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MY PROPOSAL TO BECOME KING OF THE FREE KINGDOM CLICK MY SIG ↓
I made a youtube video for those who wish not to read
Greetings My Name is Todd AKA ToddyBearZ and I am pleased to annouce my bid to be a canidate for Monarch of the free kingdom that I will name Kingdom of URSAKO (ER-SAH-KO) I am a late comer to campaign to become monarch but I feel we still have time to make an impact in this race. a little bit about myself I am 25 and have been a gamer ever since I could remember. I am also just starting out on youtube and twitch and am very excited with how things have been shaping up with that. I have been interested in CoE ever since it was announced on kickstarter but I did not pledge til June 2016.
I have broken down the kingdom into sections primary objectives, taxes, law and government, military and forign affairs, infastructure, citizens rights
Lets start with goals that I have for the kingdom. I have three primary objectives that I will explain in further detail Technology Trading and Expansion.
I would like our kingdom to be a leader of technology for example I would want us to discover how to build ships quickly. ships are quite technical to learn how to craft but I feel the reward of being able to sail across the land to travel and discover new resources is invaluable. I also believe a strong navy to help secure us is a great thing.
Trading is a valuable way to bring profits to our kingdom, not just inner kingdom trading but trading with other kingdoms as well. I will ensure that we have a wide selection of products for everyone.
To be clear this is not a pledge of war, but rather devloping unsettled lands to expand our kingdom. unsettled lands will be explored outside our kingdom then built into things that benefit the whole kingdom like farms.
As we are awear this campaign is not just about becoming king or queen, but also dukes/duchess and counts/countess, I propose that we come together in support of all the winners in this campaign by including the royals and courtiers as a part of our government. I think I may have found a way that could please everyone. The way it would work is that we would enact a council of dukes/duchess and a council of counts/countess. Counts/countess will endure the resposibility of hearing from their barons and discussing with them laws they wish to enact. In a monthly event counts/countess would propose these laws they wish to enact. These laws they wish to pass would then be debated on by all the counts/countess. They would then proceed to a vote, if the vote passes with 51% of the vote it would then proceed to the council of dukes/duchess. The council of dukes/duchess will examine this law and debate on it as well. If the council of dukes/duchess vote against this law in a majority the law will not be passed. If the council of dukes/duchess see things that they could add to the law as ammendments and vote on it, it would then be presented back to the council of counts/countess. They would vote on the newly ammended law that the dukes/duchess propose. If this new vote passed with majority from the counicl of counts/countess I as acting king will sign it into law. This would also be the case if the council of dukes/duchess agreed on the original law recieved by the council of counts/countess.
Basic laws will already be in place for the kingdom. For example criminals will obviously be punished through a jail sentence...however that jail sentence can be debated and voted on.
In a society it is important for everyone to have a voice and sometimes direct action is needed that cant wait through the process of law enactment. So I would like to enact a high court system once a week, we shall hold this court for commoners to discuss immediate problems. For example if there is bandits pillaging a village, a commoner can propose more military patrols to defend that village. The commoner would be making their case directly to the king where I will grant the request or deny it depending on my own ruling. These are once again for immediate problems only.
Royalty can reach the king at anytime outside the royal court for immediate issues within their land and recieve a personal royal court ruling.
Taxes are a difficult thing to discuss...I am sure if I said no taxes I would get more support however that is unrealistic. A kingdom unfortunately needs taxes to run like a well oiled machine. When we learn more information on just how much a kingdoms upkeep will be. We will discuss tax policy, but I shall promise to do my best to keep it minimal, and fair for the rich and poor including myself I shall indeed pay my fair share in taxes as well.
One thing I can for sure say about taxes is that I would like to do a tax cut for merchants that seek to setup shop within our kingdom. I am not sure about the rate of the cut but if a merchant agrees to sell within our kingdom and offer discounted items to us I shall reward that merchant with a tax cut. This would ensure merchants of all kinds will reside in our kingdom due to a lower tax rate to run their store. This ties into my trading objective.
Military strength is important for any society we need to be able to protect ourselves to those who seek to take advantage. I will ensure that we are a well protected society, it does not mean we wont be neighbourly with other kingdoms though. However without a military to protect ourselves we risk being under attack!
As I just started other kingdoms we shall treat neighbourly! focusing efforts on a trade pacts with other kingdoms, and being as peaceful as possible solving conflict through negotionations is my ideal vision!
For the benefit of everyone I would enjoy having tax money go into the community so we can thrive as a society. For example an idea that I had was to establish a training academy so that masters could pass skills down to students who seek to learn more in that craft. In further detail if you were a master chef I would like to contribute tax money for your time to train someone who would be interested in learning to become a chef. This helps in two ways it creates jobs for masters of craft and then creates a free or low cost education for those interested in learning new skills. This provides oppoutunity for everyone as well as creating a safe enviorment since this would be a goverment program.
For our kingdom I would like to have citizens be protected with rights, more rights can be added through our law system but these are three that I think are very important.
As acting king I decree that we have the right to freedom of religion, no one shall feel outcast or put aside due to their own personal belifes if necessary we will create settlements to accomodate all religions. Also included will be those who believe in no religion.
whatever career a citizen may desire to be. If you are uninterested in being a soldier for example and wish to be a merchant so be it. However should we need more military we might offer benefits to fill those positions, a tax credit or free housing for military as well as other benefits in this example.
Magic is not something to be afraid of, but rather celebrated, If a citizen within our kingdom is a mage or a forigner mage who wishes to join our kingdom, they will be welcome. Mages provide a great deal of knowledge and power that will be benefital for the kingdom. I as king will allow mages to pursue magic within the kingdom, mages will also have oppourtunitys to becoming advisers to royality within the kingdom, I shall also provide them resources needed to train citizens within the ways of magic to those interested.
If granted the privelage of being king I will ensure we have proper space on the web for us to connect. I will host a website for the kingdom and post youtube and twitter updates about the kingdom. I will also get a logo drawn up to make us an official kingdom.
I humbly thank you for reading my proposal and thank you for the oppourtunity to run as a king and appreciate any support that I get. This is a rough draft of my vision if I was elected king, obviously more details to come so if you have questions I am available as well as interviews anytime by going to my discord you can also leave feedback and questions in this thread
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Hello there, what is your stance on the current candidates running?
Well written, Impressive length. Well chosen art. Good stuff and high energy output. I like the cut of yer jib.
I'm already pledged to a campaign but whatever happens post Jan 1st you seem like a quality fella. Good luck and hopefully we can talk either before or after such a fateful day.
Posted By Maulvorn at 1:54 PM - Fri Dec 08 2017
Hello there, what is your stance on the current candidates running?
Well I have only viewed candidates in the long posting category since I consider myself in there. Some put me off rather quickly for example CheshireGuevara in his opening statement declares war against all other candidates...that seems rather aggressive, but he furthers goes into a hostile tone which could backfire for him in the future... If the dukes/duchess who win this contest are left with a sour taste from his statements they could easily band together to take his throne, I feel like it wouldn't take much convincing at all to replace him.
A favorite of mine in the list of candidates is The Concierge he has a similar governing role by including the winning dukes and counts from this contest as apart of making the laws.
Then I think we have one of the popular candidates VioletWinterborne, her entire thread is decorated so pretty puts mine to shame. She seems well qualified and liked so I can see why she has a big backing. I would not be displeased if I lost to her either.
Posted By Flawliss at 2:00 PM - Fri Dec 08 2017
Well written, Impressive length. Well chosen art. Good stuff and high energy output. I like the cut of yer jib.
I'm already pledged to a campaign but whatever happens post Jan 1st you seem like a quality fella. Good luck and hopefully we can talk either before or after such a fateful day.
I appreciate the high praise, and figured I am a little late to the party but we shall see what happens! Thanks again for wishing me good luck! looking forward to building relations and chating with you
MY PROPOSAL TO BECOME KING OF THE FREE KINGDOM CLICK MY SIG ↓