From this day forward, I pledge my loyalty, allegiance, and fidelity to the Kingdom of Talossa and to His Majesty's government. I solemnly affirm that I will support and uphold the Organic Law of the Kingdom of Talossa, defend the realm against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, faithfully observe its laws, respect the rights and freedoms of all my fellow citizens, fulfill all my duties and obligations as a citizen of the Kingdom of Talossa, and humbly appreciate the benefits granted unto me by my King, most especially when those benefits take the form of Talossan currency.

Quote from: Crement Itravilatx on September 26, 2026, 07:01:22 PMI wonder if we could use my okonomiyaki recipe as a Talaviachi recipe? If not, I think we should adopt musubi as a cultural food.

Musubi would be a lovely cultural food item! Looks like we will be including two recipes in the Book of Cuisine 😊

Nirvana's "Do Re Mi" is helping my crippling depression 🥲

Celebrating 19 years of Talossanity today.
I look forward to 19 more.
Viva Talossa!

Hopefully we will be continuing with the Talossan citizenship milestone certificates.

Quote from: Sir Lüc on September 27, 2026, 04:56:38 AM(For the record - I would personally go even beyond that, and stipulate that outgoing MCs may also exercise some powers after dissolution, such as the power to petition for a prospective citizen's application to require a Ziu vote.)

To perhaps extend this line of thought further, I note that in some countries, one legislature's term has not yet ended (giving them at least the option to convene) even as the next session is being elected.

Whew, I guess I have to update now that we have what are likely the last few applicants of this term.

For period: 1 January 2026 to 1 October 2026
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Incomplete: 30
No Wittenberg: 106
No post: 54
In progress: 11
No petition: 7
Successful: 13
Total applications: 221

'Incomplete' refers to those applications which were not filled out correctly or completely, and which were returned with an explanation. 'No Wittenberg' refers to those applications which were complete, but in which the applicant did not go on to make an account on Wittenberg. 'No post' refers to those applications from the period in which the prospective never made a post and so the process has been terminated.  'In progress' refers to those applications from the period which were complete and in which the applicant is still being considered. 'No petition' refers to those applications which were complete and considered, but for which no petition was received. 'Successful' refers to naturalizations completed.

Oath sent.

For the record, I have okayed this approach, based on multiple precedents that dictate that a bill's 10-day Hopper timer runs down from the initial draft, if the submitted version is still germane. Most recently, 62RZ26 was moved to the CRL the same day the final draft was posted, and the Advisory Opinion Removal bill was moved 8 days after the final version.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on September 26, 2026, 09:14:10 PMI'm not sure your tweaked #1 will work, since the Tuischac'h automatically leaves office at the end of the Cosa because the Cosa has been dissolved and there are no more MCs.  The Tuischac'h is the head of the Cosa, after all.  We'd need to write special provisions allowing that the Cosa continues even after its dissolution, but only in the person of the Tuischac'h, but also that they can't exercise any of the powers of the Cosa in their own person except for the ones specifically for their office.

I am aware, and I was consciously suggesting we enact exactly those provisions. The rationale being that we have given the Túischac'h some additional powers, beyond their core mission of moderating debate, that we also accept will go in abeyance for two months. How would you apply Lexh.C.2.1 and Lexh.C.3.1 during those two months?

(For the record - I would personally go even beyond that, and stipulate that outgoing MCs may also exercise some powers after dissolution, such as the power to petition for a prospective citizen's application to require a Ziu vote.)

But of course, it would be much simpler (but not equivalent, because this still means almost two months without a Túischac'h to wield those additional powers) to add a seniority provision similar to what is already used in the Senäts.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on September 26, 2026, 09:14:10 PMThe Tuischac'h is the head of the Cosa, after all.  We'd need to write special provisions allowing that the Cosa continues even after its dissolution, but only in the person of the Tuischac'h, but also that they can't exercise any of the powers of the Cosa in their own person except for the ones specifically for their office.

+1 on this.
I also think some reform of the Electoral Commission is needed independent of the Tuischac'h issue.
We also need to move beyond the CRL framework. I still support first reading, second reading, etc.