(TOP-Logo to go here once completed)
Kingdom Info
Capital City: Nova
Manifest Position: Everything South of Spawn (Current Border is at X: +600)
Total Member Citizens from all cities: 129
Number of Member Towns: 7
Member Towns: Nova (Capital), Artemis, Cliff Haven, Lothloria, Vanguard, Rens (Haven't got their Ring yet), Valhalla (Haven't got their Ring yet)
Current President: AussieDingbat
Current Vice President: Weynard
Official National Colours: White, Gold, Gray
Official TOP Flag:
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(smoothstone, cotton, and sand) for common flag
(smoothstone, iron, and gold) for fancy flag
The Laws and Policies of TOP:
* All standard server rules apply. Read them at Sanctum (/spawn)
* You will not grief, steal from, or attack another member of [TOP].
* Though each city operates its own independent government, all TOP Member Cities will be subject to the flag, rules, and policies of The Omniscience Project [TOP].
* New Member Cities, and would-be Member Cities must have their Mayor post their allegiance in this thread. Only his or her reply is necessary for a Member City to be considered on the roster.
* Mayors of member cities should be active and update their rosters regularly, so that this thread can remain updated.
* If a settlement does not have its rings but wishes to be a part of TOP it can be. However, if another Branch City of TOP has the necessary members and coins necessary to buy a ring, they may do so, even if it overlaps an existing unringed settlement, the mayor of the New Branch assumes control of that settlement, and the fate of it is up to the Branch Mayor. However, it is the policy of TOP to recommend peaceful integration of settlements rather than forced demolition, unless the place is an eyesore or a ghost town.
* In the event of a Mayor going AWOL from a City, TOP reserves the right to place a TEMPORARY Mayor in power for that Member City until such time as fair elections can be held to determine the new permanent Mayor. This temporary mayor may or may not be the second-in-charge of that city, depending on the situation. It is not TOP's desire to individually run each city, only to ensure each member city is adequately governed.
* Every TOP citizen must have a place of residence in Nova, the nation’s capital city.
[Note: This law is not yet enacted, due to the ongoing construction of Nova and zoning of lots, when the time comes for this law to be enacted, all TOP citizens will be given a reasonable amount of time to acquire a residence.]
*Please only sell your gold to a TOP Bank (A bank of one of our Member Cities), this will help the kingdom as a whole, however, this is not a Law, and will not be enforced just encouraged.
Presidency and the Council of TOP:
The Council of TOP is made up of the Mayors and Second in Commands of each TOP city, other TOP officials, previous Presidents and Vice Presidents, as well as Thetxlibra, who founded TOP and thus has a lifetime seat on the Council. The council will meet every now and then, to discuss what direction TOP should go in, as well as review Member City applications, trade and diplomatic relations with independent towns and other groups and kingdoms, and, in severe circumstances, declare war on another town or group.
Unlike Mayors, who remain in power until either a significant portion of their citizens’ want a change in government, or they step down, the President is a temporary position.
The President is decided by the citizens of TOP, with every citizen of a TOP member city being given the right to vote. The election system used is most often referred to as “first by the post”, i.e. the Person with the most votes becomes President, the president will then be able to select their Vice President.
As mentioned earlier, the Vice President will look after the day to day running of the Nation’s Capital, where as the President will look after TOP as a whole. The President has the emergency power to declare war on an aggressor against TOP or against a entity that we have a defence pact with (see below).
Presidents, and Vice Presidents, are elected for a term, being two weeks. At the end of these two weeks, an election is held to determine the next President and Vice President. A President can hold the office for two consecutive terms, but afterwards must wait at least one term before being able to run for the office again.
As far as game mechaniacs are concerned, the President is the Mayor of Nova, and the Vice President is the SIC. This is due to the fact that the "King" (Leader of the Kingdom, in this case it will be the leader of the TOP kingdom) is the mayor of the Kingdom's Capital (Nova).
If the President or Vice President were in another TOP position, (Town Mayor, SIC, Diplomate, etc) they will need to step down for the duration of their term.
The voting process will utilise the in game 'mail' system, with the candidates agreeing on a person who will count the votes. Then TOP citizens will have a 48 hour window in which to /sendmail to this person, regarding which candidate they will vote for. Voting is not compulsory, but is encouraged if you want to have a say in the future of TOP.
List of Presidents:
* thetxlibra 23/12/2010 - 1/1/2011
* AussieDingbat - 1/1/2011 -
Current Council of TOP:
* thetxlibra - Founder of TOP
* AussieDingbat - Current TOP President
* Weynard - Current TOP Vice President
* AlexDaParrot - Mayor of Artemis, Head of Transport (Oversees construction of TOP roads and minecart railways)
* MattMellander - Mayor of Cliff Haven
* Arclune - Mayor of Lothloria
* Terrafros - Mayor of Vanguard
* Akimoru - Planned Mayor of Rens
* mcempires - Planned Mayor of Valhalla
* ZELLIS - Current Head of the TOP Bank
* Suuungkim - Head TOP diplomate (Oversees the foundation of treaties between allies, and the drawing up of terms with enemies)
* MatTripp - SIC of the TOP Bank
* Impulsepaci - SIC of Artemis
* poleavt - SIC of Cliff Haven
* Torson - SIC of Vanguard
* Gabizou - Planned SIC of Rens
TOP Bank:
All Banks in TOP towns are, for all intents and purposes, TOP Branch Banks. The Bankers, Tellers and Price, are all still set by each town's Mayor, and they are encouraged to do whatever is necassary to convince people to sell their gold to their bank.
TOP Citizens are reminded that it is encouraged, not enforced, that they sell their gold to TOP Banks only, as the profit from these banks is transfered to the TOP treasury which funds the expansion of the Kingdom, purchase of Town Ring Upgrades, and the funding of new TOP Branch and member towns.
ZELLIS is the current head of the TOP Banks, and TOP town mayors/bankers should talk with him in game if you are unsure of anything related with banking in general or in relation to TOP.
In the future, when the citizen mod ability to tell what town someone is a member of works, we will be offering TOP citizens a better rate at TOP banks, the rate will be decided at a later date.
Current Pacts:
* KoE - Mutual Defence Pact: If they are attacked, and were not the instigators of it, TOP will declare war on KOE's attacker. And vice versa if we are attacked.
* Neverast - Mutual Defence Pact: Same as above
* Eplicia - Mutual Defence Pact: Same as above
Note: TOP mayors should only be at "Peace" (Allied) with towns that appear on this list, as well as all the other TOP towns, please make sure to check regularly that you are at peace with those you need to be.
Applying for your town/settlement to join TOP
Currently TOP offers to cover 50% of the initial and future ring costs for member settlements, settlements that pledge alliegence to TOP, becoming a TOP settlement, and their citizens becoming TOP citizens. Though this may increase to a higher percentage in the future.
In becoming a member settlement and eventually, a member town, all your citizens will become TOP citizens and recieve the benefits associated with that, though they will also be expected to obey the TOP laws outlined in this thread.
If this offer interests you and your planned/budding settlement/town, please reply to this thread with information about your own settlement/town (and if applicable, a link to your forum thread) and you will be contacted by AussieDingbat in game as soon as possible.
Currently, due to our treaty with KoE, we are only able to accept Settlements and Towns south of Sanctum (Positive X coordinate, preferably south of X:+600) at this point in time.
Kingdom Info
Capital City: Nova
Manifest Position: Everything South of Spawn (Current Border is at X: +600)
Total Member Citizens from all cities: 129
Number of Member Towns: 7
Member Towns: Nova (Capital), Artemis, Cliff Haven, Lothloria, Vanguard, Rens (Haven't got their Ring yet), Valhalla (Haven't got their Ring yet)
Current President: AussieDingbat
Current Vice President: Weynard
Official National Colours: White, Gold, Gray
Official TOP Flag:
(smoothstone, cotton, and sand) for common flag
(smoothstone, iron, and gold) for fancy flag
The Laws and Policies of TOP:
* All standard server rules apply. Read them at Sanctum (/spawn)
* You will not grief, steal from, or attack another member of [TOP].
* Though each city operates its own independent government, all TOP Member Cities will be subject to the flag, rules, and policies of The Omniscience Project [TOP].
* New Member Cities, and would-be Member Cities must have their Mayor post their allegiance in this thread. Only his or her reply is necessary for a Member City to be considered on the roster.
* Mayors of member cities should be active and update their rosters regularly, so that this thread can remain updated.
* If a settlement does not have its rings but wishes to be a part of TOP it can be. However, if another Branch City of TOP has the necessary members and coins necessary to buy a ring, they may do so, even if it overlaps an existing unringed settlement, the mayor of the New Branch assumes control of that settlement, and the fate of it is up to the Branch Mayor. However, it is the policy of TOP to recommend peaceful integration of settlements rather than forced demolition, unless the place is an eyesore or a ghost town.
* In the event of a Mayor going AWOL from a City, TOP reserves the right to place a TEMPORARY Mayor in power for that Member City until such time as fair elections can be held to determine the new permanent Mayor. This temporary mayor may or may not be the second-in-charge of that city, depending on the situation. It is not TOP's desire to individually run each city, only to ensure each member city is adequately governed.
* Every TOP citizen must have a place of residence in Nova, the nation’s capital city.
[Note: This law is not yet enacted, due to the ongoing construction of Nova and zoning of lots, when the time comes for this law to be enacted, all TOP citizens will be given a reasonable amount of time to acquire a residence.]
*Please only sell your gold to a TOP Bank (A bank of one of our Member Cities), this will help the kingdom as a whole, however, this is not a Law, and will not be enforced just encouraged.
Presidency and the Council of TOP:
The Council of TOP is made up of the Mayors and Second in Commands of each TOP city, other TOP officials, previous Presidents and Vice Presidents, as well as Thetxlibra, who founded TOP and thus has a lifetime seat on the Council. The council will meet every now and then, to discuss what direction TOP should go in, as well as review Member City applications, trade and diplomatic relations with independent towns and other groups and kingdoms, and, in severe circumstances, declare war on another town or group.
Unlike Mayors, who remain in power until either a significant portion of their citizens’ want a change in government, or they step down, the President is a temporary position.
The President is decided by the citizens of TOP, with every citizen of a TOP member city being given the right to vote. The election system used is most often referred to as “first by the post”, i.e. the Person with the most votes becomes President, the president will then be able to select their Vice President.
As mentioned earlier, the Vice President will look after the day to day running of the Nation’s Capital, where as the President will look after TOP as a whole. The President has the emergency power to declare war on an aggressor against TOP or against a entity that we have a defence pact with (see below).
Presidents, and Vice Presidents, are elected for a term, being two weeks. At the end of these two weeks, an election is held to determine the next President and Vice President. A President can hold the office for two consecutive terms, but afterwards must wait at least one term before being able to run for the office again.
As far as game mechaniacs are concerned, the President is the Mayor of Nova, and the Vice President is the SIC. This is due to the fact that the "King" (Leader of the Kingdom, in this case it will be the leader of the TOP kingdom) is the mayor of the Kingdom's Capital (Nova).
If the President or Vice President were in another TOP position, (Town Mayor, SIC, Diplomate, etc) they will need to step down for the duration of their term.
The voting process will utilise the in game 'mail' system, with the candidates agreeing on a person who will count the votes. Then TOP citizens will have a 48 hour window in which to /sendmail to this person, regarding which candidate they will vote for. Voting is not compulsory, but is encouraged if you want to have a say in the future of TOP.
List of Presidents:
* thetxlibra 23/12/2010 - 1/1/2011
* AussieDingbat - 1/1/2011 -
Current Council of TOP:
* thetxlibra - Founder of TOP
* AussieDingbat - Current TOP President
* Weynard - Current TOP Vice President
* AlexDaParrot - Mayor of Artemis, Head of Transport (Oversees construction of TOP roads and minecart railways)
* MattMellander - Mayor of Cliff Haven
* Arclune - Mayor of Lothloria
* Terrafros - Mayor of Vanguard
* Akimoru - Planned Mayor of Rens
* mcempires - Planned Mayor of Valhalla
* ZELLIS - Current Head of the TOP Bank
* Suuungkim - Head TOP diplomate (Oversees the foundation of treaties between allies, and the drawing up of terms with enemies)
* MatTripp - SIC of the TOP Bank
* Impulsepaci - SIC of Artemis
* poleavt - SIC of Cliff Haven
* Torson - SIC of Vanguard
* Gabizou - Planned SIC of Rens
TOP Bank:
All Banks in TOP towns are, for all intents and purposes, TOP Branch Banks. The Bankers, Tellers and Price, are all still set by each town's Mayor, and they are encouraged to do whatever is necassary to convince people to sell their gold to their bank.
TOP Citizens are reminded that it is encouraged, not enforced, that they sell their gold to TOP Banks only, as the profit from these banks is transfered to the TOP treasury which funds the expansion of the Kingdom, purchase of Town Ring Upgrades, and the funding of new TOP Branch and member towns.
ZELLIS is the current head of the TOP Banks, and TOP town mayors/bankers should talk with him in game if you are unsure of anything related with banking in general or in relation to TOP.
In the future, when the citizen mod ability to tell what town someone is a member of works, we will be offering TOP citizens a better rate at TOP banks, the rate will be decided at a later date.
Current Pacts:
* KoE - Mutual Defence Pact: If they are attacked, and were not the instigators of it, TOP will declare war on KOE's attacker. And vice versa if we are attacked.
* Neverast - Mutual Defence Pact: Same as above
* Eplicia - Mutual Defence Pact: Same as above
Note: TOP mayors should only be at "Peace" (Allied) with towns that appear on this list, as well as all the other TOP towns, please make sure to check regularly that you are at peace with those you need to be.
Applying for your town/settlement to join TOP
Currently TOP offers to cover 50% of the initial and future ring costs for member settlements, settlements that pledge alliegence to TOP, becoming a TOP settlement, and their citizens becoming TOP citizens. Though this may increase to a higher percentage in the future.
In becoming a member settlement and eventually, a member town, all your citizens will become TOP citizens and recieve the benefits associated with that, though they will also be expected to obey the TOP laws outlined in this thread.
If this offer interests you and your planned/budding settlement/town, please reply to this thread with information about your own settlement/town (and if applicable, a link to your forum thread) and you will be contacted by AussieDingbat in game as soon as possible.
Currently, due to our treaty with KoE, we are only able to accept Settlements and Towns south of Sanctum (Positive X coordinate, preferably south of X:+600) at this point in time.
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