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Hey y'all, Axel here.

I have drafted a decently sized update to the War System, mostly focused on cost balancing. Guess what everything is more expensive now! Before going official I wanted to post the patch notes so those interested can discuss and share issues they see or whatever comments they might have.

This update focused mostly on reworking ground forces so that they are an equal concern when budgeting. Also raised upkeep costs of every single unit. Big capital units are also way more expensive to have now!

Another big change is the Ground-Based Superweapons or soon to be called Strategic Forces! Where ICBMs are way more expensive to have, this was mostly done as I feel a lot of countries have ICBMs when they probably should not, as such the cost associated with them is raised so that hopefully only nations with practically uses for them will attempt to implement them. (Why would you spend millions on an ICBM just for it to have a "conventional warhead"). Check the notes for more specifics!

WAR SYSTEM v5.3 PATCH NOTES

You can also find the Beta worksheet for this update:

RIGHT HERE: CLICK ME FOR THE NEW AUTOWORKSHEET!

Can not wait to hear feedback, otherwise changes probably go live in 2 weeks!

On behalf of the Archrepublic of Vayinaod, I vote FOR this amendment.

Carita Falk
Cllr. for the Archrepublic of Vayinaod

With the following results:

For the Office of Premier Commissioner:

• Jean Claude JUNCKER (Spain) --- 10 Votes --- 100% of votes --- casted has been duly reelected the Premier Commissioner of the European Union.

For the Office of Internal Affairs Commissioner

1. Wirt HARLAND (Elthize) --- 11 Votes --- 100% of votes casted --- has been duly elected the Commissioner of Internal Affairs of the European Union.
2. Tarek AL-WAZIR (United Duchies) ---- 0 Votes ---- received no valid vote during this election cycle.

Thank you to all candidates for a wonderful campaign, congratulations to our new/reelected commissioners, and commiserations to Mr. Al-Wazir. We look forward to seeing you all in May.

The Archrepublic of Vayinaod votes as follows:

For the Office of Premier Commissioner:

1. Jean-Claude JUNCKER

For the Office of Internal Affairs Commissioner:

1. Wirt HARLAND

On behalf of the Archrepublic of Vayinaod, I vote AGAINST Amendments 1 and 2, and FOR Amendment 3.

Carita Falk
Archrepublic of Vayinaod

Anker quickly motions for off-stage security to come onto the stage and escort Mr. Al-Wazir off the cameras and stage due to the the danger the flag burning posed to the all-wooden stage along with to the other candidates, as well as violating the no-prop rule for the debate. The fires were quickly extinguished and the flag remains rushed away to be dealt with in a professional manner. Mr. Al-Wazir would be fined for his violation of the standard no-prop rule found in most political debates, as well as fined for the damage incurred to the antique Vardic debate stage. After a series of questioning from on-site security and Nyetthem Metro Police, Mr. Al-Wazir would be asked to leave the country at the earliest possible time.

Mr. Anker motions for the other candidates to continue their closing statements and apologizes to the audience members for Mr. Al-Wazir.

On behalf of the Archrepublic of Vayinaod, I vote AGAINST all amendments.

I'd like to also note to the Speaker that Cllr. Mizrachi-Roscoe withdrew their amendment, and if amendment voting is to be redone I would like to propose the following amendment if possible to be included. I understand this would be irregular but due to the holidays I hope this would be offered some consideration as it does stress some important updates to the act as the cited position of does not exist currently for that specific version of the Duxburian Union for example.

Amendment IV:

SECTION II. THE MAKEUP OF THE ENAA

1. The ENAA shall consist of five four members, four two of which will be permanent members and one two of which will be selected by the European Council every 12 months. This single elected member must be a non-nuclear state and will vacate their seat if they obtain nuclear weapons. **Of the two elected members, one shall be a non-nuclear state, while the other elected member must be a nuclear weapon-licensed state. **

2. The four two permanent members of the ENAA are as follows:
   a. The Aelir of the Kendro-Laatzenian Dominions of the Duxburian Union The Head of Government of the Duxburian Union
   b. The Prime Minister of the Apostolic Kingdom of Angleter The Head of Government of Inquista
   c. The Archbishop of the Most Blessed State of Inquista
   d. The Korojaunu of the United Dominions of Icholasen

3. The nations that will have representation on the ENAA should assign their most powerful political figure to the role.

4. To ratify a vote within the ENAA, a majority of 51% or greater of the present voting members is required. For there to be a valid vote, a minimum quorum of three members must be obtained.

Mr. Al-Wazir I ask you to suspend your hostile comments against your opponents. You will be fined 1 minute (150 words) from your closing statements.

Ladies and gentlemen we have come to the conclusion of our debate, I ask our candidates to submit their closing statements.

Mr. Juncker and Mr. Harland will be granted the full 2 minutes (300 words), while Mr. Al-Wazir will be allotted 1 minute (150 words).

Thank you all once again for your participation.

Thank you candidates for your timely responses.

1st question, this question will be for everyone.
“The recent "crisis" in the Caspian has highlighted European security concerns, both in the practical sense of the lives of every day Europeans against random acts of terror, as well as the geopolitical sense of states conducting military responses. What do you believe should be done at a European level to help safeguard periods of peace so many Europeans value, specifically do you support the creation of a so-called 'Europol'?"

As a reminder all candidates will be given a chance to speak for two minutes ((OOC 300 words)), and there will be a rebuttal period where candidates may respond to the answers of other candidates. Rebuttals will be limited to 90 seconds ((OOC: 200 words: as well as 24 Hours to submit your answers and rebuttals. You have until 0800 GMT Jan 3rd)).

Thank you candidates for the responses.

I have two questions one for the Premier Commissioner Candidate, and one for the two Internal Affairs Commissioner candidates.

For Mr. Juncker you are running unopposed, however the election for your Internal Affairs counterpart is currently competitive, do you have a preference among the two candidates on who you would like to see elected and why?

For Mr. Al-Wazir and Mr. Harland the European Court of Justice is viewed as a mainly limp and useless piece of European Bureaucracy by many. Reform of the ECoJ is popular among many European nations, do you have any proposals for its reform?

As a reminder all candidates will be given a chance to speak for two minutes ((OOC 300 words)), and there will be a rebuttal period where candidates may respond to the answers of other candidates. Rebuttals will be limited to 90 seconds ((OOC: 200 words: as well as 24 Hours to submit your answers and rebuttals. You have until 1200 GMT Jan 2nd).

Thank you candidates for the responses.

I have three individual questions.

For Mr. Juncker many Europeans feel that aside from proposing the European Budget extremely late in your term you lead a rather inactive commission. What are you plans to change this perception in this next term?

For Mr. Al-Wazir previous candidates ran under similar ideologies each seemingly having little success at the ballot. What makes your proposals different?

For Mr. Harland for many European nations the inequality at budget time is felt as a prime issue, what reforms do you support to decreased perceived inequality between the nations who pay a lot into the budget but receive as much a say in its use as the smallest paying.

As a reminder all candidates will be given a chance to speak for two minutes ((OOC 300 words)), and there will be a rebuttal period where candidates may respond to the answers of other candidates. Rebuttals will be limited to 90 seconds ((OOC: 200 words: as well as 24 Hours to submit your answers and rebuttals. You have until 400 GMT Dec 30th)).

Thank you candidates for your timely responses.

1st question, this question will be for everyone, tonight is from Jakob here in Vayinaod;

“Statistically Commissioners at the very most end up with one successful campaign goal/achievement at the end of their term. What do you believe should be your paramount campaign promise to uphold to the European people?”

As a reminder all candidates will be given a chance to speak for two minutes ((OOC 300 words)), and there will be a rebuttal period where candidates may respond to the answers of other candidates. Rebuttals will be limited to 90 seconds ((OOC: 200 words: as well as 24 Hours to submit your answers and rebuttals. You have until 2000 GMT Dec 28th)).

EUROPEAN COMMISSION ELECTIONS
CANDIDATE DEBATE

Welcome to the European Commission candidates' debate for the elections of December 2022 (January 2023)!

While this debate isn’t mandatory, it is strongly recommended that all candidates participate.

There are a total of three candidates, one for the Office of the Premier Commissioner, and two for the Office of the Internal Affairs Commissioner. For clarity they are listed below. The Office of the Foreign Affairs commissioner is currently not up for election this term.

For the Office of Premier Commissioner,

• Jean-Claude Juncker of Spain, EPA

For the Office of Internal Affairs Commissioner,

• Tarek Al-Wazir of United Duchies, IND
• Wirt Harland of Elthize, IND

Welcome to Nyetthem, Vayinaod, I appreciate all the candidates dressing warmly as our debate is taking place outside in a Vardic tradition. The current temperature is -12 C. I am Aron Anker and I will be moderating tonight’s debate. My goal is to host a professional, respectful, and importantly informative debate for our European audiences.

The structure of tonight’s debate will be as follows:

• Candidates will present with a two minute opening speech ((OOC: 300 Words)) to provide us with a brief introduction and summary of goals for their term in office. (((OOC:You have 24 Hours to submit your opening statements)
• Candidates will then be asked questions submitted by the European public. All candidates will be given a chance to speak for two minutes ((OOC 300 words)), and there will be a rebuttal period where candidates may respond to the answers of other candidates. Rebuttals will be limited to 90 seconds ((OOC: 200 words: as well as 24 Hours to submit your answers and rebuttals.)).
• Candidates shall be given a form containing all questions not provided during the debate due to time limits to provide answers for to the public at the end of tonight's event.
• Candidates will be allowed a two minute closing statement ((OOC: 300 Words)).

((OOC: If you would like to submit questions, please DM me here, on Discord. Do not post them here. You may find me as Axel#7421 on discord))

And so, candidates, we will now hear your opening statements. (((OOC: Once again you have 24 Hours to submit your question. So until 1400 GMT Dec 28th))))

On behalf of the Archrepublic of Vayinaod, I ABSTAIN on this act.

Cllr. Carita Falk
Archrepublic of Vayinaod

I believe that if we are going to reform the ENAA's membership to keep it updated and in line with the current geopolitical situation I feel the most proper organization would be as follows:

Two permanent members:

• Aelir of the Kendro-Laatzenian Dominions of the Duxburian Union
• The Archbishop of the Most Blessed State of Inquista

Two elected members:

• One nuclear state
• One non-nuclear state

This would obviously create an even number of seats on the board necessitating super majorities but I feel this would if anything be beneficial to the institutions legitimacy. I would like to see how the chamber feels in general about the proposal before moving forward on drafting an amendment to that effect.

Now that is my proposal, let me go on to state why I feel the others brought forward for the most part do not function that well.

Inimicus I believe, especially its Emperor, would be a trustworthy member in the context of the ENAA. However, its geopolitical issues with a variety of members states would unfortunately just hamper the institutions legitimacy through constant attacks from those opposing member-states. It's nothing Inimicus did, its just the logical progression of what would happen if they were to rise up to the position.

Cllr. Roscoe is beyond wrong. Yosai is not capable of handling itself as a member of the ENAA, and would face similar bias issues as Inimicus. Not to mention including it as a permanent member would give non-nuclear states a majority which defeats the purpose of the ENAA.

It is a technical institution. Not a political one. It's job is to examine a state and evaluate whether it is truly trusthworthy of being handed nuclear weapons, and I do not believe they have made an outwardly bad choice thus far in its history. The states with the most technical expertise in whether a state can handle the needed security, technological handling, political restraint in dealing with these weapons of massive destruction are other nuclear states. They have that experience. No one else does. The purpose of the non-nuclear states on the ENAA is to give some legitimacy to the organisation, but it still needs to be a technical institution first and foremost.

Which is why making it a completely "democratic" body is short-sighted. It fails to recognize the purpose of the ENAA and turns it into the biased body that some Cllrs. are so against here of but yet do not mind the potential of making it a biased body if it benefits them.

Those are my thoughts on the subject.

Cllr. Carita Falk
Archrepublic of Vayinaod

The Chief Justice has asked me to open a public forum for various parties to introduce arguments, evidence, and constitutional reasoning as to what decisions the Court should take into consideration before posting their decision.

The issue the Court shall be debating upon shall be the constitutionality of write-in nominees/candidates/votes and their validity within the context of European Commission elections. This previous commission election saw a massive amount of write-in voting. Due to no petitioned case being submitted by any party, this shall be an open-forum not a regular trial. If a proper petition is submitted by affected parties the Court shall be beholden to its procedures under the European Court of Justice Case Procedures Act 2013.

The deadline for such information to be submitted to the court is 1200 GMT December 15th, 2022. Please use the below form to submit your information. Each submitting party shall be allotted one "rebuttal" application to argue against other parties if they find reason to do so. The Court has a self-imposed deadline of December 17th to submit its final decisions on the election.

Any applications submitted after the deadline shall not be considered.

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The Archrepublic of Vayinaod votes as follows:

1. Dayo Faith MWANGI (Elthize)
2. Benjamin STEYN (Inimicus)
3. Sven LORENZEN (Vayinaod)
4. Carlos Lesmes SERRANO (Spain)
5. Christopher VAJDA (Reitzmag)

The Archrepublic of Vayinaod votes as follows:

For the Office of Premier Commissioner

1. Sofie ČIKAROVÁ (Czech Slavia) [Write-in]
2. Jean-Claude JUNCKER (Spain) [Write-in]

For the Office of Internal Affairs Commissioner

1. Sofie ČIKAROVÁ (Czech Slavia) [Write-in]
2. Jean-Claude JUNCKER (Spain) [Write-in]
3. Tarek AL-WAZIR (United Duchies)

Full Nation Name (with link to current flag image): The Archrepublic of Vayinaod
Artist: Smash Mouth
Song (with link to YouTube): All Star
Vote result announcer/s (with image link): Jack Black

Candidate Name: Sven Lorenzen
Home Nation: The Archrepublic of Vayinaod
Incumbent? (Y/N): N
Biography:

• Graduated in 1971 from University of Nyetthem with an Undergraduates in Law with a concentration on Constitutional Rights
• Received his accreditation to practice law in 1974 from Havic College of Law
• From 1974 to 1978 served as a clerk for Chief Justice Kóri Westerberg of the Vayinaodic Supreme Judicial Council
• From 1978 to 1990 served in private practice
• From 1990 to 2000 served as a Judge on the Nyetthem Criminal Court of Appeals
• From 2000 to 2003 served as the Chief Judge on the Nyetthem Superior Court of Appeals
• From 2003 to 2017 served as a Justice on the Supreme Judicial Council
• Multiple terms as a Justice on the European Court of Justice