Isvevia
03-10-2004, 18:24
First Citizen Indo Bain of Isvevia stood on the balcony of his penthouse suite and looked out over the fair city of Brohanis, capital of the nation. Second term elections had gone well, and he had no fear that he would be successful in winning a third term. After that, who knew. No law held him back from continuing, only a 200 year old convention. It might be time for a change.
The very nature of Isvevia had changed under his watch, and he knew it. Founded as a refuge from other, more dominating states, The Free Land had prided itself on being the freest nation in existence. Slowly, due to a declining economy, this nature had changed as Isvevia came under increasing control of the industrialists and the capitalists. A devout capitalist himself, Indo Bain saw no problem with decreasing government regulations on business and allowing it to do as it would, however, political privileges had slowly been eroded away.
Voting had been made compulsory as numbers at the polls declined to new lows, but there may be reason to change that as people have mostly gotten the point of the importance of voting.
Militarily speaking, the nation was strong, though funding had been stripped back recently in bitter budget battles. As no enemies currently threatened, this was not a problem.
Regional delegate to the UN for the past 5 months, Indo Bain had helped create legislation that would repeal the oppressive mandatory metric system, which had been hampering development in the English-system based country for several years, with no signs of improvement. However, his efforts have apparently gone unnoticed, as the repeal is not imminent.
Indo Bain sighed. Another month behind him, and he needed to decide whether a thriving economy or a free people ought to be his goal. He turned and went back into his office to begin another day.
OOC: If you are not in the region of Tizmayar, please ignore this post, as we are trying to have a private RP session. Thanks! Guys in the region, this is your thread, so feel free to post here.
The very nature of Isvevia had changed under his watch, and he knew it. Founded as a refuge from other, more dominating states, The Free Land had prided itself on being the freest nation in existence. Slowly, due to a declining economy, this nature had changed as Isvevia came under increasing control of the industrialists and the capitalists. A devout capitalist himself, Indo Bain saw no problem with decreasing government regulations on business and allowing it to do as it would, however, political privileges had slowly been eroded away.
Voting had been made compulsory as numbers at the polls declined to new lows, but there may be reason to change that as people have mostly gotten the point of the importance of voting.
Militarily speaking, the nation was strong, though funding had been stripped back recently in bitter budget battles. As no enemies currently threatened, this was not a problem.
Regional delegate to the UN for the past 5 months, Indo Bain had helped create legislation that would repeal the oppressive mandatory metric system, which had been hampering development in the English-system based country for several years, with no signs of improvement. However, his efforts have apparently gone unnoticed, as the repeal is not imminent.
Indo Bain sighed. Another month behind him, and he needed to decide whether a thriving economy or a free people ought to be his goal. He turned and went back into his office to begin another day.
OOC: If you are not in the region of Tizmayar, please ignore this post, as we are trying to have a private RP session. Thanks! Guys in the region, this is your thread, so feel free to post here.