Queen - Rach Eriksen
Crown Prince - North East Somerset
Statsminister - Zander Cerebella
Statsraadet - Kajan 2.0 (foreign affairs), Shin (war), Helle Thorning-Schmidt (culture)
Lawspeaker - Arastaoir
Storting - Ninja Kittens, Zander Cerebella, Kajan 2.0, Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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This New DaySunrise over one of Balder's many forests.
Between the months of February and September the citizens of Balder were deliberating major changes to Balders laws. These changes would see yet another structural change in how Balder would be governed. After months of discussion and a number of delays these changes were finally implemented in September and passed with a majority vote of approval from the public(10-1). Below is a list of the main changes;
- The monarch now serves a life long term unless they are either removed by a vote of no confidence or retire and call for an election to replace them.
- Balder's parliament is now called the Storting which has a minimum of 5 elected seats and a maximum of 7. The Lawspeaker is elected by the members of the Storting.
- The Statsminister is now elected by members of the Storting and can appoint ministers if they have been citizens of Balder for at least 1 month.
- Both Storting and Statsminister terms are 2 months in length, the shortest in Balder's history.
- Citizenship is now granted by the monarch rather than the government.
Balder is currently in it's second term since the new laws were introduced with Theoden Sebastian being elected as Statsminister and Zander Cerebella elected Lawspeaker. Below are the results of both Storting elections so far.
Term 1Theoden Sebastian (14.5%) - Elected Statsminister
Helle Thorning-Schmidt (13%) - Minister of Culture
mcmasterdonia (13%)
Andrew (13%) - Minister of Intergration/Civil Service
Arastaoir (11.6%)
Zander Cerebella (10.1%) - Elected Lawspeaker, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Madline (10.1%)
Unstofam (4.3%)
Illand (4.3%)
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Ivo (2.9%)
Alichakal (2.9%)
Term 2Zander Cerebella (22.4%) - Elected Statsminister
Ninja Kittens (20.4%)
Helle Thorning-Schmidt (18.4%) - Minister of Culture
Arastaoir (18.4%) - Elected Lawspeaker
*Kajan 2.0 (10.2%) - Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Old Sandman (10.2%)
*Kajan 2.0 elected after winning runoff by 4 votes to 2
Since term 1 Balder has given an opportunity to newcommers with 3 new faces as ministers and a new Lawspeaker, prior to which all Lawspeakers had been citizens who had been in Balder since the early days. The Statsminister hopes to create further opportunities for new faces to become more involved in the community over the coming months. Among these opportunities will be a change on foreign affairs as the Statsminister has plans both policy and style wise for the ministry and hopes to implement these in the coming weeks.
With activity back on the rise and recent military success Balder is on the road to recovery and it is Zander's hope that the foundations can be laid by the end of term 2 for Balder to push forward and regain the activity levels of late 2012 and 2013.
The Almighty JearlZander and his new title
At the end of october titles of gentry were introduced for those who reached a certain post count.
- Marquess (Female: Marchioness): 5000 Posts
- Earl (Female: Countess): 2500 Posts
- Viscount (Female: Viscountess): 1000 Posts
- Baron (Female: Baroness): 500 Posts
- Baronet (Female: Baronetess): 100 Posts
At the time of these new titles Zander Cerebella fell into the Earl post count range, however under King Charles Cerebella he was given the title of Jarl. These two titles were seen as conflicting with one another so a new title was created, Jearl. 50% Jarl, 50% Earl, 100% awesome!
Thank you for reading and Balder wishes you a very happy 2016!
Author - Zander Cerebella