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?

Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on January 26, 2026, 10:41:29 AMNone fluently but I can get by with English.

You're being too modest. If I, as someone who only started learning English at age 8 and has never set foot in an English-speaking country in his life, count as fluent, then you definitely do as well.

I'm only fluent in German and English. I can read and write Talossan well, but I can't speak it conversationally yet.

Aside from that, I mostly dabble with constructed or ancient languages like Interlingua, Ithkuil, Sumerian, or what have you.

I approve.

Estimat Secretar d'Estat,

I would like to Clark the following bills:

• The Pseudo-Real Cosă Act
• The Broosking Swing Mitigation Amendment

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on January 25, 2026, 08:33:57 AMThat also wouldn't be good... they should pass together or not at all, in my opinion.

Is this version acceptable to you?

I don't really understand. Having a 7.5% worth of seats taken up by unelected new citizens would be a problem no matter how many default Cosă seats there are, so what is the harm of the referendum passing without the seat reduction bill?

If it's any consolation, I suspect the referendum will have a much higher chance of passing than the Pseudo-Real Cosă Act.

Tu isch l'ereu qi noi neceßent mas non deservent.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on January 22, 2026, 05:47:56 PMI can't read this but hope you are still willing to participate in the interview for Fora Talossa's Abbavilla Digest.

It means:

"To all my brothers in the party and in the Faith:

I was recently interviewed by S:reu Breneir Tzaracomprada from the Green Party (not to form a coalition, dont worry!) for the new program 'Abbavilla Digest'. If you need clarifications on my beliefs, you can find them there.

Thank you and may God bless you."