You don't necessarily have to do anything with the database. It's a way of voting, but you can also vote here on the forum when a thread is posted.

In addition to this good news, I'll also just mention that we've done a few other changes to the process in the last month.  All old threads are now in an archive, so people can look at a glance to see who's currently under consideration.  I've also started introducing everyone by reference to their country of residence.  We'll soon restart the TalossAssistant program to build on that a little more, as well.

Françal I. Lux has a bill he's working on to amend this title, I think.  Should make it to the Hopper this Clark, if he's able (he's got family stuff right now).

Having heard from Marcus that he's still interested, I'd like to ask His Majesty to appoint Marcüs Causch as the Clerk of Corts.

Please Clark the following:

https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=4957.0

https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=4900.0

https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=5038.0

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Quote from: Moinul Moin on Yesterday at 12:21:29 AMI am interested and My interests are those micronations:-
1.Ladonia
2.Slowjamastan
3.Aerican Empire
4.Westarctica
5.New Athens
6.Republic of Auralis
7.Circle of Belmoor
Those are my interests ,that i can work.

Thanks, I will send a PM.  The Foreign Ministry will be making another suggestion for Royal assent soon but you could do some independent prep for the first entry on your list as the second is already under assignment.

He's still a prospective citizen, although that should change pretty soon. We can't make any appointments until he becomes an official citizen.

Understood that this is very preliminary, but would provide the perspective through the eyes of a new immigrant.  There is no restriction on someone being prepared for an eventual potential task if they have interest.

Oh, absolutely! I think it's great, and I love it when immigrants are enthusiastic. I think you're doing an amazing job with this.

Quote from: xpb on Yesterday at 09:57:26 AM

Quote from: Moinul Moin on Yesterday at 12:21:29 AMI am interested and My interests are those micronations:-
1.Ladonia
2.Slowjamastan
3.Aerican Empire
4.Westarctica
5.New Athens
6.Republic of Auralis
7.Circle of Belmoor
Those are my interests ,that i can work.

Thanks, I will send a PM.  The Foreign Ministry will be making another suggestion for Royal assent soon but you could do some independent prep for the first entry on your list as the second is already under assignment.

He's still a prospective citizen, although that should change pretty soon. We can't make any appointments until he becomes an official citizen.

@Tong Mun Kit has agreed to take the remaining seven seats for our party.

Personally, I think it favors established parties and makes it harder to grow a party.  I also think it's undemocratic to limit how many votes are counted for a party, and it's almost certainly inorganic for a statute to over-rule the Organic Law.

I am not sure about my availability tomorrow, so here's the immigration report.  February is shaping up pretty well.  Three rejected applications as incomplete; two for lack of social media verification, and one for lack of other info (although that one was also filled with slurs so to hell with that guy anyway).

For period: 1 February 2026 to 28 February 2026
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Incomplete: 3
No Wittenberg: 11
In progress: 7
No petition: 0
Successful: 1
Total applications: 22

'Incomplete' refers to those applications which were not filled out correctly or completely, and which were returned with an explanation. 'No Wittenberg' refers to those applications which were complete, but in which the applicant did not go on to make an account on Wittenberg. 'In progress' refers to those applications from the period which were complete and in which the applicant is still being considered. 'No petition' refers to those applications which were complete and considered, but for which no petition was received. 'Successful' refers to naturalizations completed.


Looking back at January, now that those applications have been processed, we can see that it ended up being a very good month!

For period: 1 January 2026 to 31 January 2026
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Incomplete: 3
No Wittenberg: 10
In progress: 4
No petition: 0
Successful: 4
Total applications: 21

'Incomplete' refers to those applications which were not filled out correctly or completely, and which were returned with an explanation. 'No Wittenberg' refers to those applications which were complete, but in which the applicant did not go on to make an account on Wittenberg. 'In progress' refers to those applications from the period which were complete and in which the applicant is still being considered. 'No petition' refers to those applications which were complete and considered, but for which no petition was received. 'Successful' refers to naturalizations completed.


Looking at the data, actually, it's interesting to see that we had a sharp concentration of four successful immigrants who applied during a single week: 17 Jan through 23 Jan!  Now here's something else astonishing... this is when I made just one post to Reddit to promote the country!  I haven't done it since, since I wanted to see if there'd be any similar pattern for other reasons.

Obvious caveats apply:

• This is just a one-off, and it's hard to say if it's not just a big coincidence.  We'll know more when we try other things.
• No one at all mentioned Reddit, so it would have to be a sort of trickle-down effect.
• This would be a surprising level of effect even if it was real, so we might not expect it to replicate.

Still, this is very good news... and it bodes well for the Progressive strategy of just trying some new stuff!  We'll keep exploring as we do other Reddit posts and some promotional videos, but I think we can say that this is a promising route to go down, even if it's too early to say anything else.

Well, we can start with assigning 13 of them to His Grace, Duke John.  That brings him up to the legal limit of 20.

I'm trying to find someone reliable who feels comfortable in the legislature, and unfortunately have not found anyone.  We've grown so fast as a party that we're outstripping our legislative bench.

Minister of Finance and Culture Françal I. Lux has let me know about a family emergency, and he will not be very available for the next little while.  He has relatively spotty wi-fi coverage where he's gone to stay with his family.  For the time being, the Distain and I will be handling any matters in these portfolios.

This immigrant is eligible for a petition :)

@Sir Lüc , please move this to the CRL.

@Sir Lüc , please move this to the CRL.

@Sir Lüc , please move this to the CRL.

As I start teaching my students about Australia and New Zealand, I'm showering them with some cultural awareness in the form of

PUBLIC NOTICE
The Ministry of Immigration wishes to announce that our target immigration rate is 1.0 per month on average.  While quality is more important than quantity, a lower bound on the expected rate of naturalizations is a good benchmark of a functioning immigration system.  It is not the whole picture, but it's a useful piece of the picture.

This and other postings will continue to be available on this page, and any significant changes will be accompanied by a public announcement.

Later this week, the Government will be directing the Chancery to send out a public service announcement to citizens, notifying them about the new format of El List del Seneschal.  This announcement will describe the new features of the page, since it's centralizing so much useful information for the first time.  It already had a list of all the Title C and D offices, but now the updated page will:

• list the contact information for everyone, in a single accessible place,
• provide lists of all staff members in different places in government,
• notify people about important policies,
• and list job openings in which people might be interested.

All of this makes our government much more transparent and much more accountable, and we expect the page to continue to improve over time.  Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.