gopprogressive Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 CYBERLAND 2008 Scenario: Cyberland, Cyberia's "Conservative Cousin" is holding its federal elections in the fall of 2008. Cyberland is a Caribbean-themed micronation with a Parliamentary system based on the Westminster model with preferences as per Australia. Will the center-right Christian Democratic government be re-elected or fall to its opponents on the left? Race Black 50% Mixed 33% White 17% Religion Evangelical Protestant 40% Roman Catholic 30% United Church 15% Other Christian 5% Christian 90% Rastafarian 9% None 1% Non-Christian 10% PARTIES Christian Democratic (Center-Right/Right, Christian Democratic & Conservative party) Labor (Center-Left/Left, Social Democratic party) United Future (Center/Center-Left, Liberal party) Solidarity (Left-wing Populist/Nationalist party with some culturally conservative tendencies) One Nation (Right-Wing party to the right of the Christian Democrats) @issues Abortion Business Regulation Commonwealth Cyberia Relations Energy Independence Environment Fiscal Policy GST Military National Security Poverty Public Health Reform Religion and State Schools and Universities Taxation Tourism War on Terrorism @end @Regions Demerara Glendale Aberdeen Sunderland Westmoreland Salisbury Falkirk Derby Saint Marks and Toruga New Providence Hamilton @end 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 Do you guys want to use present-day Caribbean country flags or British Empire flags? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 Prime Minister Forever UK it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matvail2002 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Solidarity (Left-wing Populist/Nationalist party with some culturally conservative tendencies) I don't understand this, as in Scotland and Quebec, Solidarity is more and less a VERY left-wing, feminist and ecologist party. Also, I know that many former communists or Maoists are in the party. So, it is some sort of agrarian, aboriginal-rights and rural-rights radical party? I would also maybe also add a another right-wing party because there is no right-wing alternative to the Christian Democrats. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 Yeah, Solidarity is a left-populist party. If we do this scenario for Prime Minister Forever UK, I will include a right-wing alternative to the Christian Democrats. It will probably be "One Nation" or something like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 @issue position descriptions // left to right, 1 - 5 //Abortion Unrestricted access to taxpayer-funded abortions. Legalize abortion but keep it safe and rare. Leave the issue of abortion up to the various regions. Abortion is wrong. No change to current legal status. Abortion is murder! Total ban on abortion! @ //Business Regulation Impose maximum wages for CEOS. People come first, not profits. Greater regulation of business and trust-busting of monopolies. Balanced approach to regulation and business prosperity. Laissez-faire attitude towards markets. Reduce regulation of business. Monopolies are beneficial and efficient, encourage mergers. @ //Commonwealth The Commonwealth is a legacy of British imperialism. Exit the Commonwealth and establish an elected President. Remain in the Commonwealth, but elect our own Executive. Preserve Commonwealth membership. Stronger ties to UK. Independence was a mistake. Seek to rejoin the UK. @ //Cyberia Concede disputed territories to Cyberia. Peace at any price! Resolve the crisis through negotiation and compromise. We should try to resolve this diplomatically, but be on guard. We will tolerate no more insults from Cyberia. Launch an immediate military invasion of Cyberia. @ //Energy Independence Renewable energy all the way. Switch off fossil fuel use immediately. Encourage renewable energy sources. Exit from fossil fuels step by step. Stay with energy mix and research all sources equally. Reduce subsidies. Coal and oil are our main concerns right now, encourage their production. Open up protected wildlife refuges and offshore coasts for drilling. @ //Environment Cyberland must help stop global warming no matter the cost! Global warming is a threat to Cyberland's existence. Fight global warming, but balanced with economic growth. Economic growth is more important than global warming. Climate change is a hoax. There is no threat to the environment. @ //Fiscal Policy Deficit spending is necessary to pay for social welfare. Spend budget surplus on social reforms and debt reduction. Seek a balanced budget no matter the cost, pay down debt. Use budget surplus for defense spending and tax relief. Massive defense spending and corporate welfare despite deficit. @ //GST Scrap the GST and replace it with a wealth tax. Scrap the GST and replace it with a Carbon Tax. Reduce the GST to 4% and raise other taxes. The GST is necessary to reduce the deficit. Raise the GST to make up for tax cuts for the rich. @ //Military Abolish the military. Create a Ministry of Peace! Reduce military spending, oppose any conscription. Keep military spending as is. Promote national service. Increase military budget. Bring back conscription. Double the military budget, massive defense buildup! @ //National Security Repeal all current infringements on civil liberties. No Police State! Oppose national ID cards. Repeal post-2001 Anti-Terrorism Laws. Current security measures are sufficient. Support a national ID card program. Expand security powers. Civil liberties must be scaled back to answer security threats. @ //Poverty Launch a War on Poverty to develop a welfare state and end poverty. Work to end child poverty through new social programs and benefits . Extend unemployment and family benefits. Faith-based initiatives. Lower taxes to ease poverty along with a "welfare to work" program. Abolish all social welfare programs. Don't waste money on the lazy. @ //Public Health Reform Dramatically increase funding, end all private sector interference. Increase funding. Reduce private sector involvement. Health care benefits should be means-tested, but generous. Promote more private delivery of health care costs and coverage. Full privatisation and deregulation of health care services. @ // Religion and State Religions are superstitution and should be discredited by the state. Our heritage needs to be secular. Scrap religious school funding. We should keep a healthy relationship between church and state. We need to keep a Christian heritage. Support religious schools. Declare Christianity the state religion. Expel all unbelievers. @ // Schools and Universities Introduce free tertiary education. Massive funding increase. Increase funding for public education, reduce university fees. Increase education funding, consider school reforms. Promote school vouchers as an alternative to public schools. Mass privatisation of Education. Reduce education funding. @ //Tax Policy Redistribute income from the rich to the poor. Raise taxation on the wealthy and corporations. Close loopholes, moves towards more progressive rates. Keep the flat income tax. Reduce it if possible. Abolish the corporate and estate taxes. @ //Tourism Abolish all visa restrictions. Allow unrestricted immigration. Open borders! Lift most visa and border restrictions to promote tourism. Go ahead with investments in hotels, hostels, attractions, and resorts. Maintain a pro-business climate to encourage tourism. Abolish labor regulations that inhibit the tourist industries. @ //War on Terrorism Terrorists are fighting the imperialist policies of the West. Reduce military operations, focus on humanitarian solutions. Focus on improving arms control, diplomacy, and intelligence. We should not hesitate to use military force against terrorism. War is the only option when dealing with terrorist scum. @ @end 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted June 28, 2009 Author Share Posted June 28, 2009 Do you guys want me to use present-day Caribbean country flags or British Empire flags for the regions of Cyberland? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 PARTY LEADERS: Christian Democratic Kirk Brown Thomas Allum Labor Stephanie Simpson John-Allen Michael United Future Corey Delmond Solidarity Gavin MacLachlan One Nation Alan Forbes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 BTW, I will be adding events for this scenario to make it more dynamic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 Good news! The scenario is 90% complete, all I have to do is finish events and endorsers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted July 22, 2009 Author Share Posted July 22, 2009 And Cyberland 2008 is ready to play-test! This version though is only for PMF- UK rather than Austraila, as people voted in the poll. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGaffney Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Please send it to my e-mail address! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matvail2002 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 matvail2002 at gmail.com Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 pascalvicto at gmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treasurer Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 treasurerofthepc at yahoo.com thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patine Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Send it to me, please. You know my address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 So what do you guys think? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGaffney Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 The campaign is very long, and the candidates seem to have a lot of CPs. It's very fun otherwise - I'm finding it difficult as the governing party to stagger the big endorsements in such a way that actually benefits my campaign, as opposed to having useless +20 momentum with no undecided voters and positive momentum for my opponents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 A few things: you have to have a moderately long campaign to get 4 crusaders, and I like elections that are long enough so I can get 4 crusaders. Well the key to impact endorsers to benefit you is to sweep away as many of them as you can by diverting CP, while pounding your opponent with negative ads on say...major issues which they are vulnerable or attacking a weak attribute (all candidates/party leaders in the game have a weakness, it annoys me when candidates/party leaders are shown as perfect in all attributes). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKLPirate Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I'll have a crack at it. jklpirate at yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 All right, any suggestions on how to improve it without compromising my intent of the scenario? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGaffney Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Not really, it's very good given what you want to achieve. Perhaps you could remove some of the endorsements, because 20 is a lot. You could power up similar ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treasurer Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I've played this twice as Labor under the default leaders, and i have to say it's very challenging, as you have said there's a way to win it. I would prefer though, the polling day wasn't just 1 day before the election night, as i already knew i was going to lose despite getting my momentum up in the last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 I've played this twice as Labor under the default leaders, and i have to say it's very challenging, as you have said there's a way to win it. I would prefer though, the polling day wasn't just 1 day before the election night, as i already knew i was going to lose despite getting my momentum up in the last week. How would I change this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treasurer Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 How would I change this? Go to scenario file - and you see this near the bottom: @day_of_week_poll_results 7 @end 7 corresponds to Sunday, so 1 is Monday and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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