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In Fora Talossa's second edition of the Abbavilla Digest, host Breneir Tzaracomprada reviews the persistent and self-inflicted difficulties faced by the Progressive Alliance (PA) government, there is also coverage of a recent policy change by the Secretary of State concerning the status of the children of Talossan citizens. Additional topics this month include exploring the new but familiar Captain of the Royal Zouaves and statements made by the government criticizing US actions in Minnesota and Venezuela.

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In Fora Talossa's second edition of the Abbavilla Digest, host Breneir Tzaracomprada reviews the persistent and self-inflicted difficulties faced by the Progressive Alliance (PA) government, there is also coverage of a recent policy change by the Secretary of State concerning the status of the children of Talossan citizens. Additional topics this month include exploring the new but familiar Captain of the Royal Zouaves and statements made by the government criticizing US actions in Minnesota and Venezuela.

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@Sir Lüc Mr. Secretary, would you please move this to the CRL?

Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on January 17, 2026, 10:35:51 AM

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on January 16, 2026, 03:03:37 PMIf this bill is rewritten to (a) make responsibility for administering Talossawiki unambiguous; (b) explicitly give admins/moderators of TalossaWiki authority to revert troll edits and ban repeat offenders, on the same line as the Consequences Act; (c) delete the noxious attempt to bring down the force of the Law on Wiki editors, it might prove useful.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on January 16, 2026, 03:07:45 PMþerxh, would you be willing to wait on sending it to the CRL?  Sorry, I know you were ready to go with it, and I should have said something earlier, but there's been a lot going on.

Of course, happy to give us all a bit more time to define a good legal framework for the administration and the moderation of our Wiki, which I think deserves a special status

@Sir Lüc , sorry for the disturbance, could you please move this bill back to the Hopper ?

Is this bill moving forward in the near future? Looks to be stalled since it was moved back to the Hopper in mid-January...

@xpb I noticed that the informational liaison position is listed on the Seneschal's List but it does not list the current liaisons. Is this normal?

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on Yesterday at 01:44:08 AMI see no need to restrict the work of the Committee to "spot amendments", to borrow your phrasing. If the people of Florencia would prefer a new Constitution outright, it should not be withheld from them.

I do, however, think we should wait for Vice-Chair @mximo to weigh in. While he may have an equal vote on this Committee, any changes put forth will need his blessing if they are to pass through the Nimlet.

You had mentioned putting forward an agenda today though. It might be good to proceed with that initial plan and allow him to comment on that?

Quote from: xpb on February 27, 2026, 09:18:18 PMI appreciate the research by Breneir - I will remove the SWOT and seek confirmation of info, then post to a beach umbrella as approved by l'Etats (working on an interactive map for that and homesteads). 

Later, if the Kingdom generates closer ties, then perhaps a consulate or embassy could be offered in the GTA, subject to discussion with one of those provinces, unless of course some other lands are appropriated for that purpose.

Looking forward to the next assignment. @xpb I would also reiterate my invitation for a representative for the Foreign Ministry to discuss this project on an episode of FT's Abbavilla Digest. The February edition is coming tomorrow but planning is underway for the March edition now.

We received a goose egg in donations for the new and royally-patroned Royal Talossan Naval Relief Corps but with private matching backing of $100, the RTNRC now has $100 in the bank.

@Iason Taiwos As the RTNRC leader I wanted to get your thoughts on good organizations to make the organization's first donation. I think we had previously discussed cancer research as the focus of the first donation.

What are some of your favorite lines from science fiction?
Here are some of mine:

Our lives are not our own, but by God, we must behave as if they are. When I was young, what I did seemed too small to be of any consequence; but the shiver of dust, we are told, expands in time to the planet-sweeping storm. -Greg Bear, Moving Mars

No matter what I said they insisted on thinking of God as something outside themselves. Something that yearns to take every indolent moron to His breast and comfort him. The notion that the effort has to be their own...and that the trouble they are in is all their own doing...is one that they can't or won't entertain. -Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein

I am all that I grok. -Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein

Humor is the ovum of dissent. -Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell

To be is to be perceived, and so to know thyself is only possible through the eyes of the other. The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds, that go on apportioning themselves throughout all time. Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound to others, past and present. And by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future. -Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell

Look at the pattern this seashell makes. The dappled whorl, curving inward to infinity. That's the shape of the universe itself. There's a constant pressure, pushing toward pattern. A tendency in matter to evolve into ever more complex forms. It's a kind of pattern gravity, a holy greening power we call viriditas, and it is the driving force in the cosmos. Life, you see. -Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson

Remarkably, I just noticed that "our lives are not our own" commonality in the Cloud Atlas and Moving Mars quotes which I read over twenty years apart.

Delighted to see more macronational success by the Green Party! This time in the United Kingdom. Enormous congratulations to newly elected member of parliament for the UK constituency of Gorton and Denton (Greater Manchester): Hannah Spencer. This is apparently the first byelection win for the Green Party of England and Wales.

Quote from: Sir Lüc on February 26, 2026, 02:06:24 PMWHEREAS see? it took me five minutes to write an original and honest petition!, so

This made me laugh.

Quote from: King Txec on February 26, 2026, 10:44:40 AMI believe the concern is that some "micronations" like Slowjamastan, Sealand and Asgardia is that Talossa does not sell its citizenship, and it's right there in the oath "the best thing money can't buy." I'd be wary of subscription based stuff and prefer voluntary contributions (some kind of recognition would be nice though).

-Txec R

I would not frame it as selling citizenship as their contributions would not be contigent on becoming a citizen it would entail them getting Talossan products such as paraphernalia. We do need to address the fact that without stable funding we are limiting our ability to produce what we want and election-fee based fundraising is inadequate. A look at Asgardia showed me this.

Quote from: King Txec on February 24, 2026, 01:22:56 PMWhat did you think about Asgardia? They are quite an interesting group.

-Txec R

I agree they are quite interesting. In my report, I mentioned their deployment of a satellite into space and our former space agency as a potential point of cooperation. There is concern from a democratic point of view on how long their Head of Nation has served but their elections appear to be free and fair. They do have a monthly citizenship subscription which has clearly been used for their online infrastructure which is light-years ahead of Talossa presumably due to that stable and plentiful funding. Talossa should consider some kind of low-cost subscription (we have kinda started it though) which might include some kind of occasional paraphernalia or other perks.

@Françal I. Lux Best wishes for a positive resolution for your family.

I'd like to Clark the following bills:

BHAID: Humanitarian Assistance to Sudan Resolution: https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=4993.msg41750#new

Sense of the Ziu: Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence: https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=5078.0

Sense of the Ziu: Iranian Freedom & Democracy: https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=5037.0

Submitted a draft of the information liaison report for Asgardia. Once this one is approved I am ready to start work on the next one.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on February 24, 2026, 11:39:35 AMOkay, I have the green cord and I'll have a chance to print off some drafts this week.  The goal is to get these done and sent out next month.

Looking forward to seeing the finished product. We are thinking of hanging it on the fridge.

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on February 24, 2026, 10:54:44 AM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on February 23, 2026, 10:02:37 PMYou mentioned something called liquid democracy in another thread and I am attracted to that system. I believe the German Pirate Party uses it to some extent. Do you have ideas on how it might be implemented in Talossa? Florencia's constitutional reform has the potential for radical solutions.

A more straightforward form of this would be proxy voting. Florencians would be given the choice of claiming a seat in the assembly directly, or to delegate their seat to someone else. M-M already operates under this system, but I don't remember the last time votes were delegated there.

@Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be @mximo Governor and Senator, this is something to be considered in Florencia's Constitutional Reform Committee once you all are ready to dig in.

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on February 23, 2026, 07:16:24 PMMy favourite form of government is probably a parliamentary democracy with an executive presidency.

From what I can tell, presidentialism is probably some flavour of undemocratic (a single president can never adequately represent a whole population, and should not be entrusted with sweeping powers), but in conventional parliamentary setups, presidents are kinda pointless figureheads. So instead of having a powerless figurehead president kinda-not-really in charge, the Prime Minister could (and in most cases already does) act as the head of state when representing the country abroad for instance, while still requiring the confidence of parliament to remain in office. Power would ultimately remain with parliament.

As for my favourite voting system: I found out about approval voting a few years ago, and I've been especially intrigued by sequential proportional approval voting as a means of electing proportional parliaments that is both 1) not reliant on political parties and 2) easier to explain, conduct and tabulate than ranked choice methods. I dunno, something about this is just neat to me.

I've never liked a combined head of state and head of government. In the US, for example, we have seldom had presidents who have been able to succeed at both. I therefore tend to view parliamentary republics like India with a symbolic (with some reserve powers for exceptional use) presidency and a prime minister as head of day-to-day administration favorably. If Talossa became a republic then I would suggest looking to the Irish presidency (long term of office, reserve powers, officially described as "first citizen") as an example or if I had my druthers a collective directory with a rotating "first among equals" symbolic president like Switzerland.

You mentioned something called liquid democracy in another thread and I am attracted to that system. I believe the German Pirate Party uses it to some extent. Do you have ideas on how it might be implemented in Talossa? Florencia's constitutional reform has the potential for radical solutions.

Quote from: Marcüs Causch on February 23, 2026, 03:06:10 PMthe Seventh Seal.

I always get The Seventh Seal mixed up with The Seventh Sign (the 1980s movie with Demi Moore)