Donovan Zoi
The Return
Here is Section C of the DG2 Code of Laws. This section deals with the Executive Branch. Please propose any modifications that will make for a better ruleset, as well as identify any passages that are no longer needed.
Please note that due to a recent poll, Governors will not become a part of the Executive Branch, and therefore shall not be included in this discussion.
Please note that due to a recent poll, Governors will not become a part of the Executive Branch, and therefore shall not be included in this discussion.
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C. The Executive Branch
1. Presidency
A. The Leader of the Executive Branch is the President.
B. The Deputy of the Presidency is the Vice President.
C. The Vice President assumes all powers and responsibilities of the
Presidency during the absence of the President.
D. May initiate Administrative, Legislative, Mobilization and Spot Council
Votes.
E. Casts a tie-breaking vote in Council Votes.
F. Organizes decisions on what to do with Great Leaders.
G. Organizes worker activities.
H. Has veto power over Legislative Council Votes (votes on Standards).
I. Organizes policy, plans and agendas for departments when these have
not been set by a department.
J. Organizes policy, plans and agendas for items and activities that have
not been defined as a task of an individual department or leader.
2. Council
A. The Council of the Executive Branch consists of the Leaders of the 6
departments.
B. Each department will have a deputy. The departmental deputy assumes
all powers and responsibilities of the department during the absence of
the leader.
C. Each department may also have one or more chat representatives. The
chat representative assumes all powers and responsibilities of the
department during the absence of the leader and deputy in a turn chat
only.
D. Department Leaders share several powers and responsibilities,
regardless of department.
1. Post polls and discussions to determine citizen desires for
departmental policies, plans and agendas.
2. Cast a tie-breaking vote in the polls determining their
departmental policies, plans and agendas.
3. Formulate departmental policies, plans and agendas based on
citizen feedback.
4. Formulate departmental policies, plans and agendas of their
own in the absence of citizen feedback (forum outage, low
participation, etc).
5. Convey these policies, plans and agendas to the President for
play in the game.
6. Call Legislative and Override Council Votes.
7. Vote in Council Votes of all types.
E. Some departmental powers and responsibilities overlap. If overlap
should cause the creation of non-complementary plans, departmental
precedence will be determined by rank in the Chain of Command.
F. Domestic Department
1. Organize decisions about settler placement.
2. Organize decisions about wonder building.
3. Organize the science/tax/luxury rate.
4. Organize departmental and provincial budgets.
5. Governor of cities that do not have a provincial governor.
6. Call a Mobilization Council Vote to determine if the economy
should be mobilized.
7. Organize mapping of Provincial Borders.
G. Military Department
1. Organize decisions on troop movements.
2. Organize decisions on defensive plans.
3. Organize decisions on offensive plans.
4. Organize decisions on troop upgrades and terminations.
5. Call a Mobilization Council Vote to determine if the economy
should be mobilized.
6. When the economy is mobilized for war, becomes the defacto
President, superceding the President in the Chain of Command.
7. Can supercede a provincial build queue with military units or
improvements during time of invasion.
A. Invasion is the presence of offensive troops belonging
to a country we are at war with inside the borders of the
province to be superceded.
H. Foreign Affairs Department
1. Organize decisions on declarations of war.
2. Organize decisions on peace treaties.
3. Organize decisions on construction of embassies.
4. Organize decisions on rights of passage.
5. Organize decisions on trade embargoes.
6. Organize decisions on mutual protection pacts.
7. Organize decisions on placement of spies.
8. Organize decisions on intelligence gathering, spying and sabotage.
I. Science Department
1. Organize tech research queue.
2. Organize tech trades.
3. Organize tech espionage.
J. Culture Department
1. Can supercede a provincial build queue with cultural
improvements when:
A. The city does not control its full 20 tile radius due to
lack of cultural expansion; or
B. The city does not control its full cultural radius due to
foreign cultural borders.
K. Trade Department
1. Organize trade deals.
2. Track the status and expiration of established deals.
3. Council Votes (Executive Branch)
A. A quorum requires the attendance of 2/3 of the Council.
B. Administrative Council Vote
1. Called by the President.
2. Affirmative result overrules an elected officials instructions and
decisions for game play.
3. Simple majority of respondents required to override the official.
C. Legislative Council Vote
1. Called by any Department Leader or the President.
2. An affirmative result amends the Code of Standards.
A. The President can veto a legislative vote.
B. The Presidential veto can be overruled by an Override
Vote.
3. Simple majority of respondents required to pass the proposed
measure to amend the Code of Standards.
4. Judicial Review may occur at any time when requested by the
sponsor of the proposal or immediately upon the vote being
posted.
D. Override Council Vote
1. Called by any Department Leader.
2. An affirmative result overrules a presidential veto.
3. Unanimous support is required to override the veto.
E. Confirmation Council Vote
1. Called by the President.
2. An affirmative result confirms a Legislative, Judicial or
Provincial Governor position.
3. Simple majority of respondents required to confirm the official.
F. Mobilization Council Vote.
1. Called by the President, Military Leader or Domestic Leader.
2. An affirmative result mobilizes the economy.
3. Simple majority of respondents required to mobilize the
economy.
G. Spot Council Vote
1. An Administrative vote called and carried out in the turn chat.
2. Tallied immediately in the turn chat.
3. Simple majority of respondents required to pass the proposed
measure.
H. Process and Procedure
1. Poll is posted by the sponsoring official.
2. Proposal must be in Yes/No/Abstain format.
3. Forum polls will stay open until:
A. All votes have been cast, or;
B. A quorum has responded and further votes cannot
affect the outcome of the vote, or;
C. The posted poll closing time has been reached.
1. Minimum duration to run a poll is 48 hours.
4. Each Department Leader casts one vote.
5. In the event of a tie where a simple majority is required, the
President will cast the deciding vote.
trying to protect the Governor's rights from the Executive elite. And although I was able to peg the President with 3 PI's for abusing the system, the only legislation that came out of it was the complex system you mentioned. I'll let some of our next Governors worry about it.
