This is my first ever attempt at drafting an issue, but I thought I should try to give a little back to NationStates after all this time.
OK, I'll stop with the time references...
TITLE:
A Timely Intervention
VALIDITY:
All
DESCRIPTION:
@@LEADER@@ and their cabinet are on a tour of the nearby @@NAME@@ Watch Factory, famous throughout all of @@REGION@@. The poor state of the factory—and its declining sales figures carelessly left on a desk—are clear for all to see. The cabinet decides to offer some opportune solutions to the management regarding the problem.
[option]“The issue here is competition from emerging technology” proffers your Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Jonathan Osterman. “These watches are outdated compared to the latest iPear models. We need a nuclear option to adjust the balance. Atomic clocks are well known for their accuracy, so what if we started producing atomic watches? There may be some slight issues with weight and radiation, but the government can relax some outdated consumer laws that stymy innovation.”
[effect]@@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ watches list strained wrists and sudden hair loss as common side effects
[option]“The solution is back in time, not forwards” muses your Minister of Culture @RANDOMNAME@@. “Mechanical watches from Smalltopia are still very popular. They have 27 rubies throughout the movement. Rubies! They put jewels in their watches! Go back to the timekeeping of yesteryear, to cater to the luxury watch market. My Ministry will organize an annual @@REGION@@ Luxury Watch Expo to promote the watches on the international stage! Sure, mechanical watches aren’t as accurate, and they will be more expensive; but to own a timeless piece of reproduction horological history? Truly priceless.”
[effect]the well-to-do in @@REGION@@ are never on time for important appointments
[option]“Atoms? Jewels? Those watches would never survive a hard day’s work” bemoans your Minister of Labor @@RANDOMNAME@@. “If a watch can’t survive being hit by a hammer or cut by a sickle then it is useless in the workplace. Focus on the mass production of cheap and indestructible watches, to equip the international proletariat with the tools they need to keep running on the same beat. Generous government subsidies will be needed to allow the factory to cater to a larger market, but all the workers of @@REGION@@ will thank you.”
[effect]@@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ watches are often the only thing to survive a disaster intact
[option]“The hour is at hand! This is the time of Violet!” shouts Violetist priest @@RANDOMNAME@@ through an open window. “The time spent watching these evil little machinations should be better spent in praise of the almighty Violet! We must rid ourselves of this factory of evil and burn all its offspring; wherever it hides in our land! Violet demands that we cast the evil out! The government must ban and destroy every horological horror in our land!” The priest tries to light a match but is dragged away by your bodyguards.
[effect]citizens pray for sunshine so that they can use illicit sundials for timekeeping
[option validity] Violetism allowed