Democratic Union
The Democratic Union(or D.U./DU) is a region formed out of Pink Floyd. They have a strong belief in all of the political philosophies. It is currently building itself up and has a strong Constitution.}
Contents
History
The region was founded by Philanchez, a member of Pink Floyd. He sent a message to Palixia's Pink Floyd puppet, The Palixian States, Tetris L-Shaped Block and Spooty due to the fact that they are the founding member of Floydism, or the Holy Church of Floyd and are good allies of Philanchez. Soon after more regions started coming in, the first was Yugoamerica, an previously unknown nation to the Floydian States, many followed suit. Soon afterwards, the first presidential elections started and was between Philanchez, the founder and Yugoamerica, the first nation in the region after it was founded. Philanchez won by a small margin, he made Tetris L-Shaped Block the Prime Minister. He soon picked his cabinet. Later on the Palixian States formed a news paper, he also wrote a constitution which was approved unanimously. After the region was set up, it experienced a large influx of nations who abandoned their home region, lead by The Genius Masterminds and Ninjasmooshr. The influx was later followed by a crunch of inactivity caused by many nations of TGM's region leaving. However, another large influx was started, but this one centred around real life recruitment, leading to a large amount of users with personal connections to other users.
Government
Executive
The Executive branch of the DU Government consists solely of the President, who is Head of State. Due to the Second Constitution, the president holds a rather small level of power. The president gains access to the Admin CP on the forums and can appoint the UN Delegate. The president may also request emergency powers of the legislature, which allow said president to do almost anything within reason if legislature approves the request.
Legislative
The Legislative branch of the DU Government consists of the Prime Minister, the Cabinate, and the Legislature. The PM is the Head of Government and is to represent the entire Legislature. The PM, like the president, gains Admin Powers on the Forums. The Prime Minister can be elected with the backing of one party or a coalition of parties. The Prime Minister is to appoint a cabinate to help him preform regional duties. The legislative assembly is the other part of the Legislative Branch. The legislative assembly votes on all issues reguarding the DU government and policies, but NOT roleplaying issues.
Judiciary
Due to the Second Constitution, there is no Judiciary branch of government. In the old DU government, the Judiciary branch was headed by the Minister of Justice, who was appointed by the President. The Minister of Justice then appointed judges. The judicary settled cases on the DU forums reguarding Godmoding and Policies. When the Second Constitution was passed, the Judiciary branch was dissassembled, and those who were judges were demoted to regular users.
Governmental Problems and Changes
Early into the First Constitutions passing, problems arose. Many parts of it fell out of practice and many parts went unenforced. The most noteable was the UN Delegates position. According to the Constitution, the Delegate was to be elected, but he remained an appointed official. After six months, the same delegate remained without ever facing an election. After numerous attempts to change the constitution, it was unil Socialist Freemen's Presidency that the only real change took place. Under his presidency it was established that the Prime Minister runs alongside the President on the same ticket, as opposed to a PM being appointed by the president every 3 elections.
Reformation
On August 1st Tetris L-Shaped Block became president of the Democratic Union. Alongside this victory was the passing of the "Reformist Plebecite". This plebecite was conducted in order to pass the Second Constitution. Immediately afterwards, Tetris L-Shaped Block requested emergency powers as laid out in the Second Constitution. Due to the legislature not being established, instead of a vote, the Prime Minister, Palixia, had to second it. Once the powers were aquired, many unused sections of the DU forums were archived, including the DU News and Judiciary section. The Legislative section was put up shortly and emergency legislative elections were held for the newly created Legislative Branch.
Cabinet
Here is a list of all of the cabinet members and their jobs. (Note: Out of Date)
List
Prime Minister - The Russian States
Minister of Foreign Affairs- Eyygui
United Nations Delegate- Golencia
Press Secretary- Palixia
Cartographer- Thespesia
Descriptions
Prime Minister- Will head the cabinet and assure that the cabinet is running smoothly. You could also say that this person is the Vice President in a sense. The successor to the President of they leave office or become inactive for some reason or another.
Foreign Affairs- Will handle alliances and relations with other regions. Will TG everyone once a month to assure that they know what is happening in the region. Will post in the Regional Commands of the various feeder regions to try to attract members. Also will maintain a thread in Gameplay about the region. Will gather intelligence from unfriendly regions or just assist the Foreign Affairs minister in gatherin what is going on in NS Regions.
Minister of Justice- Will settle disputes between member nations and will appoint judges to the court. This position was eliminated after the Teteroid Reforms
Press Secretary- Will update the DU News AT LEAST once a week.
Cartographer- Updates the RP Map
UN Delegate- Self Explanatory
Commander of the Democratic Union Milita - Will be the head of the Democratic Union's Defense Region, the DU Milita, who is the UN puppet region of Union.
Political Parties
The Democratic Union is a multiparty democracy, and has several large parties. The first, Social Democratic Initiative was started by Philanchez after founding and has had several sucsessful presidential campaigns. The Corperate Republic Alliance, led by The Glorious Empire, is the regions main right-wing party and has been a minority party thoughout its founding, though has one sucsessful presidential campaign under its belt. That Other Madly Random Lunatic Party lead by Spooty has been the regions tolken third party since the founding, and has fielded a nomination in almost every election, coming in third every time. The Sporatic Dictatorial Party is an oddball party lead by Thespesia and came in second in a presidential race against Socialist Freemen. The New Labour Party is a relatively new party that fielded two sucsessful presidential campaigns for the chairman Socialist Freemen.
In addition to Political Parties, parties may band togeather to form a coalition. The only coalition in DU History was the Popular Front. Founded durring The Glorious Empire's presidency, the aim of it was to keep the right wing out of power. The three parties involved were the Social Democrat Iniciative, the New Labour Party, and That Other Madly Random Lunatic Party. They fielded Socialist Freemen on their behalf and won twice, and then went on to field Philanchez, winning again. After Philanchez won the presidency unopposed, the Popular Front dissolved, seeing as the right wing Cooperate Republican Alliance was nolonger a threat. Recently a new party has been created, from many members of the "Third" and "Fifth Generation", named the United Democratic Poll.
Presidential History
- Philanchez - The Founder of the region and probaly the most important nation, developed the government, won the election vs. Yugoamerica 5 votes to 3 votes. A constitution, bill of rights, and mission statement were all approved during his first term, on Janrurary 29th, 2006 he was elected to a second term. He beat the Palixian Coalition by 1 vote. In the next election he decided to take a one month break from politics.
- Palixia - Was considered a stable president by many, under him an anti-imperialism position went into effect. On March 18, he was accused of fraud because he did not say he had any puppets in the region. He resigned later that day.
- Tetris L-Shaped Block - As Prime Minister, he took over when Palixia resigned.
- The Glorious Empire - The region saw an increase in size unseen since Philanchez' government. He also created much stricter RPing policy and invested deeply in the RP section of the region.
- Socialist Freemen - Won the elections on behalf of a coalition of parties twice. Socialsit Freemen reorganized the cabinate to streamline it and get rid of unnessesary positions.
- Philanchez - Ran unopposed
- Tetris L-Shaped Block - Created a new Constitution, and many reforms introducing a legislative branch, and eliminating the Judicial one
- Palixia - Temporary President of the Democratic Union, took over until August 16th, after Tetris ceded power.
Delegate History
- Philanchez - Was made delegate because he founded the region, served a short time but did found the region.
- Yugoamerica - Nothing important happened under him although he left the region with no forewarning on January 15, 2006.
- The Russian States - The Late Delegate. Has increased the peoples say in the delegates vote and consults the populace on their view of the proposals.
- Golencia - Current Delegate. Active in keeping Regional Morals present in the United Nations. He is also suspected to be a future Presidential Canidate.
Roleplaying in the DU
The DU's strongest feature is it's role playing. Following several RP problems, the roleplaying section was split into three. The Modern Tech is the regions principle RP zone, where most everyone plays, the Fantasy Tech is a smaller secondary group for those willing to use magic and fantasy races, and the Future Tech is a small third section for those who wish to have intergalactic warfare. The Wiki articles on roleplaying are all centred around the Modern Tech history. Roleplaying has evolved in the DU from a small group of nations to a whole nother world, complete with it's own religions of Solism and Floydism, Holy Wars, and two largescale wars (refered to as the First DU War and Second DU War respectively).
Unnoficial DU Anthem
A long time ago when the nations were all so small
Four nations joined an RP about America's downfall
Pink Floyd arrived and saved the day
A religion where all could pray
The Floydists did move to Pink Floyd
A region located on the Planetoid
Well Imperialists looked on the Floydians with vengful eyes
They attacked, and ignored innocent cries
But Pink Floyd was not gone
And the war kept raging on
And so Phillanchez made a haven for democratic thought
A great Region of the noble defending sort
And so the Region did increase in power
Though the thought never turned sour
Written by Spooty
Copyright Acco Spoot (Mar 29 2006)
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