A New Nation - OOC
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Senate
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Chaos Edition
In this RP, there are not multiple nations. There is one, single nation (named Columbia, NOT the South American nation) that we will all be playing in, a fictitious nation, of course. Each player will be a character, a person, a position. For instance, I will (at the beginning, until the next election) be the president, initially. From there, I'll make up the president's backstory, political ideals, political party, etc. To get to the point, you're not going to be selecting from a list of parties, a list of positions, no. You'll be making up everything about your character and their position, and if it's not completely ridiculous, I'll definitely accept it. Now, although the nation will initially be a democracy, whoever is elected after me may change that. Perhaps I'll be elected once again, and things will remain the same. The actions of your characters will over time shape the nation, for better or for worse, hopefully the former. Know that you don't have to be a political position, you could, for example, be the leader of some fringe party. You could be a journalist who reports for a political tabloid. I would even allow you to be a generic accountant, who simply votes each election. It's not just the country that you shape with your actions, you shape the entire RP. If a dictator takes power and abolishes all political positions, the players could become rebel leaders. If they wanted to, and didn't like the way the RP was going, they could just leave.
- No godmodding. Plain and simple. For instance, don't say the outcome of the presidential election. You can say who you vote for, and you can control elections within your political party as long as no one else is in it.
- If you leave, could you tell me why? Not really a rule, I just want to improve my RPs in the future.
- I know this is vague, but don't do anything ridiculous. I don't want to see your character buying the United States for a U.S. five dollar bill early in the game.
- The magic of convenience does not exist here. If you want to, for instance, stage a coup, you need intense preparation. Where do you get the guns? How do you get all of the people on your side? How do you avoid the government finding out about you? How do you plan the coup? etc.
- You can have multiple characters, but know your limits. Don't play as every person in the Senate (if there is one) for instance.
- Try not to get too off-topic on the OOC. I'm pretty lax, but I have limits.
- If you're planning on taking a vacation, or just aren't going to post for a while, please tell me. Definitely tell me if you're leaving permanently, so I can kill your characters.
- Lastly, if there's something I haven't mentioned here, but you think it would be a bad idea, or should be against the rules, you probably shouldn't do it. At least check with me before you do.
- This nation occupies the space of Bir Tawil and some of the surrounding area, at the beginning of the game, however it will likely expand later on due to actions of players.
- I'm online from 3:00 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST, roughly.
- As I said before, as long as your app isn't ridiculous or against the rules, I will almost certainly accept it. At the very least, I'll tell you why I didn't.
- I can't stress this enough. Literally (in the actual meaning of the word) anything feasible in the real world can occur. Anything. The government could be made up of sentient A.I's in the future. You can definitely attempt to bribe other players.
- Your characters can die. They cannot, until the technology is discovered, be immortal, either.
- At the beginning of the game, the year will be 2015. There is no set procedure for advancing time, it will occur when convenient.
- The rest of Earth, at the beginning of the game, is pretty much exactly the same as it is today.
- The elections will occur in the OOC thread, since I couldn't feasibly simulate every vote. Each participating player gets a single vote.
- If you have any questions at all, you can ask me. I will answer any question I know the answer to, related to this RP.
- The Chaos Edition is mainly so people can do ridiculous stuff, without ruining the actual RP. Mostly just for fun.
Alright, now that we have that hassle out of the way, here's the applications (one for a character, and one for a political party).
If your character is the first member of a political party, you'll need an application for that as well:
Here are my applications, for reference.
I'd like to thank Marsisian for helping me come up with this RP.
Now good luck, and have fun!
President: Xavier J.T. King - [PP]
Secretary of Foreign Affairs: - Olive Durand - [PP]
Secretary of the Interior: - Jessica Hughes - [PP]
Secretary of Finance: - Jackson Wright - [N]
Secretary of Justice: - Isaac Dougall - [N]
Secretary of Defense: - William David - [PP]
Secretary of Education: - TBD
Secretary of Health and Welfare: - TBD
Secretary of Energy: - TBD
Secretary of Transportation: - TBD
Secretary of Urban Development: - TBD
Senator: Sofia Church - [PP]
Senator: Dakota Douglas - [P]
Senator: Damion Mershal - [PP]
Senator: Craig Miller Louis - [P]
[P] - The Party of Pioneering and Settling - led by James Nicholas Andrews.
[PP] - Progressive Party of Columbia - led by Xavier J. T. King.
[A] - Aristocratic Union for the Advancement of Yeoman and Gentry - led by Dietrich Williams von Staubsburg.
[IP] - The Imperialist Party of Columbia - led by Angus Knox.
[N] - The National Civic Faction - led by Solomon Daniels.
[R] - Radical Left United Front - led by Nicholas Darkmoon.
[U] - The United People of Columbian Libertarianism - led by Victoria Jäger.
[NR] - National Revival Party - led by Lewis Bryant.
[W] - The World Self-Government Liberty Composition - led by Jackson Foharrister.
*[RA] - Red Army Faction - led by Jean Karl DeCinque.
[C] - Coptic Futurist Party - led by Andrew Shafik.
**[H] - The HYDRA Party - led by Petr Nicholay Anatolevich Barlev.
[CP] - The Cultural Preservation and Expansionist Party of Columbia - led by Markus Mercier.
*Largely seen as a terrorist organization.
**Believed by many to be a terrorist organization, although not officially declared as so by the government yet.
Terrelis (Co-OP) - Xavier J.T. King, Alexander King, Jessica Hughes
Protestant England and Germany - Dietrich Williams von Staubsburg
Republic of the Cristo - Dezmond Noble
Marsisian - Richard Dunn
Claven - Sofia Church
Cainesland - Angus Knox
Kazarogkai - Solomon Daniels
Sacara - Dakota Douglas
World Anarchic Union - Nicholas Darkmoon
Icrum - Victoria Jäger, Matfey Yaroslav Popov
Xtoshtia - Jackson Foharrister
Nivok Baves - Lewis Bryant
Acro - Damion Mershal
Red Party - Lenin Chouman
Greater Socialist Albania - Jean Karl DeCinque
Camelone - Andrew Shafik
HYDRA-Russian Empire - Petr Nicholay Anatolevich Barlev
Military Democracy of Birtonia - Isaac Hidalgo
Valrifell - Markus Mercier