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I was poking around the regional page. I got bored :P

 

@MinerDwarf222 you have a few issues to take care of
http://imgur.com/a/7MsSI

 

Thanks to our Secretary of Civil Liberty, @MinerDwarf222, civil rights and the economy are doing much better! Thanks for your good work! 3 Issues have been resolved.

 

Congrats. So, how is Corkus doing overall?

 

Really well. Economy is Strong, Civil Rights and Political Freedom are both Superb.

Miner's decisions:
- No race quotas on TV shows
- Women allowed to breastfeed in public
- You can refuse to have your organs donated after your die

 

Nice. My Political Freedom is Superb, Economy is Good thanks to my recent Organ Donor act, Civil Rights is average (which is bad because my society is more left-wing ;-;).

At least I have high Pacifism, low Crime and Corruption, and a very low Wealth Gap, which is a large portion of my goal.

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So, who's in charge of Fruma?

 

That would be @Pyromanic. Pretty accurate, right?

 

I'm all about historical accuracy :p

 

Let's see... Facist Queendom Dictatorship... No Civil Rights... Political Freedom is outlawed... Unreasonably high taxes... Seems accurate.

 

@TempleOfDJ, we have an Education issue!

The Issue
A religious high school in Corkus City has caused quite a stir after firing a teacher because of his homosexual orientation.

The Debate

1. “I can’t see what they did wrong,” says Taylor Leach, proud parent and founder of the Holier Than Thou prayer group. “Homosexuality is an apostasy onto everything we stand for and believe in! I don’t want my children to be exposed to it. Teachers are role models for their students for heaven’s sake. I say all sodomites should be banned from teaching at all schools in Corkus, lest the contagion spread.”
   
   
   
2. “Prohibiting people from doing their jobs just because of their love life is utterly ridiculous!” shouts a mad-as-hell civil rights activist, “Don’t we live in modern society? Giving these fundamentalist idiots what they want is a huge violation of human rights. All people should be able to do their jobs, whatever their sexuality!”
   
   
   
3. “This is yet another example of what harm religion does to our society,” says LGBTQ activist Britney Santos, waving a rainbow flag. “Homosexuality shouldn’t be a taboo subject anymore. Children ought to be brought up knowing that sexual diversity is just something that exists in society and is completely normal. To help society move forward, we need to get rid of religious schooling and teach that people should love whoever and whatever they want.”
   

 

@Relja_J_3, here's an environmental issue!

The Issue
As residential rooftop solar is increasing in popularity, Corkus Gas and Electric (CG&E) has begun to offer resistance to the current billing structure, complaining that households’ electric bills are so low they can no longer afford to maintain the grid. As rhetoric on all sides has become increasingly high voltage, CG&E is asking you to approve a change in their fee structure.

The Debate

1. CEO Joule Ohm of CG&E sweeps the papers off your desk, slams down his proposed fee structure, and then begins to speak, “If we are to maintain the grid while keeping power affordable for the poor, there has to be a change to the system. We need a flat grid fee charged monthly to all households regardless of energy use. With a grid fee, we can reduce the per kilowatt usage fee, so most users will hardly notice the difference.”
   
   
   
2. “I couldn’t think of a better plan to kill my business!” yells Robin Zaius, the amped-up CEO of Sol Invictus, Corkus’s biggest rooftop solar installation company. “If the power company charges you a huge fee no matter how much power you use, who will want solar panels? I have a bright solution. If CG&E needs more money, let them raise the per kilowatt usage fees for everyone. But we need electricity meters in every household to track energy usage and whether homes with solar panels are producing surplus power to sell back to the grid. Let’s let the market determine the price of power!”
   
   
   
3. “I could think of a better way to kill solar.” wheezes Chuck Harel, the octogenarian CEO of Relaxed Diamond Coal Company. “Ban it! Rooftop solar panels are eyesores, and they’re driving out Corkus’s mom and pop coal companies. No more, I say! We’re blessed with plentiful coal deposits; let’s use them to make cheap, local power. As for those global warming alarmists, why, the weatherman can’t even predict tomorrow’s weather, never mind the weather 50 years from now.”
   
   
   
4. “This problem needs a solution grasped from the future, not grounded in the industrial revolution!” declares celebrity green-energy venture capitalist Melon Husk. “My company is beginning to develop initial prototypes for large-capacity home-use batteries. However, to make this viable in the near future, we just need a smidgen of government subsidies for research and production. I think the batteries we’ll develop will be affordable and, combined with solar panels, they’ll almost certainly be able to provide households with their energy demands. I’m pretty sure we can make power lines a thing of the past!”
   

 

@Endertricity

Alright nice!

3 is just stupid, especially since we're a fairly small Island with a very finite amount of coal.
It would only delay the Problem whilst creating a new one, since while global warming isn't gonna affect us too much at this scale, it is gonna make smart enemies over in the other provinces.

1 just sounds wrong, not to mention it will strongly reduce the personal freedom of our Nation, which we're so celebratet for!
Also he fucking threw my work off my table, fuck that guy.

2 is alright but it would generally leave both sides at "meh", the People have to pay more unless the sun is with them and CG&E will have financiall Troubles in the future if the sun IS with the People, so not really a perfect sollution but at least not as bad at the others.

If I could say anything I would say "Friccin sell to a different City nearby, there is a reason thoose giant cables all over the world sticking out of random fields exist you know." but that isn't an Option sadly.


So I choose 4, it might take a chunk out of our Treasury but we didn't get all this fancy Technology being stingy on science, like thoose fools over the ocean.

 

Okay, choice made. I think that's the best option too. Think it worked out well

 

@MinerDwarf222, new issue!

The Issue
After the abduction of a young blond girl made national headlines in Corkus, the concerned parenting organization Mothers Against Youth Doing Stupid Stuff (MAYDSS) has raised concerns over the use of social networking sites by the nation’s teens.

The Debate

1. “Teens should not be allowed to use social networking!” cries the girl’s mother, Emma Ives. “Some creep added my little darling as a ‘friend’ on that awful website, and he used it to get all of her personal information and track her down! Obviously, the only sane course of action is to ban all legal minors from using social networking sites! And don’t just stop at social networks: block everything else that MAYDSS doesn’t approve of!”
   
   
   
2. “Why that’s utterly preposterous!” shouts Luke Zuckermann, founder of MyFace, a popular social networking site. “You can’t restrict people like that! Oh, sure, today it’s keeping teens from lining my wa- I mean - accessing my website, but tomorrow it’s keeping everyone from anywhere the government doesn’t like! I say free up the web, and get rid of restrictions!”
   
   
   
3. “You know, there’s always a compromise,” says local pervert Tom Pong while watching you from a nearby tree. “As I see it, the best way to keep both sides of the argument happy is to remove all restrictions on what adults can view and increase restrictions on minors. But at the same time, lower the age of majority by a lot. What could possibly go wrong?”
   
   
   
4. “What could possibly go wrong, you ask?” panics your paranoid cousin, Akira Wheeler. “On the internet, nobody knows your actual age. It’s a haven for malicious anonymity! Besides, children aren’t the only people at risk on the internet. It’s full of stalker-rapists and bomb-makers and viruses and sick, depraved porn. We’re better off without it.”
   

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@Florfy5 State department isnt getting anything either, we don't really get much contact from other nations at all. Would you like to change again? Infrastructure and Civil Liberties need someone. Also, since you were the first to take interest, would you like to be Vice President? If I can't make up my mind, you can advise me on any issue I see fit.

 

I guess I'll take VP... Also, I'll take Finance, I guess.

 

“Teens should not be allowed to use social networking!” cries the girl’s mother, Emma Ives. “Some creep added my little darling as a ‘friend’ on that awful website, and he used it to get all of her personal information and track her down! Obviously, the only sane course of action is to ban all legal minors from using social networking sites! And don’t just stop at social networks: block everything else that MAYDSS doesn’t approve of!”
@Endertricity ^Tots Reasonable.
Really I think 2, cause 1 takes it to far, 3 is a creepy perv. and 4. is a tinfoil hat person. I mean he isn't wrong but...

 

Thanks to this decision, our Civil Rights have improved from Superb to World Benchmark! Awesome!

@Relja_J_3, environment:

The Issue
Scientists have announced they are close to a breakthrough in their quest to revive the feather-bellied Corktopus, a species related to Corkus’s national animal that has been extinct for more than a century.

The Debate

1. “I, for one, applaud their work,” says scientist Susie Zimmer. “And not just because I’m the project leader. This is an example of how Corkus’s brains can mix it with the world’s best. Can you imagine how wonderful it will be to have feather-bellied Corktopuses frolicking in the meadows again? I say full steam ahead, and more government funding!”
   
   
   
2. “This is a sacrilege!” says religious leader Beyonce Fields. “These animals are extinct because God wants them dead. Cloning them would merely incur his wrath! If we proceed down this path, it’ll be humans, not the feather-bellied Corktopus, who will be extinct.”
   
   
   
3. “Now, come on,” says Freddy Mason, well-known philosopher. “You don’t need to be religious to be unnerved by the top of this particular slippery slope. Today it’s Corktopuses, tomorrow it’s dinosaurs, and we all know how that turns out. This research shouldn’t be banned, but there must be strict government controls over its use.”
   

 

@Florfy5 sorry to get you all caught up in this (although you already changed positions 3 times) but I just realized we need a security council for crime, you originally picked secretary of defense which is similarish so are you interested?

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@Relja_J_3 @TempleOfDJ still waiting for you

 

Number 2

 

I still Need to sleep you know.

But alright, 2 is just completely stupid, you could probably guess that.

3 is kinda reasonable because even science isn't always perfect and may produce unwanted side-effects, this is a good Option if our Treasury is starving for more Gold.

Othervise 1 is deffinetly the Corkian way of doing Things, and what is a better way to get People to accept Things like cloning and genetical engineering than a cute Little animal?