I have already stated that this bill does not refer to His Majesty. I'm not sure which language it needs to be stated in to get the point across.

I intend to place this on the Fourth Clark. The Government can vote to retain Orwellian practice if they wish.

Yesterday, the Comità of the URL was informed by Baron Davinescu that one of his party's members had broosked a prospective immigrant by providing them with a biased description of the Progressive Alliance. While it is certainly fair to chalk this up to the inexperience of the member in question and their ignorance of Talossan ethical norms, it does provide a clear example of the obsessive partisanship which has become increasingly present throughout the country.

While we in the URL believe in a Talossan political scene in which open, honest debate on principles, methods, and goals should be welcomed and encouraged, excessive partisanship can easily corrode such an atmosphere. This incident provides yet another argument for a more personalized, less-partisan form of politics, which we will continue to strive for.

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on March 13, 2026, 04:44:51 PMIf I'm not wrong, being vegetarian is when you don't eat meat only, so I suggest any type of pierogi with a filling not made with meat as well, basically anything flour or potato-based without meat. I would also suggest making vegetable salad without meat (still a traditional Polish side dish even though it originated in Russia).

My mother's family has long done the traditional Christmas Eve pierogi, but in our case it's always been a simple filling of potato, cheese, and onion, which as a mostly-vegetarian myself I am glad to not miss out on.

One other suggestion for the Baron: roast vegetable salad. Diced sweet potato, red onion, Brussels sprouts, and broccoli on a tray in the oven, toss with mixed greens. Use the leftover vegetables with eggs in a hash for breakfast one day on the weekend. Simple, versatile, tasty.

Estimate Tuischac'h,

I thank the Minister for his reply; while the other information is indeed welcome, it appears that at its core, his answer to my question is "no", so as a supplementary question, why was it the Government was unaware? The current government campaigned in the last election on a fifty-word statement that said in part: "Promote the fun stuff that's happening... and let the world know about our amazing little nation!" Participating in this event along with many other micronational delegations would have been a fantastic opportunity to "let the world know about our amazing little nation", and it seems a major oversight on their part not to have investigated. The Seneschal is in the MicroWiki discord, the same place I myself learned of this event. How did the Government manage to drop the ball?

After consulting with the applicant, I submit the following proposal:

"Azure, a dragon segreant Argent armed and eyed Or, striking with a sword Or on his armoured dextrochere, in base an anvil of the second."

- Foxmouth

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on March 15, 2026, 12:10:30 PMDoesn't work for us, those who use day month as the short date format.
The proper short date format.

If only there were April 31st. Once could simply "double-dip" by counting both as Pi Day.

Quote from: xpb on March 16, 2026, 03:57:56 PMxhindarmerïă looks sinister indeed

*Xhinister

Estimat Tuischac'h,

I rise this evening with a question for the Minister for Foreign Affairs, @xpb . I had initially posed this question to the Minister, represented by the Seneschal, at the Informal Session. However, as the Seneschal admitted he would not be able to accurately account for his Minister in this case, he recommended I pose the question to the Minister directly in order to get an answer. Therefore:

The 2026 eSports Games, an event of the Micronational Olympics Federation, recently began competition. The event features competition in multiple events, including Battleship, Chess, Uno, Pac-Man, and a "National Pride" event reminiscent of the former Olympic art competitions.

I will give fair warning, as I did at the Informal Session, that this question is a two-parter, but the first question is very simply: was the Minister aware of this event?

As a bit of friendly advice, if your goaltending is the problem, I believe goaltenders only count as long as they make a certain number of appearances (as a group) each week.

In other words, if the appearance minimum is 4, and your goalies only play in three games in total all week long, whatever points they would have earned you are forfeit, and that can be a sizable chunk of your score.

I could have sworn someone mentioned this, and if not, it may be too late to make a difference, but just for general knowledge going forward.

I second this nomination.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on March 09, 2026, 04:14:44 PM

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on March 08, 2026, 07:34:53 PMParty List Reform #1: The URL supports legislation to prioritize party lists, ensuring that "off-list" candidates can only receive seats if no "on-list" candidates are eligible, in order to improve transparency and allow voters to better judge the intentions of the parties on the ballot.

I'd add "... or willing" here. If someone doesn't want to take seats you can't make them. I'm aware that this might mean packing a list with people who agree in advance not to take seats, but if people want to game the system to such an extent there's not much you can do about it.

Wouldn't that be addressed by Party List Reform #2? People who are unwilling to take seats can simply say "no thanks, please don't put me on the list".

Estimats cünpartizaes,

As most of you are aware, the aftermath of the last election was a bit of a blessing in disguise, as it showed that the URL is the Party of Talossan Democracy. With this better-defined identity in mind, we have set about over the first half of this term working to define just what a more democratic Talossa would look like in order to know what paths we should prioritize and the directions in which we would like to move as a united party. To that end, I submit to you now that agenda for the Party's endorsement.

The following is something that I have drafted based on the summary of ideas in this post, but is still ultimately open to amendment, as I cannot singularly speak for the party as a whole. As a result, all items are currently open to proposed amendments to their wording (including re-arranging them in a different order to show our priorities). Once our Convention prepares to adjourn, we will move to adoption of each item as it then exists.

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LAS TOCĂS DEMOCRÄTICI DA L'URL

THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA OF THE URL

We, the members of the Union of Free Reformists, the Party of Talossan Democracy, in order to not only safeguard Talossa's fragile democracy, but strengthen it, hereby formally adopt the Democracy Agenda. This package of reforms will bolster the democratic nature of Talossan government, granting actions taken by the state even greater legitimacy. It is intended to show the Talossan people, in plain terms, our intentions in both this Cosă session and in future sessions, particularly those in which they see fit to grant us a Cosă majority.

• Cosă Size: With the passage of 62RZ09, the Democracy Agenda has already succeeded in right-sizing the Cosă to 20 seats. The URL's aim here going forward will be to defend this change, and prevent future Cosă sessions from undoing it.
• Electoral Method Reform: In the interest of lessening the power of party bosses, increasing the power of the voters, and improving the ability to hold individual MCs accountable, the URL supports transition to a form of personalized proportional representation -- any method that combines proportional representation for parties with voter control over which candidates actually receive Cosă seats. We support further debate on the specific method to be adopted.
• Party List Reform #1: The URL supports legislation to prioritize party lists, ensuring that "off-list" candidates can only receive seats if no "on-list" candidates are eligible, in order to improve transparency and allow voters to better judge the intentions of the parties on the ballot.
• Party List Reform #2: The URL supports legislation requiring candidates to confirm with the Chancery their consent to appearing on a party list, in an effort to further lessen the power of party bosses.
• Upper House Reform: Taking into account Talossa's unitary nature and the requirements of responsible government, the URL supports the transition of the Senäts' role to that of a "house of review" in the vein of the British House of Lords, the Canadian Senate, or the Japanese House of Councillors. This reform will retain Senators' ability to critique and improve legislation on behalf of their province's citizens, including a veto on Organic amendments, but will allow the Cosă to insist on its decision on standard legislation if there is sufficient democratic support.
• Public Ballot Reform: The secret ballot is one of the cornerstones of free and fair elections. We support the continued right of Talossans to publicly declare their electoral choices, but believe the polling process on Wittenberg should be reformed so that public ballots are only published after polls close.
• Parliamentary Reform: The URL supports codifying and strengthening the powers of the Tuischac'h and Mençei to allow them to better maintain order and enforce parliamentary procedure within their respective chambers.
• Royal Veto Reform: The URL supports reforming the power of the Crown to veto legislation. This would involve a "suspensory" veto, in which the Crown's veto still serves as an opportunity for the Ziu to reconsider legislation, but can be overriden by a simple majority of both houses. In parallel to this, we support reworking advisory opinions to allow the King to consult with the CpI on a bill's organic Compliance.
• Reform Org.XII.4: This organic provision makes some parts of the OrgLaw almost impossible to amend, anchoring the country in ways that are not justifiable in a democratic nation. The OrgLaw already has a rigorous amendment process for normal amendments; there is no good reason to have such onerous additional requirements.

That makes sense to me. Added bonus, that allows us to put energy into helping that candidate's campaign, instead of being forced to take a hands-off approach.

The question, then, is what sort of method would we want to see otherwise?

Quote from: IamBosch on March 05, 2026, 08:09:57 AMI love playing healers so my main choices would be Cleric, Paladin, or Monk.

I don't have much D&D experience -- approximately one campaign and part of another -- but boy howdy was Spiritual Weapon a good unlock.

The partial campaign I did artificer, that was also very up my alley.

Given that there has been some internal discussion over the past few months regarding possible amendments to the Party Constituziun, I hereby open the floor to any such proposals.

For example, I believe @Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC has stated a desire to reform the endorsement process for Senäts candidates found in Article III, Section H?

Alright, while I would have liked to hear from Vice-Chair Carbonel regarding his thoughts, it is indeed Wednesday, so I think we should get going.

Broadly speaking, and keeping in mind the general suggestions provided above by Vice-Chair Tzaracomprada, I believe there are four main topics this Committee should address:

• Constitutional amendment vs. constitutional overhaul -- should the current constitution be amended in specific places, or replaced outright?
• Form of the Executive -- should Florencia keep the current method of choosing the provincial executive? Should some alternative -- direct election, collegiate executive, etc. -- be implemented instead? Is legislative confidence necessary, or would some other form of democratic mandate be preferred?
• Form of the Legislature -- is the current "Real Nimlet" method of partisan election still preferred, or would Florencians prefer something like the "citizens' assembly" model used in some other provinces?
• The Legislative Process -- from V-C Tzaracomprada's statement above regarding Article IV, it would appear that amendments to Florencia's legislative process may be worth examining in further detail. I invite him to expand on this point at his leisure.

As noted in the opening post, this Committee must deliver its proposed solutions, whatever form they may take, by 1 June. I will say that in my experience, settling on the methods is usually the more time-consuming part of the process -- actually choosing the wording is relatively simple, it's deciding on the goal of that wording that's the tricky part. To that end, I think we should devote the majority of our time to refining the answers to the above questions (along with any others that may be raised) and defining the goals of the proposal. Let's say that the debate period may extend no later than 30 April, with drafting the proposed amendment(s) to occur during May. Is this acceptable to either of the Vice-Chairs? If so, that will constitute a majority, as this is one sort of issue I feel comfortable voting on for myself, as opposed to sticking to my usual neutrality.

Not just a fellow Wisconsin resident, but a prospective fellow Belacostan! Welcome!

Good evening, fellow Talossans!

The Directorate of STUFF, an office of the Royal Civil Service, is pleased to announce that we are accepting requests for Talossan identification cards.

Here's how the process works:

• Take the Civics Test. This is an open-book quiz on Talossan knowledge, which I have just combed through in the last few days to make sure it's up to date on factual accuracy. You need to get 75% right to earn a passing grade.
• Fill out the Application Form. Please be assured that all information collected as part of this process is deleted after receipt of the ID by the applicant, for data protection.
• Once you've passed the Civics Test and gotten your Application submitted, I'll reach out via PM here on Witt just to confirm that everything looks good.
• The best part is that you will receive your own Talossan ID! The second best part is, you don't need to pay for it!

I will be closing applications when one of two criteria is met:

• Applications will close no later than Wednesday, 1 April.
• Applications may close sooner if I receive nine valid applications. Nine IDs are what fit on one sheet at the printer, so it makes sense to try and maximize an order if possible.

Just in case it needs to be clarified, macronational authorites will not recognize these, so we do not recommend using them as a valid form of identification when it really counts.

Current applications: 1 of 9
(The first one has been waiting on their ID for a bit, ideally they don't renounce partway through this time :P )

I'll be putting up a tracker spreadsheet similar to the previous one, sometime during March, just whenever I get a good moment.

Unless my Comità colleagues @Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC or @Antaglha Xhenerös Somelieir would like to deliver any opening remarks, the agenda for this Convention is as follows:

* Opening Remarks <- Voi Estetz Aicì
* Possible amendments to the URL Constitution and Platform -- current text of each can be found on the URL wiki article.
* Finalization of the Democracy Agenda
* Registration of caucuses within the URL (can be kept within this thread)
* Election of the URL candidate for Seneschal for the 63rd Cosă elections
* Election of the next Comità Esecutorxheu (Executive Committee). (Multiple provinces each have at least three members and are eligible to elect Provincial Chairs to the Comità.)
* Closing remarks

As different threads are added for various agenda items, I'll link them in this post.

62RZ14: Për
62RZ15: Con - See 62RZ17. The resistance will continue until the Baron's conduct improves.
62RZ16: Con
62RZ17: Për - I've seen some criticism of this bill that defines one of its features as a bug. Party leaders should be exercising good judgment when it comes to assembling their lists. If they do not, then the consequences are theirs to bear.

Also, given this criticism came from the same individual whose only feedback on the bill all month was "This seems broadly fine to me", only for them to immediately about-face once the bill is Clarked and unalterable, it must yet again be questioned whether either piece of feedback is being delivered in good faith.

62RZ18: Aus
62RZ19: Per
62RZ20: Aus
62RZ21: Aus