This is made to address a long-term problem with option 2 in issue #8, which makes nudity compulsory within a nation:
Compulsory Nudity Endangered by Harsh Winter
Description: It is the middle of January, and the winter weather is particularly harsh. Due to @@Nation@@ ‘s compulsory nudity policy (which was enacted last spring), people are stranded in their homes, many of them starving to death. Due to a high risk of death by frostbite, they are unable to do anything outside of the walls of their homes. As a result, people have been sending carrier pigeons to the government, with letters demanding an end to compulsory nudity.
Validity
Only valid for nations who have made nudity compulsory
The Debate
[option] “I always believed that compulsory nudity was much too harsh, but you never listened to me!” says @@RandomName@@, a somewhat high-ranking government official. “The populace won’t like a ban on nudity, so don’t do that. Instead, make nudity optional. That way, the clothing industry can come back and people can buy and wear clothes when they need to, but can still walk around town naked when they desire. Unfortunately, this policy limits the liberation that nudity naturally brings, and increases the intensity of one’s sensitivity to nudity, but it’s the best we can do in this complicated situation.”
[effect] nudity is optional
[stats] lifespan increases, economy increases, civil rights increases, happiness increases, very slight decrease in taxes
[option] “That official is wrong! We need to ban public nudity!” says @@RandomName@@, another somewhat high-ranking government official. “I’m sick and tired of seeing 10 million intimate organs every time I walk down a street! Not only does it weaken our economy and diplomatic relations, but it’s also disgusting and unnatural, and it increases the risk of teen pregnancies! If people want to be naked, they can do it in a locker room, in a bathroom, or within the walls of their own home.” He then pauses briefly, before whispering “And if the populace doesn’t like it, you can silence them by giving any protester a 15 year prison sentence.”
[effect] the government frequently gives out harsh prison sentences to anyone who dislikes the recently reinstated ban on public nudity
[stats] Economy greatly increases, happiness decreases, civil rights decreases, political freedoms decreases, lifespan increases, law and order spending greatly increases, slight increase in taxes
[option] “You know, you don’t have to choose between compulsory and optional nudity”, says @@RandomName (Male)@@, your grown-up son, who came to visit you for Thanksgiving and hasn’t been able to leave yet due to the harsh weather. “You can simply cycle through them according to weather conditions. Make nudity compulsory most of the year, but make it optional when the air temperature drops below a certain number, perhaps 10 degrees Celsius. That way, we get to keep all the benefits of compulsory nudity – the liberation, the removal of sensitivity to nudity, the decreases in crime – while still retaining the option to make it optional when the weather is unsuitable for nudity. The clothing industry can come back in a reduced capacity, and the populace will no longer be suffering.” He then pauses before whispering “Of course, anyone who wears clothes in public when the weather isn’t cold will be fined at least 50,000 @@Currency@@s and will also locked up for at least 2 years.”
[effect] the government issues a decision each evening on whether people are allowed to wear clothes the next day
[stats] Economy slightly increases, happiness slightly increases, civil rights slightly increases, lifespan increases, law and order spending increases.
[option] Suddenly, you hear a voice. “Stop this madness!” it says. Instantly, @@RandomName (Male)@@, your personal priest, comes charging into the room. “God will have our heads if you make any changes to our compulsory nudity policy! The rules of @@Faith@@ clearly make compulsory nudity a necessity! Making any changes to this policy will be a clear abandonment of the religious part of your life, something you have always held dear. You must keep nudity compulsory, whatever the cost, or we shall all rot in hell!” He then kneels and desperately begs for your support.
[effect] harsh winters result in de-facto house arrest and the eating of old clothing, deceased family members, and household objects due to a unrelenting policy of compulsory nudity
[stats] happiness decreases, lifespan decreases, religion spending increases (this probably needs more, but not sure what else to make it effect. Ideas?)
Aside from that last stats field, I'm pretty satisfied with this draft, but I'm open to suggestions for improvement to any part of it. Ready, Set, Go!
