National Assembly— You Be Politician
Reporter Terra Nocta
SP, National Assembly— Earlier today, reports came in that the National Assembly (NA) was preparing to pass this quarter's laws. However, at roughly quarter past ten, the Betacrats decided to siege the Head Politician's seat, seizing the Hammer of Law Passing and forcibly striking the Wooden Block of Law Passing, pushing through the laws that would decrease taxes for game industries and gambling corporations. The siege lasted quite a while, with chains being used to barricade the walls an hour before the actual meeting was slated to start, as 257 of the 483 seats were empty. This seemed to have been a carefully planned tactic, as today's seating was predominantly Betacrats, taking of 63% of the 224 seats present. Only a smattering of Techdemocrats were present, the minority party, and none of the Alphacrats were even in the Assembly Hall. It is suspected that the Betacrats have received money from three large companies, Limited Madhatters (ltd), Unlimited Blue Oceans and Green Chips(corp), and Nexxxxt Games (corp). All three companies declined to comment, while the party leader of the Betacrats, one Mun Suk Joon, claimed in a press conference after the highly controversial law passing that "this was required for the country to progress in a high content, culturally global focused environment," and that "all claims that unsavory dealings have gone on are completely false," adding, "It's probably the Techdemocrats who've spread those rumors."
The Techdemocrat spokesperson remarked, "This atrocious deed must not go unpunished." He continued to strongly ask of Yän's citizens to "punish the wrongdoings of the Betacrats" and that "the tyranny of the Betacrats has gone unchecked for too many years now."
This is the fifth consecutive siege that has taken place, starting from the 1912 Q3 Assembly, where memorably a nearby firetruck was hijacked and mobilized to demolish the Assembly's doors, and continuing for the fifth quarter.
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Well, there's two ways to become rich. One, you work hard and amass capital with no rival, become the top and stay there. It takes a whole lifetime of endless work to do that though.
The second way is to become a politician. A few years of work, debut in the Assembly, and tada! You're standing next to a giant piggy bank with no withdrawal limits! You just need to pas the right laws, the ones that benefit your secret beneficiaries, and the ones that make it easier for you to hide away your hard-earner money, while still managing to look like the good guy.
Our proud nation, Ÿan, is also proud to be squeaky clean. There's no dirty lobbying, dirty bribery, or dirty corruption here. See what happens when you have dirty corruption, like Eagleland across the Ragey Ocean. Not very good. You get manhandled by the big guys.
In Ÿan, all we have is
clean corruption. That's all.
Politicians in Ÿan are public servants. They earn salary from taxpayer's money, a certain amount per quarter. They also earn money from the abovementioned clean corruption, such as passing a law to destroy all small businesses in the industry of, say, supermarkets. CEOs are savvy, see, they know when to give you a fruit box as thanks, filled with nice green cash.
Assembly meetings are one time each quarter. At least 50% (242 people) need to be present for laws to be passed. At least 50% of the people who are present must vote for a law for it to pass. 75% must be present for a constitutional change, and 80% of the present must agree.
The important part is that laws are passed when the Hammer is struck against the Block. It's hard to take it from the Assembly Head, but it's possible, as seen in the 1913 Q4 article above.
When not voting, various actions like
Research current law,
Research [],
Take Polls Of [],
Have Friendly Meetings with CEOs, and
Train Combat may be done.
The goal is to get as much money as possible, then keep it. It's no fun if you get inspected and thrown into jail. To help you, there are a few routes such as
Alias Bank Accounts, Overseas Bank Accounts, Relative's Bank Accounts, Puppet Corporations, and
Bribing Inspectors. Research them to see what's good and what's bad.
Any research action is revealed to everyone.
You are expected to track all of your money in all accounts. Failure to do so will result in either you losing out (in case of real money > stated money) or being thrown into jail (real money < stated money>.
Jail is usually, but not always, a game over. If you happen to have a majority party, a Special Repentance may be issued, and you get off scot-free.
Now, obviously Bay12 does not have 483 people. Players each are one seat, and NPCs take all the other seats. You must persuade NPCs to vote for your law through debate. A dice is rolled, and you get bonuses depending on your other dice rolls and whether the NPCs are in your party or not. Remember, reasonable arguments get bonuses, too.
Questions asked before game shall be answered! I wrote this at 4 am, so do not expect coherency or good structuring.
Character sheet:
Name: <your user name>
Funds: 100000₩ (Bank)
Party: (Betacrats, Techdemocrats, Alphacrats, Unaffiliated)
Stats (spend 10)
HP (1 pt = 3 HP)
SP (SpeechPower)
STR (Strength)
CNN (Cunning, ie how well you can con fellow politicians)
STL (Steel Face, how blatantly poker-face you can be even when faced with inescapable accusations. Useful in press conferences or in court.)
Status of the Nationname: Democratic Republic of Ÿan
short name: Ÿan
pronunciation: [Ÿan]
population: 50000000
gdp: LOTS
national relations:
Ramenia – Neighbors up north. Some military tensions. Currently in a nervous peace. Rumors of nukes.
Eagleland – Ally. Also, Ÿan is kinda like a vassal to it but not really. Received great help in the Ramenia-Ÿan War.
Japa – A nation with whom Ÿan has a love-hate relationship.
Pandaland – An unknown, but huge and rich nation.
current citizen trust:
400 (neutral)
current political parties
Betacrats
Techdemocrats
Alphacrats
Fembots
Goblins
Unaffiliated
current budget:
Department of Defense - 400000000₩
Department of Law and Courts - 200000000₩
Department of Administration - 100000000₩
Regional Taxes (some regions self-govern)- 200000000₩
Department of Life and Family - 100000000₩
Department of Transport - 100000000₩
Department of Food and Agriculture - 10000000₩
Department of Technology, Communication, and Science - 10000000₩
Department of Land and Water - 10000000₩
Department of Education - 1200000₩
Department of Women - 800000₩
Branch of Cyberterrorism and Security - 800000₩
Branch of Sea and Air - 80000₩
Branch of Nyan - 22000₩
Branch of Forests and Mountains - 60000₩
Department of Space - 56000₩
Branch of National Intelligence - 60000 ₩
Branch of Worker's Rights - 14000₩
Branch of Anticommunism - 9000₩
Remember, the number one reason a politician exists is to gain more money! The nation and its citizens can come after that!
Also, three actions a turn.
I want Linux just because this might be a good opportunity to get used to its scaaaary environment. Thusfar I've only used it for light coding and Perl scripting in a virtual box. Nothing fancy.
