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The Talking Point
Government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read.
Reclassification
Merni's Civil Rights fell from Average to Below Average.
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by Merni » Tue Apr 16, 2019 11:00 pm
The Talking Point
Government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read.
Reclassification
Merni's Civil Rights fell from Average to Below Average.
by The Free Joy State » Tue Apr 16, 2019 11:12 pm
Merni wrote:I chose Issue 567, option 1 on this nation today, and it resulted in a decrease in civil rights. How would mandating use of simple language in government documents reduce civil rights?
For reference:The Talking Point
Government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read.
Reclassification
Merni's Civil Rights fell from Average to Below Average.
by Verdant Haven » Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:49 am
“It’s very important that we get all this information from drivers,” explains Howard Kenobi, your Minister of Transportation. “We have to make absolutely sure that our roads are safe, that all drivers are properly licensed, and that cars reported stolen are easily identified. If that means a bit of extra paperwork, so be it. Increase our budget for staff and we’ll be able to expedite the registration process.”
by The Free Joy State » Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:59 am
Verdant Haven wrote:Had an unusual Civil Rights reduction today. It wasn't huge, just surprising to me.
Issue 826, Licensing Driving @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ Crazy
The description explains that the volume of paperwork required to register your car and get a driver's license is huge, and takes a long time.
Full description text:Your cousin arrived at your office this afternoon, out of breath and deeply frustrated at having to spend day after day filling out forms, only to wait for six hours in a queue to register for another appointment to receive his 27B/6 form to finalize his registration and legally drive the sweet new ride he bought six weeks ago. You’ve agreed, after some persuasion, to hold a meeting with your Minister of Transportation and other experts to look into streamlining the process.
Option 1 is as follows:“It’s very important that we get all this information from drivers,” explains Howard Kenobi, your Minister of Transportation. “We have to make absolutely sure that our roads are safe, that all drivers are properly licensed, and that cars reported stolen are easily identified. If that means a bit of extra paperwork, so be it. Increase our budget for staff and we’ll be able to expedite the registration process.”
As I read it, that option is maintaining the current paperwork levels and making processing faster. It isn't adding any new layers, or gathering any new information that isn't already being gathered according to the description.
Continuing to do what you're already doing doesn't make much sense as the cause of reducing civil rights. Any relevant reduction has already occured, by virtue of the premise. You're simply streamlining an extent process.
by Verdant Haven » Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:16 am
The Free Joy State wrote:This option is insisting that the process of giving this information be mandatory for all drivers. Making this mandatory causes a small impingement on civil liberties, but an impingement nonetheless.
by The Free Joy State » Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:53 pm
Verdant Haven wrote:The Free Joy State wrote:This option is insisting that the process of giving this information be mandatory for all drivers. Making this mandatory causes a small impingement on civil liberties, but an impingement nonetheless.
Understood, but I mean... It already was mandatory. Car registration is required for all cars. Driver's licenses are required for all drivers. All the already required paperwork is the basis of the issue in the first place. The option didn't add any new procedures or change any laws - it just reaffirms what already exists and increases the staffing to make it easier to cope with. That's why I'm confused by the changed rights.
"We have to make absolutely sure that our roads are safe, that all drivers are properly licensed, and that cars reported stolen are easily identified. If that means a bit of extra paperwork, so be it.
by Verdant Haven » Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:36 am
by LiberNovusAmericae » Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:58 am
by The Free Joy State » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:36 am
LiberNovusAmericae wrote:I received the issue titled "All Hands on Tap!" and I chose option 1, so people would wash their hands after using the toilet. This somehow increased the death rate by .19%. That just doesn't seem right to me.
by Socialist State of LAY » Sat Apr 20, 2019 5:16 am
by Luna Amore » Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:34 am
Socialist State of LAY wrote:Issue 1194 gave me very extreme effects. This can't be right. I picked number 2. It reduces my political freedom 7 points, it was 83 before. And my civil rights is down 3 points, which was around 76. Please check it and let me know if this is unusual.
The girl, now able to explain herself with the help of a police-appointed interpreter, says, “I apologize if I frightened anyone, as that was not my intention. I only wanted to share my interest in video games instead of repeating simple sentences about apples and cats. This never would have happened in the first place if your language wasn’t so confusing! Why not simplify it and cut down on the amount of words so that it’s easier for everyone to learn?”
by LiberNovusAmericae » Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:37 am
The Free Joy State wrote:LiberNovusAmericae wrote:I received the issue titled "All Hands on Tap!" and I chose option 1, so people would wash their hands after using the toilet. This somehow increased the death rate by .19%. That just doesn't seem right to me.
Death rate is a secondary stat that reacts to the primary hidden stats coded into the issue (which are correct). Unfortunately, secondary stats can be somewhat unpredictable, due to the way that the primary stats interract with each other and the unique stats of your nation.
It's possible for your death rate to rise, experience a slight fall or remain static with this issue. That's not an unusual effect; it's just the nature of secondary stats.
If you have not yet done so, I suggest you turn on "Show More Stats" in your settings, which will show you the numerical change, which often look less dramatic than percentage changes. Here, the numerical rise was from 193.86 to 194.22.
by Verdant Haven » Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:37 pm
by The Marsupial Illuminati » Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:40 am
Verdant Haven wrote:For my effects, it increased Taxation, and decreased Freedom From Taxation. Hurr?
by Candlewhisper Archive » Sun Apr 21, 2019 3:16 pm
The Marsupial Illuminati wrote:Verdant Haven wrote:For my effects, it increased Taxation, and decreased Freedom From Taxation. Hurr?
I believe that this is because a very large portion of the tax burden has shifted to the masses due to the removal of an important source of tax revenue. Statwise, this resulted in a small increase to your Taxation stat.
by The World Capitalist Confederation » Tue Apr 23, 2019 9:35 am
by Land Without Shrimp » Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:31 pm
by The World Capitalist Confederation » Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:48 pm
Land Without Shrimp wrote:So - quick sanity/stat check please? Just got Issue 490 on my nation Land Without Shrimp. I chose option 1 - slashing every department in half. Why not, right? Figured it'd be drastic, but I'm always keen for a good tax cut. Well, it definitely impacted my taxes, but by far more than I expected! I'm not complaining, but did just want to see if it was working as intended. My tax rate fell from 49.82 to 0.75. Is that normal?
by Republica de Barin » Tue Apr 23, 2019 2:21 pm
by Glll Clewnk » Tue Apr 23, 2019 2:34 pm
by The World Capitalist Confederation » Tue Apr 23, 2019 2:58 pm
Republica de Barin wrote:In issue #780 I choosed to cut Vat taxes. Sorry but I can't understand how did it increase my Taxation in %0.3? Adding that issues which decreases taxation only does it in a ridiculous small amount, in the other hand that ones that increases it does a lot more. One issue can easily recover all the taxation I decreased in a full month.
by The Free Joy State » Tue Apr 23, 2019 9:50 pm
The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:Issue 454, Option #3 increased income equality even though I promoted gentrification of urban land, allowing the rich to farm with large tracts of land?
EDIT: Today, by my nation.
Land Without Shrimp wrote:So - quick sanity/stat check please? Just got Issue 490 on my nation Land Without Shrimp. I chose option 1 - slashing every department in half. Why not, right? Figured it'd be drastic, but I'm always keen for a good tax cut. Well, it definitely impacted my taxes, but by far more than I expected! I'm not complaining, but did just want to see if it was working as intended. My tax rate fell from 49.82 to 0.75. Is that normal?
Republica de Barin wrote:In issue #780 I choosed to cut Vat taxes. Sorry but I can't understand how did it increase my Taxation in %0.3? Adding that issues which decreases taxation only does it in a ridiculous small amount, in the other hand that ones that increases it does a lot more. One issue can easily recover all the taxation I decreased in a full month.
Glll Clewnk wrote:In issue #373 ("Devil and the Deep Blue Funding Gap") on 4/23/2019 (today as of this posting) I chose in Glll Clewnk to support marine studies. I expected that Trout Farming would synergize with greater knowledge of the ocean. Instead Trout Farming went down.
by USS Monitor » Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:08 pm
The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:Land Without Shrimp wrote:So - quick sanity/stat check please? Just got Issue 490 on my nation Land Without Shrimp. I chose option 1 - slashing every department in half. Why not, right? Figured it'd be drastic, but I'm always keen for a good tax cut. Well, it definitely impacted my taxes, but by far more than I expected! I'm not complaining, but did just want to see if it was working as intended. My tax rate fell from 49.82 to 0.75. Is that normal?
Did happen, yes. Looks like it happened twice, too. Also, it should probably only cut your taxes by about half - or 3/4 - at maximum. Even accounting for the economic contraction, which is barely 1% of your economy, nothing much should've happened.
by The World Capitalist Confederation » Wed Apr 24, 2019 12:47 am
The Free Joy State wrote:The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:Issue 454, Option #3 increased income equality even though I promoted gentrification of urban land, allowing the rich to farm with large tracts of land?
EDIT: Today, by my nation.
Income equality is a secondary effect, influenced by some of the primary hidden stats that are present for this option.
by The Free Joy State » Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:31 am
The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:The Free Joy State wrote:Income equality is a secondary effect, influenced by some of the primary hidden stats that are present for this option.
Is it because my nation is already so unequal that, even though the issue would cause an increase in the wealth gap for a regular nation, it just caused it to go down?
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