I IC I The Senate I
Eblanca is an island nation in the northern areas of the Phillipine Sea, with a population of 15 million, and an area of around 25,000 square kilometers. The island is technologically advanced, rich in natural resources, and is a thriving democracy governed with a semi-presidential system with a unicameral legislature, the Senate. The capital, Montgri, lies on the northern coast.
Eblanca was uninhabited until it was discovered by Polynesian settlers around 5,000 years ago, when some villages were formed on the South coast. Europeans arrived in the 16th century, when the Spanish settled there. The Dutch attempted to settle in order to expand their colony in Taiwan, but such attempts were unsuccessful.
The Spanish maintained control of the island until 1902, when a Spanish Empire weakened by the Spanish-American war had the island seized by the Japanese. The island remained under Japanese control until 1945, when the island was occupied by the United States after the second world war. The occupation ended in 1953, when the new Constitution was ratified by the unicameral senate and set up a semi-presidential democracy that has remained relatively stable since. The nation has since developed into one of the happiest and technologically advanced in the world, with a life expectancy of 82.
The President serves a maximum of two 4-year terms and is elected via an instant runoff system, and the Senate via Single Transferable Vote, with 6 members per constituency, 15 constituencies, and elections held every 5 years.
Eblanca was uninhabited until it was discovered by Polynesian settlers around 5,000 years ago, when some villages were formed on the South coast. Europeans arrived in the 16th century, when the Spanish settled there. The Dutch attempted to settle in order to expand their colony in Taiwan, but such attempts were unsuccessful.
The Spanish maintained control of the island until 1902, when a Spanish Empire weakened by the Spanish-American war had the island seized by the Japanese. The island remained under Japanese control until 1945, when the island was occupied by the United States after the second world war. The occupation ended in 1953, when the new Constitution was ratified by the unicameral senate and set up a semi-presidential democracy that has remained relatively stable since. The nation has since developed into one of the happiest and technologically advanced in the world, with a life expectancy of 82.
The President serves a maximum of two 4-year terms and is elected via an instant runoff system, and the Senate via Single Transferable Vote, with 6 members per constituency, 15 constituencies, and elections held every 5 years.
Rules
1- OP is Lord and the Co-OP's are the princes appointed by the OP. Their word is law. Follow it.
2- Post when you can-warn us if you can't. A post per week is a good minimum standard, but we understand that real-life gets in the way. If you plan to leave, or you will be offline for some time, especially if you are interacting with someone, please try to let us know.
3-Make some IC effort. We are more lenient than most, here, but do try to put some effort into your IC posts. Try to keep one-liners to a minimum, though they are fine if in a conversation.
4- Respect your fellow players. Play nice. If you don't have friends, you won't have fun.
5- No Sue/flawless/perfect characters Give them some flaws. No one has fun when everyone is perfect. Everyone wants to be a young, tall, strong, charismatic superman. We'd like a little more depth than that.
-5a A "wealth cap" is in place of one billion dollars in net worth. A 'soft cap' exists at one hundred million dollars in net worth, this can be exceeded in an application, but is strongly advised against, and may be denied.
6-No cheat-edits Once you've made an IC post, leave it. Tweaks to formatting are all right, but don't try to change what you've already put down, especially if it has already been responded to. If your character said it in public, it must stay.
7- If you are not sure if something is legal, ask OOC first. Always better to check-and there is limited leniency for things that are obviously bad.
8-No assassination attempts. You can probably look for a loophole there-don't. In essence, no use of extreme physical force against another player, or anything like poison. If you and another both agree, contact an OP, and it will be discussed-unilateral action is strictly forbidden.
-8 a. Allegations of sexual assault are now covered by this rule. They can still be made, but require OP approval.
9-No research in closed situations-For the short version-no search engines in debates. You can do all the research you like in preparation, but while a debate is going on, no citing of outside resources is permitted. This is on the honor system-but if you start spouting off statistics to the fifth decimal place, we'll probably catch on. In short, when you're in a situation where your character can't be looking things up, you can't either. If you're not sure-ask an OP.
10-No metagaming. This takes two forms-first, using OOC knowledge that you have but your character could not in the IC, and second, attempting to "engineer" a character specifically to do something in relation to specific aspects of another character or a situation. Hiccups aside, keep OOC and IC separate. Similarly
11-Keep OOC comments out of the IC. We have a whole thread set aside just for that reason. Putting and leaving OOC comments in parenthesis degrades the quality of the RP, wholly OOC posts in the IC are right out. Bring up any issues in the OOC, or TG the OP.
12-PG-13. The site has a PG-13 rule, and we follow it. Swearing is acceptable in-character, but do your best not to make a habit of it, and censor the harder language if you can. Explicit sexual reference are prohibited-if that ever becomes necessary, use euphemisms. The same holds true for gore.
13-Leaving the Roleplay. Due to the nature of the roleplay, significant politicians are not easily replaceable if their player leaves. Should you depart from the roleplay unexpectedly, your character may be used for the purposes of the roleplay, ranging from simulated votes to allowing another player temporary control. By applying for a character and participating in the roleplay, you accept this potential relinquishing of the character. Should a player return, priority is giving to returning the character to their control.
14-Foreign Characters Not all characters have to be Eblancan, foreigners whose actions relate to Eblanca are allowed (I.e. US president or foreign minister).
15- Have fun! Misery is illegal.
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[b]Party Information Sheet[/b]
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Character Roster
President, Prime Minister and Cabinet
NLC
Carlo Rigoberto Saiden Estrada - President
Elena Márquez de Pedregón - Prime Minister (Senate seat is Sagrado Corazón)
Diego Ruiz Garrido - Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister
Jiro Hanabusa - Deputy Prime Minister (Montgri)
Senate Members (other than Cabinet Ministers)
NLC
Chief Whip Ernesto Ruvalcaba - Loreto
Alyssa Stevens - El Poco
CNPE
General John J. Escaranas-Burns - East Carina
Popular Front
Sed Amar Rohit - Santo Domingo de los Cruces
Tolani T. Savea - Forasteras
Roda Monumona - Montgri
PVC
Diego “Iakopa” Kahurangi - Sagrado Corazón
SDP
Fujita Okamura - Forasteras
Local Politicians
Popular Front
Ali Gitana Choa Montano - Mayor of Montgri
Non-Office-Holding Politicians
SDP
José Mariano Gerardo - Professor of Economics
Non-Politicians
CNPE
Captain Duke Sargonas - Army Officer
Independent
Qu Wong Li - Chinese Ambassador
NLC
Andres Lopez Takuma - Businessman
Political Parties
NLC - Holds Presidency plus 40/90 Senate seats - Centre to Centre-right - Liberal
CNPE - Holds 25/90 Senate seats - Right-wing to Far-right - Eblancan Nationalist
Popular Front - Holds 19/90 Senate seats - Left-wing - Democratic Socialist
PVC - Holds 5/90 Senate seats - Big tent - Populist
SDP - Holds 1/90 Senate seats - Centre - Radical Centrist
Passed Legistlation
NLC
Carlo Rigoberto Saiden Estrada - President
Elena Márquez de Pedregón - Prime Minister (Senate seat is Sagrado Corazón)
Diego Ruiz Garrido - Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister
Jiro Hanabusa - Deputy Prime Minister (Montgri)
Senate Members (other than Cabinet Ministers)
NLC
Chief Whip Ernesto Ruvalcaba - Loreto
Alyssa Stevens - El Poco
CNPE
General John J. Escaranas-Burns - East Carina
Popular Front
Sed Amar Rohit - Santo Domingo de los Cruces
Tolani T. Savea - Forasteras
Roda Monumona - Montgri
PVC
Diego “Iakopa” Kahurangi - Sagrado Corazón
SDP
Fujita Okamura - Forasteras
Local Politicians
Popular Front
Ali Gitana Choa Montano - Mayor of Montgri
Non-Office-Holding Politicians
SDP
José Mariano Gerardo - Professor of Economics
Non-Politicians
CNPE
Captain Duke Sargonas - Army Officer
Independent
Qu Wong Li - Chinese Ambassador
NLC
Andres Lopez Takuma - Businessman
Political Parties
NLC - Holds Presidency plus 40/90 Senate seats - Centre to Centre-right - Liberal
CNPE - Holds 25/90 Senate seats - Right-wing to Far-right - Eblancan Nationalist
Popular Front - Holds 19/90 Senate seats - Left-wing - Democratic Socialist
PVC - Holds 5/90 Senate seats - Big tent - Populist
SDP - Holds 1/90 Senate seats - Centre - Radical Centrist
Passed Legistlation
- Paramilitarism Interdiction Act.
Author: Senator Diego 'Iakopa' Kahurangi
Current IC Date
January 21st - January 28th 2020
