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| GA Proposal Categories; All proposals must fit one of these categories, don't forget to include strength or area of effect. | |
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General Assembly Proposal Categories There seems to be some confusion as to what the existing WA proposal categories do, so I'll try to describe them in more detail here. Note that any reference to "government" refers to the governments of WA member nations, not the WA itself. References to "Personal" and "Civil" Freedoms are identical and completely interchangeable. Environmental - A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry. Example: GA#63 – Protection of Outer Space Act Precisely what it sounds like. Any Environmental resolution will cause a hit to your industries while improving the environment. Any proposal written for this category should preferably talk about industry having to somehow pay for environmental improvements. Of course, this could be abstracted by saying that the government taxes industry more to implement an environmental plan of some kind. Environmental resolutions affect one of the following Industry Areas: Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchipping [EDIT 17/02/2014] Automotive, Mining, Logging, the new areas of Manufacturing, Agriculture or Fishing, or All Businesses. Human Rights - A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights. Examples - Mild: GA#6 - Humanitarian Transport Significant: GA#15 – Freedom of Marriage Act Strong: GA#4 – Restrictions on Child Labor Moral Decency - A resolution to restrict civil freedoms in the interest of moral decency. Examples - Mild: GA#136 - Convention on Wartime Deceased These are exactly opposed types of resolutions and affect Civil Freedoms. "Human Rights" increases these freedoms while "Moral Decency" reduces them. Remember that these freedoms primarily discuss the domestic Civil policies of WA member nations; Shall the WA require its members to exert more or less control over the personal aspects of the lives of their citizens/subjects? If it's an issue about how you choose to live your life (or if you have a choice), then it's Civil Freedoms. Total Personal/Civil Freedoms are one of the components of Anarchy. Zero Civil Freedoms are Totalitarian regimes. "Mild" versions of either category will push nations in a particular direction, but only as far as the centre. Stronger versions will push nations towards a more extreme end of the spectrum. Free Trade - A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce. Examples - Mild: GA#34 – International Transport Safety Significant: GA#70 – International Competition Law Strong: GA#68 – National Economic Freedoms Social Justice - A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare. Examples - Mild: GA#44 – Reduction of Abortion Act Significant: GA#21 – Living Wage Act Strong: GA#52 – Food Welfare Act These are almost exactly opposed types of resolutions. Both affect Economic freedoms. "Free Trade" increases Economic freedoms while "Social Justice" reduces Economic freedoms. In addition, "Social Justice" also increases government spending on welfare and healthcare (though "Free Trade" does not have an opposite effect). Economic freedoms primarily discuss how much regulation there is on business/industry or how much government spending goes to helping poor/sick people. Total Economic freedom is Laissez-faire Capitalism. Zero Economic freedom is a completely government-controlled economy. Creating a Food and Drug Administration in all WA member nations, or creating a Securities and Exchange Commission in all WA member nations is imposing a mild form of Economic control, and therefore a mild reduction of Economic freedoms; you're imposing restrictions on what businesses and industries may do and you're moving away from a completely-uncontrolled Laissez-faire system. In terms of Economic Freedoms, "Mild" versions of either category will push nations in a particular direction, but only as far as the centre. Stronger versions will push nations towards a more extreme end of the spectrum. With regard to the Social Justice category and the three strengths, when determining whether or not your policy is mild, strong or significant ask yourself, are you covering general welfare, or are you including healthcare: [violet] wrote: Glen-Rhodes wrote: You're better positioned to know if Social Justice actually increases healthcare. If it doesn't, then I withdraw my complaint. But if it does, then I think this discussion is only talking about one side of the solution. It does, but only if the strength of the resolution is "significant" or "strong", not "mild." The Furtherment of Democracy - A resolution to increase democratic freedoms. Examples - Mild: GA#17 – WA General Fund Significant: GA#22 – Diplomat Protection Act Strong: GA#27 – Freedom of Assembly Political Stability - A resolution to restrict political freedoms in the interest of law and order. Examples: - Mild: GA#2 – Rights and Duties of WA States These are exactly opposed types of resolutions and affect Political Freedoms. "The Furtherment of Democracy" increases these freedoms while "Political Stability" reduces them. Remember that these freedoms primarily discuss the domestic Political policies of WA member nations; Shall the WA require its members to grant more or less say in the operations of their government? Who makes the decisions? Whether or not you even get to vote on anything (or anyone) is a Political Freedoms issue. Total Political Freedoms represent something akin to pure democracies, where every single citizen has a direct vote in every single matter. Zero Political Freedoms means that the citizens (or subjects, or slaves) have no say in the operations of government whatsoever. Imposing regulation on campaign finances is a mild form of reducing Political Freedoms. "Mild" versions of either category will push nations in a particular direction, but only as far as the center. Stronger versions will push nations towards a more extreme end of the spectrum. Gun Control - A resolution to tighten or relax gun control laws. Remember that Personal/Civil Freedoms have subcategories. (Actually, Economic and Political Freedoms also have subcategories, but it's Civil that concerns us here.) "Human Rights" and "Moral Decency" affect the overall government control on the personal lives of citizens. "Gun Control" affects the degree of freedom regarding the private possession and use of firearms. "Tighten" increases government regulation on the private use of firearms while "Relax" reduces these regulations. This proposal category discusses ONLY the private, personal possession of firearms, and does NOT address the use of guns by agents of the government (the police and military). If you want to talk about police or military weaponry, then use either "Global Disarmament" or "International Security". International Security - A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets. Examples - Mild: GA#10 – Nuclear Arms Possession Act Significant: GA#20 – Suppress International Piracy Strong: GA#53 – Epidemic Response Act Global Disarmament - A resolution to slash worldwide military spending. Examples - Mild: GA#121 – Medical Facilities Protection Significant: GA#40 – The Landmine Convention Precisely what it sounds like. "International Security" increases government spending on the police and military while "Global Disarmament" reduces government spending on the police and military. Both resolutions affect the military more than they do the police, but they do affect both. These categories can cover any kind of weaponry used by a nation's police or military: including, but not limited to, conventional, nuclear, biological, chemical, space-based, and non-lethal. Do not use these categories to establish a WA military force. These are resolutions to change the level of national government spending. The WA cannot maintain its own standing military under any circumstances. Gambling - A resolution to legalize or outlaw gambling. Precisely what it sounds like. "Outlaw" will ban gambling (and eliminate the gambling industry) in all WA member nations while "Legalize" will allow gambling in all WA member nations. The "Outlaw" subcategory cannot be used to implement age restrictions, or partially restrict the activity. Partial restrictions don't outlaw the practice; partial bans belong in Moral Decency. Recreational Drug Use - A resolution to ban, legalize, or encourage recreational drugs. Example - Decision Legalize: GA#124 – Essential Medication Act Precisely what it sounds like. "Outlaw" will impose a drug ban, "Legalize" and "Promote" will remove drug bans. They also have effects on the "Drugs" subcategory of Civil Freedoms; "Outlaw" will instantly impose total government control on drugs, "Legalize" will relax government control on drugs, and "Promote" will impose zero government control on drugs. "Promote" will also increase overall Civil Freedoms, but will not push it past the centre. Advancement of Industry - A resolution to develop industry around the world. This is a wide-ranging pro-business Category that more accurately reflects the power of corporations in Jennifer Government. Don't know why Max didn't give us more like this when he created the game. Guess he's an old softy. Area of Effect First choice is Environmental Deregulation. Rather than devoting the whole proposal category to reverse the effects of "Environment', we've chosen a middle ground of 'all business'. Second, Labor Deregulation. This one is going to benefit corporations at the expense of the worker. Surprise! Third, Protective Tariffs. This opposes international 'Free Trade' by adding protectionism for national industry. Example - GA#118 – Ethics in International Trade Fourth, Tort Reform. Removes legal barriers from anti-corporate litigation, reducing government interference in business. Guess who takes the hit when industry wins? Example - GA#106 – Assitance Givers Protection Education and Creativity - A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts. Area of Effect Artistic is just what you'd expect - government funding for the Arts. No more trying to sneak it in under human rights. Example - GA#61 – WA Copyright Charter Educational - finally something for all you "Free Education" lovers. Of course, nothing is truly free, as you'll quickly discover. Example - GA#48 – Access to Science in Schools Cultural Heritage is another of those lovely amorphous categories that lets you do those wonderful meaningless things the RL UN loves so much. For a small fee, of course. Example - GA#72 – Cultural Heritage Protection Free Press allows the ultimate expression of your new-found educational and creative rights. Be careful what you wish for, though ... Example - GA#89 – Internet Net Neutrality Act Health -- A resolution to modify universal standards of healthcare. Most of these will improve nations' health at government expense. Industry backs health and medical research to gain economic freedom, but Bioethics sets limits on how far you can go. Area of Effect Healthcare: If universal health care has always been your Great White Whale, you may be able to persuade others to join the hunt. But for those with simpler ambitions, it's about governments coughing up funds to improve the health and general wellness of their people. Examples to come International Aid: Well, of course we want all the wealthier member governments to spend their money on poor sick foreigners ... and their citizens will gladly support that, won't they? Examples to come Research: The clever countries are letting altruistic Industry fund it so they don't have to. Public and private research and the study of health and medicine will benefit. Nothing could possibly go wrong. Examples to come Bioethics: Just because one or two silly little epidemics might possibly happen somewhere unimportant, people are being scared into putting the brakes on Science! You say it's setting ethical international standards for healthcare and research. I say it's the free individual being hogtied by the nanny state! Examples to come Getting Additional Help As extensive as these explanations are, sometimes there are things that still aren't clear and you need additional help. Ask your fellow players for advice. When drafting a WA proposal, do it on a word processor on your own computer. Then, post the draft as a new topic here in the "World Assembly" forum and ask for advice. Hopefully, experienced players will come along and point out anything in your draft proposal that violates NationStates rules and needs to be changed. Moderators are not always available to answer questions on draft proposals, so experienced players are the next best thing. This is essentially a peer review process. Do not underestimate the value of informal peer reviews. When you submit a proposal to the WA, you certify that you understand the proposal rules and that you are subject to Moderator action if the proposal is deemed to be in violation. "I didn't know" or "I didn't understand" is not an acceptable excuse. If your nation gets thrown out of the WA, then that's permanent. In that case, you'll have to start over with a new nation if you want to continue participating in the WA. Get help before you get in trouble. |
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