I am *not* going to support any Ziu reform where we end up with uncontested elections for Cosa seats, the problem which has plagued the Senäts. Which makes me think twice about the "provincialisation" aspect of MMP.

On a tangent, the argument that we have a legislature which requires many more active and politically-keen citizens than we have has continually been batted back by the Seneschal with the response that we should just recruit more citizens. Well. The experience of the current Cosa is that there is not, in fact, a stream of people just itching to become Talossans that were being kept out by previous Governments' incompetence or malevolence. We can't immigrate our way out of inappropriate infrastructure.

Any reform which doesn't mean meaningful political competition to sit in the Cosa, combined with meaningful voter say over who precisely gets to sit in the Cosa, is IMHO not worth the effort.

That makes sense. A lot of them are pretty obvious, but then we get into the ones that look like it's a license to hit a bus with a car, and I start getting nervous.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Today at 10:48:28 AMWhat do the different classifications mean?

The icons can be a helpful hint but I can explain it, no problem.

Category AM: Mopeds and light quadricycles with a maximum speed of 45 kilometres per hour
Category A1: Motorcycles with a maximum capacity of 125 cubic centimetres, maximum power of eleven kilowatts and a maximum power-weight ratio of 0,1 kilowatts per kilogramme
Category A2: Motorcycles with a maximum power of 35 kilowatts and a maximum power-weight ratio of 0,2 kilowatts per kilogramme
Category B1: Light car-like vehicles up to 400 kilogrammes (550 kilogrammes if transporting goods)
Category B: Any vehicle up to 3,5 tonnes
Category BE: Any vehicle up to 3,5 tonnes with a trailer above 750 kilogrammes (category B allows you to tow trailers up to 750 kilogrammes)
Category C1: Heavy vehicles up to 7,5 tonnes
Category C: Any vehicle above 3,5 tonnes
Category C1E: Heavy vehicles up to 7,5 tonnes with a trailer
Category CE: Any vehicle above 3,5 tonnes with a trailer
Category D1: Buses up to 17 seats and eight metres in length
Category D: Buses with more than 17 seats
Category D1E: Buses up to 17 seats and eight metres in length with a trailer
Category DE: Buses with more than 17 seats with a trailer

What do the different classifications mean?

Figured I'd finally make a thread about this.

Thank you!

Done!

Today we posted links to the April edition of La C'hronica, on X, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, and r/micronations

@Sir Lüc Dear SoS, would it be possible to send these to all citizens ?
La C'hronica - 2026 03.pdf
La C'hronica - 2026 04.pdf
thank you!

Stage 2 Burgas (Bulgaria) -> Veliko Tarnovo

Glüc's prediction was mostly correct, but GC riders did make a valiant attempt at trying to win seconds on their peers - Vingegaard (CHX/ITW/BDC/MMM/GHS/CFA), Pellizzari (CFA/CHX/MMM/VFL) and Van Eetvelt (non-TCAT) were rebuffed by the charging chase within the last kilometer, with the stagewin ultimately going to non-TCAT Silva, and Giulio Ciccone (BDC/CHX/ITW) in third leading the TCAT riders. Scaroni (MMM/REX) placed fourth, Pellizzari fifth and Christen (BDC) eighth.

It is BDC who comes away with the daily win, but disaster struck soon after as Andrea Vendrame, one of the riders involved in a 30-rider megacrash midway through, completed the stage but will not be able to start tomorrow. Also unable to start due to the crash is Adam Yates, which sadly means Fieschă and REX are already a GC rider down. The first TCAT rider to abandon, though, was MMM's Matteo Moschetti, which did not start stage 2 as a result of the injuries sustained in the finish line crash of stage 1.

Standings after stage 2:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(+2)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	555	+358
2nd	(=)		Team In The Wind (ITW)	527	+309
3rd	(-2)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	522	+290
4th	(+2)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	463	+418
5th	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	446	+338
6th	(-2)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	346	+155
7th	(+1)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	281	+269
8th	(-1)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	209	+181