Make your own Government

[Sibbo]

id try a socilist( probably misspelted(dammit) that) republic. Everybody would be equal, and the government would be as transparent as possible. As this will never happen i would also give everbody a dodge viper and everyday magical rainbows of happiness would appear. But failing that hard line dictatorship sounds good to me( as long as i was the dictator). But again i would be angry and evil to everbody so everbody's equal.

 

[000Ronald]

The problem with creating your own government is the reprocussions it might have on future generations. They don't tell you this in the history books, but no one expected America to outlast George Washington; it is nothing short of a miracle that it did.

That being said our government is not perfect; it has far too many flaws that far too many people too readily point out without giving suggestions on how to change them.

Personally I think it would be a good idea to elect congress by lot. You can't trust people who want power with it, myself included. There would be certain institutions this wouldn't work with (judges, mostly). The primary problem with this is it resembling a draft; while I don't belive it a good idea to let people pass out, there would be certain conditions to pass out of a race.

A people's government is the reflection of the people; no government can be perfect becasue people are not perfect.

Apologies for rambling.

 

[ImperialPyromancer]

Take some young children, and see what form of governement naturally forms with them(the idea being they should have no pre-concieved understanding of government). Possibly necessary to take 2 sets of children, 1 control group of children brought up 'in labs' and one group of kids brought up naturally. Worth a shot, just for interests sake.

 

[Knight Templar]

3 houses parliament and a King/Queen.

First house- All members elected by the people for a 4 year term.

Second house- 1/2 members elected, 1/2 selected by the king. Members for life.

Third house- 5 people who have the power to, after a unanimous vote, cancel out the kings order. They are keept hidden from all save the other members as is the method of slection


The king must listen to the houses in most matters, his son/daughter rules when he dies.

Note: I will update this post with the rest of my government

 

[BlueMage]

Technocratic democracy - as seen in the JC ending of Invisible War. A true democracy, where all voices are given equal weight AND it's not a tedious process, but a real-time one. A governement system where votes do not determine outcome, but rather consensus - and where all minds can communicate with each other in real-time, this is not as difficult as one might imagine.

Of course, it's also a pipe dream. I can dream at least.

 

[Fire Daemon]

A country ruled in the sense of an internet forum. I would be the head admin with supreme power (a big gun or something) and about 2.5% of the population will be moderators. Its the role of the moderators to "ban" those that decide to break the countries guidelines.

 

[dekkarax]

i would have a totalitarian dictatorship......RULED BY A MOOSE!!

ALL HAIL EMPOROR MOOSE!

 

[sequio]

i'd rule with an iron fist holding a live hand grenade and be assasinated 3 years later, betrayed by my concubines.

 

[Baelinicus]

I'd be a dictator. A nice dictator, but a dictator nontheless.

Make it crime free through a strong police force, actually listen to complaints about corruption (people can appeal directly to me for a certain amount of time a day! After a weapon check.) and I get to be rich as an added bonus.

 

[Joe]

Already did it [http://www.nationstates.net/obamarama]:

The People's Republic of Obamarama is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 460 million enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 48%, but much higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

An increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, people who are terrified of needles are torn between their phobia and free health care, anti-government web sites are springing up, and prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams. Crime is totally unknown. Obamarama's national animal is the obamallama and its currency is the dollar.

Obamarama is ranked 1st in the region and 60,159th in the world for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides.

<3 Nationstates [http://www.nationstates.net].

 

[John Galt]

Instead of making an actual government I'll just Nationstate it.

The Free Land of HeinleinIV is a tiny, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 6 million are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. Income tax is unheard of. A substantial private sector is dominated by the Trout Farming industry.

Voting is voluntary. Crime is pervasive. HeinleinIV's national animal is the dingo and its currency is the dollar.

HeinleinIV is ranked 96th in the region and 2,127th in the world for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides.

Despite the Nationstates normally giving your country a radical feel, I think mine turned out nice.

 

[Kayevcee]

Christ on a sledge.

I'd immediately step down because I wouldn't know what the hell I'd be doing and would probably drive the country into recession by the end of the week.

-Nick

 

[Easykill]

Ok, here's mine:

The Republic of Easykillion is a tiny, socially progressive nation, notable for its absence of drug laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5 million enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, corrupt government devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Law & Order and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 24%, but much higher for the wealthy. A tiny private sector is dominated by the Basket Weaving industry.

Crime is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Easykillion's national animal is the human and its currency is the kill.

Funny- I wouldn't have my government rank social welfare very high at all.

 

[RedStriker]

They would then bring nuclear weapons across the border and destroy Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Fransisco. Due to the lack of able forces in America because of the "War on Terror," I would be able to dispatch more units and disable NORAD. The saboteurs on the ground would destroy the White House and the Washington Monument and I would launch Long Range tactical nuclear weapons from a "commandeered" facility in Iran. The U.S. would pour all of it's troops into Iran and Iraq leaving it even more defenseless. The UN would no doubt come to the rescue leaving England and Europe wide open. I would be able to hack into the navigational systems of a transport carrying the MOAB and use it to wipe out the Green Zone in Iraq. From there, World Domination would be only a matter of will. I would take over the United States as well as the Rest of the UN. China would be easily crippled by way of chemical warhead due to their densely populated cities. I would take over the world and rule with an iron fist. I would prohibit all acts of violence and all weapons aside from props and media. Videogames, movies, music, and television would be allowed. Sports containing potentially lethal acts would be allowed, but only if all members of the event sign a death waver issued by the government. I would use the peoples and resources of Earth to effectively research new power sources, more efficient batteries, space travel, nanoscience, and extremely light supermagnets and conductors.

Problem with that is that countries don't just pour all of their troops into an occupied territory. Also the US would probably nottice the events in Mexico and stregthen national defence. Oh and thanks for nuking my house in LA

Anywho my country would be a democracy but without an electoral college. Votes would be counted individually using computers that would be staffed with tech experts under oath that they will not tamper with the votes while ensuring no one hacks the databases. People will periodically be able to take a vote on weither they want to keep the same president or have him resign (preventing the George Bush Jr. effect). Same military structure, better education, less corporate power, oh and a super death laser in space (probably called "The Freedom Cannon" ..yea...) That can destroy anything from as small as an atom to an entire continent. Thus ensuring my place as global dicta..uh..president.

Also: INTERNATIONAL CAKE DAY! WEEEEE!

 

[John Galt]

Since we're talking about setting up a new world order, I'll chime in once more.

1. Have a vision. It's so much easier to make people do things when they think your the son of God.

2. Aggresively recruit hard-liners. The more militant followers you have, the harder it is for moderates to ignore you.

3. Once you gain power in an area, form a gang. Martial law makes it harder to be suppressed. If you get enough 'cells' in a region, have them form together to make a government. Be sure to enforce many arbitrary laws to discourage dissent. Make sure that you keep pumping your own gospel so people don't get bored or scared.

4. Expand until the national government begins to recognize you and enacts a whole bunch of blue laws for you. Use televangelism to spread your message to everyone.

5. After a few years of indoctrination, run for president. Continue to give impassioned rants and sermons to keep momentum. Once in office, tighten the grip.

6. Brush up on psychology. Make sure you know what makes man tick. Appeal to his desires and to his fears. Use the threat of eternal punishment or a secret police to keep them in line. Don't forget to edit history.

7. Launch paramilitary missionaries into other countries and repeat.


This works best if you can start it in religiosly sensitve areas like the Middle East or places where religion is a primary unifying factor, like the Southern United States. Having a nice base of operations for your state will be important for the next steps.

8. Once you've got your hands on most of the population, begin extermination campaigns. Take out other creeds and arbitrarily designate people as infidels while praising those near your BoO as 'chosen by God'. While you've got the populace frothing mad, tighten the secret police's grip via improved surveillence and propaganda.

9. Once you've purged the dissenters, use the threat of atomics to keep your far flung empire in check.

Now, you can either keep your rosy little theocracy running or you can take it down and make something else up. To do that:

10. After you've indoctrinated the world for a couple of decades. Fake your own death. Have your cronies state that you were ascending to heaven and then fire off some of your atomics.

11. While the populace reels from both the loss of their prophet and the bombings, sweep in to provide aid under a new guise.

12. The tragedy should shake their faith enough to keep them out of crusades but enough so that they're unified beyond tribal boundaries.

13. After you get more and more people under your banner, go out and take out what little resistance remains. Odds are the more fervent of your followers will not take too kindly to you and need to get whacked.

Follow these steps to cement your place in history. Even if it plunges the world into a new Dark Age, you still get to mess around with the world.

 

[TomNook]

Location: The East Pacific

Regional Influence: Minnow

The Republic of PQflesruoykcufogesealp is a tiny, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5 million enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The small, corrupt government is effectively ruled by the Department of Law & Order, with areas such as Social Welfare and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 8%. A substantial private sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, followed by Trout Farming and Automobile Manufacturing.

Crime is a serious problem. PQflesruoykcufogesealp's national animal is the bull elephant and its currency is the credit.

yay Nationstates!

 

[Irishman 11794]

I think that we should retain the current government we have in America, but instead of one president, there should be three to balance it out. Also, a declaration of war should go through both the senate, and the three presidents and to declare war, it must be a two-thirds majority. If a foreign country attacks ours or declares war on us, it does not need to go through this process. Next, I would legalize all drugs, but tax the HELL out of it to stimulate the economy (I won't get into detail). It will also stop gang violence (you don't hear about gang violence in Amsterdam). Afterwards, keep the drug education system up and running. No NUKES! If any president shall disrupt this system (or senator) they shall be given a prison sentence for predetermined amount of time, no bail.Then, make intervening in a foreign war must go through the U.N. a law must be passed through the same process as a declaration of war. No colonies, they either join us or they're on their own. 70% of the money earned in the taxes must go to the people in hospitals, schools, research, and other building projects. This may sound weird, but I think that a tax should be imposed on fat people (over 150 lbs.) when grocery shopping. This, hopefully, will convince people to NOT EAT AS MUCH. Also, people can only donate a maximum of 75$(or more if the value of the dollar changes). Finally I would establish a branch in of its own or apart of the senate where anyone in the U.S. (must be a citizen for 10 years, WE'LL KNOW) can put their name in a "lottery box" stationed in each city. And said box will travel to Washington D.C., where the presidents pick out 500 names on national television. Those 500 people will be traveled to th e capital where they will be apart of a new senate where they control the smaller problems and can even veto a declaration of war ( if senate and presidents vote for war, they get one)



That's It

 

[John Galt]

Hmm...I actually like your idea of using random chance to offset existing political alliances, anything to keep them on their toes. However, the fat tax seems a bit odd. Afterall, what if they've got a glandular problem of sorts. Also, you could be over 150lbs and still be healthy, just tall. I think your tax would make more sense if you ruled out medical conditions and changed it to a Body Mass Index reading rather than a weight limit.