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Can this be the wrong doing treaty? Congrats.
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Utterly despicable, typical misfits.
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I favor the use and inclusion of protectorates in RP for every reason margrave cites as a criticism.
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For a nation of nearly fifty million people the prospect of mass standardized examination, even on a one time basis, was daunting. Of those fifty million five to six million were expected to qualify for examination, and of those if the correlations lined up the way it was suspected they would, one to two million would be certified as electors. The logistics were dizzying, and to cope with it the OEA had brought on fifty thousand temporary staffers with plans to add an additional forty thousand as the mostly frontloaded undertaking was confronted. From there the office would scale down to a longterm size of forty thousand permanent staffers.
Occupationally the OEA couldn't be more diverse, its offices would be present in every major municipality, and among its ranks there would be thousands of investigators, accountants, lawyers, and white collar workers of all stripes. Together they would represent one of the most expansive departments the young regime would host.
Over the course of the next three years the process of ratification would be surmounted followed shortly by the election of the first government. However before either could take place the enfranchisement of an electorate would need to occur, millions would need to undergo examination, possibly two or three times, and with it untold chaos could be anticipated if improperly managed. To ensure the bureaucratic apparatus wasn't overloaded those prescreened for eligibility would receive invitations within two weeks of public announcement. Those that assented to undergo confirmation would be allotted one of six test periods to occur in the first year, with each period examining no more than 250,000 candidates. Voluntary applicants, and those that failed in earlier rounds would have the opportunity to undergo examination a year later in one of four examination periods. From there an additional eight testing blocks would be open on a first come first serve basis until the ratification and the first elections could be held.
While mass outcry was seen as unlikely, contingencies existed which anticipated the emergence of a coalition composed of young social democrats and nordic socialists should opposition to the new program gain traction. In combatting this potentiality the announcement of both the constitution and the details surrounding the OEA metrics would be muted, a limited untelevised speech, publication alongside a byzantine legal commentary, euphemistic editorials on the part of a colluding press, and the shrouding of those discriminatory aspects of the new program within the complexities of a confounding bureaucracy. The young ideologue thrived in the clarity of certain terms, but he would wither in a haze of fluid questions. -
Formal announcement scheduled to unfold within a few days, the Independent Committee of Electoral Review paired with its dependent Office of Electoral Affairs internally published a pre-reviewed metric set and eligibility list of citizens who would be immediately invited to apply.
OEA Status Review Metrics
An applicant may not be denied Elector status should they meet the following minimum qualifications for confirmation.
I: Candidate must be a citizen of the Austrian Democratic Republic.
II: Candidate must be of the age of majority.
III: Candidate must hold a degree from an accredited national or approved international university.
IV: Candidate must be among the nation's top decile of asset holders and or income earners.
V: Candidate must score among the top decile of the national standards and measures psychometric nonverbal and symbolic ability survey.
VI: Candidate must score no less than 90% on a political literacy exam detailing subjects from history, current affairs, international relations, economics, literature, culture and philosophy.
VII: Candidate must have a clean criminal record free of serious legal infractions.
VIII: Candidate must have no history of affiliation with discriminatory, racist, nationalist, NordSoc, or related hate groups. Each candidate must sign an affidavit under the penalty of perjury attesting to the absence of historic association. -
You're not the real The Order of the Pony.
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With the opening of the new Hellenic World Services facilities across the nation the Austrian military was abuzz in expansion. Growing rapidly around a nucleus of veteran cadres all segments of the armed service were undergoing rapid development. New top shelf aircraft were being turned out around the clock to be filled out with pilots who were training daily with their Athenian coaches. Freshly minted armored units were rolling out and the infantry as well as the military bureaucracy were being exponentially grown and armed day by day. When it was all said and done it would be one of the largest land forces on the continent- years of work were still ahead, but undeniable progress was being made.
In Vienna Alexander was quite pleased with what had been accomplished in normalizing the status quo. Over months he had painstakingly adjusted conditions and created those facts on the ground required to move forward with the ideal - rather the only acceptable - constitutional program available. Day by day he read the reports, and they never ceased to disturb him, NordSoc was far from dead, and it seemed poised to not only act out illegally through militant action, but also to mobilize politically: if not explicitly then through back channels. Both would need to be precluded in any political program the nation undertook. That would mean insulating the electorate from nordic socialists as well as precluding the wrong sort of corruption from taking hold in the administration. Having reviewed the work of the constitutional committee he was satisfied with the result and ready to move forward. It along with a proposed ratification process would be announced within the week, and the campaign for its passage would then begin.
There were two attributes of the new system that would diverge from international norms. The new scheme would not be a dictatorship, nor a monarchy, and it would be representative- however it would not be wholly egalitarian. Studies had shown that the bulk of the Nordic Socialist support base originated among the working class, and specifically the under educated. A key attribute of the new system would be the establishment of a narrowed electorate/political class and blanket standards which would constrain political participants to just the most qualified fraction of the population. An open referendum on ratification would be out of the question, thus the new electorate would largely need to be identified and awarded elevated status from day one. From there came the second element of the new system, the lower house would be selected by sortition (random selection) making it all the more necessary to ensure that on average each elector was intelligent, educated, and materially independent enough to both execute good judgement and transcend corruption. As the new constitution was announced a sub-committee of the body responsible would become the newly established 'Independent Body of Review' which would then publish the litmus test through which electors would be selected.
Basic Law of the Austrian Democratic Republic
A: Statement of Objectives
AI: The quest of man, is the quest for freedom. His existence has been the struggle for mastery in the face of adversity: the struggle to survive, to feed himself, to protect himself, to defend what is his and to conquer those who threaten him. But for every breath of liberty there is the human and material cost of bending nature, repressing threats, and harmonizing human organization. Indeed the existence of mankind is denoted by the quality of infantile exploitation in all forms. Civilization is a ravenous conflagration, which at this late hour threatens to consume all the world in its myopic hunger. For centuries Europe and Germania in particular, have been embroiled in the petty cycles of their own reconquest. Enslaved by our ambitions and haunted by nostalgia- we have been fodder to the poison of ideology, the lure of revanchism, and the sweet embrace of militants in all shades. It is against this grain that we the people of Austria do hereby bind ourselves and organize in the name of corporate prosperity, justice, and harmony.
AII: It shall be the duty of the Austrian State to preserve and uphold the human dignity of every citizen and legal resident. Guarantees entailed by this article include but are not limited to equality before the law, protection from discrimination on the basis of gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin, or religion, wellbeing of person and property, equal access to healthcare, a living wage, social welfare, and old age security.
AIII: It shall be the duty of the Austrian State to conserve and safeguard the integrity of the natural world, protecting it from the harms of unguided human exploitation. Its interests shall be held at parity with mankinds, treated with equal due concern.
AIV: Austria shall be a representative republic, and shall empower those fit and able to judge the capacity of its state through fair, free and regular elections. Synthesizing the principles of social democracy, aristocratic excellence, and Austrian tradition, this shall be carried out in the name of the public interest for the greater harmony and happiness of the people.
AV: In the name of the common defense, the Austrian State shall be vested with the authority to establish an armed service who shall see to the preservation of the people against foreign aggression and general insurrection. Furthermore the state is empowered to enter into diplomatic relations and negotiate on behalf the people among foreign powers. Finally it may take all requisite steps to facilitate this broad mission abroad.
AVI: To foster general prosperity and facilitate its own duties, the State shall be empowered to issue letters of incorporation for national industries, establish enterprises, make investments, issue public debt, establish legal tender, facilitate both international and domestic trade, subsidize transactions of any kind, as well as govern and regulate therein through the promulgation of regulatory law and the formation of monitoring entities.
AVII: To promote national harmony, equity, and innovation the state may formulate standards of instruction, as well as create and maintain systems of higher and lower education.
AVIII: To provide for the peoples wellbeing, the state shall be responsible for maintaining, preserving, and improving the quality of the national commons.
AIX: Provisional to servicing the dignity of the people, the sate shall look to its own stability, continuity, and security insuring its preservation against the disruptive and deteriorating forces of both anarchy and radical militant ideologies.
AX: To guarantee Public Safety the state shall be empowered to maintain law and order. For this it may create and issue a body of law regulating citizen life for the protection, wellbeing, and prosperity of the people. To this end it may take all necessary and proper steps to see its issuances upheld and to correct any violation of the civil body.B: Structure of Civil Society
BI: The nation shall be divisible into three interloped groups, the citizenry, the electorate, and the state.
BII: The citizenry shall be composed of all former citizens of Greater Germany living within the borders of Austria for more than twenty years, all those naturalized under Austrian law, and all those of verified Austrian linage. Standards of naturalization shall be established by the state and must maintain impartial and nondiscriminatory standards. No citizen may be involuntarily deprived of their status for any reason.
BIII: The electorate shall be those citizens of Austria that constitute the body politic. Its members will maintain the responsibility and trust of assessing and selecting those offices of state subject to electoral review. Eligibility of candidacy for any national office of trust will also be limited to the electorate. No elector may be involuntarily deprived of their status for any reason other than in instances of severe criminal offense, corruption, or treason.
BIV: Membership in the electorate will be regulated by an independent body of review which will be responsible for establishing metrics of fitness as well as uniform standards of assessment. Standards and benchmarks must be nondiscriminatory and ought to impartially measure only the ability and capacity of a candidate to make an informed judgment in referendums as well as carry out terms of public service.
BV: The government shall be composed of three separate and equal branches: an Executive, Judiciary, and Legislature. Together they shall exist as a unitary state presiding over national affairs without sub-national sovereignties.C: The National Diet
CI: The Legislative branch shall consist of two bodies, the State Council and the College of Electors, jointly referred to as a the National Diet. It shall be responsible for the provision of law, authorization of revenue, and the proper functioning of government through close oversight and monitoring.
CII: The State Council shall house five members to each region which shall serve a term of ten years, with elections staggered such that elections occur once every two years and are rotated between each regions five members.
CIII: The State Council shall establish its own operating rules and internal process, effective decisions by it shall require a two thirds consensus. The council may pass bills for ratification by the College and the assent of the executive.
CIV: The College of Electors shall be form a one thousand man ratifying body which shall give an up or down vote on all legislation proposed to it by the State Council. Its members will be selected by a process of sortition, with each being randomly chosen from the electorate to serve a two year term of office. Its decision shall be considered effective if it carriers a majority.
CV: The is responsible for funding the operations of the State, and shall undertake the effort to establish a code of taxation which adequately services those expenses it authorizes.
CVI: The State Council alone shall confirm executive appointments, provide oversight to the state bureaucracy, ratify treaties, and issue declarations of war.
CVII: The Diet may jointly remove a sitting Secretary General through the passage of an impeachment bill, which does not require executive assent.
CVIII: If the position of Secretary General is vacated- the Diet shall undertake the nomination of candidate successors who will then compete in a general election. During such a time the Secretariat shall act as a transitional regency council invested with the full powers and responsibly of the Secretary General.
CIX: Aside from the due oversight and guidance to be offered by the State Council, the Executive and Judiciary shall be free of interference, and left to execute their charge unhindered in the service of the public.D: The Executive
DI:The Executive shall be responsible for the implementation of legislation passed in accordance with the law by the Diet. It shall be headed by a secretariat whose chief executive shall be the Secretary General.
DII: The Secretary General shall function as the dual Austrian Head of State and Government, and he shall serve a life term until he is no longer capable, effective, or willing do so.
DIII: The Secretary General shall have the power to appoint the cabinet, Supreme Court Justices, and Justices of Lower Courts. He shall also have authority to organize, establish and staff lower agencies and sub offices beneath himself and his cabinet.
DIV: The Secretary General shall be the Commander in Chief of the armed forces of Austria, and shall preside over their administration and deployment.
DV: The Secretary General may issue an absolute veto on any and all legislation passed by Diet.
DVII: The Secretary General may with the confirmation of the State Council appoint members of the independent body of review responsible for establishing electoral standards.
DVIII: The Secretary General may direct and guide the administration to ensure the full and proper execution of its charge.
DIX: The Executive is charged with the paramount duty to preserve the state, maintain the public trust, and safeguard the integrity of national service.E: The Judiciary
EI: The judicial power of the Austrian state shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the National Diet may from time to time ordain and establish. Justices shall serve a life term until such a time that they are neither capable or willing to continue.
EII: The judiciary is to be guided by the Principles of the common law model, and shall strive for consistent, impartial, and uniform rulings in the settlement of disputes. Above all it should strive to balance equity with consistency, and should establish fair standards of evidence.
EIII: While the substantial decisions of each lower court shall be upheld, matters of form and procedure may be the subject of review and appeal to superior bodies.
EIV: In cases of serious criminal offense, the defense shall be guaranteed the right to representation by an officer of the court, and shall not be stripped of his life, liberty or property without the due process of law.
EV: The judiciary shall guarantee the right of equality before the law, and any citizen or subject party with grounds to do so may file suit for the redress of grievances.
EVI: Upon resolution of any suit the losing party will be considered responsible for the court and representation expenses accrued by the victor.F: Sub-National Administration
FI:The nation shall be partitioned into thirty subnational administrative regions here listed by their historic and current names. Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg, Carinthia, Styria, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Oberbayern, Schwaben, Niederbayern, Mittelfranken, Oberpflaz, Oberfranken, Unterfranken, Tübingen, Freiburg, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Rheinhessenpflaz, Saarland, Trier, Koblenz, Darmstadt, Gießen, Kassel, Thüringen, Chemnitz, Dresden, Leipzig, and Vienna.
FII: Each sub-national region shall be led by a regional Controller appointed at the pleasure of the Secretary General. Collectively the respective administrators shall occupy seats on the regional authority, a steering committee intended to permit the coordination of policy implementation among the various regions.
FIII: Each Controller shall function as chief executive of his own regional bureaucracy and shall be responsible for its proper functioning and staffing. The prerogatives afforded to a Controller in his mandate shall be authorized by the Secretary General, and may be augmented or altered as the Secretary General sees fit to delegate responsibility.
FIV: The partitions here established, may be augmented or altered by an act of the Diet carrying the assent of the Executive.G: Amendment Protocol
GI: If for any reason the above articles prove insufficient as currently formulated, those articles other than AII may be amended by the provided process.
GII: An amendment may be brought forward as an act of the Diet, and must pass both houses with a majority greater than two thirds of each body. Once passed it must receive the assent of the Secretary General.
GIII: To become active a signed amendment must be ratified in a national referendum where it must receive a majority greater than two thirds of the voting public. -
Well I for one am waiting for the neutral menace to bloc up and declare war between AA's illegal.
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He did what he did because of the injustices committed by GOONS and the unwillingness of major alliances to move against them, due to GOONS being a tech farm for some of the major players.
To the dismay of every umbrellan and paradoxian the goons don't farm tech for us.
Even if he didn't win, he stood up for his beliefs and what he thought was right. He made a more clear point on what he stood for than all these countless threads you've made with his actions. If you think fighting for what he believed in does so he either deserves to be forced into deletion or give up all his dignity, then I pity you. Wars occur all the time and the defeated are almost never made to give up all their dignity, just an admission of defeat or surrender should be enough. Being forced into begging for mercy on a board as they jerk you around for their own amusement is uncalled for.
On the contrary there's nothing noble about the retarded antics of loki and others in his vain who think holding up the mantle of a crusade relieves you from responsibility or the reality of making tough choices. Actions have consequences and if the mercy board has a function it is as a deterrent to destructive and uncounseled acts of symbolism. If you don't want to recant, or cede your moral authority in an act of contrition to those you have wronged then don't attack GOONS. -
Good to see. Congrats to both of you.
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Congrats to both alliances. Good to see.
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Secret treaties come to [ooc]SE[/ooc]!
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Given the magnitude of the host, and the rarity of the occasion Alexander Schröder, Chairman of the Executive Committee would head east along with the Foreign Minister and his Chancellery.
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Who spilled fruit salad everywhere?
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"Austria would like to apply for membership in the Union, and the Grand Council." - Velimir of Metternich, Foreign Minister of Austria
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Hopefully Pacifica learned a lesson here. When you show mercy to your enemies, it's often paid back with a knife.
Topolarella do it properly, get your enemy down, you put them down for a while.
This is exactly the price you paid for the fast, white peace last war that so many were against.
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Good fight pacifica.
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"Cheers on your elections." - Random Austrian Person
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I really found it confusing that they were aztec, but weren't. I'm sure glad this happened.
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Congrats on finding peace. Good fight Ai et al.
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Well there's that.
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How is this thread even still going? Fifty three pages of people talking eachother in circles.
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Having read this entire thread at one sitting, I'm going to reply to the only posts worth a damn.
There should quite honestly be a medal for this. It's not the casualty count that makes the man, but the psychological torments endured while reading these terrible threads.
This is all you need to know about TOP's motivations here. Well, that and their ruthless desire to be a Hegemony even more dominant than NPO's at its heyday. But who could fault them, any alliance that gets powerful enough dreams of godhood. We certainly did. :)
In reality this is actually retribution for mary's ban on huggles. -
hold on here that post was after the Farrin walkout and apperently this is why he walked out and that is what we are discussing .. and yes i am aware there are new offers .... of course you now bring that out after this is pointed out as up til now the thread was about him walking out.
Actually I would say this thread is about how he negotiated to within a .1 difference of duration then arbitrarily reversed course before walking out again.
Free State Elections
in Fantasy RP (IC)
Posted · Edited by iamthey
"Austria wishes Caledonia well in its elections." - A physically active austrian.