A country should be judged by how it treats its worst off citizens

Smogoff Plays: Nationstates

ThatOneSpork

Okay, so here we are again. This time, I think I can keep this up. And if I’m taking a break, I’ll pass the password onto a trusted person so they can take control of it. Basically, we are creating a country using Nationstates. You will be deciding on how to solve issues, basically how we’re running the country. But not just yet. First, we have to make our country. The first step in that is deciding how free our people will be.

These are the choices, and now let’s see the freedoms they give us!

Liberal. I mean. it’s liberal.

Socialist. Communism I think?

Libertarian. Discount anarchy?

Centrist. The middle child.

Authoritarian. Libertarian but opposite.

Capitalist. Isn’t this America?

Conservative. Nice I guess.

Tyrannical. No one is happy, but that’s okay.

And last but not least, random. Roll the dice, get some random freedoms, move on.

Since that is the poll, let’s move on to the other questions. Just answer these in your posts I guess.

Q1. A country should be judged by how it treats its worst-off citizens.
Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree

Q2. Corporations are good for society.
Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree

Q3. Marijuana should be legal.
Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree

Q4. The world needs to rediscover its spirituality.
Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree

Q5. Young people should perform a year’s compulsory military service.
Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree

Q6. Capitalism is on the way out.
Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree

Q7. Without democracy, a country has nothing
Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree

Q8. It’s better to deter criminals than rehabilitate them.
Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree

Q9. What’s our history? Are we.
Violent Segregationists?
Recently Discovered Undiscovered Tribe?
Sackers and Salvagers?
Like-Minded Isolationists?
Plucky, Malnourished Pioneers?
Ethnic Cleansing Refugees?
Diplomatic Homeland Wranglers?
Civil Bloodbath Survivors?
Long-Suffering But Still Optimistic Pilgrims?

And there we go! If you want your vote to actually count, it has to be in before the poll closes, so ye. I will return after the poll closes to show who won.

shadowpea

Things I expect to be voted on alot because its smogoff:

Anarchy
Tyranny
Capitalism
Socialist
Da Dice

Chy3_14

BIG ASHLEY

Formerly Total Clefairy

Bog Monster

when u say ethnic cleansing refugees do u mean refugees from a genocide or refugees who want to start a genocide

かたわれ時

We ought to have anarchy, because creativity is most important to our economy and the downsides of not having a society to ensure a basic standard of living for maximum creativity is mitigated by our online location, and anarchy offers no laws to limit what we can do. In reality though, the laws of the Smogon are universal so complete anarchy is non-achievable. The next-best option is hence democracy.
Note: I assume creativity is important to our economy due to the existence of likes. Likes are awarded as of now to original and/or interesting ideas, so hence for maximum societal profit creativity needs to be maximised as well.

As for my opinions on select questions:
— corporations are good for society if they serve their function, which is to produce the goods they specialise in. anything else is otherwise on the table. honestly though, we’re not buying anything here, so corporations in smogoff is a tad useless.
— i don’t know, does marijuana promote creativity?
— i don’t know, does spirituality promote creativity? i’ve been told it does, hence if so yes we should be more spiritual
— we’re not fighting anyone, don’t let talent and creativity be drained from the pool.
— look at our ecnonomy. i say it’s quite capitalist. anyone disagree? (yes?)
— a country has all the stuff in it. ideology is not the only factor defining a country.
— criminals are punished by smogon, and we cannot fix that. still, detering criminals is preferable to retain creativity and potential. if this was an anarchy criminals couldn’t exist though.
— we’re really really bored people. that’s our history and it’s unlikely to change soon.

The Crimson Commonwealth, A Nationstates game

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Zerohour

You are the founders of a new nation. While you glorious Leader is theoretically in charge of all final decisions, it is up to you to make your opinions known so that the country can develop in the way that suits your people.

Literally just playing on nationstates.net with you guys voting on the issues. Don’t know if its going to get involved in the meta-game, but we an figure that out once we get off the ground. This is by far the most complicated Vote this quest will ever have, probably, mainly because all of these need to be answered before we can move forward.

Choose your government style;
[][GOV] Anarchic
[][GOV] Libertarian
[][GOV] Capitalist
[][GOV] Liberal
[][GOV] Centrist
[][GOV] Conservative
[][GOV] Socialist
[][GOV] Authoritarian
[][GOV] Tyrannical

Voting style;
[][VOTE] Democracy. Option with the most votes wins.
[][VOTE] Anarchy. Winning vote will be randomly selected from all votes.
[][VOTE] Compromise. Democracy unless a middle ground option is presented. Middle ground option will be chosen if the vote is significant split.
[][VOTE] Dictatorship. I do what I want until the player base can successfully rebel against me.

Starting Policies
Answer the questions with 1, to strongly disagree, 2, to disagree, 3 to agree, or 4 to strongly agree. The average value will be taken to determine the starting policies.

Q1; A country should be judged by how it treats its worst-off citizens.
[][Q1]
Q2. Corporations are good for society.
[][Q2]
Q3. Marijuana should be legal.
[][Q3]
Q4. The world needs to rediscover its spirituality.
[][Q4]
Q5. Young people should perform a year’s compulsory military service.
[][Q5]
Q6. Capitalism is on the way out.
[][Q6]
Q7. Without democracy, a country has nothing
[][Q7]
Q8. It’s better to deter criminals than rehabilitate them.
[][Q8]

Origins; What is the history of your country.
[][ORI] Violent Segregationists
[][ORI] Recently Discovered Undiscovered Tribe
[][ORI] Sackers and Savagers
[][ORI] Like-Minded Isolationists
[][ORI] Plucky, Malnourished Pioneers
[][ORI] Ethnic Cleansing Refugees
[][ORI] Diplomatic Homeland Wranglers
[][ORI] Civil Bloodbath Survivors
[][ORI] Long-Suffering But Still Optimistic Pilgrims

Name; All great countries need a name. What is the right name for your new country.
No promises here, since it requires the name to be free. Will go with the most popular name first, then the next, and so on unti one of them sticks. If none are available, I’ll make one up, as befitting the role of Leader.

Since there isn’t all that much for me to do here, I’ll act as tiebreaker to keep things moving along if it becomes an issue.

No idea how you would go about earning bonus points, but rewards will pretty much be naming rights to various aspects of the country. Might allow sole decision power over issues if we have an extra one or two.

Zerohour

Current policies;
Tiebreaker; QM only votes when there is a tie.
Tiebreakers will aim for increased Civil Rights and Economic Freedoms, but oppress Political Freedoms.

Progress, updated whenever I feel like.
Economic Freedoms
55/100->90/100

Dramatis Persona
The Crimson Emperor; Acting leader of the government.
Stephen Colbert: Minister of Truthiness
Lucifer; Minister of Education

Zerohour

Zerohour

Dark as Silver

In the spirit of nation states.

[X][GOV] Anarchic
[X][GOV] Conservative
[X][VOTE] Dictatorship. I do what I want until the player base can successfully rebel against me.

[X][ORI] Sackers and Savagers

This isn’t going to start a shitshow, no, not at all.

[X][GOV] Libertarian
[X][GOV] Liberal
[X][VOTE] Democracy. Option with the most votes wins

[X][ORI] Plucky, Malnourished Pioneers

Dark as Silver

Terran Imperium

[French]

5elementsage

I hope I’m not too late!

Choose your government style;
[X][GOV] Socialist
[X][GOV] Liberal

Voting style;
[X][VOTE] Anarchy. Winning vote will be randomly selected from all votes.

Starting Policies
Answer the questions with 1, to strongly disagree, 2, to disagree, 3 to agree, or 4 to strongly agree. The average value will be taken to determine the starting policies.

Origins; What is the history of your country.
[X][ORI] Like-Minded Isolationists

Name:
I recommend one of the following options. I’m not overly fond of one over any others:
Karambwanji
Psilocyburg
Fugutopia
Synanceia (the scientific name for the Stonefish)

BurningLaugh

Shape Shifting Master of Hiatus

[X][GOV] Authoritarian
[X][VOTE] Compromise. Democracy unless a middle ground option is presented. Middle ground option will be chosen if the vote is significant split.

[X][ORI] Civil Bloodbath Survivors

[X] The Crimson Commonwealth

veekie

[X][GOV] Socialist
[X][VOTE] Democracy. Option with the most votes wins.
[1][Q1]
[2][Q7]
[3][Q2]
[4][Q3]
[5][Q5]
[6][Q4]
[7][Q6]
[8][Q8]

[X][ORI] Long-Suffering But Still Optimistic Pilgrims

Just Some Guy

[X][GOV] Authoritarian
[X][VOTE] Compromise. Democracy unless a middle ground option is presented. Middle ground option will be chosen if the vote is significant split.
[3][Q1]
[3][Q2]
[3][Q3]
[2][Q4]
[3][Q5]
[2][Q6]
[2][Q7]
[3][Q8]

[X][ORI] Civil Bloodbath Survivors

Just Some Guy

Zerohour

Zerohour

Exercising my rights as QM/Tiebreaker, we’re starting out as Liberal Civil Bloodbath Survivors. Votes will be democratic with me acting as tiebreaker.

Zerohour

And we already have some likely divisive issues. Yay.

Nazi Sympathizers Plan Rally
Far-right-wing Nazi supporters plan to stage a rally in the city center tomorrow, giving voice to their violent, racist views.

“Frankly, I’m appalled that the government can even consider allowing this travesty to go ahead,” says prominent Jewish personality Francine Pelosi. “We can’t let these animals broadcast their message of hate. Surely The Crimson Commonwealth is too civilized for that.”
“It’s exactly because we’re civilized that we must let the demonstration proceed,” says free speech campaigner Konrad Warner. “We may not like what they have to say, but in this society, people have the right to argue whatever political view they want, no matter how hateful, selfish, or stupid it is.”
[][NAZI] ALLOW
[][NAZI] DENY

Cloning Research Promises New Breakthrough
Scientists using cloned human embryos for research are on the verge of a medical breakthrough.

“It’s really very exciting,” says lab head Aziz Scheer. “Until now, we’ve kept very quiet, to avoid being targeted by lunatic fringe groups who for some reason think it’s wrong to clone human embryos. It’s too early to promise anything, but we hope that one day we will have genetic cures for a whole range of debilitating illnesses. I certainly hope the government will support our work.

“Well, if you have to be part of a lunatic fringe group to object to this barbaric practice, I’m a lunatic,” says placard-waving protestor Felicity Assange. “Of course it would be nice to cure these unnamed diseases, but at what cost? They’re messing with the sanctity of human life. It’s wrong, and the lab should be shut down immediately.”

[][CLONE] SUPPORT
[][CLONE] REJECT

veekie

Zerohour

And since @BurningLaugh named the country, he get to decide an issue on his own.

4. “HERESY!” screams Really Revered Reverend Gabriel Phillips, who claims to be an ordained cleric of a religion you’ve never heard of. “Have all of you lost your minds? Do you understand what you are saying? When people die, they must be respectfully buried whole, otherwise in the afterlife they will be fragmented! Would you like to spend all eternity as a pile of loose body parts? I’m sure I wouldn’t! Do you want the restless shades of the dismembered haunting you? I’m sure I don’t! The dead must be allowed rest in peace, not pieces!”

Dark as Silver

Exercising my rights as QM/Tiebreaker, we’re starting out as Liberal Civil Bloodbath Survivors. Votes will be democratic with me acting as tiebreaker.

How do we spend 11% of our budget on ‘Spirituality’?

5elementsage

Zerohour

Clearing we’re deeply traumatized by the bloodbath and we’re building some sort of temple or something to help us explain how something so horrible could have happened. Probably something involving our legalized Cannabis. Biggest spending right now is welfare, which, again, is probably because of the civil bloodshed.

Leading cause of death behind old age and heart disease is murder, at 11.2 percent of all deaths. Probably a result of recent social upheaval.

Could be fun to see what gets cooked up for the history of the Crimson Commonwealth, their bloodstained past cannot be washed clean.

Just Some Guy

Frankfawn43

Timewinders

Zerohour

Denying Nazis had the following effects

It is illegal to say racist remarks
The Crimson Commonwealth was reclassified from a Left-Leaning College State to an Inoffensive Centrist Democracy.
The Crimson Commonwealth’s Civil Rights fell from Superb to Excellent.

Allowing cloning had the effects;
Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes.

The Issue
Tempers flare in The Crimson Commonwealth as civil libertarians and the healthcare lobby clash once again over mandatory post-mortem organ donation.

1.“It’s not as crazy as it sounds,” says Dr. Freddy Blofeld. “Every day, people die because we don’t have the organs to save them. Well, that and widespread under-funding of the health system. But the point is, if the government allowed us to take organs from dead people, we could save hundreds of lives a year. And come on, it’s not like dead people need them.”
2. “You keep your damn hands off my organs!” says alarmed hospital patient Lisa Hamilton. “They are my organs, and I’ll do with them what I like. The government has no right to my body.”

[][ORGAN] APPROVE
[][ORGAN] DENY

3. “Dear, please be reasonable here,” says Mrs. Suspectfire, the presenter of a popular children’s show, looking at you over her wire-framed glasses. “Let’s admit: commercials and movies do need child actors. But we must make sure they’re not exploited, by limiting the working hours. If we just allow child actors to work for no more than one hour per day, nobody can say that is child abuse.”

[][CHILD] BAN
[][CHILD] ENCOURAGE
[][CHILD] LIMIT

And a little backstory on how our little country came to be.

Stories of the Crimson Commonwealth
Ascension

It was not how he would have wanted to gain such a position of absolute power, but in the end, it had been the only way.

King Zeren the seventh, better known as the mad King, had been worse than his predecessors, violating whatever scant morals his family had cling to over the course of their dynasty. Not content with ordinary oppression, Zeren had pushed the limits of what he could do with his power, engaging in experiments of such grandeur and horror that those who had not witnessed them refused to believe them.

At least, until he began to put them into practice.

Most terrifying of all was when he resurrected the Tyrannosaurus rex and deployed them as a means of terror and control. Had ha progressed past the point of villainy, right into the realm of ridiculous, cartoon villainy. There was no way of coming back from that, and it cements the foundations of rebellion against him. His continued efforts to repress and exploit his citizens only fanned the flames, drawing more and more people towards the resistance.

A scant few had tried to plead for mercy, to reason with their ruler, but he would not hear it, inventing ever more imaginative and creative ways to torture and execute them. The trickle of moderates and hopefuls dried up, and the river of rebellion flowed wide and deep across the nation.

Revolution had been the only way, though orchestrating it was easier said than done. Months of planning, plotting and subversion preceded the revolution proper, getting as many weapons and men behind their cause as they possibly could. Cells across the country suddenly burst into action, throwing the armies into exploitable disarray. It was a fine opening gambit, but the true purpose of the disorder was to create an unprecedented opportunity.

Setting the tyrannosaurus Rex’s loose was a master stroke. Unable to contain or control his weapons of terror, Zeren’s armies were thrown into disarray, giving the rebels an opportunity to storm his palace.

He did not go quietly, megalomania driving him to fight well beyond the point of surrender, burning down his home in the hopes of dragging a few more rebels to the afterlife with him.

Most made it out. Some did not.

Thus ended the rule of Zeren, the Mad King.

The aftermath was difficult, people adjusting the monsters running amok in the streets, chaos spread across the nation as they tried to reinstate order. In time they managed to reassert some semblance of government, but the price was high. So many priceless artifacts were lost, so many works of art defaced, destroyed, or stolen away to the black market. It was nearly as bad as the war preceding it, without the unifying power of a clear and present danger to draw people together.

Eventually, chaos began to fade, and a provisional government was established, creating a faint facsimile of unifying law. The rampaging dinosaurs were brought to heel, the surviving cities fortified against the worst of their attacks, and life seemed like it might return to normal, at long last.

He had hoped that would be the end of things, that once Zeren was dead he could go back to the life he had lived before all of this, but it was not to be. He had been skilled in his efforts, successful in ways no one could deny, so when the time came to institute a new order, his name was at the top of a very short list.

He could have said no, he probably should have said no, but the people demanded it, and after so long under th boot of tyranny, he couldn’t bring himself to go against their wishes. As long as they would have him, he would be their

As much as he wanted to cede power to them, they were ill prepared, poorly organized and divisive.

It would be up to him to guide them on the proper path, to show them how to govern themselves instead of surrendering to the will of a ruler. He just hoped that he could resist the temptations of power. He knew such things could be insidious, corrupting him with the sensations of power, slowly, unnoticeably, until one day he looked around and could no longer recognize where he was. He feared that, and so cast away his name, so that people might remember him as he was, instead of the monster he may become in time.

This was the beginning of the reign of the Crimson Empower, Supreme Overlord of the Crimson Commonwealth.

Помогите пожалуйста с тестами по английскому языку
Which type of money are paid to professional people such architects and lawyers?
Ответы
а) currency
б)fees
[в] bonus
[г] salary

2.The money paid for the use of house or flat
Ответы
[a] bills
[б]rent
[в] bonus
[г] coins

3Choose the synonym of social security
Ответы
[a]welfare
[б] tax
[в] apartment
[г] rent

4.What is a financial plan, showing how much money a person or organization?
Ответы
[a] commission
[б] recourses
[в]budget
[г] income

5.Money paid monthly by an employer
Ответы
[a] outgoings
[б] bills
[в] tax
[г] salary

6.The sum of money which we use to set up or start company is called…
Ответы
[a]capital
[б] investment
[в] shares
[г] liabilities

7.What is the interest?
Ответы
[a]the amount paid to borrow the money
[б] working capital
[в] liabilities
[г] the sum of money which we use to set up or start company

8.The sum of money that a business uses for everyday expenses is called…
Ответы
[a]working capital or funds
[б] credit
[в] capital
[г] debt

9.The synonym of shareholders
Ответы
[a] businessman
[б]stockholders
[в) bankrupt
[г] investor

10.All money coming into a company during a given period is…
Ответы
[a]revenue
[б] credit
[в] expenses
[г] profits

11.Translate into Russian: net income
Ответы
[a] импорт
[б] доход
[в]чистый доход
[г] чистый экспорт

12.Which document gives the information about financial situation in a company?
Ответы
[a]financial statement
[б] balance sheet
[в] assets
[г] income sheet
[д] accounting

13.Translate the professional term: accountancy
Ответы
[a] экономист
[б] финансист
[в]бухгалтер
[г] маркетолог

14. is the day to day recording of transactions
Ответы
[a]bookkeeping
[б] accounting
[в] banking
[г] auditing

15.Choose types of accounting:
Ответы
[a] management, standard
[б]financial, management
[в] management, profit
[г] financial, standard

16.Which type of audit is carried out by a company`s own accountants?
Ответы
[a] external audit
[б] internal audit
[в] creative audit
[г] true audit

17.Profit is the difference between revenue and …
Ответы
[a] income
[б] debt
[в]expenses
[г] earning

18.This is something that is intended to satisfy some wants or needs of a consumer and thus has economic utility:
Ответы
[a] money
[б]goods
[в] thing
[г] asset

19.Complete the following sentence:
In most European countries laws relating to accounting, established by ….
Ответы
[a] EBRR
[б] SEC
[в] ASB
[г]government

20.Complete the following sentence:
The rules in Britain are called…
Ответы
[a]standards
[б] laws
[в] sheets
[г] documents

21.Complete the following sentence:
Customers who owe money for goods or services purchased are called…
Ответы
[a] creditors
[б]debtors
[в] finances
[г] merchant

22.Complete the following sentence:
Substances and components used to make products are called …?
Ответы
[a]raw materials
[б] things
[в] fabric
[г] manufactured goods

23.Complete the following sentence:
Goods ready for sale are called….
Ответы
[a] material
[б] manufactured goods
[в]stock
[г] account

24.The system that records two aspects of every transactions:
Ответы
[a] audit
[б]double[a]entry bookkeeping
[в] creative accounting
[г] bookkeeping

25.Which type of Bank holds deposits and savings accounts, lends money and exchanges facilities?
Ответы
[a]Commercial
[б] Investment
[в] Merchant
[г] National

26.Which type of Bank situated in Europe (Germany, Austria) combines deposit and loan banking?
Ответы
[a] Investment
[б]Universal
[в] Supranational
[г] Supernational

27.Choose Supranational bank:
Ответы
[а] Halyk Bank
[б] ATF Bank
[в]European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
[г] Bank Centercredit

28.What is the “financial supermarket”?
Ответы
[a]finance conglomeration (combine banks, stockbrokers, etc.)
[б] national company
[в] money funds
[г] banks

29.Choose the money aggregates:
Ответы
[a]M0, M1, M2, M3
[б] L1, LM, M2
[в] M0, LM, M4
[г] M0, M3,M2, L1