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You are a citizen in a fictional state. You have the right to vote on policies that you find interesting or relevant. You have the right to create new policies on any subject.
This is not a game, but neither is it real life. The nature of the politics is what you make it.
To use your political capital to help form a state in which you are happy to live.
Capital is an expression of your 'wealth' in society. To collect political capital you can either buy it or earn it.
You can spend your capital by voting in support or opposition of policies, or by creating your own policies.
You earn capital by having people pledge support to your policies.
If you pledge support or opposition to a policy, you can claim back the value of the pledge (minus any applicable state tax).
You can vote against as many policies as you have capital to fund.
The state operates a taxation policy which affects your political capital.
To vote, review the policy directory to locate policies of interest. View the policy and when you are ready, choose the 'Support', or 'Oppose' options depending on your feelings towards the policy.
If you have previously voted against a policy, you can at any time change your vote, or withdraw your vote from the policy.
The My Votes section helps you keep tabs on which policies you have voted on.
By voting, you are expending your political capital. If you withdrawn your vote, you reclaim some or all of the capital it cost to make the vote. The ratio of capital reclaimed depends on the current level of state taxation.
Voting pledges 1.00 towards the value of the policy you are voting against, deducting that amount plus tax from your banked capital. Once pledged, it no longer appears as part of your capital, but you are able to withdraw your vote and reclaim the capital at any time (although withdrawls are subject to a Withdrawl Tax, and the capital refunded is at the prevailing Voting Cost).
The current rate of tax on voting (either support or oppose) is 0%.
The current rate of tax on Withdrawing a vote (either support or oppose) is 0%.
If you have an opinion on a subject and feel that they current policies do not adequately reflect your views (or there is no existing policy) you can create a new policy.
Review the policy directory to determine the best category for your policy so that others can find it. You can create new categories if you do not think that your policy fits into the existing. Please note that system administrators may recategorise your policy if they feel it is incorrectly located.
You should choose a title that is appropriate to your policy and helps others to understand the position you are taking. The synopsis allows you to create a short and to the point summary of your policy, and the body allows you to fill in the detail and debate the issue or seek feedback from other citizens.
The My Portfolio helps you to keep tabs on each of your policies.
If you find you have created a policy in the wrong category, you can move it to a new category using the Move Policy option. View the policy and select Move Policy', and then navigate to the correct category in the directory. Choose Move Policy Here to complete the move, or the Cancel option to cancel the move.
Policy Creation incurs a tax of 0.00.
The homepage of the site shows statistics for various aspects of voting process:
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We send a newsletter to your email address on a weekly basis to keep you informed on the status of your policies and other aspects of the system, and if you have messages waiting, you will receive a notification on a daily basis.
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Virtual Politics maintains an acceptible use policy, detailed below, that outlines the terms of usage for this service, and the conduct of our members.
Whilst we wish to foster an environment where all views can be expressed, we are unable to tolerate abusive or objectionable behaviour. In the event that you experience behaviour which you find undesirable, including but not limited to verbal or written threats, slander, libellous behaviour or incitement of a criminal act, please report where the problem occured using the Report Abuse option, where available. Alternatively, send an email to the VP Help Desk outlining the nature of your concern.
In the event of reports of abuse, system administrators will arbitrate and where justified, the offending comments will be removed, and repeat behaviour will result in the contributor being banned from the system.
We aim to provide an environment that is fair for all users. As it is difficult to prevent individuals from creating multiple identities within the Virtual Politics site, we take steps to monitor for instances where those multiple identities are might be used to create unfair circumstances through the application of votes for or against the individual or other members of the service. Suspicions of voting irregularities will be investigated and where the VP Administrators feel that these terms have been broken, suitable penalties will be applied which may extend to the individual concerned being banned from the service, and member accounts being deleted.
Virtual Politics is a forum for the debate of political issues and the formation of policies that affect the citizens of our virtual nation. We do not accept advertising for products or services as part of the site except for those specifically authorised by VP Administrators.
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