Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 08, 2025, 09:15:49 AMAt week four, the Mençeis were dishonouring the name of their province every single game:

Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on November 03, 2025, 07:26:15 AM1. Manager-less Team 1 3-0-0 902.80
2. Vuode Villains 2-1-0 1,139.20
3. Banqeu da Cézembre Zambonis 2-1-0 915.60
4. Cjovani Squilats 2-1-0 913.10
5. Els Talossaes Rexhitais 2-1-0 847.00
6. Tigreux dal Belacostă 1-2-0 993.50
7. Gordon Hiatus Support Team 1-2-0 859.90
8. Cézembrean Amateurs on Ice 1-2-0 795.90
9. Maricopa Havana Hijinks 1-2-0 745.40
10. Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis 0-3-0 681.60

But now we've risen to #6, in a storybook development that can only be rivaled by epics like Air Bud.

Songs will be written and monuments will be built.

You are currently in the final playoff position

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 08, 2025, 09:24:01 AMTo clarify, I mean the total number of seats each individual was permitted to hold.  For example, this Cosa it's 20 seats maximum per person.  Would it be 2 seats maximum per person under this new law?

EDIT: Okay, so it sounds like it would be 2 per person for an election like this one.

Yeah, as much as I would like a proper Real Cosă (and this could be easily achieved by deleting Lexh.H.4.1), I understand that we currently don't have the manpower to have 20 individual MCs — hence why this is called the Pseudo-Real Cosă Act.

That's why I was asking! I won't.

As a cross-party sponsor who would be put in a tough spot by this, please don't.

To clarify, I mean the total number of seats each individual was permitted to hold.  For example, this Cosa it's 20 seats maximum per person.  Would it be 2 seats maximum per person under this new law?

EDIT: Okay, so it sounds like it would be 2 per person for an election like this one.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 08, 2025, 09:18:30 AMWill there be any effect on things like the party seat rules or the number of seats a person can hold?

The formula used to determine the maximum amount of seats an MC can hold (party seats * 10 / number of votes, rounded up) remains unchanged.

I was thinking about sponsoring this as a Government bill, but I don't want to put any cross-party sponsors in a tough spot.  Would there be any objection to this?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 08, 2025, 09:18:30 AMI definitely think it's worth considering this change.  But I think that the fact that the Cosa is so representative is a significant good thing.  It's really a matter of weighing both factors, and deciding which is more important: respecting the democratic vote as much as possible or making political power more rarefied.

Will there be any effect on things like the party seat rules or the number of seats a person can hold?

I would think that is the reason this bill was made, Honourable Baron.


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I definitely think it's worth considering this change.  But I think that the fact that the Cosa is so representative is a significant good thing.  It's really a matter of weighing both factors, and deciding which is more important: respecting the democratic vote as much as possible or making political power more rarefied.

Will there be any effect on things like the party seat rules or the number of seats a person can hold?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 08, 2025, 05:33:25 AMI think probably just that it's more granular, which this bill is specifically supposed to change.  So I guess it depends on whether or not you think it's good that the Cosa more closely resembles the actual vote.

The Cosă as it stands is more granular than the actual vote tally! I don't believe this sort of granularity for its own sake outweighs the impracticality of MCs consistently holding two digits worth of seats.

I also think that in the current setup, political power is something that can be easily bought on a whim, which cheapens it. One thing that I always appreciated about Talossa is that citizenship and titles are handed out based on commitment and merit instead of simply being for sale like in other similarly sized but no doubt more recognisable nationettes such as Sealand. Thus it seems strange to me that while citizenship and titles need to be earned, this same standard is not consistently applied to power.