Look around you, ladies and Gentlemen, for this is your new home. I hope you like it, because we are stuck here! When we first learned of the impending disaster, the whole world trembled and there is no shame in admitting that mighty France trembled too. But when Emperor Napoleon announced we would leave our home, and we would search out a new one, you all bravely volunteered, and you should take pride in that. No one knew what we would find. No one knew the trip would be so long. No one knew that our craft would be so heavily damaged in the journey, making it impossible to ever turn back. No one knew that all our greatest scientists, engineers, merchants and artists would be lost along the way, and the wealth of their great knowledge lost with them. And no one knew and our great leader, Emperor Napoleon himself, would fall so desperately ill. We hope and pray daily that Napoleon might miraculously recover, but until then the task of rebuilding France in this new land falls to us.
I am General Yahzuk. I was chief consul to great Napoleon, and as he fell ill, he drew up a new government and appointed me commander of our military forces. Until Napoleon regains the strength to rule the empire, I am the nominal head of state. And yet in his infinite . Wisdom . Emperor Napoleon did not see fit to entrust in me complete control of France, insisting instead on a system of checks and balances. Well, so be it. I shall explain to you the workings of our new government.
I, General Yahzuk, am commander of all Frances military forces, including our great generals. It is my job to protect our great empire, but I need our cities leaders to provide me with adequate resources to do so. I also command any workers captured from other nations. On matters of state, I schedule the voting agenda, deciding what will be voted on when. I get to vote on all matters and my votes are equal to the total strength of our military units and the total strength of our cities.
Each new city of our glorious empire will be appointed a Mayor. The Mayor will decide what the city will produce and may assign its citizens to specific tasks. The Mayor will also control any workers, great scientists, artists, engineers and merchants born within his city. Each Mayor also gets to vote on matters of state, and his voting shall be equal to services his city provides for the good of France. The Mayors vote is equal to his citys Science output, Cultural Output, Gold Output, and Happiness Output (from buildings). Strategic and luxury resources are also added to the Mayors vote. If a city is the empires sole source of a luxury resource it is worth 5, otherwise worth 2. Unlike myself, Mayors are not appointed for life. The appointment must be confirmed every 50 turns. Because the Mayor of the capital wields so much power, his appointment must be confirmed every 25 turns. Of course, Mayors do not get to vote on their own confirmations, so theyre going to need the support of their fellow Mayors or myself if they wish to remain in power.
So what the matters of state requiring votes?
As I already mentioned, Mayoral appointments must be confirmed every 50 turns (25 for the capital)
We will vote on what to research. We can vote to switch projects before one is complete.
We will vote on what social policies to adopt. We will also adopt a social policy as soon as we can.
We will vote on all agreements with foreign powers, from open borders, pacts of secrecy and cooperation, research agreements, mutual defense pacts, and of course declarations of war or acceptance of peace. If foreign powers approach me with an offer before we have voted on it, I will reject their offer until I schedule a vote on the matter. While the substance of our negotiations will be voted upon, they tone I take with foreign powers is up to me.
When I prepare to capture an enemy city, we will vote on its disposition. Whether we should annex it and appoint a Mayor, or leave it as a puppet, raze it, liberate it or sell it to another nation.
Finally we will vote on capital spending. No gold will be spent on new units, unit upgrades, buying land, buying buildings, or research agreements without a vote.
Ladies and Gentlemen, it is time to rebuild our glorious empire. Let the new France be greater than any nation that has ever come before her! And may God help us all!
I am General Yahzuk. I was chief consul to great Napoleon, and as he fell ill, he drew up a new government and appointed me commander of our military forces. Until Napoleon regains the strength to rule the empire, I am the nominal head of state. And yet in his infinite . Wisdom . Emperor Napoleon did not see fit to entrust in me complete control of France, insisting instead on a system of checks and balances. Well, so be it. I shall explain to you the workings of our new government.
I, General Yahzuk, am commander of all Frances military forces, including our great generals. It is my job to protect our great empire, but I need our cities leaders to provide me with adequate resources to do so. I also command any workers captured from other nations. On matters of state, I schedule the voting agenda, deciding what will be voted on when. I get to vote on all matters and my votes are equal to the total strength of our military units and the total strength of our cities.
Each new city of our glorious empire will be appointed a Mayor. The Mayor will decide what the city will produce and may assign its citizens to specific tasks. The Mayor will also control any workers, great scientists, artists, engineers and merchants born within his city. Each Mayor also gets to vote on matters of state, and his voting shall be equal to services his city provides for the good of France. The Mayors vote is equal to his citys Science output, Cultural Output, Gold Output, and Happiness Output (from buildings). Strategic and luxury resources are also added to the Mayors vote. If a city is the empires sole source of a luxury resource it is worth 5, otherwise worth 2. Unlike myself, Mayors are not appointed for life. The appointment must be confirmed every 50 turns. Because the Mayor of the capital wields so much power, his appointment must be confirmed every 25 turns. Of course, Mayors do not get to vote on their own confirmations, so theyre going to need the support of their fellow Mayors or myself if they wish to remain in power.
So what the matters of state requiring votes?
As I already mentioned, Mayoral appointments must be confirmed every 50 turns (25 for the capital)
We will vote on what to research. We can vote to switch projects before one is complete.
We will vote on what social policies to adopt. We will also adopt a social policy as soon as we can.
We will vote on all agreements with foreign powers, from open borders, pacts of secrecy and cooperation, research agreements, mutual defense pacts, and of course declarations of war or acceptance of peace. If foreign powers approach me with an offer before we have voted on it, I will reject their offer until I schedule a vote on the matter. While the substance of our negotiations will be voted upon, they tone I take with foreign powers is up to me.
When I prepare to capture an enemy city, we will vote on its disposition. Whether we should annex it and appoint a Mayor, or leave it as a puppet, raze it, liberate it or sell it to another nation.
Finally we will vote on capital spending. No gold will be spent on new units, unit upgrades, buying land, buying buildings, or research agreements without a vote.
Ladies and Gentlemen, it is time to rebuild our glorious empire. Let the new France be greater than any nation that has ever come before her! And may God help us all!
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