IC: It is 1989; the USSR is seemingly on the brink of collapse as its ideological premises, its sattelite states are pushing for independence all over Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In the PRC -our major ally- Tiananmen Square is rife in protests. In a changing world, what will happen to the Socialist Republic? From the top of its ministries, there's an unusual proposal.
The Government of Las Palmeras -under pressure from the Palm Garden Preservation Society and certain ministers- has launched an invitation on the voting of the restitution of titles of nobility under a Constitutional Monarchy. This act will return some aspects of over 400 years of tradition during Spain's rule (and more if you count the ancient neko Cat Empire) that were interrupted due to unlawful American interventionism at the beginning of the 20th Century.
On the other hand, another deal of the population feels unmoved by this act and see it as a frivolous waste. The generations born during the 1st Republic and the Socialist Republic see no point in a return to pomp and rite as tourism here is already good as it is.
Here are the arguments for and against...ready and vote! What does your government support?
YES
Who is proposing it: The descendants of impoverished ex-nobles and "Young Cadets" within some parts of the military and government. The same Anti-American die-hards who helped the 1959 Revolution against the corrupt US-puppets of the 1st Republic and derailed/reformed the Socialist Republic in 1968.
Why?: Because of tradition and a historical legacy. They see it as their birthright.
What are their policies:
- Legal re-establishment of peerage titles
- Upholding of Palmeran sovereignty
- Modyfing the 1968 Constitution to transition to a Constitutional Monarchy
- Realistic foreign policy in the new world order after the Cold War's looming end.
- National Capitalism with a Social Cause (The same as Socialism with Palmeran Characteristics/Dengism...minus the 500 Year Plan *see below)
NO
Who is defending it: Concerned taxpayers and republicans.
Why?: Because its a potentially pointless waste of taxpayers' money. And because we're used to the current administrations' style.
What are their policies:
- No re-establishment of peerage titles
- Upholding of Palmeran sovereignty
- Keeping the 1968 Constitution and the mission of the Socialist Republic, the 500 Year Plan (a very vague promise over post-scarcity and luxury space communism);
- Realistic foreign policy in the new world order after the Cold War's looming end.
- Socialism with Palmeran Characteristics (The same as National Capitalism with a Social Cause/Dengism *see above)
TL;DR: YOU'LL VOTE FOR THE SAME PEOPLE WITH SAME POLICIES. LAS PALMERAS WILL REMAIN AN ILLIBERAL DEMOCRACY WITH MIXED ECONOMICS. SAME PRODUCT, DIFFERENT PACKAGE.
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YOU'LL SIMPLY VOTE IF SOME MINISTERS ARE ALLOWED TO USE CAPES AND TITLES OR NOT...AND IF RED STARS (AND RED EVERYTHING) IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS IS STILL IN