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[DontBanTheMan]

The Senate once more grinds to a halt, though a small majority of senators have ended up supporting the Dictator's proposed constitution. At the end of the meeting, no consensus is reached on this or other matters.

Action Phase
Very few instructions have been given out, though the census will certainly make it easier to manage the affairs of the nation and its peoples. The withdrawal of Kanami Awerick from public life has led to an opening in the government; Minister Jasso has requested transfer to this Ministry, while a prominent Senator by the name of Albertus Miroslav is campaigning for the position of Minister of the Economy. Though relatively inexperienced with administrative work, he wields great influence among the Senate.

(( I'm probably going to merge the Action and Meeting phases, so as to waste less time. If the Senate is more active I might re-split them, but for now we'll just have one phase (two if there's a major event that needs reacting to. ))

[Taricus]

Action 1: Force through the constitution; Though use of executive power force through the constitution in the senate to ensure the nation has this critical document implemented.

Instant action 1: Financial division; Assign 12 wealth to the ministry of the economy to stimulate the economy and increase taxation efforts. The bureaucracy is assigned 4 wealth for upkeep and expansion, The ministry receive 6 wealth for the upkeep of the police forces.

[TankKit]

1. Deal with General Rodwitz, try to be diplomatic with him at first but if he refuses to be diplomatic then stop him with force.

2. Gaurd the area bordering the West Administration, once again only attack if I see a good opportunity, and try not to take to much, otherwise we might end up spread thin.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Personal Actions:
1) Order a survey analyzing the level of taxation rate upon the various elements of society.
2) Once the data from the surveys ordered to be performed has come in, utilize it to determine and enact the economic plan for the year.

Bendt Vacek Orders:
1) Utilize relevant portions of the Ministry of the Economy to perform an analysis of the nation determining what the primary economic production of areas within the nation are for use in planning infrastructure improvements.
2) Utilize relevant portions of the Ministry of the Economy to perform a cost analysis routes following locations along the following Minor Road Proposals:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Aser Winther Orders:
1) Utilize relevant portions of the Ministry of the Economy to perform an analysis rating the usage of ports along military and commercial uses to determine which ports have the most and least use for those two categories.
2) Utilize relevant portions of the Ministry of the Economy to perform a survey of the natural resources of the nation.


(Not doing much on the practical side this turn, but the data will allow for me to do more in the future.)

[micelus]

(won't be able to write action for a day or two; am travelling right now))

[DontBanTheMan]

(won't be able to write action for a day or two; am travelling right now))

(( No problem; if the turn is posted before you get back, you can do your actions retroactively. ))

[DontBanTheMan]

Turn 4
Half-way through the Year 638 of the Jakken Calendar. Taxes and upkeep are not collected or paid this turn.

Spoiler: Current Government (click to show/hide)

Dictator: Alavar Taisenel (Taricus)
Adviser: Carlos (Demonic Spoon)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Diplomacy, International Trade): Roberto Porras (NPC)
Ministry of Defence (Military): Lord Warr (TankKit)
Ministry of the Interior (Police, Corruption, Domestic Intelligence, Foreign Intelligence): Camila (micelus)
Ministry of Civil Service (Education, Healthcare, Law, Religion): Clemente Jasso (NPC)
Ministry of the Economy (Infrastructure, Agriculture, Domestic Trade, Industry, Banking, Unions): Albertus Miroslav
Senate: Currently three-hundred thirty eight prominent politicians, bureaucrats, generals, and businessmen. Elections and appointments required.

Spoiler: Government Assets (click to show/hide)

States:
State C: Alavar Taisenel. 2 Assets (City C, Province C).
State 2: Carlito Madeira (NPC). 2 Assets (Province 2, Province 4), 2 Subordinates (Mayor 2, Mayor 4).
State 3: Tacito Vargas (NPC). 2 Assets (Province 3, Province 6), 2 Subordinates (Mayor 3, Mayor 6).
State 4: Yannic Dupond (NPC). 1 Asset (Province 5), 1 Subordinate (Mayor 5).
Corneddo: Lord Mayor Germanus Martinus (NPC). Autonomous.
Perconari: Unassigned.

Units: 20 Land Units, 6 Naval Units [11 Imperial Units, 6 Stormguard Units, 3 Riverguard Units, 5 Frigate Units, 1 Flagship Unit].
Imperial Gen. Warr: 2 Imperial Units [currently in Belt] + 3 Imperial Units [currently in southwest] + 1 Riverguard Unit [currently in capital]
Imperial Gen. Narváez: 3 Imperial Units [currently in southeast]
Imperial Gen. Rosales: 3 Imperial Units [currently in west]
Imperial Gen. Moreno: 2 Riverguard Units [currently in the Belt]
Dictator Alavar Taisenel: 6 Stormguard Units [currently in capital]
Admiral Lucanus Pontius: 5 Frigate Units, 1 Flagship Unit.

Agencies:
The Peoples' Bureaucracy: Adviser Carlos. Expenses: 0.75 wealth (.25 Upkeep, .5 Wages).
The National Police: Ministry of the Interior. 2 Police Units [currently in cities, focused in capital].
Ministry of the Economy: Ministry of the Economy. Information unavailable.
Tax Collection System: Ministry of the Economy. Information unavailable.

Spoiler: Federal Budget (click to show/hide)

Current Wealth:  Any wealth the government currently has is unknown.
Predicted Income: Any income generated by the government is unknown.
Predicted Expenses: Any expenses the government has is unknown.

Spoiler: Maps Page (click to show/hide)

State Map (The Peoples' Bureaucracy)


Infrastructure Map (The Peoples' Bureaucracy)


Proposed Road System, Refined Map (Ministry of the Economy)

Spoiler: National Census (click to show/hide)

Last Updated: Turn 3. The following statistics have been generated with a believed accuracy of plus or minus twenty-five percent:

- POP of country: 98
- POP [Urban vs Rural]: 6 vs 92

- POP of Crevari: 1.7
- POP of City 2: 0.8
- POP of City 3: 1.2
- POP of City 4: 0.5
- POP of City 5: 1.4
- POP of City 6: 0.4

- POP of Province C: 19
- POP of Province 2: 27
- POP of Province 3: 13
- POP of Province 4: 11
- POP of Province 5: 18
- POP of Province 6: 4

- POP of State C: 20.7
- POP of State 2: 39.3
- POP of State 3: 18.6
- POP of State 4: 19.4

Spoiler: Diplomacy (click to show/hide)

Suderland Republics: Neutral. Positive relations with the Republic of Anhoven.
Lord Valerius' Isles: Negative. De facto part of the Suderland Republics.

Diplomatic relations have not been opened up with any other significant nations or entities.

Spoiler: National Constitution (click to show/hide)

Adopted on March 24, 638.

Section 1: The Sovereignty of State
1. Estrella is a unitary republic.
2. The constituent regions of Estrella, as well as its other territories, are the sovereign lands of its people and administered by the Estrellan State.
3. New territories may be admitted into the State as desired by the government through its head official, the Dictator [change the title as required].

Section 2: The Governance of the State

Article 1
1. The government of Estrella is composed of Executive, Legislative and Judiciary Branches.
2. The Executive is composed of the Dictator, their Cabinet, and their staff.
3. The Legislative is composed of the Senate and their staff.
4. The Judiciary consists of the judges and their staff.

Article 2
1. The Dictator is elected by the people of the State through its Senate. Each Senator is allowed to nominate a candidate for the Dictatorship and a candidate must receive 60% of the Senate's voting members to be elected. Candidates must have been employed in the State's service for a minimum of 10 years or in special circumstances, be approved for the position by the High Court as well as Senate. Should a Dictator be appointed under the latter circumstances, half of the Senate and High Court must immediately resign.
2. The Dictator is given total executive power in government and commands the highest rank in the State's military forces. This executive power is delegated to his Cabinet in the form of Ministries of which there is a variable number, depending on the needs of the State.
3. The Dictator may be impeached if 75% of the Senate approves this impeachment. Impeached dictators are forbidden from taking part in politics.
4. The Cabinet is appointed directly by the Dictator and the Senate may not transgress their right to do so. Cabinet members may be removed only by the Dictator or the Senate if 75% of all voting members agree to this. Cabinet members require no experience in government.

Article 3
1. The Senate is an advisory council to the Dictator and his Cabinet and is also in charge of legislative decisions. Each Senator is responsible for representing the people that have appointed and/or elected them.
2. The Senate is composed of 280 elected members and 62 appointed members. Additional seats may be created as required by the State.
3. The elected Senate seats are to be elected directly by the people. Senatorial elections are to take place every two years, with half of the electable senate being elected with the other half being elected in the next two years.
4. All Senatorial Seats will consist of a geographic area to be determined by the Dictator. All nominees for a Senatorial Seat must reside in the Seat's geographic bounds and have resided there for at least 5 consecutive years.
5. An elected senator must receive 51% of all votes in the Seat in which they ran to become a Senator.

Section 3: The Citizenry of the State

Article 1
1. A citizen is person who has professed loyalty to the Estrellan State, its laws and people. An Estrellan Citizen has the right to be protected by Estrellan laws and accept the responsibilities implied while on Estrellan soil.
2. All Estrellan Citizens are permitted the right to free speech, free worship and gainful enterprise.

Article 2
1. Enfranchised citizens are those who are permitted to vote for Senators.
2. All literate citizens over the age of 21 years are enfranchised citizens.

Section 4: Offences Against the State

Article 1
1. Treason is punishable by death.
2. Tax Evasion is treason.

Spoiler: Recent Events (Turn 3) (click to show/hide)

- Following a skirmish outside Eladria, General Rodwitz has avoided capture and holed up in the southwest. He is currently under siege by Lord Warr.
- Admiral Lucanus Pontius has joined the nation, bringing his fleet of six units under its control.
- Lord Valerius has betrayed our trust and has instead joined the Suderland Republics. Further details are unknown.
- An unknown fleet has blockaded City 3.
- The Dictator's proposed constitution has been pushed through the Senate in a flurry of political activity.

GM Notes:
Turns will be performed all at once to avoid wasted time. Since there are very few players participating as senators, there is no point in having a seperate meeting phase. From now on the Action and Meeting phase will happen simultaneously, with the reaction phase only taking place if necessary (in the case where an event occurs where all/multiple players have the chance to respond). Reactions have only been occurring via PM up until this point. By the way, keep in mind that the turn summary is only updated with information available to the Peoples' Bureaucracy; that is, information made public knowledge or delivered to Carlos. If it's sent to you via PM, the Bureaucracy won't know until you let them know.

PS: I significantly reworked the economy and solidified unit/POP mechanics and numbers, so the numbers have been rebalanced. A lot of prices (especially wages) dropped considerably.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

(Just to check, should I have gotten a message from you?  Or were my actions delayed since I wasn't there at the start of the turn?)

Edit: (Nevermind, seems you were in the middle of sending it off when I saw the turn was up.)

[Taricus]

"Well, I am please to announce that that a few oversights with the finances have been found and rectified. This should reduce the financial burden of the army and the Stormguard considerably and leave some additional finances for invest and what have you.

Now, having taken some time to ponder the the suggestions of factories, I have recently taken a trip to [Insert city 2's name here] and found a few promising inventors and engineers from the royal academy there and I will say what some of the alumini have come up with is frankly fascinating; mass production of glass, steam pumps, mass production of wine. There was one that was working on a way to fly using helium. The school itself producing these brilliant minds however is struggling a little, due to financial difficulties.

Vice happens to be on a disturbing uptick within the capital however, predominantly in the slums. Now this is something I require to be obliterated in earnest, and if I find that it is a person that has a position within government that has been sponsoring this, they will be removed from office in a permanent manner."

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

"My Dictator, I recognize the benefit of the funding of schools, the limited analysis I have been able to run for the sake of making informed policy decisions shows that the tax system is currently in a horrific state.  There is little understating the problem, as the current situation has only the capital itself able to be taxed reliably.  Combining this with the current very low tax rate of ten percent of earnings, the income of the government from taxation is only <1 wealth>."

"Even with major efforts in order to rectify this, I must warn that I am uncertain as to exactly what degree the taxable income will increase by.  Further, the analyses of the Federal Budget and existing wealth have yet to be completed so our current exact financial situation is unknown as a result of a lack of records I am aware of from my predecessor.  While the possibility we have significant wealth may exist, we may just as easily be upon the brink of collapse."

[Demonic Spoon]

((Sorry didn't notice this updating for some reason.))

Lord Valerius' Isles: Negative. De facto part of the Suderland Republics.

- Lord Valerius has betrayed our trust and has instead joined the Suderland Republics. Further details are unknown.

((That bastard))
The People's bureaucracy presents a report

The Peoples’ Bureaucracy gets busy surveying the nation’s forts, and makes a good deal of progress on compiling information regarding defensive structures. They begin primarily in the Belt, and provide the following information regarding the Major and Minor Forts. Information received from Camilla and General Warr were of great help in completing a fast survey of the Belt.

Each fort is organized on a scale of 1 to 5 for both Class and Size, with a larger Class being a tougher defensive position and a larger Size being able to station more soldiers (1 unit per size). All Minor Forts are a “1” by default for both Class and Size. The Major forts are ordered from left to right across the Belt, with Mount Sapario starting the chain in the mountains on the western border and Camillo’s Fort ending the chain on an island in the middle of the river.

Major Forts: Mount Sapario [Class 4, Size 2], Sala’s Fort [Class 1, Size 2], The Bustillo [Class 3, Size 4], Camillo’s Fort [Class 3, Size 1].
Minor Forts: 12. Western Belt: 5 [west of the Bustillo], Eastern Belt: 7 [east of the Bustillo].

Though the surveys of the rest of the Forts in the nation have not been completed, your bureaucrats have given you a rough estimate of the numbers. There are believed to be four minor and one major fort near the southwestern border, two forts protecting City 4, and eight forts (two major, one minor) protecting City 2 and the Capital. This brings the estimate for the total number of forts in the nation to thirty-one forts. Border areas and vital commercial centers tend to be very well protected, but there are quite a few gaps in the defensive matrix. Provinces 2 and 3 are particularly undefended.

Carlos presents a concerning, if unfortunately vague, report to the Dictator and Ministers.

You take some time away from your administrative matters to walk among the Palace Gardens and read the stars. During your sixth week of speculative gazing, you notice that the Aggridon’s Star seems to be missing. Consulting your sacred texts and discussing at the Academy, it seems it may have something to do with the man whom after the star was named.

In myth, Aggridon was a warrior of great renown who, enamoured with the King’s daughter, wished to marry her. However, the King - arrogant and haughty as he was - told the warrior, “If you wish to marry my daughter, you must go forth and beat the champions of seven great kingdoms”. Aggridon did this, and upon returning once again asked for the daughter’s hand in marriage. The King once more refused, and demanded, “It is not enough. You must lead my armies into battle and beat the armies of three of my enemies”. Aggridon rode forth and fought these battles, driving off the enemies before returning to the King. But still the King was not pleased with Aggridon’s offers. He once more demanded, “You must go forth and bring me a King’s head. And then you shall have my daughter’s hand in marriage.” Aggridon slew the King’s guards and severed the fool’s head from his body, laying it in his hands. He announced, “My tasks are complete; you have been delivered the head of a King.” He stole the King’s daughter away, only to have her break a spear in his throat while he slept.

You are not quite sure what this myth might signal for the future, but several weeks later you come across a dead cat, impaled through the throat by a tree branch. A tree had fallen over and caught it in the neck. Whatever it means, you do know this: it is a grim portent.

- An unknown fleet has blockaded City 3.

((Important!))

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

- An unknown fleet has blockaded City 3.

((Important!))

(Which one was City 3?)

[Demonic Spoon]

((I'm guessing the port in State 3, which would point to the Westerlanders))

[DontBanTheMan]

((I'm guessing the port in State 3, which would point to the Westerlanders))

Correct. Each City # corresponds with its respective Province.

[Taricus]

"Noted Albertus. However, I do recall one of your tasks was to establish an effective taxation network able to service the entire nation, and that there was funding towards this goal given to the ministry for this express purpose. Which leads me to question what you have done with such funds in lieu of this.

And Carlos, while I wish I could say I would heed the warning of such prophesies, we both know very well that the future is mutable, doubly so since we are living proof of the future's malleability. As such I have more important things to worry about than superstitious omens.

Now, the blockade of [Insert City 3's name here] is worrying, but not too concerning given the recent 'flip' of Admiral Pontius to our banner. We can likely send him in to deal with the blockading threat, odds are it is a reprisal from the western administration. The loss of the islands to the south to the Suderland republics is of no great concern for now, as we have the naval base and the trade hub in the region. I'm open to ideas on limiting the republic's expansion in the area; a naval base under their banner would make things there messy."