Esquarian Community (OOC)

[Ainin]

Application
Nation name: The Wreath and Peoples of Rome (W.P.Q.R.)
RP population: 765,000,000
Head of state:Parseos of Two-Sons, Divus Regio (God King)
Head of government: Same as above
When do you want your nation to have ICly joined: 2325

Ruling party/coalition: Single party
How popular is your current leader and their party/coalition: Worshiped devoutly
Describe how your government works: The government is structured like so;
-Divus Regio : Direct control of all matters
-Equestriae Tribuniari : Nation/international matters, members are appointed
-Centuriae Tribuniari : Provincial government, made up of influential people and appointed military officers
-City gov'ts : cities/amalgamated regions are self governing, and is not uncommon to have mayors nominated, then elected fairly. Cities follow directives of above and live cooperatively with local military garrisons.
Economic system: Free market
Current military alliances: None
Nations in the region you have good relations with: None
Nations in the region you have strained relations with: None

Does your nation have...
Freedom of speech No
Freedom of conscience Yes
Freedom of assembly Yes
Freedom of religion Civilians have freedom of religion, but it is frowned upon
Freedom of movement Yes
The right to a fair trial Yes
Universal adult suffrage Yes
Racial discrimination No
Religious discrimination No
Gender discrimination Women are only blocked from the military, and this is a trend that is changing
LGBT discrimination No
Laws to prevent racial/religious/gender/LGBT discrimination Specific groups are protected, but discouraged from openly voicing their existence.
The death penalty In use
Torture No civilian torture
Slavery punishment to military deserters, enemy soldiers, terrorists and resistant tribals
Retroactive laws None

Link to factbook or wiki article: Factbook(s)
Your main RPing nation within Esquarium: The Autocratic States of The Wreath and Peoples of Rome

Seats if Permitted : 11

The Esquarian Community is an economic and cultural association of democratic nations in Esquarium.

[Nordluund]

Application
Nation name: Republic of Nordlund
RP population: 23,135,429
Head of state: President Morten Barholm
Head of government: Prime Minister Kjel Linström
When do you want your nation to have ICly joined: Whatever's convenient for everybody else.

Ruling party/coalition: SDLP Party
How popular is your current leader and their party/coalition: Very popular.
Describe how your government works: Parliamentary republic
Economic system: Mixed-market
Current military alliances: Applied for NOSDO
Nations in the region you have good relations with: Hoping to build on these soon. If I am accepted into NOSDO, other NOSDO members.
Nations in the region you have strained relations with: None as of yet.

Does your nation have...
Freedom of speech Yes
Freedom of conscience Yes
Freedom of assembly Yes
Freedom of religion Yes
Freedom of movement Yes
The right to a fair trial Yes
Universal adult suffrage Yes, except for convicted prisoners.
Racial discrimination Illegal
Religious discrimination Illegal
Gender discrimination Illegal
LGBT discrimination Illegal
Laws to prevent racial/religious/gender/LGBT discrimination Yes
The death penalty (in use? on the statute books?) No
Torture No
Slavery No
Retroactive laws No.

Link to factbook or wiki article: WIP
Your main RPing nation within Esquarium: This one (Nordlund)

[The Nihilistic view]

Application
Nation name:The Nihilistic View
RP population:854.3 million
Head of state:King Constantine Vitellius
Head of government:Prime Minister Sir Rodger Walpole
When do you want your nation to have ICly joined: Not sure really, what would you recommend?

Ruling party/coalition:Royalist party/Cavalier party coalition
How popular is your current leader and their party/coalition:Very popular, Sir Rodger is the longest serving Prime Minister in Nihilistic View history and responsible for first stemming and then reversing the rise of republicanism.
Describe how your government works:Executive constitutional Monarchy. There is a Westminster style bicameral parliament with an unelected upper-house and a lower-house elected by universal suffrage. Each holds a roughly even amount of constitutional power.
Economic system:Free market capitalism.
Current military alliances:New Zepuha
Nations in the region you have good relations with:New Zepuha.
Nations in the region you have strained relations with:None

Does your nation have...
Freedom of speechYes
Freedom of conscienceYes
Freedom of assemblyWithin reason.
Freedom of religionYes
Freedom of movementYes
The right to a fair trialYes
Universal adult suffrageYes
Racial discriminationYes
Religious discriminationYes
Gender discriminationYes
LGBT discriminationYes
Laws to prevent racial/religious/gender/LGBT discriminationYes
The death penalty In use for Treason only. Not on the statute books for any other crime.
TortureNo
SlaveryNo
Retroactive laws No

Link to factbook or wiki article: Not really got any yet, busy drafting them at the mo
Your main RPing nation within Esquarium: This is my main RPing nation in the region.


I presume by do we have racial/religious/gender/LGBT discrimination you mean do people act like that rather than do we have laws that are racist/anti-religious/sexist/genderist/anti-LGBT etc etc. We don't have laws that are discriminatory but there are of course as in any society individuals who are.

Also I think under the seat calculation I would have 92.

[Britanno]

Nordlund: Aye
Nihilistic View: Nay (alliance with New Zepuha)

[Fortschritte]

Application
Nation name: Fortschritte
RP population: 48,552,556
Head of state: Willy Schmidt
Head of government: Angela Kohl
When do you want your nation to have ICly joined: (from its founding in 1990 until the present): 1992.

Ruling party/coalition: A coalition of the Social Democratic Labour Party and Liberal Forum.

How popular is your current leader and their party/coalition: The coalition has a approval rating of 62%, while the Chancellor has a approval rating of 68%.

Describe how your government works: The government is run by the Bundslat, a unicameral legislature elected every three years using party list proportional representation.

Economic system: Social Market Economy, Rhine/Polder Model.

Current military alliances: None at the moment

Nations in the region you have good relations with: Ainin, Vyvland, Britanno, and other democratic nations.
Nations in the region you have strained relations with: Nevanmaa, Koryo.

Does your nation have...
Freedom of speech:Yes
Freedom of conscience: Yes
Freedom of assembly: Yes
Freedom of religion: Yes
Freedom of movement: Yes
The right to a fair trial: Yes
Universal adult suffrage: Yes

Racial discrimination: No institutional discrimination, but a handful of citizens may discriminate. But, the populace is largely accepting.

Religious discrimination: Same as above.
Gender discrimination: See racial discrimination.

LGBT discrimination See racial discrimination. Simply put, most citizens are tolerant, and all citizens have equal rights, but every nation has a few citizens who may discriminate.

Laws to prevent racial/religious/gender/LGBT discrimination: Yes.
The death penalty (in use? on the statute books?): Nope.
Torture: Nope
Slavery Nope
Retroactive laws (i.e. punishing someone for doing an action in the past when it was legal at the time): Erm, No.

Link to factbook or wiki article:iiwiki.com/wiki/Fortschritte
Your main RPing nation within Esquarium: If this nation is not your main RPing nation within Esquarium, you can still join but will only be entitled to 5 seats in the Esquarian Parliament.

^This is my main.

[Michillies]

AYE
Nordlund
Fortschritte

NO
Francilie for use of torture
Masseau, see above
Nihilistic View for alliance with New Zepuha

[The Arctic Kingdom]

Application
Nation name: the Arctic Kingdom
RP population: Around 30 million
Head of state: Queen Fionna Halvarsson II
Head of government: Eric Lavransdottir
When do you want your nation to have ICly joined: (from its founding in 1990 until the present)
From it's founding
Ruling party/coalition: the Liberal Democratic Party
How popular is your current leader and their party/coalition: The Prime Minister's approval rating are around 70%, while support for the Liberal Democratic Party is at around 84%
Describe how your government works: It's a constitutional unitary parliamentary liberal democratic monarchy (Click this to understand it: http://www.nationstates.net/nation=the_ ... /id=327619)
Economic system: Market
Current military alliances: N/A
Nations in the region you have good relations with: I'm still new
Nations in the region you have strained relations with: I'm new

Does your nation have...
Freedom of speech Yes
Freedom of conscience Yes
Freedom of assembly Definitely
Freedom of religion Yep
Freedom of movement Yeah
The right to a fair trial Duh!
Universal adult suffrage Yes
Racial discrimination Nope
Religious discrimination No
Gender discrimination NOPE
LGBT discrimination Definitely not
Laws to prevent racial/religious/gender/LGBT discrimination No, never, and not anytime soon
The death penalty (in use? on the statute books?) None
Torture No
Slavery No
Retroactive laws (i.e. punishing someone for doing an action in the past when it was legal at the time) No

Link to factbook or wiki article:
Your main RPing nation within Esquarium: Yes

[Geadland]

AYE:
Nordlund
Fortschritte

CONDITIONAL:
Francilie: Currently oppose, but would support if torture was abolished
Masseau: Currently oppose, but would support if torture was abolished

NAY:
Wreath and Peoples of Rome: for not being democratic
Nihilistic View: for its alliance with New Zepuha
Arctic Kingdom: you're not in Esquarium!

[Geadland]

I think we need a clearer set of rules for admitting applicants.

At the moment, the present system hasn't caused any problems. Most of the time it's obvious whether an applicant should be accepted or rejected. But it could cause problems in the future if, say, we get an applicant that 2/3 of us support and 1/3 of us strongly oppose, for example.

So I propose that we accept an applicant if:

1. At least 1/3 of existing members vote 'yes' and no-one votes 'no' or 'conditional', OR
2. They are supported by 3/4 of all existing members.

Puppets should not be included in the count

[United Provinces of Atlantica]

Since I've essentially made Atlantica unrecognizable from the original Atlantica I applied with, I feel that I should apply again:

Application
Nation name: Atlantica
RP population: 327,538
Head of state: Katrín Árnisdóttir
Head of government: Matteus Gunnlaugsson
When do you want your nation to have ICly joined: 1991

Ruling party/coalition: Coalition between the social democratic Socialist Party. environmentalist Green Party, and eurocommunist Communist Party.
How popular is your current leader and their party/coalition: Relatively popular.
Describe how your government works: Parliamentary representative direct democracy.
Economic system: Atlantican Model
Current military alliances: None.
Nations in the region you have good relations with: Namor, Pavonistade, Britanno (used some trading partners)
Nations in the region you have strained relations with: Nobody for now

Does your nation have...
Freedom of speech: Yes.
Freedom of conscience: Yes.
Freedom of assembly: Yes.
Freedom of religion: Yes.
Freedom of movement: Yes.
The right to a fair trial: Yes.
Universal adult suffrage: Yes.
Racial discrimination: No.
Religious discrimination: No.
Gender discrimination: No.
LGBT discrimination: No.
Laws to prevent racial/religious/gender/LGBT discrimination: Yes.
The death penalty (in use? on the statute books?): Banned.
Torture: Also banned.
Slavery: Abolished in 1600s.
Retroactive laws (i.e. punishing someone for doing an action in the past when it was legal at the time): No.

Link to factbook or wiki article: Here
Your main RPing nation within Esquarium: If this nation is not your main RPing nation within .Esquarium, you can still join but will only be entitled to 5 seats in the Esquarian Parliament.

This one is the only one I have, so obviously this one.

[Wolfmanne]

AYE:
Nordlund
Fortschritte

CONDITIONAL:
Francilie: Currently oppose, but would support if torture was abolished
Masseau: Currently oppose, but would support if torture was abolished

NAY:
Wreath and Peoples of Rome: for not being democratic
Nihilistic View: for its alliance with New Zepuha
Arctic Kingdom: you're not in Esquarium!

I vote in the same way for the same reasons.

Nay to Atlantica due to an illiberal economic system.

[Britanno]

Aye: Nordlund, Fortschritte
Nay: Francilie, Masseau, Wreath and Peoples of Rome, Nihilistic View, Arctic Kingdom

[Francilie]

Application
Nation name: Republic of Francilie
RP population: 67,349,541
Head of state: President Edouard Lunet
Head of government: Prime Minister Jérôme Jousselan
When do you want your nation to have ICly joined: 1975

Ruling party/coalition: Union of the Right
How popular is your current leader and their party/coalition: Not popular but not hated
Describe how your government works: Semi-presidential system
Economic system: Capitalism
Current military alliances: EETO
Nations in the region you have good relations with: EETO members, other nations that respect us too
Nations in the region you have strained relations with: Ocidenia, Luziyca ( kind of ) and Nevanmaa

Does your nation have...
Freedom of speech Yes
Freedom of conscience Yes
Freedom of assembly Yes
Freedom of religion Yes
Freedom of movement Yes
The right to a fair trial Yes
Universal adult suffrage Yes
Racial discrimination No
Religious discrimination No
Gender discrimination No
LGBT discrimination No
Laws to prevent racial/religious/gender/LGBT discrimination Not yet, with all these racist religious groups anti-LGBT
The death penalty (in use? on the statute books?) No (criminal chooses; life in prison or death?)
Torture No
Slavery No
Retroactive laws (i.e. punishing someone for doing an action in the past when it was legal at the time) No

Link to factbook or wiki article: not very completed and not updated
Your main RPing nation within Esquarium: Francilie

Seats if accepted in: 21

[Wolfmanne]

Application
Nation name: Republic of Francilie
RP population: 67,349,541
Head of state: President Edouard Lunet
Head of government: Prime Minister Jérôme Jousselan
When do you want your nation to have ICly joined: 1975

Ruling party/coalition: Union of the Right
How popular is your current leader and their party/coalition: Not popular but not hated
Describe how your government works: Semi-presidential system
Economic system: Capitalism
Current military alliances: EETO
Nations in the region you have good relations with: EETO members, other nations that respect us too
Nations in the region you have strained relations with: Ocidenia, Luziyca ( kind of ) and Nevanmaa

Does your nation have...
Freedom of speech Yes
Freedom of conscience Yes
Freedom of assembly Yes
Freedom of religion Yes
Freedom of movement Yes
The right to a fair trial Yes
Universal adult suffrage Yes
Racial discrimination No
Religious discrimination No
Gender discrimination No
LGBT discrimination No
Laws to prevent racial/religious/gender/LGBT discrimination Not yet, with all these racist religious groups anti-LGBT
The death penalty (in use? on the statute books?) No (criminal chooses; life in prison or death?)
Torture No
Slavery No
Retroactive laws (i.e. punishing someone for doing an action in the past when it was legal at the time) No

Link to factbook or wiki article: not very completed and not updated
Your main RPing nation within Esquarium: Francilie

Seats if accepted in: 21

Aye.

[Michillies]

Changing vote on Francilie from NO to AYE. I'll abstain on Atlantica until the nation is more acquainted with the region.

(My no on Arctican Kingdom should be obvious, though.)

[Geadland]

Changing my vote on Francilie to AYE.

I'm not going to immediately take a stance on Atlantica, as the new incarnation has not been active in the region until now. I suggest posting news articles, posting miscellaneous articles, doing RPs and appearing on IRC as ways to get a presence in the region.

[Vyvland]

Aye: Nordlund, Fortschritte, Atlantica (pending keeping your nation roughly as it is now)
Nay: Francilie, Masseau, Wreath and Peoples of Rome, Nihilistic View, Arctic Kingdom

[DiAdocHia]

Application
Nation name: The Holy and Most August Empire of Diadochia
RP population: 330,604,000
Head of state: His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Emperor Nikolas VI of Diadochia
Head of government:The Right Honourable, Prime Minister Andreas Karistinos
When do you want your nation to have ICly joined: (from its founding in 1990 until the present) 1991

Ruling party/coalition: The current party in power is the Porfýras (purple) Party; the centre-right political party in Diadochia with conservative views, and economic liberalism ideals. While the other major parties include the Liberal Party, Roúsioi Party, and Leukoí Party.
How popular is your current leader and their party/coalition: The Conservatives recently won a general election
Describe how your government works: The Diadochian government is a constitutional monarchy. The Emperor is Head of State while the Prime Minister is the Head of the Government. The Emperor's position is unique for he is neither a crowned figure head nor is he monarch with absolute powers he is somewhere in between working with an elected government and people. The Parliament of Diadochia consists of two houses, an appointed/hereditary upper house, the House of Archontes and a elected lower house, the House of Koiná. The Prime Minister is generally chosen from the party that commands the majority in the House of Koiná.

Members of the Cabinet of Diadochia are selected from both houses of Parliament and are generally members of the current Prime Minister's party. Executive power is exercised by the Emperor, Prime Minister and the Cabinet. The Privy Council of Diadochia serves as an advisory body to the Emperor that advises the reigning monarch on the exercise of the Imperial Prerogative.

Economic system: Free Market Capitalism
Current military alliances: none right now
Nations in the region you have good relations with: Cranaeia, Euphrania, Nea Abyssinia, Vjaarland others
Nations in the region you have strained relations with: none that I'm aware

Does your nation have...
Freedom of speech yes
Freedom of conscience yes
Freedom of assembly yes
Freedom of religion yes
Freedom of movement yes
The right to a fair trial yes
Universal adult suffrage yes for all Imperial subjects over age 18
Racial discrimination no, Diadochia is a multiethnic state where all the peoples are treated fairly and equal
Religious discrimination no, all people in Diadochia are free to worship whoever
Gender discrimination no
LGBT discrimination no
Laws to prevent racial/religious/gender/LGBT discrimination yes
The death penalty (in use? on the statute books?) Legal, but only used for the most heinous and vile acts, such the most serious acts, including Acts of Treason and cases involving murder or the like.
Torture no
Slavery no, Serfdom was abolished in 1797 by Emperor John VII
Retroactive laws (i.e. punishing someone for doing an action in the past when it was legal at the time) no that's absurd

Link to factbook or wiki article: Diadochia
Your main RPing nation within Esquarium: (If this nation is not your main RPing nation within Esquarium, you can still join but will only be entitled to 5 seats in the Esquarian Parliament.) yes

[Greonterp]

Application
Nation name: Greonterp
RP population: 6,553,992
Head of state: Queen Clare
Head of government: Lily Van Boelle
When do you want your nation to have ICly joined: (from its founding in 1990 until the present): 1992

Ruling party/coalition: Christian Democratic Alliance/Liberal Forum.
How popular is your current leader and their party/coalition: The Prime Minister has a 56% approval rating, while the coalition has a 61% approval rating.
Describe how your government works:

The government is a constitutional monarchy, with a non-executive monarch who acts as a figurehead, and the head of government, who is a prime minister. National power is vested primarily in the unicameral parliament, which is democratically elected every 4 years. Parties often form coalitions to create governments after elections.

Economic system: Mixed Market Capitalist/Social Market Capitalist
Current military alliances: None
Nations in the region you have good relations with: If this is a IC Question, then Britanno, Vyvland, Ainin, and all democracies.
Nations in the region you have strained relations with: Provided this is a ic question, Ziegenhain, Koyro and dictatorships. If this is OOC, none, I personally don't have any strained relationships with any players.

Does your nation have...
Freedom of speech: Yes
Freedom of conscience: Yes
Freedom of assembly: Yes
Freedom of religion: Yes
Freedom of movement: Yes
The right to a fair trial: Yes
Universal adult suffrage: Yes
Racial discrimination: It's rare, and frowned upon, and hate speech that promotes violence is banned.

Religious discrimination: Same as above.
Gender discrimination: See racial discrimination.
LGBT discrimination: See racial discrimination

Laws to prevent racial/religious/gender/LGBT discrimination: Laws exist to prevent incitement of violence. However, simply calling someone a "bad name", won't land you in jail.

The death penalty (in use? on the statute books?): Nope.
Torture: Nope
Slavery: Nope
Retroactive laws (i.e. punishing someone for doing an action in the past when it was legal at the time): Nope

Link to factbook or wiki article: http://iiwiki.com/wiki/Greonterp
Your main RPing nation within Esquarium: If this nation is not your main RPing nation within Esquarium, you can still join but will only be entitled to 5 seats in the Esquarian Parliament

^This is my main. Fortschritte used to be, but it no longer resides in Esquarium. So, this is my main.

Seats if Accepted: 5

[Arkiasis]

Application
Nation name: Republic of Arkiasis
RP population: 94,438,315 (2010 census), 96,100,000 (2014 estimate)
Head of state: President Philip Bayer
Head of government: Prime Minister Troy Brown
When do you want your nation to have ICly joined: 1990

Ruling party/coalition: Right-wing coalition (Progressive Party, Independence Party, Conservative Party, Christian Democratic Union, National Front, Reform Party)
How popular is your current leader and their party/coalition: Moderate support. Current approval for the coalition is 47% while the current approval for the Prime Minister is 59%.
Describe how your government works: Arkiasis is a Federal, Parliamentary, Constitutional, representative democratic Republic. The Arkiasis government operates under the framework of the Arkiasis Constitution created in 1896. Amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of both chambers of parliament; the fundamental principles of the constitution, as expressed in the articles guaranteeing human dignity, the separation of powers, the federal structure, and the rule of law are valid in perpetuity.
Economic system: Mixed market economy
Current military alliances: None (applying for NOSDO though)
Nations in the region you have good relations with: Algonia, Michilies, Britanno, Ainin, Geadland, Vyvland, Iglesiantis
Nations in the region you have strained relations with: Nevanmaa, Luzicya, Koyro, Unolia

Does your nation have...
Freedom of speech Yes
Freedom of conscience Yes
Freedom of assembly Yes
Freedom of religion Yes
Freedom of movement Yes
The right to a fair trial Yes
Universal adult suffrage Yes
Racial discrimination Illegal, very little
Religious discrimination Illegal, very little
Gender discrimination Illegal, very little
LGBT discrimination Illegal, very little
Laws to prevent racial/religious/gender/LGBT discrimination Yes (Arkiasis Anti-Discrimination Act of 1996)
The death penalty Banned in 1954 (de facto) 1970 (de jure), last execution in 1951.
Torture Illegal and unconstitutional
Slavery Illegal and unconstitutional
Retroactive laws No

Link to factbook or wiki article: http://iiwiki.com/wiki/Arkiasis
Your main RPing nation within Esquarium: Arkiasis

Seats if Accepted: 42

[Geadland]

Yes to Groenterp and Arkiasis

[Michillies]

Yes to Groenterp and Arkiasis

Ditto.

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Current (unofficial) vote count
Because we honestly need this.

Using the roll here and accounting for the CTE of Aissurop, we can figure that seven is a majority, though I'd like to get a second opinion on this. This, of course, presumes that any country not on the roll probably doesn't shive a git. Countries that are not currently located in Esquarium are excluded for automatic rejection.

Atlantica
Aye: 1
No: 0
Abstentions: 2

Arkiasis
Aye: 2
No: 0

Francilie
Aye: 3
No: 2

Groenterp
Aye: 2
No: 0

Masseau
Aye: 0
Conditional Aye: 2 (upon abolition of torture)
No: 5

Nihilistic View
Aye: 0
No: 6

Nordlund
Aye: 6
No: 0

[Sunarctica]

Application
Nation name: the United Kingdom of Sunarctica
RP population: 30,000,000 People
Head of state: Queen Fionna Magnus Halvarsson II
Head of government: Eric Heimdall
When do you want your nation to have ICly joined: (from its founding in 1990 until the present) From 1960 to the present

Ruling party/coalition: the Progressive Alliance
How popular is your current leader and their party/coalition: 68% approval rating
Describe how your government works: A unitary Social Liberal constitutional parliamentary monarchy
Economic system: Market
Current military alliances: none
Nations in the region you have good relations with: I'm new
Nations in the region you have strained relations with: I'm new

Does your nation have...
Freedom of speech Yes
Freedom of conscience Yes
Freedom of assembly Yes
Freedom of religion Yes
Freedom of movement Yes
The right to a fair trial Yes
Universal adult suffrage Yes
Racial discrimination No
Religious discrimination No
Gender discrimination No
LGBT discrimination No
Laws to prevent racial/religious/gender/LGBT discrimination Yes
The death penalty (in use? on the statute books?) No
Torture No
Slavery No
Retroactive laws (i.e. punishing someone for doing an action in the past when it was legal at the time) No

Link to factbook or wiki article: I don't have one
Your main RPing nation within Esquarium: This one

[Michillies]

When do you want your nation to have ICly joined: (from its founding in 1990 until the present) From 1960 to the present

A minor nitpick here: the EC was not ICly formed until 1990.

Link to factbook or wiki article: I don't have one

And, a bigger concern here, I am uncomfortable with voting on a nation without any sort of factbook. I am going to abstain until this is rectified.

[Ainin]

Atlantica - NAY
Arkiasis - AYE
Francilie - AYE
Groenterp - AYE
Masseau - NAY
Nihilistic View - NAY
Nordlund - ABSTAIN