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I was holding off on this article until after elections because, had Ryuuji won, much of it likely would have come up as he introduced his cabinet and plans. Wars, and the arguments over weather we should have started one or not, aside, I think that a great deal of the basic foundations were not laid in this country's first two months. I was only able to get my CS recently so cannot speak for the reasons or any hindrances there were. Some things I see this country desperately in need of are the following.
1.)An Immigration Law decided and voted on by Congress.
2.)A strong cabinet to support any sitting President.
2a)A Ministery of Security within that cabinet to handle interviewing potential citizens, approving them via the Immigration law, hunting for multis within Japan, and any ATO efforts
2b)A Ministry of Defense which handles coordinating our war efforts and any supplies being sent to Japan's defenders. Ideally this Ministry needs to also handle any/all Communes established to provide for state funded MU(s).
2c)A Ministry of Foreign Affairs to get our country's "face" out into the world and establish friendships, allies, and maintain existing ones. Even to lay the groundwork with our foes to resolve wars.
2d)A Ministry of Finances who's sole job is to handle our country's finances. This includes making investments to increase national funds and handling whatever spending that is approved by the government.
3.)A strong Vice President. Technically part of the cabinet, but this role is, imo, even more crucial than the other cabinet positions. No one man can run a country well, it takes a good team. The vCP is there to aid the CP and be there if accidents or RL interfere with the CP's ability to lead.
Some other things I think would help our country in important ways, but are not strictly "necessary" would be:
1.)A website or public forum where we can post who is the sitting cabinet and CP, in addition to existing laws, and any logs of discussions by congress or cabinet members. For example debates on new laws, or negotiations by the MoFA to gain us new treaties, and detailed spending accounts by the Minister of Finances.
2.)A Ministry of Culture and History. This was a popular idea from "that other game" to help with community involvement. They handle little invented holiday celebrations, give out information about RL Japanese culture, and track the history of our country.
3.)A Ministry of Education responsible for writing up and maintaining tutorials, engaging and helping new players, and possibly aiding in the translation of eSim into Japanese.
I know a lot of people seem to hate forums, or anything that is not attached to the game directly. We could probably use the wiki for some of the ideas above. There are my ideas for how to lay a strong, if overdue, foundation for our nation to build upon on its way to strength.
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