Today I’ve got this Issue on my Nationstates (nationstates.net)
Possession, Protection Or Poppycock?
After tarot cards and a Ouija-board were found in the dormitory of three teenage girls who committed suicide, paranormal objects and occult rites have become the center of a heated debate on the rising popularity of New Age spirituality.
I’ve encountered with many choices
1. “Obviously these girls killed themselves because they lost their spiritual war with the demons they thought fun to summon,” muses Miranda Organa, notorious street preacher and self-taught exorcist. “Although, I don’t blame them for being attracted to the occult, no, everyone needs spirituality. Our children just need the proper guidance, so they stay clear of the dangerous forms. The easiest way to ensure that is, of course, you banning everything that has any link with the New Age. That’ll keep those demons out. Or is it in? Anyways, ban it!”
2. “Please don’t listen to this traditional sorry-soul,” pontificates Deborah Dihmonghali, self-proclaimed goddess and yoga-instructor, pausing briefly from transcending space and time. “Certainly there are some bad spirits out there, but you can’t beat them by robbing us of all our spiritual weapons. Instead, you should subsidize their production and make half-yearly visits to a spiritual advisor compulsory for everyone. Only then will your citizens be pure and strong enough to repel the forces of evil and remain in the light.”
3. “Possession? Are you serious?” queries Steffan Christmas, your unbearably uptight Minister of Conventional Solutions, while closing your curtains so as to not let the sunshine in. “These girls clearly had some issues, but not of the demonic kind. Depressed teenagers need to be dealt with through education and our health system, not through ‘channeling’, dirty bacchanals or waiting for Jupiter to align with Mars. Funky New Age spirituality only makes these things worse, especially for sensitive youngsters. To prevent this kind of thing in the future, we must increase mental health spending and set a minimum age on alternative religion.”
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Option 3. sounds cool so I choose it.
The result saids ‘Turning eighteen is often referred to as the ‘Age of Aquarius’.’
In result, my nation get a boost of this qualities.
Secularism
Atheism Rate 7.8%
Public Healthcare
Theresa-Nightingale Rating 3.1%
Social Conservatism
Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index 1.5%
Scientific Advancement
Kurzweil Singularity Index 1.2%
Public Education
Edu-tellignce® Test Score 0.75%
Government Size
Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index 0.17%
Taxation
Effective Tax Rate 0.17%
Intelligence
Quips Per Hour 0.09%
Economic Output
0.08%
Average Income
0.08%
And decline in this qualities
Business Subsidization
Gilded Widget Scale 0.08%
Public Transport
Societal Mobility Rating 0.08%
Welfare
Safety Net Mesh Density Rating 0.08%
Eco-Friendliness
Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index 0.08%
Foreign Aid
Clooney Contribution Index 0.08%
Employment
Workforce Participation Rate 0.09%
Pacifism
Cheeks Turned Per Day 0.12%
Civil Rights
Martin Luther King, Jr. Units 0.61%
Ideological Radicality
Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index 1.8%
Religiousness
Prayers Per Hour 10.7%
Sector: Manufacturing
Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index 100%
Industry: Basket Weaving
Hickory Productivity Index 103%
This choice is nice.
