Octavian X
is not a pipe.
[pre]D. The Executive branch is responsible for determining
and implementing the will of the People. It is headed
by the President who shall be the primary Designated
Player. The President shall take direction from a
council of leaders and from other elected and appointed
officials via the turnchat instruction thread. The President
shall be tasked with control of worker actions.
1. The Minister of Domestic Affairs shall be
responsible for all domestic initiatives, worker allocation,
as well as the distribution of funds, as prescribed by law.
2. The Minister of Foreign Affairs shall be responsible
for matters involving treaties with foreign nations,
as prescribed by law.
3. The Minister of Defense shall be responsible for all
military strategy and troop activities, as
prescribed by law.
4. The Minister of Trade shall be responsible for all
trade, domestic and foreign, and the use of resources,
as perscibed by law.
5. The Minister of Science shall be responsible for all tech
acquisition, as prescribed by law.
6. The Minister of Culture shall be responsible for the construction
of wonders, as well as the analysis and maintenance of cultural
borders. This official shall also be responsible for monitoring
Japanatica's cultural level against that of all rival nations. [/pre]
The all too familiar Article D of our Constitution, for reference.
One will notice that this article divides up the duties of the Executive Branch, with a sort of seperation of powers clearly visible.
I am forced to wonder, though - if the executive branch is tasked with acting on the will of the people, why do we divide the branches so? Instead of dividing up these powers of the executive branch, couldn't everything be run more effectively if they actually had to work together?
What I'm proposing, I guess, is a radical change to our very governmental structure. I think (and, I sincerely hope) that everything could be done much more effectively if the governors and ministers were charged with actually creating a unified turn-playing plan, not a hodgepodge of potentially conflicting turn chat instructions as is currently the case.
Each minister first leads general discussion on topics concerning his area of specialty, while governors discuss plans for the provinces. Then, either in public of private, either in chatrooms or the forums, the ministers, governors, annd President, hammer out a single plan, one united body of instructions, ready for the next turn playing session.
Granted, it would slow down our turn playing rate - perhaps down to one session a week. But, it is my belief that one good plan played once a week is better than two groups of disjointed ones twice a week. Additionally, we could probably even fit a greater number of turns into one session - maybe up to twenty.
Ultimately, what I'm attempting is an idealisic, perhaps foolish, goal. The atmosphere around these forums isn't exactly friendly. My hope is that such a system would promote cooperation, maybe even friendly cooperation at that. Granted, you've no responsibility to listen to a once active demogamer-turned-inactive lurker. I thank everybody for giving this a thought at the very least.
and implementing the will of the People. It is headed
by the President who shall be the primary Designated
Player. The President shall take direction from a
council of leaders and from other elected and appointed
officials via the turnchat instruction thread. The President
shall be tasked with control of worker actions.
1. The Minister of Domestic Affairs shall be
responsible for all domestic initiatives, worker allocation,
as well as the distribution of funds, as prescribed by law.
2. The Minister of Foreign Affairs shall be responsible
for matters involving treaties with foreign nations,
as prescribed by law.
3. The Minister of Defense shall be responsible for all
military strategy and troop activities, as
prescribed by law.
4. The Minister of Trade shall be responsible for all
trade, domestic and foreign, and the use of resources,
as perscibed by law.
5. The Minister of Science shall be responsible for all tech
acquisition, as prescribed by law.
6. The Minister of Culture shall be responsible for the construction
of wonders, as well as the analysis and maintenance of cultural
borders. This official shall also be responsible for monitoring
Japanatica's cultural level against that of all rival nations. [/pre]
The all too familiar Article D of our Constitution, for reference.
One will notice that this article divides up the duties of the Executive Branch, with a sort of seperation of powers clearly visible.
I am forced to wonder, though - if the executive branch is tasked with acting on the will of the people, why do we divide the branches so? Instead of dividing up these powers of the executive branch, couldn't everything be run more effectively if they actually had to work together?
What I'm proposing, I guess, is a radical change to our very governmental structure. I think (and, I sincerely hope) that everything could be done much more effectively if the governors and ministers were charged with actually creating a unified turn-playing plan, not a hodgepodge of potentially conflicting turn chat instructions as is currently the case.
Each minister first leads general discussion on topics concerning his area of specialty, while governors discuss plans for the provinces. Then, either in public of private, either in chatrooms or the forums, the ministers, governors, annd President, hammer out a single plan, one united body of instructions, ready for the next turn playing session.
Granted, it would slow down our turn playing rate - perhaps down to one session a week. But, it is my belief that one good plan played once a week is better than two groups of disjointed ones twice a week. Additionally, we could probably even fit a greater number of turns into one session - maybe up to twenty.
Ultimately, what I'm attempting is an idealisic, perhaps foolish, goal. The atmosphere around these forums isn't exactly friendly. My hope is that such a system would promote cooperation, maybe even friendly cooperation at that. Granted, you've no responsibility to listen to a once active demogamer-turned-inactive lurker. I thank everybody for giving this a thought at the very least.