Nation States

[6ry4nj]

'Condemn Blackhelm Confederacy' is at vote in the Security Council. There is copious evidence that these guys are genocidal maniacs. Nayrbja is thus strongly in favour of the condemnation. Comments?

 

[6ry4nj]

Currently at vote in the WA General Assembly is a resolution called "In Regards To Cloning II". It:

- requires that cloning be done by trained professionals;
- requires that cloned sapient beings be extended all the same rights as uncloned ones
- enshrines in law the right of states to clone sapient beings.

The sponsors of the resolution, Mahaj WA Seat, is one of the most notorious nations for submitting crooked/deceptive legislation to the WA. It seems to be their intention to trick nations that want cloning sapients to be banned into voting for this, because of the concern for the rights of cloned sapients that it appears to show.

Nayrbja doesn't mind having the right to clone enshrined in law, so we are in favour of the resolution. In a way that is rewarding crooks, but we feel this is outweighed by the protections extended to this vulnerable potential minority.

That's very complex, so feel free to raise any comments or queries you may have. The vote is currently running 3 to 1 against the resolution, so all these complex issues may well be rendered moot, for any nation that does not share our existentialist bent...

 

[Papa_Smurf]

Lol, it's been so long since I visited Smurfianity

 

[6ry4nj]

Lol, it's been so long since I visited Smurfianity

Please visit again - the sooner the better. You have 9+ days before ceasing to exist, and you can always resurrect your nation even after that.

Two new resolutions at vote in the WA. 'Safety In Difficult Times' is yet another WA grab for our cash, to allow it to duplicate inefficiently a function of our national government. Nayrbja is opposed. And voting has only 8 hours to run.

We are in favour of the condemnation of 'The Kraven Corporation'. Ample evidence of their psychopathic disregard for the safety of non-combatants.

 

[6ry4nj]

Next round of voting in the Security Council. The repeal of the condemnation of 'Swarmlandia' is at vote. We are in favour of the repeal, since the original condemnation was a prank played on the SC. Ideally I'd like to see the Security Council's time not wasted with prank resolutions or their repeals, but sometimes we have to deal with the reality before us.

Simsantania is within 48 hours of ceasing to be. Dartminch has 5 days left, and Smurfianity has 6. FYI.

 

[6ry4nj]

The "Abortion Ethics Act" is at vote in the WA General Assembly. Nayrbja is opposed to the resolution for two reasons. Firstly because it doesn't mandate anything of any significance. All the most positive clauses in the resolution merely 'encourage' or 'urge'. Secondly because we object to the "Moral Decency" category in principle. We find repugnant the idea that any person or body should be so sure of their moral superiority as to impose their moral code upon others.

Simsantania has CTEd, the planet is back down to 19 nations. What a shame!

 

[Chewie]

I now have 96% of deaths arising from old age with the other 4% from cancer

 

[6ry4nj]

The repeal of "Safety in Difficult Times" is now at vote. I'll probably vote against it, based on "better the devil you know". I'm not really fussed either way.

 

[6ry4nj]

"On Genetically Modified Foods" is at vote in the WA General Assembly. It is a pure blocker resolution, in that it mandates virtually nothing, and exists solely to prevent worthwhile legislation from passing. Nayrbja intends to vote against it, we hope you all will too. Of course, it looks like we're outvoted, but what can you do?

My murder rate disappeared for no reason a few days back. I can't take most of these metrics seriously anymore. It's like the song says, "You can't please everyone so you gotta please yourself".

This thread hasn't been active for more than about three months at a time before, so it looks like we're gonna beat the record. Hopefully it won't just be me posting. Thanks for keeping me as WA Delegate and administrator for most of that time (10 weeks now).

 

[Chewie]

I normally just go online, deal with my own issues on the site, check the PC region and then log off.

I seem to have gotten rid of my murder rate too though (last time I checked)

 

[Insomniac]

I normally just go online, deal with my own issues on the site, check the PC region and then log off.

I seem to have gotten rid of my murder rate too though (last time I checked)

Same. I could care less about the issues in the WA although I feel honored to be a member of it

 

[AbhishekS]

I normally just go online, deal with my own issues on the site, check the PC region and then log off.

I seem to have gotten rid of my murder rate too though (last time I checked)

I do the same as well. For the issues in the WA I just go with the majority.

 

[6ry4nj]

My (second) nation Nobrayjna is run by a redneck former Midwest shock-jock. He's never had trouble responding to issues before - he's never had to engage his tiny reptilian brain and has been able to respond instinctively based purely on prejudice.

He's never had to dismiss one before. But now he's "run into":
Dilemma 59: Drunk Driving On The Rise
The options are:
A. go all soft on drink-drivers
B. sentence them to death if they kill anyone
C. ban alcohol

He's never gone soft on anything (politically that is lol) in his life. As a recreational prescription-med & alcohol abuser, there's no way he's introducing a potential suicide-by-legislation. Nor does he have enough faith in his supplier contacts to ban legal access to booze.

First time for everything - issue dismissed! More surprisingly, brain (however briefly) engaged!

 

[MattW]

I've banned cars completely more than once in response to issues like that, though an issue comes up pretty quickly to bring them back.

Anyway,

The Federation of Hamburgerlia is a huge, economically powerful nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 474 million enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hamton. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37%. A large private sector is dominated by the Soda Sales industry.

The automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, leather-clad individuals can be seen walking their slaves in public parks, the government has undertaken a massive education and health program to combat VODAIS, and a National Academy regulates grammar and usage. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Hamburgerlia's national animal is the poliwhirl, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the convertable polygon.

There's the usual contradictions, with both an open political process and an omnipresent corrupt government - though I suppose that could just mean people made a free and deliberate choice to get an omnipresent corrupt government.

The automotive industry one there is probably from the last time I had to bring back cars after banning them, but it did help bring my economy back from nothing. Though trying to balance out the indicators isn't exactly working out well for me:


I'm starting to get a few repeating issues now, but things aren't as bad as they used to be.

 

[Chewie]

I had my first repeating issue today actually.

I think I've got a good balance of my three things, and my preventable death percentage is basically non-existent.