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Post by Richard I on Mar 26, 2015 11:52:42 GMT
The Würtige Empire has barely done anything for weeks, months even. The Emperor is barely present, the Autonomous Member States do mostly their own things, and we have no sense of unity.
We need to reform and remodel the Empire, either by dissolving it and moving on, or doing more to get involved in the Member States, or even reforming into a democratic confederation or federation like Switzerland.
We just need to do something. Anything.
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Post by Prince James I on Mar 26, 2015 17:17:36 GMT
Myself and Tsar Thomas have been discussing this idea ourselves. I believe it would be for the best if we remained unified, as many of us are involved to some extent or another in the other Autonomous Member States (two of the Heads of State of the States hold the title of First Minister in other States, as an example), and there is a unified history to the Empire that has brought it together. I would not, however, be opposed to a reform.
Another reason involvement is hard is because the States are essentially in a sort of shut-down. The Mercian Parliament House is out of session until May, the Nollandish Parliament is inactive due to a variety of reasons to do with the state of Nolland, mine own Beaconite Imperial Assembly has not even had a chance to be formed due to the lack of candidates (note to self: amend constitution, remove democracy), and bugger knows what's going on with the Capital.
Unfortunately, it's approaching exam time, so I can't guarantee I'll put my all into reviving this place, but due to the nature of micronationalism it's the sort of hobby I can do in between things without too much risk of distraction.
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Post by Richard I on Mar 26, 2015 18:01:50 GMT
I can definitely agree with you here. The silence from the Capital is somewhat deafening. Perhaps our reform should centre on exchanging the Imperial Council with a Council of Heads of State? Combine that with some voting and political benefits within that Council for the Emperor, then that way we have an active Imperial executive.
We should definitely try to work on shared events over the summer, perhaps an Imperial Chess League or something more political, such as a referendum.
Luckily for me, my essays are mostly fallen by the wayside, so now the biggest inhibitor of my time is actually working to fund my cost of living. However, I think that with a Council of Heads of State, our Empire will be able to succeed far more than it has done over the past year; the policy of 'if its inactive, then it is stable' just doesn't cut it anymore.
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Post by Emperor Arthur I on Mar 26, 2015 23:29:46 GMT
Personally, I can say the Capital is quiet because, as always, life started stripping away my time for micronationalism.
That being said, I am completely open to reform, but I would like if we could remain unified, and preferably with me as Emperor, even if it becomes ceremonial.
Then again, I can't see any meaningful policy changes that would stimulate activity. In general, the council hasn't received any bills, proposals or projects. I am not opposed to giving the council more power, or even opening more democratic positions, but nothing apart from individual interest and new projects can revive the Empire with activity.
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Post by Richard I on Mar 30, 2015 13:03:30 GMT
When my essay deadline closes tomorrow, I'll try to draw up a plan of how to re-assess the Empire. I think one of our issues is that we have drifted apart politically as well as culturally, so we may need to confederate stronger to save the system, or even to federalise. We may have to deny some of our previous freedoms, but I'm not sure. We should all look at how federations and confederations work and have worked, and maybe we should even hark back to the days of the Confederate States of Prosperity with cross-national parties, elections, things to bind us. Even the passing of mostly ceremonial laws, like a common travel agreement or something, should help.
I think we should also start canvassing the Micronation.org Forums for new member states. Some of the newer crop of non-secessionist nation show quite some promise, and in the coming months I think we can make use of that.
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Post by Prince James I on Mar 30, 2015 19:01:40 GMT
That's definitely true. As I recall, individual States themselves were more active in the CSP, as we were more involved in general and as a result involved with other parties.
The CSP also had something that I don't remember the name of that worked as a sort of sphere of influence. We used it a couple of times to bring in States that either we or they didn't feel were quite ready to join the CSP fully. Something like that could be used? It's up to them, but the Mercian Concessions and devolved Nollandish regions may wish to become full States in their own right.
As for making the Empire democratic, that could backfire, if BE and Nolland are any indication. Still, it's worth looking into. The CSP was generally a clusterfuck, and I think this could be organised better.
Though your common travel agreement example seems a bit odd, aren't we all under one citizenship anyway?
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Post by Richard I on Mar 30, 2015 19:55:14 GMT
Yes, but citizenship =/= travel. For example, EU countries each have their own passports, but can travel without having to present them in the Schengen zone. I think we could implement a Würtige 'Schengen Zone' for cool reasons.
Also, what do folk here think of getting more involved in international and intermicronational events? Releasing statements on upcoming events, campaigns and so forth in both the macro and micro worlds?
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Post by Emperor Arthur I on Apr 1, 2015 14:32:51 GMT
I think some projects could be interesting. We tried to develop a micronational criptocurrency a while back, but it wasn't sucessful.
I also agree with the Idea of centralizing. It would definitely help in putting active people in more power to do new stuff.
Let's set up a meeting so we can discuss this further, shall we?
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Post by Prince James I on Apr 1, 2015 20:34:34 GMT
Definitely. I assume we'll all be free at the weekend?
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Post by Emperor Markus II on Apr 6, 2015 21:54:23 GMT
I would certainly approve of re-establishing the CSP.
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Post by Prince James I on Apr 7, 2015 5:39:14 GMT
This would not be a literal re-establishment of the CSP, but the closer federation would indeed make it reminiscent. We're hoping that we can design a new State Joining Treaty where we don't make the system so bad that it dies, like the CSP did.
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