Stage 3 update later today, but here are the standings:

Standings after stage 3:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	790	+235
2nd	(=)		Team In The Wind (ITW)	777	+250
3rd	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	652	+130
4th	(+2)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	578	+232
5th	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	578	+132
6th	(-2)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	548	+85
7th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	324	+43
8th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	245	+36

This was the last stage in Bulgaria. Yesterday was transfer/rest day and today TCAT continues in Italy, where a single category 2 climb halfway through the stage might result in a succesful breakaway, but more likely we'll see the peloton regather in time for a sprint. The finish is uphill, which might favour someone like Andresen over the pure sprinters.

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 Yesterday 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!