NationStates Issues **SPOILER ALERT**

[Anestoria]

#1366: Parklife [Pythaga; ed Gnejs]

The Issue

Public parks all across @@NAME@@ are in shambles, with sports fields overgrown and playgrounds rusting themselves to pieces, all due to a lack of sufficient funding. While the upper-crust of @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ society have taken to funding and operating their own parks on private property, large segments of urban populations have been left recreationally disenfranchised. A plethora of interested parties are demanding that you take a swing at the problem.

The Debate

1. “This clearly shows that private enterprise is much better at running parks than your government,” boasts wealthy gut lord Kathleen Holst, parked in your chair with her feet on your table. “How about you put all of the public parks up for auction? Then they’ll finally be competently managed, complete with well-maintained grounds and top-tier facilities. It would provide the public with a sense of enormous well-being, for what the free market deems a fair price.”

2. “But think of the disadvantaged children!” bemoans annoyingly noble single parent Orson Pence. “If all parks are made private, those heinous entry fees would mean I couldn’t even afford to get in! It simply isn’t fair that so many youngsters can’t safely run around outside, so instead you must use government funds to restore our public recreational spaces. That way every child has an equal playing field, and then we’d be happy for the rest of our days, safe in the knowledge there will always be a bit of @@NAME@@ devoted to us.”

3. “But that alone is not enough!” shouts Vanna Washington, your neighbourhood dustman and part-time socialist, while waving a ‘Parks for the Proletariat’ poster in your face. “Public space is scarce, and you cannot continue to allow the upper-class to eat from their gold-plated picnic tables in their gated gardens. Take the lands those posh parks inhabit, and make them free to enjoy for all the people. From the hands of the rich, to walking hand-in-hand. That is the proper parklife.”

[Valentine Z]

I will try my best to get the list updated within this week, or this weekend.

Personal life has gotten in the way, and I need to deal with that first and foremost. I'm down, but not out!

[Valentine Z]

#1362: The Trans Panic Button

The Issue
A man picked up a transgender woman at a bar and brought her home, where he subsequently murdered her, beating her to death. In the ensuing court case, his lawyer argued a “trans panic” defense: the shock of realizing he had inadvertently picked up a trans woman sent his client temporarily criminally insane, rendering him irresponsible for his actions. The jury agreed, acquitting him of all charges.

The Debate
1. “This is an outrage!” cries the prosecuting attorney Lucas Romero, while slamming the court records on your desk and then writing ‘OUTRAGE’ in big letters with a red sharpie on the first page. “We cannot let defense lawyers play to the prejudices of the juries. Would we tolerate this if it was suggested someone went insane because they picked up a Bigtopian woman? Outlaw the practice of defense lawyers using sexuality and gender identity of the victim as mitigating factors.”

2. Defense attorney [backgoround=orange]Sabrina[/background] @@MOTTO@@ storms into your office and silently mimes yelling while wildly gesticulating; finally, he actually speaks. “Sorry about that, but you were thinking of taking away my ability to speak freely while defending my clients. My client was already suffering from depression and a thyroid problem and the transgender nature of the victim provides critical context to the defendant’s mental state at the time of the murder. What sort of pertinent information will you outlaw defense attorneys from presenting next? In the end you have to trust juries to decide what’s a legitimate defense argument and what’s not.”

3. “She kind of has a point,” notes LGBT activist Amber Flanders, while affixing a sticker of a rainbow-colored @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ flag to your desk. “The problem is that there’s so much latent bias among @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ that juries fall for this tripe. Ultimately the responsibility for changing things falls on @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ leaders, which last I checked includes you. Increase LGBT representation in your cabinet and government, sign more laws preventing LGBT discrimination and mandating LGBT hiring, and promote more anti-hate crime legislation. Do what needs to be done to change @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ hearts and minds.”

Issue by The United Mangrove Archipelago of Ransium

Edited by Candlewhisper Archive

There is either a problem with the @@HE@@ macro in option 2 or it is an indicator of something. I don't know which.

Just a reference for myself when I am updating the list.

1. “This is an outrage!” cries the prosecuting attorney Alice Bowie, while slamming the court records on your desk and then writing ‘OUTRAGE’ in big letters with a red sharpie on the first page. “We cannot let defense lawyers play to the prejudices of the juries. Would we tolerate this if it was suggested someone went insane because they picked up a Bigtopian woman? Outlaw the practice of defense lawyers using sexuality and gender identity of the victim as mitigating factors.”

2. Defense attorney Dennis Harrison storms into your office and silently mimes yelling while wildly gesticulating; finally, he actually speaks. “Sorry about that, but you were thinking of taking away my ability to speak freely while defending my clients. My client was already suffering from depression and a thyroid problem and the transgender nature of the victim provides critical context to the defendant’s mental state at the time of the murder. What sort of pertinent information will you outlaw defense attorneys from presenting next? In the end you have to trust juries to decide what’s a legitimate defense argument and what’s not.”

3. “He kind of has a point,” notes LGBT activist Kate Osborne, while affixing a sticker of a rainbow-colored Valentian flag to your desk. “The problem is that there’s so much latent bias among Valentian Zs [Demonym Plural] that juries fall for this tripe. Ultimately the responsibility for changing things falls on Valentian leaders, which last I checked includes you. Increase LGBT representation in your cabinet and government, sign more laws preventing LGBT discrimination and mandating LGBT hiring, and promote more anti-hate crime legislation. Do what needs to be done to change Valentian hearts and minds.”

[Land Without Shrimp]

#1361 Fundamental Rights

The Issue

The surprise hit of the @@CAPITAL@@ Film Festival is Kreator Kids, a controversial documentary featuring Drew Shaffer's hardline evangelical homeschool curriculum — 'Curricula of Really Advanced Programmes' — which critics claim pushed racist, revisionist, sexist rhetoric and told children set theory was the work of the Devil. As you walk to your office building, the furore outside is almost as loud as the award buzz.

The Debate

1. "I don't want homeschooling to be associated with these irresponsible ideologues who brainwash their credulous kiddos!" huffs homeschooling mother @@RANDOMFEMALENAME@@, stopping you to shove a science text in your face, open at a page depicting a purple dinosaur doing a backstroke and titled How the Real Nessa Lake Creature Disproves Evilution. "Register us all centrally, vet us regularly and send all kids whose parents fail back to school. Test our children in all academic subjects, even critical thinking. People will soon see that many homeschoolers are competent."

2. "That 'documentary' is a liberal hatchet job!" Documentary participant Jiminy Jehoshaphat Rutter, a father of 13 children whose names all begin with a J, stomps up to you. "Parents know their unique progeny better than the state, or some 'filmmaker'. At home, I can teach my kids our religion without some Cyanist coming to serve rice with saffron and pomegranate and tell my babies about some 'Festivaqua' feast day! Uphold a parent's unrestricted right to homeschool; no nannying checks. Heck, if you value parental rights, you should also let us withdraw our munchkins from any class we decide they don't need: religious education, biology, history, whatever."

3. "Dear Violet, no!" gasps @@RANDOMNAME@@, the former educator of Mr. Rutter's triplets — Jinny, Jilly and Jenny — as @@HE/SHE@@ runs behind him. "Mr. Rutter's children must have rights, too: the right to an education that prepares them for any life they'd choose. To protect children, all homeschooling must be banned. Money wasted weeding out the rotten apples could be spent on school improvements: smaller class sizes, more teachers, programmes for gifted students, support for struggling students and a deluxe detention hall where children are held in place with magnets... Or, just all the other stuff. Whatever."

4. You finally reach your office. The voice of Dilys Shaffer, mother of the curriculum author and a travelling traditional values speaker, drifts from a rally outside your window. "Deny this wisdom and deny the Truth! Total obedience is always better and women were built to meekly serve. I call to @@LEADER@@: seek not the depressive, worldly life of the overeducated. It leads only to blasphemy, introspection, raucous singing and shameless solicitation." She raises a graph that appears to show the number of solicitors. "Permit only pure, home-based education; fathers shall teach sons practical manly skills, and girls will learn quiet domestic arts from their mothers."

Issue by The Free Joy State
Edited by The Free Joy State

I'm not 100% about the names, but there's a fair bit that's clearly nonrandom.

Hey all - question about this one. Just got 1361 on one of my puppets and - shock of shocks! - found myself offended by a NS issue. Been a while. I have thick skin so I can handle it, no worries, but I did have a question. As someone who does identify as someone in the evangelical tradition, I was under the impression that all "new" issues (ignoring the early Max issues!) were not supposed to reference actual religions. Has this changed? Again, not asking for this issue to be banned or changed, just curious on current issue policy in regards to religious references. Thanks.

[Pogaria]

Hey all - question about this one. Just got 1361 on one of my puppets and - shock of shocks! - found myself offended by a NS issue. Been a while. I have thick skin so I can handle it, no worries, but I did have a question. As someone who does identify as someone in the evangelical tradition, I was under the impression that all "new" issues (ignoring the early Max issues!) were not supposed to reference actual religions. Has this changed? Again, not asking for this issue to be banned or changed, just curious on current issue policy in regards to religious references. Thanks.

Keep in mind that the issue text uses the lower-case "evangelical" rather than using a specific religion such as Evangelical Christianity (or Evangelical Zoroastrianism, or whatever). Any religion can have members who are evangelical.

[The Candy Of Bottles]

1365: Balancing the Box

The Issue
A number of people have been imprisoned for failing to pay the license fee that funds the public @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Broadcasting Corporation. The subject has sparked passionate debate in the media and on breakfast shows.

The Debate
1) “An impartial and well-funded public broadcaster is essential to a democratic society,” says highly paid @@DEMONYMADJECTIVEINITIALS@@BC presenter Steve Holst, while he sips a fifty percent coconut milk decaf venti latte, no sugar and extra cream. “Most hardworking, decent people value and recognise the work we do. They get so many different services for their fees such as television channels, radio programmes, my expense acco - I mean, educational documentaries. I say toughen enforcement of the license fee with a fleet of television detector vans to catch fee evaders and send them straight to jail.”

Accept

3.) “You could decriminalise license fee evasion,” suggests judge Attila Pence, whose workload is evenly split between murder and license fee trials. “The national broadcaster provides a good service but it doesn’t seem fair to give people a criminal record for something so trivial. Also, it discriminates against poor people who can’t afford the license fee. If the fees were dealt with as a civil matter, like when people fail to pay their energy bills, debt collectors would be able to seize property to pay the debt.”

Accept

4.) “Why don’t we fund the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVEINITIALS@@BC out of general taxation instead?” yawns an under-depreciated junior Treasury minister, who is finding this funding discussion rather taxing. “That way, the broadcaster gets the money it needs, no one has to pay an expensive license fee and no one goes to prison or have their property seized. Everyone’s going to benefit, well, except for the taxpayers, but it’s accrual world after all. Anyways, I’d really appreciate it if you’d let me defer my role in this discussion. Calc-you-later.”

Accept

5.) “A license fee to watch TV? Public funding? What are we, East Lebatuckese?” questions billionaire media mogul RuPaul Murmarina, the owner of @@ANIMAL@@ News. “Forcing people to pay an archaic institution for supposedly impartial news and educational content is nonsense. I say privatise the broadcaster and let the free market do what it does best: meet the needs of the people by telling them what to think.”

Accept

Dismiss This Issue

Issue by The Tsardom of Nuremgard

Edited by Electrum

Options are #0 and 2-4 at source.

Hm. Don't think accrual is the right word there. Probably meant "a cruel". Also, Privatize is misspelled in option 5, as is decriminalize in option 3 and recognize in option 1.

Oh, I was looking at the OP for macros and I spotted an open color tag at the words "List Section Quickjump".

[Trotterdam]

Hm. Don't think accrual is the right word there. Probably meant "a cruel".

It's a pun, I assume.

[Pogaria]

Hm. Don't think accrual is the right word there. Probably meant "a cruel".

It's a pun, I assume.

Yes

Also, Privatize is misspelled in option 5, as is decriminalize in option 3 and recognize in option 1.

That's the British spelling.

[The Candy Of Bottles]

It's a pun, I assume.

Yes

Also, Privatize is misspelled in option 5, as is decriminalize in option 3 and recognize in option 1.

That's the British spelling.

Ah. Ok. Chrome was questioning it.

[Daarwyrth]

Yes


That's the British spelling.

Ah. Ok. Chrome was questioning it.

If you have US spelling in Chrome, then it will indeed question British spelling. But both US and UK spelling is fine in issues. It just needs to be consistent throughout the issue I think.

[Electrum]

You've found my first edit!

[Fauxia]

Congrats Electrum. Here’s to many more!

[The Candy Of Bottles]

You've found my first edit!

Well, most of it. Still need option 2.

[Land Without Shrimp]

Hey all - question about this one. Just got 1361 on one of my puppets and - shock of shocks! - found myself offended by a NS issue. Been a while. I have thick skin so I can handle it, no worries, but I did have a question. As someone who does identify as someone in the evangelical tradition, I was under the impression that all "new" issues (ignoring the early Max issues!) were not supposed to reference actual religions. Has this changed? Again, not asking for this issue to be banned or changed, just curious on current issue policy in regards to religious references. Thanks.

Keep in mind that the issue text uses the lower-case "evangelical" rather than using a specific religion such as Evangelical Christianity (or Evangelical Zoroastrianism, or whatever). Any religion can have members who are evangelical.

Thanks, appreciate the answer there! That's my ignorance, I'd only heard the word evangelical in the upper-case version as applied to Christianity, so that's helpful. Appreciate it.

[Kaeyoku]

1. "Isn't it obvious? We must establish contact and trade with these other countries!" the CEO of one of the major mining companies notes happily, gesturing toward the XKCD survey map with a laser pointer. "The land claimed by Stalclaft is noted to contain a particular gaseous resource that could prove profitable for us! Never mind the report also says that the place is a war zone!"
That is a snippet of easter egg issue #266 I will choose when I get it.

[Jutsa]

Here's a partial list update for ya, Val. Hope you like it.

I made sure the names in 1365 are correct; I'm also confident in which names I made random and which ones I did not.
Please do review it though, and I'm NOT certain the last name in 1366 isn't Vanna Washington.
And, uh, please note the number of italics in 1361, particular emphasis on the anys. Each option's got at least one.

#1361: Fundamental Rights [The Free Joy State; ed: The Free Joy State]

The Issue
The surprise hit of the @@CAPITAL@@ Film Festival is Kreator Kids, a controversial documentary featuring Drew Shaffer's hardline evangelical homeschool curriculum — 'Curricula of Really Advanced Programmes' — which critics claim pushed racist, revisionist, sexist rhetoric and told children set theory was the work of the Devil. As you walk to your office building, the furore outside is almost as loud as the award buzz.

The Debate
1. "I don't want homeschooling to be associated with these irresponsible ideologues who brainwash their credulous kiddos!" huffs homeschooling mother @@RANDOMFEMALENAME@@, stopping you to shove a science text in your face, open at a page depicting a purple dinosaur doing a backstroke and titled How the Real Nessa Lake Creature Disproves Evilution. "Register us all centrally, vet us regularly and send all kids whose parents fail back to school. Test our children in all academic subjects, even critical thinking. People will soon see that many homeschoolers are competent."

2. "That 'documentary' is a liberal hatchet job!" Documentary participant Jiminy Jehoshaphat Rutter, a father of 13 children whose names all begin with a J, stomps up to you. "Parents know their unique progeny better than the state, or some 'filmmaker'. At home, I can teach my kids our religion without some Cyanist coming to serve rice with saffron and pomegranate and tell my babies about some 'Festivaqua' feast day! Uphold a parent's unrestricted right to homeschool; no nannying checks. Heck, if you value parental rights, you should also let us withdraw our munchkins from any class we decide they don't need: religious education, biology, history, whatever."

3. "Dear Violet, no!" gasps @@RANDOMNAME@@, the former educator of Mr. Rutter's triplets — Jinny, Jilly and Jenny — as @@HE@@ runs behind him. "Mr. Rutter's children must have rights, too: the right to an education that prepares them for any life they'd choose. To protect children, all homeschooling must be banned. Money wasted weeding out the rotten apples could be spent on school improvements: smaller class sizes, more teachers, programmes for gifted students, support for struggling students and a deluxe detention hall where children are held in place with magnets... Or, just all the other stuff. Whatever."

4. You finally reach your office. The voice of Dilys Shaffer, mother of the curriculum author and a travelling traditional values speaker, drifts from a rally outside your window. "Deny this wisdom and deny the Truth! Total obedience is always better and women were built to meekly serve. I call to @@LEADER@@: seek not the depressive, worldly life of the overeducated. It leads only to blasphemy, introspection, raucous singing and shameless solicitation." She raises a graph that appears to show the number of solicitors. "Permit only pure, home-based education; fathers shall teach sons practical manly skills, and girls will learn quiet domestic arts from their mothers."

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#1362: The Trans Panic Button [Ransium; ed: Candlewhisper Archive]

The Issue
A man picked up a transgender woman at a bar and brought her home, where he subsequently murdered her, beating her to death. In the ensuing court case, his lawyer argued a “trans panic” defense: the shock of realizing he had inadvertently picked up a trans woman sent his client temporarily criminally insane, rendering him irresponsible for his actions. The jury agreed, acquitting him of all charges.

The Debate
1. “This is an outrage!” cries the prosecuting attorney @@RANDOMNAME@@, while slamming the court records on your desk and then writing ‘OUTRAGE’ in big letters with a red sharpie on the first page. “We cannot let defense lawyers play to the prejudices of the juries. Would we tolerate this if it was suggested someone went insane because they picked up a Bigtopian woman? Outlaw the practice of defense lawyers using sexuality and gender identity of the victim as mitigating factors.”

2. Defense attorney @@RANDOMNAME@@ storms into your office and silently mimes yelling while wildly gesticulating; finally, @@HE@@ actually speaks. “Sorry about that, but you were thinking of taking away my ability to speak freely while defending my clients. My client was already suffering from depression and a thyroid problem and the transgender nature of the victim provides critical context to the defendant’s mental state at the time of the murder. What sort of pertinent information will you outlaw defense attorneys from presenting next? In the end you have to trust juries to decide what’s a legitimate defense argument and what’s not.”

3. “@@HE@@ kind of has a point,” notes LGBT activist @@RANDOMNAME@@, while affixing a sticker of a rainbow-colored @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ flag to your desk. “The problem is that there’s so much latent bias among @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ that juries fall for this tripe. Ultimately the responsibility for changing things falls on @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ leaders, which last I checked includes you. Increase LGBT representation in your cabinet and government, sign more laws preventing LGBT discrimination and mandating LGBT hiring, and promote more anti-hate crime legislation. Do what needs to be done to change @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ hearts and minds.”

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#1363: TBD

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#1364: Payday Groans [Lancaster of Wessex; ed: Zwangzug]

The Issue
Payday loan outlets provide quick loans to financially challenged individuals, but at interest rates far above what banks and other lenders charge. They have become the latest target of itinerant anti-poverty activists.

The Debate
1. “These payday loan and cheque cashing places are nothing more than money-hungry parasites preying on the weak and vulnerable!” declares placard-hoisting campaigner @@RANDOMNAME@@. “By charging ridiculous levels of compound interest, they put their users deeper and deeper into debt! You must intervene and govern the entire loan business: set maximum interest rates, lessen fees charged for their services, and impose heavy fines on violators!”

2. “It’s none of the government’s business what I charge in terms of interest rates and fees; this is supposed to be a free market, is it not?” bemoans payday loan magnate Cashius Chekov. “I provide an invaluable service to people who need quick funds, for important things like leaky roofs, bicycle accidents, Eckie-Ecola sales... important things. Charging 40% interest isn’t exorbitant; you can tell by the lines of happy clients who visit us every day! Stay out of our business, and we’ll stay out of yours.”

3. “Payday loan and cheque cashing institutions are notorious for money laundering and other dubious activities,” scowls Chief Detective @@RANDOMNAME@@ of the @@CAPITAL@@ Police Department. “Do you know how many phony cheques are cashed, or criminal activities are facilitated through the North-Northwestern Union money transfer service? If you want to help stymie crime, just shut down the entire industry. People can use banks, which have much more stringent security procedures.”

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#1365: Balancing the Box [Nuremgard; ed: Electrum]

The Issue
A number of people have been imprisoned for failing to pay the license fee that funds the public @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Broadcasting Corporation. The subject has sparked passionate debate in the media and on breakfast shows.

The Debate
*1. “An impartial and well-funded public broadcaster is essential to a democratic society,” says highly paid @@DEMONYMADJECTIVEINITIALS@@BC presenter @@RANDOMNAME@@, while he sips a fifty percent coconut milk decaf venti latte, no sugar and extra cream. “Most hardworking, decent people value and recognise the work we do. They get so many different services for their fees such as television channels, radio programmes, my expense acco - I mean, educational documentaries. I say toughen enforcement of the license fee with a fleet of television detector vans to catch fee evaders and send them straight to jail.” [Must have prisons]

*2. TBD [Must not have prisons]

3. “You could decriminalise license fee evasion,” suggests judge @@RANDOMNAME@@, whose workload is evenly split between murder and license fee trials. “The national broadcaster provides a good service but it doesn’t seem fair to give people a criminal record for something so trivial. Also, it discriminates against poor people who can’t afford the license fee. If the fees were dealt with as a civil matter, like when people fail to pay their energy bills, debt collectors would be able to seize property to pay the debt.”

4. “Why don’t we fund the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVEINITIALS@@BC out of general taxation instead?” yawns an under-depreciated junior Treasury minister, who is finding this funding discussion rather taxing. “That way, the broadcaster gets the money it needs, no one has to pay an expensive license fee and no one goes to prison or have their property seized. Everyone’s going to benefit, well, except for the taxpayers, but it’s accrual world after all. Anyways, I’d really appreciate it if you’d let me defer my role in this discussion. Calc-you-later.”

5. “A license fee to watch TV? Public funding? What are we, East Lebatuckese?” questions billionaire media mogul RuPaul Murmarina, the owner of @@ANIMAL@@ News. “Forcing people to pay an archaic institution for supposedly impartial news and educational content is nonsense. I say privatise the broadcaster and let the free market do what it does best: meet the needs of the people by telling them what to think.”

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#1366: Parklife [Pythaga; ed Gnejs]

The Issue
Public parks all across @@NAME@@ are in shambles, with sports fields overgrown and playgrounds rusting themselves to pieces, all due to a lack of sufficient funding. While the upper-crust of @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ society have taken to funding and operating their own parks on private property, large segments of urban populations have been left recreationally disenfranchised. A plethora of interested parties are demanding that you take a swing at the problem.

The Debate
1. “This clearly shows that private enterprise is much better at running parks than your government,” boasts wealthy gut lord @@RANDOMNAME@@, parked in your chair with @@HIS@@ feet on your table. “How about you put all of the public parks up for auction? Then they’ll finally be competently managed, complete with well-maintained grounds and top-tier facilities. It would provide the public with a sense of enormous well-being, for what the free market deems a fair price.”

2. “But think of the disadvantaged children!” bemoans annoyingly noble single parent @@RANDOMNAME@@. “If all parks are made private, those heinous entry fees would mean I couldn’t even afford to get in! It simply isn’t fair that so many youngsters can’t safely run around outside, so instead you must use government funds to restore our public recreational spaces. That way every child has an equal playing field, and then we’d be happy for the rest of our days, safe in the knowledge there will always be a bit of @@NAME@@ devoted to us.”

3. “But that alone is not enough!” shouts @@RANDOMNAME@@, your neighbourhood dustman and part-time socialist, while waving a ‘Parks for the Proletariat’ poster in your face. “Public space is scarce, and you cannot continue to allow the upper-class to eat from their gold-plated picnic tables in their gated gardens. Take the lands those posh parks inhabit, and make them free to enjoy for all the people. From the hands of the rich, to walking hand-in-hand. That is the proper parklife.”

Also note, I've updated my list of nations (Congratulations to Bigtopia for passing 60 appearances, East Lebatuck is nearly half of those now) and Religions (Ultra-Violet and particular shoutout to the fleshing out of Cyan).

[Valentine Z]

Parking Hell, Issue 1368. [Genbu Kaiden, ed: Electrum]

The Issue
The new director of the The Gloriously Re-Built Aoutpine Yangon / @@CAPITAL@@ Department of Transportation has suggested that imposing dynamic parking prices might help ease the city centre’s nightmarish congestion. Because the national government owns large parts of the capital, the plan cannot proceed without your approval.

1. Director Klaus Henderson, who was formerly a professor of urban planning, pushes up his glasses. “Dynamic parking prices will mean that not only will drivers have to pay for parking, but that the prices will change throughout the day based on the location’s demand. For example, drivers will pay more to park during busy periods. This will encourage motorists to park in quieter areas and not hog the same spot for hours on end. Take notes, there will be a quiz next week— er, sorry, force of habit there.”

2. “This isn’t a game of Maxopoly where the ‘free parking’ space gives a windfall of revenue!” complains the Minister of Labor, who’s just come from a marathon six-hour session of said game. “This plan will punish the working poor who can ill afford parking fees. If the city wants to deal with congestion, then it should start building more underground tunnels and parking garages with your help. Free parking is the right of every citizen, and you can’t start charging me — I mean, the miserably poor — for parking.”

3. “This plan is too complicated,” says the laconic Minister of Gordian Knots, who arrived in an ox cart and is now snipping at the air with a pair of scissors. “But doing nothing is not an option. Let us ban cars from the city instead. Stops congestion. Keeps things simple.”

choice-0, 1, 2 respectively. I am adding this into my list of edits as of now. ^^ Should be done in... an hour? Maybe.

[Valentine Z]

Valentine’s Changelog 011 – Where we’re going, we crank it up to 12.

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Tak’s Big List Change III. Source.

Issue Master List 0000 – 0025

• Issue 0002.1: said protest organizer → says protest organizer

Issue Master List 0026 – 0050

• Issue 0038.4: Wolfgang Watson → @@RANDOMNAME@@
• Issue 0043.1: over his morning cup of coffee → over a morning cup of coffee

Issue Master List 0051 – 0075

• Issue 0065: Changed description: In response to increasing crime and violence across @@NAME@@, the people are crying out for some degree of order. → Crime and violence are increasing across @@NAME@@; the people are crying out for some degree of order. Maybe martial law could work?
• Issue 0065.1: off their back → off @@HIS@@ back

Issue Master List 0076 – 0100

• Issue 0096: Options 2, 3, 4 → Options 3, 4, 5.
• Issue 0096: Added Option 2 with validity “No cars”. Validity set *.
• Issue 0096.1: Added validity “Has cars”. Validity set *.
• Issue 0096.4: Leave Nature Alone → Leave Nature Alone

Issue Master List 0101 – 0125

• Issue 0105.3: claims @@RANDOMNAME@@, @@NAME@@'s most notorious lawyer. → claims @@RANDOMNAME@@, a notorious lawyer.
• Issue 0108.1: says FamilyCorp. Representative "Fat Tony" @@RANDOMNAME@@, while sipping a glass of fine wine. → says FamilyCorp. Representative ‘Fat Tony’, sipping a glass of fine wine.

Issue Master List 0126 – 0150

• Issue 0128: Changed description: expressed their outrage in protests outside the @@NAME@@ Parliament. → expressed their outrage in protests outside parliament.
• Issue 0128.3: @@NAME@@ University → @@CAPITAL@@ University

Issue Master List 0151 – 0175

• Issue 0158.2: while thieving a @@CURRENCY@@ from your pocket. → while thieving a pen from your pocket.

Issue Master List 0176 – 0200

• Issue 0199.2: a shifty-looking advisor of yours. Eyes too close together. → a shifty-looking advisor of yours whose eyes are too close together.

Issue Master List 0201 – 0225

• Issue 0204.1: grants for medical students, give more funding → grants for medical students, and give more funding
• Issue 0204: Options 2, 3 → Options 3, 4. Option 2 missing as of now.

Issue Master List 0226 – 0249

• Issue 0227.2: Added “Must have prisons” validity. Validity set *.
• Issue 0227.3: Added new option. “No prison” validity. Validity set *.
• Issue 0227: 3, 4, 5, 6 → 4, 5, 6, 7
• Issue 0231.1: especially Plasmodium falciparum, → especially Plasmodium falciparum,

Issue Master List 0250 – 0275

• Issue 0268.1: Added unknown validity, set *.
• Issue 0268.2: Added issue. Unknown validity, set *.
• Issue 0273.2: Headmaster → Principal

Issue Master List 0276 – 0300

• Issue 0278: Changed description: A hurricane recently devastated one of @@NAME@@'s island chains causing billions of @@CURRENCYPLURAL@@ in damage and displacing millions of citizens. → A hurricane recently devastated island chains under the aegis of @@NAME@@, causing billions of @@CURRENCYPLURAL@@ in damage and displacing millions of citizens.

Issue Master List 0301 – 0319

• Issue 0308.3: Issue Validity: Must not be Socialist. Bracket / Independent Set.

Issue Master List 0320 – 0339

• Issue 0323.2: Luke Zuckermann → Marcus Sugarmountain
• Issue 0335.1: I need to watch por– I mean… → I need to watch p— I mean...

Issue Master List 0340 – 0359

• Issue 0341.1: She's only t-t-three years old!" sobs the lost girl's mother. "She'll never make it out there in the wilderness all alone. She's going to d-d-d-", her husband steps in as she breaks down in tears, "Please, you have to do something! There aren't enough rescue workers out there. You need to hire more or divert them from other areas or something! What's more important than a child's safety? → She’s only t-t-three years old!” sobs the lost girl’s mother. “She’ll never make it out there in the wilderness all alone. She’s going to d- d- d-” Her husband steps in as she breaks down in tears: “Please, you have to do something! There aren’t enough rescue workers out there. You need to hire more or divert them from other areas or something! What’s more important than a child’s safety?
• Issue 0345.1: "Something has to be done", newspaper columnist @@RANDOMNAME@@ writes. → “Something has to be done,” demands @@NAME@@ City Hall staffer @@RANDOMNAME@@.

Issue Master List 0360 – 0379

• Issue 0366.2: Replaced by 0366.3. The issue listed here for preservation: *2. "It is the right of all citizens to express themselves in any way they chose", claims the dixie cup-sporting @@RANDOMNAME@@, an investigative journalist with On Liberty magazine. "People should be free to dress in any uniform without fear of reprisal or punishment - and that includes wearing a uniform of the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVEINITIALS@@AF. What better way to display to the world one's patriotism! And if you happen to get more respect or some discounts because of it, all the better. If that argument doesn't persuade you, then maybe you should ask the Vice Admiral how he won those medals. You can bet your bottom @@CURRENCY@@ that if you criminalise this, journalists will start asking serving officers that question. Do you want to have a media witch-hunt of the military?" [Must have media]
• Issue 0366.3: Replaced by new option with new validity. Original Option 3 posted here for preservation: *3. “It is the right of all citizens to express themselves in any way they chose,” claims free speech advocate @@RANDOMNAME@@ while wearing a t-shirt that calls you a rather crude obscenity. “People should be free to dress in any uniform without fear of reprisal or punishment - and that includes wearing a uniform of the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVEINITIALS@@AF. What better way to display to the world one’s patriotism! And if you happen to get more respect or some discounts because of it, all the better. If that argument doesn’t persuade you, then maybe you should ask the Vice Admiral how he won those medals. You can bet your bottom @@CURRENCY@@ that if you criminalise this, concerned citizens will start asking serving officers that question. Do you want the military to have another public relations disaster?” [Must not have media]
• Issue 0366.4: Now Option 3. Validity: Must have conscription, independent validity set. Original issue saved for preservation: 4. "Why do we celebrate and glorify warmongering by raising these conquistadors above every else?" questions @@RANDOMNAME@@, an anti-war protester outside the gates of your office building. "These medals and uniforms only exist to exert dominance and fear over the masses. The military claim these medals are rewards, but they are actually trophies declaring to the world how many innocent civilians their brainwashed killers massacred. We should do away with our armed forces and imprison those who have killed supposedly in the name of @@NAME@@."

Issue Master List 0380 – 0399

• Issue 0381.1: this "don’t murder" concept → this ‘don’t murder’ concept
• Issue 0381.2: As for this kid, lock 'em and leave him to die. → As for this kid, lock him up!"
• Issue 0381.3: muses a major religion representative @@NAME@@ while proselytizing your staff. → muses a major religion representative @@RANDOMNAME@@ while proselytizing to your staff.
• Issue 0383.4: It's like a little @@NAME@@ → It's like a little @@ANIMAL@@
• Issue 0393.3: Admiral Nelson Wellington → Admiral @@RANDOMNAME@@

Issue Master List 0420 – 0439

• Issue 0423: Changed description: fight on the side of their fellow believers. → fight on the side of their fellow believers, and are now returning home.
• Issue 0423.1: You've got to lock up all of these returnees until → You’ve got to detain all of these returnees for interrogation, until

Issue Master List 0440 – 0459

• Issue 0442.3: roasting a chunk of indeterminate meat over a makeshift fire. → roasting a chunk of something indeterminate and meaty over a makeshift fire.
• Issue 0456.3: agrees @@RANDOMMALENAME@@ → agrees Dean James

Issue Master List 0460 – 0479

• Issue 0461.5: Virginia O'Leary → @@RANDOMNAME@@

Issue Master List 0500 – 0519

• Issue 0508.1: queries sociology professor @@RANDOMMALENAME@@ as he casually strokes his beard. → queries sociology professor @@RANDOMMALENAME@@ casually stroking his beard.
• Issue 0519: Changed description: After students at a school revolted and attempted to secede from @@NAME@@ - leading to a three-day siege that was thankfully peacefully resolved - educators, parents and newspapers across the country have called for something to be done about discipline in schools. → After students at a school revolted and attempted to secede from @@NAME@@, leading to a three-day siege that was, thankfully, peacefully resolved, educators and parents from across the nation have called for something to be done about discipline in schools.
• Issue 0519.1: rants Ethel Bunch → rants @@RANDOMNAME@@

Issue Master List 0520 – 0539

• Issue 0531.1: "His Royal Highness weighs a modest 100 kilograms, not 200 like that @@NAME@@-hating swine claims!" spits court photographer @@RANDOMNAME@@. "And the Crown Prince's eleventh finger and atypical jaw add character! It's right and proper that traitors like that newscaster be in prison. The Royal Family deserves everyone's respect, because an attack on the dignity of the monarchy is an attack on the dignity of the state. For the good of the @@TYPE@@, our reigning dynasty must be protected from all slander, even if said slander is technically true." → “His Royal Highness weighs a modest 100 kilograms, not 200 like that @@NAME@@-hating swine claims!” spits court photographer @@RANDOMNAME@@. “And the Crown Prince’s eleventh finger and atypical jaw add character! It’s right and proper that traitors like that newscaster be tied to a chair and reconditioned into loyalty till he hums the national anthem in his sleep! The Royal Family deserves everyone’s respect, because an attack on the dignity of the monarchy is an attack on the dignity of the state. For the good of the @@TYPE@@, our reigning dynasty must be protected from all slander, even if said slander is technically true.”

Issue Master List 0580 – 0599

• Issue 0590.4: Added possible validation: Capitalism. Validation set *.
• Issue 0590: Added Option 5. Added possible validation: Socialist. Validation set *.

Issue Master List 0600 – 0619

• Issue 0603.3: says @@RANDOMFEMALENAME@@ → says @@RANDOMNAME@@
• Issue 0603.3: As the closing statement of her argument, she collapses sobbing → As the closing statement of @@HIS@@ argument, @@HE@@ collapses sobbing

Issue Master List 0620 – 0639

• Issue 0625.3: I call it Operation: Ironic Takedown. → I call it Operation: Ironic Takedown.
• Issue 0625.7: Are those all V12 Maxati Baryons? The → Are those all V12 Maxati Baryons? The
• Issue 0627.1: only bees in @@CAPITAL@@ → only bees in @@NAME@@
• Issue 0627.5: Option 4. → Option 5.
• Issue 0629: Changed description: the Hooter Holster, → the Hooter Holster,
• Issue 0629.3: author of Chicken Soup for the Schlong, → author of Chicken Soup for the Schlong,

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Jutsa’s Big Help! Source.

Issue Master List 1360 – 1379

• Added Issue 1361.
• Added Issue 1362.
• Added Issue 1364.
• Added Issue 1365.
• Added Issue 1366.

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Misc. Edits and Additions

Section 4

• Updated with issues 1361, 1362, 1364, 1365, 1366, 1368.

Issue Master List 1360 – 1379

• Added Issue 1368. My own finding! ^^

Need to continue with TalAk’s list. A tad disappointed that I could not finish TalAk's list in one sitting.

In addition, a congratulations to Electrum for having 2 issues published under your name as an editor.

[Inven]

Hi, just got Issue 1368. The name of the Director in option 1 is @@RANDOMNAME@@, not a specific name.

[Valentine Z]

Hi, just got Issue 1368. The name of the Director in option 1 is @@RANDOMNAME@@, not a specific name.

I will keep that in mind, thank you very much! ^^

[Trotterdam]

Parking Hell, Issue 1368. [Genbu Kaiden, ed: Electrum]

The Issue
The new director of the The Gloriously Re-Built Aoutpine Yangon / @@CAPITAL@@ Department of Transportation has suggested that imposing dynamic parking prices might help ease the city centre’s nightmarish congestion. Because the national government owns large parts of the capital, the plan cannot proceed without your approval.

1. Director Klaus Henderson, who was formerly a professor of urban planning, pushes up his glasses. “Dynamic parking prices will mean that not only will drivers have to pay for parking, but that the prices will change throughout the day based on the location’s demand. For example, drivers will pay more to park during busy periods. This will encourage motorists to park in quieter areas and not hog the same spot for hours on end. Take notes, there will be a quiz next week— er, sorry, force of habit there.”

2. “This isn’t a game of Maxopoly where the ‘free parking’ space gives a windfall of revenue!” complains the Minister of Labor, who’s just come from a marathon six-hour session of said game. “This plan will punish the working poor who can ill afford parking fees. If the city wants to deal with congestion, then it should start building more underground tunnels and parking garages with your help. Free parking is the right of every citizen, and you can’t start charging me — I mean, the miserably poor — for parking.”

3. “This plan is too complicated,” says the laconic Minister of Gordian Knots, who arrived in an ox cart and is now snipping at the air with a pair of scissors. “But doing nothing is not an option. Let us ban cars from the city instead. Stops congestion. Keeps things simple.”

choice-0, 1, 2 respectively. I am adding this into my list of edits as of now. ^^ Should be done in... an hour? Maybe.

You know, I read this more closely now that I got it on one of my nations, and it occurs to me that if enough people were using oxcarts, finding parking space for all of those would still be a pretty big hassle. Probably worse, since you also need stables for the oxen.

[TalAkMaChen]

Woop... another (short) list of updates from me.

949,4 validity is not about science/IT ... but "must have private industries"

992,4 (validity: 4 has internet but no videogames; 3 has internet and videogames)
4. “Perhaps a compromise?” suggests your Minister of Moderation, who is currently attempting to end a flame war on Twitcher. “Bots should be allowed on social media, but must clearly declare that they are bots. We have to make sure software cannot pretend to be alive! Bots can be a useful tool, but only if they are kept within strict guidelines.”
(i.e. identical option text, just the effect lines are different)

1178,5 validity: has no corporal punishment (in contrast to opt 4)

1181: one of my nations had 1+2+4+5 (my guess: 2/3 is about (not) having guns or cars)
Due to the shift in that issue (now with 5 instead of 4 options) option 2 was duplicated and the original 3+4 are now 4+5. However, it seems options 2 and 3 (the new 3) are identical - the Knievel text and effect line. So no good clue what determines the split.

1356: 1/2 is Socialist/Capitalism alternatives

[Trotterdam]

949,4 validity is not about science/IT ... but "must have private industries"

Can confirm.

992,4 (validity: 4 has internet but no videogames; 3 has internet and videogames)

Huh, although I can confirm option 3 hasn't been seen on nations with No Video Games, I do have a sighting of option 4 on a nation without No Video Games. That was three months ago, though, so it's probably a miscoded validity that has long since been fixed. I'll clear the data.

1181: one of my nations had 1+2+4+5 (my guess: 2/3 is about (not) having guns or cars)
Due to the shift in that issue (now with 5 instead of 4 options) option 2 was duplicated and the original 3+4 are now 4+5. However, it seems options 2 and 3 (the new 3) are identical - the Knievel text and effect line. So no good clue what determines the split.

It's recorded as removing the No Sports and No Automobiles policies on nations that had them, so it probably depends on whether you already had one of those.

Guns don't seem relevant. It's hard to call anything using a gun "jousting", whether you're on a horse or a motorcycle.

[TalAkMaChen]

Ah, so for some reason #1181 was now split up as "removes those policies" or "does not need to change". Maybe that is why we got quite a few identical options lately.

[Valentine Z]

I might be having a change of workflow regarding the maintenance. So, in short, no worries for everyone involved and I will be doing my due diligence in making sure it's updated or the changes are tracked.

However, I do feel that putting this up on a Public GitHub Repo will help me out because Git is a lot more precise in tracking changes and what's more, it's automatic! So for example, it will automatically do a Changelog of "Adriana Lillian" to "@@RANDOMNAME@@". Only drawback is that I won't be able to do that fancy yet honestly easier-to-read Changelogs. You'll have to see what I have changed in the repository with every commit.

It won't affect the posts and the thread. This is just for my local personal backup of all the issues (it's a huge Word file!) that I am using to track changes.

Please do let me know if you have objections on this workflow. I'm flexible with my current workflow, but I can make it a little faster if needed.