Issues Contest: The Fourth Awakens

[Socio Polor]

Less than 24 hours until the contest closes.

Be sure to submit your entry if you haven't already done so.

Thanks for the reminder

[Kentalia]

Good luck everyone, even if you don't become an editor, just by getting your issue accepted, you've won in my eyes .

[Socio Polor]

Good luck everyone, even if you don't become an editor, just by getting your issue accepted, you've won in my eyes .

This could just be my optimism speaking, but I have a feeling they'll be multiple winners this contest. All you can do is hope

[Kentalia]

Good luck everyone, even if you don't become an editor, just by getting your issue accepted, you've won in my eyes .

This could just be my optimism speaking, but I have a feeling they'll be multiple winners this contest. All you can do is hope

Whatever happens, we're all winners.

[Socio Polor]

This could just be my optimism speaking, but I have a feeling they'll be multiple winners this contest. All you can do is hope

Whatever happens, we're all winners.

Indeed we are I suppose

[Socio Polor]

Well I just submitted my contest entry, I hope it's good enough.

[Outer Sparta]

Well I just submitted my contest entry, I hope it's good enough.

May the Force be with you.

[Socio Polor]

Well I just submitted my contest entry, I hope it's good enough.

May the Force be with you.

Same goes to you, hopefully we'll both be selected as editors but I'll accept if we're not

[Kentalia]

May the Force be with you.

Same goes to you, hopefully we'll both be selected as editors but I'll accept if we're not

"We're all editors now"

[Drasnia]

Good luck to everybody who participates!

[Christian Democrats]

I'm about to submit my issue in the next hour or two. Here's what I plan to submit -- maybe with a few edits.

Name:
Education Appropriations

Description:
Legislative hearings on the school funding bill for next fiscal year began in @@CAPITAL@@ this week, and the Committee on Education has invited a number of @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ to testify. Not surprisingly, there are deep divisions regarding how many @@CURRENCY@@s the government should appropriate for each subject. Which subjects should @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ primary and secondary schools emphasize, and which subjects should receive less funding?

Validity:
Valid only for nations with public education.

Options:

[option]"We clearly need more funding for mathematics and the natural sciences," says Gottfried Wilhelm Lavoisier, the headmaster of @@CAPITAL@@'s most prestigious high school. "Learning in these areas will best prepare our nation's children for the jobs of the future: software development, chemical engineering, and suchlike."
[effect]the government is pumping @@CURRENCY@@s into STEM education
[stats]average income increases, economic output increases, information technology industry significantly increases, intelligence increases, public healthcare slightly increases, scientific advancement significantly increases

[option]"Nein, art is ze zupreme task in dees life. Ve must not neglect ze kultur," cries Friedrich Wagner, Professor of Aesthetics at Central @@NAME@@ University, while sipping a glass of wine. "Ve need to bring apout ze birth of ze New Man and, instead, emphazise muzik and ze arts. Forsake ze Apollonian and express dein Dionysian side!"
[effect]the nation's youth are regularly seen singing and dancing in Bacchic frenzy
[stats]average income decreases, civil rights slightly increase, culture significantly increases, economic output decreases, basket weaving industry increases, furniture restoration industry increases, political freedom slightly increases, youth rebelliousness slightly increases

[option]"Neither the sciences nor the arts should be our focus," protests historical fiction author and Great @@REGION@@ War reenactor Rudyard Gibbon. "The schools, rather, should teach our children the literature and history of the @@TYPE@@. Inculcate our youth with patriotic values. Instill in them pride in the nation's literary achievements, pride in our great imperial past!"
[effect]schoolchildren are taught that the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Man's Burden is to civilize Bigtopians, Maxtopians, and other foreign peoples
[stats]authoritarianism slightly increases, civil rights slightly decrease, compassion decreases, defense forces increase, inclusiveness decreases, arms manufacturing industry increases, book publishing industry significantly increases, pacifism decreases

[option]"I think, therefore I am," mutters Thales Descartes, a barista at Moonbucks, while meditating on a glass of water. "The government should devote more resources to philosophical learning – metaphysics, epistemology, ethics! Sure, @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ might end up unemployed or working low-income retail or fast-food jobs; but at least they'll be enlightened and introspective, understanding of others, concerned with the pursuit of Truth!"
[effect]teenage fast-food workers are often heard debating the nature of being
[stats]average income decreases, civil rights slightly increase, compassion increases, economic output decreases, employment decreases, inclusiveness increases, pizza delivery industry significantly increases, retail industry increases, integrity increases, intelligence increases, niceness increases, pacifism increases, political freedom slightly increases

[option]"If we want to make @@NAME@@ great again, our schools need to be teaching the children practical skills," says construction tycoon Donald Bismarck. "Believe me, as soon as a @@DEMONYMNOUN@@ finishes high school – and, by the way, we'll have the world's best high schools – he should be prepared to get a job. Our economy will succeed big league! For the forgotten working man or woman - and I love the women - it will be a beautiful, beautiful thing."
[effect]@@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ schools teach children "practical skills" rather than a traditional curriculum
[stats]average income increases, average income of the poor increases, average income of the rich decreases, culture significantly decreases, economic output increases, employment increases, health slightly decreases, automobile manufacturing industry significantly increases, book publishing industry significantly decreases, cheese exports industry increases, information technology industry significantly decreases, mining industry significantly increases, timber woodchipping industry increases, trout fishing industry increases, intelligence significantly decreases, scientific advancement significantly decreases, manufacturing sector significantly increases

[option]"Abolish the Common Curriculum! Abolish the Common Curriculum!" chants a group of @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ mothers, storming into the Committee on Education's hearing room. One of them yells into a bullhorn, "The central government is incompetent and corrupt! It should leave education policy to local, elected boards, giving them the power to tax and the power to decide which school subjects to emphasize."
[effect]@@CAPITAL@@ has devolved its powers over education to local school boards
[stats]corruption significantly decreases, government size increases, random effects among different industries with overall economy staying the same, political freedom significantly increases, public education spending increases, taxation increases

[Socio Polor]

I'm about to submit my issue in the next hour or two. Here's what I plan to submit -- maybe with a few edits.

Name:
Education Appropriations

Description:
Legislative hearings on the school funding bill for next fiscal year began in @@CAPITAL@@ this week, and the Committee on Education has invited a number of @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ to testify. Not surprisingly, there are deep divisions regarding how many @@CURRENCY@@s the government should appropriate for each subject. Which subjects should @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ primary and secondary schools emphasize, and which subjects should receive less funding?

Validity:
Valid only for nations with public education.

Options:

[option]"We clearly need more funding for mathematics and the natural sciences," says Gottfried Wilhelm Lavoisier, the headmaster of @@CAPITAL@@'s most prestigious high school. "Learning in these areas will best prepare our nation's children for the jobs of the future: software development, chemical engineering, and suchlike."
[effect]the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ government is pumping @@CURRENCY@@s into STEM education
[stats]average income increases, economic output increases, information technology industry significantly increases, intelligence increases, public healthcare slightly increases, scientific advancement significantly increases

[option]"Nein, art is ze zupreme task in dees life. Ve must not neglect ze kultur," cries Friedrich Wagner, Professor of Aesthetics at Central @@NAME@@ University, while sipping a glass of wine. "Ve need to bring apout ze birth of ze New Man and, instead, emphazise music and ze arts. Forsake ze Apollonian and express dein Dionysian side!"
[effect]the nation's youth are regularly seen singing and dancing in Bacchic frenzy
[stats]average income decreases, civil rights slightly increase, culture significantly increases, economic output decreases, basket weaving industry increases, furniture restoration industry increases, political freedom slightly increases, youth rebelliousness slightly increases

[option]"Neither the sciences nor the arts should be our focus," protests historical fiction author and Great @@REGION@@ War reenactor Rudyard Gibbon. "The schools, rather, should teach our children the literature and history of the @@TYPE@@. Inculcate our youth with patriotic values. Instill in them pride in the nation's literary achievements, pride in our great imperial past!"
[effect]schoolchildren are taught that the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Man's Burden is to civilize Bigtopians, Maxtopians, and other foreign peoples
[stats]authoritarianism slightly increases, civil rights slightly decrease, compassion decreases, defense forces increase, inclusiveness decreases, arms manufacturing industry increases, book publishing industry increases, pacifism decreases

[option]"I think, therefore I am," mutters Thales Descartes, a barista at Moonbucks, while meditating on a glass of water. "The government should devote more resources to philosophical learning – metaphysics, epistemology, ethics! Sure, @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ might end up unemployed or working low-income retail or fast-food jobs; but at least they'll be enlightened and introspective, understanding of others, concerned with the pursuit of Truth!"
[effect]teenage fast-food workers are often heard debating the nature of being
[stats]average income decreases, civil rights slightly increase, compassion increases, economic output decreases, employment decreases, inclusiveness increases, pizza delivery industry increases, retail industry increases, integrity increases, intelligence increases, niceness increases, pacifism increases, political freedom slightly increases

[option]"If we want to make @@NAME@@ great again, our schools need to focus on teaching the children practical skills," says construction tycoon Donald Bismarck. "Believe me, as soon as a @@DEMONYMNOUN@@ finishes high school – and, by the way, we'll have the world's best high schools – he should be prepared to get a job. Our economy will succeed big league! For the forgotten working man or woman - and I love the women - it will be a beautiful, beautiful thing."
[effect]@@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ schools teach children "practical skills" rather than a traditional curriculum
[stats]average income increases, average income of the poor increases, average income of the rich decreases, culture significantly decreases, economic output increases, employment increases, health slightly decreases, automobile manufacturing industry significantly increases, book publishing industry significantly decreases, cheese exports industry increases, information technology industry significantly decreases, mining industry significantly increases, timber woodchipping industry increases, trout fishing industry increases, intelligence significantly decreases, scientific advancement significantly decreases, manufacturing sector significantly increases

[option]"Abolish the Common Curriculum! Abolish the Common Curriculum!" chants a group of @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ mothers while storming into the Committee on Education's hearing room. One of them yells into a bullhorn, "The central government is incompetent and corrupt. It should leave education policy to local, elected boards, giving them the power to tax and the power to decide which school subjects to emphasize."
[effect]@@CAPITAL@@ has devolved its powers over education to local school boards
[stats]corruption significantly decreases, government size increases, random effects among different industries with overall economy staying the same, political freedom significantly increases, public education spending increases, taxation increases

You should post that separately from this thread

[Christian Democrats]

I'm about to submit my issue in the next hour or two. Here's what I plan to submit -- maybe with a few edits.

Name:
Education Appropriations

Description:
Legislative hearings on the school funding bill for next fiscal year began in @@CAPITAL@@ this week, and the Committee on Education has invited a number of @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ to testify. Not surprisingly, there are deep divisions regarding how many @@CURRENCY@@s the government should appropriate for each subject. Which subjects should @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ primary and secondary schools emphasize, and which subjects should receive less funding?

Validity:
Valid only for nations with public education.

Options:

[option]"We clearly need more funding for mathematics and the natural sciences," says Gottfried Wilhelm Lavoisier, the headmaster of @@CAPITAL@@'s most prestigious high school. "Learning in these areas will best prepare our nation's children for the jobs of the future: software development, chemical engineering, and suchlike."
[effect]the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ government is pumping @@CURRENCY@@s into STEM education
[stats]average income increases, economic output increases, information technology industry significantly increases, intelligence increases, public healthcare slightly increases, scientific advancement significantly increases

[option]"Nein, art is ze zupreme task in dees life. Ve must not neglect ze kultur," cries Friedrich Wagner, Professor of Aesthetics at Central @@NAME@@ University, while sipping a glass of wine. "Ve need to bring apout ze birth of ze New Man and, instead, emphazise music and ze arts. Forsake ze Apollonian and express dein Dionysian side!"
[effect]the nation's youth are regularly seen singing and dancing in Bacchic frenzy
[stats]average income decreases, civil rights slightly increase, culture significantly increases, economic output decreases, basket weaving industry increases, furniture restoration industry increases, political freedom slightly increases, youth rebelliousness slightly increases

[option]"Neither the sciences nor the arts should be our focus," protests historical fiction author and Great @@REGION@@ War reenactor Rudyard Gibbon. "The schools, rather, should teach our children the literature and history of the @@TYPE@@. Inculcate our youth with patriotic values. Instill in them pride in the nation's literary achievements, pride in our great imperial past!"
[effect]schoolchildren are taught that the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Man's Burden is to civilize Bigtopians, Maxtopians, and other foreign peoples
[stats]authoritarianism slightly increases, civil rights slightly decrease, compassion decreases, defense forces increase, inclusiveness decreases, arms manufacturing industry increases, book publishing industry increases, pacifism decreases

[option]"I think, therefore I am," mutters Thales Descartes, a barista at Moonbucks, while meditating on a glass of water. "The government should devote more resources to philosophical learning – metaphysics, epistemology, ethics! Sure, @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ might end up unemployed or working low-income retail or fast-food jobs; but at least they'll be enlightened and introspective, understanding of others, concerned with the pursuit of Truth!"
[effect]teenage fast-food workers are often heard debating the nature of being
[stats]average income decreases, civil rights slightly increase, compassion increases, economic output decreases, employment decreases, inclusiveness increases, pizza delivery industry increases, retail industry increases, integrity increases, intelligence increases, niceness increases, pacifism increases, political freedom slightly increases

[option]"If we want to make @@NAME@@ great again, our schools need to focus on teaching the children practical skills," says construction tycoon Donald Bismarck. "Believe me, as soon as a @@DEMONYMNOUN@@ finishes high school – and, by the way, we'll have the world's best high schools – he should be prepared to get a job. Our economy will succeed big league! For the forgotten working man or woman - and I love the women - it will be a beautiful, beautiful thing."
[effect]@@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ schools teach children "practical skills" rather than a traditional curriculum
[stats]average income increases, average income of the poor increases, average income of the rich decreases, culture significantly decreases, economic output increases, employment increases, health slightly decreases, automobile manufacturing industry significantly increases, book publishing industry significantly decreases, cheese exports industry increases, information technology industry significantly decreases, mining industry significantly increases, timber woodchipping industry increases, trout fishing industry increases, intelligence significantly decreases, scientific advancement significantly decreases, manufacturing sector significantly increases

[option]"Abolish the Common Curriculum! Abolish the Common Curriculum!" chants a group of @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ mothers while storming into the Committee on Education's hearing room. One of them yells into a bullhorn, "The central government is incompetent and corrupt. It should leave education policy to local, elected boards, giving them the power to tax and the power to decide which school subjects to emphasize."
[effect]@@CAPITAL@@ has devolved its powers over education to local school boards
[stats]corruption significantly decreases, government size increases, random effects among different industries with overall economy staying the same, political freedom significantly increases, public education spending increases, taxation increases

You should post a contest thread separately from this thread

No time for comments. I just thought I'd show everybody what I'm writing.

[Socio Polor]

You should post a contest thread separately from this thread

No time for comments. I just thought I'd show everybody what I'm writing.

Ah ok, good luck to you and all other contestants

[Christian Democrats]

Major kudos to anybody who understands the references in my second option.

[Socio Polor]

Major kudos to anybody who understands the references in my second option.

I skimmed over your issue, it looks good.

[Christian Democrats]

I'm about to submit my issue in the next hour or two. Here's what I plan to submit -- maybe with a few edits.

Name:
Education Appropriations

Description:
Legislative hearings on the school funding bill for next fiscal year began in @@CAPITAL@@ this week, and the Committee on Education has invited a number of @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ to testify. Not surprisingly, there are deep divisions regarding how many @@CURRENCY@@s the government should appropriate for each subject. Which subjects should @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ primary and secondary schools emphasize, and which subjects should receive less funding?

Validity:
Valid only for nations with public education.

Options:

[option]"We clearly need more funding for mathematics and the natural sciences," says Gottfried Wilhelm Lavoisier, the headmaster of @@CAPITAL@@'s most prestigious high school. "Learning in these areas will best prepare our nation's children for the jobs of the future: software development, chemical engineering, and suchlike."
[effect]the government is pumping @@CURRENCY@@s into STEM education
[stats]average income increases, economic output increases, information technology industry significantly increases, intelligence increases, public healthcare slightly increases, scientific advancement significantly increases

[option]"Nein, art is ze zupreme task in dees life. Ve must not neglect ze kultur," cries Friedrich Wagner, Professor of Aesthetics at Central @@NAME@@ University, while sipping a glass of wine. "Ve need to bring apout ze birth of ze New Man and, instead, emphazise muzik and ze arts. Forsake ze Apollonian and express dein Dionysian side!"
[effect]the nation's youth are regularly seen singing and dancing in Bacchic frenzy
[stats]average income decreases, civil rights slightly increase, culture significantly increases, economic output decreases, basket weaving industry increases, furniture restoration industry increases, political freedom slightly increases, youth rebelliousness slightly increases

[option]"Neither the sciences nor the arts should be our focus," protests historical fiction author and Great @@REGION@@ War reenactor Rudyard Gibbon. "The schools, rather, should teach our children the literature and history of the @@TYPE@@. Inculcate our youth with patriotic values. Instill in them pride in the nation's literary achievements, pride in our great imperial past!"
[effect]schoolchildren are taught that the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Man's Burden is to civilize Bigtopians, Maxtopians, and other foreign peoples
[stats]authoritarianism slightly increases, civil rights slightly decrease, compassion decreases, defense forces increase, inclusiveness decreases, arms manufacturing industry increases, book publishing industry significantly increases, pacifism decreases

[option]"I think, therefore I am," mutters Thales Descartes, a barista at Moonbucks, while meditating on a glass of water. "The government should devote more resources to philosophical learning – metaphysics, epistemology, ethics! Sure, @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ might end up unemployed or working low-income retail or fast-food jobs; but at least they'll be enlightened and introspective, understanding of others, concerned with the pursuit of Truth!"
[effect]teenage fast-food workers are often heard debating the nature of being
[stats]average income decreases, civil rights slightly increase, compassion increases, economic output decreases, employment decreases, inclusiveness increases, pizza delivery industry significantly increases, retail industry increases, integrity increases, intelligence increases, niceness increases, pacifism increases, political freedom slightly increases

[option]"If we want to make @@NAME@@ great again, our schools need to be teaching the children practical skills," says construction tycoon Donald Bismarck. "Believe me, as soon as a @@DEMONYMNOUN@@ finishes high school – and, by the way, we'll have the world's best high schools – he should be prepared to get a job. Our economy will succeed big league! For the forgotten working man or woman - and I love the women - it will be a beautiful, beautiful thing."
[effect]@@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ schools teach children "practical skills" rather than a traditional curriculum
[stats]average income increases, average income of the poor increases, average income of the rich decreases, culture significantly decreases, economic output increases, employment increases, health slightly decreases, automobile manufacturing industry significantly increases, book publishing industry significantly decreases, cheese exports industry increases, information technology industry significantly decreases, mining industry significantly increases, timber woodchipping industry increases, trout fishing industry increases, intelligence significantly decreases, scientific advancement significantly decreases, manufacturing sector significantly increases

[option]"Abolish the Common Curriculum! Abolish the Common Curriculum!" chants a group of @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ mothers, storming into the Committee on Education's hearing room. One of them yells into a bullhorn, "The central government is incompetent and corrupt! It should leave education policy to local, elected boards, giving them the power to tax and the power to decide which school subjects to emphasize."
[effect]@@CAPITAL@@ has devolved its powers over education to local school boards
[stats]corruption significantly decreases, government size increases, random effects among different industries with overall economy staying the same, political freedom significantly increases, public education spending increases, taxation increases

"Thank you!
"Your issue has been submitted. If it is accepted, you will receive a telegram."

And I checked the Contest box. Let's see how this goes!

[Socio Polor]

I'm about to submit my issue in the next hour or two. Here's what I plan to submit -- maybe with a few edits.

Name:
Education Appropriations

Description:
Legislative hearings on the school funding bill for next fiscal year began in @@CAPITAL@@ this week, and the Committee on Education has invited a number of @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ to testify. Not surprisingly, there are deep divisions regarding how many @@CURRENCY@@s the government should appropriate for each subject. Which subjects should @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ primary and secondary schools emphasize, and which subjects should receive less funding?

Validity:
Valid only for nations with public education.

Options:

[option]"We clearly need more funding for mathematics and the natural sciences," says Gottfried Wilhelm Lavoisier, the headmaster of @@CAPITAL@@'s most prestigious high school. "Learning in these areas will best prepare our nation's children for the jobs of the future: software development, chemical engineering, and suchlike."
[effect]the government is pumping @@CURRENCY@@s into STEM education
[stats]average income increases, economic output increases, information technology industry significantly increases, intelligence increases, public healthcare slightly increases, scientific advancement significantly increases

[option]"Nein, art is ze zupreme task in dees life. Ve must not neglect ze kultur," cries Friedrich Wagner, Professor of Aesthetics at Central @@NAME@@ University, while sipping a glass of wine. "Ve need to bring apout ze birth of ze New Man and, instead, emphazise muzik and ze arts. Forsake ze Apollonian and express dein Dionysian side!"
[effect]the nation's youth are regularly seen singing and dancing in Bacchic frenzy
[stats]average income decreases, civil rights slightly increase, culture significantly increases, economic output decreases, basket weaving industry increases, furniture restoration industry increases, political freedom slightly increases, youth rebelliousness slightly increases

[option]"Neither the sciences nor the arts should be our focus," protests historical fiction author and Great @@REGION@@ War reenactor Rudyard Gibbon. "The schools, rather, should teach our children the literature and history of the @@TYPE@@. Inculcate our youth with patriotic values. Instill in them pride in the nation's literary achievements, pride in our great imperial past!"
[effect]schoolchildren are taught that the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Man's Burden is to civilize Bigtopians, Maxtopians, and other foreign peoples
[stats]authoritarianism slightly increases, civil rights slightly decrease, compassion decreases, defense forces increase, inclusiveness decreases, arms manufacturing industry increases, book publishing industry significantly increases, pacifism decreases

[option]"I think, therefore I am," mutters Thales Descartes, a barista at Moonbucks, while meditating on a glass of water. "The government should devote more resources to philosophical learning – metaphysics, epistemology, ethics! Sure, @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ might end up unemployed or working low-income retail or fast-food jobs; but at least they'll be enlightened and introspective, understanding of others, concerned with the pursuit of Truth!"
[effect]teenage fast-food workers are often heard debating the nature of being
[stats]average income decreases, civil rights slightly increase, compassion increases, economic output decreases, employment decreases, inclusiveness increases, pizza delivery industry significantly increases, retail industry increases, integrity increases, intelligence increases, niceness increases, pacifism increases, political freedom slightly increases

[option]"If we want to make @@NAME@@ great again, our schools need to be teaching the children practical skills," says construction tycoon Donald Bismarck. "Believe me, as soon as a @@DEMONYMNOUN@@ finishes high school – and, by the way, we'll have the world's best high schools – he should be prepared to get a job. Our economy will succeed big league! For the forgotten working man or woman - and I love the women - it will be a beautiful, beautiful thing."
[effect]@@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ schools teach children "practical skills" rather than a traditional curriculum
[stats]average income increases, average income of the poor increases, average income of the rich decreases, culture significantly decreases, economic output increases, employment increases, health slightly decreases, automobile manufacturing industry significantly increases, book publishing industry significantly decreases, cheese exports industry increases, information technology industry significantly decreases, mining industry significantly increases, timber woodchipping industry increases, trout fishing industry increases, intelligence significantly decreases, scientific advancement significantly decreases, manufacturing sector significantly increases

[option]"Abolish the Common Curriculum! Abolish the Common Curriculum!" chants a group of @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ mothers, storming into the Committee on Education's hearing room. One of them yells into a bullhorn, "The central government is incompetent and corrupt! It should leave education policy to local, elected boards, giving them the power to tax and the power to decide which school subjects to emphasize."
[effect]@@CAPITAL@@ has devolved its powers over education to local school boards
[stats]corruption significantly decreases, government size increases, random effects among different industries with overall economy staying the same, political freedom significantly increases, public education spending increases, taxation increases

"Thank you!
"Your issue has been submitted. If it is accepted, you will receive a telegram."

And I checked the Contest box. Let's see how this goes!

I'm mad anxious right now

[Candlewhisper Archive]

This could just be my optimism speaking, but I have a feeling they'll be multiple winners this contest. All you can do is hope

Whatever happens, we're all winners.

Naa, seriously, there are a lot of issues submitted in this contest that could never be considered winners. Indeed, a good number of them suggest serious psychological problems.

[Socio Polor]

Whatever happens, we're all winners.

Naa, seriously, there are a lot of issues submitted in this contest that could never be considered winners.

I assume those are people who put 0% effort into their submission

[The Blaatschapen]

I'm about to submit my issue in the next hour or two. Here's what I plan to submit -- maybe with a few edits.

Hmm, if you win, you might have to enter a puppet to be the IE. Unless we need to do some weird things with colours and access rights just for you

Of course, if.

[Noahs Second Country]

Whatever happens, we're all winners.

Naa, seriously, there are a lot of issues submitted in this contest that could never be considered winners. Indeed, a good number of them suggest serious psychological problems.

How many issues are in the contest queue?

[Christian Democrats]

I'm about to submit my issue in the next hour or two. Here's what I plan to submit -- maybe with a few edits.

Hmm, if you win, you might have to enter a puppet to be the IE. Unless we need to do some weird things with colours and access rights just for you

Of course, if.

More importantly, I'd need to figure out which positions to resign in which regions.

[Socio Polor]

Naa, seriously, there are a lot of issues submitted in this contest that could never be considered winners. Indeed, a good number of them suggest serious psychological problems.

How many issues are in the contest queue?

Seems you beat me to it Noah, I was gonna ask the same thing

[Ransium]

Whatever happens, we're all winners.

Naa, seriously, there are a lot of issues submitted in this contest that could never be considered winners. Indeed, a good number of them suggest serious psychological problems.

Ummm... I was kind of operating under the assumption that if those weren't required, they would at least be considered assets...