Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on January 17, 2026, 04:48:21 PMI note that this bill would make the first sentence of the modified clause a lie.  "The Senäts shall have equal powers with the Cosa in respect of all proposed laws" will no longer be true.  There will only be two categories of bills for which the Senäts will be equal to the Cosa.  That might be something you want to fix.

Under your interpretation, the first sentence of the modified clause is already a lie -- the clause goes on to describe a class of bills in which the Senäts is already unequal to the Cosă. I'm interested in hearing what others think about the wording, though.

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Quote from: M:sr Pôl dal Nordselvă, D.Div, M.Ed on June 23, 2025, 05:47:21 AMCan you explain to me why having an upper house that has the authority to reject bills or send them back down is a bad thing? I can perhaps understand the ability of the Cosa to override but do we need to strip them of power in order to accomplish the same purpose?

I thought this was still a good question that didn't actually quite get answered.  The explanation went into the nature of the change in detail, but without saying why it was desirable.  Why would we want to do this?

There are a few reasons:
- One, it does not allow truly vital legislation to be hung up forever on the Senäts. Since, of course, bills addressing a given issue can only be considered once per term, this allows the Senäts to effectively kick the can down the road on any issue they wish to obstruct the government on.
- The more overarching, "philosophical" reason is that Talossa is not a federal nation. I know we've compared our constitutional structure to Australia before -- and in fact I believe @Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC has stated that similarities are intentional -- but the reality is that we are more like Spain than Australia: a unitary state, divided into provinces that may legislate on certain areas on their own. A "strong" upper house (or at least one as strong as the Senäts) is incompatible with the concept of responsible government in a unitary state. To return to the Australian comparison, they are federal in nature, and this juxtaposition between responsible government and federalism precipitated what is likely their most dire constitutional crisis:

QuoteAs in most Westminster system parliaments, Australia's government is ordinarily formed by the party enjoying the confidence of the lower house of parliament, the House of Representatives. Australia's Parliament also has a powerful upper house, the Senate, which must pass any bill initiated by the House of Representatives if it is to become law. The composition of the Senate, in which each state has an equal number of senators regardless of that state's population, was originally designed to attract the Australian colonies into one Federation. Some at the time of Federation saw the contradiction in the Constitution between responsible government, in which the executive owes its existence to the legislature or one dominant house of the legislature, and, federations with the houses of bicameral legislatures operating independently and possibly deadlocking. Certain delegates predicted that either responsible government would result in the federation becoming a unitary state or federalism would result in an executive closer to federal theory. For instance, delegate Winthrop Hackett stated at the 1891 Convention that as a result of the combination of a strong Senate with responsible government, "there will be one of two alternatives—either responsible government will kill federation, or federation in the form in which we shall, I hope, be prepared to accept it, will kill responsible government".

A few things I would ask sceptics to keep in mind:
- A "house of sober second thought" is the usual role for the upper house in parliamentary legislatures (House of Lords, Canadian Senate, the German and Austrian Bundesrats, the House of Councillors in Japan, etc.)
- This change will also likely lead to a "de-politicization" of Senäts elections, which is healthy if we're trying to make Talossa a more tolerable place for people to spend their time.
- I know you personally have expressed several points of opposition to unicameralism before, chief among those being a safeguard on excessive Organic amendments. Please note that the requirement of the Senäts' consent is not affected in cases of Organic amendment.

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Quote from: Mximo Malt on January 24, 2026, 07:08:40 PMÉu fostadréu tir zirat acest avant...


86 47.

Aßei vala aßei.

Acest isch toct.

MM

Quand q'eu sint à pünt d'acurd, c'è non tréi basat es schovan

Éu veleveu acürat à satisfiar el scrütì del S:reu Autófil. ;)

Så, c'esteva toct ünă representaziun unsinçar? Explicta. 🤨

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Quote from: xpb on January 21, 2026, 10:38:17 AMI will see the Kings ante and have raised my "bet" to $50 on the Kingdom so we're at $75 thus far to the $250 goal.

So nice to see pockets opening for the Kingdom.
When the will is there good things are possible.

I will also be donating $20.00. Can I get a link to the donation page?

see https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=4019.0
Regarding remissions to the treasury

clarification - Riley and Cone were recognized as US Ambassadors TO Talossa...

I'd be interested in Westarctica, Ladonia, and would suggest we add the Dominion of Vancouver Island which is active and nearby (for Talossans in Canada's British Columbia).

Also Asgardia seems to be another self-serious outfit.

MGMT's Indie Rokkers is a cool song as well

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on Yesterday at 01:43:07 PM

Quote from: Mximo Malt on January 24, 2026, 07:08:40 PMÉu fostadréu tir zirat acest avant...


86 47.

Aßei vala aßei.

Acest isch toct.

MM

Quand q'eu sint à pünt d'acurd, c'è non tréi basat es schovan

Éu veleveu acürat à satisfiar el scrütì del S:reu Autófil. ;)

A goal for the Foreign Ministry for 2026 is to establish Ambassadorships.  While there are some prior historic instances, it would be a great opportunity to establish relations with micronational entities prior to MicroCon in 2027, either in North America (San Diego, California, USA) &/or Europe (Aigues-Mortes, France)
A Letter from Slowjamistan encouraged me to register for MicroCon, which I did with my own funds, and the King has also previously registered

First, A discussion regarding Embassies (which are typically more durable):
While the Mowhan Embassy was established long ago , more recently the Embassy Rhymes with Coffee Act
says in part
2.6.7.1 Any Talossan citizen living in another country can petition the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to establish an embassy in the country of their residence.
such as
Bråneu Excelsio Monterrey, Nuevo León. Mexico
and previously through other means Iason Bitxichë Taiwos Salem, Ohio, USA

Thus the act would imply that all Talossans are Ambassadors for specific Embassy locations.

For general representation, which is established by the government of the time, I see

Ambassador Collins ttps://wiki.talossa.com/Law:The_Ambassador_Collins_Act
Ambassador to Asia Ardpresteir https://wiki.talossa.com/B%C3%A9neditsch_Ardpresteir
Ambassador to Finland Weckström https://wiki.talossa.com/Tony_Weckstr%C3%B6m
Ambassador to France Durnford https://wiki.talossa.com/Law:Appointment_of_Ambassador_to_France
Ambassador to the United States Riley https://wiki.talossa.com/Treaty_of_Shorewood
Ambassador to the United States Cone https://wiki.talossa.com/Independence_Day

The Foreign Ministry is now seeking ambassadors amongst Talossan citizenry to entities listed on this sheet which include many who have registered for MicroCon, to gather details, establish correspondence, and see if there can be any further cooperation.

SEE THE LIST (which will expand over time)

Others on this sheet are either not registered for MicroCon, or are from written or other media fiction, so if any citizens have interest in making connection with enthusiasts of those entities that would also be encouraged.  There have been past efforts noted above to establish embassies within the list of UN recognized states and this certainly should continue as this will promote immigration.

The primary task of Ambassadors will be to investigate and understand the entity in question, to learn their customs and traditions, and to do SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis.

Please state your interest in this thread, and also email foreign@talossa.com if you have interest (perhaps starting with one or two entities to investigate in detail)

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on October 22, 2025, 08:19:20 AMto also bring our language into daily life a little more.

Basically why I'm making bilingual road signs.