imported_ViZion
20-11-2004, 00:51
OOC: I am just providing information, and no, I will not be making a poll for everyone to choose who my nations leader will be. I’ve always thought that was a stupid idea, but that’s just me…
IC:
In a few months, ViZionarians will be voting once again for their next President. We have some very strong contenders this time around, unlike the last election.
Elections in ViZion have always had high voter turnouts. However, this one is expected to have among the highest with the way ViZion has gone since President Maybury took office. The candidates and some information about them follow.
UPDATE: New candidate in the running.
President Maybury:
Party: Juris Naturalis
Main focuses: Education, humanitarian aid, ViZion first, economy, culture
Briefing: President Maybury is going to be making a run at his second term. When he was elected, he had preached that ViZion would stay out of other nations affairs unless genocide is committed. He also pledged the ending of all alliances, but endorsed trading and vacationing. Half way through his term, however, things changed, as ViZion began to get more and more involved in the International Scene. He looks to have ViZion get out of all alliances aside from the Coalition Forces Alliance, which is the region ViZion is in.
For: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, Equal Religious Rights, WMD's, Protecting the Environment
Against: Death Penalty, "Mercy Killing", Restricting Foreign Companies
Incumbent? Yes
Personal Information
Age: 61
Marrtal Status: Married to Diana Maybury, 60
Children? Yes - 25 year old boy, 31 year old girl
Religious? Yes; Catholic
Color/Race: White
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 6'2, 193 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 18
Gambling Age: 21
Smoking Age: 18
Drinking Age: 18
Driving Age: 16
Hiro “Chiefy the VI” Ando, VI
Party: Classical Libertarian (Not Liberal or Libertarian)
Main focuses: Building up strong and untangled alliances, education, ViZion first, economy, culture, military, environment
Briefing: A descendant of ViZion’s most population president, Hiro “Chiefy” Ando, he is known to be nearly exactly like Chiefy. He is outspoken, he is caring, but rather hard-nosed. Even so, he is known be to be very diplomatic, but if needed, he does not cower away from the use of force. He is also looking to improve upon ViZion’s already strong education system, while decreasing overall government spending by the billions. He plans to take away from the social welfare programs that are so widely abused by the government, as well as many immigrants. He plans to increase military spending.
For: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, Death Penalty, "Mercy Killing", Equal Religious Rights, WMD's, Protecting the Environment
Against: Restricting Foreign Companies
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 46
Marrtal Status: Married to Alexandia Ando, 44
Children? Yes - 18 year old boy, 17 year old girl, 17 year old boy
Religious? Yes; Christian
Color/Race: White, Japanese 50/50
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 5'11, 165 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 18
Gambling Age: 21
Smoking Age: 21
Drinking Age: 21
Driving Age: 16
Josh Mercur
Party: Democrat
Main focuses: Social welfare, education, alliances
Briefing: Considered the most likely to end up running for the democrats, Mercur wants to decrease spending on the military and economy, while putting more into the welfare program and expanding social rights. He does, however, want to restrict big business.
For: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, "Mercy Killing", Equal Religious Rights, Restricting Foreign Companies, Protecting the Environment
Against: Death Penalty, WMD's
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 50
Marrtal Status: Married to Jamie Mercur, 52
Children? Yes - 22 year old girl
Religious? Yes; Protestant
Color/Race: White
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 5'10, 180 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 16
Gambling Age: 16
Smoking Age: 16
Drinking Age: 16
Driving Age: 16
Kyle Maka
Party: Republican
Main focuses: Economy, military, alliances
Briefing: Known for being as far right as a republican can be, he wishes to take nearly all laws out to make big business flourish. He also plans to take money away from welfare and education, and placing that into the economy and military, while restricting social rights.
For: Death Penalty, WMD's, Protecting the Environment
Against: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, "Mercy Killing", Equal Religious Rights, Restricting Foreign Companies
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 44
Marrtal Status: Married to Alexandia Ando, 44
Children? Yes - 17 year old girl, 17 year old boy
Religious? Yes; Catholic
Color/Race: White
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 6'5, 201 lbs, blond hair, blue eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 21
Gambling Age: 21
Smoking Age: 21
Drinking Age: 21
Driving Age: 18
Rick “Bloody” Malibu
Party: Militaristic Opposition
Main focuses: Military, alliances
Briefing: Being one of the top generals in ViZion’s military, Rick “Bloody” Malibu is all for a militaristic nation. He plans to require all boys and girls at the age of 12 to enter into boot camp, and all citizens over the age of 16, once they exit boot camp, will be in the armed forces until they are 35. He plans to cut back on nearly everything except the economy, which he wants to boom to bring money in, so ViZion can become an imperialistic military power.
For: Death Penalty, WMD's, Restricting Foreign Companies
Against: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, "Mercy Killing", Equal Religious Rights, Protecting the Environment
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 49
Marrtal Status: Married to Alexandia Malibu, 44; Married to Sandy Malibu, 43
Children? Yes - 18 year old boy, 17 year old girl, 17 year old boy, 12 year old girl
Religious? No
Color/Race: White, Black 50/50
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 6'9, 280 lbs, dark brown hair, brown eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 18
Gambling Age: 16
Smoking Age: 16
Drinking Age: 16
Driving Age: 16
Joe Munson
Party: Isolationist
Main focuses: Isolationism
Briefing: Mr. Munson looks forward to turning ViZion into an isolationist nation, cutting the military size by 95%, cutting all ties with all nations, and refusing to allow the citizens to travel outside of its borders.
For: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, "Mercy Killing", WMD's, Restricting Foreign Companies, Protecting the Environment
Against: Death Penalty, Equal Religious Rights
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 70
Marrtal Status: Not married
Children? None
Religious? No
Color/Race: Hispanic
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 6'1, 190 lbs, black hair, brown eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 18
Gambling Age: 16
Smoking Age: 16
Drinking Age: 16
Driving Age: 16
Conrad Milkis
Party: Dictator Opposition Party
Main focuses: Restricting rights, military
Briefing: He looks forward to a day in which he will be supreme ruler of ViZion. He also looks forward to a day in which no one can, or would dare to, raise a finger at him. He looks forward to turning ViZion into a modern day Roman Empire.
For: Death Penalty, WMD's, Restricting Foreign Companies
Against: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, "Mercy Killing", Equal Religious Rights, Protecting the Environment
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 40
Marrtal Status: Married to Linda Milkis, 38
Children? Yes - 16 year old boy, 15 year old girl
Religious? No
Color/Race: White
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 5'4, 210 lbs, sandy blond hair, brown eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 18
Gambling Age: 16
Smoking Age: 16
Drinking Age: 16
Driving Age: 16
Rich Villone
Party: Moderate
Main focuses: Military
Briefing: The ex-President who was in office before Mr. Maybury was not among the most popular men of his time. None the less, he did what some would say was a very good job in war.
For: Death Penalty, Equal Religious Rights, WMD's, Restricting Foreign Companies, Protecting the Environment
Against: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, "Mercy Killing"
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 56
Marrtal Status: Divorced
Children? Yes - 21 year old boy
Religious? Yes; Not given
Color/Race: White, hispanic
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 6'4, 200 lbs, dark brown hair, brown eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 18
Gambling Age: 21
Smoking Age: 21
Drinking Age: 16
Driving Age: 16
Takahisa Sato
Party: Shogun Order
Main focuses: Military, ViZionarian Pride and Honor
Briefing: Takahisa Sato wishes to turn ViZion into a pre-mideival Japan, with the Shogun and all. He believes in honor to the family and the country, and wants to have ViZion go by the same morals, values, and guidelines of the Japan of old.
For: Death Penalty, "Honorable Death", WMD's, Restricting Foreign Companies, Protecting the Environment, "Mercy Killing"
Against: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, Equal Religious Rights
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 74
Marrtal Status: Divorced
Children? Yes - 31 year old boy, 38 year old boy, 40 year old boy, 41 year old girl
Religious? Yes; Not given
Color/Race: Japanese
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 5'4, 155 lbs, black hair, brown eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 18
Gambling Age: 21
Smoking Age: 16
Drinking Age: 12
Driving Age: 18
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
First Political Debate Answers! (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=374889)
First VNB Int'l Poll Results (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=375716&page=1&pp=15)
IC:
In a few months, ViZionarians will be voting once again for their next President. We have some very strong contenders this time around, unlike the last election.
Elections in ViZion have always had high voter turnouts. However, this one is expected to have among the highest with the way ViZion has gone since President Maybury took office. The candidates and some information about them follow.
UPDATE: New candidate in the running.
President Maybury:
Party: Juris Naturalis
Main focuses: Education, humanitarian aid, ViZion first, economy, culture
Briefing: President Maybury is going to be making a run at his second term. When he was elected, he had preached that ViZion would stay out of other nations affairs unless genocide is committed. He also pledged the ending of all alliances, but endorsed trading and vacationing. Half way through his term, however, things changed, as ViZion began to get more and more involved in the International Scene. He looks to have ViZion get out of all alliances aside from the Coalition Forces Alliance, which is the region ViZion is in.
For: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, Equal Religious Rights, WMD's, Protecting the Environment
Against: Death Penalty, "Mercy Killing", Restricting Foreign Companies
Incumbent? Yes
Personal Information
Age: 61
Marrtal Status: Married to Diana Maybury, 60
Children? Yes - 25 year old boy, 31 year old girl
Religious? Yes; Catholic
Color/Race: White
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 6'2, 193 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 18
Gambling Age: 21
Smoking Age: 18
Drinking Age: 18
Driving Age: 16
Hiro “Chiefy the VI” Ando, VI
Party: Classical Libertarian (Not Liberal or Libertarian)
Main focuses: Building up strong and untangled alliances, education, ViZion first, economy, culture, military, environment
Briefing: A descendant of ViZion’s most population president, Hiro “Chiefy” Ando, he is known to be nearly exactly like Chiefy. He is outspoken, he is caring, but rather hard-nosed. Even so, he is known be to be very diplomatic, but if needed, he does not cower away from the use of force. He is also looking to improve upon ViZion’s already strong education system, while decreasing overall government spending by the billions. He plans to take away from the social welfare programs that are so widely abused by the government, as well as many immigrants. He plans to increase military spending.
For: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, Death Penalty, "Mercy Killing", Equal Religious Rights, WMD's, Protecting the Environment
Against: Restricting Foreign Companies
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 46
Marrtal Status: Married to Alexandia Ando, 44
Children? Yes - 18 year old boy, 17 year old girl, 17 year old boy
Religious? Yes; Christian
Color/Race: White, Japanese 50/50
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 5'11, 165 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 18
Gambling Age: 21
Smoking Age: 21
Drinking Age: 21
Driving Age: 16
Josh Mercur
Party: Democrat
Main focuses: Social welfare, education, alliances
Briefing: Considered the most likely to end up running for the democrats, Mercur wants to decrease spending on the military and economy, while putting more into the welfare program and expanding social rights. He does, however, want to restrict big business.
For: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, "Mercy Killing", Equal Religious Rights, Restricting Foreign Companies, Protecting the Environment
Against: Death Penalty, WMD's
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 50
Marrtal Status: Married to Jamie Mercur, 52
Children? Yes - 22 year old girl
Religious? Yes; Protestant
Color/Race: White
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 5'10, 180 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 16
Gambling Age: 16
Smoking Age: 16
Drinking Age: 16
Driving Age: 16
Kyle Maka
Party: Republican
Main focuses: Economy, military, alliances
Briefing: Known for being as far right as a republican can be, he wishes to take nearly all laws out to make big business flourish. He also plans to take money away from welfare and education, and placing that into the economy and military, while restricting social rights.
For: Death Penalty, WMD's, Protecting the Environment
Against: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, "Mercy Killing", Equal Religious Rights, Restricting Foreign Companies
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 44
Marrtal Status: Married to Alexandia Ando, 44
Children? Yes - 17 year old girl, 17 year old boy
Religious? Yes; Catholic
Color/Race: White
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 6'5, 201 lbs, blond hair, blue eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 21
Gambling Age: 21
Smoking Age: 21
Drinking Age: 21
Driving Age: 18
Rick “Bloody” Malibu
Party: Militaristic Opposition
Main focuses: Military, alliances
Briefing: Being one of the top generals in ViZion’s military, Rick “Bloody” Malibu is all for a militaristic nation. He plans to require all boys and girls at the age of 12 to enter into boot camp, and all citizens over the age of 16, once they exit boot camp, will be in the armed forces until they are 35. He plans to cut back on nearly everything except the economy, which he wants to boom to bring money in, so ViZion can become an imperialistic military power.
For: Death Penalty, WMD's, Restricting Foreign Companies
Against: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, "Mercy Killing", Equal Religious Rights, Protecting the Environment
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 49
Marrtal Status: Married to Alexandia Malibu, 44; Married to Sandy Malibu, 43
Children? Yes - 18 year old boy, 17 year old girl, 17 year old boy, 12 year old girl
Religious? No
Color/Race: White, Black 50/50
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 6'9, 280 lbs, dark brown hair, brown eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 18
Gambling Age: 16
Smoking Age: 16
Drinking Age: 16
Driving Age: 16
Joe Munson
Party: Isolationist
Main focuses: Isolationism
Briefing: Mr. Munson looks forward to turning ViZion into an isolationist nation, cutting the military size by 95%, cutting all ties with all nations, and refusing to allow the citizens to travel outside of its borders.
For: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, "Mercy Killing", WMD's, Restricting Foreign Companies, Protecting the Environment
Against: Death Penalty, Equal Religious Rights
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 70
Marrtal Status: Not married
Children? None
Religious? No
Color/Race: Hispanic
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 6'1, 190 lbs, black hair, brown eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 18
Gambling Age: 16
Smoking Age: 16
Drinking Age: 16
Driving Age: 16
Conrad Milkis
Party: Dictator Opposition Party
Main focuses: Restricting rights, military
Briefing: He looks forward to a day in which he will be supreme ruler of ViZion. He also looks forward to a day in which no one can, or would dare to, raise a finger at him. He looks forward to turning ViZion into a modern day Roman Empire.
For: Death Penalty, WMD's, Restricting Foreign Companies
Against: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, "Mercy Killing", Equal Religious Rights, Protecting the Environment
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 40
Marrtal Status: Married to Linda Milkis, 38
Children? Yes - 16 year old boy, 15 year old girl
Religious? No
Color/Race: White
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 5'4, 210 lbs, sandy blond hair, brown eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 18
Gambling Age: 16
Smoking Age: 16
Drinking Age: 16
Driving Age: 16
Rich Villone
Party: Moderate
Main focuses: Military
Briefing: The ex-President who was in office before Mr. Maybury was not among the most popular men of his time. None the less, he did what some would say was a very good job in war.
For: Death Penalty, Equal Religious Rights, WMD's, Restricting Foreign Companies, Protecting the Environment
Against: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, "Mercy Killing"
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 56
Marrtal Status: Divorced
Children? Yes - 21 year old boy
Religious? Yes; Not given
Color/Race: White, hispanic
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 6'4, 200 lbs, dark brown hair, brown eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 18
Gambling Age: 21
Smoking Age: 21
Drinking Age: 16
Driving Age: 16
Takahisa Sato
Party: Shogun Order
Main focuses: Military, ViZionarian Pride and Honor
Briefing: Takahisa Sato wishes to turn ViZion into a pre-mideival Japan, with the Shogun and all. He believes in honor to the family and the country, and wants to have ViZion go by the same morals, values, and guidelines of the Japan of old.
For: Death Penalty, "Honorable Death", WMD's, Restricting Foreign Companies, Protecting the Environment, "Mercy Killing"
Against: Same Sex Marraige, Abortion, Equal Religious Rights
Incumbent? No
Personal Information
Age: 74
Marrtal Status: Divorced
Children? Yes - 31 year old boy, 38 year old boy, 40 year old boy, 41 year old girl
Religious? Yes; Not given
Color/Race: Japanese
Sex: Male
Physical Stats: 5'4, 155 lbs, black hair, brown eyes
Additional Views:
Voting Age: 18
Gambling Age: 21
Smoking Age: 16
Drinking Age: 12
Driving Age: 18
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
First Political Debate Answers! (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=374889)
First VNB Int'l Poll Results (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=375716&page=1&pp=15)