bumping this on World Penguin Day
https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/world-penguin-day-2024-date-history-importance-and-unknown-facts-124042500612_1.html

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on Yesterday at 02:22:16 AMMy biggest argument for an unicameral Cosă is that a bicameral system requires too many people to sit in it; too many people who would rather not be politicians are pressed into service by their parties.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on April 24, 2024, 09:11:15 PMI definitely support a unicameral Ziu. As an American, I've never been persuaded by the "cooling saucer" idea of upper legislative bodies. Charles Sumner and all...

Both valid reasons! I tend to lean towards the latter myself; while I'm a big fan of federalism, (1) I tend to prefer senates that are representative of the federal subunits (think how the US Senate used to be elected by state legislatures, or how the Bundesrat currently is), and (2) I think Talossa is simply too small to justify bicameralism.

However, to avoid derailing the thread too much -- what are people's thoughts on the maps presented?

Estimat Túischac'h, I rise to deliver a question to the Minister of Immigration @þerxh Sant-Enogat.

1) Considering the recent attempt at re-immigration under a pseudonym of a previously blocked candidate, can the Immigration Minister please explain the steps under which, "using information provided in the application and after investigating to the best of its ability", the Ministry of Immigration became "satisfied that this application is Bona Fide"?

2) Given the intent of 54RZ4, enacted specifically in response to a successful applicant for citizenship giving a false name, can the Minister give any indication of how many applications for citizenship he has processed during his term in office, and what he did in each case to fulfil the requirement of El Lexhatx E.2 to "collect the legal name or name used in daily life" of each prospective citizen?

The Electoral Commission for the 60th General Election will consist of:

• @xpb - Sir X. Pol Briga
• @Tric'hard Lenxheir  - Senator Tric'hard Lenxheir
• @Istefan Perþonest - Puisne Judge Istefan Perþonest.

The members of the EC can expect to hear from me via email soon.




Secretár d'Estat/Secretary of State

Thank you Dame Litz.

- Sir Txec

The Cort Pü Inalt having met amongst itself, and after due and careful consideration does hereby nominate:


With our continued thanks and appreciation to the SoS for all his hard work,

Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN, GST
Senior Judge
Cort Pü Inalt

Clarked as RZ20.

I would like to Clark The Flexible State Opening Act, please.

My biggest argument for an unicameral Cosă is that a bicameral system requires too many people to sit in it; too many people who would rather not be politicians are pressed into service by their parties.

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC EiP on April 24, 2024, 06:03:16 PM

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on April 24, 2024, 05:51:41 PM

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC EiP on April 24, 2024, 05:49:33 PMI think S:reu Puntmasleu mentioned implementing -- or I guess re-implementing! -- a system that allowed people to change their provincial assignments once every so often.

No, no, NO. That just opens the door to gerrymandering Senäts seats with such a low population. The only stable form of provincial assignment is geographic, given that we need periodic shake-ups of the map to balance immigration flows.

I prefer geographic myself, but if the "cooldown" period is sufficiently long -- or if there is no Senäts to worry about in the first place -- I can foresee an acceptable solution.

(None of this accounts for the facts that we need fewer provinces anyway)

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC EiP on April 24, 2024, 05:49:33 PMI think S:reu Puntmasleu mentioned implementing -- or I guess re-implementing! -- a system that allowed people to change their provincial assignments once every so often. Especially coupled with a shakeup of catchment areas (and I would recommend we look at all of them, not just the US-state-level areas), it could lead to a better variety within the various provinces.

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC EiP on April 24, 2024, 06:03:16 PMor if there is no Senäts to worry about in the first place

I definitely support a unicameral Ziu. As an American, I've never been persuaded by the "cooling saucer" idea of upper legislative bodies. Charles Sumner and all...