Today I’ve got this Issue on my Nationstates (nationstates.net)
Electile Dysfunction
Stung by an extensive exposé in The CAPITAL Tattler of faulty and corrupt elections processes, certain Members of Parliament are loudly demanding that the Electoral Commission of NATIONSNAME revisit the current voting system.
I’ve encountered with many choices
1. “What’s wrong with a plurality voting system?” rhetorically questions MP Marlon Sato. “Count the votes, and the candidate with the most wins. It’s the simplest and cheapest methodology, and it creates a stable two-party system without any radicals wasting Parliament’s precious time. What more could you want? And…” the MP leans forward and continues in a hushed tone, “It’s the best way to ensure our party stays in power indefinitely.”
2. “Our current electoral system needs only a little tweaking,” says Charles Giono, a member of the Electoral Commission. “Why don’t we adopt instant-runoff voting? That way people can vote for their favorite candidates plus their second and third choices without worrying whether they’re mainstream enough. We’ll need to hire a few more people at the Electoral Commission to tally the rounds of votes, but honestly I don’t see that as a problem.”
3. “Now is the time to completely overhaul the electoral system!” cries Rosalia King, chairperson of a single-issue political party dedicated to legalizing ANIMAL wrestling. “We need proportional representation now! If we adopt party-list proportional representation with open lists, political minorities will gain seats relative to the popular vote and actually have a voice. The centrists have dictated government policy for too long; let the political fringes speak!”
4. “You’re missing the whole point of democracy,” argues a strange woman wearing a toga. “Democracy is about equality! The best system of representation is sortition. Go back to the ancient way of doing things and pick representatives from among the common citizens through allotment. People who run for political office are usually untrustworthy and power-hungry. Randomly-selected citizens will make far better decisions than greedy politicians, even if they’re a little incompetent. Lottocracy all the way!”
5. “Or we could just do away with this populist sham,” sneers Sir Aaron Rubin, a landed gentleman. “Do the teeming masses really need to complicate our lives? Institute a steep poll tax to keep workers from voting, and we won’t be troubled by the greedy plebeians and their insatiable desire for more welfare. Cut the entire welfare budget while you’re at it, and respectable people like us can have a nice tax cut.”
6. Dismiss the issue
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Option 2. sounds nice so I choose it.
The result saids ‘Third party candidates are now gaining some representation in Parliament.‘
In result, my nation get a boost of this qualities.
Foreign Aid
Clooney Contribution Index 2.4%
Ideological Radicality
Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index 2.0%
Eco-Friendliness
Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index 1.0%
Government Size
Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index 0.81%
Public Transport
Societal Mobility Rating 0.80%
Welfare
Safety Net Mesh Density Rating 0.72%
Business Subsidization
Gilded Widget Scale 0.65%
Taxation
Effective Tax Rate 0.63%
Average Income
0.49%
Economic Output
0.49%
Intelligence
Quips Per Hour 0.45%
Political Freedom
Diebold Election Inking Scale 0.43%
Public Education
Edu-tellignce® Test Score 0.42%
Environmental Beauty
Pounds Of Wildlife Per Square Mile 0.30%
Pacifism
Cheeks Turned Per Day 0.24%
Religiousness
Prayers Per Hour 0.22%
Tourism
Tourists Per Hour 0.20%
Safety
Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating 0.20%
Inclusiveness
Mandela-Wollstonecraft Non-Discrimination Index 0.19%
Scientific Advancement
Kurzweil Singularity Index 0.16%
Lifespan
Years 0.06%
Human Development Index
Human Development Index 0.05%
And decline in this qualities
Secularism
Atheism Rate 0.10%
Averageness
Average Standardized Normality Scale 0.32%
Employment
Workforce Participation Rate 0.42%
Crime
Crimes Per Hour 0.47%
Sector: Manufacturing
Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index 0.49%
Political Apathy
Whatever 1.8%
Nice one.
