Posted by: Sheb
« on: August 19, 2016, 01:13:37 PM »Our colony on Mars is known simply as Mars City.
The FSA consists of it member nations, who have their own local government systems. All matters of defense, foreign relations, capital regulations, trade, international arbitration, and research are handled by the FSA.
The FSA governing body consists of three organizations.
Ruling council:
Consisting of the Primer Minister, Head of the Army, Head of the Navy, Secretary of State, and all other cabinet ministers appointed by the Prime Minister. They carry out the day to day running of the government. By tradition, the Deputy Attache to the UN (Zambia) speaks for the FSA at the UN.
Lower house (Volksraad)
Consisting of one seat for every 4 million citizens, with a minimum of 200 seats.
Elections are held every four (4) years, unless a prime minister calls a snap election. A new census is held at each 2nd election or when a world achieves the ability to vote for the volksraad. Each world has it own vote, and seats are allocated proportionally. A Prime Minister is named by the majority of the Volksraad. A party must gain 2% of the vote to be seated. All seats that remain due to parties not meeting the threshold and the handful of seats that cannot be equably divided go to the party with the highest vote total.
Upper House (Senate)
Senators are named for life. There are 20 non-partisan senators, and then at the end of each year new senators are nominated. For every percent of voting, a party gains one point of "goodwill" at the end of the year. When a party gains 20 points, they get to use it to name a senator. (I check twice a year for senators to pass on, thus limiting the senate to 99 members except for short term overruns.)
Who does what?
Ruling council makes day to day choices
Laws must pass the lower and upper houses.
Treaties are signed by the Prime minister, and ratified by the senate.
Colonies
Upon reaching 1 million persons, a colony achieves self rule, and can have local elections (simple 200 seat assembly)
upon reaching 4 million persons, a colony obtains a seat in the Volksraad. These seats are allocated by the vote inside the colony.
Constitution of the North American Union
Enacted 1st of August, 2077
Article 1: Congress
1.1 The NAU is a parliamentary republic. Congress holds the final say in all matters of the state.
1.2 Congress may, as it wishes, delegate part of its authority.
1.3 All decisions of Congress are taken by simple majority vote, with the exception of amendment to the Constitution or indictment of a President, which require a supermajority of two thirds of the entire Congress.
1.4 All votes shall last at minimum until one of the following three conditions has been met:
- the proposal has been approved by a majority of all members of Congress,
- the proposal has been rejected by a majority of all members of Congress, or
- twenty-four hours have passed.
1.5 A member putting a matter to the vote must label the vote with a short, descriptive, unique name. Voting is by adding your name to a codeblock, which MUST NOT be enclosed within a quote, and should include the name of the vote, the option(s) that have been voted for, the names of all previous voters associated with what they voted for, and your name.
Article 2: The Presidency
2.1 The President is the representative of the nation. However, he does not exercise executive authority unless that authority is specifically granted by Congress.
2.2 The President is elected by Congress for a ten year term. There is no term limit. The President may be dismissed from that post at any time by a supermajority vote of Congress.
2.3 When a Congressional vote is a tie, the President's vote is decisive.
2.4 The President must nominate a vice-President. If the President dies or is incapacitated (is absent from the game), the vice-President will replace him and complete the term. When a tie needs to be resolved and the President didn't cast a vote, the vice-president's vote breaks the tie.
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Explanatory note:
It is useful for votes to be visually set apart from debate, but in this forum software quotes cannot be quoted. Therefore we will use codeblocks instead. The markup for this is [ code]Vote name - name of supporter, name of supporter[/ code].
e.g. This is a valid vote.Code: (This would be a valid vote) [Select]Amended Constitution
Aye: DIT_grue
This is also a valid vote.Code: [Select](Grand Strategy) Isolationism:
(Grand Strategy) Balance-of-Power: DIT_grue
(Grand Strategy) Primacy:
(Grand Strategy) Chaos:
Bills
A Bill to create the position of AmbassadorsCode: [Select]In order to facilitate negotiations with foreign power, Congress can appoint three ambassadors (to the FSA, to the RUS and to Non-Aligned Countries).
The Ambassador try to foster good relation with the nation he is appointed in, and negotiate treaties within the limit of what Congress decided.
If necessary, a single Congressman may be appointed to several Ambassadorship.
Current Posting:
President: Point-Rouge (Red Dot)
Vice-President: Jonathan von Sheb (Sheb)
Ambassador to the RC: KKS
Ambassador to the FSA and non-aligned states: Jonathan von Sheb (Sheb)
Director of Intelligence (Also a fluff position): FrederickAlexander
-That clarity on what is being launched is essential to maintain the peace
-That national means of detection means that launches can be detected by other nations.
-That A UN registry of ships and probes shall be established. The Registry shall list a Name/Hull number, and a general use (Such as but not limited to commercial, logistic, military, observation, cargo, liner). In addition, the registrar of the vessel can add additional information if they see fit.