Post by Nathan on Oct 31, 2004 18:44:21 GMT -6
The constitution isnt working as i thought it would... Um... we are now delcared a Kingdom! I coronate myself His Sovereign Majesty, Nathan I, King of Natopia. ;D
but seriously... We need to start again!!! While I'm proud of Natopia's unique founding and its strong offline culture, Natopia didnt translate well to the internet. The constitution needs to be redone, it needs to be a bare bones structure of government. outline powers and checks and balances. and list the rights of the Citizen. thats all.
I'd like to do something interesting with the Regions as well. Each Region will have its own style government. Theoretically, one region could be communist, one could be a monarchy etc. They would not be independent, but national control would be very lax.
Dare we start over? The Nation of Natopia will always exist, and has existed since August 23, 2002. Its customs and traditions will live with the State forever. The 'State' of Natopia has been ever changing since that time however... i think it is time for another change... a major change. Since the creation of the state the govt has remained largely unchanged... its only become more democratic.
Let us begin this Reform of the State of Natopia by selecting which basic government we will build off of.
1. Democracy
2. Republic
3. Monarchy
4. Oligarchy
5. Theocracy
6. Military rule
7. Anarchy (this would destroy the State and leave only the Nation to determine its fate)
8. Communist
9. Socialist
10. Bagelcratican (this would transform the State into a "just for fun" country)
11. Lindstromist (what we have now kinda, this would revert the State to a more pure form of it)
12. Federation (focus on the Regions, national govt still poweful)
13. Confederation (focus on the Regions, national govt very weak)
14. Alliance (independency to all Regions, national govt exists only as mediator between regions)
Definitions:
State of Natopia- the actual political elements of Natopia, such as titles, positions structure
Nation of Natopia- the people of Natopia and their culture, customs, ideals, and traditions
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We can mix and match the govt types of course. And any new government would be the successor to the old one... the new constitution would be adopted by the Senate, instead of that awkward business of citizens personally ratifying it with pen and paper. Even though im sure we are one of the fwe with an actually signed constitution... too bad many of the ratifiers are non-active.
However, seeing the general attitude of the Constitutional Convention, no one wanted any radical changes.... its just that Natopia seems to have gotten stale... I wanted it to grow too fast! I created the system of Regions because, at the time, there were no imperial-level positions open. Well.. at that time i want worried about activity... just giving pretend jobs to my friends.
I'd even advocate locking these forums and starting completly over somewhere else.
Please, questions, comments... from anyone? at all?
but seriously... We need to start again!!! While I'm proud of Natopia's unique founding and its strong offline culture, Natopia didnt translate well to the internet. The constitution needs to be redone, it needs to be a bare bones structure of government. outline powers and checks and balances. and list the rights of the Citizen. thats all.
I'd like to do something interesting with the Regions as well. Each Region will have its own style government. Theoretically, one region could be communist, one could be a monarchy etc. They would not be independent, but national control would be very lax.
Dare we start over? The Nation of Natopia will always exist, and has existed since August 23, 2002. Its customs and traditions will live with the State forever. The 'State' of Natopia has been ever changing since that time however... i think it is time for another change... a major change. Since the creation of the state the govt has remained largely unchanged... its only become more democratic.
Let us begin this Reform of the State of Natopia by selecting which basic government we will build off of.
1. Democracy
2. Republic
3. Monarchy
4. Oligarchy
5. Theocracy
6. Military rule
7. Anarchy (this would destroy the State and leave only the Nation to determine its fate)
8. Communist
9. Socialist
10. Bagelcratican (this would transform the State into a "just for fun" country)
11. Lindstromist (what we have now kinda, this would revert the State to a more pure form of it)
12. Federation (focus on the Regions, national govt still poweful)
13. Confederation (focus on the Regions, national govt very weak)
14. Alliance (independency to all Regions, national govt exists only as mediator between regions)
Definitions:
State of Natopia- the actual political elements of Natopia, such as titles, positions structure
Nation of Natopia- the people of Natopia and their culture, customs, ideals, and traditions
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We can mix and match the govt types of course. And any new government would be the successor to the old one... the new constitution would be adopted by the Senate, instead of that awkward business of citizens personally ratifying it with pen and paper. Even though im sure we are one of the fwe with an actually signed constitution... too bad many of the ratifiers are non-active.
However, seeing the general attitude of the Constitutional Convention, no one wanted any radical changes.... its just that Natopia seems to have gotten stale... I wanted it to grow too fast! I created the system of Regions because, at the time, there were no imperial-level positions open. Well.. at that time i want worried about activity... just giving pretend jobs to my friends.
I'd even advocate locking these forums and starting completly over somewhere else.
Please, questions, comments... from anyone? at all?