economy and sollonomics and drag us closer to ATO and Arcasia, while I simply don't trust the superpowers. And of course, the rumors about his deal with Mr. Walker raise enough eyebrows.

To update our situation:

And we're stuck here.

[spare lodge]

I will also note, about the PFJP alliance. They did have a massive scandal recently, before Alphonso's elections, so if it were to happen again with the Arcasian connections, we might get caught in a crossfire.

[spare lodge]

Well uh seems like my arguments are ignored. Go on.

Well we got a majority. With 2 cabinet members gone, were down to… 5 cabinet members + the president.

Next up is the Gendarmerie transfer promise. I suppose we'll leave it for later.

Now, whether to change the manifesto, focus on Public Opinion or the economy. What do you think gentlemen?

[rich eagle]

Mr President I don't believe the rumors about Ricter, the man has nothing to offer but integrity and democracy to Sordland, I share his views regarding the market economy he proposes. Also given our vetoes to the NFP proposals I would say Kesaro has a strong voter base and we need to take action.

[plucky notch]

Minister of Welfare: As much as I have my differences with Mr. Richter, an alliance with the PFJP would strengthen our position in the Assembly, reinforce the new direction and commitment of the USP to democracy and reform, and allow to better stand in the way of the NFP. Until we have proof of wrongdoing, it would be presumptuous to accept these rumors as truth.

[warm escarp]

(This is the weirdest commie cabinet I've ever seen)

[spare lodge]

(yeah literally it seems I'm the only "commie" skeptical of PFJP and Ricter. I was really hoping to roleplay a coalition with CPS or WPB if they pass the threshold instead of PFJP, but the people have spoken I guess)

[plucky notch]

(No reason you can't do a Left Front coalition after the election.)

[rich eagle]

(I am a centrist, catspaw were sollist, orange center left suheilist wing, catsland moderate reformist and vladko militarist, the only commie here is the president )

[bold scarab]

Commies

[north linden]

Why are you here shoo

[bold scarab]

All Commies

[spare lodge]

Aren't you in prison after getting couped?

We didn't give amnesty yet

if we even will

[bold scarab]

I'm in Kyrute

Watching how Sordland turns into commie and chaos

While I drink my fine Romus the Red with my Lespian Cigar

[warm escarp]

Of course, we implemented minimum wage and the capitalists are already calling it an affront to democracy.

[bold scarab]

Patricio Alvarez would save y'all

Anyway I have a trip planned to Lespia, it seems that Lespower shares are increasing, and there would be a meeting of the board of investors, maybe I donate a couple of millions to my own charity to help some peasants in Nibiya, see ya.

[spare lodge]

After the PFJP alliance there's the matter what to focus on. Change the manifesto, campaigning early or focusing on the economy. What does the cabinet think/

(I will soon leave for work, so maybe let's leave it for later, but I'll try to find raports about our popularity)

[jolly wave]

Chief of staff: I don't know why Mr President but all options are sh!tty. (Literally i had to censor that because the server won't let me send it.) If i where you i will promise to focus on the military!

[north linden]

My live reaction:

[north linden]

Mr.President, I will continue my support regardless of the decision you made

[warm escarp]

I always knew catsland was an anime girl.

[north linden]

Not just any anime girl

An IRS anime girl

Now hand over your income tax

[warm escarp]

Fine, here.

1 dollar

[north linden]

See there, mr.President? The ACP tax fraud division has already start paying off

[warm escarp]

(You fool, my income tax is actually a dollar and 50 cents!)

[jolly wave]

Chief of staff: Well if i had to say... We must focus on economy. I don't understand a nicel out of economy but... We are going downward.

[warm escarp]

I concur with the chief of staff, we can't go wrong improving our economy further, especially now that our minister of economy has outright abandoned us. However, I'd consider a campaign focus if our polls aren't looking so good.

[spare lodge]

I’m not sure whether they are a woman, a weeb, Indonesian or it’s a part of this gacha addiction.

[spare lodge]

It’s only at stable, yes, not growing yet.

[spare lodge]

(Yeah I will try to report on the popularity and Ed when I come back home)

[north linden]

Mr.President, with the recent departure of our economy minister, the ministry there is a bit hectic

I think allocating resources before finding a replacement would just be wasteful

[spare lodge]

Few updates:

(Franc sent to the military)

[warm escarp]

Is our economy growing now? The first megaproject activates during that wisci conversation.

[spare lodge]

Heron reaches out to us by himself?

[warm escarp]

Yay our constitution will pass.

[spare lodge]

GENTLEMEN

[warm escarp]

Well, you didn't take the immunity of the justices nor Soll.

[spare lodge]

Oh fuck nevermind

he demands money

[warm escarp]

He only gives you the info on Hawker if you remove justice immunity.

[spare lodge]

(Bula told me Garaci will support you straight up if your constitution doesn't touch justice immunity nor MoH, because as he says, most Sollists know the constitution is flawed. I was really hoping he'd support us straight up, but we can do without him, my character is not corrupt)

The constitution passed.

[warm escarp]

Yay!

[spare lodge]

"We are slowly slipping into a depression"

(Do you think using the save ifle to check exact PO and ED is acceptable or no? Because we acn roleplay the manifesto change or just do what we need to)

[warm escarp]

Can we get the actual ED number? This meeting is bugged and always says that.

[spare lodge]

Very well, one sec.

We're at 12 PO.

We're at 11 ED.

[warm escarp]

(or well, it says that when you have massive debt like us, it doesn't seem to actually look at ED)

[spare lodge]

(dear god)

[warm escarp]

What, you never seen this?

This is what my every run looks like.

[spare lodge]

(What?0

(Every planned economy run, due to debt, yes. On market runs by fully privatizing both compaines and having like -1 GB I can get Symon to say it's looking good.)

Anyway, we're stuck here

Since our popularity is quite high and there's no scandal in sight, I don't see a reason to focus on campaigning. I think it's down to economy or manifesto.

[warm escarp]

Mr President, after looking at the numbers, I dare say, I think our position is strong enough for us to finally break free from Sollism.

[spare lodge]

(It is? I genuinely don't remember what ED I usually have around this point)

[warm escarp]

(It is good enough, you only ever get massive numbers with a Gasom Boom)

Just think about it, we're promoting an outdated ideology whose rule was based on authoritarianism and cult following, now that we're making an alliance with PFJP, I think it's the perfect time to reform the party towards the democratic values we mean to promote.

[spare lodge]

And what do the @north linden

@plucky notch

@rich eagle

And @jolly wave think?

[warm escarp]

My vote is for a manifesto change to either liberalism or socialism, depending on which branch of the PFJP we want to support for our continued democratization. Although, I have a slight suspicion on what you'd prefer, Mr. President.

[spare lodge]

I would not be here without your support, therefore I will not make a decision by myself.

[north linden]

My recommendation is to campaign early

We can always change the manifesto, but the election happens only once

[rich eagle]

Mr President, seeing our debt numbers we must focus on rebuilding our budget and the economy, no reelection can happen if sordish citizens have no money in their pockets nor the jobs to make it

[jolly wave]

Future Chief of nothing: Mr President i may consider my resignation, I've may indure the alliance whit the PFJP but if we change the manifesto to anything, i will consider my resignation.

[solar swift]

WHAT

[warm escarp]

(But what if, you stay in the cabinet, and then you can go bomb Rums)

[jolly wave]

(only bomb?)

[warm escarp]

(We modernized the Airforce, that's what we have)

[jolly wave]

(Uh... Uh.... Yeah we could have spent more in our military! And then we could do... Many things...)

[warm escarp]

(We already spent more on the military than on anything else. And we spent a lot, on a lot of things)

[jolly wave]

Yeah i think the president is going for Depression speedrun!

[warm escarp]

Nah, this is just planned economy 101, he's got this.

I'ma pressure him to sign WLA too.

[jolly wave]

For crashmaxing?

[warm escarp]

If our economy can't survive equal rights then it never deserved to exist.

But it will survive, and it will thrive.

[jolly wave]

The red line going down:

https://tenor.com/view/t1000-terminator-no-gif-10344359

[warm escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/dutch-van-der-linde-faith-dutch-van-der-linde-dutch-van-der-linde-faith-gif-8306346212382594513

[spare lodge]

(Sorry for the delay yet again, life is getting busy, and I'm not sure what my priority should be, as I have both this and the commie sordish authoritarian democracy almost done. And I didn't even catch up to what the other guys are doing, seems great, I just never find the time for 3k+ messages by now).

After careful consideration, the President has decided we need to change the party's manifesto. The disagreements with Mr. Catspaw showed we need to distance ourselves from the Old Guard and more conservative elements within our party and embrace a more socialist approach (maybe if I was open about it from the start I'd see the goddamn Valgsland alliance, ugh). We'll also continue our focus on the Old Guard in terms of the ACP investigation.

We're getting +2 GB from Gasom too. -7 GB as of now, the economy is stable.

Next up is the manifesto. I'm shifting over to socialism.

and it's time for decrees:

[north linden]

Mr.President, as a socialist government, it wouldnt make sense for us to hold political prisoners for having socialists belief

I believe we should do justice and free them

[median shore]

-# RELEASE MEEEE

[jolly wave]

Chief of nothing: Mr President... That's it. You changed Sordland... And now is unrecognisable. You promised democratic reforms to give to the more voice, and more voice to the man they choose. But no... You made yourself weaker slowing down changes that the people wanted immediately! Anyway the people choose you, the man of the USP... And they didn't expect a commie And that's why im retiring!
And he packed his documents and gone to his new vila in Morna

// Yeah that's it im exiting but im still going to follow the situation sometimes

[warm escarp]

I'd like to second Catsland's desire to release our political prisoners, not only based on his just arguments, but also, there may be some people willing and able to occupy our growingly vacant cabinet.

Additionally, I support signing the Fair Trade and Competition Commission, it should help our economy and encourage healthier competition with higher quality products to our citizens by breaking up monopolies, with no negative consequences.

Finally, the most radical option, I believe Desollinization should be an option to consider, to reform the nation just like we did the party.

[spare lodge]

Changing Sordland was a gargantuan task, but I believe we're on the right path to prosperity and democratization.

(I'm rethinking the situation and I think the voting system was a mistake. The boys did this new version with an independent president, but a much stronger veto system, where both the president can veto what the cabinet wants to do and the cabinet can veto what the president wants to do, so it's usually down to a compromise. Dunno if any of you is following them but I suggest you do)

[rich eagle]

Mr. President I don't believe alienating members of our cabinet to the point of resignation is a sign of democracy

[median shore]

we are noticed!!!

[spare lodge]

Mr. Catspaw left due to his connection to the Old Guard. Vladko, as much as I liked his comments, he was appointed mostly to placate the conservatives. Since we've got Gloria's support, and will soon reform the party to weaken the conservative wing further, I believe replacing the likes of Vladko with former members of CPS and Suheil's PFJP is a good idea.

[spare lodge]

(honestly you're doing great, I just can't catch up since you spam so damn fucking much. Besides, the momentum of this co-op game is kinda dead due to the cabinet slowly collapsing and my own inactivity. If you do start a new version, I'd be glad to join, preferably a minor role tho)

[median shore]

youre still able to join as a vice minister

we specifically made it in mind of people joining mid run

[spare lodge]

Frankly I'm too busy. I'd like to finish this co op game, then there's the socialist Authoritarian Sordish Democrat, and I've got elaborate plans for the Sollist Emergency 2.0, but I'm also giga busy irl.

[median shore]

oh yea dont take me wrong

im not trying to force you or anything

im just saying that we have slots open and we took that in mind

[spare lodge]

I am glad, just as I said, if I know I won't make it, no reason to occupy the slot for someone that might. Also, you mostly play between 11 PM-3 AM my time, so yeah.

[median shore]

yeah its also a burden for me but im trying

[plucky notch]

Minister of Welfare: I do not disagree with any of my colleagues on the decrees they have argued for, they will serve to right the fundamental wrongs of the previous administrations and to extricate the rot within our political system and strengthen its democratic institutions. I would, however, like to take the opportunity to highlight two other decrees, the Free Prescription Medicine (FPM) decree and the Rural Education Institutes (REI) decree.

The FPM decree will serve to alleviate the burden and cost of medication for numerous citizens in need, dramatically improving access and health outcomes particularly for our most impoverished citizens living in regions like Bergia, rural Nargis, and Agnland.

The REI decree will serve to target the educational disparities in rural Sordland that continue to persist. It will provide dedicates resources, infrastructure, and focus on their educational needs and raise the impoverished citizens in these areas to the same educational standards.

Both of these decrees would be without a doubt popular with the electorate and continue to build on the robust welfare system we've established so far this term.

[warm escarp]

Both of those decrees would make great and positive changes in the life of our citizens, however, I did not consider either of them due to the simple fact that we have a slight deficit problem. We can already make a great positive change without the need to sacrifice our already fragile treasury, and so I don't think we're in conditions for such decrees.

[spare lodge]

I shall remind esteemed ministers that the notes left by Mr. Catspaw indicate we're heading towards a debt crisis if we won't enact new taxes and cut down our spendings.

My votes stem from a simple focus on reducing our national debt.

[warm escarp]

Mr President, I understand your concern for our treasury, I really do, but a Value Added Tax of 20% on all products is not only damaging to our economy and our public opinion, but it disproportionately affects lower income households that are struggling to make ends meet. Do you truly believe that our position is so bad, we must take such a drastic measure?

[north linden]

As I would have note before, mr.President. The corporations in Sordland regularly practice anti-competitive measures and exploit legal loopholes to avoid paying taxes and monopolizing the market, additional measures like FTCC and new laws need to be enacted in order for us to crackdown on these practices

[warm escarp]

Well, we all knew we'd be getting FTCC.

[north linden]

FTCC+amnesty+De-Soll lmao

[spare lodge]

Uuuuuuh fine gentlemen, are you sure De-sollinisation is something we want to do? I know Soll is a controversial persona, but our administration can only do so much in a short span of time, don't you want to spend that effort elsewhere? Say, Television Council to undermine Koronti's power, rural education institutes to help poorer regions...

@plucky notch

[plucky notch]

Minister of Welfare: This is ultimately your choice, Mr. President. I have expressed my preference for the REI and FPM decrees in strengthening the welfare system we've come to establish, particularly benefiting those living in impoverished regions of the country. The other ministers have expresses their concern of the spending burden they impose, while I am less concerned as the price to the wellbeing of our citizens is never too high, it for you to determine whose advice you heed here.

[simple tree]

What is this

[neat loom]

First Suzerain multiplayer

[simple tree]

I kinda want to do one now 🙂

[warm escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/yoda-no-there-is-another-star-wars-gif-23332632

[spare lodge]

Check out "Make Sordland Great Again" in discussions. They moved onto a private server, but they keep doing it, with a bunch of new rules and stuff. They still have open slots since they did "vice ministers". It seemed solid, I stopped following since they do it between 11 PM and 3 AM my time and I'm not reading 500 messages every morning.

[jolly wave]

... That chat is dead...

[spare lodge]

I will be back, still pinging Zargos, Orange, Catsland and Jacso. Especially that we're that close to the end. I'm just burnt out with Suzerain and busy irl. Like, very busy, I'd estimate I spent ~10 hours playing in the last week? So yeah, sorry, will be back, just after 22nd (last exam) at minimum.

[cobalt crane]

Omaiga

[cobalt crane]

In fact, I already did this with my friends, although they didn't know anything about the game and I did it one at a time.

[spare lodge]

Very well. Sorry for the delay, irl stuff kept me busy. It seems like the cabinet surely agrees on FTCC, Amnesty for Soll Era Prisoners and... oh. De-Sollinisation? Um. Right. Uh... Oh look, Orange-kun made a convincing argument to do REI instead! Anyone against it? Nobody? Cool.

We will centralize Bergia of course. Duh.

Gentlemen. Time for a new decision.

@warm escarp

@north linden

@rich eagle

@plucky notch

Turns out, one of our underlings, Petr Vactern, was disloyal to his wife and slept with someone that we have suspicion is a spy. How would you approach this matter?

[warm escarp]

Exposing Rumburg for spying on us will worry the international community and sully their reputation even more, ensuring that we're seen as the victims should any future crisis happen between our nations. While Vectern is a liability, we should cover up any instance of direct accountability on our part to heighten the leaders' worries that Rumburg could be spying on them and motivate great sanctions.

[warm escarp]

That looks conclusive to me.

[rich eagle]

Damn I missed the vote

We should investigate and share the blame anyways

[spare lodge]

@neat loom would you like to comment and break up the tie? So far we have 3 cabinet members, each voting for something different. Why do you want to blame Rumburg alone?

[neat loom]

i feel like keeping Petr for the future would be a really great move since he rally did help alot in previous elections

[tight needle]

This is going well…

[vernal widget]

Well one of your cabinet members got bonked

Lol

[spare lodge]

To be honest, half of the cabinet is gone, and the ones left don't elaborate as well as we did in the beginning. I was absent for a while and the momentum died down. I also just lost a lot of interest, as in, I got burned out with Suzerain, I'm disappointed by the other co-op game some people were doing and I just started a few new hobbies. I'm taking dancing lessons and cooking lessons, and started playing a new game, among other things. I intend to drag it to the end with Zargos (hopefully), but since I know that even if I write today, I won't show up for it for another week or so, so I'll just let it rest for now I guess. Maybe everyone else just says that nah, we're done, and so I'll officially call this game dead and move on.

[jolly wave]

Well that was fun... And dancing? I wasn't expecting that

[warm escarp]

I won't stop until I see Thornborough burn.

[spare lodge]

Yeah, the initial turns were fun. Thanks folks. As for dancing, in the last 4 months I attended 2 marriages, I've decided I need to learn how to dance classic stuff (waltz and all that) and something more casual.

[spare lodge]

Very well. Just, as I said, I'm busy, in time I'll keep pinging you and I guess I'll actually discuss our choices then?

[warm escarp]

Alright then, I'll use the time to prepare my war declaration.

[north linden]

Welp