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Citizen #33:
James O'Neill | Introduction
I should address a few things so that everyone kind of understands where I am coming from here. I have a few biases and thoughts here that will help to put all of this in perspective. And I know that not everyone will feel the same.
Talossa's land claims are something that I do not hold a lot of stock in. Unless Talossa is going to make a concentrated drive to get all of the Americans in the parts of Milwaukee that we "claim" to become Talossans then this is something that is holding us back. I do not see that we would be so brazen as to make an attempt like that. I realize that this is fundamental to the formation of Talossa, its history and traditions, but I feel that it is holding us back.
<gets ready to dodge the pitchforks and torches
We should say screw the Montevideo Convention's requirement of land and embrace that we are an Ephemeral State and one day, when the time is right, challenge it. Most likely it will not be in our lifetimes, but maybe someday.
I also believe that Talossa can be a shining example of what nations should strive to be. We can set a wonderful example for the rest of the world to take notice of. We should not be afraid to challange tradition to find and embrace a new and more efficient lifestyle and laws. Forward into the future without fear!
Response
> 1. Calendar Reform. Talossa does not exist in a vaccuum, but inside the borders of USA. Most of the nation's dealings are with the huge neighbour that surrounds us. Suddenly shifting to a different calendar system than the USA (and the rest of the world) would be hugely impractical. I am dead set against this proposal.
I am curious what dealings has the Republic of Talossa had with the United States?
I fully understand that Talossa is not in a vacuum. I am hoping you can see the advantage of this type of calendar. What we do as a country has basically nothing to do with the US or any other country. It does not and will not effect them at all. This is really practical if we embrace our status as a Ephemeral Nation. There are definite advantages to the International Fixed Calendar and adopting it will simplify the lives of Talossans who follow it. We will have to keep the Gregorian Calendar as a secondary calendar because that is what the rest of the world uses and ensure that there is an effective and clear translation to and from each. In the unlikely event that we do interact with another country or business the process will be quite simple. If we correspond with a nation that has a different language, units of measurement, time, or calendar then we will do what the rest of the world does - tanslate. We are not even reinventing the wheel. We would be using an already created and, in my opinion, superior wheel.
> 3. Provincial Assignment Reformation. You write: "The current Provincial Assignments as stated by Title II Section 5 of the Federal Code is very US-centric and I am pretty sure that this is a result from the old, traditional days of the Kingdom of Talossa when a intelligent young man could not see that his micro-nation could truly span the world."
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> This isn't correct. First, Talossa doesn't span the world, our borders are well-defined. Our nation is in Wisconsin, nowhere else. We do have citizens world-wide, but that's a completely different thing. Second, the provincial assignment scheme has been worked out based on historical trends, to give the provinces a roughly equal amount of citizens. Most of our citizens have been from North America, and most likely it will stay that way. Since Talossa is a North American country, this is no bad thing. Your example would, for instance, doom Maritiimi and Maricopa to having no citizens at all, and swell Florencia to have half of the nation's citizens. I am dead set against this proposal.
You have a good point there. The intro to this post really applies to this subject. My example is a very rough and needs a lot of work. Something to think about...
> 5. Standardizing Time. You write: "I recommend that we select one time zone as the offical time zone for the (federal) 'Government' of the Republic of Talossa."
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> Er, we already have one. Talossa does not exist in a vaccuum, but inside the borders of USA. Talossa is a North American country, situated in Wisconsin. We must use the same time zone as Wisconsin. You can't seriously suggest that it should be 6 PM in Talossa while all the Cestours have their lunch breaks? That we should let Noon happen at the break of dawn in Talossa?
As far as I have read in National Register, this is not codified. I have no idea what Talossan Standard Time is. =( I kind of assume that it is US Central Standard Time, but I am not really sure. It would make sense if that is what it is; we should set it down in our laws.
Txec Ereufighleu
Secretary of State A one man stampede towards an opportunity to be chivalrous. MJBIII
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