New Bounties

[Andreas the Wise]

This normally takes a week or so, and I feel like paying in a week, so ...
Nominations are open for bounties. I've given up on doing it myself or by tender or by Duchy. Just nominate anything you think needs to be bountified. Please provide a link, where possible. You can nominate yourself, you can nominate others.

And Prodigy - that thing we were planning ... if you can come round and get the money to do that *before* I pay these bounties, then I should have just enough money left to pay them after you do that thing ....

[Kaiser Agni I]

Maybe something for greg for being a pain in my ass?

[Austi_Scot]

And Prodigy - that thing we were planning

Secrets, secrets, secrets!!!

[Prodigy Almighty]

Right, right, I know... ¬_¬

[Andreas the Wise]

No one has done anything worthy of bountifying?

Well, I'll nominate Austi for various iniatives in Kildare (including the resource idea), Jonas for the Coronation, myself for that Resource Proposal, everyone who fought in the war (Scott, Me, Prodigy, Gman, Jonas) whatever side, and I think Elwynn had a bunch of stuff they wanted bountified but I wasn't paying too much attention so they'll have to explain it.

And obviously jobs (ministries and DiploCorps) will get paid.

[Malliki]

I'm working on a huge map of Brookshire a la the Musica map, but it won't be finished for at least a week.

[Austi_Scot]

Great, I have a few things to spend it on right away!

[Iskander Mirkdale]

Requesting the following bounties:

Myself
- new flags (3) for Elwynn, Eliria and Utasia, Alalehzamin
- the defence of Nordland against spam (1)
- creation and awarding of the honorific Bard of Eliria
- co-creation of the Festival of the Sun
- issuing of 7 Duchy decrees to date
- creating a derived map of the Duchy for the Megamod
- establishing a constitutional convention for the Duchy (in 4 parts)

Nathan of Natopia
- new flag for Araxion
- publishing notes on historical Araxion
- issuing the Butter Code
- founding the Temple of the Butter Cow
- founding the city of Frieden
- opening the Library of Iserdia
- translation of the Opaeied

Rai Avon-El
- map of Cape Farewell
- co-creation of the Festival of the Sun

Scott of Hyperborea
- reopening the Oracle of Yaanek
- history and map of Bjorngard
- rendering Hyperborean architecture
- publishing The Ending of the St. Jean Recwar
- clarifying Hyperborea etiquette on the forms of formal address
- awarding the Grrrraghrn Hrrrgnor Award For Raising Awareness of Arctic Wildlife

Harold of Froyalan
- presiding over the final narrative collapse of Phoenix Forest

[Andreas the Wise]

Harold closed Phoenix Forest??????

Yes Iskander, that's quite detailed enough (though some of that I think's been paid for ... fairly sure the Oracle has, at least).

[Iskander Mirkdale]

Harold hasn't closed Phoenix Forest - it just ground to a halt under his watch. Feel free to discount anything that may have previously been bountified.

[Austi_Scot]

I've pretty much spent the money already - when do we get paid?

[Andreas the Wise]

Nobody else seems to be doing anything, so ... as soon as Prodigy's transactions are sorted (we have no money until then).

[Austi_Scot]

Dang, the government is withholding paying wages.

[Prodigy Almighty]

Actually, I am... I'm supposed to be doing my job as MoMA and constructing a royal army, but I haven't yet. >.>

[Austi_Scot]

ah, I see - well, actually - no I don't see why that is keeping me from being paid.

Not being paid is actually causing a bit of a crimp in my plans, I was depending on spending most of that money as soon as I get it .... oh well, for now I'm Erb poor, but some ppl here are poorer than me. Just not many!

Dang - if I say it yet - DANG!

[Oroigawa Koreyasu]

Your Duke is oppressing you, good sir.

[Austi_Scot]

I would consider stirring up the masses about it if only the masses in the Duchy where I live were between me and the Duke. As it is I´m thinking the uprising would have to rise up over me first to get to the Duke.

[Andreas the Wise]

ah, I see - well, actually - no I don't see why that is keeping me from being paid.

Not being paid is actually causing a bit of a crimp in my plans, I was depending on spending most of that money as soon as I get it .... oh well, for now I'm Erb poor, but some ppl here are poorer than me. Just not many!

Dang - if I didn't say it yet - DANG!

If you could see the Crown Account, you would know it has less than 2000 erb in, and so couldn't pay all the bounties it should. When MoMA has done its job, there will be a lot more money in the crown account.

[Austi_Scot]

Ah, so the picture is now starting to be seen through the fog.

It appears the military must have most of the money and the executive branch is at their mercy while the legislative branch is doing its´ best to not make any "unnecessary" laws and to get those they do make perfect, and the judicial branch has no case brought before it to resolve this matter.
(A perfect formula for a military coup.)

The Duchies certainly have no authority to resolve a situation between the Crown and the MoMa, no way to require the MoMa to do its´ job and there is no civilian with enough private military force to fight the national military.

Certainly there isn´t enough Erb in my account to lend to the Crown and make it solvent as I´m here begging for my paycheck. I have so very little money I can´t even buy my first Navy ship. I don´t even have enough Erb to make my next planned business move.

I shall continue to work for economic changes - including the attempt to induce the people of Shireroth to be part of the economy.

Spend your Erb - buy something from the Government!

[Austi_Scot]

What has caused this financial crisis in our nation?

I urge the Minister of Trade to act on two existing laws to increase the amount of Erb in the Crown Account.

Chapter XIII: Economy E. Distribution of Money
2. A citizen who revokes their citizenship or is declared legally dead by The Kaiser or by Act of Landsraad will have their account revoked, and the balance returned to The Crown Account.

The Census for Jan. and Feb. is now over. It would appear that those who have not filled out the Census have revoked their citizenship.
I do not have the knowledge of how many bank accounts are out there of those who have revoked their citizenship, however I do think the Minister of Trade should take a look and repatriate those funds.

Chapter XIII: Economy I. Taxation.
1. The Ministry of Trade shall be empowered to conduct national taxation with one weeks notice to the general populous. It announce its intention to conduct taxation when one of two conditions are met:
i. The Crown Account is under 10000 erb.

Since the Crown Account is at a less than 2000 Erb balance as you mentioned, isn´t it time for taxation.

In addition, the following accounts were declared dead and deleted on Jan. 14.

Lectriece 2287.01
Noemi_Vassiliais 2305.44
Sebastien 2290.33
Vesennas 2310.99
Wil Nider 4321.47

The Minister spent all this 13,515.24 Erb in a month and a half? On what?

If you could see the Crown Account, you would know it has less than 2000 erb in, and so couldn't pay all the bounties it should. When MoMA has done its job, there will be a lot more money in the crown account.

Wouldn't these suggestions be better than a government bailout?

[Andreas the Wise]

Yes, I could tax, but people tend to get annoyed at me taxing. VC was meant to stop the need for ....
*facepalms*

Right, Austi, when I put it that way, if Elwynn and Yardistan want to be taxed, they can be taxed.

(and MoMA has 25000 to spend on an Imperial SCIRA army. Obviously much of that will filter back into the Crown Account).

[Andreas the Wise]

Greg - No bounty as no bank account, but 200 erb off Yardistan's debt for annoying the Kaiser
And 500 erb off Yardistan's debt for participating in the war.

Austi
-Various iniatives in Kildare - 200
-Hallucigrad Library - 250
-New Legislation - 350
-Idea of Resource Proposal -250
-Diplocorop Novatainia - 600

Jonas
-Coronation - 250
-Fighting in the Jasonia war - 500

Andreas
-Resource Proposal - 350
-MiniTrading - 700
-Fighting in the Jasonia War - 700
-Diplocorp Natopia - 300

Prodigy
-MoMA - 650
-Fighting in the Jasonia War - 600

Iskander
- new flags (3) for Elwynn, Eliria and Utasia, Alalehzamin -400
- the defence of Nordland against spam (1) -100
- creation and awarding of the honorific Bard of Eliria - 150
- co-creation of the Festival of the Sun - 200
- issuing of 7 Duchy decrees to date - 350
- creating a derived map of the Duchy for the Megamod -250
- establishing a constitutional convention for the Duchy (in 4 parts) -350

Nathan of Natopia
- new flag for Araxion -200
- City Work - 100
- issuing the Butter Code - 200
- founding the Temple of the Butter Cow - 250
- opening the Library of Iserdia and exhibits - 250
- Praetoring - 700

Rai Avon-El
- map of Cape Farewell - 300
- co-creation of the Festival of the Sun -200

Scott of Hyperborea
- history and map of Bjorngard - 300
- publishing The Ending of the St. Jean Recwar - 250
- awarding the Grrrraghrn Hrrrgnor Award For Raising Awareness of Arctic Wildlife -250 [a lot of Scott's stuff was bountied last time]
-Fighting in the Jasonia war - 700
-Diplocorp Ashkenetza - 300

Harold of Froyalan
- Assistant Praetoring - 300
- MiniImNating - 700

Ari
- MiniInting - 900
-Stewarding - 300

Corey
-Stewarding - 100

Jacobus
-Stirring (if Greg can get it, why not you?) - 250

Mike
-Map - 250
-Judex - 700
-New Legislation - 300

Allot
-New Citizen bounty - 250
-Legal proposals - 250

Strauss
-MiniExing - 650

Peter
-Diplocorp Stomark - 100
-New Citizen Bounty - 250

Erik
-Commonwealth Work - 300
-Kaisering - 300

I'm probably going to go into debt, aren't I ... well, we'll see as I now start paying them.

[Andreas the Wise]

Strauss, Peter and Erik remain unpaid. Everyone else is paid. This was why I was, you know, trying to wait until Prodigy finished the MoMA transactions ....

[Prodigy Almighty]

I'm sorry! I got some of it done, I just have to spent another 16,000 and we'll be set!

[Andreas the Wise]

I know, and thanks for starting.

[Andreas the Wise]

Erik paid, Strauss and Peter remain unpaid through lack of funds. Prodigy, would appreciate spending on Navy and Magic soon.