Lanagoana
The Post-Dictatorship Political Roleplay
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Lanagoana is a large island nation in the south Pacific, with a population of 85 million, and an area of around 3.5 million square kilometers. A large amount of the country is covered by desert and Savannah, therefore making the majority of the island scarcely populated and the majority of the population concentrated in the capital, Lanagoana City, and the surrounding 250 kilometers on the Northeastern coast.
Lanagoana was completely devoid of human life until it was discovered by Polynesian settlers in ~700 AD, when some villages were formed on the Northwest coast, and later settlements in the Northeast and Southwest. Europeans arrived in the 16th century, when the Spanish settled on Isla Naranja, a medium-sized island off the north coast. The British and French attempted to settle, but such attempts were unsuccessful.
The Spanish maintained control of the island until 1820, when a weakened Spanish Empire has resulted in an independent Kingdom, which was oppressive and unstable. The Kingdom eventually collapsed in 1916, after a long and brutal civil war which resulted in a Free State being formed.
The Free State didn't last very long, though, and in 1921 its new ruler declared himself "Emperor" and this ushered in years of isolationism and oppression. And when the Emperor, Pablo, made secret deals with the USSR which were leaked by American spies in the 1950s, the sanctions resulted in a famine which resulted in a Liberal revolution in 1966 deposing the Emperor and removing all Imperialists from his Imperial Eldership.
What happens now? You decide.
Lanagoana was completely devoid of human life until it was discovered by Polynesian settlers in ~700 AD, when some villages were formed on the Northwest coast, and later settlements in the Northeast and Southwest. Europeans arrived in the 16th century, when the Spanish settled on Isla Naranja, a medium-sized island off the north coast. The British and French attempted to settle, but such attempts were unsuccessful.
The Spanish maintained control of the island until 1820, when a weakened Spanish Empire has resulted in an independent Kingdom, which was oppressive and unstable. The Kingdom eventually collapsed in 1916, after a long and brutal civil war which resulted in a Free State being formed.
The Free State didn't last very long, though, and in 1921 its new ruler declared himself "Emperor" and this ushered in years of isolationism and oppression. And when the Emperor, Pablo, made secret deals with the USSR which were leaked by American spies in the 1950s, the sanctions resulted in a famine which resulted in a Liberal revolution in 1966 deposing the Emperor and removing all Imperialists from his Imperial Eldership.
What happens now? You decide.
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 Lanagoanan, foreigners whose actions relate to Lanagoana are allowed (I.e. US president or foreign minister).
15- Have fun! Misery is illegal.
Applications
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[b]Party Information Sheet[/b]
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Character Roster
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Local Politicians
Non-Office-Holding Politicians
Non-Politicians
Passed Legistlation
Legislative Branch
Local Politicians
Non-Office-Holding Politicians
Non-Politicians
Passed Legistlation
Current IC Month
November 1966
