The Federated Empire of Shenton (FES) is in crisis. Emperor Rowbotham III died, leaving no heir to the throne and now the Empire threatens to crumble into chaos and civil war.
An emergency council is called in the nation's capital involving the barons from the various provinces across the empire. A decision is made to run the empire under a small parliament until a new emperor can be found to reunite the provinces. Immediately the squabbling began. Who would stand on this new parliament, what new powers would they wield?
Eventually Speaker Chris Spaghetti stood in the hall of castle Shenton and made his voice heard:
"The Emperor is dead, gentlemen but the Empire isn't. Not yet anyway; but if we continue to let this hateful power vacuum remain then it will die of a thousand cuts. As you know, I was the Emperor's chief consul and I specialised in arcane and forgotten Imperial laws and edicts. There is a precedent for this situation, in the middle of the third era, Emperor Shakleton VIII was assassinated before he could bear an heir, each of the twenty provinces sent their baron to the castle to form an emergency parliament, the head of the ruling faction was then appointed Prime Minister who served until a suitable heir could be found.
I have the transcripts of the parliamentary sessions here and decree that a new parliament shall be assembled as follows:The game will be split into two 24 hour periods: Election and Legislation
During the Election period, the barons have to elect one of their number onto the Parliament. During Legislation, the parliament votes to give or take away powers to the special players in the game (more below)
~The Players~
Speaker - Plays the part of the Oracle
Barons
- Every player (except the Speaker) begins as a Baron, they cannot vote during legislation but can vote to elect someone other than themselves to parliament. They will be randomly assigned to one of three parties:
-Liberals
-Communists
-Conservatives
-*Independent
A baron wins if their party becomes the overall majority.
NOTE: IT IS AGAINST THE RULES TO PUBLICLY REVEAL YOUR PARTY!
*Independent - The independent may be allowed to form a coalition with the first of the 2 weaker parties to have all their members elected. Unlike other barons, the independent must be elected to be considered a winner.
MP
- An MP is a baron who serves on the parliament. During the 'legislation' period they can vote to:
-Allow/ban the press
-Arrest a baron (prevents a baron from voting for 1 turn)
-Knight/demote a baron
-Spy on a baron
Knight
- a baron with 2 votes in the election period. Is appointed by parliament or demoted back to being a normal baron again.
Press
- The press serves the role of the psychic except that their identity is known to all. During the Legislation period they can send the Speaker a PM and ask for information on any player. It is up to the press if they release the information - remember, the press can lie. The press can also be arrested.
Spy
- A spy is appointed by parliament secretly (if they vote to appoint a spy then the MPs have to send the speaker a PM saying who) the spy sends a pm asking about any baron, the information is not sent back to the spy but every MP
~Sign-up sheet~
The Barons of the (20) provinces of FES:
Baron Pseudonym of the County of Dussex
Baron Von Thork of the Barony of WestwodelandBaron de Supertails of the Province of MerikaLord Wilmore, baron of Wilmore County
Baron Parsifal of Unixshire - Press
Baron Franklin of MarychesterBaron von Pongo of the Isle of Silly
Colonel Gaydafi of the Free Barony of FinndonLord Dave, baron of Blokechester
Baron Hussein of the Rotton Borough of Saddamshire
Baron Wakka of Wakka
Baron von Vindictus of Vevoria
Baron Datsall of the County of Folkston
Baron Enigma of MystBaron Particle of PersonhamBaron Irush of SCoViSham
Baron Verrine of Vale Island
Baron Dann of Lynch CountyBaron Roundy of TruthineschesterBaron Beorn of Agencourt
~Winning Conditions~
You will be broken down as follows:
Conservatives - 7
Communists - 6
Liberals - 6
Independents - 1
The parliament shall consist of 13 MPs
To win, the conservatives must have all 7 members elected to parliament, giving them a majority. The Liberals and conservatives must have the Independant elected, plus be the first to have all 6 of their barons elected.
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Ok, today I'll be allocating you all your parties and roles. Day 1 will begin tomorrow at 1pm BST which will be a 24-hour election period when you'll elect your first MP. You won't know what party they belong to but remember, they will have total parliamentary control so they could decide all on their own to appoint their own spy, shut down the press etc so prepare your manifestos!
NOTE: When they are elected, their political colours will be revealed.
Current Parliament:Conservatives = 3
Communists = 3
Liberals = 2
Independants = 1
Last Elected:
Enigma (Lib)-Press is allowed
-No barrons have been arrested
- (1) barons have been knighted
-no spies have been appointed