My 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.

Due to recent events, here is what the 62nd Cosă could've looked like had the Pseudo-Real Cosă Act already been in effect last election:

Progressive Alliance (9):
Xhorxh Pol Briga (2)
Tric'hard Lenxheir (2)
Litz Cjantscheir (2)
Françal Ian Lux (2)
Ian Lupul (1)

Uniun dels Reformistaes Livereschti (7):
Miestră Schivă (2)
Mic'haglh Autófil (2)
Marcel Tafial (2)
Martì-Páir Furxhéir (1)

Green Party (3):
Breneir Tzaracomprada (2)
Francesco Manzella (1)

In Defensa Traditionis (1):
Mximo Malt (1)

Quote from: King Txec on February 17, 2026, 01:16:48 PMI know this bill is currently in the Clark, (The Pseudo-Real Cosa Act) but as I do try to understand the laws I may be asked to assent to, I'm having trouble understanding this provision: "The total number of party seats is twenty."

Can someone explain it to me? How would this affect the size of the Cosa?

The Organic Law (OrgLaw IV.2.1) states that "The party seats shall total 200, or another number which may be set by law, [...]". What this provision does is overwrite the Organic default and set the size of the Cosă to 20 by default instead.

Quote from: Sir Lüc on February 16, 2026, 10:04:43 AMWe're late for reminders so I had little choice but to issue them without definitive scheduling info. I will of course send out invitations and a Zoom link if/once things clear up.

Well I didn't hear anything back from most people so I will just go ahead with 11 AM as originally envisioned. If not enough people show up, I can always cancel the session at that time.

I would've liked it if the amount to be contributed was given in louise instead since that's the natural currency (33¤20, by the way), but I suppose there is no legal requirement for this.

I approve.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on February 12, 2026, 01:11:29 PMI don't think you need any kind of license to do broadcast "radio" over the Internet.

You do where I'm from, sadly.

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on February 08, 2026, 05:23:08 PMThe scheduling has hit a bit of a snag since there is no time window in which everyone is available, so something needs to give.

If I were to arbitrarily schedule it for, say, Saturday, 21 February 2026, 11 AM Central, would that be okay?

@Sir Lüc @Béneditsch Ardpresteir @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu @Françal I. Lux @Mximo Malt @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be @Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC @Breneir Tzaracomprada

The scheduling has hit a bit of a snag since there is no time window in which everyone is available, so something needs to give.

If I were to arbitrarily schedule it for, say, Saturday, 21 February 2026, 11 AM Central, would that be okay?

Quote from: Crement Itravilatx on February 06, 2026, 07:36:28 PMIs there a place to find out the names of countries in Talossan? I wondered what is the Talossan name for Japan.

There isn't a separate list of them, but you can look up country names on L'Översteir, the official dictionary.

The Talossan name for Japan is Cipangu (chee-PAHNG-goo), which I believe was what Marco Polo called Japan in his reports, while the Talossan word for Japanese is Txaponesc (zhah-poh-NESK).

Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP on February 01, 2026, 09:41:10 AMFor what it's worth, here's a link to a schedule finder thing that I've just created: <clichetz aicì>

@Baron Alexandreu Davinescu @Sir Lüc @Béneditsch Ardpresteir @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be

Quote from: Sir Lüc on February 01, 2026, 08:43:08 AMWhy would the 21st be too late, out of curiosity? If the session was held at the same time as on January 11th, it would comfortably still be within the voting deadline.

I figured the deadline was on the 21st, but I wasn't sure about the exact time. For what it's worth, here's a link to a schedule finder thing that I've just created: <clichetz aicì>

I'd forgotten that the 14th is Valentine's Day. Not sure what other day would work then, since I believe the 21st would be too late.

I approve.

I approve.

With six out of eleven total members having voted PER, Mximo Malt has been accepted to SIGN.

The first one I learnt in uni was Python, but I mostly futz around in Javascript nowadays, as my Neocities page will attest to. Something about code just... running seamlessly in a browser without any additional setup required really appeals to me.

Quote from: Françal I. Lux on January 30, 2026, 08:52:34 AMI'd like to call for a vote on S:reu Malt's application for membership nonetheless.

The vote is already underway. You and Miestră are voting in favour, no one else has submitted a vote so far.

Iac Marscheir @Iac Marscheir: --
Marcel Tafial: --
Cresti Nouacastra-Läxhirescu @C.d.I. Nouacastra-Läxhirescu, MSC: --
Miestră Schivă: PER
Françal Ian Lux: PER
Xhorxh Pol Brigă: PER
Lüc da Schir: PER
Txec dal Nordselvă: PER
Breneir Tzaracomprada: PER
Üc Tärfâ @Üc R. Tärfă: --
Cresti Siervicül @C. M. Siervicül: --

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on January 29, 2026, 08:00:45 PMIf we're going to do this again in February, we need to figure out a time sooner rather than later.

I wanted it to be on a Saturday so that S:reu Malt can also attend, and I'm terribly busy for the next two weeks meaning it would have to be on the 14th.

Quote from: King Txec on January 28, 2026, 02:21:15 PMPerhaps if we want to fix an imbalance, MC's should run for their seats instead.

As S:reu Autófil has already pointed out, this is a topic I'm greatly invested in. I've been researching and developing different voting systems that fulfill the following criteria:

• People vote for candidates, not parties. I would prefer a completely party-less system but I'm open to compromise.
• Proportionality is preserved. I believe this is self-explanatory.
• MCs have the same or very similar voting strengths. The current practice in which some MCs have four or more times the voting power as others is something I'd really like to do away with if possible.

My current favourite is a form of Approval Voting (i.e. don't just vote for your one favourite, vote for all the ones you find acceptable), and I've even coded a tabulator for it as well. I plan to make a separate thread for it, explaining the system and showing some examples, in the near future once I'm less busy with schoolwork.

I would like to ask a supplementary question as MC. For this purpose, I recuse myself from moderating this question.

Estimat Mençei,

Quote from: Françal I. Lux on January 28, 2026, 10:00:05 AMThat being said, our main priority for Culture will be translation work, not just of government documents but also works of literature. We are cooperating with S:reu Malt of the IDT on this regard as his talents for Talossan could surely be put to good use.

This is the first time I hear of this. How come the Ladintsch Naziunal, whose job it is to provide assistance on language-related issues and translation services to the Government, has not been notified of this undertaking?